Lemon

Tribe(s): Bemba, Lunda, Nguvu
Finish: 4/20
Days Lasted: 38

Lemon is a contestant from *Survivor: The Congo*.

## Survivor: The Congo

Lemon began *Survivor: The Congo* originally on the green Bemba tribe, where she formed a tight trio with Ilona and Priyanka during the first few days of the game. This seemed to paint a target on their backs, especially in the eyes of Janelle, Jeana, Kari and Rio. The trio responded by forming close relationships with Aliza and Estelle before bringing them into their Maple Leaves alliance. When Bemba lost the first immunity challenge, Lemon and her alliance had the majority to eliminate Da'Vonne for her aggressive campaigning against them. As the days progressed, Lemon's alliance started to question Estelle's loyalty because Estelle seemed to bond with Jeana and Rio. After losing the following immunity challenge, a three way tie occurred between Aliza, Estelle and Jeana after The Maple Leaves split their votes between Estelle and Jeana. At the revote, the majority united together to eliminate Jeana. The Maple Leaves appeared to be the most powerful members of Bemba, which made them both extremely popular and dangerous. In particular, Lemon and Priyanka developed a close personal relationship with Janelle. Ilona suggested The Maple Leaves blindside Janelle when Bemba lost immunity on Day 11, though Lemon and Priyanka quickly shut this idea down in favour of targeting Kari. Janelle, Lemon and Priyanka voted for Kari at tribal council, but Janelle was blindsided by the rest of the tribe. Ilona later explained that she felt sidelined by Lemon and Priyanka because they were more concerned about Janelle, which they reluctantly apologised for.

The two tribes then met together for a surprise announcement on Day 12, where Sukhvinder from the Lunda tribe elected to quit the game. A tribe switch occurred following her departure, where Lemon was switched to Lunda with Ilona whilst joining original Lunda women Annaliese, Ashley, Helena, Sophie and Sue. Ilona and Lemon reconciled their differences regarding Janelle's elimination in order to work together. On paper, it appeared the pair were in the overwhelming minority on this new tribe, though Sue quickly explained she wanted to work with them more than with The British Invasion alliance. Ilona and Lemon were also told that Helena was considering flipping on her alliance after Sue told her that she was an expendable ally to them. When Lunda lost immunity on Day 18, The British Invasion voted for Lemon but Lemon voted with Helena, Ilona and Sue to blindside Ashley. It now seemed that Lemon's new group were in power, where they voted for Annaliese when Lunda lost the following immunity challenge. However, Annaliese played her Hidden Immunity Idol and Sue was voted out with the only two votes that counted from Annaliese and Sophie.

On Day 23, Lemon reunited with The Maple Leaves when the Final Twelve castaways merged into the blue Nguvu tribe. Ilona and Lemon told Priyanka they believed Helena would work with them, but this group remained in a minority position. The Maple Leaves voted for Catherine at the first merged tribal council, but a new alliance of outsiders called The Faction eliminated Ilona. With only eleven players remaining, The Maple Leaves retaliated against this attack by forming a majority of six with The British Invasion. This alliance worked together at the following two tribal councils, where they eliminated Estelle and Erica. On Day 30, Lemon's alliance planned on splitting their votes between Aliza and Helena in case either player found a Hidden Immunity Idol. When Helena played her idol, Lemon assumed that a tie could occur between Aliza and whichever one of her allies The Faction voted for. However, The British Invasion switched their vote to Priyanka at tribal council and she was voted out.

Lemon was frustrated The Faction targeted The Maple Leaves over The British Invasion and considered flipping on them. However, she recognised they held the majority at the moment and decided to follow their split vote plan between Aliza and Kari. At tribal council, Aliza stole Sophie's vote so she could vote twice and played her idol. This left a 2-2 tie between Kari and Sophie, where Lemon voted for Sophie at the revote and she was eliminated when Alisha and Helena also switched their vote to Sophie. Lemon wanted to continue separating The British Invasion from each other, but worked with them at the following vote to eliminate Aliza after she failed to win individual immunity. This brought Lemon to the Final Six, where she wanted to work with Helena and Kari against The British Invasion. The trio planned on voting for Annaliese at tribal council, but Kari was voted out after she switched her vote to Lemon at the last minute. After voting with The British Invasion to eliminate Helena, Lemon's only hope to reach Day 39 was to win the final individual immunity challenge. This was not the case and Lemon was voted out by The British Invasion, making her the final member of the jury. At the Final Tribal Council, Lemon voted for Annaliese to win the title of Sole Survivor.

## Trivia

* Lemon was the only castaway from *The Congo* to win a single individual immunity challenge, as the other women won multiple individual immunity challenges.
* Lemon holds the record for the most votes cast against her in *The Congo*, with twenty-one. This is one vote short of the record of twenty-two votes in a single season, which is currently held by Bianca, Flick and Mandy.
* Lemon was shortlisted to compete on *Cloncurry*, but was ultimately not selected for the final cast.