Sophie Summer

Tribe(s): Lunda, Nguvu
Finish: 8/20
Days Lasted: 33

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

## Survivor: The Congo

Sophie began *Survivor: The Congo* originally on the pink Lunda tribe. From the early stages of the game, Sophie formed a close bond with Alisha, Annaliese, Ashley and Catherine because of their shared histories as models from the United Kingdom. Whilst Lunda won the first two immunity challenges of the season, Sophie's group created the aptly named The British Invasion alliance. The girls also bonded with Helena and brought her into their alliance in order to form the majority on the tribe. When Lunda lost for the first time on Day 9, The British Invasion voted out Alex because they were a social threat and physical liability. This angered their ally Sukhvinder, who started to isolate herself from the rest of the tribe.

The two tribes then met together for a surprise announcement on Day 12, where Sukhvinder elected to quit the game. A tribe switch occurred following her departure, where Sophie remained on Lunda with Annaliese, Ashley, Helena and Sue whilst being joined by Ilona and Lemon from the rival Bemba tribe. The original Lunda members held the majority on this new tribe, though it was clear to The British Invasion that Sue was going to work with Ilona and Lemon instead. This still gave Sophie and the rest of her alliance a 4-3 majority on Lunda. When the tribe lost their first challenge together on Day 18, The British Invasion decided to vote for Lemon. At tribal council however, Ashley was blindsided because Helena flipped to work with Ilona, Lemon and Sue. This left Annaliese and Sophie on the bottom of Lunda. Although it seemed clear either player would be voted out when Lunda lost the following immunity challenge, Annaliese played her Hidden Immunity Idol at tribal council and Sue was voted out with the only two votes that counted from the pair.

Sophie made the merge on Day 23, where she and Annaliese were reunited with Alisha and Catherine from The British Invasion. However, they were clearly down in numbers after many of their former allies had turned against them. The alliance voted for Estelle at the first merged tribal council, but a faction was formed against them and The Maple Leaves in order to eliminate Ilona. With only eleven players remaining, The British Invasion retaliated against this attack by forming a majority of six with Lemon and Priyanka from The Maple Leaves. This alliance worked together at the following two tribal councils, where they eliminated Estelle and Erica. On Day 30, the majority planned to split their votes between Aliza and Helena in case either played found an idol. However, Sophie and the rest of The British Invasion worried about Lemon and Priyanka potentially flipping on them to create a new majority with The Faction. At tribal council, Helena played her idol but the girls switched their vote to Priyanka and she was voted out.

When Nguvu returned to camp, Lemon expressed that she was upset over losing her closest ally whilst assuring The British Invasion she was a loyal ally. The girls decided to continue working with Lemon by splitting the votes between Aliza and Kari. At tribal, Aliza stole Sophie's vote so she could vote twice and played her idol. This caused a 2-2 tie between Kari and Sophie, which Sophie was certain she would survive because The British Invasion held an overwhelming majority. At the revote, Annaliese and Catherine voted for Kari but Alisha and Lemon flipped to eliminate Sophie. As the fifth member of the jury, she voted for her closest ally Annaliese to win the title of Sole Survivor.