Shamar Neal

**Shamar Neal** is a contestant from *Survivor: Thailand* and *Survivor: Panama*.

On *Thailand*, Shamar is best known for being the first contestant to be eliminated in the Purple Rock Tiebreaker. Shamar's elimination is considered to be widely controversial.

Shamar returned for *Survivor: Panama* with a goal to control his own game. Despite being targeted by Zoe Zelenko on Day 6, Shamar managed to rope in the majority of the Bayoneta tribe to vote Zoe out instead because Shamar's strength would help them in challenges and he told his tribe he would be loyal to them until the end of the game. After the tribes merged, Shamar strengthened his bond with Michaela Thompson from their time on *Thailand* together, and created a Final Four alliance along with Michaela. This unbreakable bond got Shamar to the Final Four, however they had to turn on each other to decide the Final Three. Michaela and Shamar agreed that they wanted to take out Stephanie Morales, however once she won immunity, the tribe turned on him and voted him out, just shy of the Final Tribal Council.

## Profile

* Panama

* **Name (Age):** Shamar Neal (25)
* **Tribe Designation:** Soi Dao
* **Current Residence:** Seattle, WA
* **Occupation:** Mechanic
* **Hobbies:** Cooking, spending time with family/friends, running
* **Pet Peeves:** Closed-minded people who won't respect others.
* **Which *Survivor* contestant are you the most like?** I have the wit of Keith Trager, but I'm hoping I can become my own type of player on *Survivor*.
* **What's your reason for being on *Survivor*?** I've always loved nature and the simple things in life. I feel like I actually have a good shot at winning this game and bettering my life.
* **Why do you think you'll "survive" *Survivor*?** I've overcome a lot in my life and I have the wit and strength to get through most situations. I don't see myself not being able to do this.

- **Name (Age):** Shamar Neal (25)

- **Previous Season:** *Thailand* - 14th Place

- **Hometown:** Seattle, WA

- **Occupation:** Basketball Coach

- **Inspiration in Life:** My older brother, Jerry, because he's always worked really hard and shown me what it's like to grow up and be successful.

- **Reason for being on *Survivor*:** I want to show that I can play this game without getting eliminated by a stupid rock out of a bag!

- **Why You Think You'll Be the Sole Survivor:** As long as I don't get into a deadlocked vote, I think I can be the Sole Survivor. I can play a good social game and am a physical threat.

## Survivor

### ***Survivor: Thailand***

Beginning on the Soi Dao tribe, Shamar was on what seemed to be the dominant-looking tribe as they had strong looking members and won the first reward challenge. Shamar's physical prowess helped his tribe win the first reward challenge consisting of fire-making tools. However, the Soi Dao tribe lost the very first Immunity Challenge and had to vote one of their members out of the game.

Shamar was a target from the beginning of the game, as Brian Araujo banded together some of the Soi Dao members to vote for Shamar as they saw him as a huge threat in the game for his social game and physical strength. Despite this, Shamar stayed tight with his alliance on the tribe to vote out Sierra Twiggs. In an intense 5-4 vote, Shamar's side prevailed and Sierra was voted out of the game. While on the original Soi Dao tribe, Shamar slipped into a position of power along with his alliance as they were in the majority. The Soi Dao Alliance then voted out Brian Araujo at the second Tribal Council for scheming against the alliance.

After the Tribal Switch, Shamar was part of the new Soi Dao tribe. Shamar stuck with the old Soi Dao to vote out Denise Markum due to her age and weak performance in the challenges. On the other side of the tribe, the old Ko Wai attempted to get rid of Wendy Hoskins-Maxwell for the same reasons. At Tribal Councils, nobody flipped resulting in a deadlocked vote which led everyone except Denise and Wendy to draw rocks. Shamar drew the odd-colored purple rock, and was eliminated from the game in a controversial tiebreaker.

### **Voting History**

Votes
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## Trivia

* Shamar is the first contestant to be eliminated, but not voted out.
* Shamar is the first contestant to be eliminated in the Rock Draw tiebreaker.
* Shamar lost 13 lbs (5.90 kg) during his time on *Thailand*.
* Shamar is the first male contestant to play a second time.
* Shamar was the last remaining male contestant on *Panama*.
* Despite Shamar lasting 24 more days on *Panama*, he received fewer votes on *Panama* (6 votes) than he did on *Thailand* (7 votes).
* Shamar was voted out for the first time on *Survivor: Panama.*
* Because *Survivor: Panama* has a cast of twenty, Shamar is the first contestant to be 17th person eliminated from a season.