Allison Aurora

***Allison*** is the Lone Survivor of Essential Survivor: All Stars 2. She originally competed on Essential Survivor: Anarchy

## Anarchy

Much like her David vs Goliath namesake, Allison was a strong social player who eventually could not overcome her target, much to my chagrin.

Allison began to make connections as soon as the game began, and she was good at it. She made connections with Barney and Mink, the duo that were running the game, and solidified a Black Widow alliance with Jess and Kam. Allison also bonded with Brittney right away, and was inducted into a “Super Seven” alliance with Kam, Raini, and Elle. Needless to say, Allison was in a good spot right off the bat.

However, going into the second cycle holes began to appear in her social game - specifically, Jayla and Lauren. Allison began to rely on Brittney and her Black Widows more, but her trust with Jess started to unravel after Kam spilled the beans that Jess was suspicious of her. Meanwhile, the Jess and Barney relationship was a completely different beast. By the end of the episode, Allison felt that Jess was playing way too hard, setting the stage for what was to come later. Meanwhile, she diversified her social bonds by aligning with Joseph, a target of Barney’s. In doing so, Allison helped to protect herself from his side of the tribe, with the added confidence he’d be relatively trustworthy due to their mutual ally in Brittney.

Regardless, even with concerns about Jess, Allison had relatively smooth sailing going into the next tribal. Allison and Brittney began to compare notes about the Jess and Barney duo to check them, and she began to set her sights on Elle as a target. However, Allison’s allies popped up on her radar as potential threats later in the game. With Joseph rapidly losing social capital and Jess’ paranoia sinking their bond, Allison turned to her longtime friend in Brittney and fellow Black Widow in Kam as her long-term allies.

Allison’s game took its first hit when Joseph was voted out at a tribal council Allison didn’t even attend. At this point, any and all trust with Jess was gone, but Allison still worked to stay on their good side and talk game with them. With Joseph gone, Allison also started to bond with outsiders on the tribe - specifically Tal and Finley. Allison threw the Barney and Jess duo under the bus to Tal, painting a target on their back in his eyes. Meanwhile, Brittney revealed to Allison that Barney had two idols in his pocket, and it wasn’t lost on her that Barney must trust Brittney a ton to tell her this.

By the time the tribe swap hit, Elle and Jess were on Allison’s last nerve. Nonetheless, she was able to form a new alliance with Jess and Zebeem - after all, you can’t let on that you’re suspicious of anyone in Survivor. Everything went well with the tribe swap, and Allison was swapped onto a tribe with her number one in Brittney and her easy target in Elle. Allison was immediately inducted into Jess’ quartet of themselves, Brittney, and Finley…despite Allison having spent the last two rounds painting a target on Jess’ back. However, when Finley turned down the alliance, Allison shifted the target onto her. In her eyes, Finley was close with Jess, but unwilling to be in an alliance with her and Brittney. the situation did have a silver lining: Allison threw Jess, Barney, and Finley under the bus to Lauren as a means to solidify their previously lacking social bond.

Her newfound bond with Lauren suddenly became very valuable when she leaks that Finley exposed the Captain Marvel alliance. Allison went to work with that information, using it to turn Jess against Finley, and told her Elle was involved for good measure. Allison desperately wanted to lose the challenge, but unfortunately, her tribe won. She continued her prior gameplay of turning Lauren and Elle against Jessica, further exposing her position, and she also had Jess targeting her preferred backup target in Elle over her or Brittney.

Any momentum regarding that came to a halt when Allison won the challenge. Going into the next cycle, Jess and Elle began to make up, but Allison was still involved in their plans. Elle pitched an alliance of them, Jess, and Brittney. Meanwhile, Allison also further bonded with Lauren.

Life in paradise was shattered when the merge hit, and Kam wasn’t there. Allison was furious, and lost all trust in Barney. She began to actively target him and spread rumors that he was responsible for Kam’s elimination. Her rumors were concerned when Raini spilled that Barney and Mink were responsible for Tal and Kam’s eliminations on the Rapa Tribe. When Allison checked with Barney, his story didn’t match, and Allison was even more suspicious of him. Meanwhile, Brittney told Allison about her new idol, and Jess tried to put Allison in a side deal with Elle and Mink that never fell through. By the time tribal rolled around, the target had shifted onto the “three Rapa boys” - Barney, Mink, and Charles. Allison found herself in the center of the vote, being informed of Jess pushing Mink’s and Raini’s names and Lauren revealing that the Rapa boys were on the chopping block. Meanwhile, Allison wanted Barney’s head, and Mink told her that he had a hidden immunity idol.

Allison knew that Mink was lying, as Brittney had the idol. Allison found herself wondering whether to get rid of Mink for transparently being a snake, or finally taking a shot at Jess. However, Charles’ extra vote was a complication. Allison won immunity this round, and prepared to make a big move, “accepting” Mink’s plea for safety. Unfortunately, the entire deck reshuffled when Elle began to target Brittney, something Allison could not accept. Raini and Charles only confirmed her suspicions, but when Mink was caught scheming with Elle, no plans fell through and he took the fall for the entire ordeal.

Allison desperately wanted immunity once more, and succeeded in winning it once more. However, things weren’t as good socially: Allison caught Elle stalking her during an idol hunt, and Jess told her that she saw Brittney as Allison’s number over her own. Allison considered taking the shot at Jess once more, and Charles revealed to her that Zebeem would be willing to take that shot with them. However, Zebeem denied the whole thing with her, and Lauren was far from reassuring as well. By the time tribal happened, Allison had misgivings about letting Jess go, but a shadowy cabal wanted her out and Allison didn’t want to resist. She resolved to target Elle going forward.

Things looked really bad going into the next immunity challenge, and Allison felt she would go home if she lost it. She in fact did, and tried to save herself. Allison tried to work with everyone, but nothing took: Zebeem avoided her, Lauren was untrustworthy, Elle admitted she’d vote out Allison, and Charles and Raini weren’t the most inspiring saviors. Allison’s last hope was in Brittney’s idol, but Brittney refused, sending Allison home in a disappointing whimper.

## Trivia

- Allison was originally an alternate for Anarchy, but after an original female cast member dropped from the cast, Allison replaced her.