Jayla Ellison

***Jayla*** was a castaway on Essential Survivor: Anarchy. She later returned for Essential Survivor: Fans vs. Favorites and .Essential Survivor: All Stars 2

## Anarchy

Jayla made several…questionable decisions over her brief time in Essential Survivor: Anarchy. She did a few things right and a few things wrong, and clearly, too many of those things went haywire.

The moment the game began, Jayla near instantly clicked with Tal. Tal - who could possibly be considered a mover and a shaker - got to work targeting Dom at the very first Tribal Council of the season. Jayla’s agenda that round was to vote against Elle, but Tal swayed Jayla to her side of voting out Dom. Later on, Jayla was able to make a connection with Elle despite having targeted her before, showing the start of her social game.

The next tribal, Jayla continued her trend of being under the radar. She allowed herself to be inducted into the plans of majority, working with them to vote out Cillian. However, the fact that she had lost both challenges was not reassuring in and of itself.
Jayla’s challenge skills continued to fail her when she lost her third challenge in a row, being sent to yet another tribal council. Jayla, due to her relative lack of connection, was fairly easily persuaded to vote with Joseph and Lauren, forming an underdog-like voting block. The trio targeted Jess, mostly over the fact that she had been a factor in the Dom boot to Lauren’s chagrin. However, the majority groups under Barney decided to target Joseph, pursuing an easy vote and giving Jayla’s alliance no room to get their way…leaving her in a precarious spot.

When Jayla lost her fourth challenge this season, she immediately got to work, making waves to try to remain in the game. Realizing that Barney was snaking her, Jayla called him and Finley out in the public camp chat. However, she got no real response and the plan to expose him made her look bad. Needing some footing in the game, Jayla threw Lauren to the wolves and pivoted to her first ever target in Elle. The two voted for Lauren…despite the fact that Barney, who Jayla had just called out, was not immune that tribal. The plan failed, with even Lauren herself deciding to vote Jayla, and she was eliminated in a vote of 6-2.

## Voting History

 Should I Fake My Age
 I'm Thoroughly Screwed
 HUZZAH
 Love You But You're A Snitch
 Voted Out, Day 10

## Fans Vs. Favorites

When the cast was released for this season, several people pegged Jayla as an early contender after seeing how well positioned she was in the game. She had several good bonds with people on both tribes, so it looked like she would automatically at least merge. Unfortunately, those connections didn’t prove to be stable when Jayla sabotaged her own game.

On the favorites, despite having previous bonds with John and Tae, Jayla was dead set on creating a girls alliance. When Punahele won the first challenge, ‘The Queens’ was officially made with all the women minus Aria, apparently Jayla and Aria never spoke so Jayla didn’t trust her enough to be added. With this alliance being made and all of her eggs being placed there, Jayla started to think ahead if Punahele lost a challenge, and while she didn’t want to, she planned to target Tae.

After losing the challenge at the F19, Jayla was in the hot seat. Her challenge showing was significantly worse than her tribemates, which ultimately cost them the challenge. Her showing was so bad that several people began to feel safe immediately. Now with her head on the chopping block, she then began to throw Tae’s name out to Bee, using his ‘dislike’ for Alison as the reasoning. Quickly enough, word spread around about this, resulting in Alison and Tae checking notes and realizing that Jayla couldn’t be trusted. From there, it became apparent that the Queens alliance wasn’t exactly going to work unless Jayla tried another angle. She *was* given ammunition to do so. The main people going after her were the Gen 1 alliance, and Will, kept relaying information from said alliance to Jayla. If she had told the Queens alliance, there’s a chance where the vote shifts to Will. But Jayla refuses to do anything with that info and gets voted off 8-2.

## Voting History

 Ain't No Damn Fish Here
 THROW SOME NAMES OUT
 Voted Out, Day 5

## All Stars 2 Voting History

Votes
 This Is A Blessing And A Curse
 I'm Not Apologizing For Shit
 Still Shallow As Can Be
 Voted Out, Day 10