Albany

Albany is the Sole Survivor of *Survivor: Temple of Poena*.

As the first non-binary player on *Survivor*, Albany's wish was to bring a bit of the LGBTQ+ culture to the franchise. Albany managed to play an extremely strong under-the-radar game, making strategic decisions without being targeted early on. Albany clicked with Aurelia and also kept their loyalty towards Meredith, who at that time had many rivalries. Albany had an very great view on the game, knowing who was aligned with who and used it to their advantage. Albany made it to the merge, getting no votes cast against them and won two individual immunities. They managed to keep their allies together into the game. Albany made it to the end after all after completing an very surprising under-the-radar game, getting praised for it and becoming the forty-fifth *Sole Survivor*.

Albany is praised by many fans as one of the most incredible under-the-radar players, with getting zero votes cast against them, managing to keep their allies into the game and later voting them off in a positive way and ending up winning as the first non-binary player. Therefor, Albany is one of the most appreciated and favorite players in *Survivor* history.

## Survivor: Temple of Poena

**Name:** Albany

**Tribe:** Zeus

**Personal Claim to Fame:** I'm the first Non-Binairy High School student in my town. People had to get used to it, but I managed to serve the rights in the whole he/she approach system. Nowadays we don't greet each other by calling each other's genders as in hi mister or madam. It's now; hello you.

**Inspiration in Life:** Any LGBT+ individual who came out of the closet and has since lived the life they have always wanted to live. Whether you are gay, lesbian, non-binairy, transgender or even a furry, you should be who you want to be and not get limited by two options male or female. For example; Kevin, whose participation opened the door for me to apply as well.

**Hobbies:** Since a few months I have been addicted to lego building, so that became a big hobby of mine. And I'm a huge sucker for Lady Gaga so I often listen to her songs as well. Besides that all, I'm also a science fanatic.

**Pet Peeves:** Pretty easy one. Any person who refuses to accept a different person. In my situation, people who still call me him or her bothers me a lot. You can't put me in a box and write male or female on it. I'm not a package, I'm a living human. So when people know that I'm non-binair and people still call me by gender, it makes me frustrated.

**3 Words to Describe You:** Confident, Inspired, Listener. To clarify the last one; I listen to everyone and everything because I am invested and inspired by people with touching stories.

**If You Could Have 3 Things on The Island What Would They Be And Why?** I would like to have many cocktails, not the heavy ones because I can't take those, a big table and a year collection of lego pieces. That will make my journey a better place!

**Reason for Being on Survivor:** I would lie if I said I wasn't going to speak out my thoughts about the world on this platform. Survivor allows you to bring you and your situation to this game and work from there. So I will definitely use it as a chance to voice my opinion and show them who I am. And next to that, hell I am gonna play the best social, strategic and physical game that I can because I frickin' love Survivor!

**Why You Think You Will Be the Sole Survivor:** Hm, good one. I wouldn't say that I am super-super social and strategic but I got little pieces of it. I have fought for a long time and since then I have learnt to accept more, to forgive more and always stay true to my own self. If I manage to control those aspects + the typical outwit, outplay, outlast aspects, I must be a good contender to win it all.

## Trivia

* Albany is the first and currently only non-binary contestant on *Survivor*.
	+ They are also the first and currently only non-binary Sole Survivor of the series.