Sam

**Sam** was a contestant on Season 2 - The Totem Pole and Season 3 - Survivor.

## Survivor

Sam entered the game as one of the 20 players competing for the title and the Brookesia second redemption player. Right off the bat, he struggled to connect with his tribemates, being one of the several potential names to leave at his first tribal council. Despite this, his consistent effort in challenges and socially kept him safe with only one vote against him. At the swap, he swapped to the new Furcifer in a 4-2 minority along with fellow tribemate Ethan. The two began quickly working at at their first tribal council, flipped the vote onto outsider Pennino. Sam's and Ethan's work paid off at their next tribal council, forming a close alliance with Jennet, flipping them to vote out Jabari. At the second swap, all of his previous allies were swapped away from him leaving him first in line to leave. However, his tribe was immune, guaranteeing him a spot in the merge.

Once the merge hit, he was able to go back under the radar as neither an easy, inactive vote nor a threat to vote out early. He survived the first several votes of merge as part of the Justice League alliance along with Jennet, Jones, and Mikey. During the 2 Can Keep a Secret round, despite voting with that alliance for Lovelis, Mikey flipped his vote and the blame was put on Sam. The next round, Sam was again spared as players decided to go after bigger targets, but his alliance was growing suspicious of him. The next tribal council, Sam believed that Lindsay would be the target again after saving herself the round before, but Jennet had become too suspicious of him. His old alliance along with Jake and Jones flipped on him, sending him out in a 5-3-1 vote as the other side of the game voted for Jennet and he voted alone for Lindsay.

At the Final Tribal Council, despite feeling betrayed by all finalists, he game his vote to Jones for a solid FTC performance and overall strong game.

## The Totem Pole

Sam entered the Totem Pole house as one of the 20 players competing for the title. Right from the start he was singled out for being the youngest player in a relatively older cast and put in the Bottom Five during the first week. Due to a strong campaign effort, he was voted the first Switch of the season, and after switching himself out of the Bottom Five with the relatively inactive Lachie, he dedicated himself to flying under the radar and building social bonds. As sides started forming, he was spared from the Bottom Five for the next two weeks, staying away from the drama and heavy strategizing in the game, giving nobody a real reason to vote him out. This strategy hit a roadblock on the Week Three ReRank when Tops of the Totem Pole Cindi and Dom had only a limited number of safe spots, and after not taking a side in the house, neither wanted to save Sam and he was back in the Bottom Five. Despite this, a strong campaign effort from ally William as well as obvious threat, Drew, being in the Bottom Five with him, Sam narrowly survived the vote. Sam's bad luck with Totem Pole placements continued the next round when he was placed by Megan into the Bottom Five. However, he was in the Bottom Five with several threats and house targets and it looked like he would be able to slip through the cracks of the round. However, when Henry as Bottom of the Totem Pole was forced to challenge another player to an elimination battle, he chose Sam. Although the elimination battle was close, coming down to the final few moves, Henry won, making Sam the 7th person eliminated from the game.

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