Danni

Tribe(s): Ta'alo, Manumalo
Finish: Runner-Up/24
Days Lasted: 39

Danni is a contestant from *Survivor: Island of Secrets*.

## Survivor: Island of Secrets

For living in Kansas at the time of filming, Danni was placed on the purple Ta'alo tribe at the beginning of *Survivor: Island of Secrets* along with *Kaôh Rōng* veteran J'Tia. Danni was one of the quieter members of her tribe and used this to her advantage, forming strong social relationships with J'Tia and Doug. Danni ensured that J'Tia was well integrated within the tribe, to the point where she was sent to the Island of Secrets on Days 3 and 6. When Ta'alo lost their first immunity challenge together on Day 10, Danni used these relationships to vote in the majority and send home Lily for trying to target J'Tia. At the Day 12 Double Tribal Council, this trio once again voted together in order to eliminate Omar.

At the tribe dissolve, Danni was chosen by Davis to remain on the purple Ta'alo tribe along with her closest ally Doug. There was tension on the tribe because of Anthony and Christian's rivalry that began on *David vs. Goliath*. Danni and Doug thought Anthony's original Laumei tribe was more powerful because they had yet to lose an original member. At their first loss on Day 18, Danni and Doug voted with Laumei to eliminate Davis. After losing immunity on Day 20, Ta'alo was forced to vote out two castaways as part of a Double Elimination. Danni and Doug decided to flip between Anthony and Christian's alliances so they would go after each other instead of them. They voted with Christian's group at the first vote to eliminate Leyla before eliminating Christian himself moments later. At the Final Thirteen, Danni made the merge and was reunited with her original Ta'alo allies Doug and J'Tia. She then visited the Island of Secrets, but failed to obtain an advantage. The Ta'alo castaways joined the majority in splitting the votes between Imani and Shannon, leading to Shannon's elimination.

The Ta'alo castaways decided to pledge their allegiance to the SALT Alliance, where they agreed to go after Anthony. However, they were kept out of the loop when the Laumei castaways, Imani and Micah had the numbers to blindside Sneha. Coming back to camp, Danni's trio felt extremely betrayed and voted together for Harmony. However, a null vote occurred when Doug, Heather and Joshua all played a Hidden Immunity Idol. Harmony then used her advantage to cast the sole vote at the revote to eliminate Declan. This move worried Danni because she felt like her alliance was being threatened. Unbeknownst to Danni, Laumei and Sa'ula created a temporary peace offering and agreed to go after J'Tia. When J'Tia realised her days were numbered, she convinced Danni and Doug to save themselves by voting her out. This proved to be a beneficial move because Sa'ula wanted to work with them once more, leading to the eliminations of Laumei alliance members Joshua and Micah.

At the Final Seven, Danni and Doug wanted to go after Harmony but they were concerned when it appeared that Sa'ula wasn't interested. Danni and Doug thought they had power when they voted for Harmony and Doug played his idol. However, Doug was still eliminated when Harmony negated his idol using an Idol Nullifier. Danni was without allies at this point, but had strong enough relationships with the women to form a tight alliance with them. On Day 36, Danni and her new alliance split the votes between Anthony and Harmony. With Elias winning individual immunity, Heather playing her Legacy Advantage and Elias playing his idol on Danni, Harmony became the eighth member of the jury. It appeared at the Final Five that Danni's alliance would vote out Anthony as the last member of Laumei. However, Danni and Imani were uncomfortable with the idea of bringing Elias and Heather to the Final Four because they were a tight Sa'ula pair. Danni and Imani convinced Heather to turn on Elias because he had won a majority of the individual immunity challenges.

With Elias now out of the picture, Danni solidified her alliance by forming a Final Three deal with Heather and Imani. When Imani won the final immunity challenge, the girls agreed they would finally get rid of Anthony. However, Danni and Imani were worried they would have no chance against Heather because she had won three advantages from the Island of Secrets. They thought that they had a better chance against Anthony, despite the fact that he had friends of the jury. This led to Heather becoming the final member of the jury. At the Final Tribal Council, Danni's subtle social game was respected by much of the jury. However, it was overshadowed by Anthony because he had to overcome the obstacle of being a returning player who was down in numbers. In the end, Danni was awarded Runner-Up after earning three of ten jury votes from Doug, Heather and J'Tia.

## Trivia

* Danni was the highest ranking member of the original Ta'alo tribe.