Tessa O'Halloran

**Tessa O'Halloran** is a contestant from *Australian Survivor* (2017).

A die-hard fan of the game, Tessa was relegated to the minority after her allies were blindsided early on in the game. However, thanks to Tarzan Herlaar and the power struggle that arose after his elimination, Tessa was able to find her place on top of the tribe and travel deep into the game before being relegated to the minority once again shortly before the merge. With an Immunity Challenge win, Tessa was able to recoup power and lead the charge to blindside Henry Nicholson. Unfortunately, this in turn resulted in her downfall, as she was blindsided by her allies at the very next Tribal Council due to her growing threat status. After her elimination, Tessa was deemed too dangerous to be on the jury by eventual winner Jericho Malabonga, who used the Juror Removal twist against her.

## Profile

*Retrieved from 10play.com.au*

**Age:** 29
**Occupation:** Doctor
**State:** Victoria
**Tribe:** Samatau

Always underestimated by her work colleagues and patients because of her age and gender, Tessa is highly intelligent and ready to compete.

Studying to become a doctor, Tessa worked under high-pressure conditions while attending lectures and studying to pass her physician's exam. She is now one of the youngest doctors at her work.

Tessa's youthful looks have meant patients and colleagues do not always think she knows what she is doing – but do not be fooled.

"I am quite used to people looking at me and thinking I am too young to be doing the job that I am doing, but I do it well. I do not make many mistakes. I know what I am doing," she said.

Tessa's strategy is to form an all-girls alliance and to work her magic when their backs are turned.

"Hopefully I am too small and blonde for the other survivors on the island to realise it, but I will work behind-the-scenes to play them against each other.

"They will not want to mess with me. When I am annoyed, I tend to have a quiet simmer. I then go out to get revenge and they will not see me coming."

Tessa wants to win *Australian Survivor* for her family, especially her mum, and she does not feel any guilt about her strategy.

"I do not think that heroes go far in this game. People who say they are playing with honesty and integrity are infuriating. It is a game, it is not real life."

## Australian Survivor

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* Challenge History
* Voting History

**^1** In "Episode 4", Tessa used a Hidden Immunity Idol, negating 6 votes against her.
**^2** In "Episode 8", Samatau was subjected to a mock Tribal Council where the two players they voted out were switched to the other tribe.
**^3** In "Episode 11", after winning the Immunity Challenge on Day 26, Samatau was subjected to a Tribal Council where they would vote for one person to compete for a special reward.

## Post-Survivor

* Tessa, along with nineteen other former *Survivor*, *Australian Survivor*, *Survivor South Africa*, and *Survivor New Zealand* contestants, competed in the second *Survivor*-themed mini-competition of *Sequester* on June 20, 2020. She was eliminated in the second round, finishing in 19th place.

## Trivia

* Tessa is the first person in *Australian Survivor* to be voted off the jury due to the Juror Removal twist. Tessa is the first female castaway in *Survivor* history to be removed from the jury as the first person removed from the jury was male.

## References

1. ↑ https://10play.com.au/australian-survivor/participants/season-2/tessa/pa190708drxwv
2. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNMcwCWh1Bg