Kenza Bannani

* 25
* 24

**Kenza Bannani** is a castaway from *Survivor 24* and *Survivor 25*.

In *24*, Kenza never attended tribal or cast a vote until Day 27, she developed close alliances with the women in the game, more specifically Evita Orellana, she was able to maneuver further in the game. At the final seven, Kenza and Evita struggle for control in the game where was able to succeed. Burned by Evita attempting to take control, Kenza turned her back on Evita during the first vote of the Double Elimination, but her plans were thwarted by a Hidden Immunity Idol. Blindsided by the betrayal and now with immunity, Evita turned the table on Kenza, rallying enough votes to be eliminated during the second vote.

In *25*, Kenza struggled to maintain the power that she held in her original season until she allowed herself to work with the tribe members that she was targeting. From there, Kenza was apart of a majority Favorites alliance that led her to the merge. Coming into the merge with a numbers disadvantage, Kenza became the first member of the jury after the Swapped Pemuja Alliance took control of the game.

## Profile

* Survivor 25

**Age:** 34**Current Residence:** Orlando, Florida**Occupation:** Attorney

## Survivor

### Survivor 24

**^1**  In "", Kenza wagered his vote at the Summit for an idol. Because Selim and Ziya also chose to risk his vote, Kenza became ineligible to vote at Tribal Council.
**^2**  In "", the vote ended with a 3-3 tie between Camron and Evita, forcing a revote. Kenza did not change her vote on the revote.
**^3**  In "", Evita used a Hidden Immunity Idol, negating Kenza's vote against her.
**^4**  In "", the vote ended with a 2-2-2 tie between Katie, Kenza and Skye, forcing a revote. Bronze and Florenza changed their votes to Kenza on the revote, eliminating her from the game.

### Survivor 25

Kenza returned as one of ten Favorites that comprised the Berhala tribe. Kenza began close instantly with Samir Zaman and tried to warn him to take out his rival, Ahmad Maseeh. After Berhala lost the first immunity challenge, they were sent to their first Tribal Council where she was left blindsided when Samir was voted out. Feeling powerless within the tribe, she immediately rallied the tribe against the power duo Molan Bai and Ziya Bakshi, gaining support from multiple members of the tribe. Berhala lost their second immunity challenge sending them back to Tribal Council. Kenza's plan was set into motion to take out primary target Molan and split the remaining votes on Ziya. However, at Tribal Council, Kenza was once again blindsided and left in the minority of the vote. Despite being in the minority once again, Kenza was relieved of defeat when Berhala won the following immunity challenge, allowing her to reevaluate her gameplay. Instead of working against the power duo, Kenza proposed the idea to work with Molan, Ziya and Jax Nicholson that was accepted by all parties.

On Day 10, the new alliance of four stayed on the Berhala tribe along with four members from the Fans tribe. When their alliance stayed together through the merge, the four of them took it as a sign from the Survivor Gods. However, despite their luck with staying together, their streak of losing continued as they were sent to two back-to-back Tribal Councils where they capitalized on swaying Danica Boiko and Francine Lamb to their side to vote out Jalen Bailey and Malayiah Howard. They were able to win one immunity challenge to allow them a few days of security, but lost the following immunity challenge. With the alliance having to turn against the six members working together, the core Favorites decided to stay together to vote out Danica. However, at Tribal Council, the Favorites were surprised by Jax's leap at the opportunity to flip. When it became clear to Jax that Kenza was going to stay loyal to the alliance, Jax flipped back to their side to vote Danica out of the game.

On Day 20, the two tribes came together to merge as the Alyak tribe. With Kenza, Molan and Ziya feeling burned by Jax, they attempted to link together with Ben Dubois and Sammie Woodside alongside Francine to form a new majority alliance of six. All the while, the swapped tribe Pemuja solidified their pact to stay together through the merge to take out the swapped members of the Berhala tribe. Jax swore his loyalty to the swapped members of the Berhala tribe, making a potential alliance of seven. At the Immunity Challenge, Kenza failed to secure her safety in the game, leading to Clara Souza and Ben setting their sights on sending Kenza home for being the biggest strategic threat to their alliance. With Ben's loyalty out the window, their only hope was for Sammie to vote in their favor to tie the vote. At Tribal Council, the swap tribes didn't falter from their loyalty and Kenza was voted out in a 7-5 vote, becoming the first member of the jury.

#### Voting History

**^1**  In "", the vote ended with a 3-3 tie between Danica, and Ziya, forcing a revote. Kenza did not change her vote on the revote.

## Trivia

 **Days spent on Redemption Island:** | N/A

* Kenza is one of the three contestants in *Survivor 24* to never attend Tribal Council until merge.
* Kenza has went the longest without casting a vote, a total of 27 days.
* In both seasons, Kenza received votes at one tribal council before she was voted out.