Sasha

Survivor: Kaôh Rōng
Tribe(s): Gondol, Dara
Finish: 8/18
 Survivor: Island of the Idols
Tribe(s): Lairo, Lumuwaku
Finish: Runner-Up/20
Days Lasted: 39

Sasha is a contestant from *Survivor: Kaôh Rōng* and *Survivor: Island of the Idols*.

## Survivor: Kaôh Rōng

Sasha was placed on the yellow Gondol tribe during *Survivor: Kaôh Rōng*. On Day 1, a strong pairing was formed between the British Noel and Natasha. To counteract this, Sasha and the remaining members, Courtney N., India and William, of the tribe formed the Gondol Alliance of four. Despite Noel and Natasha reaching out to Sasha, he wanted to remain loyal to his alliance. Gondol won the first immunity challenge, but lost the second. The alliance of four had the power and at tribal council, voted out Noel. With Natasha on the bottom, she approached Sasha and William to get rid of the girls. She called the girls too tight a duo and wanted to get rid of them immediately. When Gondol lost their second challenge in a row, Sasha and William had to decide which person to be loyal to. They remained with their group of four and unanimously voted out Natasha.

On Day 12, a tribe dissolve occurred where Sasha remained on Gondol with William. They were joined by original Chan Loh members Courtney W., Dre and Levi and To Tang members Astrid and Chris. An alliance of four was formed between Dre, Astrid, Courtney and William. This left the alpha males of the tribe, Chris, Levi and himself, at the bottom. Gondol won their first two immunity challenges but lost on Day 19. At tribal council, Sasha and his trio voted for Astrid but the alliance of four voted Levi out.

At this point, the tribes merged. Annoyed at the majority alliance from the post switch Gondol, Chris and Sasha flipped to the opposition with Sasha's original allies, India and Courtney N. and their new ally, Grainne. The targets of the alliance were the couple, Isaiah and Paisley and at the first merged vote, they eliminated Paisley. Sasha and Chris were getting a little power hungry. Wanting to get revenge on Astrid, they convinced the rest of their allies to vote for her. At tribal, Chris played his Hidden Immunity Idol out of fear but Astrid was eliminated anyway. With his strong alliance of five, Chris and Sasha were itching to make a big move. They flipped to the Gondol alliance in the hopes of getting rid of the power trio. Dre and William had other ideas and told Chan Loh of this, prompting the alliances to split in half. At tribal council, Courtney W., Sasha, Chris and Isaiah voted for William because he turned on the group but the trio of girls had the power and blindsided Chris.

After losing his alliance with Courtney N., Grainne and India, Sasha now relied on the minority with Courtney W. and Isaiah. The three wanted to get Dre and William to flip back to their alliance and turn on the girls, but they were in the position of power and got to make the big move. Sasha told Dre and William to vote for Grainne. However, this soon backfired on him when they told the Chan Loh girls. At tribal council, Sasha and his allies voted for Grainne but the majority alliance voted him out. At the Final Tribal Council, he voted for India to win the title of Sole Survivor.

## Survivor: Island of the Idols

Sasha returned for *Survivor: Island of the Idols*, where he was originally placed on the orange Lairo tribe. Castaways with previous relationships were seen as huge threats very early on. With his former allies Dre and William on the rival Vokai tribe however, Sasha was able to slip under the radar and land in the majority alliance. When Lairo lost the first immunity challenge, Sasha's alliance eliminated Michelle because of her connection to tribe mate Luke after they both competed on *Australia II*. At their following loss, this alliance also had the numbers to eliminate Chad. At the tribe switch, Sasha remained on Lairo along with Jose, Luke and Natalie whilst being joined by Henry, Ika, Leo and William from Vokai. Now reunited with William, Sasha formed a tight alliance of four along with fellow duo Ika and Jose. The new Lairo was evenly divided between Sasha's new alliance and the other four castaways. Despite this, the tribe never attended tribal council because Lairo won all four immunity challenges they had together.

Sasha's alliance was put in the minority when the tribes merged on Day 23 because his Lairo rivals joined forces with the Old School Alliance. Sasha was unable to vote at the first merged tribal council because Emma played a vote blocker against him, leading to the loss of his allies Henry and Jose. Sasha's remaining allies then voted for Emma in the hopes that the Vokai Old Schoolers would turn on her, but thankfully they blindsided Luke. Their next plan was to go after Bethany and when the Old Schoolers split their votes, a three way tie occurred between Bethany, Ika and Natalie. There was a rock draw after there was a deadlocked tie, leading to Jaclyn's elimination. With the fear of the rock draw fresh in their minds, the Pairs Alliance joined forces with the Vokai Old Schoolers in order to get rid of Emma who was considered a 'safe vote'. Sasha's trio needed swing vote Natalie to work with them in order to become the majority on the tribe. As Natalie began working with them, he and William were blindsided when Ika flipped to eliminate Natalie.

Sasha was hopeful that Ika would remember her loyalty to the Pairs Alliance and it was agreed that they would be voting for Penny. William played his idol on Ika, but it was nullified by Bethany's Idol Nullifier and Ika was still voted out. This move put Sasha and William in the minority, but they convinced Leo that he was at the bottom of his alliance and they voted together for Penny. With only four castaways remaining, the boys intended to take each other to the Final Three. However, Bethany won the final individual immunity challenge and the men were forced to turn on each other. When Leo decided to pledge his allegiance to Bethany, Sasha was forced to vote out his closest ally William.

At the Final Tribal Council, the members of the jury from the Pairs Alliance praised Sasha for his under the radar social game that kept him safe against the majority of Old Schoolers. However, the jurors from Old School Alliance criticised Sasha for not making any moves and agreed that he was never targeted because he wasn't seen as a serious threat. This divide amongst the jury led to a 5-5-0 vote, with Sasha receiving jury votes from Henry, Ika, Jose, Natalie and William. With Second Runner-Up Leo now the eleventh member of the jury, Sasha became the Runner-Up after Leo voted for Bethany.

## Trivia

* Sasha was the only member of the Final Seven of *Island of the Idols* to not win an individual immunity challenge during the season.
	+ He was also the only member of the Final Six to never visit Island of the Idols.
* Sasha was the highest ranking member of the original Lairo tribe.
* Sasha is one of four LGBT castaways to make it to the Final Tribal Council, along with Hughie, Raph and Ross. He is currently the only castaway to achieve this feat as a returning player.
* He holds the record for the most jury votes earned by a Runner-Up, with five.