Alisha

Tribe(s): Lunda, Bemba, Nguvu
Finish: Runner-Up/20
Days Lasted: 39

Alisha is a contestant from *Survivor: The Congo*.

## Survivor: The Congo

Alisha began *Survivor: The Congo* originally on the pink Lunda tribe. From the early stages of the game, Alisha formed a close bond with Annaliese, Ashley, Catherine and Sophie because of their shared histories as models from the United Kingdom. Whilst Lunda won the first two immunity challenges of the season, Alisha's group created the aptly named The British Invasion alliance. The girls also bonded with Helena and brought her into their alliance in order to form the majority on the tribe. When Lunda lost for the first time on Day 9, The British Invasion voted out Alex because they were a social threat and physical liability. This angered their ally Sukhvinder, who started to isolate herself from the rest of the tribe. After winning the following immunity challenge, a fight broke out between Annaliese and Sukhvinder over an allegedly found Hidden Immunity Idol. Alisha wanted to back up Annaliese as her ally, though Sukhvinder felt bullied by The British Invasion.

The two tribes met together for a surprise announcement on Day 12, where Sukhvinder remained frustrated with The British Invasion and elected to quit the game. A tribe switch occurred following her departure, where Alisha was switched to the green Bemba tribe along with Catherine and Erica. Despite never working together in the past, the Lunda women united on this new tribe after realising the original Bemba women (Estelle, Kari, Priyanka and Rio) wanted to turn on each other. The trio soon held a majority position after Erica formed a close bond with Estelle. After losing their first immunity challenge, Kari and Rio campaigned against Priyanka but Alisha, Catherine, Erica and Estelle worked together to eliminate Rio. With Bemba winning the remaining two immunity challenges, Alisha grew closer to her new alliance and was willing to turn on The British Invasion for them. When the tribes merged on Day 23 however, The British Invasion were clearly down in numbers after many of their former allies turned against them. The alliance voted for Estelle at the first merged tribal council, but a faction was formed against them and The Maple Leaves in order to eliminate Ilona.

With only eleven players remaining, The British Invasion retaliated against this attack by forming a majority of six with Lemon and Priyanka from The Maple Leaves. This alliance worked together at the following two tribal councils, where they eliminated Estelle and Erica. On Day 30, the majority planned to split their votes between Aliza and Helena in case either player found an idol. However, Alisha and the rest of The British Invasion worried about Lemon and Priyanka potentially flipping on them to work with The Faction. At tribal council, Helena played her idol but the girls switched their vote to Priyanka and she was voted out. Lemon expressed her disappointment when Nguvu returned to camp, but continued working with The British Invasion by splitting the votes between Aliza and Kari. Aliza stole Sophie's vote and played her idol at tribal council, which caused a 2-2 tie between Kari and Sophie. Alisha felt ready to make a big move against her alliance and discreetly signalled to Lemon that she was willing to turn on Sophie at the revote, leading to her blindside.

Despite losing a member, The British Invasion remained the most cohesive alliance left in the game. They voted out Aliza on Day 35 for masterminding Sophie's elimination, following shortly by Kari. The three remaining members of The British Invasion held the majority at the Final Five, where they eliminated their allies Helena and Lemon in order to reach the Final Three together. At the Final Tribal Council, Alisha explained that she entered the merge wanting to make well calculated big moves after painting a larger target on her back during the pre-merge for being too vocal. She highlighted the fact that she never received a vote against her at any tribal council, even though she turned her back on Sophie to ensure she wouldn't take her spot in the Final Three. The jury felt they better understood Alisha's game after she explained her experience, but felt she needed to make more moves in order to establish herself as a serious threat for the win. In the end, Alisha was named the Runner-Up after receiving one jury vote from Helena.

## Trivia

* Alisha was shortlisted to compete on *Cloncurry*, but was ultimately not selected for the final cast.