Blair

Blair is the sole visionary of Visionary Survivor: Egypt. She also competed on Visionary Survivor: All-Stars.

## Egypt Summary

From losing her main ally in the first vote to winning the game. Simply put, not many people can say they’ve accomplished something like this before, not many people can say that they’ve played a game as impressive as Blair’s was. To start off the game Blair made an immediate connection to Kiibo. While she did connect with others on her tribe, she never felt as secure with the rest of her tribemates compared to Kiibo. After losing the first immunity challenge, it seemed like both were in a good spot based on camp discussion. Most people were throwing out Tinky and Dany’s names as well as Delta, but shockingly it was only Kiibo and Tinky who received votes at tribal. But when fate didn’t swing their way, Kiibo was eliminated by wheel as a result of a tie vote at tribal. Thus, Blair was left in the game without her closest ally.

After Kiibo’s elimination, Blair was simply out for blood. Knowing that everyone was already beginning to play cut throat games, Blair wasn’t about to take any chances on anyone, vowing that she would at least outplace all other original Griffin in order to avenge Kiibo. But in order to make this happen, she knew she couldn’t just cut off all communication with a tribe she was still on. So she made an effort to pull in Dany and Nexus. However, these relationships didn’t do her any good for the rest of her time on Griffin as Dany was eliminated soon after and Nexus was abducted a few days after that. As a result of the abduction, Blair was left alone with the duo of Delta and Tinky. When it seemed as though all hope was lost due to being outnumbered by a duo that also had an immunity idol blocker in their position. Blair had an immense run in with luck as she found a second immunity idol just before tribal council to add to the one she already had. So when Tinky played his immunity idol blocker on Blair for safe measure, she was able to override it with her second idol and eliminate Tinky in the process.

Once the merge came Blair knew she had to fade into the background in order to avoid being targeted. Since she was outnumbered by both Bennu and Sphinx, she didn’t want to give any reason for people to throw out her already vulnerable name. Because of this, she stood idly by and watched former Bennu castaways wipe out all of former Sphinx. However, she did have a couple tricks up her sleeve. While she wasn’t very aggressive on the strategic front during this time, she was very aware and active socially, most notably reconnecting with Nexus and forming a new relationship with Dawit that she used as a means of receiving inside info of the Bennu tribe. However, Blair was quick to cut him loose after Sphinx was pagonged and Bennu was ready to turn on itself.

At the final seven Blair was ready to get back into the strategic scene, the only problem was that CK was too, thus sparking their incredible rivalry that was present throughout the latter stage of the season. While CK was consistently on the right side of the numbers, Blair’s tactical thinking and use of advantages gave her a distinct advantage in most situations. At the final seven CK and his alliance targeted Blair due to her consistently performing well in the challenges behind CK, meanwhile Blair was in the process of getting Tabor to flip to her side so that the two of them and Nexus could finally blindside Bennu mob boss Kalina with the help of Nexus’ vote blocker.

At the final six, Blair lost a number after just gaining one the vote before, and unfortunately lost her new ally by the end of the final six tribal council. Fortunately for Blair, she won immunity for after clearly being deemed the biggest threat in the game, even with CK still standing. Because of this, Nexus decided to take his allegiance to CK in hopes of making a move. But due to her challenge win, they were forced to eliminate Tabor instead in order limit Blair’s numbers. But at the final five, Blair was finally able to make one of her bigger dreams in the game become true. At winning her second challenge in a row to guarantee safety, Blair was able to finally eliminate CK with the help of his own ally, Aidan. The two of them talked about the blindside and were able to pull it off after Blair guessed CK’s target and played her idol on Michael to nullify CK and Nexus’ votes.

At the final four Blair was left with the most crucial challenge yet, with just one more challenge standing in her way and all other castaways remaining wanting her gone, she had no choice but to do her best to win. And in a very close challenge between Michael and herself, she was able to pull off the most important win of the season by a difference of three seconds. At the final tribal council it was truly Blair’s jury to lose after playing such a dominant game. At first it seemed like maybe Michael had a chance as Dawit made it clear that he wouldn’t vote for Blair due to still being salty about his blindside, but ultimately he decided to view the final three through a more level headed lens. This coupled with Nexus essentially giving up due to thinking there was no way he could beat Blair, she was awarded the win in a near unanimous 6-1-0 vote.

## All-Stars Summary

Coming off of an iconic run in Survivor Egypt where she found lots of advantages and dominated challenges, Blair’s All-Star run had a lot to live up to. Unfortunately, no one's luck can last forever, and a horrible swap ended her run pre-maturely.

Blair’s game began on a tribe with all winners and she eventually found herself in two alliances, The Mighty BJ (with Joel, Bee, and Mink) and The Three Stooges (with Kaden and Dawit), placing her in the middle of the tribe. Adding on to this strong start, her idol luck continued when she found the Royalty Idol.

Blair quickly gave up her spot in the middle, abandoning her friend Bee to team up with the larger threats of Dawit and Kaden. Partially due to this betrayal, Joel, Mink and Bee decided to place all of their votes on Blair when the Royalty tribe went to their first tribal council. Fortunately for her, she was able to avoid the wheel and keep her idol when Dawit intimidated Joel into siding with them to vote off Mink. Blair then easily cruised through the second straight Royalty tribal when the Stooges and Bee unanimously eliminated Joel.

However, her luck ran out when she was swapped to the new Legacy Tribe. As her new tribemate Derek so eloquently put it “The unique web of me, Robby, Rachel, and Jacob was just too much for [Blair] to overcome even if she wasn’t a winner.” Robby and Derek were extremely tight from their time on the legend tribe and Robby had a S6 connection to Jacob and Derek had a S1 connection with Rachel. Blair was the largest threat on the tribe and caught in an extremely exposed position.

Further adding to her woes, Blair fell into a false sense of security due to her idol and didn’t scramble when the New Legacy tribe lost their first challenge. Due to this lack of desperation, Derek and Jacob correctly figured out that she had an idol and convinced the whole tribe to pool tokens together and buy an idol nullifier. When Blair saw that an idol nullifier had been purchased from the Visionary Market, she knew she was in trouble. She ultimately decided not to play the idol, to render the nullifier a waste of tokens and she was eliminated in a 4-1 vote.

### Voting History

 The Devil Works But I Work Harder
 This Is Only The Beginning Baby
 Get With Today, My Brother
 I Kinda Want To Cause Some Chaos
 Eliminated, Day 10

## Return Interviews

**Clearly you did something right last time you played otherwise you wouldn’t have been invited back. So this season, are you looking to play more of the same way or change up your play style?**
Right now, I don't really have a set plan for myself. I want to see what I'm dealing with before I set my way. I don't want to get too ahead of myself at all. If doing what I did last time works for me again, then I'll do it, but it honestly depends on the environment of the cast.
**What did you learn from your last season that will help you do better this time around?**
I think last time I was too trusting of some people for them to just turn on me. A lot of the times I chose the wrong people to align with (Mostly during my time in Griffin). I think this time around I have to be more wary of the people I'm playing with. I can find people I want to trust, but I can't put 100% trust in anyone. Even if Rochelle appears on the season, we both know it's a game. I can't put my whole trust into any one person.
**With 18 high caliber players returning, who are you expecting to see return? Who are you most and least excited to see again?**
I haven't been up to date, but from what I've seen I can expect Dawit for sure and I bet all the winners were considered. Not sure if they will all come back, but I am expecting other winners for sure. Bigger players like Dilman, Schmutz, CK, Rey, Rochelle, and Robby are people I would expect to see as well. Dawit is probably someone I am not excited for because I have a record for blindsiding him, but hopefully he can forgive me for a third time. 3rd times a charm?
**How confident are you this time around? Do you think you have what it takes to beat the best of the best?**
Not very confident, but that won't bring down my spirit. I know other players have come and gone and played very well, but I know my title. People call me the queen of Visionary, which I am thankful for, but it's a giant target on my back. I think with seasons following mine it may have shifted a bit, but it's still there. It is very worrisome to know I'm going in with a target, but there are other players I believe to be better than me. I mean Dawit manipulated a cast of veterans if anyone has a good chance at winning it's him. So hopefully I can just make it out with my head held high.
**What are you looking forward to most this season? What are you looking to accomplish this time around?**