Molan Bai

* 25
* Guatemala

**Molan Bai** was a contestant from *Survivor: Guatemala* and *Survivor 25*.

Molan became an early target during *Guatemala* before linking up with Dylan Crawford and Lorenzo Quinteiro during the tribe swap. Molan became the brain behind the operation that allowed her alliance to control every vote during the merge until her vote off where Romina Velasco blindsided her alliance when she played a Hidden Immunity Idol at the final five.

Returning as a Favorite in *25*, Molan instantly became a duo with Ziya Bakshi that would become a public target before the tribe swap. After the tribe swap, Molan assumed a power position in the Swapped Berhala Alliance that led her to the merge. Despite being down in numbers, Molan became responsible for the blindside against Ben Dubois. However, Kasey Portero playing the middle well resulted in Molan's allies being blindsided until she was eventually voted out by the opposing alliance at the final five once again.

## Profile

* Survivor 25

**Age:** 24**Current residence:** New York City, New York**Occupation:** Business Consultant

## Survivor

### Guatemala

**^1**  In "Branch on the Survivor Tree", the vote ended with a 2-2 tie between Dylan and Misty, forcing a revote. Misty did not change her vote on the revote.
**^2**  In "Wrong Time to Cross Me", Romina used a Hidden Immunity Idol, negating Molan's votes against her.

### Survivor 25

Molan returned as one of ten Favorites that comprised the Berhala tribe. Molan instantly became close with Ziya Bakshi, forming an obvious duo within the tribe. After Berhala lost the first immunity challenge, Molan decided the bets move for her would be to stay under the radar especially after her gameplay in Guatemala. At Tribal Council, Molan trusted in Ziya and voted with her. However, the votes didn't go their way and they were the only two votes against Kenza Bannani. Kenza became aware almost immediately that they were the two votes against her, causing Kenza to target Ziya and Molan for being a duo. When Berhala lost their second immunity challenge sending them back to Tribal Council, Molan wanted to go against Kenza, knowing that she was coming for her. While the entire tribe seemed set on taking out Molan or Ziya, they agreed to focus on Ahmad Maseeh and attempt to convince Kasey Portero and Sammie Woodside that sticking with the women of the tribe would be best for their game. At Tribal Council, their plan worked and the four of them went against the tribe's plan to split the votes, giving them the power to take out Ahmad. Although they felt content with their standing in the tribe, they avoided the following Tribal Council by winning the next Immunity Challenge. During their day off of Tribal Council, Kenza brought the idea to Molan and Ziya to work together along with Jax Nicholson, which they agreed in an effort to take the heat off of them.

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, Kenza, Molan and Ziya were surprised by Jax's leap at the opportunity to flip against Ziya. 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. Molan felt confident in their alliance to take control of the game especially with immunity at the first vote, but at Tribal Council, Ben and Sammie stuck their loyalty with the swapped Pemuja tribe, blindsiding Kenza in a 7-5 vote. Molan was one of the five, along with Francine, Sammie, Talon Rowe and Ziya, to win the reward challenge. On the reward, the three of them attempted to pull Sammie and Talon to their side. Returning from the immunity challenge without immunity, Molan and Ziya targeted the weakest member in their alliance, Ben, also wanting revenge on flipping against them. The two of them worked hard on flipping Kasey in their favor, feeling optimistic that she would save them. At Tribal Council, their persistent efforts paid off when Kasey and Talon flipped to their side to vote Ben out with a Hidden Immunity Idol.

With a new line being drawn in the sand, the swapped Berhala held a majority with Kasey and Talon on their side. Molan and Ziya agreed with each other that they wanted four powerful women at the end game and formed a four person alliance with Francine and Kasey. With their third tribal council looming, the opposing alliance set their sights on Ziya while Molan and Ziya let Kasey control who went next as a way to keep her on their side. Kasey decided on Adrianna Crawford and the alliance went along with her plan to eliminate her in a 5-4-1 vote. On Day 29, Molan purchased a clue to the Hidden Immunity Idol for $380 at the Survivor Auction. When she returned to camp without immunity for the votes, she attempted to find the idol, but wasn't able to find it. Before Tribal Council, Clara Souza offered an olive branch to Molan by extending a final five alliance with her, Molan, Phenix Hernandez, Sammie and Kasey. They made it clear that they would be voting out Francine and Ziya at Tribal Council. Molan immediately set her sights on Clara and tried to search for the idol again. Still knowing that the votes weren't in their favor, Molan voted against Clara and the new alliance in loyalty to Francine and Ziya.

After the Double Elimination where she lost both of her allies, Molan believed she was the next one to go even after losing the next Immunity challenge, but Kasey swayed the alliance to target outsider, Talon, she was spared another day in the game. The tribe started to realize that Kasey held a lot of power in the game from playing both sides. Molan was offered another olive branch by Sammie when she turned against the five alliance to go after Kasey. Sammie wanted Clara and Phenix to split the vote between Kasey and Molan. However, her plans fell through when Kasey won immunity. Still wanting Molan out, Sammie pushed for her alliance to vote her out, but Kasey and Clara deemed that Jax would be the bigger threat in the end game. Molan received a vote from Sammie at Tribal Council as her back-up plan in case of an idol being played. Following Tribal Council, the target remained on Kasey, but when she won immunity for the second time in a row, the only option for their opposing tribe became Molan. She was voted out in 4-1 vote as the 8th member of the jury, placing 5th again.

#### Voting History

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

## Trivia

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

* Molan has won the first Individual Immunity challenge in both her seasons.
* Molan is one of three castaways to finish in the same position twice, by placing 5th in both of his seasons. The others are Jacob Caldwell and Valeria Baglio.