Holly Shaw

**Holly Shaw** was a contestant on Survivor Aotearoa: Matariki and the fourth person voted out. Holly established herself as a hard worker and the tribe’s cook. She was most known for her rivalry with tribe mate Joe, which ultimately lead to her blindside at the final 6. During the split tribal twist, Joe played an extra vote eliminating her 4-3.

## Survivor

### Matariki

Holly came into the game vaguely knowing both Joe and Jess from attending South Seas Film & Television School.

On Day 1, Holly quickly established herself a reputation as a hard worker around camp. She was quick to assign herself as the camp chef, making her fellow tribe mates meals as well as helping to set up tents. This work ethic attracted Jess, who soon became Holly's number 1 ally. In contrast, Holly and Jess viewed Helena's efforts around camp as lazy, and the girls already considered her a potential target. Meanwhile, a slight tension had begun building with Joe. After the immunity challenge, Holly left camp with Jess and Rafe. They came back to find out from Jake that Joe had begun leading a charge against Holly while they were gone. Joe cited a "personal rivalry outside of the game" for his reason to target Holly, which came as a complete surprise to Holly. Holly in turn took great offence to being targeted and saw Joe's move as personal. With the help of Jake, Holly was able to pull in a majority of votes (barely and at the last second) and the vote was flipped onto Helena. Holly survived the tribal receiving 4 votes to Helena's 5. After tribal council, Holly seemingly made good with Joe who justified his move as being a last minute decision.

On Day 2, Holly began to once again be targeted when Mitch and Kahu realized the threat of Holly, Joe and Jess having attended school together. Holly later found an idol clue up at the well, however she struggled to make much progress searching for it, since Jake had relayed incorrect idol information to her earlier in the day. After the immunity challenge, Jess began feeling very sick. Holly immediately saw Jess' sickness as a reason to target her, and she began rallying the tribe against her own closest ally. The entire tribe decided to play it safe and Jess was unanimously eliminated, leaving Holly as the last remaining female contestant.

On Day 3, Holly's rivalry with Joe was still alive and well. The day began with her trying to convince everyone and anyone she could that Joe should be the next vote. However, Jake became concerned that Sam was working with Mitch and Kahu to try take him out. Holly, on Jake's behalf, confronted Sam about this and threatened to "get everyone to turn on" him if he voted for Jake. At the immunity challenge, the split tribal twist came into play, and Holly was isolated back at camp with only Jake and Mitch to strategize with. This is where she began manipulating Mitch into believing Kahu was not on his side. She cited Kahu not picking Mitch to come with him on that days reward. Holly's plan, which she made clear with anyone she believed to be an ally, was that Joe should go home this tribal, and Kahu the next. At the tribal council, Holly rallied hard and vocally to take out Joe. However, when it came time to vote Joe played and extra vote against Holly. Additionally, Sam and Kahu had decided to join Joe in taking out Holly due to her plans to target Kahu, and her earlier threatening of Sam. The votes came in and Holly was blindsided in a 4-3 vote.

### Voting History

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## Trivia

* Holly was the last female contestant to be eliminated.
* Holly is the first contestant to be eliminated due to an advantage or twist.
* Holly was one of 4 contestants to receive an idol clue, the others being Mitch, Joe and Sam.