Natalie Rowe

Survivor: New Zealand
Tribe(s): Mana, Tapu, Rangatira
Finish: 7/18
 Survivor: Island of the Idols
Tribe(s): Lairo, Lumuwaku
Finish: 7/20
Days Lasted: 34

Natalie is a contestant from *Survivor: New Zealand* and *Survivor: Island of the Idols*.

## Survivor: New Zealand

Natalie originally competed on *Survivor: New Zealand* as part of the red Mana tribe. She was in the majority alliance and openly despised the 'oddballs', Jessie, Clay and Esther. After two immunity wins, the tribe lost the next two. At both tribals, the 'oddballs' were targeted, with Clay and later Esther being voted out.

The tribe switch then meant that Natalie was switched to the blue Tapu tribe along with original members Jessie, Godfrey and Laura. Natalie thought of this massive plan to target the original Tapu members, forcing them to become apart of her Minions Alliance or be voted out. Lateysha and Russell submitted early, but Ellis constantly fought with Natalie. At the next challenge, Natalie forced her team to throw the challenge and they went to tribal. Ellis was unanimously voted out. Tapu then won the remaining two challenges they had together.

At the merge, Natalie felt she had control over her post-switch alliance. At the first merged vote, she told them to split the votes between Russell and Jayne. Jessie had a majority of votes, but used a Hidden Immunity Idol. With the most votes that counted, Russell was voted out. The rival alliance then targeted Lateysha, who was an affiliate to the alliance. Wanting to exercise her power further, Natalie began to talk to the rival Mana alliance. She told her own alliance to vote for Charlie and relayed this message to Charlie, who in turn send Godfrey to the jury. When Jessie tried to make friends, she failed and was the next person out.

Hughie played his voting advantage at the next tribal council and prevented Alex from voting. Natalie convinced Laura to voted with her for Hughie, whilst Hughie voted for Ryan twice. However, the rest of the alliance began to question Natalie's integrity and despite constant efforts, her plan became transparent. The tribe voted for her and Natalie became a member of the jury. At the Final Tribal Council, she voted for Charlie to win the title of Sole Survivor.

## Survivor: Island of the Idols

Natalie then returned for *Survivor: Island of the Idols* originally on the orange Lairo tribe. Previous relationships were a large concern on the tribe, which left Natalie (with no connections on her tribe) in a comfortable position for the time being. Luke and Michelle were aligned on *Australia II* and were considered the biggest threats of Lairo, leading to Michelle's elimination at the first tribal council. Luke then reasoned with Natalie that although Sasha didn't have connections on Lairo, he was connected to Dre and William from the rival Vokai tribe because the three originally competed on *Kaôh Rōng* together. She agreed to vote with him and Chad for Sasha, but they were in the minority and Chad was voted out.

At the tribe switch, Natalie remained on Lairo along with Jose, Luke and Sasha. They were joined by Henry, Ika, Leo and William. As Luke predicted, Sasha joined forces with his former ally William whilst also bringing in Ika and Jose who also worked together during their first season *Mamanuca Islands*. Natalie aligned with the rest of the tribe, Henry, Leo and Luke, creating a 4-4 split on Lairo. Despite this, the tribe won all four immunity challenges they had together and did not attend tribal council. Following the merge on Day 23, Natalie and Luke aligned with Leo and his fellow Old Schoolers in order to target the Pairs Alliance from Lairo. At the first merged tribal council, Natalie voted with the majority to eliminate Henry.

Luke and Natalie noticed there was tension building between the Old Schoolers and the Pairs Alliance and decided to flip between the groups for the numbers. When the Old School Alliance voted out Jose, they recognised Luke and Natalie's tactics and Luke was blindsided at the next vote. Natalie, with her closest ally gone, decided to work with the Old Schoolers in order to vote for Ika but there was a three way tie between Bethany, Ika and Natalie at tribal council. No castaway switched their vote at the revote, which rendered the trio immune and the remaining castaways were forced to draw rocks. Jaclyn was eliminated after holding the odd rock. To Natalie's dismay, the Old Schoolers and the Pairs Alliance put their differences aside for the next vote to unanimously eliminate Emma at the following vote.

By the Final Seven, Natalie decided to switch her allegiance once again to the Pairs Alliance because she felt they were less of a cohesive unit than the Old Schoolers. This proved true because Ika flipped on them, and it was agreed they would throw her under the bus at the next tribal council. Though Natalie, Sasha and William voted for Ika, the rest of the tribe voted out Natalie and she became the seventh member of the jury. At the Final Tribal Council, he voted for Sasha to win the title of Sole Survivor.

## Trivia

* Natalie was the only castaway during the post merge of *New Zealand* to last more than one tribal council and have none of her votes cast nullified by an idol.
* Natalie lasted until the Final Seven both seasons she competed in.