Sharn

Tribe(s): Boran, Samburu, Moto Maji
Finish: Second Runner-Up/24
Days Lasted: 39

Sharn is a contestant from *Survivor: Africa*.

## Survivor: Africa

Sharn began *Survivor: Africa* originally on the gold Boran tribe. Whilst two larger alliances were beginning to form, Sharn formed a Final Two deal with David before creating a tight trio with Benji. When the tribe lost their first immunity challenge on Day 6, Benji brought David and Sharn into his alliance so they could eliminate Dean by splitting the votes between him and Ethan. On Day 12, both Boran and Samburu were told they would be voting someone out as part of a Double Tribal Council. It originally appeared that this majority Boran Alliance would be voting out Ethan, but Benji informed David and Sharn with Benji, Palesa and Shonee to blindside Tegan.

At the tribe switch, Sharn was switched to the red Samburu tribe along with Benji, Fenella, Heath and Shonee whilst joining original Samburu members Emily, Lance, Ryan and Sarah. With David remaining on Boran, Sharn considered Benji her closest ally and agreed with him that the duo of Shonee and Fenella (affectionately known as Shonella) should be separated. Sharn and Shonee created the "Sh" alliance during this time, causing Sharn to convince Benji that Fenella should be targeted first over Shonee. At Samburu's first loss on Day 14, Benji and Sharn told the original Samburu Four they would be all safe if they voted for Fenella. The original Boran players planned on voting for Sarah, but Benji and Sharn switched their votes to Shonee at the last minute so that Fenella would be voted out by Samburu. Even though her vote caused Fenella's elimination, Sharn received little blowback from Heath and Shonee compared to Benji. She wanted to ensure she had power on Samburu regardless of their feelings and ended up finding the Hidden Immunity Idol at camp. With the power now in her hands, Sharn wanted to prove her loyalty to Benji and shared this information with him.

The Boran Alliance continued to hold the majority to eliminate Lance and Emily at Samburu's next two losses on Days 16 and 20. Benji then privately shared with Sharn and Shonee that Heath gave his idol to their original ally David. At Samburu's next tribal council, this trio worked with Ryan and Sarah to blindside a now vulnerable Heath. With twelve castaways remaining on Day 25, Sharn reunited with David at the merge and shared her idol find with him. Despite their differences throughout the pre-merge, the original Boran castaways agreed to work together with their 7-5 majority. However, Maria told them that Palesa was trying to force a 6-6 tie by flipping to work with Samburu. As a result, Sharn voted with Boran and their new ally Maria to blindside Palesa at the first merged tribal council. The Borans then used their numbers to split the vote between Curtis and Ryan but a tied vote occurred between Curtis and David, who Samburu voted for. Though Sharn voted for Curtis at the revote, Ethan and Sophie switched their vote to eliminate David.

By Day 29, Sharn now considered Benji her closest ally. She felt confident in this choice after Benji told Sharn that Ethan and Sophie wanted to vote her out with Samburu. This led to Sharn successfully playing her idol at tribal council and Sarah was voted out with the second highest number of votes. This move only strengthened Boran's numbers, where Sharn voted with them to eliminate Shelby, Curtis and Ryan at the following three tribal councils. This brought Sharn to the Final Six with her tight trio of Benji and Shonee, and her larger alliance of Ethan and Sophie. The original Borans agreed to vote for Maria, who failed to win individual immunity and was the last remaining Samburu player. However, Ethan and Sophie then told Sharn that Benji wasn't trustworthy because he was actually the fifth vote that forced her to play her idol. Sharn was angry at Benji's deception and ended up voting with Ethan, Maria and Sophie to blindside Benji.

Upon their return to camp, Sharn spoke with her fellow "Sh" ally Shonee and explained why she turned on Benji. The pair decided to vote together for Sophie to split her up with Ethan. Sharn was conflicted at the Final Four because she knew Shonee was a social threat, Maria arguably held the strongest strategic game of the four and she was least connected to Ethan. Ultimately, Sharn was convinced that Shonee would unanimously win and decided to vote with Ethan and Maria to eliminate her on Day 38. At the Final Tribal Council, Sharn tried to explain that her alliances to David, Benji and Shonee were all genuine but couldn't articulate who she was most loyal to, or who from this group she would bring to the end. Sharn also mentioned how many big moves she was apart of, but much of the jury felt she was claiming moves that Benji executed as her own. In the end, Sharn's poor articulation skills and lack of strategic pull earned her two votes from David and Benji as the Second Runner-Up.