Iskra

**Iskra** is a contestant from *Survivor: Borneo*.

## Survivor

In *Survivor: Borneo*, Iskra was a member of the Tagi tribe. On Day 2, Iskra and her tribe lost the inaugural Immunity Challenge, sending them to Tribal Council. Back at camp, Iskra was originally targeted by Julienne who believed that she was the weakest on the tribe and should go home. However, by staying low Iskra was able to clear the target against her. At Tribal Council, Iskra voted with the majority to vote Ted out of the game.

Following Ted's elimination, Tagi went on to win the next reward and immunity challenges. Back at camp, Iskra had a small fight with Lois, ending up involving Nikolas and Seema in the ordeal. On Day 8, the Tagi tribe lost their second challenge of the season, sending them back to Tribal Council. At camp, numerous targets floated around, but Iskra was able to keep a low profile, avoiding focus. At Tribal Council, Iskra voted in the minority with Nikolas and Mark, with Mark eliminated.

Tagi was able to win the next immunity challenge, keeping Iskra safe from Tribal Council. However, on Day 14 Tagi lost their third immunity of the season, sending them back to Tribal Council yet again. Back at camp, Iskra strengthened her connections with Nikolas. However, after Nikolas' blow-up on Michael, Michael and Iskra solidified a Final Two deal. Heading into Tribal Council, Iskra wanted to target Lois, but was persuaded by Michael to target Nikolas instead. At Tribal Council, Iskra voted with the rest of her tribe, with Nikolas eliminated unanimously.

After Nikolas' elimination, The Tagi tribe, lost their second consecutive Immunity Challenge to Tribal Council. After this loss, The League was formed, a four-person alliance consisting of Iskra, Seema, Julienne and Michael. *The League* set their sights on Lois, who was the odd-one-out on the Tribe without any solid connections as a result of her arguments in camp. In return, however, Lois attempted to sway the tribe against Iskra. Despite this, at Tribal Council, Iskra voted with the rest of the *The League*, eliminating Lois.

On Day 19, the tribes merged, Iskra going into the merge with a strong alliance of four and a Final Two deal, but facing a 6-person Pagong majority. After the first Individual Immunity Challenge, Seema distanced herself from *The League*, placing the former alliance in a difficult position. Following this, Michael became the target going into Tribal Council, with Original Pagong members Erika, Keinan, Gabrielle & Stephan trying to persuade the tribe to vote him out. At Tribal Council, however, *The League* blindsided the Original Pagong, thanks to Anne and Viktor who voted with them to eliminate Keinan in a 6-4 vote.

On Day 24, following the Immunity Challenge, Iskra was undecided about who to target next. Viktor suggested to Iskra and Michael that this would be a good opportunity to vote out Anne instead, removing a future swing vote from contention. However, Julienne and Seema were left out of this plan, both intending on voting out Stephan. As a result, at Tribal Council, Iskra found herself in the minority, voting for Anne, with ally Michael sent to Jury.

After the next immunity challenge, Iskra recognized that her position in the game was unstable. As a result, Iskra tried to impress the rest of her team around camp, attempting to divert the focus of the tribe elsewhere. Unfortunately, she was unsuccessful, with Gabrielle and Erika discussing her as a potential target. Iskra considered trying to send Erika home, but was persuaded by Julienne, the only other remaining member of *The League*, to target Gabrielle instead. At Tribal Council, Iskra voted against Gabrielle, resulting in a tie. At the re-vote, Iskra found herself in the minority after Julienne switched her vote, with Stephan eliminated.

On Day 30, Iskra broke down, emotionally and physically exhausted from the game. Heading into Tribal Council, Julienne and Iskra hoped to vote out Erika, securing Anne's suport as well, as Erika had proved herself to be a competitive threat in challenges. At Tribal Council, Iskra found herself in the minority vote again, with Anne eliminated.

Going into Day 31, Iskra was in a precarious situation. While the merged tribe had become a 3-3 Tagi-Pagong split, Iskra only had strong connections with her ally Julienne, with Seema distanced from the pair. Unfortunately, on Day 33, *The League* officially disbanded, with Iskra abandoning Julienne to work with Viktor and Seema instead. As a result of her decision, Iskra found herself targeted by former ally Julienne. Despite this, Iskra was persuaded by Seema and Viktor to vote out Gabrielle instead. At Tribal Council, the plan fell through and Iskra was placed in a 2-2-2 tie-vote against Gabrielle and Julienne. With Seema and Erika controlling 2 out of 3 of the eligible votes, Julienne was eliminated in a 2-1 vote, keeping Iskra in the game.

Heading into the finale of the game, Iskra had decent connections within her tribe, but had just been deceived by Seema at the previous vote. On Day 35, following the Immunity Challenge, Iskra tried to persuade Seema and Viktor to vote for Gabrielle again. While Viktor remained true to the plan, Seema voted against the alliance a second time, voting with Gabrielle and Erika to send Viktor to the Jury.

On Day 37, Iskra was under the assumption that she was in a 3-1 position and the next to be eliminated. Trying a third time, she pitched to Seema to vote Gabrielle out of the game. This time, however, at Tribal Council, Seema kept her word, voting alongside Iskra and Erika, eliminating Gabrielle.

On Day 38, Iskra found herself in the final three, one of the last remaining original Tagi members, alongside Seema. At the Final Immunity Challenge, Iskra lost, leaving her fate in Seema's uncertain hands. Back at camp, it was clear that Iskra and Erika were voting for one another as they had no other options. At Tribal Council, Seema severed her loyalties with Iskra, voting her out of the game, making her the fourteenth person voted out and the seventh, and final member of the Jury.

At the Final Tribal Council, Iskra, feeling betrayed by Seema's vote to eliminate her, cast a vote for Erika to win the game.

## Redemption Island

### Days spent on Redemption Island:

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* Iskra is the first female contestant from the state of Pennsylvania.
	+ She is one of the first contestants from Pennsylvania, alongside Viktor.
* Iskra was the first contestant to ever cast a vote at Tribal Council.
* Iskra was the only person to make the finale in *Survivor: Borneo* without an Individual Reward or Immunity win.