Mason Jefferson

**Mason Jefferson** is a contestant from *Survivor: South Africa*.

Mason managed to become the main source of laughter throughout the whole entire game. He reached Day 35 without receiving a single vote against him. At tribal that night, he was idoled out of the game in a 2-0 vote after Daniel Jimenez used an idol on himself.

## Profile

Mason has studied law for the past 4 years and plans on becoming a lawyer. He plans on practicing his persuasion skills in the game. He believes that if he makes everyone laugh, no one will want him out. He thinks he will be someone who no one would expect to be playing the game and then would come out on top.

**If You Could Bring 3 Things With You To The Island What Would They Be:** Dumbbells, some Cheerios, and my girlfriend.

**What Past Player Will You Be Most Like:** Kevin Jacobson because he won and so will I.

**Why Will You Be Sole Survivor:** I'm the lovable clown who everyone wants to keep around. Why would I not win?

## Survivor

Mason started the game on the Tsonga tribe. From the start, he became part of the majority alliance which consisted of himself, Didi Conley, Irene Chen, Leon Petchers, Marco Singh, and Lindsay Richards. On Day 3, Tsonga lost the first immunity challenge. Everyone from the tribe felt like Aaron Jackson needed to go since he cost the tribe the challenge and was being cocky beforehand. At tribal, Mason went along with everyone else and Aaron was unanimously voted out. On Day 6, Tsonga lost immunity once again. After the immunity challenge, Mason's alliance decided to target Kaitlyn Sanktley since she was a part of the minority and didn't talk to many people on the tribe. At tribal, Kaitlyn was voted out in a 6-3 vote. On Day 9, Tsonga won their first immunity challenge. On Day 12, Tsonga lost immunity again. Mason began annoyed with Irene for flirting with many other tribe members and felt like she was being shady. He approached Manuel Gutierrez who was not a part of the majority alliance. He let Manuel know that he didn't want to vote alongside the alliance anymore and wanted to target Irene. A majority of the tribe started to notice that Mason was bonding with Manuel. At tribal, Mason and Manuel voted for Irene but Manuel was sent packing in a 6-2 vote. After tribal, Mason apologized for flipping on the alliance. Irene proceeded to throw him under the bus and told everyone not to trust him.

Luckily for Mason, a tribe swap occurred the following day. He began a member of the new Limpopo tribe, which had to start their camp from scratch. Mason's new tribe consisted of himself, his former tribe mate Marco, and former Zulu tribe members Julio Rodriguez, Lisa Mathieson, Celeste Go, and Josh Sinclair. He realized that he was in the minority on the tribe along with Marco. On Day 14, Limpopo won immunity. Mason decided to form personal connections with the tribe members that he did not know. On Day 17, Limpopo won immunity again. Mason started to notice that Marco and Julio were bonding and felt like he would be voted out if Limpopo lost immunity. On Day 19, Limpopo won their 3rd straight immunity challenge.

On Day 20, the tribes merged. Mason felt relieved that he could survive now that the tribes were merged. On Day 21, Mason tried to win individual immunity but lost to Antonio Hernandez. After the challenge, word got out that Julio was being targeted due to his bossy personality and close bromance with Marco. At tribal, Mason voted for Julio. Julio used an idol on Marco, but Julio was voted out in a large 11-2 vote. On Day 24, Didi won immunity. Back at camp, Mason decided to congratulate Didi to show her that he still was interested in working with her. Mason didn't know who to target for the vote, but noticed that Antonio and Daniel Jimenez were going after each other. Daniel wanted Antonio out for being a challenge threat and Antonio wanted Daniel out since he had a close relationship to Cody Singalay. Mason didn't care if either of them went home since he wasn't working with either of them. At tribal, Mason decided to vote for Antonio. Antonio was voted out in an 8-4 vote. On Day 25, Mason won reward alongside Celeste, Daniel, Irene, and Marco. On Day 27, Mason won individual immunity. After the challenge, chaos ensured. The OG Tsonga members had a 6-5 majority over the OG Zulu members. Although the OG Tsonga members had majority, they wanted to target their own member Irene since many of them thought she was sneaky. While Mason had a discussion with Lindsay, Marco, Didi, and Leon about targeting Irene, Celeste and Lisa overheard them and let Irene know. Irene felt extremely betrayed by Lindsay since the two had a close relationship on the swapped Tsonga tribe. Irene and Lindsay started arguing and blew up at each other. It became clear that the OG Zulu members + Irene were going to target the OG Tsonga members. At tribal, it became clear that Leon was going to become targeted by the other alliance since he was looked at as the mastermind of the OG Tsonga tribe. Before the vote, Leon played an idol on himself. This caused Irene to become blindsided in a 5-0 vote. After tribal, Mason couldn't believe what just happened and was happy he had the immunity necklace during that vote. On Day 30 at the immunity challenge, Lisa began feeling ill. After the challenge concluded, Lisa collapsed back at camp due to exhaustion and dehydration. She was removed from the game and tribal was canceled that night. Mason felt sorry for Lisa, but was happy that she was gone since he wasn't working with her. On Day 32, more chaos ensured at camp following the immunity challenge. After Didi and Leon got into an argument, Didi approached Mason and let him know that she didn't want to vote with Leon for the vote. Mason and Didi decided to target Marco for being a strategic threat. They approached Celeste with the plan and she agreed to target Marco alongside them. Leon heard about the plan and let Didi and Mason know that it was dumb to target an OG Tsonga. He told them that they needed to target Daniel since Daniel and Cody needed to be separated. Celeste let Mason and Didi know that Josh, Cody, and Daniel were planning on targeting Leon. Mason didn't mind if Leon went since he felt like Leon was a physical threat against him. At the vote, Marco ended up using an idol on himself. This negated Mason, Didi, and Celeste's votes against him. The vote then tied between Daniel and Leon. At the revote, Josh, Celeste, and Cody stuck together to keep Daniel in the game and Mason decided that it was smart to vote for Daniel. He knew that Daniel would be voted out if he, Lindsay, Marco, and Didi stuck together during the revote. Didi ended up flipping on Leon at the revote, sending Leon to the jury in a 4-3 revote. On Day 34, Mason won individual immunity again. Back at camp, Mason decided to target Josh for being a physical and social threat. He let Lindsay know about his plan and she agreed to also vote for Josh. Mason let Didi know about the plan to target Josh, but Didi told Mason that she wanted to get rid of Cody. It became clear that Celeste, Josh, Daniel, and Cody were going to vote together and Marco could possibly join them. At tribal, Didi was blindsided in a 5-2-1 vote. On Day 35, Mason barely lost immunity to Josh. At camp, Josh let Mason know that he forgave him for targeting him at the last vote. Josh told Mason that he and Celeste were willing to target Daniel or Cody to finally split them up. Mason felt like that was a good idea and let Lindsay and Marco know. They agreed to the plan. At tribal, Mason, Lindsay, Marco, Josh, and Celeste all voted for Daniel. Daniel ended up using an idol on himself. Unfortunately for Mason, Daniel and Cody both voted for him. He was sent to the jury in a 2-0 vote. He became the 7th member of the jury and finished in 7th place.

At the Final Tribal Council, Mason let Marco know that he felt like he played a very unorganized game. Mason told Marco that he never really ran the game, but just ran around doing random things every round. Mason complimented Josh's social and physical game, but felt like Josh wasn't smart strategically. Mason then complimented Lindsay's game and told her that he believed she was the best out of the Final 3. His relationship with Lindsay towards the end of the game was positive and greater than his relationships with Josh and Marco. He ended up voting for Lindsay to win the game. Lindsay ended up becoming the Sole Survivor in a 5-3-2 final vote over Josh and Marco.