Neda

Tribe(s): Soko, Yawa, Solewa
Finish: 8/18
 Survivor: Cloncurry
Tribe(s): Brains, Brawn, Utjan
Finish: 11/20
Days Lasted: 23

Neda is a contestant from *Survivor: Mamanuca Islands* and *Survivor: Cloncurry*.

## Survivor: Mamanuca Islands

Neda began *Survivor: Mamanuca Islands* originally on the yellow Soko tribe. She wanted to play an aggressive game, and formed an alliance with the non-threatening Justin and Will. Sugar was isolated from the rest of the tribe the first few days, where she later told everyone she was struggling with the death of her father. When the tribe lost on Day 6, Neda considered Sugar an emotionally loose cannon and the alliance voted her out. At the Day 9 Tribe Switch, Neda was switched to the red Yawa tribe and joined Bill from Levu and original Yawa members Jose, Kieran and Tom. It appeared clear that the Yawa Men would align with each other to keep the numbers, leaving Bill and Neda on the outs and in a forced alliance. Bill wanted to create trust with Neda, and told her about how she found a Hidden Immunity Idol at Levu. Neda saw this as an opportunity to throw Bill under the bus, where she told the Yawa Men about the idol. When Yawa lost immunity on Day 16, Neda assured Bill that her and Jose would vote for Kieran but she blindsided her to flush out the idol.

At this point, Neda made the merge and was in a tight alliance with the Yawa Men and their original ally Ika. Though she trusted them, Neda believed she was at the bottom of the alliance because of their original Yawa connection. The five voted for Deborah because they thought she was least likely to have an idol. However, a tie occurred between Deborah and Will, who the post-switch Levu Five voted for. Neda wasn't willing to draw rocks for the Yawa Alliance, and instead flipped to eliminate Will. With a sweet smile, Neda was able to slip into the Levi Five and voted out both Karlos and Kieran.

By the Final Nine, Neda realised it was time to split up from the Levu Five and target them. She spoke to Ika as part of the Yawa Alliance, and they decided that Isabelle would be the easiest to target. This plan was unsuccessful and Tom was voted out. Neda felt that the Levu Five wouldn't turn on each other yet, and deflected the target to Ika instead of herself. This caught the attention of Nigerian sisters Deborah and Hannah, whilst Ika's campaigning interested the other Levu players. This friction between the girls led to a divide within the tribe. Despite Neda's aggressive campaigning against Ika, the majority felt Neda was more unpredictable and she was voted out. At the Final Tribal Council, Neda voted for Isabelle to win the title of Sole Survivor because she played a likeable under the radar game.

## Survivor: Cloncurry

Neda then returned for *Survivor: Cloncurry*, where she was placed on the yellow Brains tribe with her *Mamanuca Islands* ally Karlos. The pair initially aimed to form an alliance that mostly consisted of returning players, but then had their sights set on the newbies. This ultimately led to the creation of a six person majority that included Cara, George, Hayley and Wai. After the losing the first immunity challenge of the season, the majority eliminated Phil for being physically weak. Karlos and Neda felt they had control over their alliance of newbies and welcomed *Island of Secrets* alum Christopher into the group, but were becoming wary of a potential coup against them. When Brains lost again on Day 7, the alliance split the votes between outsiders Gabby and Jacob, which resulted in Gabby's elimination. Brains managed to win the next two immunity challenges, which kept Neda in a powerful position with Karlos, much to the chagrin of the tribe.

At the Tribe Switch on Day 13, Neda switched to the red Brawn tribe with Hayley, Jacob and Wai. Although this group had a numerical advantage over Brawn's Flick, Shannon and Simon, Neda was concerned that Jacob would flip on the Brains because he was not apart of their alliance. However, Neda's read on the game was not accurate because Hayley had built a relationship with Jacob on Brains, and because Simon was against Flick and Shannon on the original Brawn tribe. When Brawn lost immunity on Day 17, Neda voted with the Brains and Simon to eliminate Shannon. With the merge in sight, Neda was forced to consider alternative options because Karlos was voted out on the new Brains tribe. She and Simon discussed their plans for the merge, where he revealed that he was in possession of two idols. Neda decided to relay this information to the rest of the Brains, who then brought Flick onto their side. The group threw the next immunity challenge and told Simon to vote for Flick. Neda also voted for Flick to ensure she would be voted out if Simon played an idol, but this did not happen and Simon was blindsided.

The tribes merged on Day 20. Neda had no connections to the five original Brawn and chose to remain loyal to the seven person Brains majority. At the first merged tribal council, Cara and George made the Brawn split their votes to give the remaining five Brains power to eliminate Kez. The Brains then had their sights set on Flick. However, Neda failed to recognise that Hayley had spent the entire pre-merge building relationships with Christopher, Jacob and Wai so that her and George could take control of the game by blindsiding Neda. The pair manipulated Flick into playing her idol at tribal council, which meant the four Brawn votes against Neda were the only ones that counted and she became the first member of the jury on Day 23. At the Final Tribal Council, Neda voted for Hayley to win the title of Sole Survivor.