Mandy

Survivor: Redemption Island
Tribe(s): Zapatera, Murlonio
Finish: Sole Survivor/20
 Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains

Tribe(s): Vilians, Yin-Yang
Finish: 7/28

Tribe(s): Galang, Kasama
Finish: 12/20
Tribe(s): Brahma
Finish: 24/30
Days Lasted: 8

Mandy is a contestant from *Survivor: Redemption Island*, *Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains*, *Survivor: Blood vs. Water* and *Survivor: India*.

She later appeared as a mentor during Survivor: Island of the Idols on Day 32, where she was exiled with Bethany.

## Survivor: Redemption Island

Mandy began *Survivor: Redemption Island* on the purple Zapatera tribe at the beginning of the game. She was originally in an alliance with the women of her tribe. They were successful in voting out Ryder, Scott and John from the opposing mens alliance. Mandy then ordered the women to turn on Bethany as she thought Bethany would overthrow Mandy as leader and she was eliminated. The immunity wins for Zapatera where spread throughout this time, before they won three consecutive challenges.

Nearing the merge, the Zapatera tribe split into two new alliances, with Isobel, Jett and Cindy on one side and Summer and Mandy on the other. Bethany then won a Redemption Island duel that sent her back in the game, giving her a tough decision to pick an alliance. Ryder also returned to the game, but the merge spared the tribe from voting each other out. Summer's strong social game brought Bethany and Ryder into her alliance with Mandy.

At this point, Mandy made the merge. It was clear as soon as the tribes merged that the original Zapatera tribe had untrustworthy alliances. Mandy, sensing she could be eliminated soon, proposed a super alliance with Katniss' Ometepe tribe. This resulted in the eliminations of Isobel, Jett and Cindy. By this point, the super alliance were the only castaways left in the game and had to turn on each other. Bethany as one of these threats was voted out, followed shortly by the rest of the Ometepe tribe. When Bethany returned, she was quickly voted out for her charming nature.

This landed Mandy a spot with Ryder and Summer in the Final Tribal Council. The jury respected Mandy's strong hold on the game, Summer's kind and social approach to the game and Ryder being able to survive the game and Redemption Island. In the end, Mandy was given 4 of 9 jury votes from Katniss, Peeta, William and Virgil, making her the Sole Survivor.

## Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains

Mandy was placed on the Villains tribe during *Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains* for turning on almost all of her allies in her first season. The female villains created The Villainesses early on and decided to throw the first challenge to eliminate Cody, a perceived threat. They proceeded to win four immunity challenges, saving themselves. When the lost the next three times, Brendan, Jase and Cherry were voted out. Sarah was then blindsided when she wanted to change her alliance. At this point, the women's alliance broke down and Bailey and Darcy were sent home when the tribe lost the next challenges.

At this point, Mandy made the merge. Bethany was voted out first by the all members of the Villains tribe, closely followed by Priya being blindsided from her alliance. By this point, an unsettling pair of alliances were at war, with it literally being Heroes vs. Villains. However, with the help of Ashleigh, the Heroes voted out Hunter. The minority Heroes, Jeremiah and Travis were voted out. The minority villains members were then the threat of the game, sending Mandy's allies Glimmer and Aiden home. With no clear alliance left, Mandy tried and failed to bring the Heroes together. On Day 31, Mandy was eliminated sending her to the jury. At the Final Tribal Council, she voted for Ashleigh to win the title of Sole Survivor.

## Survivor: Blood vs. Water

Mandy returned again for *Survivor: Blood vs. Water* with her cousin Neal. She was placed on the yellow Galang tribe with the other returning castaways. Mandy quickly rekindled her relationships with Bethany and Ryder to create the second iteration of the Redemption Island Duo, but this was short-lived because Ryder flipped to send Mandy to Redemption Island. In her first three duels, Mandy competed with Alistair defeating Cassidy, Jett and Kayla in the process.

On Day 12, Mandy competed in her fourth duel which was the first opportunity the Redemption Island inhabitants could return. Mandy defeated both Alistair and Bethany and won her way back into the game. In the interest of fairness for Mandy, the game was flipped on its head as a tribe switch occurred. She was placed on Galang and was thankful to be placed on the same tribe as Neal. They pair made a tight alliance with Dane, Fawn and Tucker. The alliance was successful in voting out Ryder and Cody at successive tribal councils, but was blindsided when her own group turned on her to eliminate Neal.

Another re-entry duel on Redemption Island meant that Mandy was reunited with Neal when the two tribes merged. Despite feeling comfortable in the game, Mandy was quickly targeted because she was the only former winner in the game and both her and Neal had returned from Redemption Island. At the first merged tribal council, Mandy was voted out and became the first member of the jury. At the Final Tribal Council, she voted for Karleigh to win the title of Sole Survivor.

## Survivor: India

For her winning performance in *Survivor: Redemption Island*, Mandy was placed on the yellow-gold Brahma tribe in Survivor: India. During the Triple Tribal Council twist on Day 3, the women stuck together and sent Cherry home. At another Triple Tribal twist, Mandy was kept out of the loop and Mitchell was voted out. On Day 8, Brahma lost again and had to send someone home. The women, led by Ashleigh and the Australian Winner's alliance, voted together and sent Mandy home.

### Voting History

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## Trivia

* Mandy, Skye, Winston, Ashleigh (during *Heroes vs. Villains*), Mikey and Ethan all won with the least amount of jury votes, with 4.
	+ Mandy, Ashleigh (during *Heroes vs. Villains*) and Ethan are the only Sole Survivors to have less jury votes than the combination of their fellow finalists.
* Mandy is the highest ranking member of the original Zapatera tribe.
* She holds the record for the most votes cast against her during *Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains* with twenty-two.
	+ This is the most votes cast against any castaway ever, tying the record with Bianca and Flick.
* Mandy is one of ten castaways to compete in multiple seasons involving Redemption Island, the others being  Bethany, Lana, Virgil, Jett, Dave, Charlie, Ryder, Fawn and Alistair.
	+ Mandy, Bethany, Joe and Lana are currently the only players to return from Redemption Island and reach the Final Tribal Council in separate seasons.