Lindsay Richards

**Lindsay Richards** is the Sole Survivor of *Survivor: South Africa*.

Lindsay managed to play a very strategic and social game while being mostly under the radar for most of the game. Her social gameplay helped her reach the Final 3. At the Final Tribal Council, she was complimented for her overall gameplay and being safe most tribals despite never winning an individual immunity challenge. She was also congratulated on surviving the destruction that occurred on her swapped tribe. In the end, she became the 2nd Sole Survivor of Scrambled Survivor and became the 1st female winner.

## Profile

Lindsay has studied nutrition for the past 7 years and believes in living a healthy lifestyle. She has been wanting to be on Survivor since she was 5 years old. She wants to prove all of the "blonde haters" wrong and show them that she isn't a "dumb blonde" but is instead a millionaire who became the Sole Survivor.

**If You Could Bring 3 Things With You To The Island What Would They Be:** Protein shakes, broccoli, and Zac Efron.

**What Past Player Will You Be Most Like:** I don't want to play a game that someone else has already played. I want to create my own gameplay. That being said, I love Parvati.

**Why Will You Be Sole Survivor:** Because I will finish in 1st place. Just watch and see baby!

## Survivor

Lindsay started the game on the Tsonga tribe. Early on, she decided that it was best if she played an under the radar game. On Day 3, she became part of the tribe's majority alliance which consisted of herself, Irene Chen, Leon Petchers, Didi Conley, Mason Jefferson, and Marco Singh. Later that day, Tsonga lost the first immunity challenge. Lindsay's alliance and most of the Tsonga tribe wanted to target Aaron Jackson due to his cocky personality and costing the tribe the immunity challenge. At tribal that night, Aaron was voted out in a unanimous 9-1 vote. On Day 6, Tsonga lost immunity again. Lindsay knew that her alliance had 3 possible options for the vote: Kaitlyn Sanktley, Manuel Gutierrez, and Donna Taintella. They decided that it was best to target Kaitlyn since she was looked at as a wildcard and didn't have many connections with a lot of people. At tribal, Kaitlyn was voted out in a 6-3 vote. On Day 9, Tsonga won their first immunity challenge. Lindsay decided to take a long nap that day and didn't want to worry about any gameplay at all. On Day 12, Tsonga lost their 3rd immunity challenge. Lindsay and her alliance started to notice that Mason was becoming closer with Manuel. Marco mentioned voting out Manuel so that Mason would come back to focusing on the alliance. At tribal, Manuel was voted out in a 6-2 vote.

On Day 13, a tribe swap occurred. Lindsay was excited to be able to meet new people that she could potentially work with. She ended up remaining on Tsonga with Donna and Irene. They were joined by former Zulu members Natalie Steinbeck and Gigi Ramirez. Lindsay was hoping that the OG Tsonga members would stick together and target Natalie and Gigi if their tribe lost immunity at all. On Day 14, Tsonga did end up losing immunity. At camp after the challenge, Lindsay got together with Donna and Irene and mentioned voting out Natalie. She felt like Natalie was smarter than Gigi and less likely to work with them. Donna quickly agreed, but Irene seemed to hesitate which worried Lindsay. At tribal, Lindsay became shocked when Irene voted for Donna. Donna was then blindsided in a 3-2 vote. After tribal, Lindsay confronted Irene and asked what she was thinking. Irene told Lindsay that she didn't have much of a relationship with Donna and felt like she was on the bottom of Lindsay's side. Lindsay let Irene know that she was definitely on the bottom over at Natalie and Gigi's side. Irene apologized to Lindsay and promised to stick with her at the next vote. The next morning, Lindsay received a Legacy Advantage from Donna. Donna bequeathed the advantage to Lindsay after being voted out. It was only able to be used at the Final 6 tribal council. On Day 17, Tsonga lost immunity again. After the challenge, Lindsay approached Irene and mentioned to her that they should see if they could convince Gigi to turn on Natalie. Irene was open to the idea. Lindsay went over to Gigi and asked if she felt threatened by Natalie. Gigi said no but was worried that a 2-2 tie could occur. Lindsay lied to Gigi and told her that Natalie threw out her name. At tribal, both Lindsay and Irene were able to convince Gigi to turn on Natalie and Natalie was blindsided in a 3-1 vote. On Day 19, Lindsay, Irene, and Gigi became extremely annoyed that they kept on having to go to tribal. They decided to form an alliance in hopes that they would never return to tribal as a tribe. Later that day, their worst nightmare came true when they lost immunity for the 3rd straight time as a swapped tribe. After tribal, no one spoke much to each other. Before leaving for tribal, Lindsay approached Irene and asked if she was planning on staying Tsonga strong and voting out Gigi. Irene said that she was planning on it. At tribal, Lindsay realized that she was the swing vote after Irene and Gigi started throwing each other under the bus. Lindsay decided it was best for her to stay Tsonga strong and voted out Gigi in a 2-1 vote. After tribal, Lindsay and Irene celebrated surviving the destruction of their swapped tribe.

On Day 20, Lindsay and Irene were saved from their misery when the tribes merged. Lindsay wanted everyone to think that her survival from her horrific swapped tribe was mostly due to luck. She didn't want to seem like too much of a target. On Day 21, Lindsay decided to throw the first individual immunity challenge. She felt like she did not need to win and didn't want to be seen as a physical threat. After the challenge concluded, Lindsay heard that Julio Rodriguez was being targeted due to his bossy personality and new bromance that he formed with Marco. Lindsay was fine with voting out Julio. At tribal, Julio misplayed an idol on Marco and was voted out in a large 11-2 vote. On Day 24, Lindsay noticed that Antonio Hernandez and Daniel Jimenez were going after each other. Antonio wanted to get rid of Daniel for his close relationship to Cody Singalay and Daniel wanted to get rid of Antonio for being a physical threat. Lindsay was fine with either of them going. At tribal, she decided to vote for Antonio since she felt like Daniel could be used as a shield down the line. Antonio was voted out in an 8-4 vote. On Day 27, two major sides started to form. 1 side consisted of all of the OG Tsonga members and the other side consisted of all of the OG Zulu members. Lindsay was happy that her side had a 6-5 majority over the other side. After the immunity challenge, Leon mentioned to the alliance that he wanted to get rid of Irene since she was looked at as a major wildcard in the game. Lindsay initially thought that that was stupid since Irene was also an OG Tsonga member. She also knew that her and Irene built a relationship over at Tsonga 2.0. She decided not to say anything since she didn't want to ruffle any feathers. Celeste Go and Lisa Mathieson ended up overhearing the conversation that Lindsay's alliance was having. They ended up approaching Irene and told her what Lindsay's alliance was saying. Irene then approached Lindsay and mentioned that she felt the most betrayed by her. Lindsay and Irene then got into a huge verbal altercation. At tribal, Irene announced that she was flipping over to the OG Zulu side. This gave the OG Zulu side a 6-5 majority over Lindsay's side. Before the votes were read, Leon ended up using an idol on himself which negated all 6 votes from the other side. Irene was then sent to the jury in a 5-0 vote. On Day 30 following the immunity challenge, Lisa collapsed at camp. Lindsay initially thought that Lisa was acting quirky but suddenly realized that it was serious. Medical showed up to camp and deemed Lisa too dehydrated and exhausted to continue in the game. Lisa was then removed from the game and said her goodbyes. Tribal was canceled that night. Lindsay felt bad for Lisa but was happy that someone else was out of the game that she was not working with. On Day 32, Lindsay felt like Daniel and Cody finally needed to be separated. She approached Marco and Leon and told them about her plan to vote out Daniel. They told her that they were thinking about doing the same thing. Marco mentioned that Didi and Mason were giving him strange vibes and seemed to be stirring up a plan with Celeste. At tribal, Marco ended up playing an idol on himself which negated 3 votes. The vote tied in a 3-3-0 vote between Daniel and Leon. At the revote, Lindsay felt like Daniel would be voted out for sure. She believed that Marco, Mason and Didi would vote out Daniel along with her and would have the majority over Celeste, Cody, and Josh Sinclair. Didi shocked Lindsay and ended up flipping on Leon. Leon was sent to the jury in a 4-3 revote. On Day 34, Lindsay heard that Didi was being targeted. At first, she was happy about that and wanted to send Didi out of the game for what she did to Leon. Lindsay was then approached by Mason who told her that he wanted Josh out of the game. He told Lindsay that Josh was extremely underrated and had a great social game. Lindsay agreed with Mason and decided to target Josh along with him. At tribal, Josh was not voted out when Didi was sent packing in a 5-2-1 vote. On Day 35, mostly everyone on the merged tribe decided that they needed to go back to focusing on Daniel and Cody and send one of them to the jury. Lindsay (along with Josh, Marco, Celeste, and Mason) decided to vote for Daniel since he was looked at as a bigger game threat than Cody. At tribal, Daniel played an idol on himself which negated all 5 votes cast against him. Mason was blindsided in a 2-0 vote. After tribal, Lindsay became irritated with the fact that Daniel and Cody were both still in. She started to feel like Cody was sliding by more and more each round while Daniel was constantly targeted. On Day 36 after the immunity challenge, Lindsay, Josh, Marco, and Celeste decided to take a shot at Cody instead of Daniel. At tribal, Cody was voted out in a 4-2 vote. Lindsay used her Legacy Advantage but did not receive any votes. On Day 37, Lindsay mentioned to Josh and Marco about forming a Final 3 with each other. They agreed to form a Final 3. Before tribal, Lindsay and her Final 3 felt like Daniel still needed to go even with Cody out of the game. He was seen as a jury threat to them. At tribal, Daniel was voted out in a 3-2 vote. On Day 38, Lindsay was approached by Celeste right before leaving for tribal. She mentioned to Lindsay that she wanted to get rid of Josh for being a social and jury threat. Lindsay thought about what Celeste said, but ultimately wanted to stick with her Final 3. At tribal, Celeste was voted out in a 3-1 vote. The next morning, Lindsay, Marco, and Josh celebrated making the Final 3 and discussed the memories they made with each other throughout the game.

At the Final Tribal Council, Lindsay was praised for her amazing social and strategic game that was often overlooked. Most of the jury stated that she had the best overall game compared to Josh and Marco. Lindsay told the jury that she didn't need to win a reward or immunity challenge to help herself in the game. In the end, Lindsay became the Sole Survivor in a final 5-3-2 vote. She became the 1st female winner of Scrambled Survivor.