Sophie Clarke

Tribe(s): Boran, Moto Maji
Finish: 5/24
Days Lasted: 37

Sophie is a contestant from *Survivor: Africa*.

## Survivor: Africa

Sophie began *Survivor: Africa* originally on the gold Boran tribe. There was a number of pairs that developed over the course of the first few days on Boran, but Sophie formed a five person alliance with Dean, Ethan, Palesa and Tom against these pairs. When the tribe lost the second immunity challenge on Day 6, Palesa and Tom argued about who they wanted to target and forced the alliance to pick a side. Sophie and the others ended up voting with Tom for Palesa, but the rest of the tribe split the votes between Dean and Ethan in order to eliminate Dean. This move left Sophie in the minority with Ethan and Tom, though tension was growing within the majority. On Day 12, Boran and the rival Samburu tribes were forced to attend a Double Tribal Council. Benji approached Sophie's trio with a plan against his own alliance and they readily agreed to ensure their own safeties. At tribal, the trio voted for Shonee as part of a split vote plan whilst the majority blindsided Tegan.

At the tribe switch, Sophie remained on Boran along with David, Ethan, Palesa and Tom whilst being joined by Colby, Curtis, Maria and Shelby from the original Samburu tribe. Despite their differences, the original Boran castaways agreed to work together because they had the numbers. At the tribes first loss on Day 18, Sophie voted with the rest of Boran to eliminate Colby. Their alliance then planned on voting for an original Samburu when Boran lost again on Day 22. However, David, Ethan and Sophie were told by Curtis and Shelby that Palesa and Tom were trying to turn on the original Boran players. As a result, this new group of five decided to work together and Tom was blindsided. At the Final Twelve on Day 25, Sophie made the merge. The seven original Boran castaways reunited and agreed they should work together to systematically eliminate the five original Samburu players. However, Maria soon told the Boran castaways that Palesa was trying to force a 6-6 tie by flipping to work with Samburu. Sophie voted with Boran and their new ally Maria to blindside Palesa at the first merged tribal council.

At the Final Eleven, Ethan and Sophie realised they needed to start making selfish strategic decisions in order to build a resume for the Final Three. The Boran Alliance used their numbers advantage to split the votes between Curtis and Ryan but a tied vote occurred between Curtis and David, who Samburu voted for. The plan was for Boran to vote together to eliminate Curtis, but Ethan and Sophie switched their votes to David because they realised he was more tightly aligned with Benji, Sharn and Shonee. The trio appeared unaffected by this move and agreed with Ethan and Sophie that David appeared untrustworthy because he was so charming. Boran continued to work together to vote for Sarah on Day 30, though Benji told Ethan and Sophie to vote for Curtis in case Sarah had an idol. At tribal council, Sharn saved herself from elimination by playing her idol and Sarah was voted out with the second highest number of votes. The pair continued to vote with the Boran majority, leading to Shelby and Curtis' elimination at Moto Maji's next two tribal councils.

With only seven castaways remaining, the Boran Alliance planned on voting out Ryan as the last player from the Samburu minority. Ethan and Sophie were hesitant to follow this plan because it would leave them on the bottom of Boran with Maria, who flipped on Samburu at the merge. The pair approached Maria and Ryan with a plan to blindside Shonee. At tribal council however, Maria still voted with Boran and Ryan was voted out. As expected, there were murmurs around camp that Ethan was the next target. Sophie and Ethan spoke to Maria and tried to explain that she was being used by Benji, Sharn and Shonee as their fourth place ally. They also told Sharn that Benji was the fifth vote against her when she played her idol and he was not completely loyal to her. The girls decided to shake the game and voted with Ethan and Sophie to blindside Benji on Day 36. Their next course of action was to vote out Shonee, but Maria and Sharn decided to eliminate Sophie. As the eighth member of the jury, Sophie voted for her closest ally Ethan to win the title of Sole Survivor.

## Trivia

* Sophie was an alternate for Sugar during *Survivor: Mamanuca Islands*.
* Sophie was not part of the originally selected cast for *Survivor: Africa*. She was called at the last minute as a replacement for an original contestant who dropped out for unrevealed reasons.