Shonee

Tribe(s): Boran, Samburu, Moto Maji
Finish: 4/24
Days Lasted: 38

Shonee is a contestant from *Survivor: Africa*.

## Survivor: Africa

Shonee began *Survivor: Africa* originally on the gold Boran tribe. She quickly bonded with Fenella as the weaker women on the tribe, to the point that 'Shonella' formed a Final Two deal. The pair then found themselves in the five person Boran Alliance with Benji, Heath and Tegan. When Boran lost their first immunity challenge on Day 6, Dean was voted out after Shonee's alliance split the votes between him and Ethan.  When Boran was forced to attend a Double Tribal Council on Day 12, Shonella were under the impression that Ethan would be voted out. However, Shonee voted with the majority to blindside Tegan after Benji told Shonee that Tegan was throwing her name under the bus.

At the tribe switch, Shonee was switched to the red Samburu tribe along with Benji, Fenella, Heath and Sharn whilst joining original Samburu members Emily, Lance, Ryan and Sarah. Even though the original Boran castaways outnumbered the Samburu players 5-4, Shonella were concerned that Sharn would turn on them because they hadn't formed a meaningful relationship with each other. Shonee decided to take matters into her own hands and used her strong social game to create the "Sh" alliance with Sharn. At their first loss, the original Boran castaways planned on voting for Sarah but Fenella was blindsided by Samburu because someone within Boran switched their vote to Shonee. The loss of her closest ally forced Shonee to reluctantly rely on Benji and Sharn. This alliance continued to hold the majority to eliminate Lance and Emily at Samburu's next two losses on Days 16 and 20. Benji then privately shared with Sharn and Shonee that Heath gave his Hidden Immunity Idol to their original ally David, who remained on the original Boran tribe. At Samburu's next tribal council, this trio worked with Ryan and Sarah to blindside a now vulnerable Heath.

On Day 25 and with only twelve castaways remaining, Shonee made the merge. Despite their differences throughout the pre-merge, the original Boran castaways agreed to work together for the time being because of their 7-5 majority. However, Maria soon told the Boran castaways that Palesa was trying to force a 6-6 tie by flipping to work with Samburu. As a result, Shonee voted with Boran and their new ally Maria to blindside Palesa at the first merged tribal council. The Borans 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. Though Shonee voted for Curtis as Boran planned, Ethan and Sophie switched their vote to eliminate David. Through a series of convoluted lies that Benji told Boran, the majority split their votes between Curtis and Sarah. This plan worked because Sharn saved herself with an idol and Sarah was voted out with the second highest number of votes.

With only nine castaways remaining, Shonee planned on staying loyal to her Boran allies. Despite this, she used her social game to remain friendly with the Samburu minority because she realised they could be guaranteed jury votes if she made it to the end. The Boran Alliance continued to work together, where Shelby, Curtis and Ryan were made the next three members of the jury. This brought Shonee to the Final Six with her closest alliance of Benji and Sharn, and their larger alliance with Ethan and Sophie. After Shonee won individual immunity, the original Boran agreed to vote for Maria as the last remaining Samburu player. There was also a plan for Benji, Maria, Sharn and Shonee to vote for Ethan to split him from Sophie, though Maria and Sharn flipped to blindside Benji. Maria, Sharn and Shonee later had a meeting, where they decided to vote together for Sophie to split her up with Ethan. Shonee assumed that this trio would work together to eliminate Ethan at the Final Four, but she was voted out because the girls were threatened by her strong social game. Shonee entered the Final Tribal Council wanting to vote for Sharn, but her responses to the jury were so passive and uninspired that Shonee ultimately decided to vote for Maria to win the title of Sole Survivor.