Bailey McDonald

Battle Royale

### Tribe(s)

Rojo Tribe, Heroes Tribe, Merge Tribe (Heroes vs. Villains)Masterminds Tribe, Purple Team, Merge Tribe (One World)

Snakes Tribe, Scorpions Tribe, Merge Tribe (Battle Royale)

### Finish

9/16 (Heroes vs. Villains)Winner (One World)

7/14 (Battle Royale)

### Alliances

Seth Johnson, Bri England (Heroes vs. Villains)Seth Johnson, Sam Adler (One World)

Bri England, Dacota Weiegert, Sam Adler (Battle Royale)

### Votes Against

12 (Heroes vs. Villains)1 (One World)

10 (Battle Royale)

**Bailey McDonald** was a contestant on Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains, the winner of Survivor: One World, and a contestant on Survivor: Battle Royale.

While Bailey was more of a quieter force when compared to her other opponents on *Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains*, Bailey returned to *Survivor: One World* and managed to dominate it, as she aided in the blindside of many of her opponents and would make herself a key figure all the way to the end. Bailey would win Survivor: One World in a 4-1-1 vote against Jack Tryzna and Hunter Heschke. She would return a third time to *Survivor: Battle Royale*, playing very aggressively. However, this would eventually catch up to her, and she would find herself getting blindsided close to the end of the season.

## Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains

Despite Bailey's shock at the tribal divisions being different than expected, Bailey was still not surprised to see that she and Seth were the targets due to how they were a couple outside of the game, ergo making an immediate alliance and target on both of their backs. Their worries would not last too long at first though, as they would help the Rojo Tribe to win the first immunity challenge of the season. After they would lose the second immunity challenge, the couple would find themselves in hot water with the tribe and they both knew what was about to happen. Despite their best efforts at trying to find an idol and sway the votes to Kyle, it was not enough to save Seth from being voted out in a 6-2 vote which left Bailey seemingly alone.

When the tribe swap occurred, Bailey would leave the Rojo Tribe with Cody, Darius, and Kyle and the four of them would swap to the Heroes Tribe for the next part of the game with Bri, Kaleb, and Jake. Bailey would stay under the radar and make good bonds with Bri and others in her tribe and she would stay safe as the Heroes Tribe managed to win the next immunity challenge. After losing the next challenge, Bailey would be targeted by Cody, Jake, and Kaleb. However, Bailey would still maintain enough connections with her other tribemates that she was kept over Kaleb in a 4-3 vote. Bailey would then be safe the rest of the pre-merge portion of the game as the Heroes Tribe won the last Tribal Immunity Challenge.

When the merge first started, Bailey and Bri immediately decided to stick together. The duo would then vote Conner out in the next tribal council after both of them did not win individual immunity. After they both lost individual immunity again, Bri would target Bailey in an attempt to get the target off of her back, but Bailey would anticipate Kathy player her hidden immunity idol, and would cast a vote against JP in the next tribal council in an attempt to get out a big threat in the game. Unfortunately, Bri would be taken out in an 8-1-1-1 vote, and Bailey would not get any luck thrown her way when they were told another vote was to take place right on the spot; no new challenge, and not much time to talk. Bailey would be seen as the next biggest target, and she would be taken out in an 8-1 vote placing her at 9th out of 16th. Bailey would also become the third member of the jury.

At the Final Tribal Council, Bailey asked Kyle if he felt like he deserved to win and then asked Darius if he thinks he did not receive a vote against him during the entire game because of him not being seen as a threat by anyone in the game. Neither of their responses would be enough to secure her vote, as she would vote for Cody to win the game.

## Survivor: One World

Returning to the game, Bailey continued to have a target on her back due to her returning with her boyfriend, now three time player Seth, although this time they were separated on two different tribes. While the Masterminds Tribe lost the first immunity challenge, Bailey would find a hidden immunity idol and her talks with the others about cutting Ashley from their tribe only seemed to help her case. Irregardless, Bailey would ensure her safety by playing her hidden immunity idol at the first tribal council, even though no voted were cast against her at all. The Masterminds Tribe would win the next immunity challenge, ensuring her safety for the time being.

After the second tribal council, Bailey would be included on many conversations that were discussing what had just happened in Josh's vote off. Bailey would then be swapped onto the Purple Team alongside Devin, Jack, Hunter, and Jake. The team of five would ensure their safety as Bailey immensely helped them to win the final tribal immunity challenge of the season.

When the merge hit, Bailey was blessed immediately with Seth winning immunity, alongside her having more allies, which included Sam. Despite her intense strategizing with the others to vote out Kathy, she and Seth would be blindsided when Sam was voted out of the game. After narrowly losing the next individual immunity challenge to Jack and Seth, Bailey would campaign for Cody to stay and would help to blindside Hunter. However, Jake used an idol on Hunter, negating his votes and sending her new ally, Kathy, to the jury. When Bailey won the next individual immunity challenge, she decided to try to help split the votes incase of another idol. Bailey randomly threw her vote onto Jake, unaware that Devin and Cody had a plan to blindside Jake out of the game. Bailey would go on to win immunity again, and after Cody used his *Safety-without-Power* Advantage to leave that tribal council, Bailey would still keep Seth around a bit longer as he used a hidden immunity idol on himself and the couple blindsided Devin out of the game.

After losing the Final 5 individual immunity challenge to Jack, Bailey pleaded with the others for her life in the game, of which she was secured with. However, she was unable to convince Jack to not vote Seth, and Bailey would once again be left on her own in the game. When Bailey narrowly lost the Final Individual Immunity Challenge to Hunter, Bailey knew she either was about to end her game or go on to win. Bailey helped to convince Hunter and Jack to finalize their votes against Cody. Even though the two were already considering this option before, her pleas helped them find more reasons to take Cody out as the last person voted out of the game. This signified that Bailey had reached the end of her long journey and would now need the approval of the jury to win the game.

At the Final Tribal Council, Bailey spoke much of her game in regards to how she became an underdog of sorts due to how she fended for herself constantly when her allies were taken out of the game early on. Bailey also mentioned how she was able to navigate her way through the game and make moves and develop her game further despite the obstacle of not knowing many people in the game. Bailey would be questioned heavily regarding how she played the game with her boyfriend, Seth, and was accused by some of riding his coattails for a majority of the game. However, she also received some appraisal from others regarding her ability to make her own game moves that propelled her to the end after Seth's vote-off. Bailey's loyalty and willingness to play the game as hard as she could would win the votes of Cody, Seth, Devin, and Kathy, and would become the fourth winner of the game by a vote of 4-1-1.

At the *Survivor: One World Reunion Episode*, Bailey mentioned that she was anxious the entire time, and that Cody's concerns about her and Seth playing together that he brought up at the Final Tribal Council were the reason for it. People then said they were shocked at what Bailey was able to accomplish on her own in the game when she was not near Seth. She then went on to say that even if she would have been given the option, Bailey still would not have brought Cody to the end as she knew he was too good at the game. Bailey said she currently has no interest in playing again at the current time due to concerns of her game interfering with her career.

## Survivor: Battle Royale

Bailey would begin her third run in the game on the Snakes Tribe, alongside her former ally Jack, just as they did in *Survivor: One World.* However, unlike their last attempt in the game together, Bailey would immediately help to put a bounty on his back, as he was playing with his girlfriend, Erica. The Snakes Tribe would lose the first immunity challenge, and Bailey would immediately begin to strategize the second they returned to their camp. Bailey would align with most of the tribe, and would continue to put a target onto Jack and Erica. At tribal council, Bailey and the others in her alliance would vote off Erica, seeing her as more of a liability than Jack to the future of their tribe. Back at camp, Kyle would immediately discuss with Bailey about the potential of taking Jack out at the next tribal council, and she would agree, as she saw him as a liability on their tribe. By the next challenge, the efforts of Bailey, Jack, and Ryley would help them to win their first immunity challenge, keeping themselves safe from having to return to tribal council.

Bailey's safety in the game would not be guaranteed for long, as a tribe swap would shake things up and send Bailey to the Scorpions Tribe alongside Jack and her ally Dacota. Once there, Bailey, Bri, and Dacota would immediately commence talks of getting Jack out of the game if they would lose any challenges. However, what she was unaware of was that Dacota and Bri were already looking at her as a big target because of her aggressive gameplay, leading them to consider taking her out instead. This would not matter at the moment though, as the new Scorpions Tribe would win the next two immunity challenges and not have to go to tribal council again before the merge, and Bailey's life in the game would be extended just a bit longer than it would have been.

Once at the merge, Bailey's name was on everyone's minds, and her loss at the first individual immunity challenge of the season did not help her in any way. Bailey would also get a feeling that she was the next target, prompting her to play a hidden immunity idol that she had found before tribal council. As she did this, she would send Jack out of the game, and keep her flame alive. At the next challenge, Bailey and Sam would pair up together, and the two would work well and their reward was individual immunity for the both of them. Wanting to make a big move, Bailey would discuss the possibility of getting big names out of the game, such as Devin or Hunter. However, she would end up helping to vote off Casey in a unanimous 8-1 vote, right before it was revealed that this was a double tribal council and that someone else would be voted off right away. Seeing this as a great opportunity, Bailey quickly rounded up Dacota and Sam and convinced them to take a shot at Devin, and with the help of Giselle's hidden immunity idol saving herself, Bailey would get her way and see Devin get eliminated. Bailey's luck would not last long though, as she would lose the next individual immunity challenge to Giselle. Although she would give a huge campaign to attempt to convince the others to take out Bri or Hunter, it would not be enough to save her from Bri's and Dacota's plan. At tribal council, Bailey would be eliminated and would become the fourth member of the jury, and would place 7th out of 14th.

At the Final Tribal Council, Bailey would catch wind of some negative comments that her ally, Sam, had made in regards to their alliance together in the game. Annoyed by these comments and wanting to award her vote to someone who she believed had played the best game, Bailey would give her jury vote to Dacota in hopes that she would win the game.

At the *Survivor: Battle Royale Reunion Episode*, Bailey was asked much about her game in specifics to how she was a major target throughout the season for her status as a former winner, as well as her many moves throughout the season that helped to further her threat status. Bailey would also give feedback on how her jury vote was majorly affected by getting intel from Devin about how Sam referred to Bailey as "*Sam's bitch*" in order to get Devin to align with her.

## Trivia

* Bailey is the first contestant to return to the game and win on her second attempt.
* Bailey is the first female winner to play the game three times.
* Bailey McDonald received the most votes in *Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains*, garnering 12 votes in total across the duration of the season.
* Bailey holds the record for least amount of tribal councils a contestant went to in a season they won, only going to 9 tribal councils before her win in *Survivor: One World*.
* Bailey is the first female contestant to win an individual immunity challenge since Sam Adler previously did so three seasons prior in *Survivor: Battle for Cambridge*, accomplishing this in *Survivor: One World*.
* Everytime Bailey played the game, Bailey's tribe won the last tribal immunity challenge.
* Bailey and Cody Conroy both voted for each other to win when the other was at the Final Tribal Council.
* Bailey is the second/third person to make it to the Final Tribal Council on their second attempt in the game. She made this achievement with Hunter Heschke in *Survivor: One World*, and they were preceded by Kyle Scheel.
	+ Bailey is the first female to achieve this in the game.
* Bailey and Breanne Nevers, winner of *Survivor: Battle for Cambridge*, both hold the record for least amount of votes cast for them in their winning season, both earning only a single vote against them in both of their respective winning seasons.
* Bailey is the second winner to play a hidden immunity idol at the first tribal council of their second season, following Breanne Nevers who played a hidden immunity idol at the first tribal council of *Survivor: Twist Manor.*