Tatyana Kuzmina

**Days Lasted:** | 39

**Tatyana Kuzmina** is the Sole Survivor of *Survivor: South Africa*.

Tatyana's gameplay at the time of her win is considered one of the most clean, smart, and well-executed gameplays of her time and of all the Sole Survivors. Tatyana began the game on the Tshephe tribe, where she made a positive impression on her tribe for helping prepare meals, build a shelter, and catching fish. Because of Tatyana's social relationships, she was able to be with the majority during the pre-merge votes, and even give her imput to sway the game. Tatyana had a huge role in voting Korey Swan off her tribe because she wanted to get a big threat out pre-merge, knowing Korey would most likely do well at the merge. Once the merge arrived, Tatyana continued to use her social relationships to be on top of the votes and had a hand in sending everyone out of the game who made the jury. Her smart gameplay combined with winning the final three immunity challenges helped her convince the jury why she deserved the million dollar prize, and she was awarded the title of Sole Survivor in a 5-2 jury vote against Angelina Grimaldi.

## Profile

*Retrieved from survivorthesims.fandom.com*

* **Name (Age):** Tatyana Kuzmina (26)
* **Hometown:** Novosibirsk, Russia
* **Current residence:** Boston, Massachusetts
* **Occupation:** Personal Nurse
* **Three words to describe you:** Caring, intuitive, and nice.
* **When did you first watch *Survivor*?** *Survivor: Samoa*. I moved from Russia not too long ago and *Survivor* was one of the first American TV shows I ever watched.
* **Reason For Being on *Survivor*:** I left Russia after my daughter's dad left me in order to get her and I a better life in America. I have big dreams and a lot of those are so I can give my baby a good life. I became a single mother when I was really young, I was only 23. A lot of this is for the money because it would be life changing for us.

## Trivia

* Tatyana is the first Sole Survivor to receive 0 votes against on their winning season.
* Tatyana is the first contestant to play *Survivor* who is originally from Russia.
* Tatyana is tied with Omari Gentry for the most Individual Immunities won by a Sole Survivor, with 4 each.
	+ They also both hold the record for most Individual Immunities won in a single season.
	+ Tatyana is the female who won the most Individual Immunities in a single season, as well as having the highest amount of wins for a female Sole Survivor.
* Tatyana was in the majority for every vote, with the exception of Day 6 and Day 22.
* Tatyana won the most challenges on *South Africa*, with 15.
* Tatyana has the highest number of challenge wins for a Sole Survivor, with 15. She beat Omari Gentry's previous record of 13 on *Cook Islands*.
* Tatyana had Individual Immunity during 50% of the post-merge votes.
* Tatyana is the first Sole Survivor to win the final Immunity Challenge to get to the Final Two, and send someone home with her vote only (Yau Ayuba).
	+ In *Samoa*, Keith Trager lost the final immunity and was saved by Chantal Heath. In *Thailand*, Thao Pham lost and was saved by Jared Klein.
* Tatyana lost 18 lbs (8.16 kg) during her time on *Survivor: South Africa*.

## References

1. ↑ https://survivorthesims.fandom.com/wiki/Survivor:\_The\_Sims\_Wiki
2. ↑ This vote resulted in a tie, requiring a revote.