Montana

Survivor: San Juan Del Sur
Tribe(s): Coyopa
Finish: 17/20
 Survivor: Gabon

Tribe(s): Fang
Finish: 16/18

Tribe(s): Tandang, Kalabaw, Dangrayne
Finish: 9/24
Tribe(s): La Flor
Finish: 13/20
Tribe(s): Waw, Ta Chang, Horasstr
Finish: Sole Survivor/20
Tribe(s): Shiva
Finish: 29/30
Days Lasted: 3

Montana is a contestant from *Survivor: San Juan Del Sur*, *Survivor: Gabon,* *Survivor: Philippines, Survivor: Nicaragua, Survivor: Thailand* and *Survivor: India*.

## Survivor: San Juan Del Sur

Montana started *Survivor: San Juan Del Sur* on the orange Coyopa tribe. Early on, she formed an alliance with the women of the tribe and Domenic. When they lost the first challenge, Mitchell was voted out by her majority alliance. At the second loss for Coyopa, her original alliance blindsided her. Montana lasted 8 days.

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## Survivor: Gabon

Montana competed again in *Survivor: Gabon* originally on the red Fang tribe. Though she was initially aligned with Cat, Lawson, Ryan and Skye, she and Cody flipped on them and eliminated Cat to break up her growing connection to Lawson. At the following vote, Montana and the second iteration of the Outsider Alliance blindsided Cody because he attempted to turn on them first. Her alliance was becoming more dysfunctional, and they struggled to decide on a name. Despite having a majority of four, Montana was eliminated when they split the vote due to a miscommunication.

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## Survivor: Philippines

Montana began *Survivor: Philippines* originally on the yellow Tandang tribe. She formed an alliance with fellow returning players Mitchell, Tison and Vanessa in order to target Erinn for her connection to Domenic, Katrina and Marina on the blue Matsing tribe. Despite holding the majority, the alliance never had to execute their plans because Tandang won all immunity challenges they had together. During this time, Montana and Tison also became strong allies and formed their own Final Two alliance. At the Tribe Dissolve on Day 13, Montana was switched to the red Kalabaw tribe along with Elyse, Mitchell and Tison. They joined Domenic and Jasmine from the blue Matsing tribe as well as Bianca, Joel and Liam from the original Kalabaw.

The tension between Domenic and Jasmine from Matsing continued on Kalabaw, with the tribe forced to pick between the two castaways. Montana and Tison aligned with Domenic, Liam and Mitchell. At their first loss, Domenic's rivalry with Jasmine concluded when Montana and her alliance voted her out. Following their loss on Day 22, Kalabaw was shocked to find out they were attending a Double Tribal Council. Montana and her majority voted out Joel from the minority alliance at the first half of their tribal council. Montana and Tison were concerned they were only voting to appease Domenic, and they flipped to vote for him. With the majority of votes however, Liam was blindsided. The pair then returned to Domenic's alliance, which extended to a quartet when Elyse joined to avoid a tied vote. After losing immunity, the four planned on targeting Bianca. Unfortunately for them, she found the rehidden Kalabaw idol and Elyse was voted out with the second highest number of votes.

The Kalabaw and Tandang tribes merged together on Day 25. Domenic assumed he would be aligned with Montana and Tison, but they had other plans. They approached Catherine and the Tandang Alliance to vote for Katrina, but Tandang reneged on this plan and Catherine was voted out instead. With 10 castaways remaining, Montana and Tison again aligned themselves with Domenic, Katrina and Marina. Domenic planned for the five to vote for Aiden and at least force a tie. However, Montana overheard that the Tandang Alliance was voting for Domenic and to ensure he would be eliminated, she switched her vote from Aiden to Bianca in order to avoid a tie. Montana's alliance of four then agreed Aiden was their next target, but he played an idol. With the second highest number of votes from the majority splitting the votes, Montana became the third member of the jury. At the Final Tribal Council, she voted for TBA to win the title of Sole Survivor.

## Survivor: Nicaragua

Montana then returned for *Survivor: Nicaragua*, where she was originally placed on the yellow La Flor tribe. She formed an alliance with Hayden, Mallory and Vanessa, though they were seeking additional members in order to have the numbers. La Flor was lucky enough to win the first three immunity challenges they had together, but Hayden became the tribes scapegoat after he sat out of multiple challenges and failed to have a strong work ethic. When La Flor lost for the first time on Day 11, Montana's alliance was hit when Hayden was voted out.

At this point, a tribe switch occurred where Montana remained on La Flor along with her original tribe members Mallory, Richard and Liam. After an immunity challenge win, both Espada and La Flor on Day 16 were forced to attend a Double Tribal Council. The tribe was evenly divided along original tribal lines, and it was agreed that the original La Flor tribe members would vote for Alana. However, Montana was feeling confident after her previous gameplay in *Philippines* and decided now was a perfect time to flip and ensure she still landed in the numbers. Montana flipped to the original Espada tribe and Mallory was blindsided at tribal. Now placed in a strong position, Montana didn't really attempt to hide that she was disassociating with Liam and Richard. At their next loss, the new majority agreed to go after Liam. However, he played a Hidden Immunity Idol and with the only two votes that counted from her original La Flor allies, Montana was voted out at tribal council on Day 19.

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## Survivor: Thailand

Montana started *Survivor: Thailand* originally on the red Waw tribe. The tribe consisted of castaways with a Taurus horoscope. Of all the tribes when five existed, Waw was the most dysfunctional, having to send home two castaways. Montana was safe during this time and made the tribe switch.

She then made it to the tribe dissolve, where she moved to the orange Ta Chang tribe with none of her original members. Scott, Hillary and Rachel formed a majority alliance, where the two minority alliances competed against each other. Fearful that the two smaller alliances could join together, the tribe voted out Hayden, Joe and Gabriella at tribal council. By this time, five castaways remained on Ta Chang. With no sign of a merge, Rachel was voted out over Jeremiah for his physical strength at their next loss.

Montana then made the merge where the post-switch Ta Chang tribe remained in tact with each other. This was contrasted to the post-switch Hying Saw tribe turning against each other. Katniss was the first member to be voted out. With a majority of numbers, the post-switch Ta Chang Alliance voted out their competition, making Laura, Harriet, Nick and Tucker members of the jury. Montana and her alliance were then able to make it to the Final Four. As a strong physical player and strategic threat, the three castaways voted Scott out for fear of him winning. Now in the Final Three, Jeremiah and Montana made a Final Two deal in order to guarantee the win for either of them. Jeremiah won the final immunity challenge and true to his word, brought Montana to the finals. At the Final Tribal Council, Montana was given the title of Sole Survivor after receiving 7 of 9 jury votes from everyone else besides Harriet and Nick.

## Survivor: India

For her winning performance in *Survivor: Thailand*, Montana was originally placed on the green Shiva tribe in *Survivor: India*. Montana was put in an alliance out of necessity with Bianca and Jase. Following the Triple Tribal Council twist on Day 3, Montana voted with her alliance for Jenny. However, this was proven ineffective because Montana received votes against her from strategic masterminds Alexys, Blue Jay, Byron and Derrick.

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## Trivia

* Montana's elimination during *Survivor: San Juan Del Sur* and *Survivor: Gabon* made her the first castaway to be eliminated on Day 8.
* Montana is one of five castaways to compete in three consecutive *Survivor* seasons, along with Domenic, Erinn, Thomas and Vanessa. They all achieved this feat for competing on *SJDS*, *Gabon* and *Philippines*.
* Montana is the highest ranking member of the original Waw tribe.
* She is the first castaway, and currently only female, to win on their fifth attempt.