Claire Vita

***Claire*** was a castaway on Essential Survivor: Canary Islands

## Canary Islands

Claire’s over the top character complex was a major storyline in the pre-merge. Her confessionals were erratic, her grasp on the game was surprisingly strong, and was never afraid to speak her mind…. even when she really did not need to.

Claire started her game in the forest, where she collected copious amounts of bamboo for her tribe. While doing so, she noted three other castaways helping collect bamboo: Vince, Tai, and Greenberg. Claire pitched the idea of a day one alliance of these people called “Bamboozled,” and everyone obliged. She also pondered if this season was a back to basics, where there would be no idols or swaps in place. For strategy, this was all for Claire at the premiere episode as Brenden was easily voted off - and if Bamboozled stuck together, she has a clear majority in the tribe.

The second episode is met with many character moments from Claire; one time, she was caught by Greenberg idol hunting in the forest and proceeded to call him a bitch in her confessional 22 times. Her threat level was slowly increasing, and people were very hesitant to trust her for future rounds. However, perceptions about her were almost all thrown out, as Jon had created a five-person alliance immediately after a challenge loss. Being intimidated by his, Claire targeted Jon this round, pinning him for overplaying his hand and being a challenge liability. This plot succeeded, and Jon was eliminated from the game.

The third episode is the climax for Claire's storyline. She opens by professing her love for Frank Sinatra by exclaiming his attractiveness. It then does not take too long for her to get back into game mode, where Jack approaches her with a plan to blindside Vince with the help of Chelsea and Tai. After thinking about this scenario for a few hours, she really did believe that she would be voted out within the next two rounds and pitched the idea of voting out Vince to Chelsea and Tai after Tenerife’s third consecutive challenge loss. This plan backfired, as the two women told Vince, and Greenberg was informed later. When Jack heard that the blindside was leaked, he pinned Claire as the mastermind behind this plan.

45 minutes before tribal council, in a bold and brash attempt to save herself, she performed “Claire’s Funeral,” a direct inspiration from the infamous Big Brother moment “Dan’s Funeral.” But Claire’s Funeral was anything but, where instead of having a carefully crafted plan filled with emotional manipulation and calculated risks, she preached about how she was probably leaving the game and asked the tribe to keep her. To sum up the next 30 minutes after her funeral, Tenerife’s tribe members were confused, remembered that there was a tribal council soon, and voted her out unanimously at said tribal council.

## Voting History

 It's Herpes
 Italian Stallion
 Are You Walking
 Voted Out, Day 10

## Trivia

-         She was casted as an alternate during the season but was given the spot when an original casting member was dropped.

-         At the tribal council where she was voted off, she wanted to vote for Greenberg. However, she simply told the production team who she wanted to vote off, instead of writing a name on a parchment. Thus, she received a self-vote at the tribal council.