Aurora

Aurora is the Sole Survivor of *Survivor: Bolshevik Island - All Stars*. She also competed on *Survivor: Liberia* and *Survivor: Battle Royale*.

Having a strong social game at the start of the game, Aurora was a big contender to go deep into the game. She formed an intense close friendship with Zion, was part of many alliances and most notable; she was part of the majority alliance. Due to her social skills she was never seen as a threat or target until very late in the game where she was the most vocal and threatening player inside the alliance. The ringleader, Kristian, set up a plan to vote Aurora out but failed first as he tried to steal her idol. While trusting the enemy, Aurora did not play the idol she found and therefor got brutally blindsided at the final six.

In *Bolshevik Island - All-Stars*, Aurora returned and had to play hard from the start due to the high level of gameplay in her tribe. Aurora managed to stay good with majority of her tribe-mates and got reunited with her best friend, Zion later on. During the first swap, Aurora was on the chopping block but got herself off from it, making the merge and becoming a very strong contender to win once again. Her friendship with Zion didn't go unnoticed and made her a big threat to win. She managed to stay above that, letting the bigger targets take each other out first and then make some side-alliances to ensure her safety. At the moment she played two idols to save herself and Zion, people started to gun for her, with no luck, because Aurora managed to survive time after time and reach final tribal council, together with Zion, where she got rewarded a victory, winning a 6-3-0 vote, becoming the next Sole Survivor.

In *Battle Royale*, she approached the game like she did in her two earlier seasons by creating multiple alliances to secure her safety. While having a close alliance with former castmate Zabella, Aurora also seemed to work well alongside Logan and Randy. She developed an rivalry with her fellow former Sole Survivor, Dana, which resulted in a serious rivalry. With Aurora seeming to pull the strings, people began to turn against her due to her cutthroat gameplay and her status as former winner. Thinking she got the votes, Aurora went all in against Dana only to be finding herself blindsided by an unanimous vote, making it her first time to leave before the merge and pre-jury.

Aurora is easily one of the most interesting females of the second generation, knowing how to play a strategic and social game, coming very close to a victory the first time she played and taken out early in her third season for being a cutthroat player. The second time she played, she was more driven and took care of the game with a very dominant game. Because of her victory there, she's one of the most appreciated winners of the second generation.

## Survivor: Liberia

**Name:** Aurora

**Tribe:** Omata

**Personal Claim to Fame:** I am graduated from Yale and found a job pretty soon afterwards so I feel like that should be my personal claim to fame.

**Inspiration in Life:** Work hard for your goals because if you keep fighting, you're gonna reach it.

**Hobbies:** I just love little things like watching movies in my pyjama with a bag of chips, going out for diner with my family and I love writing.

**Pet Peeves:** I'm not a fan of soccer, I just can't handle it being on my tv screen when my parents or brother watches it. Sports in general isn't my thing, however, I have trained before getting on the show!

**3 Words to Describe You:** Disciplined, Straightforward, Creative.

**If You Could Have 3 Things on The Island What Would They Be And Why?** Oof, probably my phone... a laptop to write on and ... my dog? I mean, it'd be too hot for him of course but he's such a babe.

**Reason for Being on Survivor:** Two reasons. First one - I have been a big fan of this show since it aired. I have always wanted to play this game because it's so cool to test your mental skills on a pretty ruthless-cutthroat elimination game. And second reason is because I wanted more inspiration for my next book I'm planning to write.

**Why You Think You Will Be the Sole Survivor:** I'm currently at my highest point in real life and am running a department at my work where I have several people beneath me. I have to train them and make sure they work. I'm gonna use that to my advantage in this game and hopefully it plays out.

## Survivor: Bolshevik Island - All Stars

**Name:** Aurora

**Tribe Designation:** Zvezda

**Player she respects the most:** I respect Gladys the most, even though I didn't vote her to win Survivor: Liberia. She understood the game so well, and she took advantage of her spot in the majority alliance to build bridges. That's something a lot of people forget to do. That's why I respect her the most.

**Player she respects the least:** Well, I have zero respect for players like Jason, Kirk-Patrick and Seamus because they have been absolute bastards towards other people.

**Previous Finishes:** 6th.

**Favorite Past Moment:** Probably every single moment I spent at the island. I had so much fun, especially with my best friend Zion. It felt like a vacation, plus playing a game.

**Why Did You Come Back?:** The vibe I got from playing my first season was just like when I went to High School. You gotta earn you place in the group or else you're gone. You need to step up your game or else someone else takes your spotlight. That's what I did wrong last time. I need to make sure that I'm gonna take charge of the game now and send people packing. Kristian, if you're in this season, I'm coming for you.

## Survivor: Battle Royale

**Name:** Aurora

**Tribe Designation:** Vunikau

**Player she respects the most:** I have huge respect for Iggy. I recently watched back *Survivor: South Korea* and she was so good at playing the under-the-radar game which rarely gets used nowadays. I think people should take more notes on that. And of course I respect Zion!

**Player she respects the least:** There are a few, but Jason will always be on top of my list.

**Previous Finishes:** Sole Survivor and 6th place.

**Favorite Past Moment:** Obviously winning the game last time I played but what made it such a golden experience is that I got to play with my bestie Zion the entire time and we even made it both to final tribal council like we planned to do.

**Why Did You Come Back?:** After I won, I felt like there was nothing to improve but to represent this franchise in such an legendary season tickled my stomach. I can't wait to play again and defend my title.

### Voting History

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## Trivia

* She shares some similarities with *Heroes vs. Villains* winner, Pepper. Both females played a very heroic game, made crucial moves and played an idol. They are also the only female winners to have won an All-Star season and win just one season, the other being Pamela who won three seasons. Their final similarity is that they both had one ally that trusted them the entire time, Aurora having Zion and Pepper having Jakey.
* Aurora has stated that she went on a trip to Las Vegas with Zion after winning *Bolshevik Island - All-Stars*.
* In her three seasons, Aurora has faced every "normal" exit possible in *Survivor*.
	+ In *Liberia*, she got voted off at the merge and made part of the jury.
	+ In *Bolshevik Island - All Stars*, she made it to final tribal council and won the game.
	+ In *Battle Royale*, she was voted off before the merge and did not make it to the jury.