Xanthe Baumgarten

**Xanthe Baumgarten** is a contestant from *Simvivor: Selvadorada* and *Simvivor: Superstar*.

## Profile

* Selvadorada
* Superstar
Underneath Xanthe’s perky, beautiful exterior is the dark secret that reveals she is a Vampire after all. Transformed when she was only 20, Xanthe hasn’t aged a second in nearly two decades, still looking as gorgeous as she was before a cruel vamp stripped her of her humanity. A bit of a brooding figure, Xanthe’s domestic skills were put to good use as she found steady work as a babysitter. Able to calm her thirst for the blood of her fellow competitors, Xanthe believes that her life experience gives her an edge against the others and she hopes to win it all. She is currently single.

Xanthe will go down in history for being one of the most robbed contestants in *Simvivor*. Taken out by a total game of chance with no votes ever cast against her, Xanthe is looking forward to making it all the way to the end of the game with the same strategy she had the first time. “It’s all about revenge and redemption,” Xanthe repeats. Placed on a tribe with the winner of her own season, Xanthe has the opportunity to sink or swim in a game filled with masterminds, social butterflies, heroes, and villains. Capable of rising to the occasion, all that stands in her way are the rules of the game.

## Simvivor

### Selvadorada

Xanthe's appearance in *Selvadorada* had a quiet start. Attending just one Tribal Council prior to the merge, she had little input on the strategic going-ons within the game, but showed exceptional prospect in that dimension of the game. She was socially well-liked within her tribe, making friends with most of her tribemates. However, her biggest pitfall was avoiding people if she wasn't warming up to them. A good example would be her relationship with Cyne Gabrielli. The two women hardly ever spoke due to their conflicting personalities, and Cyne stated many times that she didn't trust Xanthe as a result.

At the merge, Xanthe made weak attempts at joining a new majority alliance to take down The Faction. At the final eight, she attempted to sway multiple tribe members her way in order to eliminate Tulio Elwes, but her pleas fell on deaf ears and unfortunately the tribe reached a deadlock. The *Simvivor* rules therefore dictated a rock-drawing tiebreaker, and Xanthe drew the odd colored rock. She became the second member of the Jury after her elimination.

She later cast her vote for Finnegan Bloxham to win the game, admiring his leadership and strong strategic presence.

#### Voting History

**^1**  In Episode 9, the vote ended with a 4-4 tie between Tahira and Tulio, forcing a revote. Nobody changed their vote on the revote, forcing a rock drawing tiebreaker. Xanthe drew the differently-colored rock, eliminating her from the game.

### Superstar

Aware of her reputation as a villain, Xanthe approached *Superstar* more as a business trip than a getaway camp. Knowing that her past may come back to haunt her, Xanthe leaned into the "villainess" stigma, going as far as getting into a literal sparring match with Savitri Markey in the third episode. She had a heated rivalry with former Sole Survivor Finnegan Bloxham that seemed to be neverending, but eventually Xanthe was able to rid the season of him.

Although a prominent character during the season, Xanthe was often overshadowed strategically by her ally, Maris Wilton. While the two often voted together as a unit, it was usually Maris's plans that went accordingly. Xanthe figured she would never beat Maris in the Final Tribal Council, so slowly she tried to deflect the target off of her back and onto Maris's instead. Xanthe went from being a regular target at Tribal Council to everybody's ally at the merge. Her deception and duplicity was never met with the same angry response that other players, such as Cornelia Tennison, received.

Xanthe came into her own during the endgame portion of the game. Recognizing her own control, Maris defaulted the decision-making to Xanthe, which in turn only built Xanthe's case to win in the finish. At the final five, Xanthe briefly considered flipping to vote out Maris along with DeWitt Hubbell and Leoncio Hedley. The plans fell apart when Xanthe realized that she was arguably one of the strongest competitors aside from Cornelia and could take Maris out much later, if needed.

At the final four, Xanthe finally became a target once more, but this time faced making fire against DeWitt in a tiebreaker challenge. Saved by her on-again, off-again "bestie" Maris, Xanthe's expertise in fire-making was hardly an advantage against the crafty DeWitt, but in a nail-biting competition, Xanthe bested DeWitt and sent him off to the Jury. Xanthe's impressive challenge prowess was, again, no match for her competitors, as Cornelia beat her by mere seconds in the Final Immunity Challenge.

Fearing the worst, Xanthe expected to go home at that night's Tribal Council, but suddenly felt saved after a blowup at camp between Cornelia and Maris seemed to put Maris in the hot seat. Confident in her chances at beating Cornelia, Xanthe was blindsided when she received the sole vote and was sent to the Jury, placing third. At the Final Tribal Council, Xanthe praised Maris for maintaining their relationship and running laps around the castaways in every aspect of the game. She cast her vote for Maris to win, being the seventh of seven jurors to do so.

#### Voting History

**^1**  In Episode 6, the vote ended with a 3-3 tie between Billie and Finnegan, forcing a revote. Xanthe did not change her vote on the revote.
**^2**  In Episode 14, the vote ended with a 2-2 tie between DeWitt and Xanthe, forcing a fire-making tiebreaker. Xanthe won the tiebreaker and remained in the game.

## Trivia

* Xanthe is the first person to be eliminated via a rock drawing tiebreaker.
	+ She is also the first person to be eliminated from the game with no votes cast against them, excluding quits and medical evacuations.
* Xanthe is the first person to win a fire-making tiebreaker.