Rochelle

Rochelle is a contestant on Visionary Survivor: Continental Conflict and Visionary Survivor: All-Stars.

## Continental Conflict Summary

Being the first person in Visionary Survivor to successfully execute a mob boss strategy in order to reach the merge, Rochelle is known for having a rather aggressive style of gameplay that both attracted allies and pushed away enemies. At the start of the game Rochelle developed strong relationships with Aaron and Mikl simply because of how much she loved their fun personalities. She also formed an alliance with Dementia that gradually but quickly turned into a frenemy situation where both of them wanted the other out, but neither would make the first move due to fearing the repercussions.

While the pre-merge portion of Rochelle’s games wasn’t very eventful compared to others, it was impressive how she was able to rule her alliance out of fear. After the first elimination in which Rochelle saved Aaron by changing the target to Georgy, it was very clear that she was calling the shots. And in true Dementia fashion, he didn’t make things any easier by constantly boosting her leadership position as a way of making her appear as a bigger threat than she actually was. Despite her threatening image, she still managed to successfully eliminate Brainish and Otter before the merge. Unfortunately, just before the merge her main ally Mikl was evacuated, and to make matters worse Dementia was finally finding success in turning Aaron against Rochelle.

Once the tribes merged, Hoeah seemed like the only legitimate ally Rochelle had, but even he was really only loyal because of his rough history with old Cortés. With few social connections, Rochelle’s only hope was to keep faith in her alliance and hope that they would come out on top of the 4-4 Cartier to Cortés split. In an attempt to avoid a 4-4 tie that would result in a wheel, Rochelle shared her one idol clue with old Cartier before tribal council and told all of her alliance members where to search. This paid off incredibly well when Hoeah found the idol. While Hoeah didn’t tell anyone that he found it, it was safer in his hands as Cartier predicted he would be old Cortés’ target due to their history. So when Hoeah played the idol at tribal council, old Cartier took a 4-3 majority advantage in the game as Jethro was eliminated.

Despite her majority, at the final seven Rochelle was starting to lose any and all connections she had. While her and Hoeah both agreed that they would continue Cartier strong by voting off Rey, Dementia had other intentions. Knowing that Rochelle and Hoeah were voting for Rey, he came up with a plan to give Rochelle most of the votes, expecting that she would play an idol, while also leaving Rey with the second most votes. But when Aaron cast a vote for Bee, Dementia cast a vote for Hoeah, and Noah played his vote blocker on Rochelle, a 1-1-1 tie was forced between Bee, Hoeah, and Rey. Which unfortunately led to the random elimination of Rochelle’s only legitimate ally left in the game as Hoeah was sent packing.

At the final six, when Noah won his third immunity of the season, Rochelle and Rey were left with the biggest targets out of the more vulnerable players. But somehow, with an extra vote in her possession, Rochelle was able to convince Rey to vote with her in order to keep two shields in the game. Rey knew that if Rochelle was eliminated then he would be the biggest target left in the game, so he convinced Noah to jump on board for a vote against Dementia. As a result, Rochelle was able to eliminate her biggest rival and her most hated castaway in the game in a 4-3 vote.

Things were beginning to look up for Rochelle as even without any real friends left in the game she was able to control the last vote. However, she still had a tough road ahead of her. In order to be in a good spot in the final tribal council she not only needed to keep herself safe by winning immunities, she also needed to eliminate Rey within the next two eliminations. While she wasn’t one of the best challenge competitors throughout the season, she was fortunately able to clutch out a one point win over Rey at the final five immunity. This resulted in the elimination of social butterfly Rey. With just one more challenge standing between Rochelle and the final tribal council, there was hope that she’d reach the end. But in anticlimactic fashion, Rochelle was the first person out of the final immunity challenge. Ironically, Rochelle was eliminated in a unanimous 3-1 vote after her first ally, who she saved on day seven, won immunity.

## All-Stars Summary

After playing such a dominant, mob boss style game in season four, Rochelle’s strategy in All-Stars more or less was a complete 180 from the tactics she used in her original season. Instead of running a tight knit group of allies with numbers, in All-Stars she was much quieter socially and played a more free agent kind of game than she had prior. The only legitimate similarity between her new and old strategies was that she tended to mostly work with people she found enjoyable to talk to, and primarily worked with people she found humorous as a way to carry out more genuine relationships.

On the original Legend tribe there was a growing concern about Rochelle’s activity and her lack of socializing with the rest of the tribe. Despite this, the majority of her tribe was more focused on the potential Brett and CK had as a duo rather than targeting Rochelle as an easy first boot within the tribe. With the success of winning the first two challenges back to back, Derek, Robby and Sasha had become a subtle trio within a tribe of six. They figured Brett and CK were a duo, and didn’t want to risk them gaining any momentum. So when Brett threw out Rochelle’s name for elimination after they lost the third challenge, they had the ammo they needed to flip Rochelle onto their side and blindside Brett.

After being targeted but pulling out a blindside in the first challenge, Rochelle remained on the Legend’s tribe while all four of her original tribemates were split up as a result of the swap. Because of the swap, Rochelle found herself as the swing vote on a new Legend tribe that consisted of herself, two original Royalty, and two original Legacy. But things weren’t quite as they seemed as the initial tribal lines faded rather quickly, especially after the tribe won the first post-swap challenges. But things got a little complicated after they finished in the bottom two and were sent to a joint tribal after the sixth immunity challenge.

With a 5-4 numbers advantage heading into tribal with the new Legacy tribe, Rochelle figured her tribe would stick together and that she had nothing to worry about. But things quickly changed without her knowing as Schmutz informed Derek and the rest of new Legacy that she was willing to flip to make a move against Dawit and Kaden. Derek then used that information to pull in Dawit and Kaden to make a move against Schmutz. The plan was set in motion and everyone was on board until Rochelle was informed by Robby, who figured she was still loyal to him after the Brett blindside. While that may have been the case, it didn’t stop Rochelle from confronting Schmutz about her decision to flip, which led to chaos in both camps. Ultimately, with the plan now blown up, Kaden managed to get all of new Legend to revert back as they all voted and eliminated Robby together.

Once the merge came, Rochelle’s game started to fade out of the limelight a bit as she continued working with Dawit, Kaden, and Derek as an extension. The foursome quickly fell into the minority as the original Legacy tribe quickly reunited and added Bee and CK to their alliance. After a very controversial first merge tribal council, the foursome had a very hard time gathering any kind of momentum despite the tribal council having gone their way. After Kaden and Otter won immunity, CK and Rochelle emerged as the two main targets as a result of numerous side deals being created around camp. While Rochelle had an idol in her possession, she had no legitimate use for it as Rey had purchased an idol blocker to use on her. Knowing that her idol would serve no use to herself, in a very selfless act to save an allies game, Rochelle played her idol on Derek as she was eliminated. This also resulted in the elimination of CK due to the double elimination.

## Return Interviews

**Clearly you did something right last time you played otherwise you wouldn’t have been invited back. So this season, are you looking to play more of the same way or change up your play style?**
Once again in the continental conflict, I simply did what I wanted and worked. I may be lucky, but I am honest with what I do and love to stay true to it. I was told that I came out as a villain or as an aggressive person, but I was trying to play as hard as I could. My intentions will remain the same but perhaps how they appear will change.
**What did you learn from your last season that will help you do better this time around?**
I learned that some people will be a pain in the back. It is something I had to deal with in dementia. I think I learned not to open my emotions publicly, but it did work for me the last time in the end. It got Rey confident that I would get out of dementia before him. Sometimes our mistakes are our greatest allies.
**With 18 high caliber players returning, who are you expecting to see return? Who are you most and least excited to see again?**
I expect to see players who have achieved good results. All the people who won, and the people who merged. Perhaps not any pre-merge of people, but this is a possibility. I don't want to see dementia so I hope that he's not in
**How confident are you this time around? Do you think you have what it takes to beat the best of the best?**
I think I can manage, but it will be difficult. I have slight confidence and I really want to win, but this may not happen. I hope slugs return to a friend with me.
**What are you looking forward to most this season? What are you looking to accomplish this time around?**