Marco Singh

**Marco Singh** is a contestant from *Survivor: South Africa*.

Marco was known for unintentionally playing a messy game. He consistently did not know what was going on but managed to get rid of many of his targets. He reached the Final 3 and was complimented and criticized a lot during the Final Tribal Council. He was applauded for his sharp strategic mind, but was criticized for his execution on how he made things happen. He received jury votes from his closest ally Julio Rodriguez and his ally Leon Petchers, but finished the game in 3rd place after losing to Lindsay Richards in a 5-3-2 final vote and receiving one less jury vote than Josh Sinclair.

## Profile

Marco is a 30 year old investor from Grand Rapids, Michigan. His parents grew up in India and moved to the US 1 year before he was born. Marco watched the Survivor premiere when he was just 7 years old and believes he will be the strategic mastermind of the season.

**If You Could Bring 3 Things With You To The Island What Would They Be:** Money, my wife, and my dog named Pup.

**What Past Player Will You Be Most Like:** I will dominate the game socially like Chris Hopkins, dominate physically like Grace Kim, and dominate strategically like Kevin Jacobson.

**Why Will You Be Sole Survivor:** My wedding was Survivor themed. That means I have to win the game or else that was all for nothing (the theme of course, not the wedding, I love my wife).

## Survivor

Marco started on the Tsonga tribe. He quickly used his snarky sense of humor to bond with his tribe mates. On Day 3, Tsonga lost the first immunity challenge. Marco decided that it was best if he formed an alliance that consisted of a majority of the tribe. He created an alliance which consisted of himself, Irene Chen, Leon Petchers, Didi Conley, Mason Jefferson, and Lindsay Richards. Before leaving for tribal, a majority of the tribe wanted to target Aaron Jackson for his cocky attitude and costing the tribe the challenge. At tribal, Aaron was unanimously voted out in a 9-1 vote. On Day 6, Tsonga lost immunity again. Marco's alliance wanted to stick together and target someone who was not in the alliance. This left Kaitlyn Sanktley, Manuel Gutierrez, and Donna Taintella as their options. Marco and his alliance decided to target Kaitlyn since she didn't talk much with most people from the tribe and was seen as a wildcard. At tribal, Kaitlyn was voted out in a 6-3 vote. Marco received 3 votes against him. On Day 9, Tsonga won their first immunity challenge. Marco started to notice that Mason and Manuel were getting closer to each other and was worried that Mason would flip on the alliance. On Day 12, Tsonga lost immunity for the third time. Marco felt like Mason wasn't the smartest strategically and only was talking to Manuel since they had a lot of common interests. Marco wanted to get rid of Manuel so that Mason would come back to fully focusing on the alliance. Marco and his alliance decided to let Donna know about the plan to vote out Manuel. She agreed to it and at tribal Manuel was voted out in a 6-2 vote. After tribal, Mason admitted to everyone that he was the person to vote with Manuel during the vote and apologized to the alliance. Marco accepted the apology to stay on good terms with Mason but didn't fully trust him anymore.

On Day 13, a tribe swap occurred. Marco was placed on the newly added Limpopo tribe. His tribe consisted of 2 former Tsonga members (himself and Mason) and 4 former Zulu members (Julio Rodriguez, Lisa Mathieson, Celeste Go, and Josh Sinclair). Marco did not like how the swap turned out. He knew that he was on the bottom along with Mason. On Day 14, Limpopo won immunity. Marco decided to form connections with his other tribe mates who he didn't previously know. He bonded immediately with Julio, who had a similar sense of humor. On Day 17, Limpopo won immunity once again. Marco and Julio decided they needed to work together and secretly formed a Final 2 with each other. On Day 19, Limpopo won their third straight immunity challenge. Julio approached Marco and let him know that he found an idol.

On Day 20, the merge occurred. Marco was happy that the merge consisted of 13 people since he felt like it was easier for him to slither around and manipulate more people. On Day 21, Marco and Julio made it obvious that they were working together. They were in camp constantly laughing which put a target on both of their backs. After the immunity challenge, Marco became paranoid that he was being targeted. Julio let him know that he would use the idol on him at the vote. Marco and Julio decided to target Irene for being a wildcard and for surviving the destruction over at Tsonga 2.0. At tribal, Julio used his idol on Marco but was voted out instead in a large 11-2 vote. After camp, Marco felt guilty for misreading the situation and getting Julio indirectly sent to the jury. On Day 22, Marco won reward along with Cody Singalay, Didi, Irene, Josh, and Leon. Marco let all of them know that he wasn't working with anyone since Julio was voted out. On Day 24, Marco decided to observe the tribe dynamics. He heard that Antonio Hernandez and Daniel Jimenez were going after each other. Antonio wanted to get rid of Daniel for his close bromance with Cody, and Daniel wanted to get rid of Antonio for being a challenge threat. Marco wanted to keep Daniel in the game as a shield along with Cody. At tribal, Marco voted for Antonio who was voted out in an 8-4 vote. On Day 25, Marco won reward again along with Celeste, Daniel, Irene, and Mason. On Day 27, 2 major sides formed. All of the OG Tsonga members came together against all of the OG Zulu members. After the immunity challenge, Marco and most of the OG Tsonga members decided to not take a shot at any OG Zulu members and vote out Irene instead. Leon mentioned that Irene was too much of a wildcard to keep in the game. Celeste and Lisa overheard this conversation and let Irene know about it. Irene approached Lindsay and the two had a large argument. At tribal, Irene announced that she was flipping over to the OG Zulu side which gave them a 6-5 majority over the OG Tsonga side. Before the votes were read, Leon played an idol on himself. It ended up being successful as it negated 6 votes. Irene was sent to the jury in a 5-0 vote. On Day 28, Marco won reward for the 3rd time. On Day 30 following the immunity challenge, Lisa collapsed at camp. She was deemed too exhausted and dehydrated by the medical team and needed to leave the game. Tribal was canceled and Marco was happy that another OG Zulu person went home. On Day 32, Marco got together with Lindsay and Leon to target Daniel. All 3 of them wanted to finally separate Daniel and Cody. Marco felt weird vibes and felt like he could be receiving some votes. He decided to search for the merge tribe hidden immunity idol. After searching for a few minutes, he found it. At tribal, Marco's gut told him to use his idol. He did and ended up negating 3 votes cast against him. The vote still tied in a 3-3-0 vote between Daniel and Leon. At the revote, Marco expected Daniel to be voted out since he assumed Lindsay, Mason, and Didi would stick with him. Didi ended up flipping on Leon, sending him to the jury in a 4-3 revote. On Day 34, Marco heard that Didi's name was being thrown out. He was ok with voting out Didi after she flipped on Leon at the previous vote. At tribal, Didi was voted out in a 5-2-1 vote. On Day 35, Marco went back to focusing on getting rid of either Daniel or Cody. He got together with Lindsay, Josh, Celeste, and Mason to vote for Daniel. They felt like Daniel was a better game player than Cody. At tribal, Daniel ended up using an idol on himself. Mason was blindsided in a 2-0 vote. After tribal, Marco applauded Daniel on his move but became even more annoyed that both Daniel and Cody were still in. On Day 36, Josh won reward and brought Daniel and Marco along. Marco questioned Josh on why he brought Daniel along as well, but then realized it would be good to get information out of Daniel. Later that day, Marco felt like he could use Daniel in the game over Cody and was tired of Cody sliding by while everyone targeted Daniel instead. At tribal, Cody was voted out in a 4-2 vote. Marco received 2 votes from both Cody and Daniel. On Day 37, Marco wasn't sure on what to do for the next vote. He felt like although he could probably pull Daniel onto his side, he would lose to Daniel in a Final 3 situation. Marco decided to form a Final 3 with Lindsay and Josh. They decided it was best to vote for Daniel over Celeste. At tribal, Daniel was voted out in a 3-2 vote. On Day 38, Marco won the Final Immunity Challenge. He celebrated making the Final 3. Back at camp, Marco wanted to stay loyal to his Final 3 alliance. At tribal, Celeste tried convincing Marco and Lindsay to vote out Josh for being a social threat. Marco did not want to vote out Josh and voted for Celeste. She was voted out in a 3-1 vote. The next morning, Marco, Lindsay, and Josh ate a celebratory Final 3 feast. They all went over every single memory they had about the game.

At the Final Tribal Council, Marco was complimented on his strategic mindset. He was told that he did a good job at getting rid of most of his targets. He was then criticized a lot on his lack of awareness throughout a big part of the game. He was told that he made many wrong reads and was confused during a lot of the votes. Marco told the jury that although he wasn't 100% accurate on a lot of things, he made it to the end and still controlled multiple votes. He ended up receiving Julio and Leon's votes, but lost to Lindsay in a 5-3-2 final vote and finished in 3rd place behind her and Josh.