Rachel LaMont
The puzzle ace who kept winning when she had to and turned every lucky break into leverage.
Sole Survivor
- Won Survivor 47 (2024) after 26 days.
Known for
Rachel started Survivor 47 as Gata's secret weapon on puzzles, and the pre-merge still bit her when her ally Anika Dhar was blindsided out from under her. She planned to coast quietly into the merge, but the Tuku Alliance clocked her as a threat right away, and Genevieve Mushaluk became her season-long foil.
Rachel answered by staying opportunistic. She grabbed breaks as they fell, built toward a majority, and stockpiled an idol and a Vote Blocker for the stretch run. When the votes finally came for her at the final six, she played her idol, negated them, and sent Andy Rueda out instead. Then she beat Genevieve for the necklace at the final five, one of four individual immunity wins. By Final Tribal Council her résumé was stacked with strategy, advantages and challenge dominance, and the jury handed her Survivor 47 with seven of eight votes.
Background: Survivor Wiki
The season they played
Photo and logos: CBS
Seasons played, finishing positions, day counts, jury status, ages and hometowns come from the contestant table in each season's Wikipedia article, cross-checked against the series overview before publication.
Sources (3)
- “Survivor 47,” Wikipedia, accessed September 28, 2026, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivor_47.
- “List of Survivor (American TV series) episodes,” Wikipedia, accessed September 25, 2026, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Survivor_(American_TV_series)_episodes.
- “Rachel LaMont,” Survivor Wiki, accessed September 28, 2026, https://survivor.fandom.com/wiki/Rachel_LaMont.