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1 season · 26 days

Sam Phalen

The Gata leader who lost his partner early in the merge and spent the rest of the game swinging from the outside.

1
season played
26 days
on the island
2nd
best finish
1
final tribal council

Known for

Sam came into the Survivor 47 merge as the de facto leader of Gata with a promising alliance behind him, but his tight pairing with Sierra Wright made them a target. He had lost his vote at the auction by holding the most money, and a tie between him and Sierra ended with her going home instead.

From there tribemates could not stop seeing him as a physical threat, and he was stuck playing as an outsider, even having his vote blocked by Rachel LaMont. A clever scheme at the final seven gave him a jolt of control, but every attempt to take down frontrunner Rachel came up short. He gave a respectable Final Tribal pitch, yet Rachel won 7-1-0.

Background: Survivor Wiki

The season they played

  1. 2Survivor 47age 24, Nashville, Tennessee2nd of 18 · 26 days

Source

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.