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Sarah Lacina
3 seasons · 96 days

Sarah Lacina

The cop who played it safe once, swore never again, and flipped her way to a title.

Sole Survivor

3
seasons played
96 days
on the island
1st
best finish
1
final tribal council

Known for

Sarah's Cagayan began with her sniffing out that Tony Vlachos was a fellow cop, and the two formed Cops-R-Us. The tribe switch stranded her as the lone Brawn left on Aparri, and at the merge she sat in the swing seat as the swing vote between both sides. Kass McQuillen got nervous about that power and flipped, and Sarah became the first juror. She still voted for Tony.

Game Changers was the vow kept. When Jeff Varner outed Zeke Smith as transgender at Tribal Council, she spoke up in support of Zeke. After the merge she bounced between the Power Six and the Tavua alliance, blindsiding Ozzy Lusth, Debbie Wanner and Sierra Dawn Thomas, who willed her the Legacy Advantage without knowing Sarah had helped vote her out. She snagged a Vote Steal off the sit-out bench, played both advantages, and beat Brad Culpepper and Troyzan Robertson 7-3-0.

In Winners at War she reunited with Tony and teamed with Sophie Clarke to topple Rob Mariano on Yara. Tony later beat her in fire-making, one step short of the finals.

Background: Survivor Wiki

Season by season

  1. Sarah Lacina, Survivor 28: Cagayan
    11Survivor 28: Cagayanage 29, Cedar Rapids, Iowa11th of 18 · 19 days · jury
  2. Sarah Lacina, Survivor 34: Game Changers
    1Survivor 34: Game Changersage 32, Marion, Iowa1st of 20 · 39 days
  3. Sarah Lacina, Survivor 40: Winners at War
    4Survivor 40: Winners at Warage 34, Cedar Rapids, Iowa4th of 20 · 38 days · jury

Photos and logos: CBS

Where they rank

  • 35thMost times on the jury2 juries
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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 (5)

  1. “Survivor: Cagayan,” Wikipedia, accessed September 28, 2026, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivor:_Cagayan.
  2. “Survivor: Game Changers,” Wikipedia, accessed September 28, 2026, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivor:_Game_Changers.
  3. “Survivor: Winners at War,” Wikipedia, accessed September 28, 2026, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivor:_Winners_at_War.
  4. “List of Survivor (American TV series) episodes,” Wikipedia, accessed September 25, 2026, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Survivor_(American_TV_series)_episodes.
  5. “Sarah Lacina,” Survivor Wiki, accessed September 28, 2026, https://survivor.fandom.com/wiki/Sarah_Lacina.

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