Stephanie Johnson
A longtime superfan who played hard from day one, then drew the short straw at the swap and never got it back.
Known for
Stephanie came to Ghost Island ready to play, and early on she was a swing vote on Malolo. At the tribe's first Tribal she saw Donathan Hurley as a better long-term ally, shielded him, and pushed the vote onto Stephanie Gonzalez. Next time around she pumped Jacob Derwin for everything he knew, including that his idol was a fake, then stuck with Brendan Shapiro, Libby Vincek and Michael Yerger to send him packing.
The swap left her on Malolo but outnumbered five to four by a Bradley Kleihege-led Naviti bloc. She refused to hand any original Malolo a trip to Ghost Island, and her own visit there turned up nothing. Michael played an idol on her, but Naviti stuck together and took Brendan instead. With no cover left, she made an emotional plea about what the game meant to her. It did not move the numbers, and even Michael and Jenna Bowman joined the unanimous vote to prove their loyalty to the majority.
Background: Survivor Wiki
The season they played
- 16Survivor 36: Ghost Islandage 34, Chicago, Illinois16th of 20 · 14 days
Source
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