Natalie Anderson

Natalie Anderson is the Sole Survivor of.

Despite her twin sister Nadiya being the first person voted out, Natalie was able to integrate herself into the majority alliance for most of the game, making subtle strategic moves, building close relationships and keeping herself off everyone's radar. After her closest ally, Jeremy Collins, was blindsided by Jon Misch, Natalie played the game more aggressively and was able to pull the strings and orchestrate the blindsides of Jon, Alec Christy, and Baylor Wilson. Her strong social game, physical prowess and tactical gameplay earned her the respect of the jury and the title of Sole Survivor.

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Name: Natalie Anderson (28)

Tribe Designation: Hunahpu

Relationship to Significant Castaway: Nadiya’s twin sister

Current Residence: Edgewater, NJ

Occupation: Crossfit Coach and Physical Therapy Student

Personal Claim to Fame: Being on “The Amazing Race” twice! Getting kicked off first on All-Stars!

Pet Peeves: Girls who can’t do anything for themselves, lazy people and dumb people.

Three Words to Describe You: Crazy, strong, and confident.

“Survivor” Contestant You Are Most Like: Tony Vlachos, but hopefully not as insane.

Reason for Being on “Survivor”: The million dollars! Also, winning “Survivor” makes you a certified bad ass!

Why You Think You’ll Survive “Survivor”: I am physically, mentally, and emotionally strong. I am very strong willed and do not give up! I work well with people and feel like I would be a good tribemate. I know I will pull my weight with the camp chores and not be a burden to my tribe. Physically, I will be able to hang with the guys and be an asset in the team challenges. Also, I love the ocean and if I had to choose one place to spend the rest of my life, it would be the beach. I’m a true island girl!

What Does It Mean to You to Play “Survivor” with Your Loved One? Getting to be on “Survivor” with Nadiya means so much to me. No matter what we are doing, Nadiya and I have so much fun; whether we are working together or competing against each other! Doing something this intense and getting to share it with my twinnie is something I will never forget.

Survivor: San Juan del Sur
Former Amazing Race contestant, Natalie Anderson competed on Survivor: San Juan del Sur with her twin, Nadiya Anderson. When it was time to separate into tribes, Natalie ended up on the Hunahpu tribe. Natalie was quick to bond with Jeremy Collins, who she even deemed her "designated twinnie". At the first immunity challenge, Hunaphu came from behind after Coyopa struggled with the puzzle. Unfortunately, Nadiya ended up the first boot of the season. Natalie was upset when she learned of Nadiya's elimination to the point of tears. Julie McGee won the hero's duel and fishing gear for the tribe. However, The tribe was forced trade their fishing gear for a new flint since the first was lost by Jon Misch. At the immunity challenge, Survivor Sumo, Natalie faced off against Val Collins and won. Hunaphu would win again after Kelley Wentworth won the rematch against her opponent, Jaclyn Schultz.

At the next Hero's Duel, Wes Nale won the duel for his Coyopa tribe over his father, Keith. After the duel, Jeremy publicly outed to the tribe that one of Coyopa's member was John Rocker, infamous for his racist and homophobic Sports Illustrated interview. At the immunity challenge, Natalie was paired with Jon for the challenge. They participated in two separate rounds and won both, which was critical for Hunaphu winning the challenge. After the win, Natalie started to yell at John about his past. Eventually John became sick of the yelling and said he would knock her teeth out if Natalie was male. At the next Hero's Duel, Hunahpu started Clapping with the exception of John's girlfriend, Julie McGee. Jon won the Duel over his girlfriend, Jaclyn. However, Hunahpu ultimately lost its first immunity challenge. Drew Christy included Natalie his plan of voting out Kelley because of fear her leading of a women's alliance. Natalie, who was repeated annoyed with Drew's laziness, thought Drew was ridiculous because the season had more men than women. The women branded together to vote out Drew and was successful, eliminating him in a 5-2-1-1. Voting History

In This Is Where We Build Trust, Keith used a Hidden Immunity Idol, negating Natalie's vote against him. In Let's Make A Move, the vote ended with a 2-2-2 tie between Jaclyn, Jon and Keith, forcing a revote. Natalie did not change her vote on the revote.

Post-Survivor

 * In July 2015, in an interview Natalie gave her thoughts about how her former castmate Keith Nale would do in.

Trivia

 * Natalie is the fourth consecutive castaway named "Natalie" to reach the final four, after Bolton, White and Tenerelli and the third consecutive castaway named "Natalie" to reach the Final Tribal Council in a Final Three.
 * Natalie became the eighth Sole Survivor to win without a vote cast against her during the whole season (after Tina Wesson, Ethan Zohn, Brian Heidik, Sandra Diaz-Twine in, Tom Westman, J.T. Thomas and John Cochran).
 * She is the only castaway on Survivor: San Juan del Sur to not receive a single elimination vote.
 * Natalie only ever voted for men except for in the final five where the only eligible people to vote for were women.
 * At final four, she voted against the last surviving male castaway.
 * Ironically, only men voted for her at the Final Tribal Council.
 * Natalie and her sister Nadiya Anderson are the only castaways to first appear on The Amazing Race for 2 seasons and then appear on Survivor.
 * She and Nadiya are the third and fourth castaways to have competed in another reality show before competing in Survivor. The others were Hayden Moss and Whitney Duncan.
 * Natalie is one of fourteen castaways, along with Rob Mariano, Keith Tollefson, John Palyok, Amber Brkich, Ethan Zohn, Richard Hatch, Hayden, Jenna Morasca, Twila Tanner, Jon Dalton, Whitney, Nadiya and Michael Jefferson to compete on other reality shows beside Survivor.
 * Natalie is the only castaway to lose their original reality show and compete and win on Survivor.
 * Natalie and her twin Nadiya share their birthday with Ruth-Marie Milliman.
 * Natalie is the youngest female member of the Hunahpu tribe.
 * Natalie is the first female to be exiled with another female castaway since Taj Johnson-George was exiled with Sierra Reed in.
 * Natalie and her sister Nadiya are the currently the only pair of sisters to play Survivor.
 * Natalie is the female Sole Survivor with the most challenge wins, having 13. She is also the Sole Survivor with the third most challenge wins, only preceded by Bob Crowley (14 wins) and Tom Westman (17 wins).
 * Natalie is the first female since Andrea Boehlke in to possess a Hidden Immunity Idol.
 * Natalie is the first castaway to play an idol to someone else during the last time it could be played, while not having another form of immunity for herself during that time.
 * Natalie is the highest placing member of the original and post-Tribe Switch Hunahpu tribe.
 * She is also the only member of post-Switch Hunahpu to outlast the post-Switch Coyopa tribe members that reached the Merge.
 * Natalie is the first Asian-American woman to win Survivor.
 * Natalie, and her twin sister, Nadiya are the fourth and fifth castaways to have dual citizenship following Todd Herzog of and Abi-Maria Gomes of  and Aras Baskauskas of.
 * She is the third Sole Survivor to have dual citizenship after Todd and Aras.
 * Natalie won the RHAP Fan Favorite Player of the Season award with 49% of the votes.
 * Natalie considered to moving to Sri Lanka and opening an Cross Fit using her winnings.
 * On February 24, 2015, it was revealed that Natalie won the annual Rob Has a Podcast pageant, Miss Survivor.