Sami Dale Layadi is a contestant from Survivor 43.
Throughout the game, Sami maintained good relationships with everyone, allowing him to flip between his old Baka alliance and the post-merge majority alliance as it best suit his game. However, as the numbers dwindled, so did Sami's standing with his tribemates, who began to see his duplicity. Despite a last-ditch effort to eliminate Cassidy Clark in his place, Sami was voted out on Day 21.
Profile[]
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Age: 19
Hometown: Las Vegas, Nev.
Current Residence: Las Vegas, Nev.
Occupation: Pet Cremator
Favorite Hobbies: Sports, fitness, journaling
3 Words to Describe You: Unpredictable, tenacious, indecisive
Pet Peeve(s): Excuses, laziness, being woken up before noon on weekends
What is the accomplishment you are most proud of? Probably getting my Eagle Scout, because I struggled mightily with completing merit badges and often took 3-4 classes just to get them. To finally receive it made me very proud of myself.
What is something we would never know from looking at you? My background is very culturally diverse with my father being an immigrant from Morocco.
Who is your hero and why? My grandpa, Dale Donald Mann, because he is the hardest working man I have ever known, and he always made sure I knew what was most important: family. He was an amazing husband to my grandmother; seeing him build their relationship upon love and trust taught me so much about how to love somebody. And he understood me more than anybody else ever has. When I would tell him about my insecurities and self-doubt, he would help me understand how those things are actually strengths. I knew I could always count on my grandpa, and I want to make him smile from up there.
Which past Survivor will you play the game most like? Kelley Wentworth. What I admire and take away from Wentworth's game is that she never gave up until her torch was snuffed, and even when she was clearly in the bottom, she not only found ways to climb up, but she made everybody think that she was oblivious and not smart enough to foil the foolproof plan they had.
Why do you believe you can be the Sole Survivor? Because I do not allow myself to not know what is going on with those around me. I am too conversationally and emotionally experienced with people to be unaware of my standing in the game at all times, and I am too determined and hungry to get comfortable. Everybody that I meet grows a heart on their sleeve after I speak with them for 20 minutes, and my competitors on the island will be no different.[2]
Survivor[]
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| Episode | Tribe Affiliation |
Challenge | Challenge Type | Sit-Out? | Result |
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| 1 | Baka | Crate Wide Open | Reward | No | Lost |
| Freedom of Choice | Immunity | No | Lost | ||
| 2 | Serpent Turf | Reward/Immunity | No | 1st | |
| 3 | Turtle Head | Reward/Immunity | No | 1st | |
| 4 | Walk Around | Reward | No | Lost | |
| Brain Stew | Immunity | No | 2nd | ||
| 5 | EOC | Reward/Immunity | No | 2nd | |
| Tribes Disbanded, Day 12 | |||||
| 6 | None | No Quarter | Reward/Immunity | No | Lost |
| Tribes Merged, Night 13 | |||||
| 7 | Gaia | Eve 6 | Immunity | Lost | |
| 8 | Over-Extended | Immunity | Yes1 | Lost | |
| 9 | Crocodile Rock | Reward/Immunity | Lost | ||
| 10 | Put a Ring on It | Reward | Invited | ||
| Teeter Tower | Immunity | Lost | |||
| 11 | Last Gasp | Immunity | Lost | ||
| Voted Out, Day 21 | |||||
| Notes: ^1 Sami elected to sit out of the challenge to help his tribe win a supply of rice.
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| Episode | Sami's Votes |
Voted Against Sami |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Morriah | - |
| 2 | Baka Tribe Immune | |
| 3 | Baka Tribe Immune | |
| 4 | Baka Tribe Immune | |
| 5 | Baka Tribe Immune | |
| 6 | Elie | - |
| 7 | Dwight | - |
| 8 | Jeanine | - |
| 9 | James | - |
| 10 | Karla | Noelle |
| 11 | Ineligible1 | Cassidy, Cody, Gabler, Jesse, Karla, Owen |
| Voted Out, Day 21 | ||
| Voted for Sole Survivor |
Gabler | |
^1 In "Hiding in Plain Sight", Sami used his Shot in the Dark die, making him ineligible to vote at Tribal Council.
Post-Survivor[]
- On July 7, 2023, Sami attended the wedding of fellow Survivor 43 castmate Morriah Young.[3]
- Sami is currently a part of the 2024-25 Brigham Young University cheer and stunt team.
- In 2024, Sami competed for the men's team in MrBeast's Men Vs Women Survive The Wilderness For $500,000 video. He was voluntarily eliminated on the fifteenth day of the challenge, and his team went on to lose to the women's team.[4]
Trivia[]
- Sami is the youngest contestant to compete on Survivor 43.
- Sami is currently the youngest Survivor contestant by date of birth.
- Sami is the only castaway on Survivor 43 to play the Shot in the Dark.
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