Sydney Segal

Sydney Segal is a contestant from Survivor 41.

Sydney was part of the dominant Luvu tribe, which avoided Tribal Council throughout the pre-merge portion of the game. After the apparent merge, although Sydney's team won immunity, a twist allowed Erika Casupanan to revoke their immunity, causing Sydney to be put back into the pool of candidates vulnerable to be voted out. With only Sydney, her original Luvu tribemates, and Evvie Jagoda eligible for elimination, her alliance targeted Evvie. However, Evvie's allies threatened to play a Hidden Immunity Idol on them, forcing Sydney's allies to throw her under the bus to save themselves. The resulting split vote between Sydney and Evvie led to Sydney's elimination after a failed attempt at playing her Shot in the Dark die.

Profile[]

Retrieved from cbs.com.

Age: 26
Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
Current Residence: Brooklyn, NY
Occupation: Law student
Hobbies: Running, knitting and crocheting, soccer
3 Words to Describe You: Confident, charismatic, empathetic
Pet Peeve: Bodily noises: sniffling, snoring, heavy breathing, coughing
What is the accomplishment you are most proud of? Being the California State Champion in cross-country.
What is something we would never know from looking at you? I speak Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, and some French.
Who is your hero and why? My father. He is the second messiah to me. He is even-keeled and rational. My dad is the perfect role model and the most positive person I have ever met, even in circumstances where it would be easy to get down.
Which past Survivor will you play the game most like? Natalie White. She was able to assess her plan in her tribe and in her alliance, while consciously nursing Russell's ego. Her social awareness is something I admired.
Why do you believe you can win Survivor? I have the essential social skills and social awareness. I am athletic, but not some 6'2" buff dude who will be threatening. I am not a creature of habit and can adapt to any situation. Having watched Survivor, I have the benefit of hindsight and think I have a high Survivor IQ. I play to win.^[2]

Survivor[]

Sydney began the game as a part of the Luvu tribe, where she quickly aligned with Deshawn Radden and Danny McCray. On Day 9, Erika Casupanan approached Deshawn about eliminating Sydney should Luvu lose an Immunity Challenge. Deshawn warned Sydney of Erika's intentions and tried to throw two separate Immunity Challenges to eliminate her, even once recruiting Naseer Muttalif into the fold. However, both plans failed as Erika and Naseer still performed well enough for Luvu to win each challenge, keeping Sydney safe until the next phase of the game.

At what appeared to be the merge, Sydney was placed onto a team with Evvie Jagoda, Ricard Foyé, Danny, and Deshawn for the initial Reward/Immunity Challenge. Their victory won them the merge feast and immunity, until Erika reversed the result, forcing Sydney to compete in the Day 14 individual Immunity Challenge. When Ricard narrowly beat Sydney in this challenge, her sights turned towards Evvie as the target of the upcoming vote. However, Evvie and the rest of the Yase Alliance offered Sydney protection in exchange for voting with them against Deshawn. Fearful for his own safety, Deshawn proposed Sydney as a split vote option to his new All-Black Alliance in case one of Yase played a Hidden Immunity Idol for Evvie.

At Tribal Council, the strategy mounted, and Sydney began to feel unsafe. During the ensuing live Tribal Council, Sydney was excluded from the majority alliance's discussions, as they debated how to split the vote between her and Evvie. At the same time, Sydney appealed to the Yase Alliance, trying to convince them to play their idol for her instead of Evvie. In the end, Sydney ultimately felt vulnerable enough to sacrifice her vote and use her Shot in the Dark. The risk did not pay off and the forfeited vote sealed Sydney's fate, as she was voted out in a 5-4-3 vote.

Episode	Tribe Affiliation	Challenge	Challenge Type	Sit-Out?	Result
1	Luvu	Marooning	Reward	No	Lost
1		Bonus Track	Immunity	No	Won
2		Water Sports	Reward/Immunity	No	1st
3		Victory in the Bag	Reward/Immunity	No	1st
4		Running Down a Dream	Reward	No	Lost
4		Kenny Log-Ins	Immunity	Yes	2nd
5		Ramplified	Reward/Immunity	No	2nd
Tribes Disbanded, Day 12
6	None	Keep Digging	Reward/Immunity	No	Won¹
7	None	The Game is Afoot	Immunity	No	Lost
Voted Out, Day 14
Notes: ^1 The unchosen sit-out from the challenge (Erika) was exiled. There, she was given an hourglass which she may choose to break to strip the winning team of their immunity, transferring it to the losing team and herself. Erika broke the hourglass and Sydney lost her immunity.

Episode	Sydney's Votes	Voted Against Sydney
1	Luvu Tribe Immune
2	Luvu Tribe Immune
3	Luvu Tribe Immune
4	Luvu Tribe Immune
5	Luvu Tribe Immune
7	Ineligible¹	Erika, Heather, Liana, Naseer, Shan
Voted Out, Day 14

^1 In "There's Gonna Be Blood", Sydney used her Shot in the Dark die, making her ineligible to vote at Tribal Council.

Post-Survivor[]

On May 13, 2022, Sydney graduated from Brooklyn Law School.^[3]

Trivia[]

Sydney is the first castaway to play their Shot in the Dark die and the first unsuccessful attempt.
- By playing her Shot in the Dark, Sydney became the second castaway in Survivor to attend a Tribal Council without ever casting an elimination vote, following Chris Noble.
  - However, Chris did cast a jury vote, making Sydney the first castaway to never cast a vote.
  - She would be followed by Zach Wurtenberger and Marya Sherron in Survivor 42, Claire Rafson and Matthew Grinstead-Mayle in Survivor 44, Hannah Rose, Brandon Donlon, and Sabiyah Broderick in Survivor 45, and David Jelinsky in Survivor 46.
- Sydney is also the only castaway to play the Shot in the Dark in Survivor 41.
Sydney is the first castaway to be voted out in the Earn the Merge phase.
Sydney is the first woman to be voted out after winning a post-merge Immunity Challenge.
- Sydney is the second woman to be voted out after winning an Immunity Challenge, after Liliana Gomez.
Sydney originally applied to compete on The Amazing Race but was not chosen. She was later contacted to compete on Survivor.^[4]
- Sydney revealed she was originally cast for Survivor 42 before filming was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[5]