Sierra Wright claims 'Andy was the main decision maker' in her Survivor 47 blindside
By Bryce Olin
After getting voted out of Survivor 47 in episode 8 and becoming the first member of the jury, Sierra Wright opened up about her time in the game from Ponderosa in a new video posted on the Survivor Instagram.
Although she was voted out a few episodes ago, Sierra has some interesting theories about who the mastermind behind the plan to vote her out was, and she's basically right. After playing a tight game with Sam Phalen and Andy Rueda, Andy flipped on his "alliance" to help convince the former Tuku and Lavo players to target Sierra and Sam in episode 8. And, it sounds like Sierra knows it!
"I truthfully think Andy was the main decision maker in sending me home," Sierra said . "I think he's a little brat, and he's so two-faced, and he played it off so well."
It's hard to say if Andy was the driving force or decision maker on that vote to target Sam and Sierra. Clearly, it wasn't just Andy when the whole tribe, basically, collaborated to split the vote between Sam and Sierra and then unanimously vote Sierra out of the game on the revote, which is exactly what happened.
There were 11 players left in the game at this point with four Tuku players, four Gata players, and three Lavo players. The four Tuku players and three Lavo players joined forces with Andy to split their votes 4-4 on Sierra and Sam. If one played an idol, the other would go home. Rachel LaMont saw the blindside coming, and she tried to see if she was the mark by playing her Shot in the Dark, which Jeff Probst said was done "brilliantly" and in a way that we hadn't seen in the show so far.
Sam lost his vote during the Survivor auction, and Sierra had a great day that day! She proved to be quite the scavenger when finding the bamboo pods full of money. She also seemed to get the most food during the auction, which could have rubbed some players the wrong way or shifted the target to her. We don't know exactly what happened, but Andy was in the middle of making sure that plan worked. Had Andy not flipped on his old alliance, they would not have been able to split the vote between Sierra and Sam, which would have likely left one of the Tuku or Lavo players vulnerable. At that point, who knows what happens?
In addition to speculating about what caused her downfall, Sierra also shared that she thinks Teeny Chirichillo or Sam Phalen will win. I disagree, but I'm glad that Sierra thinks that!
"Survivor was way different than I expected it to be," Sierra continued. "I thought I was going to come out here, dominate this game, be able to detect when someone's lying or manipulating me. And, I'm like, holy crap! These people got away with it, they could get away with murder. Now, I'm here at Ponderosa."
So, that's how it is in the world of Survivor 47! After this video was made, Sierra was joined by Sol Yi and Gabe Ortis. Who will be next? We'll find out next time on Survivor!