Lauren Beck

Lauren-Ashley Beck^[2] is a contestant from Survivor: Island of the Idols.

A strong strategic and social player, Lauren aligned with Tommy Sheehan early on, and the two managed to play in the middle throughout the game to get them to the final four. She was ultimately deemed to be too much of a threat to win the game, and when Noura Salman won the Final Immunity Challenge, she and Tommy conspired to ensure that Lauren would lose the fire-making challenge to Dean Kowalski, which caused her to fall one day short of the Final Tribal Council.

Profile[]

Retrieved from CBS.com

Age: 28
Hometown: Bakersfield, California and Rochester Hills, Michigan
Current residence: Glendale, California
Occupation: Nanny
Hobbies: Eating an entire bag of Hot Cheetos in one sitting while binge watching true-crime shows, laughing at my own jokes, writing/blogging, music festivals, talking people's ears off... my stepdad says I have the gift of gab, thanks Dad!
Pet peeves: People that take a French fry while asking "can I have a fry?" before I even get the chance to say yes, saying "literally" before every sentence (guilty), being late (if you're on time you're still late), talking in third person, and clapping when a plane lands.
Three words to describe you: Bubbly, adaptable, and diligent.
What accomplishment are you most proud of? Moving across the country from Michigan to Los Angeles at 17 years of age and creating a stable life for myself. We all know Los Angeles rent is no joke, and even though a lot of people I know have moved home, I've been able to stick it out. Tenacity is my middle name!
Who or what is your inspiration in life? My stepdad, Charles. He has raised me since I was 10 months old, and is everything a girl could ask for. He always brings me Starbucks whenever I ask. It's the little things. He's the best thing that's ever happened to me and my family.
What's one thing we wouldn't know from seeing a photo of you? That I do one of the best Britney Spears impressions you've ever heard.
Which Survivor contestant are you most like? Troyzan because we're both hot, Cirie because she's the best social player to date DUH, and I also like to think of myself as a gangsta in an Oprah suit. And last but certainly not least, Sandra because I have no problem being cutthroat to make power plays to enhance my individual game. The queen stays queen!
Why do you think you'll "survive" Survivor? My ability to connect with others is astronomical, I just love people! I have the physical and mental ability to see myself through to the very end. People tend to underestimate me which will definitely work in my favor. I plan to be the second black woman to win this game, hands down.^[3]

Survivor[]

Beginning the game on the Vokai tribe, Lauren formed a quick friendship with Tommy Sheehan after they initially bonded over their loved ones. This connection among others allowed Lauren to seemingly form a tight majority alliance consisting of herself, Tommy, Dan Spilo, Janet Carbin, and Kellee Kim. Under Lauren's direction, the group blindsided Molly Byman at Vokai's first Tribal Council to weaken her influence on the tribe.

Lauren remained on Vokai after the tribe switch on Day 12, alongside allies Dan, Tommy, and Jason Linden, though they found themselves in a precarious 4-4 split against the members of the original Lairo tribe. When Vokai lost immunity on Day 16, the four conspired with Aaron Meredith to target Elaine Stott. At Tribal Council however, Elaine revealed that she had a Vote Blocker advantage, which she used against Jason, ultimately allowing the original Lairo members to vote him out. Now relegated to the minority, Lauren and Tommy attempted to shift the target onto Dan to protect themselves, but the original Lairo contingent became suspicious of them and considered voting out Tommy if they lost again.

When the tribes merged into the Lumuwaku tribe on Day 20, Lauren and Tommy attempted to rekindle their alliance with Janet and Kellee. However, the two sensed that Kellee would not be loyal to their alliance after she entertained the possibility of voting out Dan, resulting in her eventual elimination. When a Split Tribal Council twist temporarily broke up the Lumuwaku tribe on Day 27, Janet appeared to be the next to go due to her previous attempt to take out Dan. However, Lauren and the other former Vokai decided that Aaron was a bigger threat, blindsiding him and reestablishing their original Vokai alliance.

The next day, Lauren volunteered to go to the Island of the Idols, where she accepted the mentors' challenge, which required her to correctly pick who would win the next individual Immunity Challenge in exchange for a Hidden Immunity Idol that would be valid for the following two Tribal Councils. With the players having the option to either eat or compete, Lauren focused all of her energy on convincing everyone except Elizabeth Beisel and Noura Salman, the two players she picked to win immunity, to sit out of the challenge. Noura went on to win the challenge, granting Lauren a Hidden Immunity Idol. However, Karishma Patel's idol play at Tribal Council that night prompted Lauren to play her own idol to be safe. This proved to be for naught, as she did not receive any votes against her and Elizabeth was voted out instead.

On Day 30, Janet and Tommy won the Loved Ones Challenge and decided to take Lauren and Dan with them on the reward. This caused Noura to realize that she was on the outs of the Vokai alliance, and she conspired to target Lauren with Elaine, Karishma, and Dean Kowalski because of her strong social game. However, Lauren won immunity, foiling their plan, with Karishma being voted out that night, followed by Elaine. At the final five, Janet attempted to eliminate Lauren with her own idol; however, Lauren and Tommy got Dean to use his Idol Nullifier to cancel Janet's idol, sending her to the jury.

After Noura won the Final Immunity Challenge on Day 38, she selected Tommy to join her at the Final Tribal Council, forcing Lauren to face Dean in the fire-making challenge. Lauren desperately tried to practice making fire, only for Noura to continuously distract her by attempting to explain her decision. At Tribal Council, Lauren was able to start a fire, but ultimately lost to Dean, becoming the tenth and final member of the jury.

At the Final Tribal Council, Lauren asked Tommy who he was most loyal to. Her loyalty to Tommy remained as she voted for him to win the title of Sole Survivor, which he ultimately did in a 8-2-0 vote.

Episode	Tribe Affiliation	Challenge	Challenge Type	Sit-Out?	Result
1	Vokai	Tower of Equality	Reward/Immunity	No	Won
2		Rung O Star	Reward/Immunity	Yes	Lost
3		Beam Me Up	Reward/Immunity	No	Won
4		Ow Pairs	Reward/Immunity	No	Won
5		Headlong Flight	Reward	No	Won
5		Discography	Immunity	No	Won
6		Heroes End	Reward	No	Won
6		Cage Against the Machine	Immunity	Yes	Lost
7		Box Car Blues	Reward¹	No	Won
7		Faulty Towers	Immunity	No	Won
Tribes Merged, Day 20
8	Lumuwaku	Pegs Over Easy	Immunity		Lost
		Raise the Roof	Reward²		Lost
		I Hold On	Immunity		Lost
9		We Will Go Round	Reward/Immunity		Lost
10		Crocodile Rock	Immunity	Yes³	Lost
11		Full Tilt Affair	Reward		Invited
11		Ballin' A Jack	Immunity		Won
12		Unaired	Reward⁴		Lost
12		Dizzy Miss Lizzy	Immunity		Lost
13		Born to Rung	Reward/Immunity		Lost
13		You Shook Me	Immunity		Lost
Eliminated, Day 38
Notes: ^1 An unaired Reward Challenge was held on Day 17. ^2 An unaired Reward Challenge was held on Day 23. ^3 Lauren elected to sit out of the challenge to eat breakfast. ^4 An unaired Reward Challenge was held sometime between Days 33 and 34.

Episode	Lauren's Votes	Voted Against Lauren
1	Vokai Tribe Immune
2	Molly	-
3	Vokai Tribe Immune
4	Vokai Tribe Immune
5	Vokai Tribe Immune
6	Elaine	-
7	Vokai Tribe Immune
8	Kellee	-
8	Karishma	-
9	Aaron	-
10	~~Karishma~~; Elizabeth¹	-¹
11	Karishma	Individual Immunity
12	Elaine	-
13	Janet	Janet
13	Lost Challenge²
Eliminated, Day 38
Voted for Sole Survivor	Tommy

^1 In "Bring On the Bacon", Lauren used a Hidden Immunity Idol, but did not negate any votes against her. Also, Karishma used a Hidden Immunity Idol, negating Lauren's vote against her. Also, the vote ended with a 1-1-0 tie between Elizabeth and Janet, forcing a revote. Lauren changed her vote to Elizabeth on the revote.
^2 In "Mama, Look at Me Now", Noura had the advantage of choosing one person to be in the Final Three with her. She chose Tommy, subjecting Dean and Lauren to a fire-making challenge. Lauren lost the challenge, eliminating her from the game.

Post-Survivor[]

Lauren, along with nineteen other former Survivor contestants, competed in the first Survivor-themed mini-competition of Sequester on May 23, 2020. She was eliminated in the fifteenth round, finishing in 5th place.^[4]
On May 6, 2022, Lauren appeared on a Mother's Day special of The Price Is Right with her mom and sister. They were the last ones to make it on stage, won their pricing game, and made it to the showcase round. They ended up winning the showcase.^[5]^[6]

Trivia[]

Lauren lasted the longest without receiving elimination votes against her in Island of the Idols.
Lauren is the second person to be voted out with only one vote cast against her during an entire season, following Terry Deitz in Panama.
- However, due to being eliminated by the final four fire-making challenge, Lauren did not receive her only vote at the Tribal Council in which she was voted out.
Lauren lost 18 lbs. during her time on Island of the Idols.^[7]