Sam Phalen is a contestant from Survivor 47.
Profile
Retrieved from EW.com
Age: 24
Hometown: Schaumburg, Ill.
Current residence: Nashville, Tenn.
Occupation: Sports reporter
Three words to describe you: Passionate, stubborn, ambitious
Why do you want to be part of Survivor: Playing Survivor is a childhood dream. I love both mental and physical competitions. Survivor is the greatest game ever created, and I need to prove I have what it takes. Also… $1 million.
What's one life experience you feel has prepared you for the game?: My daily work life has built me for this game. Working in professional sports as a media member forces you to excel at ego stroking, asking the right questions, building relationships, and capitalizing on information.
Which previous player do you identify with the most? Who do you think you will play most like? Michele Fitzgerald. So much more to her than her appearance and played the game (twice) with grit. Tough exterior with an emotional core. My game may also look similar to Devon Pinto. He built relationships, gave up control early, didn't have to be the alpha, and made a late run!
What will you value in an alliance partner? Predictability. I want to know how my allies think, what they value, and what they need from me. I won't deal with [erratic] people. I'd also love someone that presents more strategic than me to hide my own wit.
Favorite hobbies: Playing trivia, critiquing movies, working out.
Pet peeves: When someone leaves the door open too long entering the sauna and wastes the heat. When someone uses an accent to say a foreign word correctly when they're not from there. Overly confident sports fans.
What is the accomplishment you are most proud of? Landing a full-time job as an NFL beat reporter at 22 years old. My professors told me it would take years of "working my way up" to reach that level.
What is something we would never know from looking at you? I did a lot of drama, musical theater, and slam poetry growing up. I love the arts. I'm way smarter than I look.
Who is your biggest inspiration and why? My fiancé. She is my best friend. I'm inspired by her patience, loving nature, loyalty, and the joy she carries with her every day. She makes me want to be the best version of me.
Why will you be the Sole Survivor? I can gel with any group of people. I'm a physical, strategic, and social force that will never be perceived as the strongest, smartest, or loudest person in the room. I'm gritty.[2]
Survivor
| Episode | Tribe Affiliation |
Challenge | Challenge Type | Sit-Out? | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gata | Kang Sera Sera | Reward | No | Won |
| Under Pressure | Reward/Immunity | No | Lost | ||
| 2 | Rice Race | Reward/Immunity | No | 1st | |
| 3 | Seahorse With No Name | Reward/Immunity | No | 1st | |
| 4 | Stage Presence | Reward/Immunity | No | 1st | |
| 5 | Climb Mate Change | Reward1 | Won | ||
| Drag Race | Immunity | No | Lost | ||
| Tribes Disbanded, Day 11 | |||||
| 6 | None | Feel the Earn | Reward2 | No | Won |
| Bow Diddley | Immunity | Lost | |||
| Tribes Merged, Night 12 | |||||
| 7 | Beka | Audio Slave | Reward/Immunity | Won | |
| 8 | Auction | ||||
| Wrist Assured | Immunity | Lost | |||
| 9 | Pairy Feral | Reward/Immunity3 | Lost | ||
| 10 | Slither Me | Reward | Won | ||
| Rollerball | Immunity | Lost | |||
| 11 | A Bit Tipsy | Immunity | TBD | ||
| Notes: ^1 The tribes temporarily disbanded and the players competed as two randomly-divided teams of seven.
^2 The castaways first competed as two teams for reward. Only the members of the winning team would have the right to compete for individual immunity. ^3 The castaways first competed as five teams for reward. Only the members of the two winning teams would have the right to compete for individual immunity. | |||||
| Episode | Sam's Votes |
Voted Against Sam |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jon | - |
| 2 | Gata Tribe Immune | |
| 3 | Gata Tribe Immune | |
| 4 | Gata Tribe Immune | |
| 5 | Anika | - |
| 6 | Rome | Rome |
| 7 | Immune | |
| 8 | Ineligible; Ineligible1 |
Caroline, Sol, Sue, Teeny; Sierra1 |
| 9 | Sol | - |
| 10 | Gabe | - |
| 11 | TBD | TBD |
^1 In "He's All That", Sam lost his vote as a result of having the most money left over at the end of the Survivor Auction, making him ineligible to vote at Tribal Council. Also, the vote ended with a 4-4 tie between Sam and Sierra, forcing a revote. On the revote, Sam did not receive enough votes to be eliminated.
Post-Survivor
Trivia
- Sam is the youngest member of Gata and the youngest man to compete on Survivor 47.
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