Cirie Fields returned for Survivor 50, and possibly one last chance to win the reality competition show.
This is the fifth time Cirie has played Survivor USA, and she is showing why she got invited back again by host Jeff Probst.
Cirie finished fourth on Survivor: Panama (Season 12) and in third place on Survivor: Micronesia (Season 16). She was also shockingly eliminated in sixth place on Survivor: Game Changers, as everyone else had safety.
Outside her time on this show, Cirie also won The Traitors USA and competed well on Big Brother 25, finishing in fifth place. She even popped up on Survivor: Australia.
Cirie Fields proves she is a legend on Survivor 50
During Survivor 50, Episode 11 (May 6), the final nine players were split into two groups. Each group had to vote out someone. This put Cirie in a tough spot, as several players were conspiring against her.
Emily Pippen and Rick Devens hatched a plan to pretend he was going to use his Immunity Idol on Emily, forcing the others to split their votes. Then, Rick and Emily voted against Cirie.
The plan almost worked. But Cirie had an ace up her sleeve. She had an Extra Vote thanks to Ozzy Lasth. Many people knew about the Extra Vote, but Emily and Rick remained in the dark.
At Tribal Council, Emily and Rick voted for Cirie. Jonathan Young and Tiffany Ervin voted for Rick. But Cirie placed two votes for Emily, creating a 2-2-2 tie. But Rick used his Idol to invalidate votes against him.
In the re-vote, it became 4-2 against Emily, sending her to the Survivor 50 jury.
Not only did Cirie succeed in flushing out the Idol Devens had, but she also ensured her own safety and got Emily eliminated.
Later, she lost a key ally when Ozzy was voted out at the second Tribal Council, so she will have to deal with that as the final seven players compete.
But Cirie survived to see another day, all due to her superior social game and strategic thinking. She may not win many individual challenges, but she is so good at other elements of these reality TV games that she continues to succeed.
Will Cirie Fields win Survivor 50? We have to tune in to find out during the final few weeks. No matter how this ends, though, she deserves a spot in the reality TV Hall of Fame.
Some people even feel she should be on the Survivor Mount Rushmore now.
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