Sophie Clarke
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Born: July 10, 1989
Hometown: Willsboro, New York Occupation: Medical Student Seasons: South Pacific; Winners at War Placing: Winner (South Pacific); Tenth (Winners at War) Tribes: Upolu; Te Tuma; Dakal; Yara; Koru Total Challenge Wins: 14
Days Lasted: 74 Votes Against: 11 Awards: Challenge Beast (South Pacific); Strategy With A Smile (South Pacific); Bamboozled (South Pacific) |
Survivor: South Pacific
Sophie, like several members of the Upolu tribe, was skeptical about the addition of Coach Wade to their tribe. This skepticism was furthered when Coach lost the first Reward Challenge over fellow returning player Ozzy Lusth. Upon reaching camp, Sophie introduced herself as a Russian and Economics major who "graduated four days ago." Knowing his "Dragon Slayer" baggage would be hard to release, Coach opened a conversation while stargazing at their first night, with the conversation concluding with the recruitment of Sophie to his five-person alliance, which also consisted of Rick Nelson, Albert Destrade, and Brandon Hantz. Coach fortified his alliance of five by adding a sixth member, Edna Ma. While Brandon kept his secret of being a relative of the infamous Russell Hantz from his tribemates, Sophie was observant enough to suspect he might be hiding something. Sophie was also seen as a strong competitor, being called "insane" by Jeff Probst during the first Immunity Challenge, in which Upolu narrowly won.
After the Immunity Challenge loss on Day 5, Sophie received a vote coming from Stacey Powell, but Sophie's majority alliance eliminated Coach's biggest threat, Christine Shields-Markoski. Days later, alliance partner Albert found the hidden clue to the Hidden Immunity Idol, but could not find the Idol itself. With Sophie and Coach's help, the three found the Idol, which was secretly kept by Coach, even from Rick and Brandon. The Upolu majority alliance successfully eliminated Stacey and Mikayla Wingle at their next Tribal Councils, entering the merge with the entire alliance intact.
When the tribes merged on Day 19 into the Te Tuna tribe, Sophie stuck with the Upolu alliance, and, along with Savaii member John Cochran, eliminated the five other Savaii members: Keith Tollefson, Ozzy, Jim Rice, Dawn Meehan, and Whitney Duncan. During the process of this "Pagonging," Sophie was able to win two consecutive Immunity Challenges, the second win which was especially key since she narrowly beat out Whitney.
After the ex-Savaii members were voted out, the original Upolu alliance of five decided to stick together and eliminated Cochran and Edna. The next round of the game saw the alliance turn against each other. Sophie was able to make Coach and Rick turn against fellow alliance member Brandon because of his antics and his unpredictability. However, when Brandon won immunity, they had to switch their target to Albert. Their plans changed again at Tribal Council when Brandon gave the Immunity Necklace to Albert. In the end, Coach sided with Rick and Sophie voting out Brandon and she narrowly escaped being sent to Redemption Island in a 3-2 vote.
At the final Redemption Island duel on Day 36, Ozzy defeated Brandon and came back in the game with an apparent target on his back. At the following Immunity Challenge, which required balancing wooden blocks, Sophie made an unattractive gesture—outright asking Albert to help her get her blocks, which was intercepted by Jeff. Her move failed, however, when Ozzy won Immunity. With Ozzy immune and Coach having his Hidden Immunity Idol, Sophie was on the hot seat at Tribal Council, being told by Ozzy that she was a "pretentious, spoiled brat" after her gesture at the Immunity Challenge, reducing the medical student to tears and anxiety, stating that her bluntness was natural to her. Despite this, Sophie dodged elimination once again after Rick was voted out for his quieter gameplay in a 3-2 vote.
At the Final Immunity Challenge on Day 38, a closely-contested battle between Ozzy and Sophie commenced. But at the puzzle-building part, Ozzy struggled, giving leeway to Sophie, who eventually won the challenge. As the last remaining Savaii member, Ozzy was voted out, leaving Sophie (declaring herself "the new Dragon Slayer"), Albert, and Coach as the Final Three.
At the Final Tribal Council, while castigated by the Jury for coming off as acerbic to others, Sophie used her frankness to her advantage by calling Coach "a little girl" and exposed all the lies he created. She also stated that she would change her perceived rudeness after Ozzy brought the topic up days ago. In the end, Sophie was rewarded the title of 23rd Sole Survivor and the million dollar prize, beating Coach and Albert in a 6-3-0 vote. Sophie received votes from Jim, Keith, Dawn, Whitney, Brandon, and Ozzy.
After the game, at the Reunion Show, she stated that it was hard for her to "act dumb", but she had to in order to advance herself in the game.
After the Immunity Challenge loss on Day 5, Sophie received a vote coming from Stacey Powell, but Sophie's majority alliance eliminated Coach's biggest threat, Christine Shields-Markoski. Days later, alliance partner Albert found the hidden clue to the Hidden Immunity Idol, but could not find the Idol itself. With Sophie and Coach's help, the three found the Idol, which was secretly kept by Coach, even from Rick and Brandon. The Upolu majority alliance successfully eliminated Stacey and Mikayla Wingle at their next Tribal Councils, entering the merge with the entire alliance intact.
When the tribes merged on Day 19 into the Te Tuna tribe, Sophie stuck with the Upolu alliance, and, along with Savaii member John Cochran, eliminated the five other Savaii members: Keith Tollefson, Ozzy, Jim Rice, Dawn Meehan, and Whitney Duncan. During the process of this "Pagonging," Sophie was able to win two consecutive Immunity Challenges, the second win which was especially key since she narrowly beat out Whitney.
After the ex-Savaii members were voted out, the original Upolu alliance of five decided to stick together and eliminated Cochran and Edna. The next round of the game saw the alliance turn against each other. Sophie was able to make Coach and Rick turn against fellow alliance member Brandon because of his antics and his unpredictability. However, when Brandon won immunity, they had to switch their target to Albert. Their plans changed again at Tribal Council when Brandon gave the Immunity Necklace to Albert. In the end, Coach sided with Rick and Sophie voting out Brandon and she narrowly escaped being sent to Redemption Island in a 3-2 vote.
At the final Redemption Island duel on Day 36, Ozzy defeated Brandon and came back in the game with an apparent target on his back. At the following Immunity Challenge, which required balancing wooden blocks, Sophie made an unattractive gesture—outright asking Albert to help her get her blocks, which was intercepted by Jeff. Her move failed, however, when Ozzy won Immunity. With Ozzy immune and Coach having his Hidden Immunity Idol, Sophie was on the hot seat at Tribal Council, being told by Ozzy that she was a "pretentious, spoiled brat" after her gesture at the Immunity Challenge, reducing the medical student to tears and anxiety, stating that her bluntness was natural to her. Despite this, Sophie dodged elimination once again after Rick was voted out for his quieter gameplay in a 3-2 vote.
At the Final Immunity Challenge on Day 38, a closely-contested battle between Ozzy and Sophie commenced. But at the puzzle-building part, Ozzy struggled, giving leeway to Sophie, who eventually won the challenge. As the last remaining Savaii member, Ozzy was voted out, leaving Sophie (declaring herself "the new Dragon Slayer"), Albert, and Coach as the Final Three.
At the Final Tribal Council, while castigated by the Jury for coming off as acerbic to others, Sophie used her frankness to her advantage by calling Coach "a little girl" and exposed all the lies he created. She also stated that she would change her perceived rudeness after Ozzy brought the topic up days ago. In the end, Sophie was rewarded the title of 23rd Sole Survivor and the million dollar prize, beating Coach and Albert in a 6-3-0 vote. Sophie received votes from Jim, Keith, Dawn, Whitney, Brandon, and Ozzy.
After the game, at the Reunion Show, she stated that it was hard for her to "act dumb", but she had to in order to advance herself in the game.
Voting History
Episode |
Sophie Voted For |
Voted For Sophie |
2 |
Stacey Powell |
Stacey Powell |
4 |
Stacey Powell |
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6 |
Edna Ma |
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8 |
Keith Tollefson Keith Tollefson (Re-Vote) |
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9 |
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9 |
Jim Rice |
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10 |
Individual Immunity |
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10 |
Whitney Duncan |
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11 |
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12 |
Edna Ma |
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13 |
Albert Destrade, Brandon Hantz |
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14 |
Rick Nelson |
Ozzy Lusth, Rick Nelson |
14 |
Individual Immunity |
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14 |
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Survivor: Winners at War
Sophie was originally on the Dakal Tribe, where she formed the No Connections Alliance with Yul Kwon, Nick Wilson and Wendell Holland. They joined Sandra Diaz-Twine, Tony Vlachos and Sarah Lacina to go against the alliance of Tyson Apostol, Kim Spradlin-Wolfe and Amber Mariano. They originally targeted Tyson, but when Tyson said he would vote with them, they decided to split the votes between Amber and Kim, whete Amber was voted out.
After they lost Immunity again, the original plan to vote out Tyson was on. Tyson tried to sway Sandra and Tony into voting Nick out, saying that if Tyson left, Sandra and Tony would be next, but Sandra stuck with the No Connections Alliance and voted Tyson out.
There was then a Tribal Switch, which saw Sophie and Sarah wind up on a Tribe with Rob Mariano, Ben Driebergen and Adam Klein. Sophie and Sarah tried to get Ben and Adam to turn on Rob and vote him out, but he didn't give them much opportunity, employing his "Buddy System", where Rob, Ben and Adam stayed in the shelter all day and didn't give the girls an opportunity to work. Sophie thought about using her Hidden Immunity Idol. However, she didn't and it wasn't necessary anyway, as the guys turned on and voted out Rob.
The Tribes then Merged and Sophie and Sarah joined up with several others like Jeremy Collins, Ben and Tyson, who'd made his way back from the Edge of Extinction. They originally planned on targeting Nick, but Ben and Tyson changed the plans and decided to target Wendell, who was a bigger threat and that was who was voted out.
Next, Adam began to target Sarah, so Tony began rallying to vote out Adam instead and it was a pretty straight forward process, as the group split the votes between Adam and Nick, with Adam being voted out.
Battle lines were then drawn, with Sophie, Sarah, Tony, Ben and Nick against Jeremy, Tyson, Kim, Michele and Denise. Sophie's alliance targeted Jeremy, but at Tribal, Jeremy played his Safety Without Power advantage to leave Tribal Council. Sarah also played her Steal-A-Vote to steal Denise's vote. Kim also played her Hidden Immunity Idol for Denise, but it didn't matter, as the majority alliance had split the votes between Denise and Tyson, so Tyson was voted out.
Since Jeremy narrowly escaped elimination, the alliance decided to target him once again. However, Tony and Nick decided to jump ship to Jeremy and Michele. Since the majority had decided to split the votes between Jeremy and Michele, the foursome had enough votes to blindside Sophie, who had an Idol in her pocket, sending her to the Edge of Extinction.
Sophie was unable to win her way back into the game and was eliminated as a member of the Jury.
After they lost Immunity again, the original plan to vote out Tyson was on. Tyson tried to sway Sandra and Tony into voting Nick out, saying that if Tyson left, Sandra and Tony would be next, but Sandra stuck with the No Connections Alliance and voted Tyson out.
There was then a Tribal Switch, which saw Sophie and Sarah wind up on a Tribe with Rob Mariano, Ben Driebergen and Adam Klein. Sophie and Sarah tried to get Ben and Adam to turn on Rob and vote him out, but he didn't give them much opportunity, employing his "Buddy System", where Rob, Ben and Adam stayed in the shelter all day and didn't give the girls an opportunity to work. Sophie thought about using her Hidden Immunity Idol. However, she didn't and it wasn't necessary anyway, as the guys turned on and voted out Rob.
The Tribes then Merged and Sophie and Sarah joined up with several others like Jeremy Collins, Ben and Tyson, who'd made his way back from the Edge of Extinction. They originally planned on targeting Nick, but Ben and Tyson changed the plans and decided to target Wendell, who was a bigger threat and that was who was voted out.
Next, Adam began to target Sarah, so Tony began rallying to vote out Adam instead and it was a pretty straight forward process, as the group split the votes between Adam and Nick, with Adam being voted out.
Battle lines were then drawn, with Sophie, Sarah, Tony, Ben and Nick against Jeremy, Tyson, Kim, Michele and Denise. Sophie's alliance targeted Jeremy, but at Tribal, Jeremy played his Safety Without Power advantage to leave Tribal Council. Sarah also played her Steal-A-Vote to steal Denise's vote. Kim also played her Hidden Immunity Idol for Denise, but it didn't matter, as the majority alliance had split the votes between Denise and Tyson, so Tyson was voted out.
Since Jeremy narrowly escaped elimination, the alliance decided to target him once again. However, Tony and Nick decided to jump ship to Jeremy and Michele. Since the majority had decided to split the votes between Jeremy and Michele, the foursome had enough votes to blindside Sophie, who had an Idol in her pocket, sending her to the Edge of Extinction.
Sophie was unable to win her way back into the game and was eliminated as a member of the Jury.
Voting History
Episode |
Sophie Voted For |
Voted For Sophie |
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5 |
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9 |
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11 |
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14 |
For Sole Survivor: Tony Vlachos |
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Trivia
- Her father is journalist Thurston Clarke.
- Sophie is the youngest woman on South Pacific.
- Sophie revealed during the season premiere that she knows Russian and is also an Economics major.
- On Day 27 of South Pacific, Sophie became the first and so far only contestant to win two Immunity Challenges in one day.
- Sophie is the only contestant on South Pacific to win consecutive challenges, excluding duels.
- Sophie is the only contestant on South Pacific to win consecutive challenges, excluding duels.
- Sophie won the most individual Immunity Challenges in South Pacific, with three wins.
- Sophie is the second of three first-time players to defeat a returning player at the Final Tribal Council, following Danni Boatwright in Guatemala, and later followed by Denise Stapley in Philippines.
- Sophie is one of three winners, and the most recent one, to receive a vote against them at the first Tribal Council they attended, following Jenna Morasca and Chris Daugherty.
- Sophie is the youngest woman on the original Dakal tribe.
- Sophie is the only contestant in Winners at War to have never participated in a Tribal Switch in any of their prior appearances.
- Sophie is the first Survivor castaway voted out with an Hidden Immunity Idol during a failed Split Vote.
- Sophie lost 10 lbs. during her time on Winners at War.
- Sophie is the second juror who was unable to attend a Tribal Council due to medical reasons, following Paschal English. They coincidentally both missed the Day 38 Tribal Council.