Fan favourite Valeria Sizova was voted off Australia Survivor 2024 on Tuesday night’s episode after Raymond Chaney put an Advantage into action which saw him cast the only valid vote.
Raymond found an Advantage in a bucket of popcorn he bought at a Survivor auction, which stipulated that if he had unanimous votes placed on him, he would be able to cast the sole valid vote and decide who was leaving.
Raymond faked mental health issues and begged all of his fellow contestants to vote him out, and after a unanimous tribal, he flipped the script on Valeria who was eliminated.
During a post-elimination interview with Chattr, Valeria said that the twist wasn’t fair, and believes that Raymond’s strategy was morally wrong. She referred to her former tribe mate Scott Butler, who self-eliminated straight after Merge when he felt his mental health declining.
“It could be considered as a mockery of what Scotty went through,” she said of Raymond’s big move. “You do this to people and you make them believe in something that is not right.
“This happened because I felt genuinely sorry for the guy. Is it fair? No, but is Survivor a fair game? No.”
Why Valeria didn’t fight harder for a blindside
In the episode, Valeria voiced her desire to use the unanimous vote as an easy way to blindside another player, but ultimately decided against it on behalf of Raymond’s apparent struggle.
“I was battling the thoughts in my head in terms of playing the game hard. This guy was doing such a top job of living a miserable life right in front of us,” she said.
“With Scotty just going home, I thought maybe that had opened up Raymond’s own feelings towards it’s okay to not feel okay.”
Valeria said that while the Survivor player in her wanted to pull a big move, she didn’t want to do it at the risk of someone else’s mental health.
“I wanted to play my game and I wanted to finally come back with some moves, that will will gain the strength in the game.
“But, It could be someone else’s welfare and well-being that might be hurt by me trying just to play this game. I didn’t push it because I didn’t want to force it into the fact that I might damage someone else’s mental health with my own game plan.”
Has Raymond lost Valeria’s Jury vote?
Raymond’s dishonest play has Valeria questioning if she will be able to vote for him at the final Tribal, should he make it to the end, and says she thinks her tribe mates will be on the same page.
“People felt a little bit of discomfort in terms of being led to feel like they have to do it for the sake of saving someone else’s mental health and struggles.”
“It’s definitely splitting the group into, and if it would be me sitting on the bench and making that decision for someone, I would definitely think about that morality point of view, whether it was the right way of leading us into it,” she added.
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