Game Changers: Sierra Dawn-Thomas

Name:   Sierra Dawn-Thomas
Gender:  Female
Age:  30
First Appearance:  Season 30:  Worlds Apart
Finishes:  30: 5th Place, Juror
Total Appearances:  1
Last Appearance:  29
Game Changers Initial Tribe:  Nuku

Up until the tribe switch on day 12, we really didn't see much about Sierra.  On the first day we got a glimpse of  Sierra as she was suspicious of Mike and Dan and their choice of bean bags and whether they really went with the unselfish choice.  In the first Blue Collar Tribal, her alliance partner Lindsey was voted out and she received two votes in a three-way tie.  At that point we started seeing more of her as she realized she was the odd person out in her tribe, but immediately the tribes switched, and only Kelly left her tribe.   This left the former Blue Collar tribes in a majority alliance on a 7 person tribe, and Sierra as the only female on the tribe.  However, Sierra wan't content with staying in the majority and talked to the other three to try to form an alliance.  But she made a series of bad moves which ultimately prevented her from winning.

Now remember, the Blue Collars had ultra-chauvinists in Dan and Rodney on their tribe, and Dan's lousy apology to Sierra didn't help much.  In the tribe switch, Sierra bonded with Joaquin while Joaquin was building a bro-mance with Rodney, which required Sierra to suck it up and go with Rodney rather than Joaquin, Tyler and Joe.  Mike threw the second immunity challenge to protect former tribemate Kelly on the other tribe, and get rid of Joe. Mike then decided to switch it up and break up the Joaquin/Rodney Bro-Mance, and pulled Sierra back in to vote for Joaquin with Joe and Dan.  Had a blue collar gone home at that point (Dan or Rodney, or even Mike) then Sierra's fortunes may have changed based on the ugliness that happened after the merge, she also would have had Joaquin, Tyler, and presumably Caroline in the merge.  In the end Sierra left in 5th place sandwiched between Dan in 6th and Rodney in 4th.

For GameChangers I see Sierra as having the potential to fine tune her game, get a thicker skin and use her brain to get ahead.  On her initial tribe, she has a lot of favorable people who can ally with her.  She's pretty straightforward but can also keep secrets which can work to her advantage.

I'd be surprised if she doesn't make it to the merge, and be on the Jury.  With some well-placed strategic moves she could even make it to the final Tribal and potentially a winner.
   
Sierra Dawn-Thomas' Meet the Cast Video





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