Survivor 41 contestant Sydney Segal recently shared her feelings about one of the show's newest elements following her elimination. Sydney played a good game and didn't seem to be in danger of being eliminated for a large portion of the competition. Now that her torch has been extinguished, Sydney has some choice words for the hourglass twist that ultimately lead to her elimination.
Sydney Segal is a 26-year-old law student from Los Angeles. Sydney presently resides in Brooklyn. Syndey began her time on Survivor 41 as a member of the Luvu tribe. The Luvu tribe did well during the majority of the competition and Sydney didn't have to go to tribal council until an hourglass twist put her on the chopping block. Survivor 41 has faced criticism from fans for its addition of twists and other game elements this season. The hourglass twist allowed for the results of an immunity challenge to be flipped, thereby putting Sydney at risk of being eliminated.
The law student recently shared some of her thoughts regarding her time on the show as well as the events leading up to her elimination. She tells Entertainment Weekly that she has some hard feelings about the hourglass twist, saying "I mean, it's not even a twist- it's a lie. We're told one thing and then something else happens." Sydney suggests that the twist was simply an attempt at garnering controversy for ratings by eliminating a top competitor. "I'm the threat of threats, so that hourglass did me dirty. But congratulations, CBS, for achieving exactly what you wanted to achieve," says Sydney. Sydney explains that her strategy involved being "in between two alliances" and that she planned on voting for 28-year-old Ph.D. student Evvie Jagoda, saying that she suspected "Liana was going to steal the idol that was going to perhaps save Evvie."
Sydney explains that she began to lose trust in other contestants, and felt that some of them weren't making the right assumptions about how the game would move forward, saying "people are so dumb. They just think Naseer is going to play as idol, which obviously he's not." She adds that she felt exhausted and that she would be "unfortunate collateral," which lead her to become the first person to use the Shot in the Dark advantage. Sydney states that she was closest with contestants Danny McCray and Deshawn Radden, but that they feared a "female alliance." Sydney adds that she "had no interest in being a part of" a female alliance and that her "ideal" was being "in the men's alliance." Sydney elaborated on her relationships with the other contestants, saying that she is not friends with Heather Aldret "because she was very holier-than-thou," and that Heather always made "the conversation about herself." Sydney says that if she could change the results of the hourglass twist, she would "probably amputate my leg to make the season more fair — because I was just out here doing the most."
Sydney was certainly one of Survivor 41's strongest competitors, and she's clearly not afraid to say so herself. Sydney's strategy to maintain the alliances with as many contestants as she could didn't involve being overly trustworthy, and that definitely played a part in her ability to stay in the game as long as she did. Ultimately, Sydney's confidence, strength, and even her skepticism were not enough to outwit, outsmart, and outlast the competition itself. It seems that not even the strongest players stand a chance against the onslaught of new elements added to Survivor 41.
Survivor airs Wednesdays at 8pm EST on CBS.
Source: Entertainment Weekly