Semhar Tadesse is a contestant from Survivor: South Pacific.
After blowing the first Immunity Challenge for her tribe, Semhar was seen as an easy vote. Returnee Ozzy Lusth's attempts to help her survive in the game only furthered her demise, as she was unanimously voted out over John Cochran. She then lost the first Redemption Island duel to Christine Shields Markoski and was eliminated on Day 6.
Profile[]
Retrieved from CBS.com
Name (Age): Semhar Tadesse (24)
Tribe designation: Savaii
Current residence: Los Angeles
Occupation: Spoken Word Artist
Personal claim to fame: My poetry on YouTube.[1]
Inspiration in life: Oprah because she is inspirational and loving. She makes a positive contribution to so many lives. She is a successful business woman and a world wide teacher.
Hobbies: Writing/performing poetry, dancing and watching Oprah.
Pet peeves: Liars.
3 words to describe you: Silly, flirty and sensitive.
Survivor contestant you are most like: Fabio, because he was silly and underestimated.
Reason for being on Survivor: For the money, change and challenges.
Why you think you'll "survive" Survivor: I'm a people person. I can make friends with almost anyone. I would bring laughter, positivity and my knowledge and experiences from living in Eritrea.
Why you think you will be the Sole Survivor: I think I'll win Survivor because I'm the girl that no one would expect to. I'm slick and sweet.[2]
Survivor[]
Starting out on the Savaii tribe, Semhar was initially seen as one of its most endearing members, captivating the hearts of her tribemates with her talent in poetry. Taking notice of her, Savaii's returning contestant, Ozzy Lusth immediately made an alliance with her. At the inaugural Immunity Challenge on Day 3, which required throwing coconuts into a net, Semhar delegated herself to throw the coconuts for her tribe. Though she showed promise by shooting her first coconut into the net, Semhar became increasingly exhausted as the challenge went on, missing her subsequent attempts. This gave an opening for the rival Upolu tribe to catch up and narrowly win the challenge. Visibly upset by the loss, tribemate Jim Rice openly vented his frustrations at the challenge area.
Back at camp, Jim began to campaign for Semhar's ouster on the basis of her disappointing challenge performance. To counter this, Ozzy would advise Semhar to collect votes to dispose of John Cochran, who was also seen as a physical weak link on the tribe. Jim became suspicious upon learning of Ozzy's plan to keep her, sensing that the veteran player had ulterior motives. At Tribal Council, Semhar was further castigated for doing poorly at the challenge, while Cochran promised that he would be an asset in the long run. Despite Ozzy's best efforts, Cochran's statements worked against Semhar's favor; with all eight votes cast against her (including Ozzy's), the spoken word artist was the first castaway to be sent to Redemption Island.
Upon reaching Redemption Island, Semhar became emotional over how "cold-hearted" her tribemates were to vote her out. As a solution, she used her poetry to console herself. Three days later, following the arrival of Upolu's Christine Shields Markoski, the two would compete in their first duel. To calm and prepare herself, Semhar began reciting some more of her poetry before the duel began, visibly boring Jeff Probst and some of the castaways who volunteered to watch the duel. Unfortunately, Semhar would be permanently eliminated from the competition after losing to Christine. Before leaving the arena, Semhar gave Christine her sweater as a parting gift.
| Episode | Tribe Affiliation |
Challenge | Challenge Type | Sit-Out? | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Savaii | Thrilogy | Reward | Yes | Won |
| Coconut Conundrum | Immunity | No | Lost | ||
| Voted Out, Day 3 | |||||
| 3 | Savaii | Over-Extended | Duel | Lost | |
| Eliminated, Day 6 | |||||
Post-Survivor[]
- Semhar was arrested for drunk driving and possession of .14, but paid a $5,000 bail.[3]
Trivia[]
- Semhar is the youngest woman on the Savaii tribe.
- Semhar was a former Miss Eritrea.[4]
- In an interview on Rob Has a Podcast, Semhar claimed that during the Immunity Challenge in "I Need Redemption", Jim Rice was initially tapped to be one of Savaii's three shooters, but stepped down. Since nobody would want to take the role as third shooter, Semhar nominated herself instead.[5]
- In an interview with TV Guide, Semhar revealed that the location of Redemption Island was at the other end of an island where the Savaii tribe camp was situated.[6]
References[]
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/user/rahmes100/videos
- ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20230205175123/https://www.cbs.com/shows/survivor/cast/62891/
- ↑ http://realitytvmagazine.sheknows.com/2011/10/30/survivor-south-pacifics-semhar-tadesse-arrested-for-dui/%7C
- ↑ https://ew.com/gallery/survivor-south-pacific-meet-cast/?slide=354641
- ↑ http://robhasawebsite.com/survivor-south-pacific-semhar-tadesse/
- ↑ http://www.tvguide.com/news/survivor-semhar-tadesse-1038277/
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