Monica

"If things don't work for me, get ready to watch a sassy, ticking bomb with attitude."

- Monica

Monica Padilla is three time player and two time runner up from Sausage Island V, Sausage Island X, and Sausage Island HvV

Sausage Island V
Monica was chosen by Host Lex as a member of his hand-picked tribe, Chikara. She opted to lay low to start off the game by throwing the Captain's Challenge, refusing to hunt for the Idol, and building her relationships. When her tribe narrowly lost the first Immunity Challenge, she took part in voting out Tyrone at her first Tribal Council.

Things quickly began to heat up for Monica during the second round. Tension flared up as Jonas, Jaime, and Monica spoke individually to one another late at night. Jonas grew paranoid that Jaime and Monica were secretly aligned and conspiring against him. Fabio spilled to Monica that there was a majority alliance of five that she was not apart of, causing Monica to approach Jonas about it. With the cat out of the bag, Pete's majority alliance fell apart due to Monica, and the tribe quickly turned into a mess of alliances and counter alliances.

When Chikara lost the next Immunity Challenge, the target quickly narrowed to either Jonas or Monica. When Julie discovered all ten keys to the Hidden Immunity Idol, she claimed the Idol and planted a fake one in it's place. Minutes later, Monica discovered Julie's fake Idol.

Believing her Hidden Immunity Idol to be real, Monica eased up on the scrambling, as she believed she was safe. Tyson attempted to patch up the majority alliance, and the vote ultimately came down to Jaime's choice between Monica or Jonas. At Tribal, Monica played her Idol and was shocked to see that it was fake. Monica's counter-alliance of outsiders voted against Jonas, but Jaime sided with her old alliance and blindsided Monica in a 5-4 vote.

Trivia

 * Monica was the second player in the series to play a fake Hidden Immunity Idol that she believed was real. The first was Eliza.


 * Despite it being fake, Monica's Idol play was still the earliest Hidden Immunity Idol usage in a season. It was played in the second round.


 * Monica is the only player to lose in the Final Tribal Council two times.
 * Her and Sydney are the only two players to reach the Final Tribal Council twice.


 * Monica and Sydney are the only two players to win the Final Immunity Challenge two times.


 * Monica is the first finalist to cast a tie breaker vote for a Sole Survivor, giving Dave the win.