Challenges: MPF percentile
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Seasons: 1 | Days played: - | Wins: - | Jury: -
- Survivor 47 (2024) - nth place, nth out.
- Season has not finished airing.
| Challenge stats | Tribal council stats | Jury stats | Overall stats | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | ChW | ChA | ChW% | VFB | VAP | TCA | TC% | wTCR | JVF | TotJ | JV% | SurvSc | SurvAv |
| Survivor 47 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | NA | NA |
| Career | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | NA | NA |
Sam Phalen - Performance ranks
Tribal: VFB% percentile
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Tribal: rVAP percentile
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Performance ranks are a quick visual measure of the contestant's season vs. historical data from all prior contestants, in three basic (scorable) categories:
1. Performance in individual challenges (MPF), as a measure of "physical game";
2. Ability to vote people out consistently (VFB%, or VFB/TCA), or "strategic game"; and
3. Ability to avoid being voted against (rVAP, or TCA-VAP) - which scales better than a percentage would - for "social/strategic game."
See also: Full glossary for all these abbreviations.
Sam Phalen - Challenge record
Survivor
47 challenges 
Tribal/team challenge record (5-for-7):
- Survivor 47 Ep. 1 RC: "Kang Sera Sera" - Carries puzzle pieces, and Gata wins!
- Survivor 47 Ep. 1 IC: "Under Pressure" - Helps push the boat, works puzzle, but Gata loses (3rd/3).
- Survivor 47 Ep. 2 RC/IC: "Rice Race" - Works the snake puzzle with Sierra and Anika, and Gata wins! (1st/3).
- Survivor 47 Ep. 3 RC/IC: "Seahorse With No Name" - Crosses obstacles, and Gata wins! (1st/3).
- Survivor 47 Ep. 4 RC/IC: "Stage Presence" - Rolls cube, tosses sandbags, and Gata wins! (1st/3).
- Survivor 47 Ep. 5 RC: "Climb Mate Change" - Crosses obstacles, lands final shot for the (yellow) winning team.
- Survivor 47 Ep. 5 IC: "Drag Race" - Saws, drags, helps on puzzle, but Gata loses (3rd/3).
Individual challenge record (0-for-0):
- Survivor 47: None yet.
Hero challenge/ duel record (0-for-0):
- Survivor 47: None yet.
Career totals - challenges
| Wins: | 5 |
| Played: | 7 |
| Win%: | 0.71 |
| Sat out: | - |
| Wins: | 0 |
| Played: | 0 |
| Win%: | - |
| Mean % Finish: | - |
| Wins: | 0 |
| Played: | 0 |
| Win%: | - |
| Mean % Finish: | - |
Sam Phalen - Tribal Council record
Survivor
47 Tribal 
Idols held/played (1/0):
- Survivor 47, Ep. 2: Finds the Beware package, loops in every person on the tribe in the search (except Andy), decides to hold onto the 1-Tribal idol (Day 4).
- Survivor 47, Ep. 5: Declines to play his idol, so it expires unused (Day 10).
VFB - Votes for the person booted (2/2):
| Tribal | Voted | Boot (totals) | VFB? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ep1 | Jon | Jon Lovett (voted out, 5-1) | Yes |
| Ep5 | Anika | Anika Dhar (voted out, 3-1) | Yes |
| 2 | TOTALS | 2 | |
VAP - Votes against (0):
- Survivor 47: None yet.
Jury votes made (0/0):
- Survivor 47: None yet.
Career totals - Tribal Council
| Found: | 1 |
| Played: | 0 |
| Votes voided: | - |
| VFB: | 2 |
| Tribals: | 2 |
| VAP: | - |
| Made: | 0 |
| For winners: | - |
| Received: | - |
Sam Phalen - Pictures
Survivor 47 image gallery -
Survivor 47 intro shot -
Survivor 47 intro shot -
CBS pre-game interview shot -
Opening sequence confessional: "I'm a wolf in wolf's clothing!" -
On the boat, Day 1 -
Arrival, greeting Probst -
Pre-challenge lineup, Ep1 RC -
Starting line -
Watching Rachel and Anika work the puzzle -
Gata wins! -
Ready for their flint, pot, and machete
Sam Phalen - Interviews
Survivor 47 interviews Pre-game interviews
- Mike Bloom at Parade.com (9/7/24): "Sports Reporter Sam Phalen Is a 'Professional Ego Stroker'"
- Rob Cesternino & Mike Bloom at RHAP (9/10/24): "Survivor 47 Pre-Game Day 6: Sam & Sierra"
Post-game interviews
- None yet.
Sam Phalen - Bio
Survivor 47 bio Official CBS Survivor 47 bio excerpts, (September 4, 2024), as preserved by Mike Bloom at Parade.com:
"Three words to describe you: Passionate, stubborn, ambitious
Why do you want to be part of Survivor: Playing Survivor is a childhood dream. I love both mental and physical competitions. Survivor is the greatest game ever created, and I need to prove I have what it takes. Also… $1 million.
What’s one life experience you feel has prepared you for the game?: My daily work life has built me for this game. Working in professional sports as a media member forces you to excel at ego stroking, asking the right questions, building relationships, and capitalizing on information.
Which previous player do you identify with the most? Who do you think you will play most like? Michele Fitzgerald. So much more to her than her appearance and played the game (twice) with grit. Tough exterior with an emotional core. My game may also look similar to Devon Pinto. He built relationships, gave up control early, didn’t have to be the alpha, and made a late run!
What will you value in an alliance partner? Predictability. I want to know how my allies think, what they value, and what they need from me. I won’t deal with [erratic] people. I’d also love someone that presents more strategic than me to hide my own wit.
Favorite hobbies: Playing trivia, critiquing movies, working out.
Pet peeves: When someone leaves the door open too long entering the sauna and wastes the heat. When someone uses an accent to say a foreign word correctly when they’re not from there. Overly confident sports fans.
What is the accomplishment you are most proud of? Landing a full-time job as an NFL beat reporter at 22 years old. My professors told me it would take years of “working my way up” to reach that level.
What is something we would never know from looking at you? I did a lot of drama, musical theater, and slam poetry growing up. I love the arts. I’m way smarter than I look.
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Why will you be the Sole Survivor? I can gel with any group of people. I’m a physical, strategic, and social force that will never be perceived as the strongest, smartest, or loudest person in the room. I’m gritty."