‘Survivor 47’ preview: Rachel LaMont realizes the ‘Goldilocks complex’ is the ‘key to winning’ [WATCH]

“Survivor 47” fans, it’s time to meet Rachel LaMont, a 34-year-old graphic designer from Southfield, Michigan. “I love people. I love games. I love challenging myself. I love money,” she states with a laugh in CBS’s preview video. “So, like, what is there not to love about ‘Survivor’?” Watch Rachel’s intro above at the 2:06 mark.

The tech wiz notes, “I design user interfaces. When you’re using an app, you don’t necessarily notice the color, the buttons or the typography that’s being used. All of those things should feel really seamless. That’s how I want to integrate myself in this game. No one’s actually paying attention to the fact that I’m there all the time.”

Rachel dives deep when she confesses, “I’m weird and I’m quirky and just a little neurotic and a little too much at times. And I think my husband Derek is the absolute foil to my personality. We just really balance each other out. I hope that I can find somebody out here that has similar characteristics and is able to keep me in check.”

As for her strategic mindset, the Michigan resident divulges, “I’ve been thinking about this Goldilocks complex. Not too smart, but not un-strategic. Not too physical, but not too weak. Just being right in that middle spot. That’s key to winning.”

Rachel LaMont is one of the six contestants competing on the yellow Gata tribe this year, along with Anika Dhar, Andy Rueda, Jon Lovett, Sam Phalen and Sierra Wright. See the cast photos in our gallery below.

The 47th season of “Survivor” will premiere on Wednesday, September 18, 2024 with a two-hour episode, followed by 90-minute episodes thereafter. Four-time Emmy winner Jeff Probst returns to host and produce the long-running reality TV show, which films in Mamanuca Islands, Fiji. Make your predictions at Gold Derby right now to let us know who YOU think will win and who will be voted out each week.

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