When the tribe spoke Thursday, it said to extinguish Lewiston native Julie Berry’s torch.

Berry, a 23-year-old youth mentor who now lives Gorham, became Survivor Vanuatu’s 14th evictee.

“I thought Chris and I had a straightforward brother/sister relationship,” she later told the camera.

She made it to day 36 of the 39-day ordeal.

Chris Daugherty, 33, a highway construction worker from South Vienna, Ohio, was Thursday’s king – or queen – maker. He had sworn allegiance to Berry as she brought him along on a spectacular horseback trip to the side of an active volcano. The trip, Berry’s first and only reward challenge victory, included hot dogs and beer and an overnight stay where the two could watch the natural fireworks of the land of fire.

Of course as soon as he returned to camp, Daugherty hugged Scout Cloud Lee and Twila Tanner, assuring each that he remained solidly a member of their triumvirate.

Meanwhile Berry and her buddy Eliza Orlins thought they were solid with Daugherty and began planning Tanner’s ouster.

Berry was a favorite of many of the show’s fans, but they didn’t rate her chances high on being the ultimate survivor. She usually polled in the mid-20s on the CBS Web site.

A member of Maine’s native American Maliseet tribe, she was born in Lewiston on Dec. 15, 1980, according to the bio posted at CBS.com, then adopted and separated from her only biological sibling when she was 5 years old. Not long ago, the two reunited for the first time since their separation.

Her adoptive parents, Judy and Les, encouraged her individuality and creativity. And her brother Chris celebrated his first wedding anniversary not long ago and also recently passed the bar exam.

Berry has a bachelor’s degree in family and community development, with a minor in psychology.

She calls herself restless, playful and reflective. Traveling has become her passion.

Back on Vanuatu, Daugherty’s double-dealing left Orlins, a 21-year-old, prelaw student from Syracuse, N.Y., wide-eyed in disbelief. Like Berry, Orlins also had bought into Daugherty’s promise to vote their way – in this case, to evict Tanner, 41 and like Daugherty, a highway crew worker.

All of this works to set up Survivor’s ninth finale, a two-hour special that will be shown on CBS Sunday from 8 to 10 p.m.

The best Berry can hope for is to be an influential member of the jury that will in the end decide who among the four remaining tribemates will walk away $1 million richer.

It likely won’t be Daugherty. He could count on two votes, Lea, aka Sarge, and Chad, but forget Ami and Leann, and now, Berry. Orlins, should she be ousted before him, likely won’t want to vote for him either, but she certainly won’t back Tanner and won’t enjoy voting for Lee.

It’s such intrigue and finagling that has made Mark Burnett’s Survivor series the granddaddy of reality television.