Tyson Apostol

Tyson Apostol is the Sole Survivor of . He originally competed on and , and later on .
In Tocantins, Tyson became a core member of the Timbira Alliance, and proclaiming himself to be Coach Wade's "assistant coach". He developed a rivalry with outsider Sierra Reed, constantly tormenting her at every opportunity. However, he was also seen as a fierce competitor in challenges, especially after winning the first two individual Immunity Challenges. His status as a physical threat would eventually result in his blindside at the final eight.
In Heroes vs. Villains, Tyson returned as one of the most notorious Villains of the series, joining the majority Villains alliance. However, he infamously became the victim of a ploy by Parvati Shallow and Russell Hantz, which resulted in his effectively voting himself out of the game in 15th place.
In Blood vs. Water, Tyson matured into a powerhouse strategist after losing his partner and girlfriend Rachel Foulger early on. He found two Hidden Immunity Idols and formed strong bonds with Gervase Peterson and Monica Culpepper. After blindsiding brothers Aras Baskauskas and Vytas Baskauskas and eliminating former winner Tina Wesson, Tyson leveraged these resources to retain control of the game even in the face of determined and resourceful resistance by a minority alliance led by Ciera Eastin and Hayden Moss. After surviving a high-stakes rock draw, Tyson was able to make it to the Final Tribal Council with Gervase and Monica, with the jury awarding him the title of Sole Survivor in a 7-1-0 vote.
Tyson found himself on the outs from the outset of Winners at War, a position he never broke away from during his time in the game. After attempting to target Sandra Diaz-Twine, he was swiftly taken out by the Dakal tribe. However, he returned to the game at the merge by winning the first return challenge. Following his return, he became a part of an alliance consisting of perceived big threats. However, that alliance soon splintered, and he was once again voted out at the final ten following a chaotic Tribal Council. He failed to win the second return challenge, and finished in 11th place.
==Profile==
Retrieved from CBS.com
<tabber>Tocantins=
Tyson Apostol (29)
Hometown: Lindon, Utah
Occupation: Professional Cyclist
Witty, charming and arrogant is how Tyson Apostol describes himself. This former pro-cyclist and swimmer believes that his natural athleticism, combined with his "life of the party" personality, will get him far in he game. His favorite movie is "The Jerk" and that's how some people just might describe him.
He compares his game strategy to that of some of the most entertaining castaways to ever play the game. Much like them, he is willing to do almost anything to win one million dollars, including implementing the use of lies and deceit to feed off the "emotional weakness" of the other castaways. A Brigham Young University drop-out, he is actually very well traveled and skilled in street smarts, previously spending two years in the Philippines as a Mormon missionary, in addition to six years as a cyclist in Switzerland, Belgium and Austria.
In many ways Tyson can be brash, egotistical and unapologetic but, oddly enough, he has no tolerance for "know-it-alls" or individuals who lack common courtesy. In addition to, as he describes it, "looking awesome," his favorite hobbies are exercising and sunbathing. If he becomes the next Sole Survivor, he plans to use all of the money for selfish purposes, starting with "the most smoking motorcycle around."
Tyson currently resides in Heber City, Utah and his birthday is June 17.http://web.archive.org/web/20230205162441/https://www.cbs.com/shows/survivor/cast/23287/
==Survivor==
===Tocantins===
Tyson was initially placed on the Timbira tribe before his arrival for . In the first six days, Tyson stuck with the majority of the tribe, forming a particular alliance with Coach Wade, who dubbed Tyson his "assistant coach". At Timbira's first Tribal Council on Day 6, Tyson joined the rest of the tribe in voting out Candace Smith. On Day 9, Coach and Tyson wanted to blindside Erinn Lobdell instead of voting out the sick Jerry Sims. However, the rest of the tribe disagreed and voted out Jerry.
After Timbira merged with Jalapao to form the Forza tribe on Day 19, Tyson won the first individual Immunity Challenge by outlasting former tribemate Debbie Beebe, though Tribal Council was canceled as Joe Dowdle was medically evacuated. Tyson went on to win the following Immunity Challenge as well. Coach and Tyson aligned with Stephen Fishbach, J.T. Thomas, and Debbie to form the Warrior Alliance, who blindsided Brendan Synnott with Erinn and Taj Johnson-George's cooperation.
On Day 27, Sierra Reed, whom Tyson disliked and openly antagonized, was the target after narrowly losing the Immunity Challenge to Debbie. However, J.T. and Stephen joined the other group, who decided that Tyson was more of a threat than Sierra, and Tyson was blindsided 5-3, pleasing Sierra, but shocking Coach and Debbie.
At the Final Tribal Council, Tyson asked JT and Stephen how they helped each other. He, along with the rest of the jury, voted for J.T. to win.
<tabber>Challenge History=
Episode 	TribeAffiliation 	Challenge 	Challenge Type 	Sit-Out?	Result
1 	rowspan=10 	A River, Run Through It	Reward/Immunity	No 	
2 	Basket Brawl 	Reward/Immunity 	No 	 	
3 	Blind Leading the Blind	Reward 	No 	 	
3 	A Crate Idea 	Immunity 	No 	 	
4 	Shoulder the Load 	Reward 	No 	 	
4 	Try-Any-Angle 	Immunity 	No 	 	
5 	Dizziness as Usual 	Reward 	No 	 	
5 	Water Mortar 	Immunity 	No 	 	
7 	When Pigs Fly 	Reward 	No 	 	
7 	Sandstone Shootout 	Immunity 	No 	 	
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8 	rowspan=5 	Get a Grip 	Immunity 	 	
9 	Rock Block 	Reward 	 	 	
9 	Rope-a-Dope 	Immunity 	 	 	
10 	Swiss Cheese Please 	Reward 	 	 	
10 	Tocantins Shuffle 	Immunity 	No 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	
|-|Voting History=
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 In "The Dragon Slayer", Tyson won the Immunity Challenge, but his immunity was voided due to Joe's medical evacuation.</tabber>
===Heroes vs. Villains===
Tyson returned for and was initially placed on the Villains tribe. The Villains dominated the initial Immunity Challenges, only losing once on Day 8, after which the tribe unanimously voted out Randy Bailey. After forming an alliance with Jerri Manthey and fellow returnee Coach Wade, Tyson appeared to be safe after joining the alliance of Rob Mariano, Sandra Diaz-Twine, and Courtney Yates, along with Coach and Jerri. This group held a majority over the bloc of Russell Hantz, Parvati Shallow, and Danielle DiLorenzo.
On Day 15, both the Heroes and Villains had to vote someone out after the Immunity Challenge in a Double Tribal Council. Rob knew that Russell had a Hidden Immunity Idol, so he directed his alliance to split their votes; thus, if Russell gave the idol to Parvati to play, then Russell would be eliminated, and if instead Russell played the idol himself, Parvati would be eliminated.
Anticipating that Parvati and Danielle might vote for Russell in an attempt to save themselves, and believing that Russell would not risk being eliminated by his own idol, Tyson deviated from the plan at the last moment, voting for Parvati at Tribal Council. After Russell gave Parvati the Hidden Immunity Idol and she played it, Tyson was voted out by a vote of 3-2-0 (had Tyson stuck to the vote-splitting plan, he and Russell would have tied 3-3, and Russell would have been eliminated by the majority alliance on the revote.) Tyson was the sixth castaway and the second Villain to be voted out of the game. Tyson's essentially voting himself out of the game has been called one of the dumbest moves in history. He realized that he cost himself the game upon exiting, but then claimed that he is "still pretty awesome".
<tabber>Challenge History=
Episode 	TribeAffiliation 	Challenge 	Challenge Type 	Sit-Out? 	Result
1 	rowspan=10 	Battle Dig 	Reward 	No 	
1 	Lock, Load and Light 	Immunity 	No 	 	
2 	A Crate Idea 	Reward/Immunity 	No 	 	
3 	Sumo in Mud 	Reward/Immunity 	No 	 	
4 	Slip, Slide & Score 	Reward 	No 	 	
4 	Roll With It 	Immunity 	No 	 	
5 	Schmergen Brawl 	Reward 	No 	 	
5 	Blind Cube Crisis 	Immunity 	Yes 	 	
6 	Rope-a-Dope 	Immunity 	No 	 	
6 	Rope-a-Dope 	Reward 	Yes 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	
Notes: The tribes competed in separate individual Immunity Challenges where the winners from both tribes competed against each other for tribal reward.	Notes: The tribes competed in separate individual Immunity Challenges where the winners from both tribes competed against each other for tribal reward.	Notes: The tribes competed in separate individual Immunity Challenges where the winners from both tribes competed against each other for tribal reward.	Notes: The tribes competed in separate individual Immunity Challenges where the winners from both tribes competed against each other for tribal reward.	Notes: The tribes competed in separate individual Immunity Challenges where the winners from both tribes competed against each other for tribal reward.	Notes: The tribes competed in separate individual Immunity Challenges where the winners from both tribes competed against each other for tribal reward.
|-|Voting History=
Episode	Tyson'sVotes	Voted AgainstTyson
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 In , Parvati used a Hidden Immunity Idol, negating Tyson's vote against her.</tabber>
===Blood vs. Water===
Tyson once again returned for to play with his girlfriend, Rachel Foulger. Tyson was initially placed on the Galang tribe with the other returning players. After both tribes were forced to vote somebody out immediately during the First Impressions vote on Day 1, Tyson voted for Laura Morett, but Candice Cody voted out by the majority. Tadhana voted out Laura Boneham, and Rupert Boneham elected to swap places with his wife, resulting in Laura B. joining Galang and both Candice and Rupert being sent to .
In the first few days, the tribe unified in their distrust towards Colton Cumbie. Tyson formed the Galang Alliance with Tina Wesson, Gervase Peterson, Monica Culpepper, and Aras Baskauskas, which agreed not to discuss any strategy with Colton. Rachel, despite being confident in her ability to play the game on her own, found herself being an outsider against the dominant Five Guys Alliance on Tadhana, although she did seem to have an alliance of her own with John Cody, who was in that alliance. However, Vytas Baskauskas thought that if Rachel was sent to Redemption Island, Tyson would switch places with her, which would weaken Galang, so Rachel was voted out on Day 6. On Day 7, before Rachel, Candice, and Marissa Peterson competed in the duel, Colton quit the game and Tyson called out Brad Culpepper for leading the charge in Rachel's elimination. Tyson was given the opportunity to take Rachel's place and he told Rachel that it was up to her. Rachel assumed that Tyson was in a comfortable position in his tribe and that felt he needed to stay on his tribe, especially since that would foil the reasons why Rachel was voted out in the first place. However, Rachel lost the duel and was eliminated from the game. Even though Rachel reassured him that she enjoyed her time in the game, Tyson was very upset about her losing and felt it necessary to get to the end, otherwise, he would regret not switching with her.
Galang only lost once, on Day 13, after which Tyson and his alliance decided to vote out the fierce challenge competitor Laura M. over the outsider who struggled to fit in, Laura B., hoping that Laura M. would beat Brad on Redemption Island to assure that Monica would trust in them before anyone else. During this time, Tyson grew closer to Gervase as they shared in a secret location where they ate coconuts without the rest of the tribe knowing (referring to themselves as "Coconut Bandits") and Tyson became weary of Aras, who was in control of the alliance and the tribe, and who appeared to be a threat to win. The tribe switch on Day 14 saw Aras, Gervase, and Tyson get switched over to Tadhana where they joined Caleb Bankston, Ciera Eastin, and Hayden Moss. Caleb and Hayden told the returning players about the Hidden Immunity Idol clues, and Tyson managed to get the new players and Gervase to form an alliance against Aras. On Tadhana, Tyson shifted his strategy to focus on making it look like Aras was in control and should be targeted, and by eating as much food as he could.
When the tribes merged into the Kasama tribe on Day 19 following Laura M.'s re-entry to the game, Tyson immediately found the Hidden Immunity Idol using the information he was given earlier by Caleb and Hayden, and Tyson recruited Monica into the plan against blindsiding Aras, and those two, along with post-swap Tadhana and Laura M., successfully blindsided Aras on Day 21, leaving Tina, Vytas, and Katie Collins on the outs. The outsiders were not happy with Tyson, with Tina saying that Tyson had lost their jury votes and both Vytas and Tina voted against Tyson at the Tribal Councils in which they were sent to Redemption Island. With only Katie left, Tyson felt that the last couple left, Ciera and Laura M., needed to be split up as well and led the blindside against Laura M. on Day 26.
At this point, Tyson felt a bit comfortable, to the point where he opted out of the Day 29 Immunity Challenge to eat instead of competing. Hayden, Katie, and Caleb formed a plan to get rid of Tyson but after telling Ciera, Ciera informed Tyson, which solidified a final four alliance between Tyson, Ciera, Monica, and Gervase. Hayden and Caleb found out that Ciera told Tyson the plan so they tried to convince Tyson to vote out Ciera, but Tyson decided he trusted Caleb and Hayden less and opted to vote out Caleb, viewing him as a likely candidate to win the jury vote. Tyson did not feel comfortable going into that vote so he decided to play his Hidden Immunity Idol, but he ended up wasting it.
After wasting his idol and Hayden announcing to the tribe that Tyson would beat any of them in the final three, Tyson felt uneasy about where he stood in the game. Luckily for him, Laura M. won the duel on Day 30 and gave a clue to the location of the re-hidden idol to Ciera, who shared the information with Tyson. Tyson found the Hidden Immunity Idol and was relieved again, saying, "Now, I can take a nap. I wasn't going to be able to nap unless I found that idol." However, at the Day 32 Tribal Council, all the drama that came out of the conversation convinced Ciera to renege her alliance with Tyson, Monica, and Gervase, forcing a 3-3 initial vote and a 2-2 revote. Tyson, Ciera, and Katie were forced to draw rocks, and Katie drew the white rock, sending her out of the game. Tyson hugged her on the way out, complimenting her on making a bold move, but then Tyson's trademark "sarcastic jerk" side showed when he followed that up with, "that's your seat over there" as he pointed towards the jury section.
Despite many attempts to convince Monica that she needed to make a big move against Tyson, the alliance of Tyson, Monica, and Gervase stayed strong for the remainder of the game, voting out Hayden, Ciera, and Tina (who came back from Redemption Island on Day 36). Tyson also won the last two individual Immunity Challenges, though Monica was upset with Tyson when he used his idol on Gervase at the Day 37 Tribal Council since it showed a lack of trust in her.
At the Final Tribal Council, Tyson explained that he did not play with any malice and that he just wanted to play hard and avenge Rachel's elimination. He also apologized to Katie for the rude comment he made to her. Due to his intentions for playing the game the way he did, being in control most of the time, and playing hard, the entire jury aside from Vytas voted for Tyson to win the title of Sole Survivor over Monica and Gervase, who finished in second and third place respectively.
<tabber>Challenge History=
Episode 	TribeAffiliation 	Challenge 	Challenge Type 	Sit-Out? 	Result
1 	rowspan=5 	Blue Lagoon Bustle 	Reward/Immunity 	No 	
2 	In the Barrel 	Reward/Immunity 	No 	 	
3 	 	Reward/Immunity 	No 	 	
4 	Boats, Brains & Brawn 	Reward/Immunity 	No 	 	
5 	Slide Show 	Reward/Immunity 	No 	 	
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6 	rowspan=2 	Buoy Oh Buoy 	Reward/Immunity 	No 	
7 	Chain Reaction 	Reward/Immunity 	No 	 	
colspan=6 	 	 	 	 	
8 	rowspan=9 	Flashback 	Immunity 	 	
9 	Pesky Palate 	Immunity 	 	 	
9 	Balancing Point 	Immunity 	 	 	
10 	Back Splash 	Reward/Immunity 	 	 	
11 	Wrist Assured 	Immunity 	Yes 	 	
12 	Ram-Ball On 	Reward/Immunity 	 	 	
13 	Pulled Up 	Reward/Immunity 	 	 	
14 	A Bit Tipsy 	Immunity 	 	 	
14 	Rise To It 	Immunity 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	
Notes: Monica gave up her reward to the tribe. Tyson elected to sit out of the challenge to eat at a barbecue. Gervase shared his reward with Tyson.	Notes: Monica gave up her reward to the tribe. Tyson elected to sit out of the challenge to eat at a barbecue. Gervase shared his reward with Tyson.	Notes: Monica gave up her reward to the tribe. Tyson elected to sit out of the challenge to eat at a barbecue. Gervase shared his reward with Tyson.	Notes: Monica gave up her reward to the tribe. Tyson elected to sit out of the challenge to eat at a barbecue. Gervase shared his reward with Tyson.	Notes: Monica gave up her reward to the tribe. Tyson elected to sit out of the challenge to eat at a barbecue. Gervase shared his reward with Tyson.	Notes: Monica gave up her reward to the tribe. Tyson elected to sit out of the challenge to eat at a barbecue. Gervase shared his reward with Tyson.
|-|Voting History=
Episode 	Tyson'sVotes	Voted AgainstTyson
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3 	 	
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14 	 	
Jury Votesfor Tyson	colspan="2" 	
 	 	
 In , Tyson used a Hidden Immunity Idol, but did not negate any votes against him. In , the vote ended with a 3-3 tie between Hayden and Monica, forcing a revote. Tyson did not change his vote on the revote.</tabber>
===Winners at War===
Tyson's known connections outweighed his social game and humor, making him an early target on Dakal even in the mind of former ally Sandra Diaz-Twine. Ahead of Dakal's first Tribal Council visit on Day 3, Tyson mentioned Tony Vlachos as a potential target. Tony caught wind of this plan, and the tables began to turn against Tyson as his alleged "poker alliance" which included Amber Mariano and Kim Spradlin-Wolfe. Deciding to "concede the battle in order to win the war", Tyson gave up trying to push the plan and agreed to vote out Amber in order to save himself. Though that decision was successful, Tyson knew he was still the next target. Tyson attempted two plans: the first to target two-time winner Sandra, which backfired when Yul Kwon alerted Sandra. The second involved informing Tony, Sandra, and Sarah Lacina about the danger of the unconnected players (Yul, Sophie Clarke, Nick Wilson, and Wendell Holland). Sarah enjoyed Tyson's company and Tony saw value in keeping him as a shield, so it appeared to be up to Sandra, who though Tyson's plan made sense but couldn't fully trust him after he initially targeted her. Ultimately, Tyson was voted out 7-1-1 on Day 11 (with Nick, Tyson's target, throwing a split vote on Kim) and Tyson bequeathed his Fire Token to Nick as a sign of respect.
On the , Tyson found the Idol Nullifier and decided to sell it to Parvati Shallow, receiving a Fire Token which was promptly spent for a jar of peanut butter. The next opportunity to receive Fire Tokens featured four of them hidden atop of the hill, with Tyson content with finding one (though Rob Mariano found the other three). Tyson used this Fire Token to purchase an advantage in the return challenge. This proved crucial as Tyson narrowly defeated Rob to earn his place back in the game. Tyson attempted to reintegrate into the tribe by playing under the radar, and with Tony wanting to create an alliance of "lions" or higher-profile players against the "hyenas" consisting of lower-profile players, Tyson had the protection he needed to survive the first two merge votes. On Day 24, Tyson experienced his first Family Visit in four seasons, with Rachel Foulger temporarily returning to along with one of their daughters. Kim approached Jeremy Collins and Tyson about joining forces to vote out Sophie at the next opportunity as she was well connected with other players. This plan fell through when Jeremy used his Safety Without Power advantage, and following Sarah's Vote Steal and Kim playing her idol on Denise Stapley, Tyson was voted out 5-2-0 on Day 25. Tyson had no Fire Tokens to bequeath, the only instance of this happening throughout the season.
On Day 29, Tyson earned another two Fire Tokens by being one of the first six to complete the coconut effort task, which he spent on another jar of peanut butter. On the final day on the Edge of Extinction, Natalie Anderson used her surplus of Fire Tokens to purchase an idol for Tyson. He cited this as the most selfless gesture anyone ever performed to him in his Survivor career. Tyson was unable to win the second return challenge, with Natalie earning the right to re-enter the game, thus eliminating Tyson in 11th place. At the Final Tribal Council he repaid Natalie's kindness with his jury vote, although Tony eventually won the game in a 12-4-0 vote.
<tabber>Challenge History= 
Episode	TribeAffiliation 	Challenge 	Challenge Type 	Sit-Out?	Result
1 	rowspan=5 	Marooning 	Reward/Immunity	No 	
1 	Blue Lagoon Bustle 	Immunity 	No 	 	
2 	Draggin' the Dragon 	Reward/Immunity 	No 	 	
3 	Along the Watch Tower	Reward/Immunity 	No 	 	
4 	Beyond the Wheel 	Reward/Immunity 	No 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	
8 	 	Back in the Saddle 	Re-entry 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	
8 	rowspan=4 	Get a Grip 	Immunity 	 	
9 	New School 	Reward 	No 	 	
9 	Bermuda Triangle 	Immunity 	 	 	
10 	A Bit Tipsy 	Immunity 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	
14 	 	Don't Call It a Comeback	Re-entry 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	
|-|Voting History=
Episode 	Tyson'sVotes 	Voted AgainstTyson
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11 	colspan="2" rowspan="4"	
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Voted forSole Survivor	colspan="2" 	
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==Post-Survivor==
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* On January 9, 2010, Tyson attended Survivor's 10-year anniversary party along with all of his cast mates.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dcTH5-BFnk
* At the Heroes vs. Villains Reunion Show, Tyson was nominated for the "Dumbest Move in Survivor History" for switching his vote to Parvati Shallow, who played a Hidden Immunity Idol, causing himself to be voted out of the game. Tyson lost to his fellow and Heroes vs. Villains castmate J.T. Thomas.
* Tyson worked with Teddie Films to make a parody of the hit song by "" called "The Star Wars That I Used to Know" which was released on June 27, 2012. Tyson played in the video.
* Tyson and Rachel appeared on where Tyson proposed.http://www.people.com/article/tyson-apostol-proposes-marriage-boot-camp-reality-stars
* Tyson married Rachel in 2015. Tyson's former Tocantins castmate Stephen Fishbach officiated the ceremony.http://my.xfinity.com/blogs/tv/2015/09/22/survivor-second-chance-stephen-ive-publicly-said-bad-things-about-a-lot-of-this-cast/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AC1CoJqyN2w&feature=youtu.be
** In June 2015, they welcomed their daughter, Bergen Rose. There were complications that resulted in a C-Section.https://instagram.com/p/4dkyBoIrjw/
*** On July 5, 2018, Tyson and Rachel welcomed their second daughter, Marlowe Maeve.https://www.instagram.com/p/Bk3F443A_G5/https://www.instagram.com/p/Bk-_-UwATZ5/
* Tyson and Rachel attended Stephen Fishbach's wedding on June 9, 2018.https://www.reddit.com/r/survivor/comments/8q177k/survivor_alum_at_fishbachs_wedding/
* In the spring of 2022, Tyson competed on CBS's The Challenge: USA.https://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/pictures/the-challenge-usa-cast-revealed-photos/ He finished in 2nd place out of the 14 male Challengers after quitting in the final challenge.
==Trivia==
* Tyson was cast on after receiving a forwarded email with contact information for casting.https://www.realitytvworld.com/news/exclusive-tyson-apostol-talks-about-his-time-on-survivor-tocantins-8881.php
* Tyson is the youngest man on the Timbira and Villains tribes.
* Tyson lost 12-14 lbs. during his time in .https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hI1akictUp4
* Tyson is the first man to be voted out as a result of a successful use of a Hidden Immunity Idol.
* Tyson was considered for , but was cut due to the season taking a "different casting direction".
* Tyson's 34th birthday was on Day 29 of and his 40th birthday was on Day 27 of .
* Tyson is the first person to participate in a rock drawing tiebreaker as a returning player.
** He is also the first person to draw rocks and later win the season. The second is Adam Klein in .
* Tyson is one of five castaways to finish the game as a finalist, a juror, and pre-juror. The other four are Stephenie LaGrossa, Colby Donaldson, Tina Wesson, and J.T. Thomas.
** Both Tyson and Tina won as finalists and both completed their trifecta in Blood vs. Water.
** Tyson is the only one of the five to have completed his trifecta as a finalist.
* Tyson is the only castaway to have played in seasons featuring , , and the .
** Despite two of his seasons featuring Exile Island and Redemption Island, Tyson has never experienced either twist, having never been sent to either.
* Tyson is the only castaway to be on both types of black tribes. a starting one and a merge one.
* Tyson is one of five castaways to have played at least three times and their tribe won the first Immunity Challenge each time. The others are Coach Wade, Joe Anglim, Amber Mariano, and Sarah Lacina.
* Tyson is the first player to purchase food with a Fire Token.
* Tyson is the first person to be sent to the twice.
*Tyson is the only person on Winners at War to be voted out without any Fire Tokens to bequeath.
* Tyson lost 14 lbs. during his time on Winners at War.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ij6WXsag3h0
* All four times Tyson has played, he cast two votes in the pre-merge portion of the game.
** However, in , one of those votes was nullified by a Hidden Immunity Idol, and in Blood vs. Water, one of those votes was cast during the First Impressions twist.
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