Dylan Ulrich

### Tribe(s)

Lannister Tribe, Merge Tribe (Winter War) Tribe Garcia, Tribe Devontray (Legends)

### Alliances

The Lannister 5, Jack Demet (Winter War) TBD (Legends)

### Votes Against

0 (Winter War) 5 (Legends)

**Dylan Ulrich** was the Sole Survivor of Survivor: Winter War and was a contestant on Survivor: Legends.

Using his personality to his advantage, Dylan was able to make ends meet very well for him, as he was able to ensure he was never the target throughout his time in *Survivor: Winter War*. His strategic abilities, combined with how he was able to obtain no votes against him and his strength in challenges, helped to secure him the winner's spot at the end of the season.

## Survivor: Winter War

Dylan would start the game on the Lannister Tribe, and he would immediately make it clear that he was not on board with keeping returning player, Jack, in the game for very long, of which the others on his tribe would agree with him on. Dylan would worry though about the possibility of the others recognizing him as the brother of former player Devin Ulrich, who was known to be a strategic force to be reckoned with. Although Dylan was not selected by Jack to compete in the first immunity challenge, Dylan would be granted safety when Sam and Griffin would win their battles against Alex and Jadon respectively, winning first place against the other two tribes and keeping Dylan safe for the time being.

After Jack helped them to secure their second immunity challenge win in a row, Dylan and his tribe would grow concerned about the potential of a tribe swap pushing the tribes back from three tribes to two tribes. Dylan would then empty his pockets alongside everyone else to show he did not have the hidden immunity idol after Sam suggested them to. Dylan and the others on his tribe would then agree to stick together in the game and attempt to make the Final 5 together. Once the Lannister Tribe won another immunity challenge, Dylan would be glad to see their tribe be safe, but he would also grow concerned as the possibility of the ever-looming tribe swap came to their minds once again. However, Dylan was not safe himself, as his tribe saw him as a huge threat after he revealed that he was related to former contestant Devin Ulrich.

Dylan's concerns would come to fruition, as he would see a tribe swap send Adam and Sam to the Stark Tribe, and in turn the remaining Lannister 3 would receive Arthur, Collin, and Ness. Dylan would be safe for the time being, as the Lannister 3 decided to stick together, and they would remain successful in challenges as they continued their immunity challenge win streak by winning their fourth immunity challenge in a row.

However, Dylan's safety would not last forever, and he would finally be forced to attend a tribal council when the Lannister Tribe lost their first immunity challenge. After hearing that the consensus was to take out Arthur, he and Griffin would fear the potential of Arthur playing a hidden immunity idol and sending one of the Lannister 3 out of the game. Their growing concerns led them to both vote for Ness alongside Arthur, causing a 3-3 tied vote. Seeing that the votes were now locked way from the Lannister 3, Dylan immediately campaigned hard for Arthur's elimination, and he would get his way when all four of the votes were cast against Arthur, sending him out of the game. Dylan would then follow in his younger brother's footsteps and would see the merge like his brother had twice before him.

At the *Advantage Hunt*, Dylan would score, finding a new idol, the *King/Queen Idol*, which worked as a hidden immunity idol that one can only use if they win individual immunity. Dylan would feel proud to have this with him, and he would strategize much with his alliance about the vote after Ness won individual immunity. Although Dylan was originally set to vote Dacota out, Griffin's intel from his talks with Dacota helped to sway him away from Dacota and he set his sights on taking out Collin. Together, now with Tom, Dylan and his alliance would take out Collin in a close 6-5 vote. Despite their unity, Griffin had started to make many in his alliance question their trust with him, and Dylan was on the same page.

Dylan would find much success at the next individual immunity challenge, as he would perform well and win against his opponents. He would immediately converse with his alliance, mainly Jack, on the vote. Although they were given an opportunity to take out Tom, they both felt that it was better to include him in the majority in order to guarantee the majority against the other alliance. They would both agree with their alliance's plan to take out Jadon, and at tribal council they would vote as they said they would. However, unbeknownst to them, their allies Sam and Adam had other intentions, and they would secretly cast their votes against Tom and Griffin respectively, to get Griffin out and to throw Jack and the others off of their pathing in the game. Dylan would be surprised to see his ally, Griffin, get blindsided, and would be thrown off even more when he found out he would have to help vote someone else out of the game right away. Dylan would luckily stay immune, and he would vote Jadon alongside his alliance. After he voted, he would not get anymore surprises, and he would feel relieved to see Jadon be eliminated, but would be confused on who voted against Tom and Griffin.

After tribal council, Dylan and Jack would be very weary as to what had happened with Griffin's voteoff, and the both of them would suspect Adam and Sam of being the culprits behind their ally's betrayal. Dylan would lose the next individual immunity challenge, but would get lucky, as the *Lannister 5* Alliance, now with Tom standing in for where Griffin once was, would vote with each other one last time as they planned to split the votes between Dacota and Ness to ensure that one of them would go home. However, this would be somewhat difficult for Dylan, as his trust with his alliance was fading more and more as he began to make the connections between what was really going on with Adam's and Sam's games behind the scenes. At tribal council, Dylan would keep his word and he would vote for Dacota. However, this would lead into a tied vote between her and Tom after Ness would use her hidden immunity idol. Wanting to keep his ally safe, Dylan and the others, minus Ness, would keep Tom in the game and send Dacota out of the game in a near unanimous vote.

After losing the next individual immunity challenge, Dylan would immediately keep his head low in order to ensure that he would not become the next big target in the game as the discussions started amongst all players. The *Lannister 5* Alliance would claim to want to take out Ness, but Dylan and Jack had other ideas that involved keeping Ness in the game for some time longer than what Adam and Sam would have envisioned, and the both of them would talk to Tom and would attempt to get him on board with their plan to get rid of Steph. After hearing that she had two hidden immunity idols, his mind was made, and he would cast his vote against Steph. However, Steph would negate his vote, keeping herself in the game and sending Ness out, foiling his plans for the future, but not sealing his fate just yet.

Despite Dylan's loss at the next individual immunity challenge, he would not lose hope, especially not before he would be approached by Sam with a plan. Get rid of Steph, make Adam was his hidden immunity idol, and keep the two of them, along with Jack and Tom, safe in the game. Dylan and Tom would be concerned with their current plans, as they worried Steph would have another hidden immunity idol, so the two of them pulled Steph aside and talked to her about the potential of taking Sam out, telling Jack moments later. Dylan would then ponder more on the thought of pulling Steph in as a number, seeing her as valuable for the endgame. Dylan would then go off and start talks with people about Adam's threat status in the game. At tribal council, Dylan's game would be flipped upside down as Steph used another hidden immunity idol on herself, negating his vote against her and sending his best ally, Jack, out of the game.

Even though Dylan would not win the next individual immunity challenge, he would not be out yet. Dylan would immediately start talks with people to ensure that if anyone from his remaining alliance would be taken out, that it would be Tom instead of him. Dylan would then talk with Sam on multiple occasions on taking Adam out in an attempt to persuade him to not vote out Tom, his last ally in the game. Dylan would be successful, as the next tribal council would see Adam get taken out in a 3-2 vote, keeping Dylan and Tom safe for the time being and giving them a better opportunity to get to the end as they entered the final four.

At last, Dylan would be able to breathe, as he would win the Final Individual Immunity Challenge of the season., guaranteeing him to make it to the end. He would immediately be faced with a choice, take Steph to the end and risk the connections she's made come back to haunt him, or take Sam and risk him getting votes on how good of a public speaker he was in the game. After conversing much with Tom and hearing out both Steph and Sam, Dylan had come to a decision. At tribal council, Dylan would cast his vote against Steph, sending out the final girl of the game as he entered the Final Tribal Council with his final ally and his final opponent.

At the Final Tribal Council, Dylan spoke much on how he was typically on the right side of the votes throughout the game, and campaigned on how he did not receive any votes cast against him at any tribal council he went to throughout the season. He then mentioned his immunity challenge victories and how he had a big hand in the results of the previous two tribal councils. When approached by the jury, many were quick to give him credit for his social game as well as him aligning and strategizing with many throughout the course of the game. His only criticisms were from a few who had not played the game with him as much as others, as they felt as if they were shunned away quickly from him. Dylan's game would help him to garner three of the eight jury votes, but this would lead to a 3-3-2 tied vote. Being the last member of the jury, due to him receiving the least amount of votes, Dylan's ally, Tom, would eventually cast his vote for Dylan. Dylan would become the winner of *Survivor: Winter War*, and would place 1st out of 15th.

At the *Survivor: Winter War Reunion Episode*, Dylan would be a central topic of interest, answering many questions about his winning game and the alliances he made through it. Dylan would also be quick to weigh in on some of the questions and discussions from fellow contestants such as Richie and Griffin. Dylan would go on to narrowly lose the *Fan Favorite Award* to Steph and Griffin, and would tie for third place with Jadon.

## Survivor: Legends

***More Coming Soon...***

**Dylan's Voting History**
 **4** | Dophin Sam
 **5** | Maggie
Adam, Steph

## Trivia

* Dylan is one of the first three contestants to be directly related to another contestant, being the older brother of *Survivor: Battle for Cambridge* and *Survivor: One World* contestant Devin Ulrich. The second being Dylan's and Devin's cousin, *Survivor: Winter War* contestant Collin Hinz; and the third being *Survivor: Winter War* contestant Sam Chavonec, the cousin of *Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains* and *Survivor: One World* contestant Jake Harris.
* Dylan is the first contestant to have possession of the *King/Queen Idol*, having it in *Survivor: Winter War*.
* Dylan is the oldest contestant to win the game, being 24 when he won *Survivor: Winter War*.
* Dylan holds the record for the least number of votes casted against a winner in their winning season, obtaining zero votes to be eliminated across *Survivor: Winter War*. He shares this record with Collin Hinz, who got zero votes casted against him when he won *Survivor: Last Chance*.