Sole Survivor

The **Sole Survivor** is the title given to the declared winner of *Simvivor*, which is determined by a plurality of the votes from the jury. It is the task of the jury to award the title to the castaway they feel to have best embodied the game's three word slogan: "Outwit, Outplay, Outlast."

## Criteria

There exists no rules behind the determination of the Sole Survivor. In order to be eligible to win, a castaway must have made it to the final day of the game, which in the case of *Simvivor* is strictly 39 days.

On the final day of the game, a Final Tribal Council will commence where the jury will question the finalists. The jurors may ask any question or give any statement that they feel will aid them in the decision-making process before going to cast their final vote. Because this is an objective decision, no formal criteria exists that determine whether a finalist's game is "better" than another, it simply remains up to each individual juror why they are casting their vote for a particular person.

## Prizes

The Sole Survivor receives a direct payment for §1,000,000, to be deposited into their household funds shortly after the season finale.

## Trivia

### Winning and Perfect Games

* Theo McAfee was the first *Simvivor* castaway to win two seasons, having won *Simvivor: Kingdom Come* and *Simvivor: Love & War*. He was later followed by Jaycee Ruggeri, who won *Simvivor: Mt. Komorebi* and *Simvivor: Blood vs. Water*.
* So far, 12 men and 12 women have become Sole Survivors. Because Jaycee and Theo won twice, men and women have each won 13 seasons.
* Trinity Goody is the oldest Sole Survivor by age at the time of crowning, being 49 years, 1 month, and 20 days old on the day of her Final Tribal Council.
	+ Roy Valencia, the oldest winner by birth date, was 47 years, 6 months, and 7 days old on the day of his Final Tribal Council, which makes him the oldest male winner as well.
* Jelani Duff is the youngest Sole Survivor by age at the time of crowning, being 21 years, 7 months, and 21 days old on the day of his Final Tribal Council. Solomon Lancaster is the youngest by birth date.
	+ Cherish Le is the youngest female Sole Survivor, being 24 years, 7 months, and 11 days old on the day of her Final Tribal Council.
* Joshua Song and Jelani Duff are the only Sole Survivors to be the youngest castaway in their winning season.
	+ No Sole Survivor has ever been the oldest castaway in their winning season.
* Jelani Duff is the first Sole Survivor to win a jury vote unanimously, as he garnered all 7 jury votes in *Simvivor: Ohan'ali*.
	+ Theo McAfee in *Kingdom Come* (7-0) and Jaycee Ruggeri in *Blood vs. Water* (8-0-0) have also won unanimously.
	+ Theo received no votes throughout the entire game in *Kingdom Come*, achieving a "perfect game".
* Jaya Falk is the first Sole Survivor to win following a tie vote in the Final Tribal Council (4-4-0), in which the second runner-up cast the tie-breaking vote that awarded her the victory.
* Cherish Le is the only Sole Survivor to also win the Fan Favorite Award.
* There have been seven LGBT winners: Joshua Song, Jelani Duff, Nicolas Afolayan, Trinity Goody, Seymour Fong, Marley Seelen, and Fefe Smith.
	+ Trinity identifies as a lesbian.
	+ Jelani, Nicolas, and Seymour identify as gay.
	+ Fefe, Joshua, and Marley identify as bisexual.
* Theo McAfee is the first winner to be voted out, earn his way back into the game, and win the game.
* Hudson Brothers, Ebony Ward, Joshua Song, Theo McAfee, Nicolas Afolayan, and Mimi MacTaggart are all Occult Sims that have won *Simvivor*.
	+ Hudson, Ebony, and Mimi are Aliens. Hudson and Ebony notably wore disguises during their seasons, while Mimi did not.
	+ Joshua and Nicolas are Mermaids.
	+ Theo is an Imaginary Friend.

### Tribal Council

* Jelani Duff and Theo McAfee are the Sole Survivors who received the most votes in a Final Two, with 7 each. Theo also holds the record for the most votes in a Final Three with Jaycee Ruggeri, with 8 each.
	+ Theo holds the record for the most jury votes received by a single player, with 15 in his *Simvivor* career.
* Fefe Smith is the only Sole Survivor to never attend a pre-merge Tribal Council.
* Five winners have won without receiving a single vote cast against them during their winning season: Roy Valencia, Theo McAfee (in *Kingdom Come*), Trinity Goody, Seymour Fong, and Melvin Belmonte.
* Solomon Lancaster has the most votes cast against any winner in a single season, with 11. This includes 5 votes that were negated by a Hidden Immunity Idol.
	+ Ebony Ward has the most non-negated votes cast against a winner in a single season, with 7.
* Fefe Smith is the only Sole Survivor to win by a plurality (4-3-2).

### Hidden Immunity Idol and Twists

* Dottie Rademaker is the first Sole Survivor to have found a Hidden Immunity Idol.
* Dottie Rademaker, Jaya Falk, Fefe Smith, and Solomon Lancaster are the only Sole Survivors to use a Hidden Immunity Idol successfully in their winning seasons.
	+ Jaya is the first Sole Survivor to successfully play an idol on themself.
* In both "Fans vs. Favorites" seasons, a Favorite has won.
	+ Solomon Lancaster was originally a Fan in *Simvivor: Granite Falls*, but won *Simvivor: Tartosa* as a Favorite.
* Fefe Smith is the first Sole Survivor to win their season after competing on multiple reality television shows prior. She originally competed on *Star Quality* and *The Challenge* and was introduced as a "celebrity" twist in *Simvivor: Sunlit Tides*.

### Returning Winners

* Five winners have won the game as returnees: Theo McAfee (twice), Jaycee Ruggeri (twice), Dottie Rademaker, Jaya Falk, and Solomon Lancaster.
* 10 Sole Survivor who have competed more than once have experienced being voted out, either prior to, during, or after the season that each of them had won.
	+ Voted out once: Hudson Brothers, Cherish Le, Roy Valencia, Yemi Atwater, Jaycee Ruggeri, Dottie Rademaker, Seymour Fong, Marley Seelen, Theo McAfee, and Solomon Lancaster.
	+ Voted out twice: Jaya Falk.
* Blythe Zsoldos, Trent Renault, and Jelani Duff are the only Sole Survivors to play multiple times and never be voted out, as Blythe and Jelani made Final Tribal Council in both their seasons and Trent was eliminated from Redemption Island after swapping places with his loved one in *Blood vs. Water*.