Elias

Tribe(s): Sa'ula, Manumalo
Finish: 5/24
Days Lasted: 37

Elias is a contestant from *Survivor: Island of Secrets*.

## Survivor: Island of Secrets

For living in Vermont at the time of filming, Elias began *Survivor: Island of Secrets* originally on the green Sa'ula tribe which contained castaways from the eastern regions of the United States. Elias and the other new players of Sa'ula agreed that returning player Julia from *The Amazon* was an extremely dangerous player and they decided to ostracise her from the tribes strategic decisions. This extended to completely refusing to consider sending Julia to the Island of Secrets before unanimously sending her home on Day 6. After Christopher accepted the offer to mutiny, he chose to switch him and Sneha with Anthony and Rahul. Elias and the SALT Alliance agreed to throw the challenge to keep Christopher and Sneha safe, but they were unsuccessful and Christopher was voted out during the Double Tribal Council.

At the tribe dissolve, Elias was chosen by Jodie to join the new Sa'ula tribe along with his ally Declan. The boys firstly wanted to target Rahul and his Laumei allies Jodie and Joshua because of their animosity on the mutinied Sa'ula tribe. In response, Declan and Elias voted with the Ta'alo and Manumalo castaways in order to split the votes between Jodie and Rahul in case either player has a Hidden Immunity Idol. At the revote, Elias and his allies voted out Rahul. After losing the following immunity challenge, Elias and his group voted out another Laumei castaway in Jodie. When the tribes merged at the Final Thirteen, Elias' Sa'ula allies decided to keep a low profile and worked with the original Laumei and Ta'alo castaways. This group of ten split the votes between outsiders Shannon and Imani, leading to Shannon's elimination at the first merged tribal council.

Sa'ula then decided to work with the Laumei castaways by splitting the votes between Doug and J'Tia from Ta'alo. However, Elias was blindsided at tribal when Laumei gathered outsiders Imani and Micah to flip the votes and eliminate Sneha. The following tribal council, the Sa'ula castaways voted for Doug but a null vote occurred when Doug, Harmony and Heather all saved themselves with an idol. In a shocking twist, Harmony used Johanna's rock from *The Australian Outback* to cast the sole vote to eliminate Declan. On Day 28, Elias went to the Island of Secrets and won Cara's Trelew idol from *Argentina*. With the tribe fractured, Laumei and Sa'ula agreed to work together at the next vote in order to unanimously eliminate J'Tia. Elias and his Sa'ula allies became the majority of the tribe, leading the consecutive eliminations of Joshua, Micah and Doug.

By the Final Six, Elias and the remaining women were planning on voting out Harmony but also wanted to split the votes between her and Anthony. At tribal council, Heather used her Extra Vote and Legacy Advantage whilst Elias played his idol for Danni as a sign of trust. This plan was a success because Harmony was voted out. On Day 37, Elias was under the impression that his alliance would be going after Anthony as the only outsider left. However, the women formed a separate alliance and were threatened by Elias for winning five individual immunity challenges. At the Final Tribal Council, Elias voted for Anthony to win the title of Sole Survivor.

## Trivia

* Elias was the youngest castaway to compete on *Island of Secrets*, at 19.
* Elias holds the record for the most individual immunity challenges won during *Island of Secrets*, with five.
	+ This is the record for the most individual immunity challenge wins by a man.