Vince Bravo

***Vince*** was a castaway on Essential Survivor: Canary Islands

## Canary Islands

Vince, the clear Fan Favorite of this season. Went through hell and back to reach 5th Place. Let's talk about it. Originating on Tenerife, Vince found himself getting close to Chelsea, Greenberg and Jon. While Brenden's inactivity was setting himself up to be first boot, Vince's social game allowed him to be in the good graces of everyone. So much so, that he was included in an alliance with Claire, Greenberg and Tai. In which Tai oddly told them about their relationship with Jack. Regardless, Tenerife lost the first challenge and voted Brenden off.

Coming into Episode 2, Vince knew it'd be tough to vote off anyone at that point because he had built such close bonds with everyone already. When Tenerife lost again, it was apparent to the tribe that Jon began to overplay, causing Vince to distance himself from him. While tribal got closer, Vince realized how good of a social game Greenberg had, which will come into play later in the season. There was no way for Vince to leave this tribal council without losing an ally, but he made the right choice in letting Jon dig his own grave, despite how clear Jon was willing to work with him.

While Vince still felt good with everyone right now, there was a huge gap between Jack and Claire at the tail-end, and everyone else. At the reward challenge, Vince and Tai got to go to the Summit to try to forge bonds with La Gomera members before the merge, When he came back, he quickly realized that while he was gone, Jack and Claire started to throw out his name. But due to his good bonds, Chelsea, Tai and Greenberg all agreed to vote out Claire at the next Tribal Council and Jack right after.

With Tenerife down to the core four, Vince initially wanted to take out Chelsea. When Tenerife lost their fifth challenge, Vince swore to not vote out Tai because the tribal council would end up being on her birthday. So it came down to Chelsea and Greenberg. Chelsea was immediately more direct with her loyalty to Vince compared to Greenberg, who was more reluctant. So with both Chelsea and Tai on board, Greenberg was voted out 3-1.

Come the merge, Vince made into a new tribe of 10 with 2 allies and 7 others he had to get accustomed to. Right off the bat, several people tried to pry for information regarding the trio. And Phillip went as far to propose an alliance between the Tenerife 3 and him so he could ‘help’ them by taking out Jabari. Of course, Vince wanted to rat Phillip out immediately and save his own behind. He felt good though with Patrick, and considered him to be the best La Gomera member. He felt like the rest were either boring or too overbearing (Jessica). And due to Phillip overplaying his hand in pursuit of a Jabari elimination, he was eliminated 8-1-1.

By now, Vince was starting to come around to more of the La Gomera members. He felt good with Patrick, Jonathan and Amber. Was decent with Jessica and Tommy, but had almost voted out Jabari. When Jonathan won the challenge, Vince was informed by Patrick that either Chelsea or Tai would be going home (the only reason Vince wasn’t included was because it was his birthday), but that wasn’t the only bomb dropped during that conversatio with Patirkc. He also wanted to organize a blindside against Jonathan in the coming votes. This solidified a game bond with Patrick and Vince. While Vince knew that Tai would be going home, and was ultimately at peace with it, he had a new battle to fight; Jabari.

During tribal council, Jabari and Vince got into an awkwardly-heated argument during the discussion. Which only elevated Vince’s position and completely threw Jabari’s in the trash, kickstarting her effortless departure.

With a foursome of Vince, Amber, Chelsea and Patrick solidified and geared up to take out Jonathan, it seemed like the time was right when he lost immunity and was eligible. But when Amber voiced her opinion on voting out Jessica instead, the four switched targets over onto her and voted her out 4-3. Resulting in one of the most iconic Tribal Councils in Essential Survivor history.

Come Final Six, Jonathan went back to winning immunities. So the clear choice for the foursome would be to vote out Tommy. However, all four of them knew that it’d be a waste of a vote and soon began to cannibalize each other. Vince went to Jonathan and had a great pitch geared towards taking out Patrick, which helps Jonathan’s position. Long story short, Vince’s plea worked and Patrick was voted out at 6th. But when Jonathan won immunity at Final Five, Vince was running from death a little too long and it finally caught up with him in a 3-2 vote.

## Trivia

- Man, he's pretty

- Vince's Parchment for Jessica at the Final Seven is the most 'starred' item on the Essential Survivor Server