Jack Stanton

***Jack*** was a castaway on Essential Survivor: Japan. He later returned for Essential Survivor: Peru and Essential Survivor: All Stars 2

## Japan

Jack was someone who definitely came into the game with the balls to make moves, but didn’t get as far to where he could show his full potential. We saw Jack at numerous points display and strategic prowess, but getting cut at 9th, doesn’t leave so many segments of it.

Besides his strategic mindset, Jack’s main asset has got to be his likability. Within the first couple of days, he managed to get on everyone’s good side, which allowed him to be in on the plans come Tribal Council. But with his much power, comes responsibility. And while Jack didn’t let his social positioning get to his head, others like Cheren began to catch onto it, tagging Jack on their radar.

At the tribe shuffle, Jack was dealt a below-average deck. The tribe was split 4-4, and from OG Furui he had Josiah, Deca and Luke. Knowing that the numbers weren’t exactly in their favor, they concocted a plan to ‘outcast’ Deca from the trio, so Jack and Josiah could get in with OG Wakai and infiltrate. But when Deca had already ruined his social capital with the OG Wakai anyways… Jack and Josiah had no other choice but to flip, blindsiding Deca 6-2. But as they lost a member, it DID allow a four-person alliance consisting of Jack, Josiah, Geo and X. But due to NuWakai never going back to Tribal Council, it was never shown in action.

Now, we’ve hit the merge. Jack and Josiah have two options here. 1. They could reunite with Furui and pagong the rest of Wakai. Or 2. They could flip to the Wakai and take out one of the Furui. At first, it seemed as if they’d stick to their roots and take out Jay. But when the information of Cheren having an idol was leaked. Out of fear and paranoia, Jack and Josiah flipped over to the Wakai, blindsiding Cheren, and the same people who threw three challenges in a row to keep them safe.

Now we’re at the Final 10, and new developments have occurred. For one, Jack began to ponder when he’d have to blindside Josiah, knowing he was a huge threat in his endgame. And 2, the loyalty and trust of Theodore was completely questioned when he played a Legacy Advantage on Geo the previous Tribal. His advantage play definitely rubbed his Furui allies the wrong way. And when he blatantly threw the next challenge, campaigned for Josiah to leave, and continued to be an all-around sketchy person, it was no question that Theodore was next to go.

Maintaining their new bonds with Furui, Jack headed into the Final 9 knowing that the 3 Wakai were screwed for the rest of the season. But as time went on and heads kept thinking, Jack and Josiah figured that it may be in their best interest to actually work with the Wakai and take out one of the trio. But when Geo began to rub everyone the wrong way with his blatant giving up headspace, Jack and Josiah figured it’d be best to end his suffering and vote him off right there with the rest of Furui.

Unfortunately, Geo had simply played it up as an act to get all of the votes on him so he could use his idol. Obviously it worked, leaving only 3 votes left that counted. And due to his social and strategic prowess, Jack was idoled out 6\*-3.