Declan

Tribe(s): Sa'ula, Manumalo
Finish: 11/24
Days Lasted: 26

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

## Survivor: Island of Secrets

For living in New York at the time of filming, Declan began *Survivor: Island of Secrets* originally on the green Sa'ula tribe which contained castaways from the eastern regions of the United States. They were joined by *The Amazon* veteran Julia. Declan and the other new players of Sa'ula agreed that Julia 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. When Sa'ula lost the second immunity challenge on Day 6, the new players had the numbers and voted out Julia.

On Day 8, the tribe chose to send Declan to the Island of Secrets but failed to obtain an advantage. After Christopher visited the Island of Secrets on Day 10, he decided to mutiny to the rival Laumei tribe with Sneha. In their replacement, Declan was joined by Rahul and *David vs. Goliath* veteran Anthony. As they did with Julia at the start of the game, Declan, Elias and Heather agreed to throw the Double Tribal Council challenge on Day 12 in order to get rid of Anthony. They were unsuccessful however because Laumei threw the challenge in order to get rid of Christopher.

At the tribe dissolve, Declan was chosen by Imani to join the new Sa'ula tribe along with his ally Elias. 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 formed the SALT Alliance with the Ta'alo and Manumalo castaways. At their first loss, this group of six agreed to split the votes between Jodie and Rahul in case either player has a Hidden Immunity Idol whilst the original Laumei trio voted for Shannon. At the revote, Declan and his allies voted out Rahul. After losing the following immunity challenge, Declan and his group voted out Jodie in order to continue to eliminate the original Laumei castaways.

When the tribes merged at the Final Thirteen, Declan's 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. Declan's Sa'ula allies then decided to take a chance and work with the Laumei castaways to get rid of Ta'alo. They decided to split the votes between Doug and J'Tia. However, Declan was blindsided at tribal when Laumei gathered outsiders Imani and Micah to flip the votes and eliminate Sneha.

Declan, Elias and Heather weren't surprised by the Laumei tribe, but still felt burned by them. However, the Ta'alo castaways were uninterested in working with them anymore too. On Day 26, Declan went to the Island of Secrets but didn't win an advantage. At tribal, 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 in the revote. As the only vulnerable Sa'ula member, Harmony chose to make Declan the third member of the jury. At the Final Tribal Council, he voted for Anthony to win the title of Sole Survivor.

## Trivia

* Declan is the only Sa'ula castaway to be sent to the Island of Secrets pre-merge but not obtain an advantage.
* He is the first castaway to be eliminated following the three successfully played idols, which led to the second null vote in *Survivor* history (after Kevin from *Survivor: David vs. Goliath*).
* His elimination during *Island of Secrets* was by one mere vote. He is one of the few castaways to be voted out with one vote in cases other than a Final Three.
	+ Others include Bailey, Cody, Dave, Isaac, Justin, Marina, Ryan and Vanessa.