Jay Vasquez

**Jay Vasquez** is a contestant from *Survivor: Australia*.

Jay was a strong physical and strategic player on the Ogakor tribe, working with the Ogakor Trio alliance consisting of Benjamin Carter, Megan Sanchez and Nick Downs. Always strategically thinking forward, Jay was seen as threatening from the beginning and would struggle to form a tightnit alliance he could trust, even frequently fighting with Paul Keith and Kevin Wolfe. After the Ogakor tribe dominated and flipped Zane Rosales at the merge, Jay ended up being turned on by his Ogakor allies in favour of a final four deal they had with Zane.

## Survivor: Australia

Jay was a strong asset to his Ogakor tribe, assisting them in both camp life and challenges. In confessionals, he showcased he also had a strategic game sense, but this quickly noticed by his other tribe members Benjamin Carter and Nick Downs, who theorised Jay would be one to watch in the game. At Ogakor's first Tribal Council, Jay was involved in the decision making of voting out Marta Bradford, along with Benjamin, Nick, and Megan Sanchez. Following this Tribal Council, fellow tribemate Paul Keith grew frustrated, and frequently clashed with Jay over several trivial issues around camp. At Ogakor's next Tribal Council, Benjamin, Nick and Megan had formed an alliance without Jay, and informed him of their plan to blindside Christina Young in order to keep both Paul and Kim Short with them at the upcoming merge. While not receptive of the idea and instead wishing to vote out Paul, Jay went along with the vote and entered the merge with a 6-4 Ogakor majority over Kucha.

Despite the plan at the Tribal Council before, Paul and Kim attempted to work with the four tribe members from Kucha and blindside Jay. Instead, Jay and the Ogakor Trio alliance worked to flip the votes against Paul, and he was subsequently the first person voted out of the merged tribe, in an 8-2 vote. He would continue working with his Ogakor tribemates to vote out Kim, and then Brady Wallace from the Kucha tribe. At the final seven, Jay won Individual Immunity, and with Ogakor now having flipped the Kucha tribe member Zane Rosales to their side, the only two options to vote were Kucha's Kevin Wolfe and Charlie Brewer. Jay had formed a close relationship with Charlie, perceiving her to be a worthwhile ally moving forward, and considered working with her after having voted out Kevin, who Jay frequently disagreed and argued with. His Ogakor tribemates however, disagreed, and blindsided Jay by voting out Charlie 4-2-1. After this move, Jay quickly realised he possessed little power within his tribal alliance. He began to strategise over what he would do at the final four (unaware Benjamin, Nick and Megan had made a pact with Zane to reach the final four together). At the final six, Jay received word Kevin was working to form an all-male alliance and was among his tribemates to despise the theory, and subsequently vote out Kevin 5-1. At the final five, Jay began pitching to Benjamin about breaking up the tight duo that began to form between Nick and Megan. He pitched working with Zane to eliminate Nick, after Megan had won Immunity for that round. Despite this, Benjamin and Zane stayed loyal to the final four pact made days earlier, and Jay was voted out 4-1.

As a juror, Jay was one of Zane's strongest supporters, believing him to be a worthy underdog who worked his way through a crack in the Ogakor tribe and admired his performance in the fire-making tiebreaker to send Nick home. Jay voted for Zane to win the season, but Zane would ultimately lose to Benjamin in a 4-3 vote.