Cherry

* Survivor
 Survivor: The Australian Outback
Tribe(s): Ogakor
Finish: 14/16
 Survivor: China
Tribe(s): Zhan Hu, Hae Da Fung
Finish: Sole Survivor/18
 Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains
Tribe(s): Villains
Finish: 20/28
 Survivor: Micronesia
Tribe(s): Malakal
Finish: 20/20
 Survivor: India
Tribe(s): Brahma
Finish: 28/30
Days Lasted: 3

Cherry is a contestant from *Survivor: The Australian Outback*, *Survivor: China*, *Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains*, *Survivor: Micronesia* and *Survivor: India*.

He later returned as one of the sixteen veteran *Survivor* castaways as a housemate on Big Brother 1. Cherry was evicted thirteenth on Day 78, finishing in 4th place.

## Survivor: The Australian Outback

Cherry began *Survivor: The Australian Outback* on the green Ogakor tribe. They were lucky enough to win the first two immunity challenges. He formed an alliance during this time with Shawna and hoped to bring in more people to their alliance. However, the rest of the tribe formed their own alliance and were planning on voting the duo out. When Ogakor lost the next immunity challenge, the majority alliance voted out Cherry.

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## Survivor: China

Cherry began *Survivor: China* originally on the gold Zhan Hu tribe. His strained relationship with Ogakor members Aida and Jase from their previous season meant he was ostracised by their new alliance, and he instead decided to align with Dion, Isobel and Miles. At the tribes first loss, the alliance of four had the numbers and Virgil was voted out. With a 4-4 split amongst the tribe, Cherry voted with Dion and Miles at their second loss on Day 6. However, Isobel flipped and Miles was blindsided at tribal council.

After an immunity challenge win, a tribe switch occurred and Cherry remained on Zhan Hu along with Aida, Caroline and Dion. *The Australian Outback* veterans and Caroline formed a larger majority on this new tribe, leaving Cherry and Fawn on the outs. At their first loss on Day 11, the pair voted for Dion but the majority split the votes between Cherry and Fawn. With the highest number of votes, Fawn was voted out. Despite being the outcast of the new tribe, Zhan Hu won the remaining immunity challenges they had together.

On Day 18, the final twelve castaways merged into the black Hae Da Fung tribe. He quickly connected with Chord and Jade who were the outcasts of their post switch tribe to create Cherry's Secret Trio, where Chord told them that he had a Hidden Immunity Idol. The Australian Outback Veterans voted for Chord, but he played an idol. With the second highest number of votes that counted, Caroline became the first member of the jury. This move broke the veterans alliance, and Cherry thought it would be an excellent time to infiltrate. He voted with the post switch Fei Long members for Aida, but she played an idol. With the next highest number of votes, Winston was voted out.

Now with a strong connection to the Fei Long veterans, Cherry told Chord to bond with the post switch Zhan Hu veterans to gain more intel. Cherry's group voted for Karleigh but Chord entered the Zhan Hu alliance to eliminate Trey. The pair were successful in getting the target of their, and Jade's back, which caused the eliminations of Bella and Aida. At the Final Seven, Cherry, Chord and Jade were exposed as a strong trio so the rest of the tribe planned on targeting Cherry. However, he played an idol. With the second highest number of votes, Cherry's trio sent Bailey to the jury. There was an even split between Cherry's trio and the *Australian Outback* veterans, but Ashleigh and Karleigh flipped against Dion to ensure they would further advance in the game. This proved to be a fatal move, as Cherry and his allies were able to eliminate Ashleigh and Karleigh at the following two tribal councils.

At the Final Tribal Council, Cherry was praised for coming up with the plan for him and Chord to align with the veterans whilst still maintaining a strong alliance of three. However, many criticised his cut-throat approach to get to the end as he was unable to create genuine social bonds. Cherry justified his actions by stating that he had to play cut-throat from the bottom because every other veteran ostracised him during the pre-merge and didn't show him the respect they felt they deserved from him. In the end, Cherry's blunt and bold statements at the FTC awarded him the title of Sole Survivor after earning five of nine jury votes from Ashleigh, Bella, Dion, Karleigh and Winston.

## Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains

For his cut-throat gameplay in China, Cherry was placed on the Villains tribe during *Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains*. The female villains created an alliance early on and decided to throw the first challenge to eliminate Cody, a perceived threat. Cherry was then safe for 7 more days as the Heroes lost consecutive challenges and had to vote out Vanessa, Hayden, Summer and Skye in the process. At their next two losses, Brendan and Jase were voted out. With little allies and the women's control, Cherry was voted out when the tribe lost the next challenge.

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## Survivor: Micronesia

For his villainous gameplay and pessimistic personality, Cherry was placed on the Malakal tribe of *Survivor: Micronesia*, labelled the Favorites. Cherry was immediately considered for the vote because he was already a Sole Survivor. When the tribe lost the first immunity challenge, Cherry was the first voted out.

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## Survivor: India

For already being a winner, Cherry competed on *Survivor: India*, originally on the gold Brahma tribe. Despite his connection to some of the players for playing with them during *The Australian Outback*, Cherry was voted out at the Triple Tribal Council twist on Day 3 due to the formation of a women's alliance.

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## Big Brother 1

In November 2020, Cherry competed on Big Brother 1 and feared being an early target as the only former Sole Survivor. As part of the Backwards Week Twist, Cherry voted Alana and Tim for the first eviction when in fact Gabriel and Lina were nominated. Richard then won the first HOH competition and decided to evict Gabriel in order to protect his Outsider Alliance ally Lina. In Week 2, Peighton nominated Cherry and his fellow *Survivor: The Australian Outback* alum Bella with the intention of targeting Cherry. On eviction night however, Bella was evicted when the men within the house decided to keep Cherry in order to use him as a shield. Cherry was lucky that his allies Ricardo and Priya won the next two HOH competitions, where Lina and Alana were evicted.

In Week 5, Cherry won the Time Warp Immunity Competition and decided to share it with Priya who he considered his closest ally. On eviction night, he unanimously voted with the house to evict Lea. Tiffany then became the next HOH and nominated Cherry's two closest allies Priya and Richard. However, they were both safe when Belle used the veto on Priya and replacement nominee Peighton was evicted over Richard. On the Double Eviction night, Cherry became the next HOH and decided to nominate *Survivor: Guatemala* alum Kurtis and Tim. After Tim saved himself with the veto, Cherry decided to make a big move and replace him with Richard in order to guarantee he was Priya's closest ally. Cherry's plan was successful and Richard was evicted.

Tim decided to return the favour to Cherry in Week 7 by nominating him beside Priya. Tim won the veto and told Cherry he would be using it on him, but named Ricardo as the replacement nominee to ensure that Priya would be evicted. In Week 8, Cherry wanted to evict Tim because of their rivalry and his status as a strategic and physical threat. However, the majority of the housemates who could vote were Tim's allies and they instead decided to evict Spencer who sat beside him as a pawn. Cherry was pleasantly surprised to still be around by the Final Seven, considering his status. He also felt comfortable in his alliance with Belle and Ricardo, but this was tested when Tiffany nominated him and Ricardo beside each other in Week 8. Belle also won the veto, but was threatened by Tiffany to not use the POV on either of her allies. Though Cherry was certain he would be evicted, the house decided to turn on Ricardo instead.

Cherry's luck turned in Week 10 when he became the next HOH and decided to nominate Tiffany and Tim for both nominating him in the past. He also wanted to ensure one *Guatemala* alumni was on the block so that when Tim saved himself with the POV, Cherry could replace him with Kurtis. As Cherry wanted, the house evicted Kurtis in an attempt to weaken Tim. Belle and Cherry then built a relationship with Jeremy and Tiffany in order to target Tim for the next eviction. They worked together to prevent Tim from winning the POV before evicting him next. Cherry was glad when Belle nominated Jeremy and Tiffany as the next HOH, but Tiffany saved herself with the veto. Belle had no other choice but to name Cherry as the replacement nominee. On eviction night, Tiffany used her sole vote to evict Cherry. He became the eighth member of the jury and voted for eventual Runner-Up Jeremy to win on Day 80.

## Trivia

* Cherry was one of four castaways to improve on their original placement during *Survivor: China*, along with Aida, Bella and Trey.
* Cherry is the highest ranking member of the original Zhan Hu tribe.
* He is the first male winner to win a season with a tribe switch where he wasn't switched to the opposing tribe.
* Cherry, Grayson, Harry and Skye are currently the only players to play on consecutive *Survivor* seasons and win the latter season.
* Cherry is one of fourteen castaways to be the lowest ranking members of more than one tribe. He was the lowest ranking member of the Ogakor, Malakal and Brahma tribes.
	+ Other castaways with this feat include Aaron, Beau, Caroline, Catherine, Chet, Ellody, Jack, Liamm, Mitchell, Natalia, Peighton, Scott and Zach.
	+ He was the only one of the fourteen to be the lowest ranking member of three different tribes.
* Despite competing on five seasons of *Survivor*, Cherry was never a member of the jury. He would later become a member of the jury for the first time on Big Brother 1.