Devin Ulrich

**Devin Ulrich** was a contestant on Survivor: Battle for Cambridge and Survivor: One World, and was the Fan Favorite and a contestant on Survivor: Battle Royale.

## Season

### Seasons

Battle for CambridgeOne World

Battle Royale

### Tribe(s)

Team 2, Merge Tribe (Battle for Cambridge)Masterminds Tribe, Purple Team, Merge Tribe (One World)

Scorpions Tribe, Snakes Tribe, Merge Tribe (Battle Royale)

### Finish

4/15 (Battle for Cambridge)6/12 (One World)

8/14 (Battle Royale)

### Alliances

Breanne Nevers, Ben Felden (Battle for Cambridge)Hunter Heschke, Jacob Harris (One World)

Bri England, Casey MacPhetridge, Hunter Heschke (Battle Royale)

### Votes Against

9 (Battle for Cambridge)4 (One World)

3 (Battle Royale)

Known for his cunning strategic game, Devin is always perceived as a threat for his intense gameplay and desire to make big moves and would be taken out close to the end every time he has played due to how smart he was throughout his seasons.

## Survivor: Battle for Cambridge

Devin began the game on Team 2, where he would immediately notice the ratio of men to women on the tribe, more specifically how there was more guys than girls. Devin would make an alliance immediately with Ben, Brian, and JP that would conflict against the women's alliance consisting of Breanne, Natalie, and Rosanna. When Team 2 lost the first immunity challenge of the season, Devin would find a hidden immunity idol very quickly and would not tell anyone about it, knowing how much of an advantage that this would give him in the game. Devin then led a charge against Rosanna for her being more silent than their tribe members at the first challenge, and he would be successful at this, getting Rosanna eliminated from the game in a 4-3 vote at the first Tribal Council of the season. After Rosanna's exit, Natalie would quit the game, but this would only help Devin, as Jadon would come in as a replacement for Natalie and he would join Devin's guys alliance, and they all knew their next target would be Breanne. However, they would not have to face this eventuality yet, as they would win the next immunity challenge and would keep themselves safe from Tribal Council. During this time, Devin would find his second hidden immunity idol, only this time he would be spotted by Brian, who did not say a word about it to anyone.

Together, Devin and Team 2 would find themselves at victory yet again as they would win the third immunity challenge, and Devin would strengthen his bonds with Ben and Breanne, both of whom he felt secure with in the game. After Team 2 lost the fourth immunity challenge, all eyes in the men's alliance were on Breanne. However, seeing how good he was at talking to others combined with his likable personality, Devin pulled some strings and led a charge against JP to go home and to spare Breanne. Devin's claims along with Breanne's backing helped them both to persuade the others to betray their alliance member and send JP out of the game just minutes before the merge.

Once the merge hit, Devin would immediately talk to as many people as he could, and would find out much information, such as Tom's hidden immunity idol and other alliances that were on Team 1 throughout the game by that point. Devin would then help with the charge to take Seth out of the game, as everyone knew he would be a physical threat down the line. After his voteoff though, he would will Devin a *Steal-A-Vote* Advantage as well as a hidden immunity idol, Devin's third hidden immunity idol in the game that was in his possession. Before the next Tribal Council, Devin would get wind that Sam's ending would be near, however, Devin would use this information to his advantage, and he would save Sam with one of his hidden immunity idols, and in the process he and Sam would take out Tom. After getting notice that the next Tribal Council was then and there, Devin would help with a quick charge that would result in Brian's swift elimination from the game in a 5-3 vote due to Brian knowing about one of Devin's remaining hidden immunity idols. After this Tribal Council, Jadon would start going up to Bri and the two of them would lead a charge against Devin, eyeballing him as the next big threat to be taken out. However, Devin would be more convincing, and he would be able to get Ben, Breanne, and Kyle to keep him in the game and the four of them would successfully blindside Jadon.

After Devin would lose the next individual immunity challenge, he knew he was at risk, nd he would make a big move by campaigning heavily for Kyle's elimination. At Tribal Council, Devin would use another one of his hidden immunity idols on himself and he had convinced Bri and Ben to vote with him. Devin also used his steal a vote advantage against Kyle in order to gain an advantage. However, Sam would use her *Steal-A-Vote* Advantage on Ben, taking his votes and tying up the votes twice in a row between Kyle and Bri. Per the rules, a rock draw would be held to determine who would be eliminated. Per the same rules, Bri and Kyle were safe due to the others not being able to break their tie, Breanne was safe due to her having won the most recent individual immunity challenge, and Devin was safe due to him playing a hidden immunity idol on himself at that Tribal Council, leaving only Sam and Devin's best ally in the game, Ben, to be at risk of elimination. Unfortunately for Devin, Ben would pick the wrong rock, and he would see his best ally leave the game because of it. After Devin once again lost the next individual immunity challenge, he would once again set his targets on Kyle, and he would convince Breanne to vote with him. However, he was not as successful as he would liked to have been, as the other three had voted him. He was still able to obtain safety though, as he used his third and final hidden immunity idol in the game to negate the votes against him once again, this would then send Kyle out of the game in the process. Devin would then recognize that he was ultimately the biggest threat left, with no one to hide behind. Although he gave his best efforts and almost won the Final Individual Immunity Challenge, he would eventually lose to Sam. Devin would make a last ditch effort to throw the target on Bri, who was a strategic mastermind and had found ways to propel herself throughout the game. However, it was not enough, and Devin would get voted out by a vote of 3-1 and would become the eighth and final member of the jury. Devin would also place 4th out of 15th.

At the Final Tribal Council, Devin would go against Bri for not making as many moves as her other opponents, Breanne and Sam, and he would emphasize how the lack of moves on her behalf should not lead to her becoming the winner. Devin would cast his vote for Breanne to become the winner of the game.

## Survivor: One World

Devin started the game on the Masterminds Tribe, which was an unfortunate feat for him as his tribe lost the first immunity challenge. Although he and the others in his tribe would receive Kathy as a part of the first twist in the game. Devin, Jack, Kathy, and Cody would strategize on who to target, Ashley or Bailey. Ashley was being targeted for not being seen as necessary on her tribe as the others were, and Bailey was being targeted for once again playing the game with Seth, her boyfriend. Although he would want to target Bailey more, seeing her presence alongside Seth's being the bigger threat, he was eventually put into a position where some of the others in the tribe would cause a tie against him. His tribe would blindside, Ashley in a 5-1 vote, but still received a vote after he expressed his concerns about being the first one out of the game. Devin would strike some luck though, as his tribe managed to win the second immunity challenge in a very close fashion, and during this time he would manage to find the *Block-A-Vote* Advantage.

Alongside Bailey and Jack, Devin would swap onto the Purple Tribe with Jake and Hunter, both of whom he already had alliances with due to the tribes playing in one location per the twist. Although Devin's suspicions about Seth and Jack individually started to grow, he did not have to worry so much about that at the time as his new tribe would win the next immunity challenge.

Once the tribes merged, Devin was shocked like everyone else to learn of Christian's blindside via. Seth's two idols. Even though Devin did not win the first individual immunity challenge, he found himself in a safe spot with his new allies, and he would help the others get rid of Sam, who was seen the outsider by that point of the game. However, it was also at this Tribal Council that Devin's distrust of Jack finally got to him, and he played his *Block-A-Vote* Advantage on him. After Tribal Council, Devin would immediately and successfully make amends with him to ensure Jack would not target him in the future. Then, Devin would help Jake to get Kathy out of the game with only two votes in an attempt to save his ally Hunter from being eliminated, but he would receive a vote from a suspicious Seth. Before the next Tribal Council, Cody would tell Devin about his advantages he had in the game to gain more trust with others in the game. With this information, Cody and Devin both decided to pull Bailey in to vote out Jake, as Devin saw him as the biggest player going into the endgame. Jake would later be blindsided. After Bailey won immunity again, Devin, Jack, and Hunter saw Cody's advantages coming and had planned for a Seth vote-off if their fears were real. As they predicted, Cody would play an advantage, more specifically the *Safety-without-Power* advantage which got Cody out of the line of fire. Unfortunately for Devin, what they did not see was that Seth once again had another trick up his sleeve, another hidden immunity idol of which he used for himself. Devin was taken out with only the votes cast by Bailey and Seth, both casted against him. Devin placed 6th out of 12th and became the fourth member of the jury.

At the Final Tribal Council, Devin told Jack that he did not make enough moves in the game but that he did deserve more credit that what he was being given. Devin then told Hunter he thought it was spectacular that he made the finals both times in back to back seasons, but criticized him for playing the same gameplay he did last time and he asked him what the biggest move he made in the game was, excluding Cody's elimination. Devi questioned Bailey about what she thought her defining moment was that separated her from Seth, as many saw them solely as a pair that got there because of Seth. Devin would then put down Jake's speech to the jury about why he thought Hunter should win. Devin would vote for Bailey to win the season.

At the *Survivor: One World Reunion Episode*, Devin mentioned how he, Kathy, Hunter, and Cody were aligned together right at the beginning of the merge and how they all wanted to target Seth and Jake due to how they were big threats in the game. Devin would also go on to state the many intricate measures that Kathy's blindside took, as well as participating in the discussion about how all of their gameplays put together had a huge impact on their season. Devin also gave out a confirmation at the end of the reunion stating that the next season would be coming up within winter of 2021.

## Survivor: Battle Royale

Devin would start out the beginning of his third attempt in the game on the Scorpions Tribe, and upon getting to their tribe's camp he would witness Evan finding one of the hidden immunity idols for their tribe in front of everyone. Although their tribe would win the first immunity challenge, thanks to Devin's ally Hunter, Devin would still attempt to put a target on Evan as he aligned more with Bri, Casey, and Hunter. Once they lost the second immunity challenge, Devin went right to work, as he and his alliance prepared to ensure that neither Evan's or Giselle's hidden immunity idols would take one of them out of the game. Devin would work with Bri and the two of them would agree to have Bri throw her vote onto Casey so that if they both used their hidden immunity idols, then their alliance member that they deemed the most expendable would be the next one out of the game. Thankfully for them, it did not come to this, as neither Evan or Giselle would use their hidden immunity idols, and the tied vote would be a perfect opportunity for Devin to send Evan out of the game unanimously.

Devin's control in the game would continue into the tribe swap, as he would be swapped onto the new Snakes Tribe alongside Casey, Giselle, and Hunter. As they lost the next immunity challenge, Giselle would become Devin's next target as they headed into the game's first ever joint-Tribal Council. However, as the news was revealed that only one would go home and that they could vote for whoever they wanted between themselves and the Sharks Tribe, Devin and Hunter would immediately turn the tides to help get Ryley out of the game, using Devin's *Extra Vote* Advantage. The Snakes Tribe would then win the next immunity challenge, keeping Devin safe and allowing him to reach the merge once again.

Once Devin reached the merge, he would not be so lucky in the first individual immunity challenge. However, he would be very lucky in the other aspects of the game, as he was in almost every conversation occurring and was having a monumental say in every voteoff. Right before Bailey played her hidden immunity idol at the next Tribal Council, Devin would get a vibe that she had something to keep her safe, and he threw his vote onto Jack, which would eventually help to get him out of the game. After losing the next individual immunity challenge, Devin would have enough of Casey's excuses to get rid of Dacota, and would seek everyone to get him out of the game and would lie to him saying that they were voting Giselle. At Tribal Council, Devin would get his way once again, and Casey would be eliminated. However, Devin was taken by surprise when it was revealed that it was a double Tribal Council, and that another person would be voted off right then and there. With a lack of time to strategize and talk to people, Devin would throw his vote onto Giselle, as some of the others would, but it would not be enough to save him as Giselle's hidden immunity idol play would save her from Devin's grip on the game as Bailey, Dacota, and Sam would each take their votes to take him out of the game. Devin would place 8th out of 14th and would become the third member of the jury.

At the Final Tribal Council, Devin would participate much in the discussions of the three finalists, and would ask Bri mainly on her thought process behind taking Sam to the Final Tribal Council. Devin would also tell Bailey of a certain comment Sam had made in relation to the alliance the two ladies had that would greatly influence Bailey's vote. However, Devin's mind would not be swayed, and he would vote for Sam to win the game, as he saw her game as the most superior of the three finalists.

At the *Survivor: Battle Royale Reunion Episode*, Devin would relay information on his game, specifically mentioning his experiences in the game and how he did not perceive his telling of Sam's comments to have been something that could have affected Sam winning or not winning in the end. Devin would also go on to state specifics into the "why" of his gameplay, and mentioned how he was able to predict that he was the target at his last individual immunity challenge in the game. In the end, Devin would win the *Fan Favorite Award* with a large amount of votes, becoming the third person to win this award.

## Trivia

* In *Survivor: Battle for Cambridge*, every time Devin received a vote, it was for someone he had also voted for.
* Devin is currently the first and only male contestant to win the *Fan Favorite Award* and not have a disability, with the only other male to win this award being Richie Gureski.
* Devin is tied with Kyle Scheel for the most votes cast against a player in *Survivor: Battle for Cambridge*, with 9 votes cast against him across the season.
* Every time Devin has played the game, his first vote was against another female contestant on his tribe.
* Devin is one of three contestants to have been a host of a season as well as a contestant on another season, the others being Christian Davis and Michael Garcia.