Hazim Arian

## Overview

Hazim Arian was the winner of SHUFFEL! 9: Valentine Voyage. He was also a passenger on SHUFFEL! 14: Skywind.

On season nine, Hazim was paied with his perfect match, Christmas Frost. In the beginning they were romantically involved, but after an awkward first kiss they agreed to remain friends and focus on the game itself. Hazim and Christmas were both members of "Date Night" alliance, and Hazim was a member of "The Gentleman's Club" alliance. His partner placed in fourth place, and Hazim went on win the season in a 5-4 vote against Dexter Walsh.

Hazim Arian, Season 9

## Gameplay

### SHUFFEL! 9: Valentine Voyage

Entering the game, Hazim and his partner Christmas immediately gravitated towards Javi and Aaliyah, quickly forming the "Date Night" alliance, later in the first week they pulled in Helena and Dexter and formed a six person alliance of the same name. In the first week, Hazim and Christmas were nominated for ejection by Cyrus and Quinn, and losing the Killshot they faced the Cargo Room in the very first week. They were able to use their alliance to secure there numbers to remain in the game, and they survived with only three votes cast against them.

When their allies Helena and Dexter won the next Topflight, they pushed for Cyrus and Quinn to hit the block, and not wanting to create waves, Helena and Dexter complied. Hazim and Christmas were able to secure the votes to eject the first week Topflights. Although their ally's continued to win the Topflight, Apollo and Destiny opposed the six person group, nominating Hazim and Christmas alongside their allys for the next two weeks, but they were able to win the Killshot both weeks to secure their safety.

In the double ejection week, Destiny nominated Hazim, keeping her word to Christmas but still nominating her partner. When Hazim lost the Killshot, his fate seemed to be set in stone, but his partner Christmas managed to convince Winnie to flip on her partner Finn, allowing for Hazim to tie the vote, he wont he tiebreaker and survived the week. He then won the next Topflight challenge and nominated Winnie, his true target being Destiny, but when Destiny won the Killshot, this left "Date Night' no choice but to eject her.

In the next week, his alliance members nominated him as a pawn in order to secure Destiny's ejection, their plan worked and Hazim won the Killshot, sending Destiny out the door. He remained safe in week eight with his alliance members in power. Also this week, Hazim and his male friends formed an alliance called "The Gentleman's Club", solidifying their loyalty to the final four, but when word got back that Helena had been plotting a girls alliance, Hazim used his double ejection Topflight in week nine to send her and her partner Dexter home, Dexter returned to the game in the Battle Back without Helena, and rejoined The Gentleman's Club.

Hazim's two closest ally's Christmas and Olly won the next three Topflight challenges and kept him safe. In the final six, he attempted to blindside Christmas, feeling as though he needed a big move on his resume if he wanted to win the game. But Javi, expecting a unanimous vote, voted to eject Aaliyah, accidentally sending his partner and showmance home.

The next week safe under Olly's topflight, he decided to try and keep Christmas this time, and she was able to defeat Javi in the tiebreaker challenge, securing the pair in the final four. When both Hazim and Christmas lost the Topflight challenge, Olly held the sole vote to eject one of the pair, and since he felt obligated to keep his friend, he ejected Christmas.

In the final week, Dexter won the First Class competition and secured his spot in the final two, he chose to eject Olly over Hazim, thinking he had a better shot at winning. But he neglected to realize that most of the members on the jury were in Hazim's alliance.

Hazim won the game in a close 5-4 vote and became the ninth winner of SHUFFEL!

## Trivia

* Hazim is the first middle eastern person to win SHUFFEL!
* He is the first male winner to return and be ejected pre-jury.