Christopher

Tribe(s): Sa'ula, Laumei
Finish: 20/24
 Survivor: Cloncurry
Tribe(s): Brains, Utjan
Finish: 9/20
Days Lasted: 27

Christopher is a contestant from *Survivor: Island of Secrets* and *Survivor: Cloncurry*.

## Survivor: Island of Secrets

For living in Conneticut at the time of filming, Christopher began *Survivor: Island of Secrets* on the green Sa'ula tribe which contained castaways from the East of the United States. They were joined by *Survivor: The Amazon* veteran Julia. Christopher 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 as the SALT Alliance.

When Sa'ula won the Day 10 immunity challenge, the tribe chose to send Christopher to the Island of Secrets. He won the advantage on offer over *David vs. Goliath* veteran Anthony from Laumei and Davis from Manumalo. His advantage was the mutiny twist originally from *Cook Islands*, though Christopher had to switch places if he chose to take the opportunity to mutiny. Christopher accepted and decided to mutiny to the Laumei tribe with his ally Sneha whilst replacing Anthony and Rahul. He reasoned that this was his opportunity to build new relationships earlier than the rest of the cast, whilst also putting Anthony in the minority on the original East tribe.

This move put both Christopher and Sneha on the outs of the new Laumei tribe because the original West castaways forged a close relationship. When Laumei had to attend a Double Tribal Council on Day 12, Christopher and Sneha voted for Jodie because she had yet to visit the Island of Secrets and thus, would not have an advantage in her possession. At tribal council however, the West castaways had the numbers and voted out Christopher because of his arrogance to mutiny to their tribe.

### Voting History

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## Survivor: Cloncurry

Christopher would return for *Survivor: Cloncurry*, where he was originally placed on the yellow Brains tribe. The other returning players did not necessarily take Christopher seriously because he was voted out pre-merge on *Island of Secrets*, which gave him the opportunity to build stronger bonds with the new players. When the tribe lost the first immunity challenge of the season, Christopher voted with Phil for Hayley but the majority of the tribe eliminated Phil. This put Christopher in a vulnerable position, but Hayley brought him into the folds of the majority alliance, which was led by *Mamanuca Islands* alum Karlos and Neda. He and Hayley agreed Karlos and Neda were threats who needed to be voted out eventually, though not at the moment due to the strength of this current majority. When Brains lost again on Day 8, Christopher voted for Gabby as part of the alliance's split vote plan between her and Jacob.

After Brains won the next two immunity challenges, a Tribe Switch occurred on Day 13. Christopher stayed on Brains with his allies Cara, George and Karlos, where they were joined by Brooke, Emmett and Kez from the original Brawn tribe. Although the original Brains were in the majority, Christopher liked the Brawn plan to split votes between Cara and George should the tribe lose an immunity challenge. However, Christopher had his sights set on Karlos after George told him that Karlos was throwing Christopher under the bus to Brawn. When Brains lost immunity on Day 15, Christopher voted with Cara and George for Karlos. Although Cara used an Hidden Immunity Idol for George, Karlos still received the majority of votes because Brawn split their votes between Cara and George. Doug, who exiled after receiving an odd buff at the Tribe Switch, joined the Brain tribe following Karlos' elimination. This ensured Brawn had a 4-3 majority, which put Christopher and his trio in a precarious position. Despite this, Brains won the next two immunity challenges.

Christopher reunited with Hayley when the tribes merged on Day 20. The Brains, which included Cara, George, Jacob, Neda and Wai, had the numbers over the five original Brawn. Unbeknownst to Christopher, Cara and George created an alliance with Brawn during the Tribe Switch and split their votes so that the remaining five Brains could blindside Kez. The Brains then had their sights set on Flick, but she used an idol that she received from Kez, meaning Neda was voted out with the only four votes that counted from Brawn. With a 6-3 majority over Brawn, the Brains were planning on extending their numbers by piling their votes on Doug. The tribe scrambled at tribal council when Doug saved himself with a Tribal Council Pass. Whilst Christopher was reconvening with the Brains, Flick, who was told about her mother's passing on Day 25, was becoming increasingly emotional and asked the tribe to vote her out. This tribe ultimately honoured her wishes, which inadvertently helped the Brains. Christopher voted for Emmmett at the Final Nine tribal council on Day 27. However, Cara and George flipped to the Brawn and Christopher was blindsided. As the third member of the jury, he voted for Hayley to win the title of Sole Survivor.

## Trivia

* Christopher is the lowest ranking castaway to obtain an advantage from the Island of Secrets.
	+ He is also the lowest ranking player in *Survivor* history to mutiny.
	+ He was the only member of the SALT Alliance to not make the merge.
* Christopher was the castaway to return for *Cloncurry* who did not make the merge on their original season.