Jonathan

Jonathan is a contestant on Visionary Survivor: Ring of Fire.

## Ring of Fire Summary

Jonathan’s story seems to be one of many traveling through the Ring of Fire, one with the highest highs all leading to the lowest low. His game consisted of establishing a strong majority early on, finding an idol, and eventually letting his target get the best of him and being eliminated with an idol in his pocket by three of the players he considered his closest allies.

In the anarchy phase, Jonathan was spoken very highly of by all competitors. Not quite a clear social threat, but also identified as active and open to working with others. He was the perfect balance in the eyes of many, being trustworthy, easy to talk to, and charismatic as a whole. After being divided into tribes, Jonathan quickly found his footing on the Nani tribe. Identifying the pairing of Lillia and Lorelei, he set himself as a trustworthy third member of their alliance and proceeded to build connections with both Nakul and Rocket. Following the loss on the first challenge, Jonathan led the charge to blindside Noah as opposed to the inactive Ducky, fearing an opponent strategically from the aggressive Noah. This plan easily succeeded, with the vote count 6-1-1. Following the second immunity challenge, which they won, Ducky quit the game, moving Jonathan one vote closer to the merge.

At the final 13, the Nani challenge lost the immunity challenge and attended their final tribal council of the premerge. Despite Piggy’s fight, Jonathan was able to maintain the status quo of the tribe and eliminate the clear outsider in a 5-1 vote. Jonathan’s challenge performance continued to help the Nani tribe win the final 2 tribal immunity challenges, bringing a strong 5 person alliance to the merge, seemingly with Jonathan and Rocket in the middle of the other 3.

At the merge, Jonathan quickly began socializing with the former Pink tribe, especially his existing relationship with Axis. After being identified as a social threat by Myth and Travis, the two created a trio in order to plan the blindside of Axis. However, upon comparing notes with Lorelei and Lillia, Jonathan was able to figure out that Myth and Travis had been attempting to downplay the true nature of Jay’s blindside. Noticing how horribly fractured the Pink tribe was from the idol play and having the first individual immunity of the season, Jonathan and the remaining Nani tribe invited Axis to blindside Myth with an idol. The plan worked perfectly, landing Myth in the prejury with an idol and placing Travis, Clasper and Starz firmly on the bottom of the merge tribe. This later became his fatal flaw, but as 9 players remained he seemed to be in a great position.

In a completely unanimous vote, Jonathan voted with the rest of the tribe to eliminate Travis as the first jury member. However, this had been a part of Lillia, Lorelei, and Rocket’s plan to establish a majority to get rid of the largest social threat remaining: Jonathan. At the final 8, Jonathan was blindsided with an idol by Lillia, Lorelei, Rocket, Starz, and Clasper, with his former tribemates picking up the remains of the Pink tribe that the move against Myth had left on the bottom of the tribe. Jonathan landed as the second jury member of the season, but his exceptional physical and social game was one of the greatest of the season, leading to his own downfall.