Michael

**Michael** is a contestant from *Survivor: Borneo*.

He has the distinction of being the first jury member in the history of *Survivor*

## Survivor

In *Survivor: Borneo*, Michael was a member of the Tagi tribe. On Day 2, Michael and his tribe lost the inaugural Immunity Challenge, sending them to Tribal Council. Back at camp, Michael was targeted by Mark who believed that he was the weakest on the tribe and should go home. Luckily for Michael, he was convinced by Lois to vote with the women on the tribe against Ted. At Tribal Council, Michael received 3 votes (Mark, Ted & Nikolas), but voted with the majority, voting Ted out of the game.

Tagi was able to win the next immunity challenge and Michael used this as an opportunity to lay low, in hopes of shifting the target on his back elsewhere. However, on Day 8 the Tagi tribe lost their second challenge of the season, sending them back to Tribal Council. At camp, Michael focused on pinning the target on Mark in order to get revenge for the first Tribal Council. At Tribal Council, Michael successfully voted with Seema, Julienne & Lois, eliminating Mark.

Tagi was able to win the next immunity challenge, keeping Michael safe from Tribal Council. However, on Day 14 Tagi lost their third immunity of the season, sending them back to Tribal Council yet again. Back at camp, Michael and Nikolas had a minor disagreement, with Nikolas expressing his frustration about Michael riding the coattails of the women. After this fight, Michael was able to secure a Final 2 deal with Iskra, the pair agreeing that Nikolas had to go next. At Tribal Council, the tribe collectively voted to send Nikolas home.

The Tagi tribe, however, lost their second consecutive Immunity Challenge to Tribal Council. After this loss, The League was formed, a four-person alliance consisting of Iskra, Seema, Julienne and Michael. *The League* set their sights on Lois, who was the odd-one-out on the Tribe without any solid connections as a result of her arguments in camp. At Tribal Council, Michael successfully voted with *The League* to vote out Lois.

On Day 19, the tribes merged, Michael going into the merge with a strong alliance of four, but faced a 6-person Pagong majority. After the first Individual Immunity Challenge, Erika and Michael got into a fight with one another at camp, resulting in Seema distancing herself from *The League*. Following this, Michael became the target going into Tribal Council, with Original Pagong members Erika, Keinan, Gabrielle & Stephan trying to persuade the tribe to vote him out. At Tribal Council, however, *The League* blindsided the Original Pagong, thanks to Anne and Viktor who voted with them to eliminate Keinan in a 6-4 vote.

On Day 23, Michael hoped to send home another Original Pagong member, intending on splitting the votes with *The League* and Viktor & Anne. However, Viktor suggested to Iskra and Michael that this would be a good opportunity to vote out Anne instead, removing a future swing vote from contention. However, Julienne and Seema were left out of this plan, both intending on voting out Stephan.

As a result, at Tribal Council, Erika, Gabrielle and Stephan were able to secure 4 votes, which was the majority, to send Michael home in a 4-3-2 vote, making him the eighth person voted out and the first member of the Jury.

## Redemption Island

### Days spent on Redemption Island:

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* Michael is the first contestant from the state of Arizona.
* Michael was the last man from Tagi to be voted out.
* Michael is the first castaway to be voted out by a plurality, being voted out with less than half of the total counted votes.
* Michael was the first *Survivor* contestant to become a member of the jury.
	+ As a result, Michael is the first man to be voted out and be a member of the jury.
* Michael accumulated the most elimination votes against a man in *Borneo*, with 11.