Mike Merryman

**Mike Merryman** is a contestant from *Tanzania*. He later competed on *All-Stars - Solomon Islands*.

## Survivor

### Tanzania

In '**Tanzania'**, Mike was a member of the Arusha tribe.

Day 3, Mike bonds slightly with Jin Wei, forming an alliance with Jin and Crystle Lightning. At Tribal Council, Jin and Carolyn Main extremely despised eachother, with opposing alliances deadlocked, the vote would go to the first (and only) quiz tiebreaker. Jin would win, surviving the night and sending Carolyn home.

Day 12, bonds strongly with Thomas Rice and forms an alliance with Crystle and Wab Kinew. Day 13, each tribe is asked to send three members on 'a quest', Mike would join Crystle and Jin. Little did they know, they would be part of the first twist and switching to Morogoro and now becoming the majority. Day 15, he bonds strongly with new tribemate, Arthur Denton. Crystle leaves the alliance with Jin and Mike that was create in Episode 1 and she would join the original Morogoro and vote out Jin.

Day 18, it was original Arusha vs. original Morogoro, with a deadlock vote, Arthur was eliminated with 2 previous votes at the last Tribal Council. Day 24, to take control of the game, Crystle, Mike & Wab teamed up with Donna House & Steve Walker to vote out a strategical threat in Anthony Bush. Day 27, his alliance was set on voting out Bernice Johnston and saving Jacquelyn Loftin, in a deadlock vote, Bernice would be sent to the jury on past votes. However, Crystle would betray the alliance and cast a vote towards Mike, sending Jacquelyn to the jury in a 4-3-1 vote.

Day 30, after Crystle cast a vote against Mike, the alliance (Crystle, Mike & Wab) would completely disassemble. Going into Tribal Council, Bernice was once again the target, but 3 castaways went rogue causing complete chaos and it was Steve who would end up being vote to the jury in a 3-2-1-1 vote. Day 33, heading into Tribal Council, Mike and Wab would pitch Bernice and Crystle to vote out Donna the Final Two thread. Donna was sent to the jury in a 4-2 vote. Day 36, his ally, Wab, pleaded to vote for Bernice at Tribal Council and had Mike done this, Bernice's 8 past votes would have sent her home. However, Mike would vote for Crystle and Mike would be voted out in a wild 2-1-1-1 Tribal Council, sending him to the jury.

At the Final Two, Mike's game was inter-woven with Crystle and Wab, but his ties to Wab was so strong that he voted for his friend to win. Wab would beat Crystle, 5-2.

#### Voting History

**^1**  In Ep 1, the vote ended with a 4-4 tie between Carolyn and Jin, forcing a revote. Nobody changed their vote on the revote, forcing a quiz tiebreaker. Carolyn was eliminated at the tiebreaker.

**^2**  In Ep 6, the vote ended with a 2-2 tie between Arthur and Mike, forcing a revote. Nobody changed their vote on the revote, forcing the past votes tiebreaker. Arthur was eliminated with 2 previous votes to 0.

### All-Stars - Solomon Islands

In '**All-Stars - Solomon Islands'**, Mike was a member of the **Villains** Tahaanuku tribe.

Day 2, feels that the tribe will experience more harmony without Arlette Alcock, but instead the tribe feels the tribe needs to be strong and send Carlos Johnson packing, 6-2. Day 8, is floored when he uncovers a ***Hidden Immunity Idol*** at Tahaanuku Beach, where he can use after the vote and before they are read, to cancel votes used against the castaway. Mike bonds strongly with Kat Heuser.

Day 14, Mike led the charge in getting the *Villains* to vote out Madeleine Allakariallak instead of Selma Alho. Day 17, bonds slightly with Selma. Day 23, Mike wants to send Harrison Davison home, but he realizes that Frankie has jumped ship and his *Villains* are no longer in the majority. At Tribal Council, Mike shocks the tribe by playing his *Hidden Immunity Idol* on Kat, when the votes are read, Mike is successful in negating 5 votes and the remaining *Villains* send home Kyle Rodriguez. This marks the first use (and successful use) of the Hidden Immunity Idol. Day 27, has a minor disagreement with Frankie Jimenez.

Day 33, has a major fight with Wab Kinew. At Tribal Council, Mike is left out of the conversations around camp and votes for Carmeno Atwood, who he feels is a challenge threat, but the other *Villains* join the *Heroes* and they vote out the strongest *Winner*, Jonathan Cheechoo. Day 35, forms an alliance with Harrison Davison and Harry Calderon with the knowledge that Harry is playing his Hidden Immunity Idol to vote out who they choose. At Tribal Council, Harry plays it correctly, negating 6 votes and they vote out another *Winner*, Huma Mansour. Day 37, targets Carmeno and gets his alliance of Harrison & Harry, along with Barth Wise & Selma Alho to vote him out. At Tribal Council, Harrison makes a huge blunder and changes his vote, which forces a tie and they lose Harry in the revote.

Day 39, finishes in the bottom 4 of the Immunity Challenge and is sent to Exile Island, with Barth Wise, Charlotte Murray & Neda Jaksic. Harrison joins Kat & Neda in voting for Wab, but Mike doesn't like how he made the decision for the two of them. At Tribal Council, Mike betrays his only ally and votes for Harrison, but it's not enough as Wab is sent to jury in a 5-4-1 vote. Day 41, bonds strongly with Carmeno Atwood. Day 43, Mike & Harrison believe it's time to send Madeeha Rattani to jury. At Tribal Council, the vote returns 3-3-2, a tie between Madeeha & Mike. In the revote, Barth, Kat and Selma flip votes to Mike and he's voted out of the game, 5-1.

At Final Tribal Council, Mike would reward Neda Jaksic with his vote for what he believed was a better overall game. Neda would win 7-2.

#### Voting History

**^1**  In Ep 05, Kagaba and Tahaanuku were subjected to a joint and mock Tribal Council where the players they voted out (Madeleine and Arlette respectively) were merely switched to the other tribe.

**^2**  In Ep 17, the vote ended with a 4-4-2-1 tie between Carmeno and Harry, forcing a revote. The revote would return 5-4, with Harry being voted out.
**^3**  In Ep 20, the vote ended with a 3-3-2 tie between Madeeha and Mike, forcing a revote. The revote would return 5-1, with Mike being voted out.

## Redemption Island

### Days spent on Redemption Island:

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* Mike is the first LGBTQ2S+ and Vancouver contestant to make the merge.
* Mike is the first LGBTQ2S+ and Vancouver contestant to make the jury.
* Mike is the first castaway to use and successfully use a Hidden Immunity Idol.
* Mike, along with Barth, Charlotte & Neda are the first contestants to visit Exile Island.