Adam Frelka

### Tribe(s)

Lannister Tribe, Stark Tribe, Merge Tribe (Winter War)Tribe Parvati, Tribe Cochran, Merge Tribe (Fans vs. Favorites: Revenge of the Fallen)

### Finish

5/15 (Winter War)8/14 (Fans vs. Favorites: Revenge of the Fallen)

### Alliances

The Lannister 5, Sam Chovanec, Steph Krug (Winter War)Cole Cichaki, Darius White (Fans vs. Favorites: Revenge of the Fallen)

### Votes Against

3 (Winter War)6 (Fans vs. Favorites: Revenge of the Fallen)

**Adam Frelka** is currently a contestant on Survivor: Legends and was a contestant and the Player of the Season on Survivor: Winter War and a contestant on Survivor: Fans vs. Favorites: Revenge of the Fallen.

Adam is noted for playing one of the best games in *Survivor Whitewater* history, where he was able to make blindsides happen quietly at the snap of his fingers as well as making people swing the votes the way he wanted to. However, this was also his demise, as his right hand man in the game would see how good of a game he was playing and would slowly out his game to others before ultimately sealing Adam's fate. Adam's game would help make him the first contestant to win the *Survivor Whitewater Player of the Season Award*. Adam's strong skills in the game would follow him into his second attempt, where he would dominate in many aspects of the game until an unsuspecting ally made one of the biggest moves in the game with the goal of getting him out.

## Survivor: Winter War

Adam would start the game on the Lannister Tribe, and they would not waste time looking for hidden immunity idols. After returning player Jack looked right away for the hidden immunity idol, Adam and the other new players quickly laughed and assured each other that he would be the first out. While his tribe was distracted, Adam quickly found the hidden immunity idol in a stocking hung up around his camp and told no one. At the first immunity challenge, Adam's tribe would find success as Jack's picks for the challenge, those being Sam and Griffin, would help them to beat both of the tribes in the first immunity challenge of the season, keeping Adam safe.

Adam's safety in the game would continue once Jack would win the Lannister Tribe the next immunity challenge. However, after the immunity challenge, Adam and his tribe would grow concerned at what a future tribe swap could hold for their tribe. Adam would then be able to hide his hidden immunity idol throughout a pocket search suggested by Sam after he got suspicious of Jack having the hidden immunity idol. Adam would then agree to be in a Final 5 alliance with the others on his tribe to keep themselves safe at a tribe swap and the merge. Once the Lannister Tribe won another immunity challenge, Adam would be more concerned than before due to the possibility of a tribe swap. Although he would start talks of the possibility of it occurring, he was still glad to see his tribe win yet another first place in an immunity challenge.

Adam's concerns would return and resurface vigorously, as he and Sam would find themselves on what appeared to be the bad end of a tribe swap, sending the both of them to the Stark Tribe to fend for themselves against four other former Stark Tribe members. However, things would continue to look up for them, even after they lost the next immunity challenge. Adam and Sam would attempt to work some magic on the others on their tribe, and in a matter of minutes, the tribe was scrambling to take each other out. Adam and Sam would eventually decide to go with Tom's plan to blindside Jadon at their first tribal council, as they did not trust him as well as they trusted the others.

Back at camp, Adam would grow concerned when his ally, Sam, garnered a vote from one of the others in their tribe. His concerns only grew when no one would admit who voted him. However, this did not stop the new Stark Tribe's momentum, as they would all win the next immunity challenge and would guarantee themselves to see the merge.

At the *Advantage Hunt*, Adam would find an *Extra Vote* Advantage that could be used up to the Final 8, giving Adam more power and more excitement in the game. Even though no one in his alliance would win the first individual immunity challenge, Adam would still be very comfortable and safe in his alliance, as they used Griffin's intel to take Collin out of the game in a 6-5 vote with intention to dismantle every member of their opposing alliance. However, Adam would start to question Griffin's presence in the game at this point, seeing him as expendable in comparison to some of the others in the game.

After losing the next individual immunity challenge to Dylan, Adam and Sam were approached by Griffin about the potential of taking out either Jadon or Dacota. The three guys were then approached by the girls alliance to try to help them take out Tom. The three then went to talk to the others in the *Lannister 5* Alliance, now equipped with Tom. However, Adam and Sam would have other plans, and a plan to take out Griffin was formed. Adam would then approach Steph about this plan, with her agreeing to help tell the others in her alliance about this idea. In order to throw Griffin and Jadon off, Adam would then go and tell Griffin that the other alliance was voting Tom and claimed to Dylan that Jadon was throwing Ness' name out and they wanted Jadon out. Adam then told Sam that he should vote for Tom in order to cover up their tracks. Their plan would end up as a success, and Griffin would be eliminated. However, things were not over for them, as they were informed that a second vote would happen then and there. In order to cover up their tracks further, they would vote alongside their alliance to take out Jadon, and Jadon would be sent home.

After losing the individual immunity challenge to Steph, she would approach Adam and Sam about the opportunity to take out her ally Dacota, and like the others, Adam was weary of keeping her in due to her talking to everyone. Adam and Sam would then approach Jack about the potential to take out Dacota and to discuss Ness' hidden immunity idol. When Tom and Dylan arrived, the five would decide to throw their votes on one of the girls, and when he would campaign more for his game to Dylan and Jack when he was alone with them. This, in turn, would help Jack to catch on to his and Sam's prior moves. Adam would still attempt to campaign for Dacota, seeing her as very untrustworthy, and he also perceived this as a potential move that could break or make any future alliance with Steph. Adam and Sam would lie to Dacota and tell her that they were voting Ness. However, more and more people would be questioning Adam's presence in the game, as even his best ally in the game, Sam, was considering on taking him out. Adam would make one last attempt to get the vote onto Dacota. At tribal council, Adam would use his *Extra Vote* Advantage to vote for Dacota twice. After a tie would occur after Ness played her hidden immunity idol, Adam would solidify an alliance with Steph and would convince her to feel comfortable enough to vote for Dacota over Tom. On the revote, Adam would once again vote for Dacota, helping her elimination be a near-unanimous vote.

Back at camp, Adam would immediately group up with Steph and align with her and they made a plan to take out Ness, filling Sam in on their plan shortly after. After the individual immunity challenge, Adam and Sam would approach Tom and Steph about voting Ness. Adam and Sam would take Tom to Jack and Dylan to pitch their plan of voting Ness out, of which Jack and Dylan would lie about wanting to do and would attempt to get Tom to vote Steph with them the minute Adam and Sam left. Later, Adam, Sam, and Tom would talk with each other again to confirm their "plan" before he and Sam would go off and talk to Steph. When talking to her, Adam and Steph would get information from her that she has two hidden immunity idols, giving their alliance more power in the game. At tribal council, Tom would use his *Steal-A-Vote* Advantage against Steph, but that would not stop their alliance from getting what they desired. Steph would use her hidden immunity idol on herself as Adam and Sam would vote for Ness, securing Ness' demise and a successful tribal council.

After tribal council, Adam would finally strike success again in the challenges, winning his first individual immunity challenge. Adam would then go on to talk to Steph, highly recommending her to use her final hidden immunity idol on herself, but they were unsure of who to vote for at the upcoming tribal council. They would eventually settle on voting for Jack, seeing him as a threat down the line as they would get closer to the end. Adam would then go in to fill Sam in on the plan to get rid of Jack, and would tell Tom and Dylan that he would be voting Steph. Little did he know, one of his allies was already turning against him, leaking information about his hidden immunity idol and painting Adam as the next biggest threat in the game. At tribal council, Adam would cast his vote against Jack, and after hearing rumors about Sam's name being thrown out there, he would use his hidden immunity idol to keep Sam safe. This tribal council would be a double-edged sword for him, as while he would get Jack out of the game, he would also waste his hidden immunity idol, just as the others had intended for him to, leaving him very much exposed.

After losing the next individual immunity challenge, Adam would find himself on the hotseat very fast, and his only saving grace would be to convince Sam to continue to work with him. However, this would be very tricky, as Sam would mention to him that he knew he would be making a mistake keeping him in the game after the next tribal council. Adam would converse with Sam and Steph in hopes that he would be able to convince them to keep him around for a bit longer to make it to the end together. Adam would then help campaign for Tom to be voted out, as he believed Tom would be a threat at the end. Although Adam would be able to convince Steph during these talks, Sam was not fully swayed. This would ring true at tribal council, as Adam would be taken out in a 3-2 vote after Sam decided to vote for him over Tom. Adam would place 5th out of 15th and he would become the seventh member of the jury.

At the jury roundtable, Adam would ask a question about Dylan's game out of curiosity about his alliance with Jack and Griffin during the game, and would listen in to hear more about Dylan's game from Griffin and Jack.

At the Final Tribal Council, Adam would give credit to his in-game ally, Sam, for his social and strategic game. Adam would also mention that he saw Dylan's alliance with Jack and Griffin as obvious, and stated that although he perceived Dylan's game as good, he wanted more information on Dylan's game, of which he got. Adam would then ask Tom about his thought about the Final 5. He would then get Sam to admit his role in Griffin's blindside, that being Sam's lone vote for Tom. Adam would then go on to vote for Sam in what would become the game's second

At the *Survivor: Winter War Reunion Episode*, Adam would be involved with many of the conversations, including those involving Richie's confusion with Sam's gameplay as well as others involving the strategy behind his game and the thoughts of others. In the end, Adam would win the first ever *Player of the Season Award* for his impressive gameplay throughout the season.

## Survivor: Fans vs. Favorites: Revenge of the Fallen

Adam's lack of fear at the *First Impression Vote* Twist helped him to put a target on Ness, whom he considered to be the biggest threat in the group of Favorites. While he would be successful, he would find out that she would not only still be in the game, but would also be on his new tribe, Tribe Parvati. To make matters worse, Tribe Parvati would lose the first immunity challenge and Adam would have to go to the first tribal council of the season. At camp, Adam would quickly bond and align with Cole as the both of them made a quick decision that Ness needed to go due to her advantage and so that their tribe would succeed in challenges, seeing Ness as the weakest link on their tribe. Adam would then attempt to rekindle his alliance with Steph from *Survivor: Winter War*, and they both agreed to keep each other safe at all costs. Adam and Cole would then continue to go around to everyone on their tribe and make a campaign for Ness' elimination, with them believing to have people on their side. However, tribal council would show a different story, as Cole would be blindsided in a 5-2 vote due to everyone in their tribe seeing Adam and Cole as huge threats in the future of the game. Adam's bad luck would continue to follow him, as his tribe would lose the next immunity challenge. Although Adam and Ness were weary of each other, the two of them plotted together with Sam to see if they could convince Steph and Emily to help them target Michael, who was quickly taking over his tribe as he had in his prior seasons in the early game. At tribal council, Adam and Ness' plan helped to lock a tied vote between Michael and Ness; saving Ness, but putting Adam at risk as he entered the game's third rock draw. Luckily, Adam would finally catch a break in the season, as the rock draw would not effect him, but would instead kill Emily's game.

The lucky breaks would just keep coming for Adam, as a tribe swap would send him over to Tribe Cochran alongside Darius, Sam, and Vin. Together, they would become the strongest tribe in the game, winning multiple challenges consecutively and showcasing their strengths while doing it. At camp, Adam would bond with the others on his tribe and they would attempt to make a plan for when they reached the merge together.

However, this was not to be, as a tribe swap would separate Vin from the other three, who would go to Tribe Parvati alongside Corey and Kenzie. Adam was once again in a new tribe, but this would not stop his efforts at the immunity challenge, as his efforts helped to guarantee his tribe immunity. At camp, Adam would attempt to bond with his tribemates, and would attempt to find the hidden immunity idol in his tribe's camp. While he would not find the hidden immunity idol, Adam would find safety in his tribe, as they did not plan to gun for his elimination if they had to go to tribal council before the merge.

This would not be a concern though, as Adam would find out after Vin's blindside that he had once again made the merge. Although he would not win the first individual immunity challenge of the season, Adam would find his own personal wins in the other aspects of the game. Firstly, he was informed of a plan to vote out Michael, who was becoming a huge concern to many people due to his strategic prowess in the game. Secondly, he would form an Final 2 pact with Darius in an attempt to help form a meat shield of sorts for them to have on each other, as they both knew that they were at risk once Michael would be eliminated. Third, he contemplated using Richie as an ally in the game and to gain information along the way. At tribal council, Adam would help to blindside Michael in a 7-3 vote, and Adam's thoughts on jury management would commence when he was made aware that Michael was now the first member of the jury.

Adam's game would get taken up a notch as he would win the next individual immunity challenge, ruining Corey's plan to take him out of the game. However, Adam would quickly find out that many of his supposed "allies" were gunning for his one true ally, Darius. Although he would try his best, he was not able to sway the rest of them to not vote for Darius at tribal council. As a last resort and precaution for the offchance that he made the Final Tribal Council, Adam decided to not cast his vote against Darius at the next tribal council, believing it to be a move for his jury management. Although he would still be on good terms with Darius, it would not save his ally, who would get voted out in a 7-2 vote.

After tribal council, Adam would get a pleasant surprise when the Final 8 found out that they would be participating in the *Survivor Whitewater Auction*. Adam would spend $20 of his $200 custom cash on a *Kit-Kat* Chocolate Bar. This purchase that would ultimately hurt him when he and Richie, who bidded his entire $200 custom cash, were both attempting to purchase the last item in the Auction, which turned out to be an advantage in the game that went to Richie. Although Adam and the others were weary that Richie had a powerful advantage, Richie's talk of it just being for the challenge eased his nerves as he went into the next challenge. After losing individual immunity to Corey, Adam would be pulled aside by Richie with everyone, except for Maggie and Ness, so he could tell them that he had actually purchased the *Idol Nullifier* in an attempt to gain trust with them. Corey and Richie would then start talks with Adam about taking Ness out of the game, as the six of them saw her as a major threat in the future of the game. This would spark major concerns with Adam, until he realized that Richie was attempting to gain trust with him, which made him believe that Richie could be valuable to him in the future of the game. However, this would not stop Adam from immediately relaying this information to Maggie and Ness, all of whom were confused as to who was the true target in the game. Adam's concerns would grow more and more as he began to suspect that he was the next on the chopping block, and he would begin to search for a hidden immunity idol. Adam would then talk with Richie and Cole, where he was told by Richie that he was getting vibes that Sam was playing the game very similarly to *Survivor: Twist Manor* and *Survivor: Winter War* player Jack Demet, who was known for his quiet and strategic gameplay. Not having any other information for the vote, besides his talks with Corey and Richie, Adam would cast his vote for Sam at tribal council. After the votes were cast, Adam got up to play a hidden immunity idol that he had found, thinking he would be safe and would see where everyone's true loyalties were at. However, Richie had pulled a fast one on him by using his *Idol Nullifier* against Adam. This would not only make his hidden immunity idol play null and void, but it would also mean that every vote casted for Adam would still count. This would lead to Adam's elimination in the game by a vote of 6-1-1. Adam would place 8th out of 14th and would become the third member of the jury.

At the Final Tribal Council, Adam would question Richie and Corey about his elimination, specifically in regards to why Richie played his *Idol Nullifier*. This move would then be discussed much during the rest of the Final Tribal Council. Adam would end up casting his jury vote for Corey to win the game, as he saw his game as the best out of the options within the Final 3.

## Trivia

* Adam is the first contestant to win the *Survivor Whitewater Player of the Season Award*.
	+ Adam is also the first male contestant to win this award.
* Adam is the only male returning player in *Survivor: Fans vs. Favorites: Revenge of the Fallen* to have not previously played in *Survivor: Twist Manor*.
* Adam is the only male returning player in *Survivor: Fans vs. Favorites: Revenge of the Fallen* to have only played once prior, as the other male returning players played in two prior seasons.
* Both times Adam played the game, he would be immune from the third and fifth tribal councils of the season.
* Both times Adam played the game, he would be voted out the tribal council after he was immediately not immune.