Blake

**Blake** was a houseguest on Season 1 - Sequester and Season 5 - Second Chance.

## Sequester

Blake entered the Sequester house as one of the 20 players competing for the title. Early on, he was able to maintain enough activity to make it through the first few rounds without much trouble. He spent this time making a few crucial connections, specifically with Beck and Nathan. During the third week, he miscalculated the vote distribution and voted for himself, accidentally sending himself to a tie, but due to his connections and strong campaigning, he managed to gather a large portion of the revotes to keep himself safe. Around this time, he found the first of his LOS's and kept this a secret from the rest of the house. A few rounds later, he was partnered with Nathan by the Black Hat Jared as part of a plan to eliminate the two of them. Despite Nathan's requests to be eliminated, Blake put up another strong campaign and flipped the vote to Owen and Patrick, making Owen the first member of the Kung Fu alliance to get turned on. The two returned and in the meantime, Blake had set his sights on Jared who was responsible for the plan to eliminate him.

This rivalry with Jared kicked off and defined the early jury portion of the game. During the first round of jury, Blake ended up with the title of Floater and challenged Jared to a debate, baiting him to expose his game and ultimately winning the debate. Despite not being able to vote him out that round, the rivalry would continue to grow. The next round, Blake was assigned Isaac as his bounty, and along with Beck managed to rally enough votes to eliminate Isaac and earn his second LOS, while throwing his own vote to avoid the Battle Match. This would prove a crucial win as a few rounds later, Jared was eliminated in a revote, which Blake was part of. However, he played his first LOS saving himself from facing his rival in the Battle Match. The next round, after another revote, he was forced to play his second LOS to avoid facing Isaac. With no more LOS's, a deadlocked game of three versus three, and no safety from the vote, Blake took a gamble and voted for himself, betraying his alliance and sending long time ally Beck to the Battle Match while also guaranteeing he avoided both the Wheel of Misfortune and a Battle Match. The next round, he won Absolute Safety, guaranteeing himself a spot in the Final Four. However, after a revote, Beck was the only person eligible to be challenged to the Battle Match and subsequently eliminated. At the Final Four Roundtable, Blake aggressively pushed for votes to go to Ryan, as he was the weakest player, but in reality, he voted for Patrick. He received votes from Patrick and Raul, making him the eighth juror. Feeling incredibly betrayed by Raul, dragged him out, leaving Patrick and Ryan as the Final Two.

Blake was one of two players to find and play multiple LOS's, his read on when to throw his vote and when to vote for his target, his use of voting for himself at the Final Six, and intense planning for the Final Four from weeks in advance, he was awarded the Chameleon Award, one of the Big Five titles, showing his ability to thrive in the Sequester Format.