Tyler James

**Tyler James** is a contestant from *Survivor: Honshu*.

Tyler was in a good position for most of the game. He managed to receive 0 votes against him. After injuring himself at the immunity challenge on Day 21, he had trouble walking when he got back to camp. When the medics arrived to camp, he was not cleared to continue due to fracturing his leg and he was removed from the game. Surgery was not needed for his injury so he was able to be on the jury and Tyler became the 1st member of the jury.

## Profile

Tyler is a 26 year-old actor from Las Vegas. He believes he will become one of the biggest players of the season. He has been a party animal his whole life so he doesn’t think he will have any problems socially.

**If You Could Bring 3 Things With You To The Island What Would They Be:** Some type of device to communicate on, a gym, and a yacht.

**What Past Player Will You Be Most Like:** I'd probably be like Ozzy physically and dominate the challenges. I think I'd definitely be a threat in that aspect of the game.

**Why Will You Be Sole Survivor:** I hate losing so I will make sure I am focused 24/7 and if I need to get rid of an ally to win, I'll do it in a heartbeat.

## Survivor

Tyler began the game on the Takeda tribe. He quickly formed relationships with many of his tribe members. Early in the game, Tyler was approached by Kevin Jacobson and Grace Kim to form an alliance. He agreed to work with them. Takeda won immunity on Day 3 so Tyler was safe for a few more days. On Day 5, Kevin and Grace let Tyler know that they believed Cassie Minerolis would be a good person to vote alongside the 3 of them. Tyler agreed that all 4 of them should stick together. On Day 6, Takeda lost immunity. Tyler and his alliance targeted Monique Waters due to being a social threat. The first vote resulted in a 4-4 tie. In between votes, Tyler and his allies convinced Margarita Chen-Chavez to vote for Monique. The revote ended in a 4-2 vote and Monique was sent home. Tyler realized that he was not on the bottom of his tribe and believed he was in a good position. Not much happened on the Takeda beach for a little while after that tribal council, as Takeda won the next 3 straight immunity challenges. Tyler was seen as a physical threat, but his tribe wanted to keep him so that they could keep winning. Takeda's winning streak ended on Day 17 when they lost immunity. Tyler was worried he would be targeted due to his physical strength. Luckily, the majority of the tribe started targeting Cassie due to her social skills and being well liked by the whole tribe. Tyler got along well with Cassie and let her know what was happening. Tyler and Cassie approached Grace, but didn't want her to know that their target was tribe member Chris Hopkins. They knew that Chris and Grace had somewhat of a personal relationship that was forming. Tyler and Cassie threw out Ryan Williams' name to Grace since not many people had a game relationship with him. At tribal council, Tyler and Cassie voted for Chris and Grace voted for Ryan, but the remaining 4 members of the tribe voted for Cassie and Cassie was sent home in a 4-2-1 vote. This made Tyler anxious for the merge as he believed he was in trouble on his tribe.

On Day 18, Takeda and opposing tribe Shimazu merged. Tyler formed relationships with members of the other tribe. On Day 19, Tyler did bad on purpose during the immunity challenge so he wasn't looked at as the biggest physical threat in the game. After the immunity challenge, Tyler was approached by Jennifer Gonzalez whom he met when the tribes merged. Jennifer explained how Crystal Underwood was the leader who ran most of Shimazu. Tyler did not believe what Jennifer was saying and let Crystal know what was said. Tyler voted with Crystal, Chris, and Margarita that night. They all voted for Paul McAllister since they believed Paul was too much of a hothead. It wasn't enough to send Paul home though, and Crystal was sent packing in a 6-4 vote. On Day 21 during the immunity challenge, Tyler accidentally crashed into a tree while competing. He hit his leg badly against it and he was unable to continue in the challenge. Tyler insisted he was fine to stay in the game, but when he arrived back at camp he could barely walk. Medics checked out his leg and realized he most likely fractured a bone. They said he was not medically cleared to continue in the game as they needed to do x-rays on his leg. Tyler was removed from the game after saying goodbye to his tribe mates and was disappointed in how he went out. He did not end up needing surgery on his leg, which gave him the opportunity to be on the jury. He became the 1st member of the jury and finished in 9th place.

At Final Tribal Council, Tyler questioned Kevin on his gameplay. He believed Kevin only really talked game with his close allies and didn't spend a lot of time talking to other people. Kevin explained that he talked a lot more game with his allies, but still had many conversations with everyone else. Tyler believed Grace played stronger out of the two of them. He congratulated Grace on her gameplay. He ended up voting for Grace to win, but she barely lost in a close 4-3 vote.