Roy DeVega

**Roy DeVega** is a contestant from *Survivor: Honshu*.

Roy managed to receive 0 votes up until the Final 3. On Day 38, Grace Kim won immunity and decided to keep her ally Kevin Jacobson in the game over Roy. Roy received his only vote in the game from Grace and was sent to the jury, becoming the 7th and final member.

## Profile

The oldest member of the cast, Roy has seen it all after being a fire fighter for 35 years. He believes although his age might make it hard for him to compete against these younger people, he won’t let it stop him and he plans on taking the $1 million from everyone else.

**If You Could Bring 3 Things With You To The Island What Would They Be:** Alcohol, a baseball, and a phone to call home.

**What Past Player Will You Be Most Like:** I'm not planning on playing like any other player from the show. I plan on playing a smooth game and creating my own gameplay.

**Why Will You Be Sole Survivor:** I used to be a fire fighter for 35 years. I know how to handle tough situations and can play everyone like a fiddle. That will help me become the Sole Survivor.

## Survivor

Roy began the game on Shimazu. On Day 3, Shimazu lost immunity. Before the vote, Roy decided to go along with the plan to target Jennifer Gonzalez. He was told the plan by tribe mates Betsy Christensen, Mark Watson, and Paul McAllister. Betsy and Jennifer previously got into an altercation after the challenge because Jennifer called out Betsy for performing badly in the immunity challenge and blamed Betsy for the tribe's loss. At tribal, the vote tied in a 4-4 vote between Betsy and Jennifer. Roy knew the other side wouldn't flip and did believe that if Betsy stayed, they could easily lose immunity again. Roy decided to vote for Betsy on the revote and so did everyone else. Betsy was sent home in a unanimous revote. On Day 6, Shimazu won immunity. Shimazu lost immunity on Day 9. Roy heard that Mark and tribe mate Alex Cummings were in hot water. Roy knew that Mark moved on to working with other tribe members over himself. At tribal, Roy voted for Mark. Mark was sent home in a 5-2 vote. On Day 12, Shimazu lost immunity again. Jennifer approached Roy and let him know that Alex was a strategic threat and closest with tribe mate Navya Patel. Roy agreed that Alex was a threat and voted for him at tribal that night. Alex got voted out in a 4-2 vote, keeping Roy in the voting majority. On Day 14, Shimazu lost their 4th immunity challenge. Roy didn't care who to get out for the vote. He and Jennifer decided to target Navya together for being a future strategic threat if she were to make the merge. At tribal, the vote tied in a 2-2-1 vote between Crystal Underwood and Navya. During the revote, Roy and Jennifer had majority against Paul (who was also voting) and sent Navya packing in a 2-1 revote. On Day 17, Shimazu won immunity. Roy was happy and became hopeful for a merge.

On Day 18, Roy's wish was granted when both starting tribes merged. Roy immediately began bonding with Takeda tribe member Margarita Chen-Chavez. They bonded over their ages and were both the oldest man and woman of the cast. On Day 19, Jennifer and Crystal starting campaigning against each other after Jennifer spread rumors about Crystal being the Shimazu "leader." Roy felt like he had more loyalty towards Jennifer and decided to vote with her. Roy voted for Crystal and Crystal got out in a 6-4 vote. On Day 21, Roy confirmed an alliance with Margarita. Tribal council was canceled that night after Tyler James injured his leg in the immunity challenge earlier that day. On Day 24, Roy decided not to play hard and vote for whoever he felt like had the majority of votes. At camp, Paul tried blowing up Jennifer's game. He called her messy and an unpredictable player. Roy, along with the rest of the tribe, became annoyed with Paul and were already a little skeptical with talking to Paul due to his confrontational personality. At tribal, Roy voted for Paul who was voted out in a unanimous 7-1 vote. On Day 27, Ryan Williams and Jennifer got into an altercation over the tribe food. They began to target each other. Roy felt like Jennifer was better to keep in for his game and voted for Ryan at tribal. Ryan was blindsided in a close 4-3 vote that night. On Day 30, both Jennifer and Margarita told Roy that Chris Hopkins was a huge social threat and physical threat and needed to go. He felt like Chris was also a huge threat. At tribal, Roy voted for Chris and Chris was sent to the jury in a 4-2 vote. On Day 33, Jennifer approached Roy and let him know that she wanted to see a Shimazu Final 2. Roy agreed. They decided to target Kevin Jacobson together for being a huge strategic threat. Roy let Margarita know that Kevin needed to go. Margarita let him know that she was stuck in the middle between voting with him and Jennifer or Kevin and Grace Kim, who were both from Takeda. Roy knew that Margarita was also from Takeda and could easily vote with the other side. That ended up happening as Margarita stuck with Kevin and Grace, and Jennifer was sent to the jury in a 3-2 vote. After tribal, Margarita let Roy know why she stuck with Takeda. She explained that she owed her original tribe members her loyalty for that one vote, and also believed Jennifer was a bigger jury threat than Kevin. Roy understood Margarita's reasoning and forgave her. On Day 36, Roy won individual immunity. He felt great after guaranteeing himself a spot in the Final 3. Back at camp, it became obvious that he and Margarita would stick together and so would Kevin and Grace. At tribal, Roy and his ally targeted Grace. They believed Kevin would more likely flip on Grace during the revote than the other way around. The vote tied 2-2 between Margarita and Grace. During the revote, Roy voted for Grace again but Kevin also kept his vote the same and voted for Margarita. This sent Margarita and Grace into a fire-making tiebreaker challenge. Margarita almost beat Grace within the first couple of minutes, but Grace caught up and ended up winning. Margarita was sent to the jury and Roy lost his closest ally. The next day, Roy, Kevin, and Grace all went on the Rites of Passage leading up to their Final Immunity Challenge. Roy said many nice things about his past tribe mates. At the challenge, Roy managed to last longer than Kevin. After 3 hours of the harsh final immunity challenge, Roy couldn't last any longer and lost to Grace. Back at camp, Grace let Roy plead his case to stay in the game to her. He told her how he really only had Margarita's vote to win, but Kevin had a ton of votes to win. He let her know that he played a quiet game and didn't make many big moves. Grace seemed persuaded by Roy's argument, leaving Roy hopeful that he would stay in the game. At tribal, Roy and Kevin began throwing each other under the bus. Grace seemed stumped on what to do. Roy's argument ultimately wasn't enough to stay in the game. Grace ended up voting for him, giving him his only vote against in the game. Roy was sent to the jury in 3rd place, and became the 7th and final member of the jury.

At Final Tribal Council, Roy told Kevin that he thought Kevin could have socialized more with everyone at camp. Kevin agreed and let Roy know that that was what he struggled with in the game. Roy then let Grace know that he thought her decision to vote him out instead of Kevin was extremely stupid. He told her that he believed if she had kept him in the game instead of Kevin, she would have 100% won. He said that keeping Kevin greatly hindered her chances at winning the game. Roy felt like that move was enough to not vote for Grace and he ended up voting for Kevin to win the game. Kevin did end up winning after he beat Grace in a close 4-3 vote.

## Trivia

* Roy is the oldest contestant to compete on *Honshu*.