Michael Vega

**Days Lasted:** | 39

**Michael Vega** is the Sole Survivor of *Survivor: Fiji*.

Known for his savvy and smart gameplay, Michael quickly emerged as a front-runner during his time on *Fiji*. Michael was worried when he was placed on the all-male Namotu tribe, that he would be ostracized due to his sexuality. However, through Michael's social relationships and performance in challenges, he was not targeted. Michael developed a dislike for Jerry Coleman, and attempted to get him out pre-merge but he failed. As a result, when the tribes merged, Michael combined forces with a lot of the women who had been outnumbered to take Jerry out, which succeeded and led to Michael's first official blindside. Michael's success in voting Jerry out kept Michael at a very steady momentum, making several small moves in being on the right side of the numbers after Usha used a Hidden Immunity Idol. On Day 31, Michael developed a plan along with many of the other members of Wasa to get Usha out due to her threatening nature in the game, which they did. On Day 36, Michael's strong social relationship with Marissa Michel, another power player, led her to disclose that she had the Legacy Advantage and would be playing it. As a result, Michael and Marissa created a plan to blindside Irene with Marissa using her advantage, and Irene was later voted out. Michael kept his relationship strong with Marissa, and had them work together to take Oscar out, however at the Final Four, Michael turned on Marissa and plotted to get her voted out, creating an all-men voting bloc. The men promptly voted Marissa out, giving Michael a spot in the Final Three. Despite criticism for Michael about being shady and deceptive, the jurors felt that was the nature of the game, and Michael won the title of Sole Survivor over Greg Barrett and Logan Trush in a 5-3-2 jury vote.

## Profile

*Retrieved from survivorthesims.fandom.com*

Michael Vega is a 25-year-old Social Media Manager, who loves being social and connecting with other people on a daily basis. Michael first watched *Survivor* at a friend's house, where he immediately fell in love with the show and was encouraged to apply for *Survivor*. After applying for *Survivor: Cook Islands* and not making it, Michael decided to apply a few more times before being approached by a casting director and asked if he wanted a spot on *Survivor: Fiji*, where he eagerly agreed. Michael describes himself as witty, fun, strategic, smart, and spontaneous, and is down for any experience imaginable.

Michael's birthdate is May 6, 1996. He currently resides in Chicago, Illinois with his dog, Cherry.

## Trivia

* Michael is the first Sole Survivor to identify as a member of the LGBTQ+ community, as Michael identifies as gay.
* Michael is the second winner to never have won Individual Immunity, the first being Keith Trager from*Samoa*.
* Michael is the second winner to have never had a vote cast against them in their winning season, the first being Tatyana Kuzmina from *South Africa*.
* Michael was not in the majority of a vote up until the merge.
	+ However, this is because the Namotu tribe only attended one Tribal Council pre-merge.
* Michael is the first winner to have drawn rocks, and survived, eventually becoming the Sole Survivor. Rocks were drawn after a deadlock on Day 27.
* Michael is the first contestant of Ecuadorian descent to compete on *Survivor: The Sims*.
* At 25 years old, Michael was the youngest Sole Survivor at the time of his win.
* Immediately after the finale of *Survivor: Fiji*, Michael was contacted and asked if he wanted to return for *Survivor: All-Stars*. Michael turned down the opportunity due to work commitments, as well as the fact that he'd just finished the show.

## References/Notes

1. ↑ Usha played a Hidden Immunity Idol, negating all votes cast against her.
2. ↑ This vote resulted in a tie between Greg and Logan, forcing in a revote.
3. ↑ Spencer was evacuated from the game, resulting in Tribal Council being cancelled.
4. ↑ Michael's Twitter