Collin Hinz

### Tribe(s)

Targaryen Tribe, Lannister Tribe, Merge Tribe (Winter War)Tribe Potowatomi (Last Chance)

### Alliances

Dacota Weiegert, Jadon Selsmeyer, Steph Krug, Ness Mulyk, Casey MacPhetridge (Winter War)TBD (Last Chance)

### Votes Against

7 (Winter War)0 (Last Chance)

**Collin Hinz** was the Sole Survivor of Survivor: Last Chance and was a contestant on Survivor: Winter War.

Playing very hard at the start of the game in *Survivor: Winter War*, Collin took control of the Targaryen Tribe very early on, having a big hand in a majority of the pre-merge voteoffs. However, he would be thrown into the middle of two clashing alliances at the merge, and he would unfortunately take a killing blow when an unsuspecting ally outed his true position. Collin returned in *Survivor: Last Chance* and succeeded in getting his crown after playing a dominant game and tying the record for most individual immunity challenge wins in a single season.

## Survivor: Winter War

Collin started the game on the Targaryen Tribe, and he quickly formed an alliance with Ness and Casey, and he and the other two wished to stick together as new players and eliminate the returning player on their tribe, Richie, as fast as possible. Collin found more success, as right before the first challenge, he found the hidden immunity idol on their tribe's camp. Collin was not selected by Richie to compete at the first immunity challenge, and he was forced to go to Tribal Council when neither Ness or Alex were able to score a point for their tribe. Back at camp, Collin immediately and publicly told Richie of his frustration regarding how he did not think Richie had listened to them when they were telling each other their strengths and weaknesses before the immunity challenge. Nevertheless, Collin still wished to keep Richie around, seeing him as someone who will be useful in the future, and he and Ness both agreed and were able to convince Casey to do the same. At Tribal Council, Collin got his way, and Richie was spared and they all voted Alex off.

After returning to camp, Collin rallied the tribe together and publicly announced that he thought Richie should continue being the leader of their tribe, as he considered him to be the most outspoken member of their tribe. With Richie's advice in mind after being selected by him to compete in the challenge, Collin made his attempt at the next immunity challenge, but it was to no avail, and they were forced to attend tribal council once again. Back at camp, Collin did not respond to Richie when he asked him and the others if he was the next to go. Once Richie was doing his private confessional away from the tribe, Collin openly campaigned against Richie, as he felt the three of them had the best chemistry in the tribe. He and Casey were approached by Richie, who warned them that Ness was Darius' girlfriend, and warned them about how dangerous of a player she could be. Collin stuck to his guns, and he got his way once again as Richie was the next one taken out of the game. After yet another loss at the next immunity challenge, Collin quickly found himself in the swing position. Two options confronted him, he could either take Casey and risk letting him reconnect with the others he knew at a tribe swap or merge and in the process take out a huge social threat, or he could take out Ness and get rid of a huge strategic threat. Collin decided to stick with Ness, taking out an agitated and blindsided Casey in the process.

Back at camp, Collin wanted to further strengthen his bond and trust with Ness, and he told her about his hidden immunity idol. The duo then agreed to work together for as long as they could for the rest of the game, and Collin correctly predicted an oncoming tribe swap that luckily kept them together on the Lannister Tribe alongside Arthur, Dylan, Griffin, and Jack. Collin finally saw safety in the game, as the Lannister Tribe won the next immunity challenge. At their new camp, Collin grew concerned over Arthur's actions and his desperate search for the hidden immunity idol. However, Arthur's lone wolf status appealed to him, and Collin attempted to pull Arthur in to work with him and Ness. Collin's safety did not last long, as he was back to his old routine when the Lannister Tribe lost the next immunity challenge. Although Collin attempted to work with Arthur to try to get one of the original Lannister Tribe members out, he immediately turned his back on him when he found out he was secretly targeting Ness. Collin and Ness agreed that their best move was to try to convince the Lannister 3 to take out Arthur. They both convinced Jack, but Griffin and Dylan feared an idol play from Arthur sending one of them out of the game, and they casted their votes for Ness, causing a 3-3 tied vote. When convening with the others before the revote, Collin felt secure knowing that Dylan was convincing the others to vote for Arthur and take him out of the game. It was at this point that Collin finished the hardest part of his game as he made the merge.

Although Collin did not find any advantages during the *Advantage Hunt*, he saw himself to be in a good position, as he had friends on both of the major alliances that were starting to form. However, he was concerned over the increasing target on his ally Ness, and he was prepared to do anything to help her stay safe. He eventually lost to Ness in the first immunity challenge of the season, and he started to be pulled between two alliances. His true alliance was with Ness, Jadon, Dacota, and Steph, and they all wanted to blindside Tom, as the saw him as the next biggest threat in the game. Collin was seemingly in a good position, unfortunately, this did not last for very long. When talking to Griffin about the vote, Dacota accidentally said that she needed to talk to Collin about her vote, outing his true position to someone who was not working with either of them. This made Griffin recognize that Collin was playing both sides and he remembered the only reason they wanted to target Ness to begin with was because they wanted to take out his connections and lifelines in the game. At Griffin's hand, the Lannisters, now equipped with Tom, began their attack against Collin, of which they would succeed. At Tribal Council, Collin was blindsided in a very close 6-5 vote. Collin would place 11th out of 15th and he became the first member of the jury.

At the jury roundtable, Collin did not speak much, but would sit back and listen to the chatter of the other jury members as he pondered who his vote would go to.

At the Final Tribal Council, Collin gave Tom credit for outlasting many people in the game, despite him being almost eliminated many times. However, he mentioned how he believed Tom's game to have been very quiet, but said he believed all three finalists played good games. Collin would vote for Dylan in what became the game's second tie at the Final Tribal Council, which ended up in Dylan winning the game after the tiebreaker.

Collin was one of many people who did not attend the *Survivor: Winter War Reunion Episode*. However, he was given a shoutout by Richie at the end, as he wanted to give him and Ness credit for their games during the season, and was also mentioned in affiliation to Dacota accidentally ratting out his position in the game.

**Collin's Voting History**
 **2** | Richie
 **3** | Casey
Arthur
 **6** | Tom
 **Voted**
**To Win**

## Survivor: Last Chance

Collin began a lucrative second chance on the Potowatomi Tribe alongside Alex, Ashley, Conner, Lita, Michael, Sam C., and Sam R., all thrown into their first immunity challenge of their season. During the challenge, Collin helped his tribe in getting their first ball into the hoop, despite it taking so long that it initially costed their tribe a lead. However, his efforts, alongside his tribemates' aided their tribe to a win, already giving Collin a better beginning than his last. At camp, Collin privately talked about his concerns with the season, stating that there were more people than he had initially planned for. However, he was aware of his initial distrust for his tribemates, but seemingly felt Lita could be trusted, and he spoke privately of his desire to speak with Sam C. due to their last season together, *Survivor: Winter War*, alongside his thoughts that someone found the hidden immunity idol. Collin was proven right, as unknown to him, Michael had found the hidden immunity idol, and Sam C. spoke privately about wanting to align with Collin. With his second chance underway, will his potential help him to get to the end? Or will he take a hard fall early on once more?

At the next immunity challenge, Collin attempted to help his tribe in the first part of the challenge, but almost fumbled it halfway through when he fell during Conner's attempt to trip Jack D. on the other tribe. Despite this, Collin got right back up and helped his tribe get a lead that eventually turned into another victory for their tribe. Back at camp, Collin wanted to celebrate with his tribe as some of them decided to drink, and he helped to make their celebration even better by cutting limes for them to use in their drinks as they talked with each other. Collin's joy soon turned to shock though, as a tribe swap the next round shook things up, keeping him on Tribe Potowatomi alongside Conner, Michael, Sam C., and Sam R., and despite the smaller numbers, Collin was more than happy with his tribe's current state, claiming he wanted to keep their tribe's chemistry where it was at. One can only assume he succeeded in his goal, as Tribe Potowatomi once again won immunity, giving Collin another win to add to resume. Back at camp, the tribe reminisced about their past seasons, with Collin talking about how he was in a great position in *Survivor: Winter War* until Dacota outed that he was playing both sides, and got more information about what happened with it from Sam C. once he asked him about it. In private, Sam C. claimed his loyalty to Collin by stating he was essentially his "Adam", but also said he will not hesitate to betray Collin and hoped he understood within the context of being an individual player within the game. Despite the latter part, this showcased that Collin had allies all around him, and was in an overall good spot in the game.

At the next immunity challenge, Collin aided his tribe to another victory, keeping his tribe safe once again from Tribal Council. Back at camp, Tribe Potowatomi got an announcement about items, such as advantages and hidden immunity idols, being hidden still within their camp. This led to their entire tribe searching for the hidden items, where Collin came up unsuccessful. At the fifth immunity challenge, Collin attempted to help his tribe in anyway he could, which was great for them as he scored the winning point for Tribe Potowatomi, keeping them safe for the fifth round in a row. Back at camp, Collin was happy they have been winning, but was concerned about being a threat for his challenge prowess and considered throwing a challenge to lessen his target as he had the merge on his mind. Additionally, Collin also privately spoke of his alliance with Sam C., stating that they have something good and also talking about how they have a three-man group on their tribe to stick together as they focused on winning future challenges.

Collin did not have to think about "the tribe" for too long, as the merge, as well as the individual game, began. At the first individual immunity challenge, Collin put up a good fight, but he ended up losing to Lita, which may help him in the long run with him not being seen as a challenge beast. At camp, Collin regrouped with Jack D., Jake, Lita, Sam C., and Tom, with them all sharing a common goal: get rid of Michael AND his hidden immunity idol. To combat the idol, Sam C. suggested they split the votes between Michael and one of his allies. In private, Collin said everyone knew Michael had an idol, jokingly saying “no one knows how, because I was looking up there and didn’t see sh\*t”, and he recapped their plan to flush out his idol despite believing Michael will use it out of fear, but he definitely did not trust Michael. When continuing to talk with his allies, they were joined by Sam R., now being called Dolphin Sam, who, alongside Sam C., suggested they split the votes between Conner and Michael, to which they all agreed to as Lita said she will get JP to vote with them. Once JP was filled in on the plan, the Core 8 decided the original Tribe Potowatomi members will vote Conner and the original Tribe Targaryen members will vote Michael. At Tribal Council, the plan was put into motion, as Michael surprisingly did not use his idol, resulting in him being locked in a 4-4-3-1 tied vote alongside Conner. On the revote, Collin used this opportunity to take a big threat out, helping to send a very bitter Michael to the jury, with Collin beginning this merge a lot better than his last.

Even though Collin lost individual immunity to Sam C., he was still in a good spot with the Core 8, who decided at camp to target Ashley for her physical prowess. However, it was Jake who started to stray from the group, as he campaigned to Collin, Sam C., and Michael's former allies to vote against Jack D. for his threat status. Once Jack D. arrived to this talk, Jake fled and Sam C. came up with a cover story about splitting up JP and Lita, the "power couple". Once Lita came in, Collin had had enough and left the group after Jack D. said he wanted to talk to him. As Jack D. spoke to him on whether or not they should go with their plan or not, Collin told him that he was not voting with Sam C., and after Jack D. pulled a passing JP and Tom into their talk, Collin was on board to vote Jake. In private, Collin said how he wanted to keep his alliance with Sam C. but wanted to vote Jake, Sam C.'s cousin, and said that his "true alliance" was with JP, Lita, and Tom. Jake stirred up more chaos as he tried to get the Core 8 to go against Maggie, only for him and Sam C. to change to Dolphin Sam after talking to Collin and Jack D. as they all searched for hidden immunity idols. Jake spoke to Collin one last time, telling him that they had Michael's allies and Sam C. to vote however they wanted them to, with the both of them talking about potential targets. At Tribal Council, despite Collin publicly stating the tensions in the tribe, due to the different sides and alliances forming, he was ready to pick a side as he voted Jake, who was sent to the jury in a 9-2 vote.

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## Trivia

* Collin is the only person to not receive a vote in a 2-1 vote-off at a tribal council **before** the merge.
* Collin is one of the first three contestants to be directly related to a former contestant, being the cousin of both *Survivor: Battle for Cambridge* and *Survivor: One World* contestant Devin Ulrich and *Survivor: Winter War* contestant Dylan Ulrich, the latter being the brother of Devin Ulrich. The third is *Survivor: Winter War* contestant Sam Chovanec, the cousin of *Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains* and *Survivor: One World* contestant Jake Harris.
* Collin is the first male contestant to be the last male remaining from his original tribe before the merge, being the last male contestant from the Targaryen Tribe in *Survivor: Winter War*.
* Collin holds the record for the least number of votes casted against a player in their winning season, having zero votes casted against him when he won *Survivor: Last Chance*. He shared this record with Dylan Ulrich, who got zero votes casted against him when he won *Survivor: Winter War*.