Ryder

Survivor: Redemption Island
Tribe(s): Zapatera, Murlonio
Finish: Second Runner Up/20
 Survivor: Cook Islands

Tribe(s): Aitutaki
Finish: 18/20

Tribe(s): Aparri, Solana
Finish: 16/21
Tribe(s): Galang
Finish: 15/20

Ryder is a contestant from *Survivor: Redemption Island*, *Survivor: Cook Islands,* *Survivor: Cagayan, and Survivor: Blood vs. Water*.

## Survivor: Redemption Island

Ryder began *Survivor: Redemption Island* on the purple Zapatera tribe. He originally worked with Bethany and Jett through the Redemption Island Duo because they all had relatives who competed in the previous season. At Zapatera's first tribal council however, Ryder was voted out and sent to Redemption Island.

In his first few rounds at Redemption Island, he competed against Clara, Scott, John and Danny, winning all of these duels. Competing against Bethany and Dave, the opportunity to return to the game was presented to the trio. Bethany finished first and returned to the game, shortly followed by Ryder, who remained on Redemption Island. In the last duel of the pre-merge, Ryder competed against Kat, Mia and Glimmer for one spot back into the game. Ryder won, sending the girls home and returning to the competition.

At this point, Ryder made the merge. It was clear as soon as the tribes merged that the original Zapatera tribe had untrustworthy alliances. Mandy, sensing she could be eliminated soon, proposed a super alliance with Katniss' Ometepe tribe. This resulted in the eliminations of Isobel, Jett and Cindy. By this point, the super alliance were the only castaways left in the game and had to turn on each other. Bethany as one of these threats was voted out, followed shortly by the rest of the Ometepe tribe. When Bethany returned, she was quickly voted out for her charming nature.

This landed Ryder a spot with Summer and Mandy in the Final Tribal Council. The jury respected Mandy's strong hold on the game, Summer's kind and social approach to the game and Ryder being able to survive the game and Redemption Island. In the end, Ryder was given 2 of 9 jury votes from Jeremiah and Bethany, making him the Co Runner-Up.

## Survivor: Cook Islands

Ryder competed again in *Survivor: Cook Islands* on the red Aitutaki tribe. Ryder began the game with no definitive alliance. This proved dangerous when tribe lost two immunity challenges. The first loss resulted in an unanimous vote sending Vikki home. At the second loss, Peeta, Tommy and Brooklyn banded together and voted Ryder out for already making the Final Three before. He lasted 8 days.

### Voting History

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## Survivor: Cagayan

For his strong *Redemption Island* performance and physical strength, Ryder was placed on the orange Aparri tribe for *Survivor: Cagayan*. The tribe was labelled as the 'Brawn' tribe. Aparri only had to go to one tribal council at the beginning of the game, sending Aida home for having connections on the other tribes.This left Ryder in a good spot at the start. At the tribe dissolve, Ryder went to the purple Solana tribe with original member, Grayson. For being only two of the original tribe, Ryder was placed in the minority quickly. When Solana lost the first time, Ryder was voted out.

### Voting History

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## Survivor: Blood vs. Water

Ryder then returned to *Survivor: Blood vs. Water*, with his sister Adelaide. He, along with the returning castaways were put on the yellow Galang tribe. Ryder quickly rekindled his relationships with Bethany and Mandy to create the second iteration of the Redemption Island Duo, but this was short-lived because Ryder flipped to send Mandy to Redemption Island. This move seemed to benefit the duo, who became apart of the majority alliance on Galang that would then vote out Kayla. When Galang lost the second time, Bethany was blindsided because the tribe was threatened by her history on Redemption Island.

Unfortunately, Ryder was left alone in the main game when Bethany lost the re-entry duel to Redemption Island. Luckily for him, a tribe switch occurred and Ryder remained on the yellow Galang tribe along with Cody, Mandy, Charlie and Fawn. When Galang lost the first immunity challenge, the three original Galang men voted together for Neal. However, they did not have the votes and Ryder was voted out by Mandy, Dane, Fawn and Tucker. In his first Redemption Island duel of the season, Ryder competed against Beau, Mallory and Neal for three spots on Redemption Island. For being the first to drop out of the endurance challenge, Ryder lost and was officially out of the game.

### Voting History

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## Trivia

* Ryder is one of ten castaways to compete in multiple seasons involving Redemption Island, the others being Bethany, Mandy, Virgil, Jett, Dave, Charlie, Lana, Fawn and Alistair.
	+ He is the only person to return from Redemption Island and make it to the Final Tribal Council.