Gabe Frost

***Gabe*** was a castaway on Essential Survivor: Togo. He later competed in Essential Survivor: All-Stars

## Togo

Gabe, without a doubt one of the most popular castaways this season. Gabe had several big brain moments while also bearing the same amount of… eh moments. But regardless, it was a blast watching Gabe maneuver through the game and I’m content with his overall performance, let’s talk about it.

Gabe was chosen by Leetah to be on the Tchamba tribe. He made solid connections with both Brendan and Bandit, (which played into a factor that’s coming up soon) so of course an alliance with the three of them (plus Jack later) was created. But after they sadly lost the first immunity challenge, when the same alliance was made but replacing Jack and Bandit and Drew and Leetah, so with Brendan and Gabe realized that they were in the middle, they chose Bandit and Jack’s side. But Gabe took it a step ahead, giving Leetah a heads up about the vote, prompting her to play an idol, idoling out Gabe’s ally Bandit.

Fast forward to the Tribe Dissolve/Swap, Gabe was the person who ended up not receiving a buff, resulting in him going to Exile Island for the entirety of Episode 4. In the upcoming episode, Gabe was transferred to the New Tchamba tribe after Nick was voted off, reuniting with Leetah, who he was now forced to work with. This is where Gabe’s strategic prowess comes in. Despite being socially disconnected from the tribe when he was sent to Exile, he surely made well enough connections because he became a pit stop for game info. Realizing this, he noticed that Rey has been playing a good social game, so immediately he wanted to blindside him. He brought in Asier, Ben, and Leetah in on it but with a touch of bad mouthing, all three of them were on-board with the blindside.

But when Asier didn’t vote and was nowhere to be found Gabe’s plan looked like it’d go to rocks… until Zach leaked the other side’s plan to him, getting Ben to save himself with his idol, getting Rey out and fulfilling gabe’s plan. This whole episode showcased how good Gabe is at orchestrating blindsides and swaying people towards his ideas. Now, we’re at the merge and after only a day, Gabe managed to find the merged Immunity Idol. Which after the Douglas quit, would soon be put to use. Gabe’s side had Leetah, himself, Asier, Ben, Zach, Jack and Brendan. While it seemed like they could easily just take their majority, Zach and Asier had flipped to the other side in a matter of minutes due to Gabe’s overbearing attitude. So when Gabe began to press Asier, he soon found out that he was the other side’s target. So he wasn’t too worried, as he had an idol. Even when the vote presumably switched to Brendan, although Gabe was cautious for Brendan, he himself was set on saving himself with his idol (which he didn’t even end up playing). Which he soon paid the price for when Zach stole his vote, and Jack was immediately blindsided and out of the game. But that wasn’t the first blindside Gabe received because Brendan was voted out right after (whilst wasting his idol at his tribal) and Jay and Leetah were both removed from the game.

By the Final Seven, Gabe’s only ally was Ben and Kalina had won immunity. Gabe’s immediate target was Aidan, but despite not having numbers at the moment, he didn’t roll over and die. He began to talk to Zach about blindsiding Aidan, and after days of campaigning, Zach finally agreed to it and passed the info onto Asier and Liz. Needless to say, Aidan soon caught onto Zach’s quiet demeanor towards him and felt something coming. Welp, he was right as he was voted out 5-2 (but not without Gabe playing his idol i n case things went left). But Gabe’s lives ran out at the Final Six, where he was blindsided by Zach and Asier. Regardless, Gabe left a memorable mark on this season and showed true gameplay.

## All-Stars

Same stats, same exit, same player? That’s the question we had when Gabe's torch got snuffed. But coming into the season, Gabe was looked at as a dominant force his first go-around. But despite being so dominant, he was also planning to be more sneaky… which ended up having him eliminated in the same exact way he did in the land of Togo…

On the Andaman tribe, Gabe was in a good spot. He had his social bonds down with a majority of the tribe, and since he was the only Andaman Togo, his target was lessened a lot (unless you’re Enrique). So as he was learning new information from his tribe, it was only affirmations that his strategy was in fact working. But heading into the swap, can we say the same thing? Well at the swap, he was in an alright spot. He had old tribemates like Tyler and Kim who he bonded well with, but also had Enrique and Paul who weren’t the most trusting of him. As of the Nicobar people, he had old S3 tribemates in Ben and Aidan. But there was also Logic, who Gabe didn't mesh too well with.

At their first swapped Tribal, Gabe was in a predicament. He was playing both sides, and knew that bridges would be burnt whichever side he chose. The only way out of this mess was voting Logic, but when Gabe brought that up it was immediately shot down by Kim. Proving herself to be more of a leader, day in and day out. So as he was blindsided and disconnected with Andaman due to the Aidan vote, Gabe began to start considering to flip. But he ultimately flipped back one last time when he realized Logic was tainting his game mage, voting him out.

Gabe was on a great start to the merge, he had good reads in seeing the Kim/Enrique/Tyler trio, gained a Steal-a-Vote at the Merge Feast while also catching Josiah grab something from said feast. But as he gained more intel from everyone, it only further confirmed his suspicions of a S2 alliance, which justified even MORE that he should flip on them… so he did, and now he was in the majority? This whole time they were wondering if they were in the majority, but to confirm it, Gabe used his Steal-a-Vote to help solidify Adam’s elimination. Weakening his true target, Kim.

As the merge kept going, Gabe’s position only inclined further and further as he was aligned with some of the biggest meat shields ever. But his game became stagnant as Kim came up to him and Ben proposing a Final Three deal. Of course, Gabe wasn’t planning on holding true to it. But Kim, was. Causing a bunch of conflict between the two later on. At the Final 11, it seemed to be an easy Brandon vote until Brandon informed Gabe that Tyler was going to use his idol on him. Allowing Gabe's side to take the bait (originally) and vote Tyler, but when Jayden flipped (and they realized Ben was snaking them), Josiah was voted out instead, leaving them all dazed and confused. But after a workload for networking, the remnants of the alliance pulled in Brandon and Jayden to vote Kim out, despite her swearing that she’ll make the jury bitter against Gabe. Which didn't help that the next vote right after, Gabe lied and was being fake to Tyler directly in his face.

So now we are at the Final 8, and due to Gabe realizing that his shot to win has decreased, his confessional entries became less frequent and shorter (also because he was on vacation mind you) so fast forward to the Final Six and Jacob has Immunity. Seeing him as the only eligible threat left, Gabe pushes for a Zach vote. But when news got back to Zach, him and Jacob unintentionally made a 3-2-1 vote with Gabe going out on a plurality once again.