Griffin Firkus

**Griffin Firkus** was a contestant on Survivor: Winter War.

Known for his likable personality, Griffin is known for pulling off a big blindside against a very threatening player in *Survivor: Winter War*, only to be taken out for being the next biggest threat at the next tribal council.

## Survivor: Winter War

Griffin would become a member of the Lannister Tribe, and when his tribemate Dylan would express an early desire to eliminate Jack from their tribe first, Griffin was quick to agree alongside the others on his tribe. Griffin would then attempt to look for the hidden immunity idol alongside the others on his tribe, and he would assume someone had found it already, unaware that Adam had already found it. At the first immunity challenge, Griffin and Sam were both selected by Jack to compete for the first immunity challenge, and even though Sam's efforts already guaranteed them safety, Griffin's efforts helped to guarantee the Lannister Tribe first place and safety for the time being.

After Jack's success at the next immunity challenge gave the Lannister Tribe their second immunity challenge win in a row, Griffin would be the first to grow concerned about the possibility of a tribe swap and what it could mean for their tribe. Griffin would then empty his pockets alongside his tribemates to show he did not have the hidden immunity idol, only to comment about his pockets containing pennies. Griffin would then be included in on a Final 5 alliance with the others on their tribe to keep themselves safe throughout the game. Once the Lannister Tribe won another immunity challenge, Griffin would be happy to see his tribe be safe once again. However, all of the gears on their tribe were still turning, as they began to recognize that the possibility of a tribe swap was increasing.

Griffin's worries then became a true concern in the current reality of the game, as he would find a tribe swap sending Adam and Sam away to the Stark Tribe, while the remaining Lannister 3 would get compensated by receiving Arthur, Collin, and Ness. After the Lannister Tribe won their fourth immunity challenge in a row, Griffin would grow increasingly concerned over Arthur's presence on their tribe, and back at camp, Griffin would plot against him, and Arthur would catch wind of it.

After they lost the next immunity challenge, Griffin would want to get rid of Arthur, but he and Dylan would grow concerned over the possibility of Arthur playing a hidden immunity idol and sending one of the Lannister 3 out of the game. Their fears grew so much to a point where they felt more secure causing a 3-3 tied vote by casting their votes on Ness to secure that all votes would not be locked on any of the Lannister 3. After the tie was revealed, Griffin and the others would cast their votes against Arthur, sending him out of the game in a unanimous 4-0 vote. Griffin would then get to see the merge come forth, an exciting experience for him to be involved with alongside the others in the game.

At the merge, Griffin would be in the dominant Lannister 5 Alliance, now with the addition of Tom, making the biggest force in the game. However, Griffin wanted to ensure the safety of his alliance after Ness won individual immunity, so he decided to talk to Dacota, who was in the opposing alliance. It was during one of these talks that she accidentally leaked that Collin was playing both sides. With this information, Griffin remembered that they only wanted to target Ness because of her ties with Collin. In a matter of minutes, Griffin talked his whole alliance into switching the vote from Dacota to Collin, and he got his way at tribal council, as Collin went home in a 6-5 vote. However, this came at a cost, as people in his alliance started questioning if they could trust Griffin seeing that he was talking to many people.

After losing the next individual immunity challenge, Griffin would immediately go out and would attempt to sway the votes away from Tom, who was being heavily considered by Jack and Dylan as their next target. However, as he did this to keep their numbers up, he was unaware of Adam's and Sam's actions against him. In a short amount of time, they both were able to convince Jadon and the girls to take their numbers and put them against Griffin, and then Adam and Sam would split their votes to avoid suspicion with Griffin's blindside. At tribal council, Griffin would convince his alliance to stay away from taking Tom out, and he would stick to his guns and vote for Jadon. However, this would not matter, as Griffin became the seventh person voted out of the game by a vote of 5-4-1. Griffin would place 10th out of 15th and would become the second member of the jury.

At the jury roundtable, Griffin would immediately speak out for Dylan saying that is only argument against Dylan was that he did not participate as much until one of the final tribal challenges. However, Griffin was very vocal in stating that he considered Dylan to be the frontrunner of the three finalists. Griffin would then attempt to lead the Roundtable, encouraging people to speak up and discuss who they believed should win, and would joke about making a tied vote at the final tribal council.

At the Final Tribal Council, Griffin would go down the line with the finalists. To Dylan, Griffin would compliment his game, and would mention how impressive it was that he got no votes cast against him during the game. To Tom, Griffin mentioned how surprised he was that Tom had made it to the end considering how big of a target he had on his back. To Sam, Griffin rebutted against one of Sam's statements of his opening speech, and he would gain more information about what happened before Adam's elimination. Griffin would then go on to change his vote multiple times before finally settling on voting for Dylan to win the game, as he admired his game just a bit more than Sam's game. However, this would contribute to the game's second tie at the Final Tribal Council.

Griffin would attend the *Survivor: Winter War Reunion Episode*, and he would be very vocal about many things, ranging from Richie's frustrations with the returning players being targeted at the start of the game to the details behind other moves made throughout the game. In the end, Griffin would place second place in the season's *Fan Favorite Poll*, losing to Steph.

Griffin's Voting History
Arthur
 **6** | Collin
 **7** | Jadon
 **Voted**
**To Win**

## Trivia

* Griffin attended tribal council the least amount of times amongst the jury members of *Survivor: Winter War*, having only attended tribal council three times throughout the season.