Daniel Jaffe

**Daniel Jaffe** is a contestant from *Season 1* and *Island of Desolation*.

Daniel wasn't taken seriously by his cast in *Season 1*, with his non-strategic nature allowing him to be seen as George Stedronsky's optimal Final Tribal Council opponent. When he was taken to the end, he would be promptly shut out by the jury, with his decision to not give a final speech being his final nail in the coffin, despite still receiving two votes at the end.

Daniel returned eleven seasons later in *Island of Desolation*, where he was unable to adapt to the new conditions of the game and was seen as the scapegoat by the majority of his tribes for every Tribal Council he attended. Once his swap tribe saw no more use for him, he was sent to the Island of Desolation in Round 8. At the merge, he failed to return to the game.

## Survivor Winter Park

### Season 1

Daniel began the game on the Bataru tribe. Due to his being in the same film project as George Stedronsky and Joshua Morris, he would be pulled into an alliance with the two of them. His shifty behavior would earn him the target of Makenzie Kennedy and Thorin Groth, with Daniel wanting to take Makenzie out of the game for her general annoyance but being convinced to vote out Thorin at the behest of his alliance.

Entering the merge, Daniel would fall into the plan to take out Jacob Ludlow, still wanting to vote Makenzie out of the game but unable to eliminate her due to her immunity prowess. He would begin to bond with Landon Hurd, a friend he had outside of the game through soccer. With Makenzie losing immunity in Round 5, the two would see their opportunity to finally eliminate her from the game. However, they would both be blindsided as George orchestrated Landon's elimination to prevent him from competing in the final challenge (which was soccer-related). From Round 6 onwards, George would view Daniel as his best bet of making it to the end, with Daniel having no intent of taking him out of the game. He continued wanting Makenzie out despite her winning immunities, instead following along with whatever plan he was told. At the Final 3, he would face off in a soccer duel against his long-time rival, with his soccer background allowing him to demolish her, resulting in him reaching the Final Tribal Council.

At the Final Tribal Council, Daniel flat-out refused to give a final speech, mostly due to his not understanding how he would even begin with giving a speech. Despite having one of the worst final performances of all-time, he would still receive two votes to win from Landon Hurd and Makenzie Kennedy. These were not for Daniel but rather against George in order to spook him into thinking he may have lost.

#### Voting History

**^1** In Round 6, Caleb used a Hidden Immunity Idol, negating Daniel's vote against him.

### Island of Desolation

Daniel began the game on the Va'ena tribe. Daniel fell into a routine for his duration on the tribe: the majority of the tribe, controlled by Blake Cox, Jacob Thigpen, Nicole Salmons, Pedro Kawamura, and Susan Mallen would inform him that he would be getting votes but would be told who to vote for at that round. For all three Tribal Councils, he would be the backup target in case of an idol or a Shot in the Dark but was viewed as a valuable ally due to his not understanding how the new game was played and being stuck in his *Season 1* ways.

At the tribe swap, Daniel found himself in a more vulnerable position than before on his new Ki'halo tribe, swapping onto a tribe with a majority former Mohala tribe members. He would be spared at his first Tribal Council by the controlling majority male alliance of Owen Rimes, Pedro Kawamura, Samuel Bernbaum, and Zachary Asarnow, who viewed Clarisa Groff as a bigger threat. This wouldn't stop his paranoia, with him playing his Shot in the Dark unnecessarily that round. With the next Tribal Council being between himself and Susie, Daniel's time would finally run out when he was eliminated in a unanimous 5-1 vote, with him targeting Pedro, believing him to be the true outsider of the tribe.

On the Island of Desolation, he would fail tremendously in both challenges he competed in, finishing last in the return challenge and failing to re-enter the game.

#### Voting History

**^1** In Round 6, Daniel used his Shot in the Dark, making him ineligible to vote at Tribal Council.

## Advantages

### Advantages played:

0

* When Daniel originally played in *Season 1*, he was in the Class of 2022. However, sometime between that season and *Island of Desolation*, he graduated earlier in the Class of 2021.
* Every time Daniel received votes in *Season 1*, Makenzie Kennedy was one of them.
* Daniel received votes at all five Tribal Councils he attended in *Island of Desolation*.