William Laprise Desbiens

Survivor: Kaôh Rōng
Tribe(s): Gondol, Dara
Finish: 7/18
 Survivor: Island of the Idols
Tribe(s): Vokai, Lairo, Lumuwaku
Finish: 4/20
Days Lasted: 38

William is a contestant from *Survivor: Kaôh Rōng* and *Survivor: Island of the Idols*.

## Survivor: Kaôh Rōng

William was placed on the yellow Gondol tribe during *Survivor: Kaôh Rōng*. On Day 1, a strong pairing was formed between the British Noel and Natasha. To counteract this, William and the remaining members, Courtney N., India and Sasha, of the tribe formed the Gondol Alliance of four. Gondol won the first immunity challenge, but lost the second. The alliance of four had the power and at tribal council, voted out Noel. With Natasha on the bottom, she approached Sasha and William to get rid of the girls. She called the girls too tight a duo and wanted to get rid of them immediately. When Gondol lost their second challenge in a row, Sasha and William had to decide which person to be loyal to. They remained with their group of four and unanimously voted out Natasha.

On Day 12, a tribe dissolve occurred where William remained on Gondol with Sasha. They were joined by original Chan Loh members Courtney W., Dre and Levi and To Tang members Astrid and Chris. On this new tribe, he and Dre hit it off really well because of their connection as French Canadians. Following their partnership, they included Astrid and Courtney to create an alliance of four. This left the alpha males of the tribe, Chris, Levi and Sasha, at the bottom. Gondol won their first two immunity challenges but lost on Day 19. At tribal council, the alpha males voted for Astrid but the rest of the tribe voted out Levi.

At this point, the tribes merged. The minority at Gondol, Chris and Sasha, flipped to the majority and joined Courtney N., India and Grainne. William's alliance of four were threatened that this other alliance had more numbers than them and so voted for Sasha at tribal council. However, the majority had the power, but their alliance was spared as Paisley was voted out and made the first member of the jury. Isaiah, as the sole ally of Paisley and now without an alliance, joined William's alliance. This created a 5-5 split in the tribe, but Dre and William had another plan. Their close bond was the only true alliance they trusted and felt they should make a move against Chris instead of India, who the rest of the alliance wanted to vote for. At tribal, the pair voted for Chris, but he played his Hidden Immunity Idol. and removed all votes cast against him. With the highest amount of votes, Astrid was voted out.

After their first blunder as an alliance, William and Dre flipped to the post switch Chan Loh alliance of Courtney N., Grainne and India. This was caused by Sasha and Chris' choice to leave the alliance in the hopes of blindsiding the girls. The French Canadians then told the girls of this plot. At tribal council, the minority voted for William but William and his new alliance voted out Chris. Sasha, feeling that he and William still had a connection from original Gondol, spoke to him in the hopes of blindsiding Grainne. This was unsuccessful, William told the rest of his alliance and Sasha was the next voted out on Day 29.

William and Dre wanted to make another move and felt now was their only real chance to do so before the numbers got too risky. They approached Courtney W. and Isaiah, saying that if the four banded together, they could get rid of Courtney N. The boys were desperate and were willing to do whatever. At tribal council, the four voted for Courtney, but she used her idol to save herself. Dre, knowing that either her or William were the targets, had to decide who to use the idol on. William told her that she found the idol and should be played on her. Unfortunately for William, the girls voted for him and with the only votes that counted, he was made the fifth member of the jury. At the Final Tribal Council, he voted for India to win the title of Sole Survivor.

## Survivor: Island of the Idols

William returned for *Survivor: Island of the Idols* where he was originally placed on the purple Vokai tribe. He returned to his alliance with Dre from *Kaôh Rōng* and brought in Ika with the intention of bringing in Sasha and Jose from the rival Lairo tribe whom the castaways had previously worked with in their respective seasons. The group wanted to target the Old School players Bethany, Leo, Penny and their new ally Ellis. They were unsuccessful because infamous villains Kameron and Flick were instead voted out at Vokai's two tribal councils together. At the tribe switch, William was switched to Lairo along with Henry, Ika and Leo. True to their earlier plan, Ika, Jose, Sasha and William created their quartet on Lairo. The remaining castaways formed an alliance, which left a 4-4 divide. On Day 19, William was selected by Vokai to visit Island of the Idols where he was joined by *Survivor: Worlds Apart* winner Byron and was successful in finding an idol. Meanwhile, Lairo won all four immunity challenges they had together but William's four was hit with the loss of his original ally Dre on Vokai.

The tribes merged on Day 23, where William's rivals on Lairo joined forces with the Old School Alliance to have the majority. With Emma playing a vote blocker at the first merged tribal council, the Pairs Alliance suffered with the loss of their affiliate Henry and ally Jose. William's remaining allies then voted for Emma in the hopes that the Vokai Old Schoolers would turn on her, but thankfully they blindsided Luke. Their next plan was to go after Bethany and when the Old Schoolers split their votes, a three way tie occurred between Bethany, Ika and Natalie. There was a rock draw after there was a deadlocked tie, leading to Jaclyn's elimination. With the fear of the rock draw fresh in their minds, the Pairs Alliance joined forces with the Vokai Old Schoolers in order to get rid of Emma who was considered a 'safe vote'.

William felt like he was in a good position because he was in a tight trio with Ika and Sasha, though they needed swing vote Natalie to work with them in order to become the majority on the tribe. As Natalie began working with them, he noticed Ika gravitate towards the Old Schoolers and voted for Ika at tribal council. However, Ika switched and Natalie was instead voted out. This move angered William because he felt like Ika betrayed him after they worked together from the very beginning of the game, and wanted to prove he wanted to work with her. William voted for Ika so she had the majority of votes, but played his idol for her. However, it was cancelled by Bethany's Idol Nullifier and Ika was voted out with the most votes. This move put Sasha and William in the minority, but convinced Leo that he was at the bottom of his alliance and they voted together for Penny. With only four castaways remaining, the boys intended to take each other to the end. However, Bethany won the final individual immunity challenge and the men were forced to turn on each other. William tried his hardest to campaign but was considered the biggest strategic threat between him and Sasha and became the final member of the jury. At the Final Tribal Council, he voted for Sasha to win the title of Sole Survivor.