Frank

Tribe(s): Naviti, Malolo, Lavita
Finish: Runner-Up/20
Days Lasted: 39

Frank is a contestant from *Survivor: Ghost Island*.

## Survivor: Ghost Island

Frank began *Survivor: Ghost Island* originally on the purple Naviti tribe. Whilst building the tribes shelter, he and Tito formed a friendship over their brute strength. On Day 5, Tito told Frank that he found the tribes Hidden Immunity Idol but had to share half with another player in order to activate its full power. Tito gave half to Frank, which strengthened their relationship. By Day 6, they decided it was in their best interest to work with Abigail and Samir. The four created an alliance, with the intention of keeping their knowledge about Ghost Island between themselves. When Naviti visited their first tribal council on Day 9, this alliance of four eliminated Narinder because she was perceived as an easy vote that would prevent targets forming on their backs.

At the Tribe Expansion on Day 10, Frank, Joyce and Toya joined Angela, Isaac and Malika on the orange Malolo tribe. Despite having an even split along original tribal lines, Frank felt no allegiance to Joyce or Toya and was hoping to form new bonds with the original Malolo players. After losing the challenge on Day 12, Isaac was sent to Ghost Island and Frank readily aligned with Angela and Malika to unanimously eliminate Toya. Frank himself was then sent to Ghost Island on Day 14, but failed to obtain an advantage. On Day 19, Malolo and Yanuya were informed they would attend a Joint Tribal Council to eliminate a single player. Frank was initially on board with Malika’s plan to vote for Reed, but Angela told him that her allies on Yanuya were planning on making a big move to take her out. When Trisha blocked Malika’s vote at tribal council, Frank worked with his new tribe to blindside Malika.

When the tribes merged on Day 20, Frank was reunited with Abigail, Samir and Tito. The group grew in numbers when Samir shared he was close with Tariq whilst Abigail and Tito brought Big T to their side. Despite working with Angela and Isaac during the switch, Frank expressed his loyalty and complete trust in his original Naviti Alliance. The founding members decided they should vote for Luna at the first merged tribal council but Big T was voted out when she played an idol. The Final Twelve castaways were then split into two teams as part of a Double Elimination twist. Frank was on the purple team with Isaac, Reed, Samir, Tariq and Tito. They agreed to vote for Reed, but he saved himself with a Tribal Council Pass. Frank thought he could use his bond with Isaac, and alliance with Tito, to create a three person voting block against Tariq. However, Tito was forced to play his idol when a secret idol was anonymously played for Tariq. This meant that Isaac was eliminated with the only vote that counted from Tito.

The following morning, Frank found an idol with the same activation rules as Tito’s idol. He told Tito this information and the pair decided Frank should give half to Abigail to avoid painting their friendship as an unbreakable duo. Abigail was quick to accept her half of the idol, and returned it to Frank after 24 hours. The Naviti Alliance wanted Trisha gone at the Final Ten because they felt she was the leader of the Malolo Alliance, but they lost the numbers when Tariq used his Extra Vote and worked with the original Malolo players to eliminate Joyce. Abigail, Frank and Tito were in the search for new allies because they started to believe Samir and Tariq were unreliable. They focused on Reed, who seemed like the Malolo player with the least connections. This new group of four had the numbers over the broken Malolo Alliance, where they eliminated outsider Jacob. However, the Naviti trio then turned to Angela and Trisha for their own survival after noticing Reed was bonding with Samir and Tariq. At tribal council, Frank voted with this voting block of five to blindside Tariq.

Despite their downward trajectory the last few tribal councils, Abigail, Frank and Tito managed to maintain their alliance until the Final Seven. However, with Samir an unreliable alliance member, they were left in a precarious position. Luckily for them, Frank played an idol to save himself and Angela was voted out with the only three votes that counted from the Naviti Alliance. Angela's elimination broke the foundations of the Malolo Alliance, which gave power to Abigail and the rest of the Naviti Alliance. The trio had the numbers at tribal council, and Reed was voted out. With only five players remaining, Abigail, Frank and Tito promised each other a spot in the Final Three but were unsure whether to keep Trisha or Samir longer. They convinced Samir to vote with them to eliminate Trisha, who was considered the biggest jury threat left in the game. When Samir failed to win the final individual immunity challenge, Abigail, Frank and Tito honoured their alliance and he was made the final member of the jury.

At the Final Tribal Council, Frank and Tito were seen as the masterminds of the Naviti Alliance. They talked about their bond solidifying after Tito shared the idol with Frank on Day 5, how they feared being in the minority after losing Big T, how they quickly thought of back-up plans after Reed saved himself during the Double Elimination and how they used Abigail to keep their pair a secret when Frank found the merged idol on Day 26. Frank was praised for building strong social relationships with much of the jury and surviving every tribal council without winning an immunity challenge. However, the jury wanted Frank to articulate whether the ten votes cast against him at the last five tribal councils of the season were a reflection on his growing threat level or his status as an expendable player, which Frank could not reasonably answer. He ultimately finished as the Runner-Up after earning four jury votes from Angela, Isaac, Luna and Reed.