Gabriel

* Survivor
 Survivor: Palau
Tribe(s): Koror, Mecherchar
Finish: 7/19
 Survivor: Tocantins

Tribe(s): Jalapao, Forza
Finish: 3/18

Tribe(s): Upolu, Te Tuna
Finish: 12/21

Gabriel is a contestant from *Survivor: Palau*, *Survivor: Tocantins* and *Survivor: South Pacific*.

He later returned as one of the sixteen veteran *Survivor* castaways as a housemate on *Big Brother 1*. Gabriel was evicted first on Day 9, finishing in 16th place.

## Survivor: Palau

Gabriel began *Survivor: Palau* on the brown Koror tribe. He formed a tight alliance early on with Zach and Dalton. At the first tribal council, the boys voted Katie, but the majority sent home Luisa. The majority on Koror then blindsided their own alliance and sent Quentin and Grayson.

At this point, Gabriel made the merge. The Koror tribe was split into two alliances, one with Katie, Lora and Heron and the other involving Zach, Dalton and Gabriel. At the first merged tribal council, Gabriel worked with the Koror Alliance to blindside Heron despite telling her to vote for Xenia. However, the majority alliance of former Ulong's and Katie banded together and voted out Zach. With the Ulong tribe in power, Lora and Dalton were voted out. With no allies left, the Ulong alliance voted out Gabriel. At the Final Tribal Council, Gabriel voted for Jon to win the title of Sole Survivor.

## Survivor: Tocantins

In his second attempt, Gabriel was on the red Jalapao tribe for **Survivor: Tocantins**. For his benefit, the Jalapao tribe did not have to go to the first four tribal councils due to their strong challenge dominance. Due to their 5-4 majority on the tribe, the men formed an alliance called the Jalapao Men with the intention of going after the women one by one. When they won the third immunity challenge, the tribe sent Gabriel to Exile Island in the hopes of finding a Hidden Immunity Idol. At tribal council, Gabriel formed a majority alliance with Hunter, Laura and Joey. Their next tribal council was close between Erinn and Laura. Since Laura was in the majority alliance, Erinn was voted out.

At this point, Gabriel made the merge. The first four merged tribal councils were considered easy for him and his alliance as the original Timbira and minority Jalapao member Bella were voted out. At the next two tribal councils, Marina and Hayden were eliminated for outstaying their welcome and usefulness as shields to the Jalapao Four.

By the Final Five, it was clear that outsider and original Timbira member Aida was going to be eliminated. However, she won the immunity challenge and could not be eliminated. This meant that the Jalapao Four had to turn to each other to vote someone out. The votes were extremely spread out, so much so that there would have been a tie between Hunter and Laura. However, Hunter used a Hidden Immunity Idol and sent Laura home in the process. Hunter and Joey then made a Final Two deal, bringing Gabriel for the numbers. At the Final Three, Hunter and Joey stayed true to their word, voting out Gabriel and making him the final member of the jury. At the Final Tribal Council, he voted for Hunter to win the title of Sole Survivor.

## Survivor: South Pacific

Gabriel then competed on *Survivor: South Pacific*, originally on the blue Upolu tribe. After a shocking Medical Evacuation, the Upolu tribe lost two tribal councils and voted out strong female competitors, Danielle and Lana. The tribe then went on an immunity streak, winning the next three challenges. When they lost the next challenges, the Upolu Alliance had control over the Upolu tribe. Karina was voted out for being lazy, Dave was sent home for his lack of gameplay and Peighton was voted out for being one of the only women left.

At this point, Gabriel made the merge. The original Savaii tribe were in control and banded together at the first fews votes. This resulted in the eliminations of Lana, Gabriel and Cecilia, sending them to Redemption Island. On Redemption Island, Gabriel competed in a duel against Cecilia, Lana and Joe where the first two to finish would continue in the game. Gabriel was not one of the first two to finish and was officially eliminated from the game. He just missed out on the jury.

## Big Brother 1

In November 2020, Gabriel was selected as one of sixteen *Survivor* veterans to compete on Big Brother 1. As part of the Backwards Week Twist at the beginning of the game, everyone had to nominate two housemates for the first eviction. He decided to nominate Alana and Tim because they were perceived as the least threatening. Unfortunately, Gabriel was nominated for being a physical threat along with Lina due to her connections to Priya and Richard. After failing to win the POV, Gabriel was evicted on Day 9 when Lina's closest ally Richard won the first HOH competition.

## Trivia

* Gabriel is the first black man and by extent, the first man of colour, to compete on *Survivor*.
* He is the first player to have someone else unsuccessfully play their Hidden Immunity Idol on them.
* Gabriel and Jase are the only players to compete in three *Survivor* seasons without a Tribe Switch.
	+ Unlike Jase, however, Gabriel has never competed in a season with a Tribe Switch.
* Gabriel is one of six castaways to compete in seasons with both Exile Island and Redemption Island, along with Bobby Jon, Gabriella, Hayden, Laura and Neal.
	+ He was the only castaway of the six to be exiled to Exile Island and compete on Redemption Island, as the others never went to both.