Tariq

Tribe(s): Malolo, Yanuya, Lavita
Finish: 8/20
Days Lasted: 32

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

## Survivor: Ghost Island

Tariq began *Survivor: Ghost Island* originally on the orange Malolo tribe, where he initially felt isolated as an older Middle Eastern man. He despised Jules and his attempts to manipulate the women on his tribe, but also didn’t fully fit in with ‘workhorses’ Angela, Big T and Trisha. When Malolo lost the first immunity challenge of the season, Tariq was exempt from visiting tribal council because he was sent to Ghost Island with Samir from Naviti. Although Tariq failed to obtain an advantage, the men recognised it was the first time that two Middle Eastern men appeared on the same *Survivor* season and agreed to work together if they were ever on the same tribe. Tariq returned to Malolo to find out Jules was blindsided. Angela, Big T, Isaac, Luna and Trisha shared details with Tariq about tribal council in order to gather information on Ghost Island, though Tariq felt they were earnestly building an alliance with him. At their second loss, the majority expected Tariq to vote for Ebony but he lost his vote on Ghost Island. Despite receiving two votes himself, Tariq was safe because the majority voted Ebony out.

After Malolo won their first immunity challenge, a Tribe Expansion occurred on Day 10. Tariq joined the green Yanuya tribe with Luna, Reed and Trisha from the original Malolo tribe as well as Samir. Whilst Yanuya won every challenge they played in their first nine days, Tariq kept his Malolo allies close but spent most of his time building his relationship with Samir. Tariq was sent to Ghost Island again on Day 18 against Malika and Jacob, where he won an Extra Vote. After both losing the challenge on Day 19, Yanuya and Malolo were told they were attending a Joint Tribal Council together to eliminate a single player. When strategising at the Yanuya camp, Samir and Tariq wanted the tribe to vote together against Angela. Although Trisha blocked Malika’s vote, the rest of the Malolo tribe had the numbers when Yanuya split their votes and Malika was voted out.

The tribes merged on Day 20, where Tariq felt he was in a powerful position. His closest ally Samir brought Tariq into his Naviti Alliance with Abigail, Frank and Tito, though Tariq also had a back-up plan with his Malolo Alliance of Angela, Big T, Isaac, Luna and Trisha. In the lead up to the first merged tribal council, Tariq decided to vote for Luna with Naviti because the original Malolo players were undecided in their plans. Luna saved herself with a Hidden Immunity Idol, meaning that Big T was voted out with the second highest number of votes. The Final Twelve castaways were then split into two teams as part of a Double Elimination twist. Tariq was on the purple team with Frank, Isaac, Reed, Samir and Tito. The team planned on unanimously voting for Reed, but he saved himself with a Tribal Council Pass. Samir told Tariq to vote for Tito and anonymously saved him with a Secret Hidden Immunity Idol. Tito then saved himself with an idol, meaning that Isaac was voted out with the only vote that counted from Tito.

The Naviti Alliance wanted to vote for Trisha at the Final Ten, but Tariq felt it was in his best interest to keep Trisha around as a shield for a little bit longer. He told Angela, Reed and Trisha the Naviti players were coming after Trisha, told them to vote for Joyce and played his Extra Vote to ensure she would be voted out. Samir and Tariq then decided to work with Jacob to vote for Reed, but the Naviti Alliance eliminated Jacob. Samir and Tariq, concerned with how solid the Naviti Alliance was becoming, wanted to bring the crumbling scraps of Malolo together against Frank. However, Angela and Trisha voted with Abigail, Frank and Tito to blindside Tariq. At the Final Tribal Council, Tariq voted for Tito to win the title of Sole Survivor.

## Trivia

* Tariq is the oldest man on the original Malolo tribe.
* Tariq is the first player to visit Ghost Island as a member of the losing tribe, lose the duel and then lose their ability to vote at the following tribal council.
	+ He is also the only man to visit Ghost Island twice, and the only player to obtain an advantage on their second visit.