Alessia Gaston

* Heroes vs. Villains
* Cuba
* Thailand

**Alessia Gaston** is the Sole Survivor of *Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains*. She originally competed in *Survivor: Thailand*, and returned for a second time in *Survivor: Cuba*.

Initially from *Thailand,* Alessia was in a power position with her Phayao tribe. She became the notorious villain in the season after the second swap where she flipped on her tribe to align with Kalasin members. She became the holder of the Double Vote advantage allowing her to save Novak and flip the vote to Foley Ruttley. Her strategic prowress and her four Individual Immunity wins secured her a spot at the Final Tribal Council. However, her cutthroat gameplay and betrayal to her original tribe ultimately cost her the game, losing to Rico Caddle in a 4-3-1 vote.

In *Cuba*, Alessia closely aligned herself with Daughtry Haynes and Jamir Weaver that controlled the majority of the game. Unlike her previous season, she toned down her strategic gameplay trying to play more under the radar, but her physical abilities continued to prevail with her three Individual Immunity wins. After failing to win the final immunity challenge, Ryleigh Ferguson voted her out of them game as she believed Alessia to be the bigger threat to win the game.

Returning as a villain in *Heroes vs. Villains*, Alessia aligned herself with Belle Hoang and Rachel Barr until they attempted to blindside. She began to play the game protecting herself only. At the merge, Alessia initiated the shield strategy, aiming to keep the bigger threats in the game. After another attempt to target Alessia at the final eight, she turned complete comp beast winning all the challenges from final seven to final immunity. Alessia was praised for her competitive wins, shield strategy, and never being voted out despite the target on her back, ultimately earning her seven of the jury votes, declaring her the Sole Survivor.

## Profile

**Age:** 27

**Hometown:** Riverside, California

**Occupation:** Model

## Survivor

### Thailand

#### Voting History

**^1**  In *This Protects Me, and Me Only*, Daughtry used a Hidden Immunity Idol, negating Alessia's vote against him.

**^2**  In *She's Not Playing as Well as She Thinks*, Daughtry used a Hidden Immunity Idol, negating Alessia's vote against him.

**^3**  In *You're Not Playing If You Don't See the Lines*, Alessia used an Extra Vote advantage, allowing her to vote twice at Tribal Council.

**^4**  In *The Boomerang You Throw Eventually Comes Back*, Rico used a Hidden Immunity Idol, negating Alessia's vote against him.

### Cuba

#### Voting History

**^1**  In "Oh My God, We Just Saved the Day", Julia used a Hidden Immunity Idol, negating Alessia's vote against her. Also, the vote ended with a 2-2-0 tie between Rob and Triniti, forcing a revote. Alessia voted for Rob on the revote.
**^2**  In "Get Out of My Way!", Rosalie used a Hidden Immunity Idol, negating Alessia's vote against her.

### Heroes vs. Villains

#### Voting History

**^1**  In "Best Type of Revenge", Valeria used a Hidden Immunity Idol, negating Alessia's vote against her.
**^2**  In "Leap of Fate", Marcus used a Hidden Immunity Idol, negating Alessia's vote against him.
**^3**  In "Complete Madness", Rachel used a Hidden Immunity Idol, negating Alessia's votes against her. Also, the vote ended with a 2-2 tie between Carla and Marcus, forcing a revote. Alessia voted for Marcus on the revote.
**^4**  In "My Mistake I Have to Fix", Jeremey used a Hidden Immunity Idol, negating Alessia's votes against him.
**^5**  In "We Knew This Would Happen", the vote ended with a 3-3 tie between Misty and Rachel, forcing a revote. Alessia did not change her vote on the revote..

## Trivia

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* Alessia holds the record for most the record of most individual immunity wins by a woman in a single season with five.
* Alessia is the only player in the final five to never go to Exile Island during the merge.
* Alessia is the only player to make merge and never become a member of the Kalasin tribe.
* Both times Alessia played:
	+ She was on a purple tribe at the start of the game.
* Alessia holds the record for most individual immunity wins in her Survivor career, winning twelve individual Immunity Challenges over her three seasons.
* Alessia is the only contestant to win individual immunity in three different seasons.
* Alessia has played all three of her seasons with Daughtry Haynes. They are one of two pairs to accomplish this feat, along with Stephon Cooper and Valeria Baglio (*Palau*, *All Stars*, and *Heroes vs. Villains*).
* Alessia is the first person to win at least one individual Immunity Challenge in three separate seasons.
* Alessia is the first returning player to accumulate 100 days over their Survivor career.
* Alessia holds the highest placement average for a returning player, with an average of 2.