Mike Lachlan

**Mike Lachlan** is a contestant from *Simvivor: Lunar Lakes* and *Simvivor: Superstar*.

## Profile

* Lunar Lakes
* Superstar
Mike works as a busy sports agent, hardly remembering his own children’s names let alone his wife’s. Is it Theresa? No, certainly it’s Catherine. Anyways, Mike is always on the go, ready to take on the next greatest challenge of his life, which by the way is impressive considering he got the Lucky Palms Llamas to their first divisional win in over ten lifespans. And as Mike puts it, those guys were playing hockey about as well as Freezer Bunny!

“I was the Godfather,” Mike said, glaring at the floor. Still shaken by his elimination in *Lunar Lakes*, it’s hard for Mike to even watch *Simvivor* now without feeling blue about his experience. “But I owe the game and the fans, I have to come back for *Superstar*.” Mike worries that his success his first season will not be repeated this time around but aspires to make it as far as he can possibly go, hopefully the Final Tribal Council. The sheer knowledge that he would’ve won had he secured that Final Immunity Challenge gave him the motivation to work out harder than ever before, so he returns more physically capable than we’ve seen him. If anybody knows how to get themselves out of an early slump, it’s Mike, so everyone may just be better off rooting for him rather than against him.

## Simvivor

### Lunar Lakes

At the start of *Lunar Lakes*, Mike was hardly noticed in the premiere episode, receiving no personal content at all. It did not take much more time for Mike to then explode on the scene as the narrative figure of the season. He served as a rather lackluster competitor in the challenges, but his dynamic personality tantalized his competitors into following his lead. The general consensus was that Mike was the leader of his tribe despite the fact that the tribe was suffering in the Immunity Challenges, however it was due to his leadership that the tribe was still seen as respectable opponents to the slightly more capable Celestial tribe.

Just prior to the merge, Mike solidified the underdog Galactic Four alliance with Ignacio Gomez, Jeana Houghton, and Jordana Pruitt. Utilizing all four of their strengths, Mike was able to slide his alliance through the merge with relative ease - voting as a unit to eliminate the opposing tribe. Mike seemed poised to win it all due to his secret deals with all three of his allies, including a partnership with Lyudmila Zielinski. Once the remaining players from the opposing alliance were eliminated, Mike sat in the final three with Ignacio and Jeana. Once Jeana won the Final Immunity Challenge in an upset victory against him, Mike pleaded for his life to Jeana, going as far as telling her he would turn the jury against her if she did not take him to the Final Tribal Council. That night, Mike was eliminated because Jeana stated she was sticking to her original course of action.

During the Final Tribal Council, Mike viciously attacked Jeana and devalued her game in front of the jurors. A stark supporter for Ignacio, Mike's convincing speech likely swayed multiple jurors in Ignacio's favor, so Mike's vote for Ignacio to win was no surprise.

### Superstar

Mike entered *Superstar* to applause from his Monroe tribemates, knowing that his physical prowess and leadership qualities would be great to have in a tribemate. Beyond that though, Mike took things on a slower route than expected. Wanting alliances to develop naturally, Mike played a much more passive game than expected, but only started to pick up the pace when his tribe unfortunately lost the third Immunity Challenge. Trying hard to save Savitri Markey from elimination, he was unable to garner the support for voting out the villainous Xanthe Baumgarten. At the next Tribal Council when Monroe lost once more, it seemed clear that Mike was on the outs and Xanthe was gunning for him to leave. Showing true character development, Mike left the game in a unanimous vote and shook hands of his tribemates on his way out.

#### Voting History

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## Post-Simvivor

* Following *Lunar Lakes*, Mike and his wife Cynthia separated and later divorced, splitting custody with their two children.
* Mike currently works in the Entertainment career track, thanks to his fame from *Simvivor*.

## Trivia

* Mike is credited with creating the second alliance in *Simvivor* history, the Galactic Four.