Aaron Gersch

**Aaron Gersch** was a contestant on Survivor: Summer Solstice.

Albeit a quiet at first, Aaron rocked the boat early on Tribe Susu, from getting annoyed at many things to asking his tribe to vote him out to targeting everyone, his chaos ended after an injury on the battlefield.

## Survivor: Summer Solstice

Aaron started the game on Tribe Susu with Allie, Mike, Savana, and returnee players Connor and Kyle. When arriving to camp, Aaron attempted to bond with his tribemates by telling them a humorous story, but Connor's frantic hidden immunity idol search became a quick reason for Aaron to begin looking with his tribe. At the first immunity challenge, Aaron put up a good fight, but Susu narrowly lost mainly due to Mike. At camp, Aaron initially took a back seat and observed his surroundings as, without Connor around, Mike campaigned to vote the weak and Savana campaigned for them to vote Connor. It was Aaron who tried to defend Connor by saying he will be good for future challenges. The mere suggestion of it made Aaron privately consider targeting Savana for this, but later agreed to vote Allie once Mike and Connor talked to him 1:1 as he expressed his annoyance at Savana for throwing out Connor's name. After talking to Connor, he was officially included in the Susu Men's Alliance, despite one of his "allies" in Kyle throwing out his name to Allie, Mike, and Savana. At Tribal Council, the alliance mostly stuck together as Aaron helped vote out Allie, but the surprise was that she was now heading to Redemption Island to await a chance to return to the game.

At the next challenge, Aaron gave it his all, but this time it would be Savana who costed them the challenge, leading to another loss. As a storm took hold, the contestants took shelter in a common place. During this time, Aaron and Savana talked, with Savana telling the camera her perspective of the game, which Aaron seemed to be somewhat annoyed with. At camp, Aaron offered himself as a sacrifice, to which his alliance initially refused despite Aaron feeling bad about aspects of the game and wanting to be done. At Tribal Council, Aaron's wish was not granted, as he voted for Kyle and saw Savana get sent home in a 2-1-1-1 vote, with Aaron getting Connor's vote. After her exit, Aaron revealed to his tribe that he voted Kyle and told him he saw it as a safety option and told them that since he was still there, he will help them. At the next challenge, Aaron once again gave everything he got, but all he received was a dislocated shoulder and another immunity loss. At camp, Aaron privately talked of his injury, and when given the option on whether or not to publicly medevac himself or to stick it out until the vote, he chose to wait for Tribal Council as everyone cheered him on. Aaron later spoke to Mike about Kyle, believing Kyle was manipulating them, and started to convince Mike. However, it was not enough, as his injury was deemed to be too much of a liability, and at Tribal Council, Aaron was sent to Redemption Island in a 3-1 vote as he voted Kyle claiming he saw right through his game.

Aaron's opportunity for redemption soon came upon him, and he gave his best effort in the challenge on Redemption Island. However, it was not enough, as his game ended once Allie won her way back into the game. Aaron would officially place 11th out of 12th.

**Aaron's Voting History**
 **2** | Kyle
 **3** | Kyle

## Trivia

* Aaron is the first contestant in the *Survivor Wisconsin* series to injure themselves during the game, dislocating his shoulder in the third challenge of *Survivor: Summer Solstice*.
* In *Survivor: Summer Solstice*, Aaron got as many votes cast against him as challenges he participated in.