Brandon

**Brandon** is a contestant from *Survivor: Dear Evan Hansen* and *Survivor: How the Grinch Stole Christmas*.

## Dear Evan Hansen

At the beginning of the game the 20 castaways were sorted into 2 different tribes, the Evan Tribe and the Connor tribe. Brandon was placed on the Evan Tribe with Alex, Anna, Apollo, Cashout, Curly, Elk, JessTV, Taylor, and Theo. Right off the bat, Brandon requests an alliance chat with Cashout, Curly, Taylor, and JessTV. This first challenge was a scavenger hunt. Each tribe was given an item every half hour (at:00 and:30). Before the challenge got underway, it was announced that both tribes would be going to tribal council. Brandon received 3 points for this challenge. This was not enough to earn him individual immunity from the upcoming tribal council. Going into tribal it was very clear who the vote was going to be. With a 9-1 vote Theo was sent home being the first member from the tribe eliminated. For the next challenge, each tribe mate had to complete three different types of puzzles; a match game, a sliding puzzle, and a jigsaw puzzle. The tribe who has the fastest average time will win immunity. Brandon was able to complete this challenge in 31:56. With an average time of 31:37 the Evan Tribe beat the Connor Tribe’s time of 33:50 winning immunity and not having to go to tribal council.

For the 3rd challenge “For Forever” each tribe mate had to watch a video from a famous YouTuber and voice teacher Hannah Bayles as she listens to the YouTube videos of the 4 Evans singing For Forever in 4-part harmony. They had to answer 10 questions on the video. The tribe that got the most correct answers would win. If there is a tie then it would be broken by average time. Due to having an extra tribe member the Evan Tribe had to sit out 1 person. The Evan Tribe decided to have JessTV sit out. Brandon scored a 10/10 with a time of 15:18. With a score of 53/80, the Evan Tribe was not able to beat the Connor Tribe’s score of 67/80 meaning they are headed to tribal council. Heading into tribal council it was pretty clear that Alex would be the next to go due to his inability to complete the challenge. As the votes were read Alex was voted out with a vote of 7(Alex)-2(Anna)-1(JessTV, Theo’s Suspension Vote). For the 4th challenge “Sincerely, Me”, the castaways were asked to complete a connections game. There are 5 rounds and 4 groups in each round. The only tricky thing is that they won’t find out if they are correct until the results are announced. You earn credit for each group that is 100% correct. Each grid is worth 4 points meaning the maximum amount of points that can be earned is 20. The tribe with the best score will win immunity. Time is only taken into account as a tiebreaker. Brandon completed this challenge with a score of 15/20 in 51:42. With an average score of 105/160, the Evan Tribe beat out the Connor Tribe’s score of 80/160 meaning they were safe from the upcoming tribal council.

After Archie was voted out it was announced that the Evan and Connor Tribes would be no more and that there would now be three tribes, Connor 2.0, Jared., and Alana. The Alana would be Bridgette, Brandon, Danny, Apollo, and Jae. The Jared tribe would be JessTV, Cashout, Jess, Hayden, and Curly. This means the Connor 2.0 tribe would be Anna, Elk, Maddison, Nicko, and Taylor. After the tribal expansion from two tribes to three tribes it was announced that all tribes would attend tribal council meaning that each tribe would have an individual immunity idol that one member would win from each tribe. For the 5th immunity challenge “Requiem” the castaways were given 6 riddles to complete. The riddles will help you get a code to help you escape the challenge. The player with the fastest time from each tribe will win immunity. Brandon completed this challenge in 10:51. Unfortunately this was not quick enough to gain him individual immunity for the upcoming tribal council. Based on the results of the challenge Jared will take 1st tribal meaning whoever gets voted out will get 15th place, Alana will get 2nd tribal meaning whoever gets voted out will get 14th place, and Connor 2.0 will be last tribal and the person voted out will get 13th place. Going into tribal council Brandon was under the assumption that the vote was going to be unanimous for Bridgette. Little did he know the rest of the tribe was planning on voting him out. As the votes were read Brandon was voted out with a vote of 4(Brandon)-1(Bridgette)1(Jae, Archie’s Suspension Vote). Before leaving the game as a part of the ongoing Suspension Twist Brandon got to cast one extra vote before he left. He cast his Suspension Vote for Jae which will be revealed the next time they attend tribal council.

### Voting History

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## How the Grinch Stole Christmas

At the beginning of the game the 18 castaways were sorted into 3 different tribes, the Cindy-Lou Tribe, the Max Tribe, and the Dr. Seuss Tribe. Brandon was placed on the Max Tribe alongside Gabriel, Michael, Jordy, Gary and Logan. For the first immunity challenge, each tribe had to work to create their own Christmas tribe banner. This banner would be shown each time during the announcing of immunity challenge results. During the results, Max received a total score of 13/30 which wasn’t enough to beat the other two tribes, sending them to tribal council. It was announced: Santa’s Workshop. At Santa’s Workshop, players would not be able to vote and would then be able to search around and find anything. Dr. Seuss won first in the competition and chose to send Logan to Santa’s Workshop.
On day 3, Brandon requested an alliance between himself, Gary and Jordy and called themselves “Potterheads.” Brandon had even tried talking a bit with his fellow cast members. However, even with this alliance chat, it wasn’t enough to stop Brandon from being the first person voted out in a 4-1 vote.