Vincent Petruzzella

Legends

### Tribe(s)

Tribe Cochran (Fans vs. Favorites: Revenge of the Fallen)Tribe Tyson, Merged Tribe (Blood vs. Water: Redemption Island)

Tribe Devontray, Merged Tribe (Legends)

### Finish

11/14 (Fans vs. Favorites: Revenge of the Fallen)Winner (Blood vs. Water: Redemption Island)

Co-Runner-Up (Legends)

### Alliances

Adam Frelka, Corey Davis, Darius White, Sam Rehl (Fans vs. Favorites: Revenge of the Fallen)Christian Davis, Kathy Moritz (Blood vs. Water: Redemption Island)

TBD (Legends)

### Votes Against

4 (Fans vs. Favorites: Revenge of the Fallen)2 (Blood vs. Water: Redemption Island)

1 (Legends)

**Vincent "Vin" Petruzzella** was the Sole Survivor on Survivor: Blood vs. Water, a contestant on Survivor: Fans vs. Favorites, and was the co-runner-up of Survivor: Legends.

A surprising force in the game, Vin would get taken out of the game after a master-plan went haywire at Tribal Council in his first season. He would then return the next season, visiting every Tribal Council while masterminding many votes, leading him to claim big moves while making people less bitter with him than his opponents, leading to a 4-2-1 victory. Vin would return once more for the long-awaited *Legends* season, where he would attempt his same tricks from his winning season, only to be met with strong rejections from many people at the end, costing him the win but cementing himself a spot as the Co-Runner-Up of the season.

## Survivor: Fans vs. Favorites: Revenge of the Fallen

At the start of the game, Vin would come across the game's first twist when he and the group of Fans would have to immediately vote someone off of their tribe. Seeing her as the weak link in their group, Vin would cast his vote against Kenzie, effectively voting her off of their group. However, this would accomplish nothing, as Kenzie would not be voted out of the game, and she and Vin would be thrown together onto Tribe Cochran. Vin would catch a break in the early chaos of the game as his efforts helped his tribe to win the first immunity challenge of the season. Back at camp, Vin would bond and align with his tribemates in an attempt to solidify his spot in the tribe. Vin would get even more time to do this as his tribe would continue their winning streak and would win the next immunity challenge.

Things would not stay the same for long though, and a tribe swap would prove just that when a tribe swap put Adam and Sam onto the new Tribe Cochran with him and Darius. This would actually be a great benefit to Vin's game, as they had the superior tribe at this point, and they would prove so by winning the next immunity challenge in a landslide victory. Back at camp, Vin would attempt to bond with his new tribemates, and would comment saying that he wanted to vote Richie out, as he unintentionally rubbed Vin the wrong way when they all tried to bond at their original camp. However, not even Richie's new tribe would stop Vin as Tribe Cochran would once again win the next immunity challenge, with this being Darius' and Vin's fourth consecutive immunity challenge win.

Although Vin did not want to merge with the others and would want to keep his tribe's winning streak going, he would still go out with everyone else and drop his buff on the ground. This was not a merge though, it was another tribe swap that would separate him from his allies and would keep him on Tribe Cochran alongside Maggie, Michael, Richie, and Ness. The new Tribe Cochran would shockingly lose the next individual immunity challenge, and Vin would finally have to face Tribal Council. Immediately after the challenge, Vin would hatch a plan to blindside Richie from the game, seeing him as a force to be reckoned with in the future. The plan would involve telling Richie to vote Michael, and then have one person vote for himself, and then have him and the other two vote for Richie; the goal of this being to either blindside Richie or to get him to play his hidden immunity idol. However, Vin's allies did not do the best job at lying to Richie, as they told him two different names for the vote. Although Maggie would attempt to help Vin the most in convincing Richie to not use his hidden immunity idol, Richie's indecisiveness towards the two of them, as well as his indecisiveness with his other two tribemates, put Vin in a state of unease. At Tribal Council, wanting to secure his safety if Richie did use his hidden immunity idol, Vin casted his vote for Michael, hoping to avoid a tiebreaker vote and send Michael out of the game. Richie would use his hidden immunity idol, but Vin would get more shocked at how someone else would cast a vote for him, causing a 2-2-~~1~~ vote between him and Michael, who voted Vin for the exact same reason. Locked in a tiebreaker vote, Vin would have to sit there and watch as the three others on his tribe would vote him out in a 2-1 vote, with Richie being the only one who wanted to spare him. Vin would give a quick speech directed at the trio who managed to take him out, saying that they would have been safe in the game if they stuck with him and his plan. Vin would be eliminated but not fully out of the game yet, as he would be swiftly told of the impending Comeback Challenge that would be occurring within a few minutes. Although he would not have time to prepare, he would be ready to face whatever challenges would lie ahead of him to get back into the game and get his revenge on those who took him out.

At the comeback challenge, Vin would put up a good fight, even taking the lead over some of his opponents in his fight to get back into the game. However, he would be quickly overpowered by Cole, who would ultimately win his way back into the game, thus, cutting Vin's game short. Vin would place 11th out of 14th, falling just short of the merge.

**Vin's Voting History**
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## Survivor: Blood vs. Water: Redemption Island

Remember Vin? He said he was a winner, and he has now returned to the game in *Survivor: Blood vs. Water: Redemption Island* to prove himself after his chaotic elimination the previous season. He would begin his second chance on Tribe Tyson alongside Christian, Grant, Jack, JP, Kathy, and Lea, and they would be thrown into the first immunity challenge of the season. Despite his best efforts, Vin's tribe would lose the first immunity challenge, meaning that he would have to go to the first Tribal Council of the season. Back at camp, Vin would waste no time, as he would throw out JP's name onto the chopping block and would immediately align with Christian, Kathy, and Lea, and he would help his allies to pull in Jack as an extra number. In private, Vin would express that, despite half of his allies wanting to vote off Lea, he believed voting JP out first would be better, stating that he perceived that Cody and Nathan would be more likely to align with them if they kept Lea around longer, and he would attempt to convince Christian and Grant to vote JP when the former kept throwing Lea's name out as an option. At Tribal Council, Vin would get his way, as JP would become the first person voted out of the game in a 6-1 vote, keeping Vin safe and sending JP to Redemption Island.

Despite his tribemates attempting to find the hidden immunity idol immediately after they returned from Tribal Council, Vin would refuse to search, not wanting to exert his energy towards something he did not believe he would ever find. However, his unexerted energy would not help Tribe Tyson too much at the next immunity challenge considering that they would lose by a small margin, and he would have to return to Tribal Council, Back at camp, Vin would talk with his tribemates about his lack of possession of the hidden immunity idol, even joking about what he would do to prove that he did not have it. Privately, Vin would state that he wanted to go for Grant, and then Lea if they lost a third consecutive immunity challenge, and he also stated that he was aware that some people believed him to have the hidden immunity idol but was unsure as to why they believed him to have it. At Tribal Council, Vin would be safe once again, as Grant would be voted out and sent to Redemption Island in a 5-1 vote. After seeing JP get eliminated in the first Redemption Island Duel, Vin would bond more with Christian, even solidifying the two of them as a duo alliance in the game, and he would be eager for a win, hoping to avoid having to vote off one of his allies. Unfortunately, Tribe Tyson would lose their third consecutive immunity challenge in a row, sending him right back to Tribal Council. At camp, despite him knowing he was going to vote for Jack, Vin would suggest throwing Lea's name out to Jack to fool him. His other allies would agree to this and Vin would help Kathy to execute his plan. In private, Vin would express his thoughts about voting off either Jack or Lea, stating that, despite Jack's poor challenge performance up to that point, he was a major player, and cited Lea as a threat for her connection to Cody. However, at Tribal Council, Vin would end up voting against Jack, sending him to Redemption Island in another unanimous vote of 4-1, and Vin would stay to play another day as he would make it to the end of Night 1 and would advance to Day 2.

On Day 2, Vin would not only be pleasantly surprised at Jack winning the next Redemption Island Duel against Grant, but would also be surprised to be swapped onto the new Tribe Natalie alongside Breanne, John, Kathy, and Nathan. While he was hopeful for a fresh start, old trends would seep into his game as the new Tribe Natalie would lose the next immunity challenge, sending him straight back to Tribal Council. At camp, Vin would catch wind of a plan to get rid of Breanne and would agree to go forth with it in order to keep himself safe. Vin would then be approached by Breanne to vote out Kathy with the claim that she could control Christian and the two's other allies in the game. However, Vin would not be on board for this plan and would state his unwillingness to go forth with this plan to her and he would immediately relay this information to John and Nathan while also stating that, down the line, he knew they would have to eliminate Christian and Kathy in order for them to win. While conversing with them, Vin would fully support Nathan in his idea to eliminate Lea if they lost the next immunity challenge after she would join their tribe. At Tribal Council, Vin would be saved as Breanne would be voted out in a 4-1 vote sending her to Redemption Island, just as he expected. However, what he did not expect was that Breanne would end up winning the next Redemption Island Duel, permanently eliminating his former ally, Jack, from the game. The new Tribe Natalie would then immediately be tossed into their next immunity challenge, where Lea would join them as a new member of their tribe. However, Lea replacing Breanne did not do much to change the outcome, as Tribe Natalie would lose once again, sending Vin back to vote off another tribemate. Back at camp, Vin would hatch a plan while talking to John about voting out Kathy, claiming that she would be going after John in the near future. He would then approach Lea with this plan with the claim that she would have control of the game if she linked up with Christian and Cody at the merge, with his conversation being interrupted by Nathan attempting to convince the two to vote against John. Privately, Vin would state that he wanted to get Kathy out so that Nathan would have no choice but to work with him, with the intent of eventually eliminating Lea later on. Vin would then have one more conversation with Kathy, attempting to convince her to vote for Lea, and he would then talk to Lea and would tell her that she would get voted out by Kathy if she did not vote with them. At Tribal Council, Vin's plan would go into action, and, after a revote between Kathy and Lea, Vin would be successful as Kathy would be sent to Redemption Island after he and John would successfully eliminate her on the revote. This would guarantee Vin to finally see the merge, a milestone he had not reached before in the game, but he, alongside everyone else, would be shocked to see Breanne beat Kathy in a very close finish at the Final Redemption Island Duel of the season, meaning that Breanne would be returning to the game.

At camp, Vin would immediately link up with Christian, Corey, and Em, and they would attempt to pull in Lea and Lita, the latter of whom Christian had already been talking to since they were separated at the tribe swap. They would speculate that Breanne returned to the game with a special advantage or hidden immunity idol and wanted to tell Breanne it was her just to see if she would reveal it to them. After they talked through their plan, Vin would immediately go to John and Nathan and would attempt to pit them against Breanne and Cody. However, what he was unaware of is that Breanne was slowly, but surely, getting people against him, with his alliance with Christian, Corey, and Em eventually being nicknamed the New Jersey Alliance. Furthermore, his plans would come to a screeching halt as Breanne would win the first individual immunity challenge, causing Vin and his allies to target Cody instead as they immediately were sent to Tribal Council from the challenge. At Tribal Council, despite his confidence, Vin, alongside his allies, would be shocked to see Christian get blindsided in a 6-3-1-1 vote, sending him to the jury and putting Vin in a bad spot for the first time this season. Vin would immediately be thrown into the next individual immunity challenge. However, right before the challenge would begin, Corey and Vin would attempt to privately talk to John in an attempt to sway him back to their side in hopes that they could get him to vote against Cody. Vin would ultimately lose individual immunity to Corey, putting him at risk once more of being vote out. Back at camp, Vin would immediately strategize with Em and Nathan to get rid of Breanne, and would then relay this information to Corey. When they were alone, the remaining members of the New Jersey Alliance, being himself, Corey, and Em, would make a Final 3 Pact that was initiated by Corey, with the only catch being Corey's threat that if they lied to him or screwed him over, then they would not get his jury vote. Vin would then go on to attempt to sway John and Lita to vote his way against Breanne and Cody, with his main arguments revolving around Breanne's physical prowess within the challenges and Cody's strategic prowess within every season he had previously played in. Later on, he would go on to talk about voting Breanne with John, Lea, Lita, and Nathan, and would be joined by Cody as Vin would openly joke about how he had not spoken to Breanne since he had voted her out before the merge, and Cody would tell Vin that Breanne was targeting the New Jersey Alliance, something that Vin was already aware of, and Vin would once again claim to them that he wanted to flush out any advantages or hidden immunity idols Breanne may have. In private, Vin would express his concerns for his target increasing due to him and his girlfriend, Em, both still being within the game. At Tribal Council, preparing for the possibility of Breanne playing a hidden immunity idol on herself, Vin would cast his vote against Cody, who would end up staying in the game as Breanne would end up being voted out in a 6-3 vote.

Vin would then have to immediately compete in the next individual immunity challenge, of which he lost to Cody. Back at camp, Vin would approach Nathan about taking out John, of whom the New Jersey Alliance did not trust, and he would immediately tell Em of this plan as well, with him also now being aware that Em's advantage was the *Safety-Without-Power* advantage, meaning that she could leave Tribal Council and not get voted for, but she would also lose her vote for that round. After talking to Cody and John, Corey would inform Vin that he was told that they wanted to target himself or Em, putting the New Jersey couple at risk as Vin would tell Corey of his new plan to vote against Lita, to which Corey and Em both pushed back against and told him that voting John was their best option. Cody would approach Vin ito get him to vote against John, with this being a part of Cody's plan to vote out Corey, and they would then talk to Corey, who ended up fighting with Cody. Vin would later attempt to create a Final 4 Alliance with Corey, Em, and Nathan, with his intent being to continue to sway Nathan onto his side, to which Corey and Em would help him with. At Tribal Council, Vin would vote against Lea upon hearing that John wanted to target him and that John may have a hidden immunity idol in a move of self-preservation. This would not matter though, as Corey played a hidden immunity idol for himself, negating several votes and causing a revote between John and Lea, of which Vin would once again vote Lea with the assumption that Nathan was doing the same, even though John would be eliminated on the revote. Back at camp, Vin would come up with a plan with Corey, where Corey would throw the next challenge, get the votes onto him, and then play his second hidden immunity idol for himself so they could get rid of Cody. Vin's plan would go into action, as Corey and Vin would lose individual immunity to Lita. Back at camp, Em and Vin would converse with Cody, Lea, and Lita about getting Corey out of the game, with them doing just what he had expected them to do as Vin pretended to agree to so that they would fall into his trap. In a confessional, Vin would highlight his future plans to get rid of Cody, then Corey, then Nathan, and then be at the Final 4 with the women, with his main loyalties lying with Em. He and Em would then go on to talk to Nathan about the next round of voting, with Nathan considering all of his options while Vin attempted to convince him to vote for Corey and he would recap the events of the last vote to Em, who missed it due to her using the *Safety-Without-Power* advantage. Vin then attempted to bond with Cody and Nathan to make them both feel comfortable as they spoke of their past seasons and their future plans for the current season. When alone with them, Vin would claim to Em and Nathan that he believed for awhile that it would be them three to the end, with him campaigning on his honesty despite this being a ploy to get Nathan on his side, and he would then go on to mock Christian's gameplay in his past seasons. The New Jersey Alliance would convene once more to recap their plan, and at Tribal Council, it would be put into motion, as

At the next individual immunity challenge, Vin would finally catch a break and would finally win a challenge, keeping him safe. Back at camp, Vin would privately mention that his pitch to win the game at the end would involve his gameplay and the big moves he was able to make despite people targeting him. He would then go on to state that he believed he was the favored to win at that point as he planned to vote out Corey. Nathan would then lie to Vin, claiming that he and Lita wanted to vote against Lea when Nathan was really targeting Em. Corey would then attempt to warn Vin that the women would be aligning with each other, with Corey being completely unaware that his campaigns were not working on Vin. Vin would later attempt to convince Nathan that they needed to get rid of Lea in hopes of getting Nathan to not target his girlfriend, Em. When they both told Corey, Corey would attempt to convince them to vote against Lita. Vin would then check in with Em and Lea and they would plan to vote out Nathan and Corey the next two rounds. At Tribal Council, Vin would not want to burn Nathan on his way out, and he would choose to vote against Lea in what would be a 4-1-1 vote that would eliminate Nathan. At camp, Em and Vin would talk about the next vote, and they would continue to target Corey, but were preparing to vote out Lita should he win the next challenge. Fortunately for them Lita would win the next individual immunity challenge, sealing Corey's fate. Back at camp, Corey would be the main target. However, Corey, seeing that it was one of the two men leaving, would tell Vin that he was voting against him and he then told Vin to vote against him for the betterment of his game and would encourage Vin to go on to win the next challenge. At Tribal Council, Vin would not want to burn Corey, so, as he did the previous round, he threw his vote onto Lea so he could keep his promise to not vote against Corey, despite Vin's vote being negated when Lita played her hidden immunity idol on Lea. The Final Individual Immunity Challenge would take place, and Vin would unfortunately lose it to Lea, with this opening an opportunity for them to vote out Lita, who had many supporters on the jury for her impressive sociostrategic game. Vin would attempt to get Em and Lea to vote against Lita to get him to the end. In private, Vin would be aware that Lita would be voting against him and was confident that Em would vote against Lita with him. At Tribal Council, Vin would ultimately win the battle as Lita would get voted out in a 3-1 vote, but would he win the war?

At the Final Tribal Council, Vin would confidently talk about his gameplay, taking credit for many moves during the game, such as Kathy's, Cody's, and Lita's eliminations, and he talked about how he voted against Lea on many occasions on the offchance that someone would play a hidden immunity idol, showcasing that he had learned a good lesson from his previous season. Throughout the Final Tribal Council, Vin was able to make people laugh, smile, and admire him as he would talk about his social and strategic gameplay to showcase how he was not a follower, despite Breanne's and Em's negative comments on Vin's game. Furthermore, he was also given credit by Christian for attending every single Tribal Council that season without being voted out, a feat that had not happened at that point and was given respect for his loyalty throughout the game. In the end, Vin would be successful in his second chance, as the respect people had for his was so high that he would win the game, becoming the eighth Sole Survivor and winner of *Survivor: Blood vs. Water: Redemption Island*, placing 1st out of 14th.

## Trivia

* Vin was the only person in *Survivor: Fans vs. Favorites: Revenge of the Fallen* to be voted out before the merge and never be a member of Tribe Parvati.
* Vin is the first, and currently only contestant, to visit every Tribal Council within the span of a season.
	+ Vin is also currently the only winner to achieve this feat.
* Every time Vin competed, he would compete against Em Pena and Corey Davis, and every time he would place higher than Em.