Josh DiMattia

**Days Lasted:** | 39

**Josh DiMattia** is the Sole Survivor of *Survivor: Vanuatu*.

Josh began the game on the brawn tribe, immediately forming connections with everyone on his tribe. Out of everyone, he became the closest with Evan and Molly, who formed a final three deal within the first few days of the game. With his tribe excelling, he didn't have to worry much about the votes until the merge. Josh's alliance seemed to be in charge of the game, in deciding who would go home at each vote. In the end, Josh's leadership, and non-threatening nature earned him a ton of praise at the Final Tribal Council, and he was awarded the title of Sole Survivor in a tight 3-2-2 vote.

## Profile

*Retrieved from survivorthesims.fandom.com*.

* **Name (Age):** Josh DiMattia (32)
* **Tribe Designation:** Brawn
* **Hometown:** Williamstown, NJ
* **Current Residence:** New York, NY
* **Occupation:** Broadway Dancer
* **Do You Consider Yourself a Brain, Beauty or Brawn?** If you're a broadway dancer, you're definitely a brawn. No matter what anyone tries to tell you, dance *is* and always *has been* and *will continue to be* a sport. It's... actually so much work. I dance my ass off every day and train in the studio all the time, perfecting my turns, leaps, jumps, kicks, splits... I dance 7 days a week in the studio and have been in quite a few shows on Broadway. It's actually unbelievable.
* **What Are You Most Proud Of?** Being able to move to New York City on my own and becoming a successful Broadway dancer. I started on Broadway in a production of Billy Elliot, I was a background dancer. No matter what, I did it. That was a surreal experience and really got me into dancing and training for Broadway shows.
* **Why Will You Be the Sole Survivor?** I have grit, tenacity and I'm willing to do anything to win. I didn't come on *Survivor* to pathetically lose and fall on my face, I came here to win, 100%. I can form those social connections that will take me to the top and I will strategize my butt off all the way to the bank, cashing in my million dollar check!

## Survivor: Vanuatu

### **Voting History**

**^a** Justin played a Hidden Immunity Idol, negating Josh's vote against him.
**^b** Josh won individual immunity, but due to Maci's evacuation, Josh's immunity was voided.
**^c** A tie occurred between Rachel and Raven, forcing a revote. Josh changed his vote on the revote.
**^d** A tie occurred between Evan and Molly, forcing a revote. Josh did not change his vote.
## Post-Survivor

* Josh was presented with his $1,000,000 check by host Jack Jones on *The Daily Morning Show* the day after the *Vanuatu* reunion episode.

## Trivia

* Josh received 0 votes against him on *Vanuatu* and went onto win the season. He is the fifth Sole Survivor to achieve this feat, following Tatyana Kuzmina, Michael Vega, Heather Bell and Michele Morris.
	+ Josh is the third in a row, as Heather and Michele won the two preceding seasons.
* Josh is the third LGBTQ+ winner, after Michael Vega and Heather Bell.
	+ He is the second to identify as gay, after Michael.
* Josh set the record for the least amount of jury votes received by a Sole Survivor, with 3.
* Josh is tied with Evan Villa for the most individual immunity wins on *Vanuatu*, with two.
	+ However, one of Josh's immunity wins did not count during an official vote. This was due to Maci Kressin's evacuation that same day.
* Josh is the second castaway to have their immunity voided due to an evacuation cancelling Tribal Council. The first was Logan Trush on *Survivor: Fiji*.
* Josh is the first male winner since Tyler Ulrich from *Survivor: Chile*.
* Josh won the most challenges on *Vanuatu*, with 11.
* Josh is one of four Sakao members who remained on Sakao post-switch. The others include Evan Villa, Molly Deitz and Tiffany Caldwell.
* On the show, Josh's residence was listed as Williamstown, NJ. However, as stated by his profile, he currently resides in New York City.
* Josh lost 21 lbs during his time on *Vanuatu*.

## References

1. ↑ **Josh DiMattia**
2. ↑ Josh DiMattia is a Millionaire!
3. ↑ Post-Game Interview: Sole Survivor Josh DiMattia.