Richard

* Survivor
 Survivor: San Juan Del Sur

Tribe(s): Hunahpu
Finish: 18/20
Tribe(s): Fang
Finish: 13/18
 Survivor: Nicaragua

Tribe(s): La Flor, Libertad
Finish: 11/20
Tribe(s): Luzon
Finish: 20/21
Days Lasted: 6

Richard is a contestant from *Survivor: San Juan Del Sur*, *Survivor: Gabon*, *Survivor: Nicaragua* and *Survivor: Cagayan*.

He later returned as one of the sixteen veteran *Survivor* castaways as a housemate on Big Brother 1. Richard was evicted seventh on Day 44, finishing in 10th place.

## Survivor: San Juan Del Sur

Richard originally competed on *Survivor: San Juan Del Sur* and was placed on the blue Hunahpu tribe. The tribe had to vote someone out in a Double Tribal Council. Richard voted with the rest of the tribe in voting out David for his laziness and weak social game. With the bigger threat voted out of the tribe, Hunahpu made their own alliances. Aisha, Travis, Skye, Leo, Ryan and Priya formed a majority alliance. On the outs, Richard brought in outsiders Penny and Lina to form the Outsider Alliance in the hopes of sending the majority alliance home. This was unsuccessful and when Huanhpu lost the next immunity challenge, the majority voted out Richard.

### Voting History

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## Survivor: Gabon

In his second attempt, Richard was placed on the red Fang tribe during *Survivor: Gabon*. He continued his strong trio with Lina and Penny from their previous appearance, and aligned with Cody and Montana to form the majority. At their first loss, Richard's alliance voted for Cat in order to separate her pairing with Lawson. Fang lost the following two immunity challenges, where Cody and Montana were blindsided due to miscommunication and attempts at double crossing. Richard's trio gained further power when Lawson was their fourth victim.

At the tribe switch, Richard remained on Fang along with his allies Lina and Penny. Their games were in the hands of the original Kota members who held the majority, though Priya felt uncomfortable in that alliance and flipped to Richard's group to eliminate Tison. This was only temporary however, as the tribe was divided along original tribal lines at their sixth consecutive loss. After a tie occurred between her and Travis, Lina, Penny and Priya all switched their votes at the revote to remain close with each other which led to Richard's elimination on Day 16.

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## Survivor: Nicaragua

In his third attempt during *Survivor: Nicaragua*, Richard was on the yellow La Flor tribe. The La Flor tribe won the first three immunity challenge and did not have to go to tribal council. When La Flor lost their first tribal council, Richard and the La Flor Alliance voted out Hayden for his poor work ethic around camp and in the challenges.

At the switch, Richard stayed on the La Flor tribe, with Mallory, Montana and Liam from their original tribe. Espada lost the first challenge and had to send a member home. Both tribes then had to then vote someone out. The original Espada castaways on La Flor post-switch brought along Montana and voted out Mallory. They voted for Liam at the next tribal council. However, he had a Hidden Immunity idol, saving himself and voting out Montana.

At this point, Richard made the merge. Richard and Liam, fearful of their minority position in the game tried to get their original tribe members to vote with them at the next tribal council. Peighton was blindsided by her, sparing the boys at the first vote. However, Richard's one man alliance proved too dangerous to the majority alliance and he was voted at the next tribal council. At the Final Tribal Council as a member of the jury, he voted for Priya to win the title of Sole Survivor.

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## Survivor: Cagayan

For his academic achievements and occupation, Richard returned to *Survivor: Cagayan* on the green Luzon tribe, labelled the 'Brain'. The tribe won the first immunity challenge, saving themselves from tribal council. When Luzon lost the second immunity challenge, the castaways considered for the vote were Lora (for being a Palau representative) and Richard (for not being in the game enough). In the end, Richard was less respected and voted out on Day 6.

### Voting History

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## Big Brother 1

In November 2020, Richard competed on Big Brother 1. As part of the Backwards Week Twist, Richard nominated Cherry and Gabriel for the first eviction but Gabriel and Lina were nominated. In order to save his *Survivor* ally from the Outsider Alliance, Richard won the first HOH competition and voted to evict Gabriel. Richard then kept a low profile in the second week whilst HOH Peighton nominated *Survivor: The Australian Outback* alum Bella and Cherry. Peighton wanted the house to evict Cherry because he was a former Sole Survivor, but Richard voted with the majority to evict Bella and keep Cherry around as a shield. In Week 3, Richard's close ally Priya won the Time Warp immunity competition and decided to share her immunity with Richard. Unfortunately, their ally Lina was nominated by Ricardo and she was evicted.

In Week 4, Richard was put in a powerful position when his ally Priya became the next HOH. She nominated Lea and Spencer as pawns before replacing Lea with Alana, who had won two previous POV competitions. As a result, Richard voted with the majority to evict Alana for being a physical threat. Richard was then the HOH in Week 5 and nominated weaker players Kurtis and Lea, which led to Lea's eviction. His power trip soon ended when Tiffany nominated Priya and Richard for eviction. After winning the POV, Belle and Tiffany made an arrangement to save Priya and name Peighton as the replacement nominee. Tiffany planned on using Peighton as a pawn, but she was evicted because Richard had a strong alliance with Belle, Cherry and Priya.

Shortly after Peighton's eviction, the housemates competed in a weeks worth of competitions in an hour as part of a Double Eviction. Cherry won the HOH and nominated Kurtis and Tim. However, Cherry nominated Richard after Tim won the veto because of Richard was well connected and had already won a number of competitions. In a shocking blindside, Richard was evicted in a 6-1 vote and became the second member of the jury. He voted for eventual Runner-Up Jeremy to win the season.

## Trivia

* Richard's elimination during *San Juan Del Sur* made him the first castaway to be eliminated on Day 6.
* Jeremy, Kurtis, Richard, Tiffany and Tim were the only housemates on Big Brother 1 to place higher than any of their previous *Survivor* appearances.