Anthony

Tribe(s): David/ Vuku, Kalokalo
Finish: 6/20
 Survivor: Island of Secrets
Tribe(s): Laumei, Sa'ula, Ta'alo, Manumalo
Finish: Sole Survivor/24
Days Lasted: 39

Anthony is a contestant from *Survivor: David vs. Goliath* and *Survivor: Island of Secrets*.

## Survivor: David vs. Goliath

Anthony began *Survivor: David vs. Goliath* originally on the orange David tribe. He formed a tight alliance of three with Deanna and DJ, whilst joining forces with Andrew, Brandi, Christian and Gabby to create the majority alliance. India opened up to the tribe about being transgender, though tension grew when Amanda and Andrew misgendered her on multiple occasions. When the tribe lost the first immunity challenge, the seven voted out India for being the perceived weakest link. Though Andrew and Brandi across the next week tried to split the majority alliance, Anthony still kept to his seven in voting out Amanda and Wayne.

At the Tribe Expansion on Day 12, Anthony remained on the orange David tribe (renamed to Vuku) along with allies Andrew, Deanna and DJ as well as Kameron from the Goliaths. After finding the tribes Hidden Immunity Idol, Anthony solidified his trio when he revealed his idol and promised to share it with either of them if the time came. When they lost their first immunity challenge, Kameron told Anthony's alliance that he would align with them and the four unanimously eliminated Andrew. Vuku won the remaining two immunity challenges, with Anthony's trio welcoming Kameron into the Vuku Three as the official fourth member.

At the merge, the remaining castaways split along original tribal lines. Anthony and the Davids had the numbers advantage, voting out wildcard Bethan. This didn't last for long however, because Anthony's trio utilised their connection with Kameron to bring in Goliaths Hardeep and Kevin to blindside Christian. Fearing his name was being thrown around, Anthony played his idol which caused Christian to play his too. With no votes counting, the tribe had to revote. Though Anthony's alliance voted for Gabby, Hardeep flipped and Kevin was eliminated. With their allies losing trust in them, Anthony's trio was ostracised from the rest of the tribe. Despite voting for Gabby, the majority alliance turned on their own by blindsiding Tracey.

Again, there was a 5-5 divide between the two majority alliances. Luckily, DJ told Anthony and Deanna that he had a vote steal he was planning to use against the opposition. After preventing Brandi's right to vote, Anthony's alliance had the majority when Hardeep flipped and Brandi was voted out. With a numbers advantage, Anthony's alliance of five planned on voting for Ross next. However, Hardeep was persuaded by his former allies that he was at the bottom of his alliance and Kameron was blindsided. Though they didn't trust Hardeep, Anthony and his alliance pleaded with him to stop flipping alliances and instead stay firm with them. He agreed and the four eliminated Gabby because their rivals couldn't keep together.

With the numbers dwindling, Anthony began to notice that a more personal relationship formed between Deanna and DJ than with himself. He wanted to target Hardeep as the flipper of the tribe, but his former allies were planning on getting rid of him. At the next two tribal councils, the majority began to target the broken trio starting with Deanna and shortly followed by Anthony. At the Final Tribal Council, he voted for DJ to win the title of Sole Survivor.

## Survivor: Island of Secrets

Anthony then returned for *Survivor: Island of Secrets*. For living in Arizona at the time of filming, he became the Captain of the yellow Laumei tribe which contained castaways from western regions of the United States. Anthony was warmly welcomed into the tribe, to the point where he was chosen to visit the Island of Secrets on Days 3 and 10. However, he was unsuccessful in obtaining an advantage either time. Laumei won the first four immunity challenges they had together, which put a huge target on their backs. When Christopher won the Island of Secrets advantage over Anthony on Day 10, he and Sneha forced Anthony and Rahul to mutiny to the rival Sa'ula tribe. This move left Anthony and Rahul in the minority against Declan, Elias and Heather. Sa'ula tried to throw the immunity challenge to get rid of Anthony at the Double Tribal Council on Day 12, but the Laumei Alliance on Laumei threw the challenge better in order to get rid of Christopher.

At the tribe dissolve, Anthony was chosen by Leyla to join the purple Ta'alo tribe along with her Laumei ally Harmony. The Laumei castaways was the only tribe which had yet to lose an original member yet and were immediately targeted. There was also tension between Anthony and Christian following their rivalry on *David vs. Goliath*. After winning the first two immunity challenges together, Ta'alo lost on Day 18. Anthony voted with his Laumei allies as well as Danni and Doug from the original Ta'alo in order to eliminate Christian's closest ally Davis. When Ta'alo attended a Double Elimination on Day 20, Anthony was blindsided with the loss of her ally Leyla. However, him and Harmony then got their revenge by eliminating Christian.

Anthony made the merge and was reunited with his original Laumei allies Harmony and Joshua. At the first merged tribal council, this group decided to work with the clusters of original Sa'ula and Ta'alo castaways to split the votes between Imani and Shannon. When neither player had an advantage, Shannon was eliminated. Approaching the next tribal council, the Laumei trio could sense they were on the chopping block. They decided to bring in outsiders Imani and Micah, who were outs of the larger alliance. At the second merged tribal council, Anthony and his new alliance of five had the numbers to blindside Sneha. This alliance felt down in numbers because Sa'ula and Ta'alo were a huge force. At tribal, Joshua rightfully played his Hidden Immunity Idol for Harmony but a null vote occurred when Doug and Heather also played idols. With her advantage in hand, Harmony cast the sole vote to eliminate Sa'ula rival Declan.

With the tribe fractured, Anthony's alliance tried to make peace and were pleased when a majority of the tribe agreed to vote out J'Tia. This led to her unanimous elimination. However, Laumei remained on the chopping block and Joshua was voted out. Micah continued working with Anthony and Harmony during this time, but he became the next victim of the rival majority alliance. At the Final Seven, Doug played his idol but Harmony decided to use her Idol Nullifier against this in order to avoid being voted out herself. With Anthony in the majority against Danni and Doug, Doug was voted out on Day 34. With only six castaways remaining, Anthony and Harmony considered Heather their biggest threat. However, Harmony was voted out because Heather played her Legacy Advantage and the majority alliance split the votes between Anthony and Harmony.

At the Final Five, it appeared that Anthony would be voted out as the only remaining member of the Laumei Alliance. However, the women of the tribe formed a new alliance to blindside Elias. At the Final Four, Anthony was sure again that he would be voted out because he didn't have any allies left. However, Danni and Imani approached Anthony and they voted out Heather whom they considered their biggest threats. At the Final Tribal Council, Anthony expressed how surprised he was to make it to the end because he had no allies from the Final Six. Most of the jury, especially including the Laumei castaways, praised Anthony for surviving despite being one of four returning players and having no allies at the end of the game. In the end, Anthony was awarded the title of Sole survivor after earning six of ten jury votes from Declan, Elias, Harmony, Joshua, Shannon and Sneha.

## Trivia

* Anthony and Christian are the first castaways to play idols and cause a null vote at tribal council.
	+ After *Island of Secrets*, he would become the first castaway to be present for multiple null votes.
* Anthony received the most votes against him during *David vs. Goliath*, with nineteen.
* Anthony and Sneha are the only castaways to be on every tribe from *Island of Secrets*.
* He was the highest ranking returning player from *Island of Secrets*.
	+ He was also the highest ranking member of the original Laumei tribe.