Brendan

* Survivor
 Survivor: Panama
Tribe(s): La Mina
Finish: 29/32
 Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains

Tribe(s): Villains
Finish: 23/28

Tribe(s): Malakal, Airai, Dabu
Finish: Runner-Up/20

Brendan is a contestant from *Survivor: Panama*, *Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains* and *Survivor: Micronesia*.

He later returned as one of the sixteen veteran *Survivor* castaways as a housemate on *Big Brother 2*. Brendan was evicted third on Day 23, finishing in 14th place.

## Survivor: Panama

Brendan started the game in *Survivor: Panama* on the orange La Mina tribe. He and Thomas quickly made a friendship and promised to look out for each other, but needed more people in their group for the numbers. After losing the first immunity challenge, La Mina was one of three tribes that attended the Triple Tribal Council. Brendan and Thomas voted for Natalia who they considered a challenge liability, but Charlie was voted out.

Brendan began to notice that the rest of the tribe was forming a large majority, and him and Thomas were becoming isolated apart from their much needed challenge strength. To cover his own ass in case the tribe lost again, Brendan talked to the tribe and threw Thomas under the bus behind his back. When La Mina lost again, Brendan tried to get the rest of the tribe to vote for Thomas, but Brendan was blindsided.

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## Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains

For his villainous gameplay in his first season, Brendan returned to the game for *Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains*. The female villains created an alliance early on and decided to throw the first challenge to eliminate Cody, a perceived threat. Brendan was then safe for 7 more days as the Heroes lost consecutive challenges and had to vote out Vanessa, Hayden, Summer and Skye in the process. Fearful for his position in the game, Brendan began to talk and tried to make an alliance with the girls. They took this as being two faced and voted out Brendan on Day 10 when they lost the next immunity challenge.

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## Survivor: Micronesia

The two seasons of quick and aggressive gameplay landed Brendan a spot as a favourite on the Malakal tribe of *Survivor: Micronesia*. The favourites lost the first immunity challenge and had to vote someone out. For already being a Sole Survivor, some of the castaways voted out Brendan's ally, Cherry. They won the next two challenges, meaning the fans had to send two castaways home. On Day 11, Brendan's other ally, Priya was also voted out for her previous style of gameplay.

Brendan made it to the tribe switch and joined the Airai tribe. They were put with setbacks by being less physical, having to send home Axel and Mason. Kaylee being medically evacuated also reduced Airai's numbers. However, Brendan held the majority and was able to make the merge.

Cecilia, Ricardo, Rachel, Xenia and Brendan formed their own alliance after Gloss' elimination and voted out Arthur. This was only a one-time alliance because Cecilia, Xenia and Jaclyn chose who they wanted to vote out for the next 5 tribal councils, leaving Brendan to guess with his votes. At this point, it was the three girls and Brendan. With the help of Cecilia and Xenia, the trio blindsided Jaclyn for fear of a tie. Cecilia won the final immunity and chose to bring Brendan because of his goat-like gameplay. He received no votes to win at the Final Tribal Council and was crowned the runner-up.

## Big Brother 2

In August 2021, Brendan competed on Big Brother 2. He and his wife Rachel quickly found themselves in the majority USA Alliance with Clarence, Chord, Hillary, Kelley and Lacey. In addition to his allegiance to Rachel, Brendan also formed a close relationship with Chord because of their shared experiences as second place on ‘’Survivor’’. The USA Alliance were in power for the first two weeks of the game, where they evicted Nick and Rory. Sarge nominated Brendan beside Rachel in Week 3, though the pair worked together to ensure that Rachel would save herself with the Power of Veto. This left Brendan on the block on eviction night beside his ally Lacey and Gianni, who was cursed by the Den of Temptation to name himself as a third nominee. The divided house ultimately resulted in a tied vote, which Sarge broke by evicting Brendan in order to weaken Rachel and the rest of the USA Alliance.

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## Trivia

* Brendan is the first Hispanic castaway to compete on *Survivor*.
* Brendan is the highest ranking member of the Malakal tribe.
* Despite being a three time player, Brendan has never been a member of the jury.