DJ

Tribe(s): David/ Vuku, Kalokalo
Finish: Sole Survivor/20
Days Lasted: 39

DJ is a contestant from *Survivor: David vs. Goliath*.

## Survivor: David vs. Goliath

DJ began *Survivor: David vs. Goliath* originally on the orange David tribe. He formed a tight alliance of three with Anthong and Deanna, 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, DJ still kept to his seven in voting out Amanda and Wayne.

At the Tribe Expansion on Day 12, DJ remained on the orange David tribe (renamed to Vuku) along with allies Andrew, Anthony and Deanna as well as Kameron from the Goliaths. DJ's alliance was strengthened when he was told about Anthony's idol find. When they lost their first immunity challenge, Kameron told DJ's alliance that he would align with them and the four unanimously eliminated Andrew. Vuku won the remaining two immunity challenges, with DJ's trio welcoming Kameron into the Vuku Three as the official fourth member.

At the merge, the remaining castaways split along original tribal lines. DJ and the Davids had the numbers advantage, voting out wildcard Bethan. This didn't last for long however, because DJ'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 DJ's alliance voted for Gabby, Hardeep flipped and Kevin was eliminated. At the Kalokalo camp, DJ found a vote steal that he decided to keep quiet from his alliance for the time being. With their allies losing trust in them, DJ'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 about his vote steal that he was planning to use against the opposition. After preventing Brandi's right to vote, DJ's alliance had the majority when Hardeep flipped and Brandi was voted out. With a numbers advantage, DJ'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, DJ 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, Deanna and DJ formed a Final Two deal behind Anthony's back, though he noticed this very quickly. The pair voted for Anthony, but their rivals blindsided Deanna. After winning individual immunity, DJ was protected and Anthony was voted out. It appeared at the Final Five that DJ would be swiftly eliminated as the third piece of the Vuku trio. However, Hardeep played his idol on DJ and the pair blindsided Christian. This move caused a rift between the alliance of Angelina, Hardeep and Ross, but they united in their target of DJ. Luckily, he won the final individual immunity challenge and Hardeep was made the final member of the jury. At the Final Tribal Council, DJ'S underdog story both physically and strategically to get to the end was praised. He was awarded the title of Sole Survivor after earning seven of ten jury votes from Anthony, Brandi, Deanna, Gabby, Hardeep, Kameron and Kevin.

## Trivia

* DJ is the highest ranking member of the original Vuku tribe.
* DJ is currently the oldest male to win the game, winning at aged 38 years.
	+ He and Angelina are the first pair of Latin finalists in *Survivor* history.
	+ He is also the first Sole Survivor who was saved when another castaway played an idol on them.