Timothy Sweeney

**Timothy James Sweeney** is a contestant from *Zovivor: Yap*.

Starting the Rumung tribe on the outs, he was able to form friendships with Gillian Habersberger, Aadi Madhwesh, and Aggie Asante that eventually blossomed into a majority alliance with Tristan Rainey. However, he and Gillian frequently had their strategic input disregarded by the other three, and at the merge, they decided to flip, eliminating Aadi and Torrance Butler. This led to the perception of Timothy being an unreliable and skittish ally, and it resulted in his blindside at the final 9 when the "Plan A' target, Tristan, won immunity.

## Profile

**Pronouns**: He/Him
**Age**: 64
**Location**: Boise, ID
**Occupation**: English Teacher
**Hobbies**: ---
**Pet Peeves**: ---
**What are three words to describe you?** ---
**What is one accomplishment you're most proud of?** ---
**Why will you be the Sole Survivor?** ---
 **Which previous player do you identify with the most?** ---

## Survivor

John began the season upon being chosen by Russell Swan of the Galu tribe as a "Brazilian-looking guy" to be their swimmer in the opening Reward Challenge. John began the long swim solidly. However, fatigue took it's toll heavily on him towards the end, and his opponent Jaison Robinson stole a strong lead by the end of it. He finished the swim exhausted and well behind Jaison. Fellow tribe member Dave Ball even stated, "he shanked that swim so bad I was ready to vote him off on the spot!" The opposing tribe, Foa Foa, went on to win the opening Reward Challenge. But all recognition of him being a poor challenge performer was gone when he mastered the Immunity Challenge with a clever tactic in which he used himself as somewhat of a ramp to support his tribemates in climbing up the near-vertical wall. Galu resulted in winning the Immunity Challenge, and it sent the Foa Foa tribe to Tribal Council. While Galu dominated in challenges, for the most part, John found himself in a good position in the tribe as the men and Shambo Waters grew close and also wary of tight duo Monica Padilla and Laura Morett.

After the merge, Galu began to crumble, despite them outnumbering Foa Foa. Fincher was pressured to flip to Foa Foa's alliance; if he didn't, a tiebreaker vote would be enforced, and all the contestants except those immune and those with tied votes would be forced to draw rocks. Additionally, John was frustrated by Galu's poor decision making which played a role in the eliminations of Erik Cardona and Kelly Sharbaugh. In the re-vote upon the tie, John switched his vote to Laura, and it resulted in her being voted out and sent to the jury. In the following Tribal Council, Fincher was betrayed by Russell Hantz and with his Galu tribe mates mad at him for voting out Laura, he was sent home in a 7-1-1 vote.

Despite being betrayed by him, John gave his jury vote to Russell, as he believed Hantz played the best game, as opposed to Mick and Natalie. This helped Russell earn 2nd place over Mick, but the other loyal Galus and Jaison joined in awarding Natalie the title of Sole Survivor.

* Challenge History
* Voting History

**^1** In Template:Ep, Russell H. used a Hidden Immunity Idol, negating John's vote against him.
**^2** In Template:Ep, the vote ended with a 5-5 tie between Laura and Natalie, forcing a revote. John changed his vote to Laura on the revote.