Jay May

***Jay*** was a castaway on Essential Survivor: Japan. He later returned to compete in Essential Survivor: All-Stars

## Japan

For as far as he went, Jay didn't get much traction as he believed until around mid-merge. He was never looked at for being a threat in the game until his elimination. But don’t be fooled if you think Jay didn't play a role in a few major events this season.

Jay didn't start the game off the right foot. From the get-go he was perceived as ‘lazy’ which caused him to be on the bottom of the Pre-Swap Wakai tribe. At their first Tribal, much like everyone else, Jay went with the majority and voted out Brett. Even thinking that Brett was going to go after him. But helping his position by a small amount, contributed heavily to both of Wakai’is next 2 wins. But that didn't stop him from being an option at the next Tribal they had gone to. Thankfully, Zachary made himself a target before anyone could act on Jay, or Vincent for that matter.

At the tribe shuffle, Jay didn't get much traction here either, but he was definitely in a significantly better situation than the previous phase of the game. While he made good enough bonds with his new OG Furui tribemates, he just couldn’t click with Luke at all, which fueled their short but sweet rivalry. This rivalry with Luke caused Jay to be OG Furui’s original target. But when Jack and Josiah flipped the script and sided with them. Deca was gone in a matter of minutes, giving OG Wakai a boost in numbers. But we wouldn’t know what exactly would happen next, due to this post-swap tribe never going back to Tribal Council.

Now we’re at the merge and Jay’s edit starts to get more visible. From the jump, Jay knew that in a 7-4 numbers situation, things weren’t looking too hot. So he got to work and began to converse with the Furui. But like the last Council he attended, it didn't work because they were still dead set on booting him for whatever reason. But once again like the last Council he attended, Jack and Josiah threw him and his allies a bone when they were offering to vote out Cheren due to his idol. Like any other minority, they accepted, evening out the numbers just a bit. This next round was pretty simple for Jay since he wasn’t a target this round so when the Wakai got blindsided as Theodore got voted out 6-4, this meant that X, geo and Jay had serious ground to make up. And during the next round, they certainly did so.

At the Final 9, the immunity challenge was a test of endurance. As people began to drop left and right, it got down to Jay, Jack, Enrique and Ace. One Wakai versus 3 Furui. This prompted Jay to start making deals, yet no one was budging. After around 3 hours or so, Jack took the deal as Jay said he wouldn’t target them. And by the fourth hour, Ace and Enrique took the deal and forfeited as well, securing Jay a spot in the Final Eight. Knowing they were down in numbers bad, the three Wakai made a plan. Using Geo’s idol as their secret weapon, they had Geo act sad and defeated so the Furui stacked all of their votes onto him, while Geo did this, Jay went to Furui and began to ‘side’ with them, offering to vote out Geo with them if they had wanted. Awkwardly, the Furui didn't tell him their vote, which was good in hindsight but made for several awkward occasions. This prompted Jay to run back and tell Wakai to put their votes onto Jack. So at Tribal when Geo nullified all 6 votes against him, Jay broke his deal when Jack saw 3 votes against him, pulling off a great move.

But this move didn't go over well with Furui at all… so at the Final 8, Josiah gave Jay an ‘idol’ and telling him that he was the vote. So with the 3 Wakai voting Kamen, it looked like Wakai would be getting their way once again… until Jay played the fake idol and Geo was bombarded with votes instead. Leaving X and Jay in a 5-2 Tribal line split. But a saving grace came down for the two Wakai at the Final 7. People began to realize that Josiah and Enrique were the two biggest threats left in the game, so when Josiah won immunity, everyone had easily decided to boot Enrique. But no one accounted for the idol he’d pull out, nullifying all 6 votes against him besides his own, which went to Luke.

Now at the Final Six, it was clear that three duos were still left in the game. Ace and Kamen, X and Jay, and Josiah and Enrique. When Jay won immunity, The two Wakai and Acemen teamed up together to vote out Josiah, flushing Enrique’s idol in the process.

Now we’re at the Final Five and Enrique has won immunity. While Jay thought the vote was Kamen, Ace and Kamen had thought of a plan to waste as many votes as possible by having the Wakai vote Kamen (who would be using his idol) so that the duo can control the vote, and by the help of Enrique, Jay was idoled out for being a physical threat, 2\*-2-1.

## All-Stars

Coming off of Japan, Jay came into Season 6 with a mindset that he had something to prove. Although he made it all the way to 5th Place his original season, he felt as if his game wasn’t as impressive compared to his other Japan castmates. And seeing his performance in All-Stars, you could say there’s still a question mark above Jay’s head, deciding whether or not his gameplay was good.

On the original Andaman tribe, Jay was met at the beach with two fellow Japan castmates in Theodore and Enrique. Obviously, they grouped together and kept in touch with each other on a game level, despite none of them really connecting socially with each other. When they had lost the first Immunity Challenge, there seemed to be a heavy push for Calvin as the vote. But while Jay didn't wanna make waves and try to save Calvin, he did take note of four Brazil alumni being on the same tribe, but didn't act on it until later. Which we’ll see in a bit.

When Andaman had lost yet another challenge, Jay realized that he wasn’t in the big power structure, as his and Enrique’s names were getting thrown out. But, Jay had a plan to blindside a Brazil member, specifically Kim. So hoping that he could be the messenger for this plan, he told Gabe everything. Which unfortunately, got back to the main alliance. Exposing not only Jay, but Theodore, who exposed Jay being the target for the alliance. So when Tribal Council came around, the Japan alumni were blindsided when the Core 6 took out their former ally Theo. Now, there’s yet another challenge loss from Andaman, and the two Japan alumni were clearly on the bottom. Sick of the Brazil-favoring Power Structure, Jay called everyone to return to camp, holding a tribe meeting which turned into a huge argument with Kim and Adam, exposing their Final 2. And holding true to history, the tribe meeting helped nobody, as Jay was promptly voted out 7-1.

## Voting History

 Now That's An All-Star Cast
 Is This What A Social Game Looks Like
 It's Clear As Day And I See Right Through It
 Start Slow, Finish Fast
 Voted Out, Day 9