Malik Abluriah

***Malik "Mali"*** was a castaway on ***One Surv1vor: Egypt*** and later on ***One Surv1vor: All-Stars***

## Egypt

Malik, or Mali, began the game on the Sadat tribe. Right away he got to work on managing the way his tribe-mates perceived him. He asked fellow member TimTom to explain the game to him in order to make it seem as though he had no idea how to play the game. When his tribe lost the first immunity challenge, he initially wanted to target TimTom, but Mali became aware that he quickly became a target in the eyes of his tribe-mates for not participating in the immunity challenge. When he was told Skye threw his name out, Mali quickly shifted gears and wanted Skye out, but he wasn't alone. When Ray began viewing Skye as a threat, he pushed the vote against her and this offered Mali a path to safety. He managed to make it out of the chaotic tribal council with just one vote against him.

When his tribe lost the next challenge as well, it was back to the chaos where he was yet again on his tribe-mates radars. Most of his tribe was concerned about Ray, but Mali began to think that the biggest threats to him were the players who weren't being targeted at all, which he quickly confirmed to be Antonio and Quint. Hoping to take a shot at Antonio, Mali approached Ray with the idea and hoped Ray would convince Bochito and Ethan to do the same, but alas when the votes came to fruition it was clear Mali was on his own as Ray was the one who was taken out.

At the swap, Mali found himself staying on his original tribe but with the rest of his tribe being swapped to the new Nasser tribe. It seemed as though this would seal his fate, but obviously he wasn't about to roll over and die. However, with all the turmoil and tension from his original tribe, a fresh start may be exactly what he needed to stay alive in this game. He quickly got to work on understanding his new tribe-mates and learning ways to exploit them in order to progress his game. It also didn't hurt that Bungers and Emo were having a public fight in camp, which only made Mali's chances of sticking around a lot better. He also told people that Antonio and Quint were running the old Sadat tribe in order to prove himself disloyal to the original Sadat members but to also throw a target on those he didn't trust. However, for the first time, Mali's tribe won immunity and he didn't have to worry about tribal council.

An issue of Bungers openly and consistently targeting Bungers began to progress, due to pre-game events, Bungers was hell-bent on getting Mali out of the game. However, this only made Mali look better in the eyes of his tribe since Bungers was acting hectic and Mali dealt with the situation in a more professional and calm matter. When his tribe lost the next challenge, Bungers was heavily targeting Mali, but with Emo's spiral into insanity it seemed as tough the majority of the tribe only had one name in mind. Mali thought that with Bungers obviously against him, his best move was to push the vote onto Bungers, but with most of the tribe believing Emo needing to go it was in his best interest not to rock the boat.

After tribal council, Mali took into account on his best course moving forward, which included strengthening his relationship with Kamza since he was in a powerful position in the tribe. Mali shared information to build trust and loyalty with Kamza and it began to work as Kamza quickly became more in favor of keeping Mali around over other tribe-mates. So when the tribe lost the next challenge as well, despite Bungers yet again pleading for Mali to go home, the majority didn't see it necessary to do so. Mali still preferred that Bungers be the one voted out, but knew it was best for him to follow the lead of the majority in order to show them he can be trusted and useful. So at tribal council, Mali did just that by following the plan to vote out Ruby, which left Bungers at the bottom for voting against Mali.

With the new twist sending both tribes to tribal council to each vote someone out but with one member from each tribe winning immunity, Mali understood the importance of winning or at least the importance of Bungers not winning. It was becoming clear that Mali's efforts to integrate himself with his new tribe-mates was working, because the majority warned Mali that if Bungers won immunity, Mali would be in danger. When Izzy win immunity from the tribe, hope shined for Mali as Bungers was still vulnerable. Mali knew it would either come down to himself or Bungers being voted out, so he went to work on pleading his case. At tribal council, Mali's efforts were proven sufficient as his enemy Bungers was unanimously voted out.

At the final 9, Mali merged with the rest of the players in the Qabila D'Nile tribe. Although he knew he was in a precarious position in the game, he was determined to conquer the odds and win the game. With many members of the tribe already bringing up his name as a possible vote for the first merge tribal council, Mali knew the importance of him winning immunity. So despite the odds and the fact others had food rewards that aided them in the challenge, Mali beat out the rest to win the first individual immunity challenge and secured his spot in the final 8. Mali grew frustrated of the power Antonio has held in the game, and began working on making a move against him to take him out right away. However, he wasn't able to get enough traction for that plan, so he sided with Kamza and his alliance to vote Antonio's ally TimTom. When the vote ended in a 4-4 tie, all hell broke loose in tribal council. Mali didn't hold back in the effort to convince the tribe to vote for TimTom being that he saw TimTom having been a puppet for Antonio and Quint. However, he also tried to also come off as understanding and professional, which garnered some understanding from those who voted opposite of him. In the end, he and his side of the vote came out on top as TimTom was nearly unanimously voted in the re-vote.

At the final 8, despite being in the majority of the previous vote, the heat was still on for Mali as he was still viewed as a prime target. When Antonio won immunity, it almost seemed as though Mali would be the obvious vote, but with the shifting of loyalties in the game, sights were set on others like Ethan and Tristan. However, Mali decided to take a different approach thus round by voting against somewhat-tight ally Bochito to throw off any idea that they were a duo. In the end it was Ethan who was voted out, but people weren't buying Mali's stunt and figured what he was doing.

The game shifted for everyone at the final 7, including for Mali, as Tristan was medically evacuated and the current majority was no longer current. With only 6 players left, new loyalties and new strategies were coming into play. Despite people really beginning to want to take Mali out, by winning immunity, Mali was guaranteed a spot in the final 5. As well, with fewer people left in the game, Mali and his vote were seen as useful for the games of others in order to pull off moves, even for his rival Antonio. Mali initially wanted either Izzy or Quint to go as he noticed the two of them were beginning to grow tighter as duo, but with the majority headed towards Bochito, he caved and followed the majority for the vote.

Mali was dead set on splitting up Izzy and Quint, so after he won immunity yet again at the final 5, he struck a deal with Antonio to make a move against Izzy. He told Kamza that Izzy threw his name out, but Kamza was gearing to take out Quint. SO with Antonio and Mali on one side and Izzy and Quint on the other, the vote ended in a 2-2-1 tie between Izzy and Kamza. This gave Mali and temporary ally Antonio the means to take out Izzy.

With only 4 people left, winning immunity was even more crucial for Mali as there was no hiding his threat level in the challenges. He managed to win his fourth immunity challenge and secured his spot in the final 3. However, he was in a tricky position voting wise as he had many options on his mind, but was concerned about which option was best for him. With Antonio and Kamza wanting to vote out Quint, Mali saw no problem in following along and sent Quint to the jury.

At the final 3, Mali didn't want to leave his fate in the hands of anyone else. So he threw everything he had at the final immunity challenge and managed to secure his fifth individual immunity win, setting a new record compared to the original record of 3. Knowing how dangerous it would be to go to the end with Antonio, Mali didn't want to leave anything out of hand. So he gave up immunity to Kamza and sent himself into fire-making against his long time rival Antonio. The final battle between Antonio and Mali was at hand, and Mali made One Surv1vor history by defeating Antonio and sending his arch rival to the jury.

At final tribal council, Mali went in with the advantage of having one of the best story arcs in the history of the game, as well as his visibility throughout the game. A lot of the jury felt put off by Mali and his ruthless and chaotic gameplay in a social sense, but he was praised for his obvious amazing physical game but as well as his masterful strategic game. In the end, he was awarded the title of **Sole Surv1vor** by the jury in a near unanimous vote of **6-1**.