Connor Tess

### Tribes

Puka Puka Tribe, Nagarote Tribe (A New Beginning)Tribe Susu, Merged Tribe (Summer Solstice)

### Finish

11/16 (A New Beginning) 4/12 (Summer Solstice)

### Alliances

? (A New Beginning) Allie, Liz Sporina, Susu Men's Alliance (Summer Solstice)

### Votes Against

9 (A New Beginning) 7 (Summer Solstice)

**Connor Tess** was a contestant on Survivor: A New Beginning and Survivor: Summer Solstice.

Showcasing much physical and strategic strength in *Survivor: A New Beginning*, Connor showed potential to go far. However, it was this same potential that made others fear him, and he would be eliminated at a Joint-Tribal Council. Returning in *Survivor: Summer Solstice*, Connor quickly took control in the premerge, only to lose it and become an underdog in the postmerge, with his strength and relationships becoming a major threat to all, and he was taken out one round short of a guaranteed win.

## Survivor: A New Beginning

***More Coming Soon...***

**Connor's Voting History**
 **3** | Adam F.
Matt
John, Vanessa, Breanne,
Idol Sam, Jacob

## Survivor: Summer Solstice

Connor began his second chance on Tribe Susu alongside fellow returnee player Kyle and newbies Aaron, Allie, Mike, and Savana. At camp, Connor immediately began looking for the hidden immunity idol, making his tribemates uneasy. At the first immunity challenge, despite Mike's setbacks, Connor helped Susu as much as he could, but even his efforts were not enough as they lost immunity. At camp, Connor aligned with Kyle, with the two wanting to keep each other safe. In private, Connor revealed he had found the idol, despite lying to the others about it, and emphasized Susu's chaos. Connor heard campaigns from Mike, who said Allie had said his name and he was convinced to vote her out but wanted to talk to Allie first, and the two men aligned. When alone with Allie, the two discussed their strategies and Connor told her of his connection with Kyle and his past experiences in the game as he told her to vote for Mike. Connor continued his talk with Mike with Aaron, who he ended up including in his men's alliance as they planned to vote Allie. At Tribal Council, despite his annoyance at Mike's exclamations, Connor voted for Allie, sending her to Redemption Island in a 4-2 vote.

The next round got worst, as Savana cost them the next immunity challenge and a storm overtook the game as they all took shelter together. Back at camp, Connor searched again for anymore hidden immunity idols or advantages and was surprised when Kyle said he voted Mike, but was more shocked when Aaron said he wanted out, to which Connor refused because of their alliance. At Tribal Council, Connor privately revealed he had found a clue to an advantage hidden at the Final 9 challenge as he voted for Aaron as a "safe vote", but it was Savana who left for Redemption Island in a 2-1-1-1 vote, with Savana having voted for him. After her exit, Aaron shocked Connor again by saying he voted Kyle but was happy to hear that Aaron had a new outlook on the game. At the next challenge, all of Connor's strength was not enough, as Susu lost immunity again. At camp, Connor privately talked of their tribe being a "f\*cking sh\*tshow", with the only positive being the control he has over his allies, and only talked negatively of Aaron. Connor talked to Kyle, who said Aaron was the vote and Kyle reassured him his last vote was not from Kyle. At Tribal Council, Connor voted Aaron, assuming they were about to make the biggest move of the game or that they are too stupid to make the biggest move of the game, potentially against him. However, it was Aaron who left for Redemption Island in a 3-1 vote as Susu was down to three, with Connor seeming to now have a rivalry of sorts with Nate on Tribe Asini.

At the next challenge, Connor was able to not only retrieve his long-awaited advantage, but also helped Susu to get their first immunity win. At camp, the trio celebrated while predicting Liz or Nate will be eliminated. At the next challenge, Connor single-handedly helped keep Susu alive long enough for them to get a second immunity win. At camp, the men talked about the merge, with Connor revealing that Tyler not only had an advantage but seemingly wanted to work with him at the merge, and he pushed for them to target Corey. In private, Connor revealed that he had a fake hidden immunity idol he planned to hide and that he found more ammunition for the *50/50 Coin*, which worked as a hidden immunity idol if the coin flip landed on a certain side at Tribal Council.

Connor then got more good news as the merge was finally upon them, but also got a shock in seeing that Allie was the one returning from Redemption Island. In private, Connor believed his alliance could have the numbers for the next vote and that Allie was out for revenge, with him wanting to win individual immunity to keep himself safe. While he did not win individual immunity, losing to Liz, Connor, at first glance, seemed to be in a good spot, as Corey claimed he wanted to work with him as they shared information about the inner workings of their original tribes as they planned to target Ryan. As Connor brought this idea to Kyle and Mike to break up a potential alliance between the women and Ryan, and later telling this to Tyler, others grew weary of Connor for his role in Allie's prior voteoff and his "potential" to have a hidden immunity idol, despite the brunt of the blame going towards Mike. At Tribal Council, Connor believed that Liz wanted him out and flashed his *50/50 Coin* to Kyle, hoping they will not vote for him as he voted Ryan. Although Connor did scare some of the others with his flashy move, Connor was blindsided as Mike was sent to the jury in a 5-2-1 vote.

After Mike's exit, Allie spoke to Connor to clear the air with the first vote, saying that she never said his name and he revealed that Corey and Tyler lied to him about voting Ryan, and he attempted to align with her despite her still being weary of him. At the next challenge, Connor impressed everyone and secured himself individual immunity, putting everyone's plans to vote him off on hold. At camp, Allie and Connor resumed their prior chat when Tyler came in, and Connor was all but hesitant to change the topic to the last vote. However, Tyler did not answer Connor's questions about why he did not vote Ryan and did not say who he was targeting, but this did not stop Connor from attempting to make an alliance between the three of them. When talking to Corey and Liz, Connor campaigned for Ryan but did not get any traction, with the other two wanting to vote Kyle for his threat status, and the trio spoke about the stray vote Allie received the last Tribal Council, as Connor assumed there should have been three votes against Ryan and not only two. As Liz left and Ryan came to talk, Connor tried to assuage his worries by telling him that they voted him based on a "miscommunication" of a false alliance, and the three agreed to target Tyler, who continued to not say anything to Connor as he and Corey later tried talking to him about the vote. In private, Connor revealed that, if the *50/50 Coin* worked in his favor, he was guaranteed a spot in the Final 4, with his hidden immunity idol as well, and he expected the unexpected now with Mike's blindside and the stray vote that came with it while believing that he scared people from voting him before with his flashy move. As Tyler still told him nothing of value, an annoyed Connor told Tyler he was being targeted for not giving answers and said he needed to clear the air with people, to which Tyler tried to do as Connor talked to Kyle about the vote. At Tribal Council, Connor voted Tyler, who became the second juror in a 5-2 vote. After Tyler left, Connor and Corey, both nervous, tentatively decided to work together to help each other. However, after he lost individual immunity to Corey, Connor started to target his right-hand man to the women, and the trio made a Final 3 pact as Connor planned to pull Kyle onto their side to help them get the numbers. As he campaigned for Ryan to go, it was also leaked out that he planned to play something from his bag of tricks that round, making the others nervous. Connor was able to pull Kyle to his side with ease, and Kyle told him that Corey and Ryan had been saying his name as they both worried about Corey having something to help him. In private, Connor outlined his intentions to play either his *50/50 Coin*, which expired that round, or his hidden immunity idol for himself and tell everyone about it. As time went on, this only made Connor more of a threat, as the others became weary of him. At Tribal Council, Ryan left due to the *Safety-Without-Power* advantage, and after voting Kyle to avoid breaking up his Final 3 alliance, he played his *50/50 Coin*, which gave him immunity...from the one vote he got from Kyle, who went to the jury in a 4-~~1~~ vote.

After narrowly losing the next challenge to Allie, Connor quickly started his campaigns to the women to take out Corey as they searched for the powerful items they were told expired that round. Connor then told Allie 1:1 he had multiple hidden immunity idols and they claimed to be strong together. This was not fully true, as Allie immediately took this information to Corey, who was skeptical of it and assumed Connor was playing her as he continued to fight for Connor's elimination. In private, Connor stated that his ally, Allie, winning was the best case scenario since they were now both immune as he hoped Corey and Ryan did not find any idols and planned to not call anymore shots. At Tribal Council, after Corey dangled his new idol to everyone, Connor called another shot and voted Ryan as a safe option to protect the women incase he played his idol. Corey did play the idol, and so did Connor, resulting in both men's votes being negated, and Ryan was eliminated thanks to Connor. After losing individual immunity to Corey, Connor privately and publicly knew it was him, even after being told by Corey that he will be out next. However, Connor still made an attempt to work with the others as he threw out Liz to Allie and talked to her about potentially using her Super Idol on him, with him unaware of her dishonesty with her powerful item. At Tribal Council, Connor voted Liz and hoped for something magical to save him. What came was really more of a hex, as Connor was voted out 3-1. Connor would place 4th out of 12th and became the fifth and final member of the jury.

At the Jury Roundtable, Connor referred to Liz as a "floater" and explained the first few rounds of Allie's game after her return from Redemption Island, telling of his surprise at her not holding a grudge against him. At the Final Tribal Council, Connor asked Liz about why she believed she should win over her opponents, and then asked her if she believed herself to be a floater after she gave an answer he was unsatisfied with. After hearing Liz's response, he asked Allie about how her game stacked against her opponents' and how she spearheaded votes without namedropping, to which she spoke about the alliances she made and how it impacted her game. After hearing her response, he called out Corey for lying to him about working together and claimed that he stumbled into the finals. The two men then argued over Connor liking aspects of Corey's game but not liking it in it's entirety, and then upset Liz by referring to her as a floater once more. In the end, Connor cast his jury vote for Allie, helping her to get the second unanimous win in the *Survivor Wisconsin* series.

**Connor's Voting History**
 **2** | Aaron
 **3** | Aaron
 **7** | Tyler
 **Voted To Win** | Allie

## Trivia

* Connor is the first person in the *Survivor Wisconsin* series to be eliminated by a number of votes against a person greater than 5, as everyone before him in *Survivor: A New Beginning* was eliminated by 7 votes or less counting tiebreaker votes.
* Both times Connor played the game, he received votes from everyone who made the Final 6 in each season, minus himself in *Survivor: Summer Solstice*.