Jacob

**Jacob** is a contestant from Tropic Survivor: Kauai.

## Cast Assessment

Jacob is a mega sports fan who has a dying loyalty to his favorite teams and an matching loyalty to his closest friends. Because of this he’s quite possibly the most competitive castaway this season, but one that will find ease in developing tight bonds. In his daily life he’s someone who would do anything for his friends, but in the game he’s ready to show a more selfish side of him that will do anything to win this game. Jacob has no fear, an immense amount of confidence, and a drive that will help him make an impact.

## Kauai

Being in control of a game or at the very least your position in it from start to finish is rare and difficult in Survivor, yet Jacob knew how to do it and in some ways make it look easy. In the early days on the Kai tribe Jacob had no trouble settling in and connecting with his fellow tribemates. He never attended a tribal council with this original tribe but more likely than not he would’ve been in a decently influential position had he attended one.

When the swap came Jacob was itching to make a move. He felt safe within his Kai numbers but knew that after winning every pre-swap challenge except for one meant that a Lā pagonging was very likely. The problem with this was that despite them all meshing together rather well he was unsure what a final seven of only Kai members would look like, thus he wanted to jump the gun and be the first to make some Lā tribe allies. He reached out to Brandon and Kaden after the swap and connected well with both of them instantly. He even went as far as to come up with a 3-2-1 split vote plan with them after the original Kai alliance members decided to split their votes. He ultimately backed out since he feared that he might be making a move too early, but not before telling Kaden so that he could save himself. After Kaden flipped on Brandon, he was eliminated in a different 3-2-1 vote than he had imagined.

After taking another loss it was time for Jacob’s plan to be set in motion. Only this time some adjustments needed to be made. Seeing JC and Sparks as the bigger threats and the two least likely to flip, Jacob teamed up with Kaden to convince Alyssa that they needed to make a move. This was surprisingly successful, and they were able to knock out two big threats in JC and Sparks before the merge. While they did have strong trust with each other due to the tribals, the shocking blindsides left the other tribe with a lot of questions.

When the tribes merged there was a lot of suspicion surrounding the trio. The original Kai tribe members gave Alyssa and Jacob the benefit of the doubt and decided to continue working with them anyway since they have a 5-4 advantage over the original Lā members. As for the original Lā members and Kaden, they all decided not to trust him anymore after seeing Brandon go home at the first tribal council after the swap while Kaden survived three consecutive tribals with the same tribe. In an effort to keep his options open Jacob included Kaden in on the plans to eliminate Logan at the first post-merge tribal council. Kaden voted with them, but in the process caught some unwanted attention.

After one tribal council Shaun had seen enough and knew that Jacob and Kaden needed to be split up. He planned on targeting Kaden but it proved more difficult than he had imagined. He and Tris managed to join forces with Aidan and Velma successfully, but Raini decided to stick with the Kai trio leaving two voting blocks of four. Not wanting to risk a revote, Kaden played his idol and eliminated Shaun from the game. But with Shaun gone there weren’t many places left to hide. At the final seven, they stuck with their foursome to eliminate Velma but the final six proved to be somewhat complicated. In order to keep Alyssa on their side to eliminate Velma, Jacob and Kaden both lied to Alyssa and told her that the minority trio was targeting her. So after she wasted her idol on a tribal where she only received one vote, she no longer felt very confident in her allegiances to Jacob and Kaden.

This newfound distrust sparked her to flip on the duo, but the final six vote resulted in a tie after Raini wasn’t ready to make the move yet. This gave Jacob and Kaden the opening they needed to patch things up with Alyssa. They managed to do so, but with a little more lying and a whole lot of Alyssa not wanting to take her chances with rocks. After saving Kaden on the revote, Alyssa and Raini had both seen enough and realized they needed to start turning on the devious duo. With no more idols or tricks up his sleeve, Kaden was first. Now in the final four without his main ally, Jacob needed to win immunity or he had a slim chance of surviving tribal council. After losing the challenge, he was eliminated in a unanimous 3-1 vote.

### Voting History

**^1**  In "The Obsession Honestly", the vote ended with a 4-4 tie between Kaden and Tris, forcing a revote. Jacob did not change his vote on the revote.