Joshua

Tribe(s): Laumei, Sa'ula, Manumalo
Finish: 9/24
Days Lasted: 30

Joshua is a contestant from *Survivor: Island of Secrets*.

## Survivor: Island of Secrets

For living in Hawaii at the time of filming, Joshua was placed on the yellow Laumei tribe at the beginning of *Survivor: Island of Secrets*. They were joined by *David vs. Goliath* veteran Anthony. Laumei won the first four immunity challenges they had together. During this time, Joshua was praised by the tribe for being responsible for a number of their wins as a strong physical asset. Following Christopher's visit to the Island of Secrets, Joshua and the rest of Laumei were joined by Christopher and Sneha from the original Sa'ula tribe. After throwing the Double Tribal Council challenge on Day 12, Joshua voted his Laumei Alliance members Harmony, Jodie and Leyla to eliminate Christopher.

At the tribe dissolve, Joshua was chosen last by J'Tia to become the final member of the green Sa'ula tribe along with his original Laumei allies Jodie and Rahul. The trio were quickly perceived as the biggest threats because the original Laumei was the only one of the four starting tribes that had yet to lose a member. When the tribe lost their first immunity challenge, this trio voted for Shannon but a three way tie occurred between Jodie, Rahul and Shannon. At the revote, Joshua voted for Jodie but Rahul was instead voted out. Sa'ula then lost the next immunity challenge, but the pair's luck seemed to change when Jodie won an advantage from the Island of Secrets. Jodie thought the tribe wouldn't vote for her because she had just won an advantage and gave her Hidden Immunity Idol to Joshua to play on himself. However, Joshua was aware that the rest of the tribe would be voting out Jodie and he decided to keep her idol for himself in the future rather than waste it at tribal council.

Joshua made it to the merge and was reunited with his original Laumei allies Anthony and Harmony. At the first merged tribal council, this group decided to work with the clusters of original Sa'ula and Ta'alo castaways to split the votes between Imani and Shannon. When neither player had an advantage, Shannon was eliminated. Approaching the next tribal council, the Laumei trio could sense they were on the chopping block. They decided to bring in outsider Imani and Micah, who was distancing himself from his Ta'alo allies. At the second merged tribal council, Joshua and his new alliance of five held the majority and they blindsided Sneha.

Though they were fearful that the rest of the tribe could work together and have a 6-5 majority over them, Joshua had Jodie's idol to ensure his alliance was protected. On Day 26, Joshua's five voted for Heather and he played his idol on Harmony whom he knew was the target of the rival alliance. When Doug and Heather also played idols however, the second null vote in *Survivor* history occurred. Harmony then used her advantage to cast the sole vote in the revote, leading to Declan's elimination. On Day 28, Joshua won the opportunity to visit the Island of Secrets but failed to obtain an advantage. With the tribe fractured, Joshua's alliance tried to make peace and were pleased when a majority of the tribe agreed to vote out J'Tia. This led to her unanimous elimination. This safe vote seemed to be an anomaly, as the Laumei trio were isolated from the rest of the tribe and Joshua became the fifth member of the jury. At the Final Tribal Council, he voted for Anthony to win the title of Sole Survivor.

## Trivia

* Joshua is the first castaway to obtain the Hidden Immunity Idol from someone else.