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**AT** is the Sole Survivor of *Season 12*. He originally competed on *Season 8* and *Season 10*. He also competed in the first season of the *CPORG Big Brother* spin-off, *Big Brother 1*.

In *Season 8*, he lead the majority alliance and emerged as one of the season's most prevalent strategists. After pulling off a massive blindside against ally Jay, he was able to make the Final Tribal Council, where he lost against his season-long rival due to his lacking social game and a poor Final Tribal Council performance.

Returning for his second chance in *Season 10*, AT attempted to make a game-changing move by throwing a challenge for his tribe to vote out CPORG legend Rogi. Unfortunately, Rogi won over the swing vote JC to his side, leading to his early exit that season.

He came back as a returnee for *Season 12* with Candy as his loved one. When his own loved one flipped against him at the Final Six, he was left virtually alone against the entire tribe. Despite this, he persevered, winning a key immunity and later masterminding Yurk's blindside. His adaptable gameplay, along with his underdog status, won him the respect (and votes) of the jury, becoming the Sole Survivor in a close 3-2-0 vote.

Competing on *Big Brother 1*, AT was playing from both sides of the house early on, but his fellow houseguests eventually caught on to this duplicity, leading to his puffle's eviction. Nonetheless, AT's competition wins and his on-and-off partnership with AJ allowed him to make it to the Final Three, where he was axed by Jon after losing the Final HOH competition.

## Season 8

AT was initially placed on the Pakari tribe, defined as ice-cold strategists. Throughout the pre-merge, his admirable challenge performance helped keep him safe even through a tribe swap. While never going to Tribal Council before the merge, he grew to dislike many of the puffle contestants. In particular, he was offput by Matthew's relentless optimism and positivity, leading him to join an alliance with the other penguins against the puffles.

When the tribes merged into the Drew tribe, AT quickly exerted his dominance against the puffles, and lead the charge to take out Maple. He and his alliance were in position to pagong the remaining puffles, but an idol play made by Pom Pom nearly ended his game when the vote tied 1-1-0 as a result. However, he managed to convince his allies to keep him over the social threat McCloud in the re-vote, despite Matthew's best efforts to take him out. After the vote, he made a strategically-beneficial Final Two deal with fellow ally, Louise, and found the Wand of Water, which could wash away a vote cast against him. To ensure he stayed in the game, he fought hard to win immunity at the final five, doing just that when he managed to outsmart Matthew to win.

After voting out Pom Pom with the assistance of Louise's extra vote, the only puffle remaining was his rival, Matthew. Before the Final Immunity Challenge, however, AT tossed out the idea of blindsiding his ally, Jay, to Louise and Matthew. After Jay threw the immunity challenge to Matthew, he inadvertently sealed his fate, as AT used the Wand of Water to negate Matthew's vote against him, and blindsided Jay in a 2-1-0 vote.

At the Final Tribal Council, AT argued that his adept strategic game trumped Louise's numerous immunity wins and Matthew's robust social game. While he received some praise for his tactical control over the game, he was criticized for his negative attitude compared to that of his adversaries'. Ultimately, his stronger gameplay was not enough to trump Matthew's stellar Final Tribal Council performance, and thus finished as the runner-up in a 3-1-0 vote.

## Season 10

AT's strong showing in *Season 8* landed him a spot on the cast of *Legends*. He started the game on the Tolvaroca tribe, one of the most strategically formidable tribes of the season. As such, a quick fight for power broke out in the tribe, with all three members wanting to solidify themselves strategically. After winning the first immunity challenge, AT was able to figure out the location of the hidden immunity idol. However, as it was the Charalacaña tribe's, he was not able to claim it yet. He realized that a potential swap *could* land him on that tribe should Charalacaña not lose a challenge before then. He *also* realized that if powerhouse (and eventual season winner) Rogi made the swap, he would likely make it deep into the game.

In an attempt to keep Charlacaña intact for the inevitable swap, and also to take out another former CPORG finalist in Rogi, he threw the second immunity challenge for his tribe. Immediately after, the two began vigorously campaigning for John Cody's vote in what can be only be described as a clash of two titans, having both recognized the other as their biggest threat. Ultimately, AT's gamble didn't pay off, as John Cody chose to side with Rogi in a 2-1 vote, bringing AT's second chance to a respectable, albeit abrupt end.

## Spinoffs

### Big Brother 1

AT returned as a houseguest on *Big Brother 1*. While attempting to work with both sides of the house in AJ and Jon, him and his puffle, Candy, developed a close bond. He would collaborate with her for the season's first two evictions, allowing him to call the shots in the house. He was also awarded the double vote from the Care Package twist as a result of his gameplay.

However, both AJ and Jon eventually caught on to their dubious allegiances, and they would orchestrate Candy's eviction under the latter's HOH reign. While AT appeared to be on thin ice, his competition prowess allowed him to win himself safety week after week via HOHs and POVs. This gave him the power to eliminate threats to his game such as Liam and Snowball, the latter of which he successfully used his double vote on. Shortly after, AJ approached AT and made a Final Two deal with him, and after #PrideMonth's eviction under his second HOH, the only hurdle remaining was frenemy Jon.

However, AT ultimately lost the final HOH competition to Jon. He was evicted after he boldly stated that he would vote for AJ should he be sent to the jury, placing 3rd.

As a juror, he would live up to his promise, although AJ would ultimately lose to Jon in a 3-2 vote.

## Puffles

AT is the owner of Candy, who competed on *Big Brother 1*, *Season 12* (both of which she competed with her owner) and *Season 14*, as well as Lindsay, who competed on *Season 9*, and Guy, who competed on *Big Brother 3*.

During *Season 10*, due to AT's early elimination, he went on to be an ambassador for John Cody, doing things like competing in challenges on his behalf that John Cody was unable to due to being a puffle. He also translated John Cody's speech for him at the Final Tribal Council so he wouldn't have to rely on predictive text.

## Trivia

* Every time AT was eligible to receive votes on *Season 8*, including re-votes and jury votes, he received exactly one vote.
* AT (in *Season 8*) is the second runner-up to receive jury votes, but lose by more than one vote, following Chocolate.
	+ He is currently the only penguin contestant with this distinction.
* AT was the only returning castaway on *Season 12* to be playing for the third time, as all the other returnees were second-timers.
* AT was the only castaway to win multiple individual challenges on *Season 12*.
* AT is the first and currently only penguin to win after a tied jury vote, and second contestant overall following Rogi (in *Season 10*).
	+ Ironically, he would be followed by his puffle Candy on *Season 14*.
* AT is the only returnee to win CPORG Survivor on their third season.
* AT won the most competitions in *Big Brother 1* with five, winning two HOHs and three POVs.
	+ This total goes up to six if his victory in the second part of the Final Head of House competition is counted.
* AT was the only houseguest on *Big Brother 1* to win a POV competition and never use the Power of Veto.
* AT was the only houseguest on *Big Brother 1* to win both the HOH and POV competitions in the same week.
	+ However, AT was *not* the first houseguest to possess both the Head of Household and the Power of Veto at once, as AJ earned the distinction after winning the Week One care package and then the HOH competition the following week.
* AT had nothing better to do for forty minutes except inflate his own trivia section.