Matty

Matty is the Sole Survivor of Survivor Mountains: Drakensberg.

Initially placed on the Hanniballer tribe, Matty quickly formed an alliance with Eric and Mo. After Hanniballer unanimously voted out Draven at their first Tribal Council, Matty decided to opt out of competing a following challenge to gain a clue to a hidden immunity idol. He shared the clue with Eric, his closest ally, as Hanniballer remained immune to the

Once the tribes were shuffled, Matty found himself isolated with Hali, a player he only had tentative trust in. The other members of NuHanniballer were LSE, Giannis, and Morgan of Mafadi, and Jamaniac and Kevin of Maloti. Matty chose to risk an immunity loss to secretly sit out yet again to gain a second clue. With two clues in hand he was successfully able to gain a hidden immunity idol, but his tribe lost the first immunity challenge, sending Matty to Tribal council with only Hali to rely on. In the ensuing scramble Hali received a strike for sending screenshots of private messages between herself and Matty to another contestant. Matty, caught in the fallout of this action, pitched to Jamaniac, Kevin, and Giannis that he was willing to vote out Hali on principle, and suggested the split the votes between her and Morgan, the recipient of the screenshot. Feeling confident with his newfound idol, Matty was almost blindsided in a 3-3-1 tie between himself and Hali. After the revote, with Hali eliminated, Matty tried to discern who changed the plans on the vote, eventually catching Jamaniac and Kevin in a lie and cementing his position against the two. NuHanniballer won the remaining 2 pre-merge challenges and Matty correctly discerned that their opposition was throwing challenges to eliminate former Mafadi members Ryan and Jay. During this time Matty forged a strong bond with LSE and a solid working relationship with Morgan and Giannis, all of whom agreed that Jamaniac's aggressive gameplay would be risky to align with moving forward. Matty promised the former Mafadi members that once the merge his, he would sway his original Hanniballer tribemates Nick, Mo, and Eric to their side.

At the merge Matty's suspicions were confirmed as Eric and Mo revealed they had been throwing challenges to weaken the powerful Mafadi tribe and save him from elimination. He urged them to consider working with the remaining Mafadi's, and privately encouraged LSE and Eric to establish contact between them. During this time Matty also encouraged his original Hanniballer teammates to pay attention to Jamaniac's outspoken gameplay, and Kevin's challenge strength. Because of Eric and Mo's bond with Blue, Hanniballer found themselves stuck between the remaining Mafadi and Maloti members. Matty's encouragement, and Eric's new bond with LSE tipped the scales against original Maloti, and Emmett was eliminated.

After this voted Mo and Eric, who had been close with Blue and Emmett, informed Matty that they had received some backlash from Blue. Unaware of the details and extent of this backlash, Matty used the situation to further pit Mafadi and Maloti against each other, which led to the subsequent eliminations of Kevin and Jamaniac. During these votes LSE, Eric, and Matty formed a tight alliance and promised each other loyalty to the final 3.

With Blue being the only remaining member of Maloti and the only person outside of the Mafadi/Hanniballers alliance, Matty was wary of his sway on Giannis, a quiet player willing to make big moves. Blue's challenge strength had kept him immune in previous rounds, but a memory quiz allowed Matty to edge out Blue and win his first immunity challenge. With Blue seemingly vulnerable, the members of the majority felt the vote would be easy. However, shortly before Tribal Council LSE informed Matty and Eric that Blue had an idol, and was luring Giannis to his side. LSE's intel allowed them to switch the vote just in time, with Giannis being eliminated as a result.

Following Giannis's elimination, Morgan felt excluded from the group. With Blue winning yet another immunity, Matty, Mo, and Eric agreed to eliminate Nick to restore trust with Morgan and LSE. At the final 6, however, Morgan was eliminated after yet another Blue win and Eric playing his legacy advantage.

At the final 5, Eric was able to secure an important immunity win against Blue, and revealed 2 hidden immunity idols, which he played on LSE and Mo, and Matty revealed his own. With nobody vulnerable except for Blue, the former challenge threat who had remained immune for 5 rounds was finally eliminated. Eric won immunity again at the Final 4, and Mo was unanimously voted out as the self-dubbed Holy Trinity accomplished their goal.

When the Final 3 was informed that there would be one final elimination before facing the jury, Matty was told by both Eric and LSE that they would take him to the end. Not willing to risk his chances, he won the final immunity challenge after narrowly beating LSE and chose to send Eric, who's resume included challenge wins, successful idol plays, and strong strategic play, to the jusy.

While facing the jury, Matty was questioned about riding Eric's coattails and received criticism for a confrontation he had with Blue at Tribal Council and for failing to reach out to members of opposing alliances. However, he was able to successfully point to the Hali vote premerge, his ability to connect Mafadi and Hanniballers, and his challenge wins and idol play as strong points of his game. He ultimately defeated his close ally LSE in a 7-2 vote.