Gary Dyer

**Days Lasted:** | 24

**Gary Dyer** is a contestant from *Simvivor: Shang Simla*.

## Profile

Gary’s a hot shot journalist from Twinbrook. Motivated by money and fame, he’s adamant that he’s going to stop at nothing to win *Simvivor*. However, in a career where your reputation is paramount, producers fear that he’s all about controlling a narrative rather than being a genuine personality. Gary comes off a bit sleazy at first, but hopefully the cameras will become invisible and he ends up showing his good side sooner than later.

## Simvivor

Gary started his *Shang Simla* journey with immunity, where he was tasked with hand-selecting the members of his tribe. Originally feeling confident in his picks, this confidence soon crumbled when his tribe completely missed the mark on their teamwork abilities. A dauntless figure in the face of great loss, Gary witnessed the tribe he chose fall to pieces after continuous losses in every single challenge during the pre-merge. However, Gary led his tribe as its official leader, trying his best to make decisions for everyone's benefit.

A competent player in the challenges, Gary simply could not lead his tribe to their first win. He had close connections to nearly everybody, but specifically to Kayla Sims despite her back-and-forth strategy, and Ollie Brose despite his threat level. Gary's biggest move ultimately never happened, when he had told Kayla several days prior that they should consider getting rid of Ollie at the next convenience. Kayla told Ollie, who in turn was upset with Gary, but this opportunity allowed Gary to convince Ollie to vote out Kayla instead. After Kayla was eliminated and it was just the two left standing, Gary was worried that he made the wrong decision.

The following round, the two-person tribe known as Bamboo lost once again, sending them back to Tribal Council for the seventh straight time. Gary and Ollie faced off in a surprise firemaking challenge, with Gary being declared the winner. Returning to camp on his own, Gary knew that the odds were completely stacked against him should he make the merge, but instead he was informed by Merissa that he would be absorbed into the Maple tribe.

Trying to maneuver his way on this unfamiliar territory, Gary only made one friend in Carly Shay due to her proximity to the bottom of the totem pole with him. He lost the Individual Immunity challenge and seemed to be the next to go, but attempted to generate any level of interest in voting off Cyril Kazlow. He was swiftly voted out, garnering only the vote of Carly towards Cyril. He became the first member of the Jury and later voted for Sundai Rebane to win the season.

### Voting History

**^1**  In Episode 8, there was a fire-making challenge instead of a vote at Tribal Council between Gary and Ollie. Gary won the challenge and remained in the game.

## Trivia

* Gary is the only member of the Bamboo tribe to have won any challenges, having done so with the Individual Immunity that granted him the ability to pick the tribes in Episode 1.
* With Gary's elimination, he becomes the highest placing member of the Bamboo tribe, but also the lowest placing Sim to achieve this feat. If that makes sense... I don't know if anybody is reading this factoid.