Doug

Tribe(s): Ta'alo, Manumalo
Finish: 7/24
 Survivor: Cloncurry
Tribe(s): Brawn
Finish: TBA/20
Days Lasted: TBA

Doug is a contestant from *Survivor: Island of Secrets* and *Survivor: Cloncurry*.

## Survivor: Island of Secrets

For living in North Dakota at the time of filming, Doug was placed on the purple Ta'alo tribe at the beginning of *Survivor: Island of Secrets* along with *Kaôh Rōng* veteran J'Tia. Doug formed a close relationship with Omar and Micah as the men of the tribe and as older castaways on the cast overall. The trio agreed it was in their best interest to keep J'Tia around because of her threat level as a returning player. When J'Tia visited the Island of Secrets on Days 3 and 6, Doug decided to create a separate alliance with himself, Danni and J'Tia. On Day 8, Doug won Jayne's unused Takali Hidden Immunity Idol from the Island of Secrets.

When Ta'alo lost their first immunity challenge together on Day 10, Doug was torn between voting with his alliance of men or with the women. Ultimately, Doug decided to protect Danni by eliminating Lily with the women. At the Day 12 Double Tribal Council, Doug still pledged his loyalty to the women by voting out Omar. At the tribe dissolve, Doug was chosen by Harmony to remain on Ta'alo along with his original ally Danni. There was tension on the tribe because of Anthony and Christian's rivalry that began on *David vs. Goliath*. Danni and Doug thought Anthony's original Laumei tribe was more powerful because they had yet to lose an original member. At their first loss on Day 18, Danni and Doug voted with the Laumei castaways to eliminate Davis.

After losing immunity on Day 20, Ta'alo was forced to vote out two castaways as part of a Double Elimination. Danni and Doug decided to flip between Anthony and Christian's alliance's so they would go after each other instead of them. They voted with Christian's group at the first vote to eliminate Leyla before eliminating Christian himself moments later. At the Final Thirteen, Doug made the merge and was reunited with his original Ta'alo allies Danni and J'Tia. He then visited the Island of Secrets, but failed to obtain an advantage. Upon his return, Doug's Ta'alo castaways joined the SALT Alliance in splitting the votes between Imani and Shannon, leading to Shannon's elimination.

On Day 24, Doug went back to the Island of Secrets and won the unfound Mercherchar idol from *Survivor: Palau*. Upon his return to camp, Doug's Ta'alo trio were under the impression that they and the Sa'ula castaways would be going after Anthony. However, they were kept out of the loop when the Laumei castaways, Imani and Micah had the numbers to blindside Sneha. Coming back to camp, Doug's trio felt extremely betrayed and voted together for Harmony. However, a null vote occurred when Doug, Heather and Joshua all played an idol. Harmony then used her advantage to cast the sole vote at the revote to eliminate Declan. This move didn't hit Doug too hard because he didn't feel connected to the original Sa'ula castaways anymore.

After this huge move, the Ta'alo trio was put in a precarious position because Laumei and Sa'ula made a pact with each other. Word soon went around that J'Tia was the target, so she told Danni and Doug to vote with the majority for her. This proved to be a beneficial move because Sa'ula wanted to work with them once more, leading to the eliminations of Laumei alliance members Joshua and Micah. At the Final Seven, Danni and Doug wanted to go after Harmony but were concerned when it appeared that Sa'ula wasn't interested. Doug didn't worry because he was planning on playing his idol at tribal council. However, he became the seventh member of the jury when Harmony nullified Doug's idol play and his five votes still counted. At the Final Tribal Council, Doug voted for Danni to win the title of Sole Survivor.

## Trivia

* Doug was the oldest male castaway competing on *Island of Secrets*.
* He was the only male to earn multiple advantages through the Island of Secrets.
* Doug, Heather and J'Tia hold the record for the most visits to any variation of Exile Island, with four.
	+ He is also the only person to compete on two seasons containing a variation of Exile Island who was sent to the island on both seasons.