Dion

* Survivor
 Survivor: The Australian Outback
Tribe(s): Kucha, Barramundi
Finish: 6/16
 Survivor: China
Tribe(s): Zhan Hu, Hae Da Fung
Finish: 6/18
 Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains
Tribe(s): Heroes, Yin-Yang
Finish: 6/28
 Survivor: Japan
Tribe(s): Chikara, Jishwa Kara
Finish: 7/22
Days Lasted: 34

Dion is a contestant from *Survivor: The Australian Outback*, *Survivor: China*, *Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains* and *Survivor: Japan*. He also appeared as a mentor during *Survivor: Island of the Idols* on Day 11, where he was exiled with Ellis.

He later returned as one of the sixteen veteran *Survivor* castaways as a housemate on *Big Brother 3*. Dion was evicted fifth on Day 37, finishing in 12th place.

## Survivor: The Australian Outback

Dion began *Survivor: The Australian Outback* originally on the blue Kucha tribe. The boys and the girls competed against each other at the next vote, with the boys losing power. At the first vote, Trey was voted out when Dion switched his allegiance to the women. The women the second time voted for Dion. However, he used a Hidden Immunity Idol and aligned with Winston by sending home Danielle. The tribe then won the next two immunity challenges, guaranteeing their safety. The men and women then voted against each other at the next loss, but Dion used another idol. When the women's votes no longer counted, Bella was the next person voted out.

At this point, Dion made the merge. The Ogakor and Kucha Alliance each had 5 members. Despite conspiring and deals, neither alliance budged. A tie occurred between Aida and Miles and did not change at the revote. This meant that a rock drawing tie-breaker occurred, with the person holding the odd rock being eliminated. Johanna had the odd rock and was voted out. In the minority alliance, the remaining Ogakor members were consecutively voted out. This resulted in the eliminations of Aida, Jack and Jase.

Ashleigh was the only member remaining from Ogakor. Ashleigh brought in Karleigh and Winston at the next vote and voted for Dion. The other castaways voted for Ashleigh, tying the votes between Ashleigh and Dion. However, Ashleigh used a Hidden Immunity Idol and saved her from elimination. With the highest amount of votes, Dion was voted out and became a member of the jury. At the Final Tribal Council, Dion voted for Karleigh to win the title of Sole Survivor as he felt less betrayed by her.

## Survivor: China

Dion then returned for *Survivor: China* originally on the gold Zhan Hu. He continued his relationship with Miles back from Kucha, before bringing in Cherry who felt betrayed by his former Ogakor tribe members Aida and Jase. There was also tension between Isobel and Virgil from their previous season, so Dion's trio then became a quartet when they approached Isobel. At their first loss, the four had the numbers over smaller groups and they successfully eliminated Virgil. In response to this elimination, Dion's group of quartet was rivalled when the other castaways formed a group against him. At their second loss, Dion and his alliance voted for Aida but Isobel flipped to the other alliance and Miles was voted out.

After an immunity challenge win, a tribe switch occurred on Day 10. Dion remained on Zhan Hu along with Aida, Caroline and Cherry whilst being joined by Ashleigh, Fawn and Karleigh. Dion reunited with Karleigh whom he had a connection with Karleigh, and she brought along Ashleigh whom she aligned with prior to the switch. At their first loss, Dion voted with Ashleigh and Karleigh for Fawn. This was apart of a split vote plan in case she or Cherry had an idol, as Aida and Caroline voted for Fawn. With no idol played, Fawn was eliminated by this *Australian Outback* alliance. Zhan Hu then won the next two immunity challenges they had together.

At this point, Dion made the merge with his original and switched alliances. This led to a majority on nine from fellow *The Australian Outback* allies Aida, Ashleigh, Bailey, Bella, Karleigh, Trey and Winston and Caroline. The alliance agreed to split the votes between Chord and Jade at their first merged tribal council. Chord played his idol, so it appeared that Jade would be going home. However, the Fei Long Four from Dion's alliance flipped and Caroline was instead blindsided. When word spread that Aida was the next target, she played her idol at the next vote. In response, Dion and his Zhan Hu allies voted for Winston and he was eliminated. Dion was concerned about his relationship with Aida because she didn't reveal to him that she found an idol, and relayed this information to Chord. Chord then approached Dion's alliance, and they consecutively voted out Trey and Bella with this numbers advantage.

At the Final Eight, Aida decided that Bailey was the next target for her Zhan Hu Alliance. However, Dion was still upset that she didn't tell him about finding the Zhan Hu idol and he voted with Chord's alliance to blindside Aida. Bailey then told Ashleigh, Dion and Karleigh that she was concerned about a seemingly undercover trio of Cherry, Chord and Jade. Dion voted with this group for Cherry, but her played an idol. With the second highest number of votes, Bailey was voted out. With two trios left in the game, Dion thought he would be able to reel Chord in to vote out Jade. However, this was not the case and Ashleigh flipped to eliminate Dion. At the Final Tribal Council, he voted for Cherry to win the title of Sole Survivor because he felt that Chord only befriended him to exploit his fractured alliance.

## Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains

For his underdog gameplay and philosophy of honour, Dion was placed on the Heroes during *Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains*. Early in the game, Dion formed a majority alliance, named the Alpha Male Alliance, with the men of his tribe sans Hayden. This led to the eliminations of Vanessa, Hayden and Summer when the tribe lost immunity challenges. However, one of his allies, Skye was voted out as a result of a Hidden Immunity Idol.

When the Heroes lost the next time, Erinn was voted out for being in the minority, The males alliance crumbled and Thomas and Ryan were voted out. At this point, Dion made the merge. Bethany was voted out first by the all members of the Villains tribe, closely followed by Priya being blindsided from her alliance. By this point, an unsettling pair of alliances were at war, with it literally being Heroes vs. Villains.

However, with the help of Ashleigh, the Heroes voted out Hunter. The minority members of Jeremiah, Glimmer, Aiden, Travis and Mandy were voted out for not having a strong enough game. Domenic and Ashleigh, as the only villains left made the Heroes turn on each other through some shifty gameplay. On Day 33, Dion and Domenic each received 3 votes. However, Domenic played a Hidden Immunity Idol and with the only votes that counted, Dion became the next member of the jury. At the Final Tribal Council, Dion voted for Winston to win the title of Sole Survivor.

## Survivor: Japan

Dion for his fourth season was placed on the green Chikara tribe of *Survivor: Japan*. Since the main theme of the season was Brains vs. Brawn vs. Beauty, the Chikara tribe was labelled the 'Brawn'. As one of the older veterans in the game, Dion was put in a minority position. He was lucky however, because the Brawn only lost one immunity challenge and Dalton was voted out.

At the tribe switch, Dion was the only original Chikara member to stay on Chikara and was joined by five original 'Beauty' castaways. Dion felt more comfortable in this new tribe because it was dominated by athletic men, whom he formed a close relationship with. The tribe was extremely strong in the immunity challenges, only losing at the Day 14 Double Tribal Council. Dion was welcomed into the Heiwa Alliance at this tribal council, as the Beauty men eliminated Cami to keep a strong male tribe. He also benefitted by the fact that his entire original tribe was voted out by the rival Heiwa tribe when they suffered a losing streak.

This strength and unity secured Dion into the merge. The Heiwa alliance quickly reconnected with their original allies Alexys and Peighton. This led to the consecutive eliminations of Harriet, Quentin, Vikki and Dustin. At the following tribal council, Heiwa voted for Igor but were shocked when he protected himself with an idol. With only two votes that counted from the Intruders, Aaron was voted out. At the next vote, the Heiwa Alliance split into men and women. Dion, Dimitri, Austin and outsider Igor voted for Peighton, but these votes were negated by Peighton playing an idol. With the only three votes that counted from Alexys, Jessica and Peighton, Dion was voted out and became the sixth member of the jury. At the Final Tribal Council, he voted for Alexys to win the title of Sole Survivor.

## Big Brother 3

In August 2022, Dion competed on Big Brother 3 with his Alpha Male Alliance ally Aisha. In Week 1, the pair found themselves in an eight person alliance with Dave, Fawn, Josh, Lauren, Liamm and Tucker known as The Commune. The alliance was soon forced to prove their loyalty when HOH James named Dion as the replacement nominee, where he was saved over Shawna on eviction night. Dion kept a low profile for the next two weeks because his allies Josh and Lauren were HOH. After Kayla became HOH in Week 4, Dion and Josh tried to protect themselves by forming The Bodyguards with the men of The Commune. This did not stop Dion from sitting on the block with Josh on eviction night, though the majority of the house evicted Josh for being a bigger competition threat. Despite being nominated by an Invisible HOH in Week 5, Dion felt safe because The Commune logistically had the numbers to evict Isobel. However, Dion was evicted in a close 5-4 vote because Liamm, as the Invisible HOH, was ineligible to cast a vote and Dave felt Isobel was a more loyal ally.

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## Trivia

* Dion's elimination during *Survivor: China* made him the first castaway to be eliminated on Day 33.
* Dion, Flick, Julia and Winston hold the record for the most number of votes negated by a single idol, with seven.
	+ He is the first castaway to play a Hidden Immunity Idol and be eliminated after an idol was played against him in the same season.
* Laura and Dion have been eliminated because of idol uses preventing a tie on two different seasons.
	+ He is currently the only player voted out in three separate seasons as a result of an idol play.
* He is the highest ranking member of the Chikara tribe.
	+ Dion is the only member of the original Chikara tribe to be apart of the *Japan* jury.
* Dion was the only member of the Heiwa Alliance despite never being a member of the Heiwa tribe.
* Dion received the most votes against him during *Japan*, with thirteen.
* Ashleigh, Domenic, Dion, Karleigh, Katniss, Leo, Liam and Marina are tied for the most times on a *Survivor* jury, each of them appearing on four juries.
	+ Dion and Emma are currently the only castaways to be the seventh members of the jury on two separate seasons.