Ben

**Ben**, aka **Ben** is a castaway from Raging Survivor Season 1 Boracay Island.

## Voting History

Raging Survivor Season 5: Bali- Second Chances

Tribe: Frangipani

Placement: 4/20

Tribe Challenge Wins: 5

Individual Challenge Wins: 4

Votes against: 5

Idols Obtained: 0

## Boracay

Given his status as the most Robbed Juror, Ben was notably one of the front runners for this season. With Strong connections, solid relationships, an unbreakable duo, a dominant alliance, and arguably the greatest social game, Ben's path to the end seemed inevitable. Unfortunately, a bold move shattered ben's game entirely, and set about a chain reaction that eliminated every member of the Gorls alliance. lets find out what move I'm talking about.

When the game started, Ben began to form relationships with his fellow tribemates. He connected with both Tyler and Tone early on, solidifying early allies. Soro also went on to win the first immunity challenge, guaranteeing Ben's safety.

After the challenge, Ben was invited into an alliance by Tyler, which consisted of Alex, Tone, and Sonatine. This alliance created the majority in the tribe, giving ben a golden position. Sadly, it was not quite smooth sailing when the tribe lost the 2nd immunity challenge.

Irene was the collective target, as they were perceived too be the tribe inactive. However, Irene and Sonatine began to target Tyler, which was not good news for Ben. He quickly attempted to assess the situation, and figure out who would be voting out either Irene or Tyler. Despite his perception being that it would be a close vote, it ended up being unanimous as Irene was sent out the door.

Going into Episode 3, ben was part of both the majority alliance as well as a new alliance called the Fire Nation. The Fire Nation consisted of himself, Tyler, and Flaming. This new alliance solidified not only trust between the three of them, but only strengthened the unbeatable duo of Ben and Tyler. Their duo was extremely strong, with undying loyalty. This would come in handy for several rounds down the road.

When the tribe lost the 4th challenge during episode 4, The target was between Mayo and Sonatine. This was due to Mayo's inactivity, and Sonatine's target on their back from their half super idol and leaving the majority alliance. While Tyler was on Isolation Island, ben was attempting to get a sense of what the exact plan was. However, due to a lack of activity within the tribe, it was difficult to find that out. Fortunately, when Tyler returned, a plan began to form. A split vote would be put into action, with 3 votes getting thrown Sonatine's way and a backup 2 votes getting sent Mayo's way. Ben voted Mayo along with Flaming, and the rest set their sights on the main target Sonatine. However, when Tone "forgot" to vote, it created a 2-2-2 split, where Flaming was sent out the door due to the wheel. And with this, the Fire Nation received a massive blow. However, this loss of Flaming only made the Duo of Ben and Tyler more solidified than ever. This continued through the swap.

Ben was swapped onto the new Soro tribe consisting of Tyler, Amala, Gum, Cody, and Mayo. Although Ben was glad to see Tyler, he was weary about the rest of his tribemates, wondering if it would be a good move to get rid of Mayo despite the numbers risk. Regardless, after the tribe lost the challenge, the target seemed to be between Tyler and Mayo, with himself and Tyler on one side vs Cody and mayo on the other. Luckily, Ben created The Gorls alliance, consisting of himself, Amala, Tyler, and Gum. This sent Cody packing. This alliance went on to control the early post-merge. It however, did not last deep into the merge, but more on that later. During this time, The Gorls alliance was solid, and had the potential to go far.

At the start of the merge, ben was in a great position. Having trust from the Gorls alliance, Tone, and surprisingly Sonatine, it is safe to say that ben had a lot of control. Losing the individual immunity challenge was not a problem at all. heading into the vote, the target seemed to be Flip, as he was perceived to be the Apoy leader and puppet master. He was swiftly taken out by the Gorls alliance, who had pulled in Tone, Sonatine, and Uni. It is also worth mentioning that Ben was invited to the Coolman Soup alliance consisting of the members of the Gorls alliance and Tone. the alliance did not have as much influence as the Gorls alliance, but it did pull in Tone's vote, which was crucial for some of the vote outs down the road.

Come final 9, Tyler had won immunity, so it seemed things were going up for ben. However, Ben was told from numerous sources that Uni was coming after him. When the Gorls alliance caught wind of this, they set out a plan to take out Uni. With their 4 votes plus Tones vote, it would seem that Uni had nowhere to hid. Regardless, Uni left the game for personal reasons, so the plan was never realistically executed.

During the final 8, The clear target was Sonatine. They possessed half a super idol, caused chaos, and was not good for Ben's game. Luckily for the Gorls alliance, Sonatine lost the immunity challenge, allowing them to lay out their plan. From the surface, it would seem that Coolman Soup would have the numbers. However, two key things happened. Tyler was not aware of the plan due to his job, so he had thrown a vote onto Mayo. Another mishap was a vote thrown onto Ben from Gum. Although this one vote had realistically no lasting affect, it did ruin Ben's perfect game at the time. Needless to say, the vote ended up in a 3-3-1 tie between Sonatine and Gum. However, Gum used their super idol, eliminating Sonatine.

At the final 7, Ben was in a great position. Haven taken out Flip, Uni, and Sonatine, Ben's path ahead seemed to be clear of any obstacles. However, a humongous wrench was thrown into his plans, and that wrench was Amala.

Wanting to create an Advantage flush, Amala devised a very daring and bold move. They planned to split the votes between Shinamo and Tyler. Then they would have a vote thrown onto Ben, and if Shinamo and Tyler used their idols, Ben would go home. Amala made sure to tell Shinamo too use his idol that tribal, and banked on Tyler using his super idol. At tribal, everything went according to plan when Shinamo played an idol on himself. Ben at the time both possessed an idol and an extra vote. Wanting to save his idol, Ben and Tyler played their extra votes on Mayo as a back up plan. When Tyler used his super idol, it seemed that Mayo would be gone. However, undenounced to Tyler and Ben, Amala possessed a super idol, and played it on Mayo. In a shocking turn of events, Ben was sent home having only one vote cast against him.

Amala's Bold move not only screwed Ben over, but it also resulted in the elimination of every single member of the Gorls alliance, including themselves. This chain reaction resulted in each member leaving one after the other, with Amala being the next to go. This goes to show you that even a seemingly solid position in the game is never too solid when crazy moves like these exist, and Ben found that out the hard way.

## Trivia:

* Ben is the only person to ever be eliminated with only one vote cast against him.
	+ He is also the first to be eliminated after 3 idols had been played to save 3 other players from elimination.
* Ben has had the longest immunity streak in Raging Survivor history, with 7 rounds of immunity in a row.
* Ben is tied with Iris with most awards in a single season, with 4 awards.
* It seems you found the second clue!
Good job, this isnt an easy task to do.
The idol however, is not this easily found.
You now have to use the power of sound.
If you listen very closely it’s just out of reach.
All you need to hear is the sound of the beach.