Richie Gureski

Evolution

Tribe I'a (Evolution)

13/14 (Evolution)

### Alliances

Ness Mulyk, Vanessa Marin, Dacota Weiegert (A New Beginning)Dan Geisler, Arthur Colaianni (Cabin Fever)

I'a 4 (Evolution)

### Votes Against

4 (A New Beginning)3 (Cabin Fever)

5 (Evolution)

**Richie Gureski**, a *Survivor Whitewater* veteran player, was a contestant on Survivor: A New Beginning, Survivor: Cabin Fever, and Survivor: Evolution.

Although he was very enthusiastic about returning to the game, some minor mistakes on his end would snowball into his eventual eliminations in his attempts to gain redemption.

## Survivor: A New Beginning

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**Richie's Voting History**
Conner, Matt

## Survivor: Cabin Fever

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**Richie's Voting History**

## Survivor: Evolution

Coming back into S*urvivor Wisconsin* for a third time, Richie was placed onto Tribe I'a alongside Aleks, Cody, Hunter, Madie, Nate, and Zach, and tried to get his tribe to avoid searching for hidden items in their camp with the notion of unity via. bonding. At the first immunity challenge, Richie's efforts helped give I'a a lead that they rode out, as they won immunity. At camp, Richie was privately happy they won, believing he was at a major risk for their first vote due to him getting weird vibes from his tribemates, specifically Zach. Regardless, he also privately spoke of his believed alliances with Hunter and Madie, his belief of Collin and Nate being major early targets for their reputations, and his beliefs of reputations holding a major role this season. When talking with his tribe, Richie joked about his rivalry with Matt, noting past seasons of Matt speaking of Richie long after his past eliminations, giving some people a laugh. Despite being rambunctious, Richie turned out to be in the middle of two alliances, as he and Madie were between the alliance of Aleks and Nate, and the other of Cody, Hunter, and Zach; with the two presently deciding to work with Aleks and Nate while believing he could get Hunter on their side if needed.

After I'a lost the second immunity challenge, to no fault of Richie, he was approached by Cody, Hunter, Madie, and Zach to vote either Aleks, who was on the journey, or Nate, who was in a confessional. Despite the others wanting to vote for Aleks, Richie stated his concerns about Nate regarding his reputation for playing aggressively but said he will vote with them if they all want to vote Aleks; with Richie having no intentions of breaking his alliance with the absent men. Many members on Toa had respect for Richie, but I'a seemed to not care for Richie, with the trio of Cody, Hunter, and Zach caring less after their conversation with him. This, alongside being randomly blamed for their challenge loss, was all that was needed to get the ball rolling as the trio threw him under the bus, with Hunter even getting Aleks and Nate to believe Richie was coming for them before telling him that he was being targeted for not wanting to vote Aleks. In private, Richie's anxiety came full swing, stating that he will never be surprised to see his name at Tribal Council and felt Hunter was threatening him to get him to vote Aleks, who he still wanted to work with despite seeing Cody and Hunter as shields for him. Madie and Richie campaigned to Aleks, Cody, and Nate to vote Zach, with some of these talks causing last minute chaos as Hunter spoke to Madie and Richie at the last second to vote Aleks. At Tribal Council, despite his pleas for wanting to help the tribe succeed, a bitter Richie was sent to Redemption Island in a 5-2 vote, with only Madie voting with him against Aleks.

On Redemption Island, a vengeful side of Riche came full force, as he angrily talked of those who betrayed him and aggressively strategized with others on and coming there to target the winners and to get a gameplan going to avenge them all no matter who got back into the game, gathering information along the way from Tyler and Mike. In private, Richie believed he was going to lose the Redemption Island Duel to return to the game, and wanted to play the game from the other side in hopes that he could convince them to go after the winners and started to question his commitment to the game after being an early target on a majority of his seasons. However, this did not stop him from campaigning, with various successes. Despite his best efforts though, an embittered Richie's fortune came true, as he ultimately lost the Redemption Island Duel, with his elimination secured as Matt ended up returning to the game. Richie would end up placing 13th out of 14th, with him stating that he would be taking a break from the game in hopes of a better return in the future.

**Richie's Voting History**

## Trivia

* Richie is the first *Survivor Wisconsin* contestant to have a disability, that being Autism.
	+ He is also the first returning player in the *Survivor Wisconsin* series to have a disability.
* When Richie was voted out in *Survivor: A New Beginning* and *Survivor: Cabin Fever*, the eventual third juror and the tribe member who would be voted out after him would both cast votes against Richie to be eliminated, with this being Breanne Nevers and Matt Essman in *Survivor: A New Beginning* and Jasper Brunette and Kyle Wilson in *Survivor: Cabin Fever*.