Alexmeltonjones

**alexmeltonjones**, also known as **Alex**, is a contestant on *Survivor: Black Hills*.

A more quiet, reserved player, Alex used his social skills to navigate through both the early stages of the game and the post-swap. He was only vulnerable once pre-merge, which put a small target on his back for his challenge skills, but it did not matter much. He misplayed an idol on himself, which made him more of a topic of conversation in the merged tribe, but as the numbers began to dwindle, the remaining members of the Final 6 chose each other over Alex, and he was swiftly eliminated.

## Profile

**Name and Age:** Alex, 26

**Tribe Designation:** Mo'Hota

**Current Residence:** Atlanta, GA

**Personal Claim to Fame:** Being featured on Cardi B's Instagram

**Three Words to Describe You:** Sarcastic, Southern, Stupendous

**Pet Peeves:** Condescending people and loud chewers

**Survivor Contestant You Are Most Like:** Probably Aubry Bracco. Slightly odd and can't usually close it out

**Why did you come on Survivor?** To be the Sole Survivor! I've done several of these and never won.

**Why do you think you'll become the Sole Survivor?** I think I'll win because I've got the determination to do it and I hope people will just be nice to me and help me.

**Anything else we should know about you?** If I hurt your feelings, I didn't mean to!

## Survivor: Black Hills

Alex had a quiet start to the game after being placed on the dominant Mo'Hota Tribe. He socialized with his tribemates and spent the first few days of the game integrating himself into his tribe to the best of his abilities. He especially got along with Zephyr. In challenges, Alex proved to be one of the driving forces behind Mo'Hota's early win streak, having drove the tribe to victory on Day 5 and being one of the most consistently-strong challenge performers in the game. Once this streak ended on Day 10, it was clear that Anubis' inactivity made him the most suitable target, so Alex joined the rest of the tribe in voting Anubis out of the game.

On Day 12, the tribes switched, and Alex was sent over to Vo'Kome. While most people were not happy with who they swapped with, Alex was pleasantly surprised. The new Vo'Kome Tribe proved to be much better than their predecessor at challenges, and Alex continued to be largely invulnerable at tribal council. This irritated him, as he wanted to be doing more given how long he was lasting in the game. During the Greed challenge on Day 18, Alex wanted to take Greed, but did not opt to take in advance and was not there before someone on the other tribe could take it. This kept Vo'Kome immune again. Finally, on Day 20, both tribes were subjected to a Double Tribal Council, where everyone would compete for Individual Immunity against their tribemates and each tribe would vote one person out of the game. Alex was in a little bit of trouble when this tribal council was announced, due to some tribemates not feeling as if their connection with him was strong. However, others wanted to take him to the merge as a loyal ally. Regardless of what would have happened, Alex won Individual Immunity, and was safe from this tribal council. Vo'Kome then won the last remaining challenge before the merge.

When the tribes merged on Day 23, Alex began to think of potential people to take out. He wanted to form a coalition of swapped Vo'Kome members, which left out Austin, Jon, and Zephyr. Out of those three, Alex felt most suspicious of Jon. However, the target shifted to Jae, which Alex did not like because it didn't benefit his game. Although it wasn't for their allies' lack of trying, Jae could not escape the target on their back, and they were unanimously voted out, leaving Alex annoyed. However, Alex made a comeback shortly following this vote after he won an individual reward challenge and found the Maka immunity idol. The vote at the Final 9 became increasingly chaotic as time went on, with three idols in circulation and many potential names on the board. It all culminated in Vincent choosing to play his immunity idol on Jon, which triggered Alex to play his own immunity idol on himself. Although Alex did negate a vote, he would not have been voted out had he kept the idol, thus making it wasted.

Following this vote, idol paranoia rampaged through the tribe, and with a new idol hidden that featured a risk component, only a select few would go forth and take on the challenge. Alex was one of those few, but he lost his vote after Zephyr accidentally made it so that he failed his task. Entering the Final 6, Alex was running out of places to hide, as the other five remaining contestants each had a web of connections with each other, leaving Alex out of the loop. Ultimately, Jude and Zephyr targeted him for this exact reason, and they managed to convince their allies Austin and Jessie to vote against him as well. Although Pat voted to keep Alex, everyone else voted against him, and he was voted out in a 4-2 vote.

At the Final Tribal Council, Alex asked each finalist why the other finalists deserved to win more than them. He also asked Zephyr to showcase an example of their own strategic agency, Jude to discuss the importance of jury management in his strategy, and Jessie about if playing under the radar was intentional and how it factored into her gameplay. He chose to vote for Jude to win the game.

### Voting History

**^1** In "The Silence Is Deafening", both tribes attended a tribal council, and competed among themselves for Individual Immunity. Alex won this challenge.
**^2** In "Doesn't Mean A Bitch Ain't Playin!", Vincent played an immunity idol on Jon, negating Alex's vote against him. Also, Alex played an immunity idol on himself, negating one vote against him.
**^3** In "I'll Try Not To Let My Fame Change Me", Alex wagered and lost his vote in an attempt at a task for an immunity idol.
## Trivia

* Alex was the least vulnerable of all the contestants who made the merge in *Black Hills*, having only been vulnerable once in the 22-day pre-merge.
* Alex is the first contestant to win a post-merge reward challenge.
* Alex is the first contestant to have votes both for and from them nullified at the same tribal council.
* Alex is the first contestant to play an immunity idol on himself.
* Alex was the only juror in Black Hills to vote for someone he did not start on the same tribe as to win.