Ross

Tribe(s): Goliath/ Jabeni, Kalokalo
Finish: Runner-Up/20
Days Lasted: 39

Ross is a contestant from *Survivor: David vs. Goliath*.

## Survivor: David vs. Goliath

Ross began *Survivor: David vs. Goliath* originally on the purple Goliath tribe. He formed a strong trio with Kennedy and Kevin whilst making a majority of seven with Angelina, Hardeep, Kameron and Tracey. At the tribes first loss on Day 6, the seven split the votes between Bethan and Billie in case they were in possession of a Hidden Immunity Idol. The original target was Bethan, but Kameron flipped his vote and Billie was eliminated. This caused Ross and the rest of his alliance to question how much they could really trust Kameron, though loyalties were not tested again because the Goliath tribe won the remaining two immunity challenges.

At the Tribe Expansion on Day 12, Ross remained on the purple tribe (renamed to Jabeni) with Angelina, Tracey and Bethan whilst being joined by Brandi from the David's. Ross solidified her trio with Tracey and Angelina during this time by creating a Final Three deal, leaving Bethan and Brandi on the outs. However, Jabeni won all immunity challenges they had together and the tribe agreed to align with each other at the merge. When the tribes merged at the Final 13 however, the castaways divided along original tribal lines apart from outsiders Bethan and Brandi. Though they had the minority when voting for DJ, Ross' Goliath Alliance was protected when the David's eliminated Bethan.

The David tribe began to mistrust one another, and the alliances shifted along this split. The Jabeni alliance of Angelina, Brandi, Ross and Tracey joined forces with Christian and Gabby against Anthony, Deanna and DJ who brought along Hardeep, Kameron and Kevin. At tribal council, both Anthony and Christian played idols that meant no votes that were cast counted. At the revote, the boys became immune and Ross' new majority with the aid of Hardeep voted for Kevin. This vote left Anthony, Deanna and DJ firmly in the minority of the tribe after Kameron and Hardeep flipped to Ross' majority. The plan at the next vote was to eliminate DJ, but the Jabeni Three decided to vote for Hardeep in case the minority had an idol but Tracey was blindsided. The following morning, Ross went searching for and found the idol that was rehidden after Anthony played his two tribal councils previously.

At the Final Ten, there was an even split between the two alliances. Ross' alliance targeted Anthony, but DJ used his vote steal to block Brandi's vote. With the scales tipping to the other alliance, Brandi was voted out when the extra vote was used against her. The smaller factions of groups within the tribe were becoming increasingly prominent, with a large target painted on Anthony, Deanna, DJ and Kameron. Fearing his name was being thrown around, Ross played his idol that was unfortunately voided by Kameron playing an Idol Nullifier. Luckily, the idol play was just a precaution because Ross voted with Angelina, Christian, Brandi, Gabby and Hardeep as the majority to eliminate Kameron. The once powerful duo of Christian and Gabby began to target each other, and the minority exposed this by eliminating Gabby despite Ross voting for Deanna. This conflict was only temporary because Ross' alliance of four with Christian, Hardeep and Ross consecutively eliminated Deanna and Anthony.

With only five castaways remaining, Ross voted with his alliance for DJ in order to finally get rid of the Vuku trio. However, Hardeep played his idol for DJ and Christian was eliminated with the second highest number of votes. Angelina and Ross were angry with Hardeep for making this move against them, and they voted for him when DJ won the final immunity challenge. At the Final Tribal Council, Ross was praised for his strong social game and ability to manipulate when necessary especially in relation to his idol play when Kameron was blindsided. However, he was criticised for his limited strategic game that paled in comparison to DJ's underdog story. He was awarded Runner-Up after earning three of ten jury votes from Brandi, Christian and Tracey.

## Trivia

* Ross is the first castaway to have their idol nullified by an Idol Nullifier.
* He is the highest ranking member of the Jabeni tribe.
* Ross is one of four LGBT castaways to make it to the Final Tribal Council, along with Hughie, Raph and Sasha.