Domenick Abbate
Born: October 31, 1978
Hometown: Nesconset, New York Occupation: Construction Supervisor Seasons: Ghost Island Placing: Runner-Up (Ghost Island) Tribes: Naviti; Lavita Total Challenge Wins: 12
Days Lasted: 39 Votes Against: 2 Awards: Challenge Beast (Ghost Island); Strategy With A Smile (Ghost Island); Best Strategic Move (Ghost Island); Bamboozled! (Ghost Island); Chillin' Like A Villain (Ghost Island) |
Survivor: Ghost Island
Domenick started off on the Naviti Tribe, where he had an immediate bond with Wendell Holland and they became close allies. Wendell and Dom went against Chris Noble and Sebastian Noel, as Dom and Chris wanted each other out in the worst way. However, their Tribe never lost Immunity and never went to Tribal. There was then a Tribal Switch, which saw Dom stay on Naviti and he was joined by Wendell, Chris, Angela Perkins and Morgan Ricke from the original Naviti, and they were joined by Donathan Hurley, Libby Vincek, Laurel Johnson and James Lim from the Original Malolo. Tribal lines were extremely blurred, as Chris and Dom still wanted each other out. Chris and Angela tried pulling in the original Malolo members to blindside Dom, and Dom and Wendell did the same to try to blindside Chris. Dom and Wendell even formed a pretty tight bond with Laurel and Donathan and formed a secret Final Four alliance. However, after losing Immunity, Chris was sent to Ghost Island and immune from Tribal Council. Because their main target was out, Dom and Wendell targeted Angela, as she was Chris' biggest ally on the Tribe. However, the original Malolo knew that Angela and the other Naviti members were split, so took this opportunity to vote out who they wanted and blindside Morgan.
Chris would later rejoin the Tribe but Naviti didn't lose Immunity again and there was another Tribal Switch, where Dom stayed on Naviti once again and was joined by Bradley Kleihege and Chelsea Townsend from the original Naviti, and Donathan and Libby Vincek from the original Malolo. Originally, Dom wanted to stick with Bradley and Chelsea and keep Naviti strong. However, Bradley began to annoy everyone and made Dom and Chelsea mad enough that, at the first time they went to Tribal, they blindsided Bradley. The Tribes would later Merge and the people left were, from the original Naviti, Wendell, Angela, Chelsea Townsend, Chris, Desiree Afuye, Dom, Kellyn Bechtold and Sebastian and from the original Malolo, Donathan, Jenna, Laurel, Libby and Michael Yerger.
Dom and Chris once again went for each other, blurring Tribal lines from the start. The original Naviti, especially, struggled about who to choose between Chris or Dom and the original Malolo were just relieved that they were safe for at least one Tribal. In the end, the majority of the Tribe chose to stick with Dom and Chris was blindsided. After that was settled, Dom and Wendell formed the Naviti alliance, with Angela, Kellyn, Chelsea, Desiree and Sebastian, planning to pick off the original Malolo members. However, nobody suspected that Dom and Wendell still had their Final Four Alliance with Laurel and Donathan. The Tribes first target was Michael, as he was a huge physical and strategic threat, followed by Libby, who was a huge strategic threat. However, at Tribal, Michael played a Hidden Immunity Idol, but the Naviti Alliance had the forethought to split the votes and threw a few votes on Libby, who was voted out. Michael was once again supposed to be the target, but Laurel told Dom that Desiree was trying to join the original Malolo members to blindside him, so Dom and Wendell wanted to flip things on Desiree, but Kellyn, the other leader of the Naviti alliance, wasn't so sure. In the end, they wound up on the same page and Desiree was voted out.
There was then a twist, where the remaining 10 were split into two temporary Tribes, with Wendell, Michael, Laurel, Domenick and Kellyn on one, and then Chelsea, Sebastian, Angela, Jenna and Donathan on the other. Each Tribe would go to Tribal Council and vote out one member. With Domenick and Chelsea winning Immunity, the Naviti Alliance was in perfect position to vote out the remaining original Malolo members, other than Wendell and Dom's alliance, Laurel and Donathan. At the first Tribal, Donathan played his Hidden Immunity Idol but it didn't matter, as Jenna was voted out. At their Tribal, the worry was that Michael had another Hidden Immunity Idol, which freaked Laurel and Kellyn. Laurel decided to throw a vote at Kellyn and Kellyn threw two votes at Laurel, playing her Extra Vote. However, luckily it was a tie vote, with Michael having received two votes and Laurel receiving two votes, and in the Re-Vote, Michael was voted out.
Now with the numbers all together, Dom, Wendell, Sebastian. Laurel and Donathan took over the game, with Kellyn, Chelsea and Angela. The girls began to rally, trying to pull in Laurel and Donathan to blindside either Domenick or Wendell, while the guys targeted Chelsea, who was a physical threat. Laurel and Donathan considered it but Laurel wanted to stick with Wendell and Chelsea was voted out. The next target for the guys was Kellyn, while Donathan was finally ready to blow things up and get Dom and Wendell out. However, it might have been too late, as they didn't really have the numbers, but Dom and Wendell got weary of Donathan, so they split the votes between Donathan and Kellyn just in case and in the end, Kellyn was sent home.
Dom and Wendell then targeted one of their own, Sebastian, who they viewed as a Jury and physical threat. However, Sebastian sensed this and tried to pair with Angela and Donathan, telling them that he has an Extra Vote and he would use it to blindside Domenick, as Wendell had won Immunity. However, Angela couldn't keep her mouth shut and told Dom about the Extra Vote and the plan. Dom had only one Idol but he wanted to save it for next Tribal, so he used his fake Idol to bluff Sebastian into sticking with the Donathan vote, allowing them to blindside him. At the next Tribal, Wendell had Immunity and Dom played his Hidden Immunity Idol, while Wendell played his Idol for Laurel, and the Tribe voted out Donathan.
At the next Tribal, Dom had Immunity and he could choose who to bring with him to the Final Three, while the other two had a Firemaking Challenge. Dom chose to take Laurel, so Wendell and Angela had a Firemaking Challenge, which Wendell won.
At the Final Vote, for the first time ever, there was a tie, between Wendell and Domenick, who each received 5 votes, so Laurel became the 11th member of the Jury and cast the last vote and Laurel voted for Wendell to win, beating Dom with 6-5 vote.
Chris would later rejoin the Tribe but Naviti didn't lose Immunity again and there was another Tribal Switch, where Dom stayed on Naviti once again and was joined by Bradley Kleihege and Chelsea Townsend from the original Naviti, and Donathan and Libby Vincek from the original Malolo. Originally, Dom wanted to stick with Bradley and Chelsea and keep Naviti strong. However, Bradley began to annoy everyone and made Dom and Chelsea mad enough that, at the first time they went to Tribal, they blindsided Bradley. The Tribes would later Merge and the people left were, from the original Naviti, Wendell, Angela, Chelsea Townsend, Chris, Desiree Afuye, Dom, Kellyn Bechtold and Sebastian and from the original Malolo, Donathan, Jenna, Laurel, Libby and Michael Yerger.
Dom and Chris once again went for each other, blurring Tribal lines from the start. The original Naviti, especially, struggled about who to choose between Chris or Dom and the original Malolo were just relieved that they were safe for at least one Tribal. In the end, the majority of the Tribe chose to stick with Dom and Chris was blindsided. After that was settled, Dom and Wendell formed the Naviti alliance, with Angela, Kellyn, Chelsea, Desiree and Sebastian, planning to pick off the original Malolo members. However, nobody suspected that Dom and Wendell still had their Final Four Alliance with Laurel and Donathan. The Tribes first target was Michael, as he was a huge physical and strategic threat, followed by Libby, who was a huge strategic threat. However, at Tribal, Michael played a Hidden Immunity Idol, but the Naviti Alliance had the forethought to split the votes and threw a few votes on Libby, who was voted out. Michael was once again supposed to be the target, but Laurel told Dom that Desiree was trying to join the original Malolo members to blindside him, so Dom and Wendell wanted to flip things on Desiree, but Kellyn, the other leader of the Naviti alliance, wasn't so sure. In the end, they wound up on the same page and Desiree was voted out.
There was then a twist, where the remaining 10 were split into two temporary Tribes, with Wendell, Michael, Laurel, Domenick and Kellyn on one, and then Chelsea, Sebastian, Angela, Jenna and Donathan on the other. Each Tribe would go to Tribal Council and vote out one member. With Domenick and Chelsea winning Immunity, the Naviti Alliance was in perfect position to vote out the remaining original Malolo members, other than Wendell and Dom's alliance, Laurel and Donathan. At the first Tribal, Donathan played his Hidden Immunity Idol but it didn't matter, as Jenna was voted out. At their Tribal, the worry was that Michael had another Hidden Immunity Idol, which freaked Laurel and Kellyn. Laurel decided to throw a vote at Kellyn and Kellyn threw two votes at Laurel, playing her Extra Vote. However, luckily it was a tie vote, with Michael having received two votes and Laurel receiving two votes, and in the Re-Vote, Michael was voted out.
Now with the numbers all together, Dom, Wendell, Sebastian. Laurel and Donathan took over the game, with Kellyn, Chelsea and Angela. The girls began to rally, trying to pull in Laurel and Donathan to blindside either Domenick or Wendell, while the guys targeted Chelsea, who was a physical threat. Laurel and Donathan considered it but Laurel wanted to stick with Wendell and Chelsea was voted out. The next target for the guys was Kellyn, while Donathan was finally ready to blow things up and get Dom and Wendell out. However, it might have been too late, as they didn't really have the numbers, but Dom and Wendell got weary of Donathan, so they split the votes between Donathan and Kellyn just in case and in the end, Kellyn was sent home.
Dom and Wendell then targeted one of their own, Sebastian, who they viewed as a Jury and physical threat. However, Sebastian sensed this and tried to pair with Angela and Donathan, telling them that he has an Extra Vote and he would use it to blindside Domenick, as Wendell had won Immunity. However, Angela couldn't keep her mouth shut and told Dom about the Extra Vote and the plan. Dom had only one Idol but he wanted to save it for next Tribal, so he used his fake Idol to bluff Sebastian into sticking with the Donathan vote, allowing them to blindside him. At the next Tribal, Wendell had Immunity and Dom played his Hidden Immunity Idol, while Wendell played his Idol for Laurel, and the Tribe voted out Donathan.
At the next Tribal, Dom had Immunity and he could choose who to bring with him to the Final Three, while the other two had a Firemaking Challenge. Dom chose to take Laurel, so Wendell and Angela had a Firemaking Challenge, which Wendell won.
At the Final Vote, for the first time ever, there was a tie, between Wendell and Domenick, who each received 5 votes, so Laurel became the 11th member of the Jury and cast the last vote and Laurel voted for Wendell to win, beating Dom with 6-5 vote.
Voting History
Episode |
Domenick Voted For |
Voted For Domenick |
2 |
Angela Perkins |
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6 |
Bradley Kleihege |
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7 |
Chris Noble |
Legacy Advantage |
8 |
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9 |
Desiree Afuye |
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10 |
Individual Immunity |
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11 |
Chelsea Townsend |
Individual Immunity |
12 |
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13 |
Sebastian Noel |
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13 |
Hidden Immunity Idol |
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13 |
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Trivia
- Domenick is the first person to simultaneously hold the Legacy Advantage and a Hidden Immunity Idol.
- Domenick is the first person to use the Legacy Advantage before the final six.
- Domenick was the last person to receive their first vote in Ghost Island.
- Domenick received the most Jury votes of any runner-up, with 5.