Donathan Hurley
Born: July 19, 1991
Hometown: Kimper, Kentucky Occupation: Caretaker Seasons: Ghost Island Placing: Fifth (Ghost Island) Tribes: Malolo; Naviti (v2); Lavita Total Challenge Wins: 8
Days Lasted: 37 Votes Against: 11 Awards: Worst Strategic Move (Ghost Island); Bamboozled! (Ghost Island) |
Survivor: Ghost Island
Donathan started on the Malolo Tribe, being viewed as one of the weakest members, along with Jacob Derwin. After losing Immunity, Jacob was sent to Ghost Island, meaning that Donathan was the obvious target. However, Donathan threw Stephanie Gonzalez's name out as a first boot, as she's a threat and doesn't listen. Eventually, the Tribe unanimously blindsided Gonzalez. Malolo would lose the next Immunity as well, but Donathan was sent to Ghost Island, and Jacob was voted out. There was then a Tribal Switch that saw Donathan go to Naviti, along with Laurel Johnson, James Lim and Libby Vincek of the original Malolo, and Domenick Abbate, Chris Noble, Angela Perkins, Wendell Holland and Morgan Ricke of the original Naviti.
The original Malolo members were down in number but things weren't bleak, as Domenick and Wendell wanted them to vote out Chris, while Chris and Angela wanted them to vote out Domenick. However, after losing Immunity, Chris was sent to Ghost Island, so Dom and Wendell wanted to target Angela, Chris' best ally. Donathan and Laurel did form a tight connection and Final Four alliance with Domenick and Wendell. However, the original Malolo knew that Dom, Wendell and Morgan were voting one way and Angela was voting another, so they took the opportunity to swoop in and blindside Morgan.
There was then another Tribal Switch that saw Donathan go to Naviti, where she was joined by Libby from the original Malolo, and Bradley Kleihege, Chelsea Townsend, and Domenick from the original Naviti. After losing Immunity, it was clear that even though Naviti wanted to stick together, Dom and Chelsea were fed up with how Bradley acted and Donathan was happy to jump aboard as they blindsided Bradley. The Tribes then Merged, with Jenna Bowman, Laurel, Libby and Michael Yerger from the original Malolo, and Angela, Chelsea, Chris, Desiree Afuye, Domenick, Kellyn Bechtold, Sebastian Noel, and Wendell from the original Naviti.
Despite being down in numbers, Donathan and Laurel still had a secret Final Four Alliance with Dom and Wendell. Also, no member of Malolo was a target for the first vote, as Chris and Domenick wanted each other out. Both of them lobbied for the other to be blindsided but Chris was blindsided. Then, Michael was the target, because he was a huge threat in more ways than one, with Libby as a secondary target. At Tribal, Michael played his Hidden Immunity Idol, so Libby was sent home because of the split vote. The next day, Desiree approached the original Malolo with a plan to blindside Domenick. However, Laurel told Dom of her plan and it caused a blow-up as Domenick, Wendell and Kellyn didn't know who to believe. The Naviti Alliance eventually decided to vote out Desiree.
There was then a twist that saw the 10 remaining players split into two temporary Tribes that would both go to Tribal Council. Donathan was in a Tribe with Jenna, Sebastian, Chelsea and Angela. It was clear that Donathan or Jenna was going to go home and Jenna told Donathan that Sebastian told her she was the target, so Donathan came up with a plan to play his Hidden Immunity Idol for Jenna so that they could blindside Sebastian. However, Donathan got nervous and played the Idol for himself and Jenna was voted out.
Domenick, Wendell and Sebastian then pulled away from Angela, Kellyn and Chelsea, with Donathan and Laurel in the middle. Donathan wanted to go with the girls but Laurel changed her mind once again and they voted out Chelsea, who was a physical threat. Donathan then began to drop his "truth bombs" and began ostracizing himself from Dom and Wendell and he was almost the next voted out, as there was a tie between Kellyn and Donathan. However, in the Re-Vote, Kellyn was voted out. Sebastian then came to Donathan and Angela with a plan to use his Extra Vote to blindside Domenick. However, somehow the plan leaked to Dom and Dom flipped out, bluffing a fake Idol was real and bluffing Sebastian into not going with the plan so that Dom, Angela, Wendell and Laurel could blindside Sebastian.
The next target was clearly between Donathan and Laurel, as Dom wanted to keep Angela because she couldn't win Immunity. However, Wendell played his Hidden Immunity Idol for Laurel and Donathan was voted out. Donathan would later vote for Wendell to win and he did, beating Domenick and Laurel in a 6-5-0 vote.
The original Malolo members were down in number but things weren't bleak, as Domenick and Wendell wanted them to vote out Chris, while Chris and Angela wanted them to vote out Domenick. However, after losing Immunity, Chris was sent to Ghost Island, so Dom and Wendell wanted to target Angela, Chris' best ally. Donathan and Laurel did form a tight connection and Final Four alliance with Domenick and Wendell. However, the original Malolo knew that Dom, Wendell and Morgan were voting one way and Angela was voting another, so they took the opportunity to swoop in and blindside Morgan.
There was then another Tribal Switch that saw Donathan go to Naviti, where she was joined by Libby from the original Malolo, and Bradley Kleihege, Chelsea Townsend, and Domenick from the original Naviti. After losing Immunity, it was clear that even though Naviti wanted to stick together, Dom and Chelsea were fed up with how Bradley acted and Donathan was happy to jump aboard as they blindsided Bradley. The Tribes then Merged, with Jenna Bowman, Laurel, Libby and Michael Yerger from the original Malolo, and Angela, Chelsea, Chris, Desiree Afuye, Domenick, Kellyn Bechtold, Sebastian Noel, and Wendell from the original Naviti.
Despite being down in numbers, Donathan and Laurel still had a secret Final Four Alliance with Dom and Wendell. Also, no member of Malolo was a target for the first vote, as Chris and Domenick wanted each other out. Both of them lobbied for the other to be blindsided but Chris was blindsided. Then, Michael was the target, because he was a huge threat in more ways than one, with Libby as a secondary target. At Tribal, Michael played his Hidden Immunity Idol, so Libby was sent home because of the split vote. The next day, Desiree approached the original Malolo with a plan to blindside Domenick. However, Laurel told Dom of her plan and it caused a blow-up as Domenick, Wendell and Kellyn didn't know who to believe. The Naviti Alliance eventually decided to vote out Desiree.
There was then a twist that saw the 10 remaining players split into two temporary Tribes that would both go to Tribal Council. Donathan was in a Tribe with Jenna, Sebastian, Chelsea and Angela. It was clear that Donathan or Jenna was going to go home and Jenna told Donathan that Sebastian told her she was the target, so Donathan came up with a plan to play his Hidden Immunity Idol for Jenna so that they could blindside Sebastian. However, Donathan got nervous and played the Idol for himself and Jenna was voted out.
Domenick, Wendell and Sebastian then pulled away from Angela, Kellyn and Chelsea, with Donathan and Laurel in the middle. Donathan wanted to go with the girls but Laurel changed her mind once again and they voted out Chelsea, who was a physical threat. Donathan then began to drop his "truth bombs" and began ostracizing himself from Dom and Wendell and he was almost the next voted out, as there was a tie between Kellyn and Donathan. However, in the Re-Vote, Kellyn was voted out. Sebastian then came to Donathan and Angela with a plan to use his Extra Vote to blindside Domenick. However, somehow the plan leaked to Dom and Dom flipped out, bluffing a fake Idol was real and bluffing Sebastian into not going with the plan so that Dom, Angela, Wendell and Laurel could blindside Sebastian.
The next target was clearly between Donathan and Laurel, as Dom wanted to keep Angela because she couldn't win Immunity. However, Wendell played his Hidden Immunity Idol for Laurel and Donathan was voted out. Donathan would later vote for Wendell to win and he did, beating Domenick and Laurel in a 6-5-0 vote.
Voting History
Episode |
Donathan Voted For |
Voted For Donathan |
1 |
Stephanie Gonzalez |
Stephanie Gonzalez |
2 |
Morgan Ricke |
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6 |
Bradley Kleihege |
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7 |
Chris Noble |
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8 |
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9 |
Desiree Afuye |
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10 |
Sebastian Noel |
Hidden Immunity Idol (Jenna Bowman) |
11 |
Chelsea Townsend |
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12 |
Angela Perkins, Kellyn Bechtold, Sebastian Noel Sebastian Noel (Re-Vote) |
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13 |
Sebastian Noel |
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13 |
Laurel Johnson |
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13 |
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Trivia
- Donathan lost 15 lbs. during his time on Ghost Island.