Hayden Moss
Born: May 25, 1986
Hometown: Springtown, Texas Occupation: Real Estate Seasons: Blood vs. Water Placing: Seventh (Blood vs. Water) Tribes: Tadhana; Kasama Total Challenge Wins: 3
Days Lasted: 36 Votes Against: 8 Awards: Bamboozled (Blood vs. Water) |
Survivor: Blood vs. Water
Hayden started off well despite potentially having a target from his Big Brother days, being included in a male alliance that would pick off the women. After that though, Brad Culpepper's decision to turn on John Cody opened up the game. Hayden remained off the chopping block, but he was forced to make some tough decisions and stronger loyalties. When Caleb Bankston openly turned on Brad under the suspicion that Brad was targeting him, Hayden considered voting for Brad in the revote. Although he stuck with Ciera Eastin, Vytas Baskauskas flipped, reducing Tadhana to 3 men and 2 women. From that point, they focused on starting over and reunifying themselves to start winning challenges. After their first immunity win, however, a Tribal Switch would occur. The new Tadhana tribe of Hayden, Caleb, Ciera, Tyson Apostol, Aras Baskauskas, and Gervase Peterson won the remaining challenges and made the Merge..
The post-swap ties Hayden made with Tyson and Gervase resulted in him working with them for the first few votes of the merge. Despite his connection to Ciera, Hayden was worried about her and Laura Morett going further together and pushed for Laura to be voted out. After that vote, Hayden hoped to recruit Caleb, Ciera, and Katie Collins to form a majority over the three remaining returning players Gervase, Tyson, and Monica Culpepper. However, Ciera did not follow through with this plan and Caleb would be voted out instead. With his back against the wall, Hayden tried once more to get Ciera to flip otherwise Tyson, Gervase, and Monica would become the final three. This time he was successful. Since Hayden received three votes in the initial tie and two in the revote, he would be immune from the rock draw tiebreaker. Unfortunately for him, Katie drew the white rock and was sent to Redemption Island. Hayden's game effectively ended when Ciera won the Day 35 Immunity Challenge, where he would be voted out and lose the next Duel to finish in 7th place. Hayden voted for eventual Sole Survivor Tyson at Final Tribal Council.
The post-swap ties Hayden made with Tyson and Gervase resulted in him working with them for the first few votes of the merge. Despite his connection to Ciera, Hayden was worried about her and Laura Morett going further together and pushed for Laura to be voted out. After that vote, Hayden hoped to recruit Caleb, Ciera, and Katie Collins to form a majority over the three remaining returning players Gervase, Tyson, and Monica Culpepper. However, Ciera did not follow through with this plan and Caleb would be voted out instead. With his back against the wall, Hayden tried once more to get Ciera to flip otherwise Tyson, Gervase, and Monica would become the final three. This time he was successful. Since Hayden received three votes in the initial tie and two in the revote, he would be immune from the rock draw tiebreaker. Unfortunately for him, Katie drew the white rock and was sent to Redemption Island. Hayden's game effectively ended when Ciera won the Day 35 Immunity Challenge, where he would be voted out and lose the next Duel to finish in 7th place. Hayden voted for eventual Sole Survivor Tyson at Final Tribal Council.
Voting History
Episode |
Hayden Voted For |
Voted For Hayden |
1 |
Laura Boneham |
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Marissa Peterson |
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2 |
Rachel Foulger |
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3 |
John Cody |
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4 |
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8 |
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9 |
Vytas Baskauskas |
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9 |
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10 |
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11 |
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12 |
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14 |
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Trivia
- Hayden was the first Big Brother contestant to appear on Survivor, having won Big Brother 12.
- He was later followed by Caleb Reynolds in Survivor: Kaoh Rong.
- In Caleb's Big Brother 16 bio, he named Hayden as the former Big Brother player he respected the most.
- Hayden is the highest placing male Tadhana member.
- In Survivor: Blood vs. Water, Hayden went the longest without receiving votes against him.
- He only received votes from Gervase Peterson, Monica Culpepper, and Tyson Apostol, the eventual Final Three of the season.
- Hayden is one of fifteen castaways, along with Rob Mariano, Keith Tollefson, John Palyok, Amber Brkich, Ethan Zohn, Richard Hatch, Jenna Morasca, Twila Tanner, Jon Dalton, Whitney Duncan, Natalie Anderson, Nadiya Anderson, Michael Jefferson, and Caleb Reynolds to compete on another reality show besides Survivor.
- He is the second first-time contestant to have appeared on another reality show before Survivor.
- The first is Whitney Duncan (of Survivor: South Pacific) who competed on the 5th season of Nashville Star.
- He is the second first-time contestant to have appeared on another reality show before Survivor.
- Hayden lost 22 lbs. (10 kg) during his time in Blood vs. Water.
- Hayden placed seventh while his girlfriend was the seventh one out.
- Hayden is the only loved one in Blood vs. Water to finish at the same place as their partner did in a previous season.
- Hayden had an all-man alliance in Big Brother as well as Survivor. In both instances, he outlasted the other members of his alliance.