Michele Fitzgerald
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Born: May 5, 1990
Hometown: Freehold, New Jersey Occupation: Bartender Seasons: Kaoh Rong; Winners at War Placing: Winner (Kaoh Rong); Second Runner-Up (Winners at War) Tribes: Gondol; Chan Loh (v2); Dara; Sele; Koru Total Challenge Wins: 20
Days Lasted: 78 Votes Against: 6 (2 Cancelled out with 50/50 Coin Flip Advantage) Awards: Challenge Beast (Kaoh Rong); Social Butterfly (Kaoh Rong); Bamboozled (Winners at War); How'd That Happen (Winners at War) |
Survivor: Kaoh Rong
Michele was originally on the Gondol "Beauty" Tribe but was lucky enough to never have to go to Tribal Council, even after being swapped to the Chan Loh Tribe. After the Merge, the sides seemed to be clearly defined with Jason, Nick, Scot, Tai and Cydney against the Brains and Beauty members, Michele, Aubry, Joe, Julia and Debbie. However, before Tribal, Cydney flipped on her previous alliance and formed the Dara Women's Alliance with Michele, Aubry, Debbie and Julia, with Joe as a tag-along and banned together to vote out Nick. After that, Jason, Scot and Tai became rather unruly around camp and their psychological warfare seemed to work as Aubry decided to pass up on getting rid of another guy in order to blindside Debbie, who she thought was too trusting of Julia, who had been getting close to Jason and Scot. However, it had also been revealed that both Jason and Tai had Hidden Immunity Idols, posing a problem for the alliance. Because of this, Aubry convinced Tai to flip and help vote out Scot in a blindside, which he did. They followed by voting out Julia. However, when it came time to vote out Jason, Tai wanted to target Michele, who he felt was a threat to win. The women didn't trust Tai as much as Michele though and chose to still vote out Jason. Joe was later evacuated due to a medical emergency, and Michele would win the final Immunity Challenge, allowing her to force a tie between Aubry and Cydney, which Aubry won. There was then a surprise Reward, which Michele won, allowing her to vote out a member of the Jury and she chose to get rid of Neal, who she thought would be persuasive for Aubry. Because of this, Michele beat Aubry and Tai in a 5-2-0 vote.
Voting History
Episode |
Michele Voted For |
Voted For Michele |
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Nick Maiorano |
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9 |
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10 |
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11 |
Individual Immunity |
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12 |
Tai Trang (x2) |
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14 |
Individual Immunity |
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14 |
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Survivor: Winners at War
Michele was originally on the Sele Tribe. Early on, Denise Stapley and Adam Klein came into a negative light after disappearing for a long time. After losing Immunity, Michelle, Natalie Anderson and Jeremy Collins thought that everybody was going along with splitting the votes between Adam and Denise. However, it was Natalie who was voted out.
After losing Immunity again, Danni Boatwright wanted to blindside Parvati Shallow. However, Rob Mariano was close allies with Parvati, so he decided to go after Danni instead and it was pretty straight forward as Danni was voted out.
They then lost their second Immunity Challenge in a row and the Tribe had decided to blindside Parvati in order to cripple Boston Rob's alliance. However, Boston Rob told Michele and Jeremy that Adam had told him the plan. This caused Michele, Jeremy and Ben Driebergen to consider voting out Adam instead. However, they eventually decided to vote out the unsuspecting Ethan Zohn, which would also cripple Rob's alliance.
There was then a Tribal Switch that saw Michele and Parvati with Michele's ex-boyfriend Wendell Holland, Yul Kwon and Nick Wilson. After losing Immunity, Michele realized that Parvati might be doomed, so she wanted to try and make it work for her too. She approached Wendell and asked if she should try and get Parvati's Fire Token by voting with her. However, Wendell freaked out about this and didn't want votes on him. Wendell then offered to vote with Parvati if she gave him two Fire Tokens. Michele and Parvati took this information to Nick in hopes of getting him to turn on Wendell. However, Nick stuck with his original alliance and Parvati was voted out.
Back at camp, the implosion of what Wendell had done took place. Yul and Nick were all for voting out Wendell next. After losing Immunity, Wendell told Nick and Michele to vote for Yul, who he knew was coming after him, though they had no plan on going with Wendell. However, Nick and Michele realized how big of a threat Yul is and considered voting him out instead. They eventually went with Wendell and voted out Yul.
The Tribes then Merged and Wendell, Nick and Michele thought they were in with the rest of the Tribe to vote out the untrustworthy Adam. However, things flipped on its head and it was Wendell who was voted out.
Michele and Nick were originally angry at being left out of the vote, especially because Michele had wanted Wendell out for a while. However, they were back on par to vote out Adam, after Adam tried to go after Sarah Lacina, which probably saved Nick. The votes were split between Adam and Nick but it was Adam who was voted out.
Battle lines were then drawn as the majority alliance split into two factions, pulling in the two outsiders into their numbers. On one side was Michele, Tyson Apostol, Jeremy, Kim Spradlin-Wolfe and Denise and on the other was Nick, Tony Vlachos, Sarah, Sophie Clarke and Ben. Michele's alliance was aiming to vote out Sarah. However, at Tribal Council, Jeremy played his Safety Without Power advantage to leave Tribal Council, diminishing their alliance's numbers. Sarah then played her Steal A Vote to steal Denise's vote. Kim played her Hidden Immunity Idol on Denise but Tyson was the one who was voted out.
Jeremy and Michele then agreed to target Ben, with Kim and Denise agreeing. However, Tony told Jeremy that Kim and Denise weren't with him and that everybody was splitting votes between Jeremy and Michele. He told him that Jeremy and Michele joins Tony and Nick to vote out Sophie and they'll have the numbers to take her out. Jeremy was reluctant in believing that his alliance had turned and he really wanted to go after Ben. However, Jeremy and Michele went with Tony and Nick and Sophie was voted out.
Later on, Michele realized that she was on the bottom and would have to vote for Jeremy, but she gave him her 50/50 Coin Flip Advantage to use if he wanted to. Michele did vote for Jeremy but Jeremy had formed an Unholy Alliance with Ben, Tony, Sarah and Nick to blindside Kim and since Jeremy didn't use the advantage, he gave it back to Michele.
Michele then went back to stick with Jeremy with a plan to vote out Ben. It appeared that Nick and Tony were in the middle. Since it was the last opportunity to use it, Michele played her 50/50 Coin Flip Advantage and it landed on "Safe", so she was immune. However, Tony and Nick had went with their original alliance and Jeremy was voted out.
Michelle would later talk to Nick, as he needed two Fire Tokens to buy a Disadvantage Advantage, which would allow him to play a disadvantage on anybody for the next Immunity Challenge. Michele agreed and Nick used it to put a disadvantage on Ben. Michele would end up winning Immunity. Nick and Michele originally wanted to go after Ben, but realized that it was a moot point, so they targeted Denise instead, with Sarah in the middle. However, Sarah would stick with her original alliance and Nick was voted out.
Natalie Anderson would then re-join the game from Edge of Extinction. Natalie and Michele immediately reconnected as Natalie found out that Michele had no connections. Michele would win Immunity as the two decided to target Ben using Natalie's Hidden Immunity Idol. Natalie would play her Hidden Immunity Idol. However, Ben and Tony also played Hidden Immunity Idols. This left only Sarah and Denise eligible to be voted out, so they re-voted and Denise was voted out.
Natalie would later find another Hidden Immunity Idol, but since Tony won Immunity, they couldn't rely on it to completely save them, so they went to Sarah about voting out Ben. Natalie would play her Idol to for herself and Sarah voted with them and Ben was voted out.
Natalie would then win the Final Immunity Challenge. Michele wanted Natalie to pick Sarah and take her to the Final Three so that Michele could try and beat Tony at fire and build her resume a little. However, Natalie picked to take Michele to the Final Three, fearing sitting there with both Tony and Sarah. Tony and Sarah then had a Firemaking Challenge, which Tony won. Tony Vlachos would win Survivor: Winners at War, receiving 12 votes to Natalie Anderson's 4 and Michele's 0.
After losing Immunity again, Danni Boatwright wanted to blindside Parvati Shallow. However, Rob Mariano was close allies with Parvati, so he decided to go after Danni instead and it was pretty straight forward as Danni was voted out.
They then lost their second Immunity Challenge in a row and the Tribe had decided to blindside Parvati in order to cripple Boston Rob's alliance. However, Boston Rob told Michele and Jeremy that Adam had told him the plan. This caused Michele, Jeremy and Ben Driebergen to consider voting out Adam instead. However, they eventually decided to vote out the unsuspecting Ethan Zohn, which would also cripple Rob's alliance.
There was then a Tribal Switch that saw Michele and Parvati with Michele's ex-boyfriend Wendell Holland, Yul Kwon and Nick Wilson. After losing Immunity, Michele realized that Parvati might be doomed, so she wanted to try and make it work for her too. She approached Wendell and asked if she should try and get Parvati's Fire Token by voting with her. However, Wendell freaked out about this and didn't want votes on him. Wendell then offered to vote with Parvati if she gave him two Fire Tokens. Michele and Parvati took this information to Nick in hopes of getting him to turn on Wendell. However, Nick stuck with his original alliance and Parvati was voted out.
Back at camp, the implosion of what Wendell had done took place. Yul and Nick were all for voting out Wendell next. After losing Immunity, Wendell told Nick and Michele to vote for Yul, who he knew was coming after him, though they had no plan on going with Wendell. However, Nick and Michele realized how big of a threat Yul is and considered voting him out instead. They eventually went with Wendell and voted out Yul.
The Tribes then Merged and Wendell, Nick and Michele thought they were in with the rest of the Tribe to vote out the untrustworthy Adam. However, things flipped on its head and it was Wendell who was voted out.
Michele and Nick were originally angry at being left out of the vote, especially because Michele had wanted Wendell out for a while. However, they were back on par to vote out Adam, after Adam tried to go after Sarah Lacina, which probably saved Nick. The votes were split between Adam and Nick but it was Adam who was voted out.
Battle lines were then drawn as the majority alliance split into two factions, pulling in the two outsiders into their numbers. On one side was Michele, Tyson Apostol, Jeremy, Kim Spradlin-Wolfe and Denise and on the other was Nick, Tony Vlachos, Sarah, Sophie Clarke and Ben. Michele's alliance was aiming to vote out Sarah. However, at Tribal Council, Jeremy played his Safety Without Power advantage to leave Tribal Council, diminishing their alliance's numbers. Sarah then played her Steal A Vote to steal Denise's vote. Kim played her Hidden Immunity Idol on Denise but Tyson was the one who was voted out.
Jeremy and Michele then agreed to target Ben, with Kim and Denise agreeing. However, Tony told Jeremy that Kim and Denise weren't with him and that everybody was splitting votes between Jeremy and Michele. He told him that Jeremy and Michele joins Tony and Nick to vote out Sophie and they'll have the numbers to take her out. Jeremy was reluctant in believing that his alliance had turned and he really wanted to go after Ben. However, Jeremy and Michele went with Tony and Nick and Sophie was voted out.
Later on, Michele realized that she was on the bottom and would have to vote for Jeremy, but she gave him her 50/50 Coin Flip Advantage to use if he wanted to. Michele did vote for Jeremy but Jeremy had formed an Unholy Alliance with Ben, Tony, Sarah and Nick to blindside Kim and since Jeremy didn't use the advantage, he gave it back to Michele.
Michele then went back to stick with Jeremy with a plan to vote out Ben. It appeared that Nick and Tony were in the middle. Since it was the last opportunity to use it, Michele played her 50/50 Coin Flip Advantage and it landed on "Safe", so she was immune. However, Tony and Nick had went with their original alliance and Jeremy was voted out.
Michelle would later talk to Nick, as he needed two Fire Tokens to buy a Disadvantage Advantage, which would allow him to play a disadvantage on anybody for the next Immunity Challenge. Michele agreed and Nick used it to put a disadvantage on Ben. Michele would end up winning Immunity. Nick and Michele originally wanted to go after Ben, but realized that it was a moot point, so they targeted Denise instead, with Sarah in the middle. However, Sarah would stick with her original alliance and Nick was voted out.
Natalie Anderson would then re-join the game from Edge of Extinction. Natalie and Michele immediately reconnected as Natalie found out that Michele had no connections. Michele would win Immunity as the two decided to target Ben using Natalie's Hidden Immunity Idol. Natalie would play her Hidden Immunity Idol. However, Ben and Tony also played Hidden Immunity Idols. This left only Sarah and Denise eligible to be voted out, so they re-voted and Denise was voted out.
Natalie would later find another Hidden Immunity Idol, but since Tony won Immunity, they couldn't rely on it to completely save them, so they went to Sarah about voting out Ben. Natalie would play her Idol to for herself and Sarah voted with them and Ben was voted out.
Natalie would then win the Final Immunity Challenge. Michele wanted Natalie to pick Sarah and take her to the Final Three so that Michele could try and beat Tony at fire and build her resume a little. However, Natalie picked to take Michele to the Final Three, fearing sitting there with both Tony and Sarah. Tony and Sarah then had a Firemaking Challenge, which Tony won. Tony Vlachos would win Survivor: Winners at War, receiving 12 votes to Natalie Anderson's 4 and Michele's 0.
Voting History
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Michele Voted For |
Voted For Michele |
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Individual Immunity |
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14 |
Individual Immunity |
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Jury Vote: None |
Trivia
- Michele, along with Nick Maiorano and Chris Noble, currently holds the record for surviving the most days in the game without attending Tribal Council, with 22.
- Of those three, Michele is the only one who was not voted out at their first Tribal Council.
- Michele's 25th birthday was on Day 37 of Kaoh Rong.
- In Kaôh Rōng, Michele became the first and currently only winner to avoid Tribal Council during the preMerge portion of the game.
- Ironically, she attended the most pre-merge Tribal Councils out of anyone during Winners at War, with 5.
- Ironically, she attended the most pre-merge Tribal Councils out of anyone during Winners at War, with 5.
- Michele is the least vulnerable female winner and the second overall behind Tom Westman, having been eligible to be voted out only four times.
- Michele is the only person in Kaôh Rōng to win more than one individual Immunity Challenge.
- Michele is only the second of two women who was the only person to win multiple individual Immunity Challenges in a single season, following Kelly Wiglesworth in Borneo.
- Michele is only the second of two women who was the only person to win multiple individual Immunity Challenges in a single season, following Kelly Wiglesworth in Borneo.
- Michele secured her seat at the Final Tribal Council earlier than any other contestant by virtue of winning the Final Immunity Challenge on Day 37.
- Yul Kwon, Aubry Bracco and Tai Trang also secured their seats at the Final Tribal Council on Day 37, but only after Tribal Council that night.
- Yul Kwon, Aubry Bracco and Tai Trang also secured their seats at the Final Tribal Council on Day 37, but only after Tribal Council that night.
- Michele is the first contestant to be able to remove a Juror from the game.
- Michele is tied with Natalie Anderson for the most challenges (both tribal and individual) won by a female winner, with 13.
- Michele became the third person from New Jersey to win in five seasons, following Tony Vlachos and Natalie Anderson.
- Coincidentally, they ultimately made up the Final Three of Winners at War.
- Coincidentally, they ultimately made up the Final Three of Winners at War.
- Michele is the youngest woman to compete on Winners at War.
- Each time Michele received elimination votes, she received exactly two votes.
- Michele is one of four returning players to have never been voted out. The others are Jenna Morasca, Michael Skupin and Colton Cumbie.
- Michele is the only one of these four to have reached the Final Tribal Council every time she competed.
- Michele is one of two returning players to have reached the Final Tribal Council every time they competed, along with Natalie Anderson who was voted out and returned to the game via Edge of Extinction.
- Michele is the only one of these four to have reached the Final Tribal Council every time she competed.