Tony Vlachos
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Born: September 10, 1973
Hometown: Jersey City, New Jersey Occupation: Police Officer Seasons: Cagayan; Game Changers; Winners at War Placing: Winner (Cagayan); Nineteenth (Game Changers); Winner (Winners at War) Tribes: Aparri; Solana (v2); Solarrion; Mana; Dakal; Koru Total Challenge Wins: 19
Days Lasted: 74 Votes Against: 5 Awards: Challenge Beast (Winners at War); Strategy With A Smile (Cagayan/Winners at War); Bamboozled (Cagayan/Winners at War); Chillin' Like A Villain (Cagayan/Winners at War) |
Survivor: Cagayan
Tony was initially placed on Aparri, the Brawn tribe of Cagayan. While in the woods, fellow police officer Sarah Lacina looked him in the eyes and asked if he was a cop, though he lied and said no. She told him she could tell because she too was a cop. Soon after, he admitted to her that he was a cop and they bonded and formed an alliance called "Cops-R-Us." Tony spent the first few days building a "spy shack," finding a Hidden Immunity Idol, and forming alliances with both Sarah and Trish Hegarty. He also harbored some resentment towards Cliff Robinson for his popularity within the tribe. Tony lied to Sarah, saying that Cliff and Lindsey Ogle were gunning for her successfully manipulating her against her initial alliance. Sarah then convinced Trish and Woo Hwang to come into their alliance and throw the fourth Immunity Challenge to vote Cliff out, followed by Lindsey. Tony, along with Lindsey, sat out of the challenge while the others (except for Cliff) attempted to throw the challenge. Cliff, however, single-handedly saved himself by winning the challenge for Aparri. Due to their challenge prowess, Aparri never attended Tribal Council.
On Day 12, a Tribal Switch occurred, sending all of Aparri's members, with the exception of Sarah, to the new Solana tribe, along with original members Jefra Bland and LJ McKanas. After Solana lost the next Immunity Challenge, the former Aparri members were set to vote LJ out, though Trish, who had bonded with LJ, attempted to get Tony to vote Cliff out instead. At Tribal Council, Tony and Trish joined LJ and Jefra in blindsiding Cliff. Upon returning to camp, Trish and Lindsey got into a heated argument, resulting in Lindsey quitting the game. Tony was happy with this development.
After winning the next Reward Challenge, Solana won the right to raid Aparri's camp. The tribe sent Tony and Woo to conduct the raid, with the two also receiving a clue for a Hidden Immunity Idol at the Solana camp. Tony, however, thought of using this clue in order to target Aparri's strongest member, Jeremiah Wood. He claimed in front of the other tribe to have been instructed to give a clue to a Hidden Immunity Idol to a member of Aparri and gave it to Jeremiah. The plan, though, did not work because Jeremiah immediately recognized that it was the same clue that the original Solana tribe had received prior to the tribe switch, though it managed to cast suspicion on Jeremiah.
Tony made it to the Merge on Day 17 and became part of the merged tribe, Solarrion. Being down in numbers, the new Solana Alliance needed Sarah's vote, but Sarah overheard her former allies Tony, Trish, and Woo yell "Top 5!" along with Jefra and LJ at the previous challenge, which made her feel excluded. Tony tried to pull Sarah back into their alliance, seemingly to no avail, as Sarah was committed to staying with the opposing Aparri Alliance. Trish saw an opportunity to swing Kass McQuillen, who was bickering with Sarah, by offering to vote Sarah out should Kass join them. A hesitant Tony eventually agreed to target Sarah after recognising that he had not succeeded in flipping her after she refused to swear on her badge. At Tribal Council, Tony and LJ made a grand stand by playing their Hidden Immunity Idols for each other, though this was all for naught as the Aparri Alliance had actually targeted Jefra. Kass, however, decided to flip and Sarah became the first member of the Jury.
At the next Tribal Council Tony suggested voting out Morgan McLeod as due to her laziness she was the least likely to have an idol. His alliance agreed and Morgan was voted out. Though now in a position of power, Tony found himself to be increasingly paranoid after the Aparri Alliance voted for him at the following Tribal Council where Morgan was voted out. Tony decided to target LJ as he believed LJ was the biggest strategic threat in the game. Tony decided to play up his paranoia and suggested voting out Woo to LJ, following this Tony then framed him by claiming that LJ wanted to vote Woo out. Tony then told Trish that LJ was sketchy and untrustworthy but Trish dismissed this as Tony being paranoid. The team of Tony, Jeremiah, and Spencer Bledsoe won the next Reward Challenge, and Tony used this opportunity to try to use their alliance's votes. Tony then told Woo that LJ had been targeting him getting Woo on board to target LJ. At the next Tribal Council, Tony and Woo joined the Aparri Alliance in blindsiding LJ, much to Trish's shock.
The following day, Jefra began to feel insecure about Tony's deception towards everybody and confronted Trish to try to gun for him. Trish and Kass, however, were able to assuage Jefra's fears and pull her back into their alliance. Trish also had Tony reassure Jefra himself, which he did by swearing on his family members. It was also at this time that Tony's paranoia led to him finding a Hidden Immunity Idol with "special powers."
The alliance came back together and decided to target Jeremiah as they believed Spencer had the idol and would be more likely to play it for himself. This proved to be correct as Spencer did have an idol but played it for his own safety with Jeremiah going home. While Spencer played his idol, Tony bluffed using an apparently fake idol in order to ensure that he played it on himself rather than Jeremiah.
At the Survivor Auction, Tony, along with Spencer and Tasha Fox held out on buying any food, anticipating that there would be an advantage offered and feared that either Spencer or Tasha would get it. When an advantage was indeed offered, Tasha backed out while both Tony and Spencer bid the maximum amount of $500 for a chance to draw rocks to win the advantage. Tony won the advantage, which turned out to be a clue to another Hidden Immunity Idol, which he also found. At the same time, Tony began to fear the possibility of a women's alliance forming between the remaining women, who had outnumbered the remaining men in the game. Tony and Woo again struck a deal with Tasha and Spencer, and they blindsided Jefra at the next Tribal Council.
The next morning, Kass, fed up with Tony's double-dealing, got into an argument with Tony, in which Tony revealed that he had the Hidden Immunity Idol with "special powers." This led to Kass, Tasha, Spencer, and Woo plotting to flush Tony's Hidden Immunity Idol, though Kass later changed her mind, instead wanting to face Tony at the Final Tribal Council due to her perceiving him as an easily beatable Hantzian jury goat. At Tribal Council, she and Woo rejoined Tony and Trish and sent Tasha to the jury.
Woo then revealed to Tony the next day that he and Kass had conspired against him the previous night. Tony confronted Kass about this, but later claimed to forgive her, stating that he planned on going to the end with her and Trish. Unsatisfied, Kass revealed this to Woo, which made Woo question his own loyalty to Tony. After Tony won the next Reward Challenge and picked Trish to share his reward with, Kass, Spencer, and Woo plotted to split the pair up. At Tribal Council, Tony revealed that he actually had two Hidden Immunity Idols in his possession. He played the regular one for himself and proceeded to join the rest of the tribe in blindsiding his ally Trish.
Although the Hidden Immunity Idol with "special powers" expired at the final five, Tony bluffed by claiming that it could be used until the final four. The remaining castaways were then surprised by a visit from their loved ones. Although Tony was glad that his friend, Arnold, visited him, he was upset that his wife, Marissa, could not come as she was taking care of their baby girl. After Kass won the next Immunity Challenge, Spencer came up to Tony and told him that he believed that there would be a Final Two. Spencer claimed that if either Kass or Woo won, they would take each other to the end. If Tony voted Woo out and Spencer won, he would take Tony. Unconvinced by Spencer's argument, Tony joined Kass and Woo in voting him out at Tribal Counci due to him being a big jury threat.
Upon returning to camp, Kass and Woo agreed that voting Tony out was both in their best interests and agreed to take each other to the end. At the Final Immunity Challenge, Woo narrowly beat Kass by half a second to win immunity. Back at camp, both Tony and Kass pleaded with Woo, with Tony appealing to Woo's sense of honor, pointing out that the jury would see him as being disloyal if he voted Tony out. At Tribal Council, Woo shocked everyone by voting Kass out, making her the ninth and final member of the jury.
At the Final Tribal Council, the jury scolded Tony. He was confronted by Sarah for swearing on his badge and by Jeremiah for swearing on his family. He was also confronted by LJ and Jefra for his blindsiding both of them. He was then lambasted by a furious Trish for swearing on his late father's grave, then proceeding to blindside her. In spite of this, Morgan and Spencer both lauded Tony for his control of the game. In the end, Tony received eight jury votes to Woo's one (from Tasha), earning him the title of Sole Survivor of Survivor: Cagayan.
On Day 12, a Tribal Switch occurred, sending all of Aparri's members, with the exception of Sarah, to the new Solana tribe, along with original members Jefra Bland and LJ McKanas. After Solana lost the next Immunity Challenge, the former Aparri members were set to vote LJ out, though Trish, who had bonded with LJ, attempted to get Tony to vote Cliff out instead. At Tribal Council, Tony and Trish joined LJ and Jefra in blindsiding Cliff. Upon returning to camp, Trish and Lindsey got into a heated argument, resulting in Lindsey quitting the game. Tony was happy with this development.
After winning the next Reward Challenge, Solana won the right to raid Aparri's camp. The tribe sent Tony and Woo to conduct the raid, with the two also receiving a clue for a Hidden Immunity Idol at the Solana camp. Tony, however, thought of using this clue in order to target Aparri's strongest member, Jeremiah Wood. He claimed in front of the other tribe to have been instructed to give a clue to a Hidden Immunity Idol to a member of Aparri and gave it to Jeremiah. The plan, though, did not work because Jeremiah immediately recognized that it was the same clue that the original Solana tribe had received prior to the tribe switch, though it managed to cast suspicion on Jeremiah.
Tony made it to the Merge on Day 17 and became part of the merged tribe, Solarrion. Being down in numbers, the new Solana Alliance needed Sarah's vote, but Sarah overheard her former allies Tony, Trish, and Woo yell "Top 5!" along with Jefra and LJ at the previous challenge, which made her feel excluded. Tony tried to pull Sarah back into their alliance, seemingly to no avail, as Sarah was committed to staying with the opposing Aparri Alliance. Trish saw an opportunity to swing Kass McQuillen, who was bickering with Sarah, by offering to vote Sarah out should Kass join them. A hesitant Tony eventually agreed to target Sarah after recognising that he had not succeeded in flipping her after she refused to swear on her badge. At Tribal Council, Tony and LJ made a grand stand by playing their Hidden Immunity Idols for each other, though this was all for naught as the Aparri Alliance had actually targeted Jefra. Kass, however, decided to flip and Sarah became the first member of the Jury.
At the next Tribal Council Tony suggested voting out Morgan McLeod as due to her laziness she was the least likely to have an idol. His alliance agreed and Morgan was voted out. Though now in a position of power, Tony found himself to be increasingly paranoid after the Aparri Alliance voted for him at the following Tribal Council where Morgan was voted out. Tony decided to target LJ as he believed LJ was the biggest strategic threat in the game. Tony decided to play up his paranoia and suggested voting out Woo to LJ, following this Tony then framed him by claiming that LJ wanted to vote Woo out. Tony then told Trish that LJ was sketchy and untrustworthy but Trish dismissed this as Tony being paranoid. The team of Tony, Jeremiah, and Spencer Bledsoe won the next Reward Challenge, and Tony used this opportunity to try to use their alliance's votes. Tony then told Woo that LJ had been targeting him getting Woo on board to target LJ. At the next Tribal Council, Tony and Woo joined the Aparri Alliance in blindsiding LJ, much to Trish's shock.
The following day, Jefra began to feel insecure about Tony's deception towards everybody and confronted Trish to try to gun for him. Trish and Kass, however, were able to assuage Jefra's fears and pull her back into their alliance. Trish also had Tony reassure Jefra himself, which he did by swearing on his family members. It was also at this time that Tony's paranoia led to him finding a Hidden Immunity Idol with "special powers."
The alliance came back together and decided to target Jeremiah as they believed Spencer had the idol and would be more likely to play it for himself. This proved to be correct as Spencer did have an idol but played it for his own safety with Jeremiah going home. While Spencer played his idol, Tony bluffed using an apparently fake idol in order to ensure that he played it on himself rather than Jeremiah.
At the Survivor Auction, Tony, along with Spencer and Tasha Fox held out on buying any food, anticipating that there would be an advantage offered and feared that either Spencer or Tasha would get it. When an advantage was indeed offered, Tasha backed out while both Tony and Spencer bid the maximum amount of $500 for a chance to draw rocks to win the advantage. Tony won the advantage, which turned out to be a clue to another Hidden Immunity Idol, which he also found. At the same time, Tony began to fear the possibility of a women's alliance forming between the remaining women, who had outnumbered the remaining men in the game. Tony and Woo again struck a deal with Tasha and Spencer, and they blindsided Jefra at the next Tribal Council.
The next morning, Kass, fed up with Tony's double-dealing, got into an argument with Tony, in which Tony revealed that he had the Hidden Immunity Idol with "special powers." This led to Kass, Tasha, Spencer, and Woo plotting to flush Tony's Hidden Immunity Idol, though Kass later changed her mind, instead wanting to face Tony at the Final Tribal Council due to her perceiving him as an easily beatable Hantzian jury goat. At Tribal Council, she and Woo rejoined Tony and Trish and sent Tasha to the jury.
Woo then revealed to Tony the next day that he and Kass had conspired against him the previous night. Tony confronted Kass about this, but later claimed to forgive her, stating that he planned on going to the end with her and Trish. Unsatisfied, Kass revealed this to Woo, which made Woo question his own loyalty to Tony. After Tony won the next Reward Challenge and picked Trish to share his reward with, Kass, Spencer, and Woo plotted to split the pair up. At Tribal Council, Tony revealed that he actually had two Hidden Immunity Idols in his possession. He played the regular one for himself and proceeded to join the rest of the tribe in blindsiding his ally Trish.
Although the Hidden Immunity Idol with "special powers" expired at the final five, Tony bluffed by claiming that it could be used until the final four. The remaining castaways were then surprised by a visit from their loved ones. Although Tony was glad that his friend, Arnold, visited him, he was upset that his wife, Marissa, could not come as she was taking care of their baby girl. After Kass won the next Immunity Challenge, Spencer came up to Tony and told him that he believed that there would be a Final Two. Spencer claimed that if either Kass or Woo won, they would take each other to the end. If Tony voted Woo out and Spencer won, he would take Tony. Unconvinced by Spencer's argument, Tony joined Kass and Woo in voting him out at Tribal Counci due to him being a big jury threat.
Upon returning to camp, Kass and Woo agreed that voting Tony out was both in their best interests and agreed to take each other to the end. At the Final Immunity Challenge, Woo narrowly beat Kass by half a second to win immunity. Back at camp, both Tony and Kass pleaded with Woo, with Tony appealing to Woo's sense of honor, pointing out that the jury would see him as being disloyal if he voted Tony out. At Tribal Council, Woo shocked everyone by voting Kass out, making her the ninth and final member of the jury.
At the Final Tribal Council, the jury scolded Tony. He was confronted by Sarah for swearing on his badge and by Jeremiah for swearing on his family. He was also confronted by LJ and Jefra for his blindsiding both of them. He was then lambasted by a furious Trish for swearing on his late father's grave, then proceeding to blindside her. In spite of this, Morgan and Spencer both lauded Tony for his control of the game. In the end, Tony received eight jury votes to Woo's one (from Tasha), earning him the title of Sole Survivor of Survivor: Cagayan.
Voting History
Episode |
Tony Voted For |
Voted For Tony |
5 |
Cliff Robinson |
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7 |
Hidden Immunity Idol |
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8 |
Morgan McLeod |
Jeremiah Wood, Morgan McLeod, Spencer Bledsoe, Tasha Fox |
9 |
LJ McKanas |
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10 |
Jeremiah Wood |
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11 |
Jefra Bland |
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12 |
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13 |
Trish Hegarty |
Hidden Immunity Idol |
14 |
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14 |
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Jury Vote: Jefra Bland, Jeremiah Wood, Kass McQuillen, LJ McKanas, Morgan McLeod, Sarah Lacina, Spencer Bledsoe, Trish Hegarty |
Survivor: Game Changers
Tony came into Survivor: Game Changers as one of the season's three former winners, along with Sandra Diaz-Twine and J..T. Thomas, Jr.. He was initially placed on the Mana tribe. Minutes after arriving at the camp, Tony jokingly ran off making llama sounds, blatantly proclaiming that he was on an idol hunt. Though it started as a joke, after he realized that no one was on his tail, Tony decided to start digging a "spy bunker" in the sand near the water well in order to eavesdrop on conversations. Ultimately, he was caught by Sandra and Caleb Reynolds and had to put his spy bunker on hold.
After losing the first Immunity Challenge, Tony gathered the tribe members who were at the water well and the group decided to boot Ciera Eastin first for her over-scheming and for her failure in the challenge. When Ciera approached the group, Tony threw out Michaela Bradshaw's name, and Ciera accepted this as the plan for the night. However, when Tony told Michaela that it was her that was being used as a decoy, Michaela became upset. The supermajority decided that it might be a good idea to take out Michaela, who was not only emotionally volatile but also an unknown factor. In the end, Mana stuck to their original plan, and Ciera was voted out unanimously.
Immediately after Tribal Council, Tony felt uneasy that the first vote had gone so easily, that all 9 votes fell into place. He wanted to start playing hard, and so went back to the water well and continued to dig his bunker.
The next day, Tony approached Aubry Bracco and the two decided that it may be best if they recruit other big threats in order to use them as shields and as allies. They decided to bring in Caleb, Malcolm Freberg, and Sandra. However, in the middle of the night, Sandra and Troyzan Robertson went to the well in order to discuss tribal happenings. Tony had been working on his bunker, and so he crawled into the bushes, and later jumped out at the pair after he heard his name being thrown out. He decided that Sandra was too sketchy, and effectively cut her loose from the "big threats' alliance". In response, Sandra began recruiting for her own alliance, and brought in Michaela, Troyzan, Hali Ford, and Jeff Varner after being left out of Tony and Aubry's.
After narrowly losing the second Immunity Challenge, Sandra and Tony campaigned against each other. The two winners gathered their troops, and Jeff and Michaela became the two swing votes. At Tribal Council, the tribe discussed how physical strength should be kept in the tribe to prevent further losses. Sandra was rattled, and when Tony continued to campaign for her, she countered with reasons to take Tony out. When it was time to vote, Tony voted against Aubry, in the hopes that a split vote may have been in operation and that by voting against his ally, he could save himself. However, the only other person who had voted for Aubry was Sandra, and the rest of the tribe sent Tony packing. Before departing, Tony called out Sandra for her control of the tribe, to which Sandra responded by saying Tony had targeted her first. Sandra bid Tony good riddance by telling him to "say hi to Ciera".
After losing the first Immunity Challenge, Tony gathered the tribe members who were at the water well and the group decided to boot Ciera Eastin first for her over-scheming and for her failure in the challenge. When Ciera approached the group, Tony threw out Michaela Bradshaw's name, and Ciera accepted this as the plan for the night. However, when Tony told Michaela that it was her that was being used as a decoy, Michaela became upset. The supermajority decided that it might be a good idea to take out Michaela, who was not only emotionally volatile but also an unknown factor. In the end, Mana stuck to their original plan, and Ciera was voted out unanimously.
Immediately after Tribal Council, Tony felt uneasy that the first vote had gone so easily, that all 9 votes fell into place. He wanted to start playing hard, and so went back to the water well and continued to dig his bunker.
The next day, Tony approached Aubry Bracco and the two decided that it may be best if they recruit other big threats in order to use them as shields and as allies. They decided to bring in Caleb, Malcolm Freberg, and Sandra. However, in the middle of the night, Sandra and Troyzan Robertson went to the well in order to discuss tribal happenings. Tony had been working on his bunker, and so he crawled into the bushes, and later jumped out at the pair after he heard his name being thrown out. He decided that Sandra was too sketchy, and effectively cut her loose from the "big threats' alliance". In response, Sandra began recruiting for her own alliance, and brought in Michaela, Troyzan, Hali Ford, and Jeff Varner after being left out of Tony and Aubry's.
After narrowly losing the second Immunity Challenge, Sandra and Tony campaigned against each other. The two winners gathered their troops, and Jeff and Michaela became the two swing votes. At Tribal Council, the tribe discussed how physical strength should be kept in the tribe to prevent further losses. Sandra was rattled, and when Tony continued to campaign for her, she countered with reasons to take Tony out. When it was time to vote, Tony voted against Aubry, in the hopes that a split vote may have been in operation and that by voting against his ally, he could save himself. However, the only other person who had voted for Aubry was Sandra, and the rest of the tribe sent Tony packing. Before departing, Tony called out Sandra for her control of the tribe, to which Sandra responded by saying Tony had targeted her first. Sandra bid Tony good riddance by telling him to "say hi to Ciera".
Voting History
Episode |
Tony Voted For |
Voted For Tony |
1 |
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1 |
Aubry Bracco, Caleb Reynolds, Hali Ford, Jeff Varner, Malcolm Freberg, Michaela Bradshaw, Troyzan Robertson |
Survivor: Winners at War
Tony was originally on the Dakal Tribe, where he reunited with his former Cops R Us alliancemember and good friend outside of the game, Sarah Lacina. Together they joined Sandra Diaz-Twine, their former nemesis to form an unusual alliance. They were directly oposing the Poker Alliance of Tyson Apostol, Kim Spradlin-Wolfe and Amber Mariano, with the No Connections Alliance of Yul Kwon, Wendell Holland, Nick Wilson and Sophie Clarke in the middle. Tyson and Sandra wanted to target each other and it seemed like the No Connections Alliance was going with Sandra and Tony. However, when Tyson told them that he would vote for Amber or Kim to save himself, they switched plans and instead split the votes between Amber and Kim, where Amber was voted out.
The next time they lost Immunity, Sandra wanted Tyson out again. However, Tyson talked to Tony and Sandra and argued that they need each other, because as soon as Tyson is gone, Sandra and Tony would be next. Tony agreed and told Sandra that they could use Tyson as a shield to take attention off of them. Sandra seriously considered this but eventually stuck to the original plan and voted out Tyson.
The Tribes then switched and saw Tony, Sandra and Kim in the majority against Jeremy Collins and Denise Stapley. After losing Immunity, it appeared clear cut that Denise would go home. However, at Tribal Council, Denise played a Hidden Immunity Idol to save herself and then another Hidden Immunity Idol to save Jeremy just in case and used her one vote to blindside Sandra.
The Tribes would later Merge and Tony found himself in the majority, joined by Tyson (who had made his way back from the Edge of Extinction), Ben Driebergen, Jeremy and other top threats who wanted to get some of the lesser threats out before they were targeted. Jeremy wanted Nick gone and originally people agreed. However, most of the alliance wanted Wendell out as he was a bigger threat than Nick. Jeremy was reluctant but went along with the majority and Wendell was voted out.
Later on, Sarah wanted to move forward with the plan to vote out Nick. However, Adam Klein proposed that they blindside Sarah, so Tony switched the vote to him, telling everybody what Adam had done and because Adam had already been seen as untrustworthy, it wasn't hard to convince people. They split the votes between Adam and Nick and Adam was voted out.
Battle lines were then drawn as the majority alliance split into two groups, with Tony, Sarah, Ben, Sophie and Nick on one side, and Tyson, Jeremy, Kim, Denise and Michele Fitzgerald on the other. Tony's alliance wanted to go after Jeremy, who everybody saw as the biggest threat in the game. However, at Tribal, Jeremy used his safety Without Power advantage to leave Tribal Council so that he wouldn't get voted out, but he gave Tony's alliance the number. Sarah then used her Steal A Vote to steal Denise's vote and increase their numbers even more. Kim would play her Idol on Denise, but it was Tyson who was voted out.
Back at camp, Ben and Sarah planned to continue the assault on Jeremy, now joined by Kim and Denise who were flipping. However, Tony was concerned at how close Sarah was to Sophie and wanted her out. Tony knew that the majority alliance was splitting votes between Jeremy and Michele and planned to use this to his advantage. Jeremy wanted out Ben, but Tony told him that his alliance was turning and propsed that Jeremy and Michele join Tony and Nick in voting out Sophie. Jeremy was reluctant to believe his alliance had turned and disappointed because he wanted Ben out, but eventually decided to do the new plan, so Sophie was voted out.
That night, Sarah yelled at Tony for going behind her back and voting out one of her closest allies and told him that if that move gets her voted out, she would never talk to him again, but said she would work with him all the same in the meantime. Tony would then find the Hidden Immunity Idol, which had been placed again after Sophie was voted out with one. The next day, Kim and Denise still planned on going along and voting Jeremy. However, now Tony wanted to vote Kim out, because she was a really serious threat to win. Tony talked to Nick, Sarah and Jeremy and all of them agreed. Ben and Jeremy then talked and put their differences aside to move forward with this plan. With everybody on the same page, Kim was voted out.
Tony had been backing Jeremy up for a few Tribals now, but Ben and Jeremy wanted each other out again. Jeremy and Michele were voting for Ben and Ben, Sarah and Denise were voting for Jeremy. Tony and Nick appeared to be in the middle, but they decided to stick with their original alliance and Jeremy was finally voted out.
Tony, Ben and Sarah had a clear path to the end at this point, having Denise who would vote with them. However, Nick and Michele were gunning for Denise, and since Michele won Immunity, they were targeting Nick. They decided to stick with their original plan and Nick was voted out.
Natalie Anderson would then rejoin the game from Edge of Extinctiom. After Michele won Immunity, Ben and Sarah thought Natalie as an easy target. However, Tony wanted to throw votes at Denise because he felt that natalie had an Idol. Neither of his allies thought he was right and said they wanted to keep with their plan. At Tribal, Natalie played her Hidden Immunity Idol, prompting Ben and Tony to play their also. Votes were cast for Natalie and Ben and were all cancelled, so they all had to re-vote for Denise or Sarah and it was Denise who was voted out.
That night, Tony immediately started searching for the Hidden Immunity Idol again. However, none of his alliance could find it and were sure that Natalie or Michele found it. Tony won Immunity, so they had two choices and would have to hope that they voted for the right person. However, Sarah (with Ben's blessing unbenknownst to Tony), voted with the girls and voted out Ben.
Natalie would win the final Immunity Challenge and would choose to take Michele to the Final Three with her, forcing Tony and Sarah to have a Firemaking Challenge to see who joined them. Tony would narrowly win the challenge and shared a tearful, emotional goodbye with his good friend. At the Jury vote, Tony received 12 votes to Natalie Anderson's 4 and Michele's 0, making Tony the winner of Survivor: Winners at War.
The next time they lost Immunity, Sandra wanted Tyson out again. However, Tyson talked to Tony and Sandra and argued that they need each other, because as soon as Tyson is gone, Sandra and Tony would be next. Tony agreed and told Sandra that they could use Tyson as a shield to take attention off of them. Sandra seriously considered this but eventually stuck to the original plan and voted out Tyson.
The Tribes then switched and saw Tony, Sandra and Kim in the majority against Jeremy Collins and Denise Stapley. After losing Immunity, it appeared clear cut that Denise would go home. However, at Tribal Council, Denise played a Hidden Immunity Idol to save herself and then another Hidden Immunity Idol to save Jeremy just in case and used her one vote to blindside Sandra.
The Tribes would later Merge and Tony found himself in the majority, joined by Tyson (who had made his way back from the Edge of Extinction), Ben Driebergen, Jeremy and other top threats who wanted to get some of the lesser threats out before they were targeted. Jeremy wanted Nick gone and originally people agreed. However, most of the alliance wanted Wendell out as he was a bigger threat than Nick. Jeremy was reluctant but went along with the majority and Wendell was voted out.
Later on, Sarah wanted to move forward with the plan to vote out Nick. However, Adam Klein proposed that they blindside Sarah, so Tony switched the vote to him, telling everybody what Adam had done and because Adam had already been seen as untrustworthy, it wasn't hard to convince people. They split the votes between Adam and Nick and Adam was voted out.
Battle lines were then drawn as the majority alliance split into two groups, with Tony, Sarah, Ben, Sophie and Nick on one side, and Tyson, Jeremy, Kim, Denise and Michele Fitzgerald on the other. Tony's alliance wanted to go after Jeremy, who everybody saw as the biggest threat in the game. However, at Tribal, Jeremy used his safety Without Power advantage to leave Tribal Council so that he wouldn't get voted out, but he gave Tony's alliance the number. Sarah then used her Steal A Vote to steal Denise's vote and increase their numbers even more. Kim would play her Idol on Denise, but it was Tyson who was voted out.
Back at camp, Ben and Sarah planned to continue the assault on Jeremy, now joined by Kim and Denise who were flipping. However, Tony was concerned at how close Sarah was to Sophie and wanted her out. Tony knew that the majority alliance was splitting votes between Jeremy and Michele and planned to use this to his advantage. Jeremy wanted out Ben, but Tony told him that his alliance was turning and propsed that Jeremy and Michele join Tony and Nick in voting out Sophie. Jeremy was reluctant to believe his alliance had turned and disappointed because he wanted Ben out, but eventually decided to do the new plan, so Sophie was voted out.
That night, Sarah yelled at Tony for going behind her back and voting out one of her closest allies and told him that if that move gets her voted out, she would never talk to him again, but said she would work with him all the same in the meantime. Tony would then find the Hidden Immunity Idol, which had been placed again after Sophie was voted out with one. The next day, Kim and Denise still planned on going along and voting Jeremy. However, now Tony wanted to vote Kim out, because she was a really serious threat to win. Tony talked to Nick, Sarah and Jeremy and all of them agreed. Ben and Jeremy then talked and put their differences aside to move forward with this plan. With everybody on the same page, Kim was voted out.
Tony had been backing Jeremy up for a few Tribals now, but Ben and Jeremy wanted each other out again. Jeremy and Michele were voting for Ben and Ben, Sarah and Denise were voting for Jeremy. Tony and Nick appeared to be in the middle, but they decided to stick with their original alliance and Jeremy was finally voted out.
Tony, Ben and Sarah had a clear path to the end at this point, having Denise who would vote with them. However, Nick and Michele were gunning for Denise, and since Michele won Immunity, they were targeting Nick. They decided to stick with their original plan and Nick was voted out.
Natalie Anderson would then rejoin the game from Edge of Extinctiom. After Michele won Immunity, Ben and Sarah thought Natalie as an easy target. However, Tony wanted to throw votes at Denise because he felt that natalie had an Idol. Neither of his allies thought he was right and said they wanted to keep with their plan. At Tribal, Natalie played her Hidden Immunity Idol, prompting Ben and Tony to play their also. Votes were cast for Natalie and Ben and were all cancelled, so they all had to re-vote for Denise or Sarah and it was Denise who was voted out.
That night, Tony immediately started searching for the Hidden Immunity Idol again. However, none of his alliance could find it and were sure that Natalie or Michele found it. Tony won Immunity, so they had two choices and would have to hope that they voted for the right person. However, Sarah (with Ben's blessing unbenknownst to Tony), voted with the girls and voted out Ben.
Natalie would win the final Immunity Challenge and would choose to take Michele to the Final Three with her, forcing Tony and Sarah to have a Firemaking Challenge to see who joined them. Tony would narrowly win the challenge and shared a tearful, emotional goodbye with his good friend. At the Jury vote, Tony received 12 votes to Natalie Anderson's 4 and Michele's 0, making Tony the winner of Survivor: Winners at War.
Voting History
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Tony Voted For |
Voted For Tony |
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6 |
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8 |
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9 |
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10 |
Individual Immunity |
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11 |
Individual Immunity |
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12 |
Individual Immunity |
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13 |
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13 |
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14 |
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14 |
Individual Immunity |
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14 |
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Trivia
- Tony is the second two-time winner of Survivor, after Sandra Diaz-Twine.
- Tony is the fourth two-time winner internationally, following Sandra, Turabi "Turbo" Çamkıran of Survivor Turkey, and Clemence Castel of Koh-Lanta.
- Tony is the fourth two-time winner internationally, following Sandra, Turabi "Turbo" Çamkıran of Survivor Turkey, and Clemence Castel of Koh-Lanta.
- Tony is the fifth castaway to win a season consisting of all returning players after Amber Mariano, Sandra Diaz-Twine, Jeremy Collins, and Sarah Lacina
- Tony is the second man to do so after Jeremy.
- Tony is the second man to do so after Jeremy.
- Tony was one of two police officers on the original Aparri and Dakal tribes, along with Sarah Lacina.
- He has played all three of his seasons with Sarah. They are the third pair to accomplish this feat, following Colby Donaldson and Jerri Manthey (The Australian Outback, All Stars and Heroes vs. Villains) and Amanda Kimmel and James Clement (China, Micronesia and Heroes vs. Villains).
- Both police officers are winners.
- He has played all three of his seasons with Sarah. They are the third pair to accomplish this feat, following Colby Donaldson and Jerri Manthey (The Australian Outback, All Stars and Heroes vs. Villains) and Amanda Kimmel and James Clement (China, Micronesia and Heroes vs. Villains).
- Tony is the only castaway in Cagayan to vote with the majority at every Tribal Council he attended. He is the first castaway to do so (excluding evacuees/quitters)) since Coach Wade in South Pacific, and is the first Sole Survivor to do so since Natalie White in Samoa.
- Tony gave the most episode titles in Cagayan, with a total number of six episode titles.
- Tony lost 21 lbs. (9.5 kg) during Cagayan.
- Tony has the most votes to win out of any winner who participated in a Final Two, with 8.
- Tony is the oldest member of the original Dakal tribe and the oldest man to compete on Winners at War.
- Tony is the only castaway on Winners at War to never receive a vote against them.
- Tony receive the most Jury votes of any finalist in a single season, with 12 in Winners at War.
- Tony is the lowest-placing player to return for a future season. He placed 19th in Game Changers, and later returned in Winners at War.