Alec Merlino
The surfer bartender who blew up his own Goliath alliance at the swap, then worked both sides until his challenge strength made him the target.
Known for
Alec began David vs. Goliath inside the big Goliath six alongside Dan Rengering, Natalia Azoqa, Kara Kay, Angelina Keeley and John Hennigan. The swap dropped him on Vuku, where Natalia's bossy push to vote Elizabeth Olson rubbed him the wrong way. He whispered his plan to Elizabeth right at Tribal, Natalia erupted, and Alec sided with the Davids to blindside her.
At the Kalokalo merge he hedged, building a cross-tribal group with Alison Raybould, Mike White, Christian Hubicki, Gabby Pascuzzi and Nick Wilson while staying close to the Goliaths. He tipped Dan off about Elizabeth, then tipped Nick off about the Goliath plan for Christian, and the resulting idol chaos sent John to the jury. He beat Dan in an immunity challenge, helped blindside Dan anyway, and led his team to a reward win that had Carl Boudreaux sounding the alarm. After hanging on for more than five hours before losing immunity to Christian, he went home 9-1 and later voted for Nick.
Background: Survivor Wiki
The season they played
- 10Survivor 37: David vs. Goliathage 24, San Clemente, California10th of 20 · 28 days · jury
Source
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