Carson Garrett
A puzzle-practicing superfan who ran the merge from the middle and met his match at the fire pit.
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Carson prepped for Survivor 44 by drilling 3D-printed replicas of old puzzles and bulking up, then hid all that fandom behind a mild-mannered front. On Tika he flipped on Helen Li to form the Tika Three with Carolyn Wiger and Yam Yam Arocho, and a summit trip handed him an idol before a swap parked him with Ratu.
After the merge, everybody trusted Carson, and he used that to steer vote after vote. He and Yam Yam played double agent to blindside Brandon Cottom, the Tikas flipped to take out Kane Fritzler, and when Danny Massa came for him, Carolyn played her idol on Carson and Danny went home. The one thing he couldn't do was make fire. Heidi Lagares-Greenblatt won the final immunity and picked him, and after a tearful practice session with Yam Yam coaching him, he got a flame going but still lost to her blazing burn. On the jury he voted for Yam Yam.
Background: Survivor Wiki
The season they played
Photo and logos: CBS
Seasons played, finishing positions, day counts, jury status, ages and hometowns come from the contestant table in each season's Wikipedia article, cross-checked against the series overview before publication.
Sources (3)
- “Survivor 44,” Wikipedia, accessed September 28, 2026, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivor_44.
- “List of Survivor (American TV series) episodes,” Wikipedia, accessed September 25, 2026, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Survivor_(American_TV_series)_episodes.
- “Carson Garrett,” Survivor Wiki, accessed September 28, 2026, https://survivor.fandom.com/wiki/Carson_Garrett.