Chris Daugherty
Vanuatu's last man standing, who talked his way through a sea of women and then talked the jury into forgiving him.
Sole Survivor
- Won Survivor 9: Vanuatu (2004) after 39 days.
Known for
Chris started Vanuatu on the all-male Lopevi tribe by failing to cross a balance beam and costing them the first immunity. The younger guys wanted him gone, but Lea Masters pulled him into the Fat Five, an older-men's alliance that voted out Brook Geraghty and outlasted Lopevi's athletes. It didn't matter much once the merge came: the Yasur women had the numbers, and soon Chris was the only man left.
Then he went to work. After the loved-ones visit bought him some goodwill, Twila Tanner and Scout Cloud Lee came to him with a plan, and together they pulled in Eliza Orlins to blindside Leann Slaby. That new foursome cut Ami Cusack and then Julie Berry, whom he considered his little sister. At the final four he dropped Eliza, his closest friend in the game, as his biggest threat. He won the final immunity, took Twila as the less popular finalist, and owned up to his lies and apologized at Final Tribal Council to win 5-2.
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: Vanuatu,” Wikipedia, accessed September 28, 2026, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivor:_Vanuatu.
- “List of Survivor (American TV series) episodes,” Wikipedia, accessed September 25, 2026, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Survivor_(American_TV_series)_episodes.
- “Chris Daugherty,” Survivor Wiki, accessed September 28, 2026, https://survivor.fandom.com/wiki/Chris_Daugherty.