Michael Yerger
Ghost Island's escape artist, forever on the bottom and forever finding a way to be at the next Tribal.
Known for
Michael started as Malolo muscle and spent most of the game as its underdog. After the first swap stranded his group in the minority, he and Brendan dug up one of James Clement's idols, and he bluffed Naviti by calling it a double idol. He played it on Stephanie, Naviti targeted Brendan, and the misfire cost them an ally. He survived the next vote by pleading his challenge value to Bradley, burned the Malolo flag with Angela and Desiree to break a losing curse, and made it to the merge.
Down 8-5, he kept wriggling. When Angela spread lies that put the target on him, he played an idol, voided seven votes, and watched Libby go instead. At the split Tribal he bluffed an idol he did not have, Kellyn's Extra Vote forced a tie, and the revote finally caught him. On the jury he backed Domenick in the season's deadlocked finish.
Background: Survivor Wiki
The season they played
- 9Survivor 36: Ghost Islandage 18, Los Angeles, California9th of 20 · 29 days · jury
Source
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