Steve Wright
The Zapatera schemer who threw a challenge to send Russell Hantz packing, then ran into Rob's machine.
Known for
Steve landed on Zapatera alongside returning villain Russell Hantz and was one of the few who greeted him warmly, but not for long. Sent to witness a Redemption Island duel, he and David Murphy agreed to tell Russell the wrong winner. Steve then led the push to throw an immunity challenge so the tribe could get rid of Russell, and it worked: Russell went out in a revote and lost his duel. Zapatera kept winning for a while, though Russell's old allies later tried to vote Steve out for not pulling his weight.
At the merge Zapatera walked into Rob Mariano's fiercely loyal Ometepe, and the Zapateras got picked off one by one. An argument with Phillip Sheppard over the rice supply grew heated, and Steve called him crazy, which Phillip saw as a way of dismissing Black people; Steve later apologized, and Phillip viewed the apology as self-serving. Steve came close in two late immunity challenges but lost both to Rob, was voted out, and was too spent to compete in his duel. On the jury he called Rob a warrior and voted for him.
Background: Survivor Wiki
The season they played
- 7Survivor 22: Redemption Islandage 51, Huntington Beach, California7th of 18 · 30 days
Source
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.