
Tony Vlachos
The spy-shack-building, ally-swearing, idol-hoarding cop who won loud, and then won quiet.
2-time Sole Survivor
- Won Survivor 28: Cagayan (2014) after 39 days.
- Won Survivor 40: Winners at War (2020) after 39 days.
Known for
Tony played Cagayan at full throttle. He built a spy shack to eavesdrop, formed Cops-R-Us with Sarah Lacina and then lied to her anyway, swore on family members living and dead, and dug up three idols, one of them carrying special powers. He kept turning on his own Solana Alliance to set up blindside after blindside, then convinced Woo Hwang to bring him, not the unpopular Kass McQuillen, to the final two. The jury handed him the title, 8-1.
In Game Changers his reputation beat him to the beach. He started digging a spy bunker, got caught by Sandra Diaz-Twine and Caleb Reynolds, and when Tony and Sandra could not share an alliance, she turned the whole tribe on him in the first week.
Winners at War was the patient version: Cops-R-Us reunited, relationships first, spy nest still in service. After the merge he steadily cut every rival, won four immunities, and beat Sarah at fire-making to reach the end, where the jury crowned him again, 12-4-0.
Background: Survivor Wiki
Season by season
Photos and logos: CBS
Where they rank
- 2ndMultiple winners2 wins
- 10thMost times at the final tribal council2 finals
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 (5)
- “Survivor: Cagayan,” Wikipedia, accessed September 28, 2026, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivor:_Cagayan.
- “Survivor: Game Changers,” Wikipedia, accessed September 28, 2026, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivor:_Game_Changers.
- “Survivor: Winners at War,” Wikipedia, accessed September 28, 2026, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivor:_Winners_at_War.
- “List of Survivor (American TV series) episodes,” Wikipedia, accessed September 25, 2026, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Survivor_(American_TV_series)_episodes.
- “Tony Vlachos,” Survivor Wiki, accessed September 28, 2026, https://survivor.fandom.com/wiki/Tony_Vlachos.


