Tony Vlachos

Anthony "Tony" Vlachos is the Sole Survivor of.

Constantly paranoid, and always scrambling he was able to find three idols, including a special one. With his power he was able to flip out of his majority alliance and blindside several allies only to come back to his alliance where they always accepted him back out of fear.

Profile
Name (Age): Tony Vlachos (39)

Tribe Designation: Aparri

Current Residence: Jersey City, N.J.

Occupation: Police Officer

Personal Claim to Fame: Becoming a Jersey City police officer.

Inspiration in Life: My father for being the dad that he was. He was a great role model and I hope that I can be the same for my children.

Hobbies: Jet skiing, playing pool and surfing the web.

Pet Peeves: Thugs who wear skinny jeans. Also, people who see me speaking on the phone, but yet they feel the need to start a conversation with me. Like it’s that urgent for them to know "how's it going" while I'm speaking on the phone. SO RUDE!!!

3 Words to Describe You: Versatile, clever and competitive.

'''If You Could Have 3 Things on The Island What Would They Be and Why? '''Cigarettes, coffee and liquor. I don’t smoke or drink coffee or liquor, but I would love to bring those items with me just so that I can barter with my tribemates! You know at some point in the game they would even give up immunity just to have a little taste of these items.

SURVIVOR Contestant You Are Most Like: Russell Hantz, because I can be just as devious. Boston Rob, because I can be just as slick.

Reason for Being on SURVIVOR: My main reason: The MILLION DOLLARS of course. There's no way I would be going out there for half that prize! Secondly, I’m a huge fan of the show and I would love to give the fans a great season to be remembered.

Why You Think You’ll “Survive” SURVIVOR: Adapt and overcome! That’s the kind of training I have as a cop and that’s exactly what I’m going to do on that island! Adapt and I will overcome!

Why You Think You Will Be the Sole SURVIVOR: I have been a street cop for 12 years. My experiences as a cop give me a huge advantage going into this game. Being outside my element is my forte. That's what I do for a living. What’s going to be normal for me will be very stressful for the average castaway.

'''Do You Consider Yourself a Brain, a Beauty or a Brawn? '''Sounds like a trick question. We'll let’s see. I'm a beautiful person that has a sharp brain and strong muscles. Based on appearance, I would consider myself "Brawn." For the purposes of Survivor though, I would consider myself "Brains." Maybe I wasn't the smartest in school, but I was always the sharpest!!!

'''Who Do You Think Has the Best Chance in the Game of Survivor: Brains, Beauty or Brawn? '''Survivor is definitely a game of all-around strategy. Brawn and beauty can fight over silver, but Brains would surely bring home the gold!

Survivor: Cagayan
Tony was placed on Aparri the Brawns tribe of Survivor: Cagayan. While in the woods, other police officer Sarah Lacina looked him in the eyes and asked if he was a cop and he lied and said no. She told him she could tell because she's a cop. Soon after he told her that he was a cop and they bonded and formed an alliance called Cops-R-Us. Tony lied to Sarah saying that Cliff Robinson and Lindsey Ogle were gunning for her. Tony and Sarah convinced Woo Hwangand Trish Hegarty to come into their alliance and throw the challenge to vote Cliff out and then Lindsey but Cliff won them the challenge. The Brawns tribe ceased to lose always in victory. At the team swap all the Aparri members other than Sarah were put on the team Solana with Jefra Bland and LJ McKanas. LJ and Jefra were automatically at the bottom. Trish bonded with LJ when she found out he was from Massachusetts too. Lindsey got suspicious when Trish started to flirt with much younger LJ. Trish talked to Tony about voting out Cliff instead even though they have the numbers. Trish said that he doesn't help out around camp and hasn't said a word to her since day one. Trish said to get Cliff out and Lindsey "Ding-a-ling" goes next. Trish and Tony got Jefra and LJ to vote with them. At the tribal, Trish, Tony, Jefra, and LJ blindsided Cliff shocking Lindsey. Trish and Lindsey then go at it because Trish claims Lindsey does nothing around camp and Lindsey claims that Trish is bullying her. After e heated argument between Trish and Lindsey, Lindsey stormed off and felt she had no other choice than to quit instead of becoming violent with Trish as an example for her 4 year old daughter.

Trish made it to the merge and became part of the merged tribe, Solarrion. Being down in numbers, her alliance needed Sarah's vote, but Sarah overheard her former allies (along with Jefra and LJ) yell "Top 5!" at the previous challenge, which made her feel excluded. Trish saw an opportunity when she noticed Kass McQuillen's continued arguments with Sarah. Kass and Tasha Fox asked Sarah if she was willing to send home Trish or Jefra, which Sarah refused because she would rather target a strong male who could possibly have a Hidden Immunity Idol such as Tony or LJ. Realizing Sarah was no longer on their side, Trish went to talk to Kass to convince her to go with the Solana Alliance. At Tribal Council, Kass decided to flip and Sarah became the first member of the Jury.

After LJ was blindsided by Tony and Woo, Jefra felt insecure about Tony's deception towards everybody and confronted Trish to try to gun for him. Trish, however, was able to assuage Jefra's fears and pull her back into their alliance. Several days later, however, Tony and Woo began to fear the possibility of an alliance forming between the remaining women and decided to blindside Jefra.

After Tasha was voted off, Kass and the others wanted to turn on Tony. At the final five, Tony won the Reward Challenge of a pizza delivery and chose Trish to share it with him. This confirmed to Kass, Woo, and Spencer Bledsoe that Tony and Trish were in a tight alliance and were surprised Tony didn't pick his right-hand man, Woo. Trish overheard Kass talking about voting her out from behind their shelter and picked a heated argument with her. At Tribal Council, Kass, Spencer, Tony, and Woo all voted for Trish while Trish voted for Kass. Trish was blindsided.

Tony felt bad that he blindsided Trish because he felt Trish was a very genuine person. Although, Kass hated her and thinks that the whole jury does too which Tony thought the jury liked her Trish. Tony used an idol for himself and convinced the rest that the idol with special powers was good until the final four even though that tribal council was the deadline. The final four remained: Tony, Woo, Kass, and Spencer Bledsoe. Each castaway had a relative come to the island on a boat. Tony was hoping to see his wife to hear about his baby girl. Instead, Tony had his best friend, Arnold, for which he was very grateful. The family members watched the challenge as the castaways competed. Kass was way behind in the challenge but made a great comeback and won the puzzle. Spencer decided to scramble because he felt insecure about his position. Spencer took Tony out to the woods to explain his theory. As a survivor fan, Spencer knew that this season would have a final two and whoever won the next challenge would choose somebody to be in the other position. Spencer claimed that if either Kass or Woo win, they would take each other to the final. If Tony votes off Woo, and Spencer wins, he would take Tony. Woo felt insecure about Spencer and Tony talking. Spencer claimed that if they he and Tony made it to the final tow, Spencer would drop out and let Tony win. Tony decided to blindside Spencer at tribal.

Woo explained to Kass that it would make him the stupidest survivor to take Tony to the end. Tony and Kass both blindsided people but Tony was liked and Kass wasn't. Woo won the challenge and Tony tried to talk Woo into taking him to the end. Woo was very undecided but Tony used the term loyalty which is part of Woo's martial artist's responsibilities. At tribal, Woo being the only one to vote, voted Kass off taking Tony to the end.

The jury's questions scolded Tony and he kept being cut up. Woo answered them being loyal and respecting his duties. However, Woo's over loyalty and obedience also made the jury think that Woo is like a dog obeying his master. Still Woo was in a much better position than Tony because of Tony's lies to everyone. Tony claimed that the only reason he blindsided these people was because they were going to blindside him [Jefra, L.J. (because Tony tricked L.J. into trying to vote off Woo), Sarah...] except for Trish. Trish was furious with Tony because he swore on his dead father's grave and went back on it and she has two dead brothers who she can't bring back and would never swear on their grave and go back on it. Spencer made a loud, bold argument that Tony deserves to be the winner and he should get all of their votes. Tony got all of the jury votes except for Tasha's and won becoming the Sole Survivor of Survivor: Cagayan.

At the reunion show, Jeff Probst asked that if Woo had token Kass to the final two, who would have voted for Woo?, and majority of the jury raised their hands.

Trivia

 * Tony is the only castaway in to vote with the majority at every Tribal Council he attended. He is the first castaway to do so (excluding evacuees/quitters) since Coach Wade in, and is the first Sole Survivor to do so since Natalie White in.
 * Tony gave the most episode titles in Survivor: Cagayan with a total number of six episode titles.
 * Tony is one of seven Sole Survivors who won the game without winning Individual Immunity, following Tina Wesson, Sandra Diaz-Twine, Yul Kwon, Todd Herzog, Earl Cole and Natalie White.
 * Prior to Tony, the last male Sole Survivor to not have won the Final Immunity Challenge was Bob Crowley in.
 * Tony's wife, Marissa, was not able to be at the live reunion because she was expecting their second child.
 * Tony lost 21 lbs (9.5 kg) during Cagayan.