John Fincher

John Fincher is a contestant from

A rocket scientist, Fincher is remembered for flipping against his alliance in order to avoid a rock drawing. Unfortunately, he made a plan with notorious villain, Russell Hantz, and was voted out after it came time to honor Hantz's side of the deal.

Profile
John Fincher claims “winning” is his favorite hobby, and because of that he should have no problem playing the game of SURVIVOR. Being a rocket scientist probably will not hurt his chances either. This charmingly cocky genius believes he possesses the analytical skills necessary to take him far in the game while helping him create a mastermind strategy. In addition to brains, he is a former semi-pro soccer player, who is also going to pose a physical threat in the game.

Fincher says that he is at his best during high pressure situations and times of complete chaos. He finds idiots or “unskilled” people amusing, and has no problem telling them to their face. John has traveled extensively in South America, Europe, South Africa, and Canada, and he plans to use his experience of dealing with people from diverse backgrounds to his best advantage.

John is no stranger to creating conflict and thinks it could work to his advantage in the game. Although, John also believes his good looks and charm will help even out his aggressive personality, especially with the ladies. He also will not apologize living a privileged life and claims that he will party his way around the world with his winnings.

John resides in Santa Monica, Calif. His birth date is August 16.

Survivor: Samoa
Fincher began the season upon being chosen by Russell Swan of the Galu tribe as a "Brazilian-looking guy" to be their swimmer in the opening reward challenge. Fincher began the long swim solidly however fatigue took it's toll heavily on him towards the end, and his opponent Jaison Robinson stole a strong lead by the end of it. He finished the swim exhausted and well behind Jaison. Fellow tribe member Dave Ball even stated, "he shanked that swim so bad I was ready to vote him off on the spot!" The opposing tribe, Foa Foa, went on to win the opening reward challenge. But all recognition of him being a poor challenge performer was gone when he mastered the immunity challenge with a clever tactic in which he used himself as somewhat of a ramp to support his tribe mates in climbing up the near-vertical wall. Galu resulted in winning the immunity challenge, and it sent the Foa Foa tribe to tribal council.

After the merge, Galu began to crumble, despite them outnumbering Foa Foa. Fincher was pressured to flip to Foa Foa's alliance; if he didn't, a tied vote would be enforced, and all the contestants would be forced to draw rocks. In the re-vote upon the tie, John switched his vote to Morett, and it resulted in her being voted out and sent to the jury.

In the following tribal council, Fincher was betrayed by Russell and sent home in a 7-1-1 vote.

Despite being betrayed by him, John gave his jury vote to Russell Hantz, as he believed Hantz played the best game, as opposed to Mick and Natalie.

Voting History
In Tastes Like Chicken, Russell H. used a Hidden Immunity Idol, negating John's vote against him. In The Day of Reckoning, the vote ended with a 5-5 tie between Laura and Natalie, forcing a revote. John voted for Laura on the revote.

Post-Survivor

 * On January 9, 2010, John attended Survivor's 10-year anniversary party.
 * John is currently dating fellow contestant Parvati Shallow.  They have made several public appearances together, including the "RHAP Roast."

Trivia

 * John shares his birthday with Jaclyn Schultz and Keith Nale.
 * John is one of the seven jurors to cast a vote against all of the finalists in their season.
 * The other six are Shane Powers, Erik Reichenbach, Brett Clouser, Tasha Fox, Jeremiah Wood, and Spencer Bledsoe.