Sylvain Béland

Sylvain Béland is a contestant from Survivor Québec (2023).

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Age: 41
Emplacement: Gatineau
Occupation: Planificateur en boulangerie

Sylvain est ce qu'on appelle un super fan : il a vu et revu en boucle les 43 saisons de Survivor! Pour lui, ce n'est plus du divertissement, c'est de l'expérience! Ce passionné de jeux de société prend chaque joute au sérieux et ne laisse personne indifférent. Il a un petit côté geek mais il se définit davantage comme un excessif : à 2 ans il savait jouer du piano et il a aiguisé ses techniques de survie chez les Scouts. Il s'entraîne au demi-marathon depuis quelques mois afin d'être plus endurant. Il aimerait prouver à ses 3 jeunes garçons que tout est possible et qu'il faut toujours persévérer.^[1]

Survivor Québec[]

Sylvain started the game on the Kalooban tribe, where he gradually developed a bond with Maryse Lauzon. He was in the know about the Kalooban tribe's first two eliminations, but he eventually got blindsided when the rest of the tribe joined their apparent strategic leader, Denis Potapov, in voting him out. Fortunately, instead of being eliminated, Sylvain was transferred to the rival Tiyaga tribe. There, he used his newfound position to confirm to the rest of the Tiyaga tribe that Denis was as strategic as they had thought, which incited Sango Bien-Aimé and Jean-Junior Morin to try to make Maryse feel safe when they raided Kalooban as part of their reward. At the same time, Sylvain bonded well with fellow superfan Joël Dandurand. Though the Tiyaga tribe lost the corresponding Immunity Challenge, Sylvain did not have to worry about being voted out again as Johannie Thériault decided to quit the game.

On Day 16, a tribe switch took place and Sylvain became a member of the Kalooban tribe alongside Joël, Sandrine Fortier, Kimberly Fortin, and three other original Kalooban tribe members. The three latter original Kalooban tribe members were concerned about their numerical disadvantage against Sylvain and the original Tiyaga members, but there was some hope for them as Joël felt that voting Kimberly out would weaken the dominant alliance on his original tribe. Fortunately for the tribe, they were never forced to draw any lines as they did not lose any Immunity Challenges for the remainder of the tribal phase.

When the tribes merged into Pag-Asa, Christophe Tiffet's majority alliance, which now also included Maryse and Karine Lavigne-Fortin, was able to regroup; they recruited yet another new member into their fold, Justine Turpin. Joël was their first target for elimination, but when he won the first individual Immunity Challenge, they split the votes between Sylvain and Nicolas Brunette instead. Sylvain was voted out for a second time and, without the Pag-Asa tribe's knowledge, sent to Redemption Island. In a surprise Double Elimination, the Tiyaga Alliance immediately had another chance to vote out Joël after he lost the intervening Immunity Challenge. The alliance split their votes between Nicolas and Joël; Joël played his Hidden Immunity Idol for himself and Sango played his own for Kimberly in order to establish loyalty. As a result, Nicolas was eliminated as collateral damage.

Over the cycles, Sylvain and Nicolas bonded on Redemption Island as the pair survived the first three duels. After Sandrine arrived following her own elimination, the trio learned that a fourth duel would be taking place the following day and that it would be the last. Nicolas won this duel and returned to the main game, eliminating Sylvain and Sandrine for good and making them the fourth and fifth members of the jury, respectively.

At the Final Tribal Council, Sylvain voted for Kimberly to win the title of Sole Survivor in spite of his strong bond with Nicolas; she lost to Nicolas alongside Christophe in a 6-1-1 vote.

Episode	Tribe Affiliation	Challenge	Challenge Type	Sit-Out?	Result
1	Kalooban	Race to Shore/Losing Face	Reward	No	Lost
1		Rock n' Roll	Immunity	No	Lost
3		Nut Bucket	Reward	No	Lost
5		Sumo at Sea	Immunity	No	Won
7		Blind Cube Crisis	Reward/Immunity	No	Lost
9		Brain Food	Reward	No	Lost
11		Mazed and Confused	Immunity	No	Won
13		United We Stand	Immunity	No	Lost
Switched Tribes, Day 12
15		Tiyaga	Slip, Slide & Score	Reward	No	Won
17	Shoulder the Load		Reward/Immunity	Yes	Lost
19	Phish Farm		Immunity	No	Won
Switched Tribes, Day 16
21	Kalooban	Idol Hands	Reward	No	Lost
23		All Mixed Up	Immunity	No	Won
25		Octopus' Garden	Reward/Immunity	No	Won
27		Shut Your Trap	Reward	Yes	Lost
29		Hot Pursuit	Reward	No	Lost
Tribes Merged, Day 23
31	Pag-Asa	Keep on Your Toes	Immunity	No	Lost
Voted Out, Day 23
40	Pag-Asa	Jail Break	Duel		2nd
45		House of Cards			2nd
46		House of Cards			2nd
51		Tromp Stomp			2nd
52		Tromp Stomp			2nd
57		Pinball Wizard			Lost
58		Pinball Wizard			Lost
Eliminated, Day 38

Episode	Sylvain's Votes	Voted Against Sylvain
1	Martin	-
6	Kalooban Tribe Immune
7	Justine	-
12	Kalooban Tribe Immune
13	Mock Vote¹
18	No Vote
19	Tiyaga Tribe Immune
24	Kalooban Tribe Immune
25	Kalooban Tribe Immune
31	Kimberly	Jean-Junior, Justine, Karine, Kimberly, Sandrine
Voted Out, Day 23
34	On Redemption Island
40
45
51
57
Eliminated, Day 38
Voted for Sole Survivor	Kimberly

^1 In Episode 13, the Kalooban tribe was subjected to a mock Tribal Council where the player they voted out was switched to the other tribe. Sylvain ultimately received enough votes to be swapped to the other tribe.

Post-Survivor[]

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Trivia[]

Sylvain is the first castaway in Survivor Québec to switch tribes.
Sylvain is the first person to be voted out of a merged tribe.
Sylvain is the first person to be sent to Redemption Island.
Sylvain is the first person to lose a duel on Redemption Island after having previously survived at least one.