Chris Daugherty

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This article is about the Survivor: Vanuatu winner. For the American Idol finalist, see Chris Daughtry.

Chris Daugherty (born August 29, 1970) is the winner of Survivor: Vanuatu and won $1,000,000 on December 12, 2004. He also earned the title of "Sole Survivor" on December 12, 2004. According to CBS, Chris Daugherty is the most popular survivor from the Vanuatu installment [1].

1 Survivor: Vanuatu - Islands of Fire
2 Quotes
3 Trivia
4 External links

[edit] Survivor: Vanuatu - Islands of Fire

As part of the all-male Lopevi tribe, Chris endangered his position in the game in the first immunity challenge. Chris failed to cross the balance-beam in the challenge, which led to victory for the all-female Yasur tribe. Members of the Lopevi tribe campaigned for Chris to be the first to go, but Chris managed to form an "alliance of elders", sometimes referred to as the "Fat Five", consisting of himself, Travis Sampson, Rory Freeman, Chad Crittenden and led by Lea "Sarge" Masters. This alliance controlled the numbers and targeted the younger fitter players, voting out Brook Geraghty at the first tribal council. Lopevi won immunity in the second episode.

In Episode 3, both tribes were informed they would be going to tribal council. When John Kenney won individual immunity, the "Fat Five" alliance targeted John Palyok and he was voted out. When Lopevi lost immunity in the next episode, the alliance once again targeted a younger fitter player, Brady Finta, and he was voted out. In Episode 5, a tribal shuffle resulted in the "Fat Five" loosing Travis and Rory to Yasur and gaining two women, Twila Tanner and Julie Berry. This new-Lopevi tribe managed to win the next two immunity challenges. This, however, meant the loss of Travis as the women of Yasur voted him out. When Lopevi lost immunity in Episode 7, Chris, Lea "Sarge" and Chad recruited Twila and Julie to vote out the remaining young, fit and athletic male, John Kenney.

At the Final 10, the two tribes merged into one, Alinta. Chris, Chad and Lea "Sarge" reunited with old ally Rory. This four-man alliance believed that Twila and Julie would side with them. However, Twila and Julie joined former allies Ami Cusack, Leann Slaby, Scout Cloud Lee and Eliza Orlins to vote off Rory, when Lea "Sarge" won immunity. The 6-female alliance then targeted Lea "Sarge" voting him out next, with even Chris casting a vote for him to ensure his survival as the final male. At the Final 8, the female alliance stuck together once again and voted out Chad over Chris.

At the Final 7, it seemed like Chris' life in the game was over, as he was the only surviving male. However, his performance and determination in the immunity challenge caused Ami and her alliance to keep Chris around one more weak and vote out tribal annoyance, Eliza. But Twila and Scout, not happy with their positions in the game, hatched a new plan. Together they approached Chris about a new alliance. Chris, Twila and Scout managed to lure in Eliza, the next target, and this new alliance successfully eliminated Ami's closest ally Leann. The alliance targeted Leann because Ami already had immunity.

At the Final 6, Ami, knowing her days were now numbered, tried to convince Eliza to once again join an all-female alliance against Chris, Twila and Scout. While it seemed as though Eliza would deflect, she stayed strong and the four voted out Ami. At the Final 5, Chris struck a deal with Julie and Eliza to vote with them against Twila. However, at Tribal Council, Chris sided with Twila and Scout once again to vote out Julie instead, because she was too well liked by the female-dominated jury and because she had previously betrayed him at the merge by voting out Rory.

At the Final 4, Chris again managed to convince Eliza that he was in an alliance with her, despite his obvious alliance with Twila and Scout. But once again, Chris betrayed her and voted her out, due to her being a physical and mental threat. At the Final 3, Chris managed to win immunity, securing him a place in the Final 2. Comments at the challenge led Chris to believe Twila would not have been true to their Final 2 alliance had she won. Chris confronted Scout about the issue, and Scout, refusing to lie, defended Twila. Satisfied, Chris voted out Scout and chose Twila to join him in the Final 2.

In the end, Chris Daugherty beat out Twila Tanner in a 5-2 vote to become the Sole Survivor. He gained the votes of Lea "Sarge" Masters, Chad Crittenden, Leann Slaby, Julie Berry and Eliza Orlins. Many of his votes were votes against the very unpopular and controversial Twila, who had made many enemies in the game.

[edit] Quotes

"Twila and Scout was the only way to go! The most controversial player and the physically weakest. Eliza was extremely strong physically and mentally. Julie was too well-liked by the other women in her alliance – who by the way were on the jury. Basically, Twila was a sure thing! I played it perfect... Absolutely perfect." [2]

[edit] Trivia

In early 2005, Daugherty married his fiancée Lorie (who made a brief appearance on the show during the "family visit" segment) in Victory Lane at Daytona International Speedway.

It has recently been discovered that Daugherty lied to get time off from his job to appear on Survivor. After not being able to get time off from work, he submitted a false doctors note saying he was suffering from depression and anxiety and needed a month of medical leave. He later admitted what he had done, but at this time, there is no information on what action, if any, was taken against him. [3]

Preceded by: Amber Brkich	Survivor Winners winner Survivor: Vanuatu	Succeeded by: Tom Westman

[edit] External links

CBS.com description of Chris' victory

Survivors who won $1,000,000
Richard Hatch • Tina Wesson • Ethan Zohn • Vecepia Towery • Brian Heidik • Jenna Morasca • Sandra Diaz-Twine • Amber Mariano Rupert Boneham • Chris Daugherty • Tom Westman • Danni Boatwright • Aras Baskauskas