Survivor Game Changers: Each player’s big game-changing moment

Tony Vlachos – Tony being Tony

My biggest fear going into Survivor Game Changers was that Tony Vlachos would not adapt his gameplay style, and instead treat seasoned players like the followers he accumulated in Cagayan. Unfortunately, I was correct, as he was running along the Mana beach yelling at the top of his lungs, declaring he was going to search for idols, then running away from camp.

It was the exact kind of lunacy that made him a loveable goof in his first season, but his social game proved to be just as strong in Game Changers. While trying to lighten things up didn’t work, he did also make a big early alliance push. In early discussions with Aubry, he suggested a Big Threats Alliance of them two, Caleb, Malcolm and Sandra.

Had he just kept cool and stopped being paranoid all the time, we could have conceivably seen an almost reverse boot order in this season. Not only that, but we could have seen a lot more entertaining quips from Survivor legends, instead of seeing all the winners out before the merge and Mana members get knocked out so early.

What could have been…