Graham McConnell

Graham McConnell is a male from Knoxville, Tennessee who has played in four seasons of Survivor. Graham is most known for winning Survivor: Fiji, the first season of the series. Graham has also played in three other All-Star seasons, Survivor: Champions vs. Contenders (Season 30), Survivor: Winners at War (Season 40), and Survivor: Battle of the Best (Season 51).

Pre-Merge
During the pre-merge phase of Survivor: Fiji, Graham was apart of the Vitogo Tribe. From the first vote, Graham found himself in a majority position when he cast his first vote against Banks, who was the target of an alliance consisting of Mallary, Vincent, and Francis. After Banks was voted off, Graham decided to make a big move early in the game and expose their alliance to other members of his tribe. This information quickly caused a group consisting of Graham, John, T'Khia, and Courtney to form, with John as his closest ally within the group. For the next two tribal councils, he voted alongside this group in order to eliminate Mallary and Vincent. At the fourth tribal council, however, plans had changed when Graham realized that his tribe was in a horrible losing streak. Due to the amount of losses he was facing, he decided to switch the target onto Courtney, a weak competitor in his tribe. Graham did not go to another tribal council until the merge, but during his two rounds of safety, he successfully formed a final two alliance with John Rodeo.

Merge
During the merge phase of Survivor: Fiji, Graham was immediately in the minority when his tribe was outnumbered 4 to 6. To make things worse, former Vitogo Tribe member T'Khia had flipped and was now working with members of the former Navutu Tribe. Graham voted Zachariah alongside John and Francis, but unfortunately for him, Francis was voted out that tribal council. Graham knew going ahead that things would be an uphill battle for him and John. The next tribal council, however, proved to be a sign of hope when everyone in the tribe except for Zachariah and Bobby was in agreeance to vote out Zachariah. The next tribal council, however, many divisions started forming in the tribe. Graham saw this as an opportunity to take out Trey, who was a strong competitor, in order to have a better chance at challenges. Graham sought out T'Khia and Jennifer, but unfortunately, they both had their sights set on Bobby, who they ended up voting when the vote went to a tie at tribal council. Back at camp, a tropical storm hit, causing lots of destruction to their shelter. Graham, however, turned this into strategy when he convinced everyone to vote off Norman, who was unhelpful when it came to repairing the shelter. The next two tribal councils Graham was able to get out the mother's alliance consisting of Jennifer and Elizabeth. However, this was not his original plan, which was ruined when T'Khia won two individual immunities in a row.

Finale
At the beginning of the finale episode, T'Khia's immunity win caused Trey's elimination, which was Graham's only option as he was forced to vote out John or Trey. At the final immunity, however, Graham was able to pull out a clutch immunity win, not only securing his spot in the final two, but also John's spot as he was his ride-or-die. T'Khia became the final person voted off Survivor: Fiji, and it was off to final tribal council. At the final tribal council, Graham used his amazing strategic game and displayed big moves like taking out Mallary and T'Khia to convince the jury to vote him. Graham became the winner of Survivor: Fiji by a vote of 6-3.