Becoming King: The Story of Tony Vlachos - Survivor: Winners At War

Thanks! Appreciate the excellent breakdown.

I still can't believe that Tony Vlachos of all people was not only allowed to make the merge on an all-winners season, but made it to the end with no votes, and won. Just insane.

him blindsiding sophie was the knockout punch he promised episode 1.

So the amazing thing is about Tony’s story is how much you don’t get to see. Normally stuff is left out because it’s irrelevant to the story but if you listen to both of Tony’s interviews on RHAP you’ll learn that he made so many moves without us seeing it because the editors didn’t want to make it so obvious that Tony was the winner. He spied on Nick and Kim, he changed the way he dressed to look more weak (wearing his buff like red riding hood), he always keep his arms down not folded in a defensive manner, he always stood lower on the beach so players looked down on him, he would lose games on purpose to pretend to be inept, he gave Jeremy his idol for one tribal so he’d vote with them to snipe Kim, he found fire tokens in nicks shoe so he knew he played in on Ben. Just so many amazing things and recommend watching the RHAP episode deep dive

Tony taking off through the jungle, yelling his lungs out on S34 is easily my favorite Tony moment

Never thought id see tony win after his disastrous game changers outing. Really cool to see him revamp his game and beat all the winners. One of my favorites if not my favorite player of all time.

I just can’t help but laugh every time tony enters a “spy shack” or “spy nest”. Dude is such a great TV personality. Definitely one of the most entertaining people to ever be on the show. You can’t help but love him.

Tony is now officially the best player in history, you can’t even argue with me

The sophie blindside was his greatest move all season and second greatest move of his career Number one obviously is convincing Woo to take him to final 2

Episode 11 is possibly the best showcase of one player a Survivor episode has ever seen.

Tony Vlachos ran this entire season from beginning to end. Without a doubt the best player in the history of the game.

The most amazing thing about Tony's game is that He and Sarah were a clear duo just like Rob and Amber from the first Allstars yet the 2 were never targeted. Total domination from a Duo and had it not been from EoE the 2 of them likely get to the end without any votes against either of them. The most dominate Duo since Season 8.

Tony and Sarah's good-bye was so sweet. I hope they still talk to each other outside of Survivour.

Tony Vlachos was way ahead of his time. No player in survivor plays on the same tier as tony does. He has social game like Dr. Will. Ideas like Rob Mariano. Relationship skills like Kim Spradlin. This guy is an animal at this game and by far the best out of anyone who has ever played.

The madlad actually managed the beat YouTube's copyright system and upload this.

Watching this season was such a delight for me. Tony was already my favorite player of all time, and I felt like I was cheering on a little kid when I was happy with every little step he made. I was like "Yay not first out of the tribe" Then "yay made the swap" then "Woah made the merge somehow" to "HOLY SH*T HE'S GONNA WIN"

I’m telling you ever since I saw Tony for the first season he was in. I knew he was meant for some greatness and laughter. Like he is a total beast.

Tony is my favorite hot ass mess lol. He's like the most organized- disorganized person ever. What I actually like about Tony and Sarah is that they are respectable villians (yes, I think Tony is mostly a villain). Both of them have great social awareness and the ability to use different modes of persuasion (this is something Russell Hanz lack). For Sarah, she got a "bitter jury" to respect her game. These two are among of my favorite survivors. I love to see their growth from Cagayan.

Who else loves Tony for his spy shacks and spy nests?

it took 40 seasons for survivor to find its best player ever, but they’ve found it