The player of the season is…
TRIS!!!
I believe Tris played a phenomenal game. He made huge connections early on with X, Felix, Rude, Zach, and Ben that carried him through the pre-merge very easily. At his dominant Roma tribe, he was the first person to piece the clues together and get the tribe idol, an idol he ended up never needing in the game. He then instantly won immunity at final 11, and with his immunity he also won an extra vote for submitting first. He used this extra vote to pull off the biggest blindside of the season when he took out Rude and saved Felix, a crucial bond for him in this game that he could abuse for many votes in the future. He then formed a strong bond with Ahmad and X by voting his new ally Felix at the final 10, also exposing Zach as a liar in the process. Tris then pulled off what in my mind was the best move of the game by him and Ben. Ben said he was voting X, and Tris purposefully exposed him so that he could give his second idol to X and manipulate X and Ahmad into thinking the target was X. This move would not have worked if X and Ahmad didn’t trust him which he ensured at the DJ vote by voting with them. This allowed his group to get a huge threat in Ahmad out with an idol in his pocket. Although he had worked with Ben all game, he was not afraid to cut him at the final 6. This move could have resulted in them losing the majority 3-2, but Tris immediately rallied X back to his side as if the previous betrayal hadn’t even happened. They had the numbers to get Felix out, but Tris and Danika played their idols causing Zach to go home. The only time Tris was in any trouble in this game was at the final 4, but this wouldn’t even have happened if Zach wasn’t idoled out or if X didn’t win immunity as X would have been the other side’s target in that scenario. I also think that he made a cutthroat but smart decision at the final 3 since X from an in game perspective was a huge jury threat.
