Tony Vlachos Biography
Tony Vlachos is an American police officer best known for his participation in the reality television competition series Survivor, which he won two seasons of. He won both the 28th season of Survivor: Cagayan and the 40th season of Survivor: Winners at War. He also competed in the 34th season of Survivor: Game Changers, where he was voted out as the second person.
How old is Tony Vlachos? – Age
He is 49 years old as of 10 September 2022. He was born in 1973 in Jersey City, New Jersey, United States.
Tony Vlachos Family – Education
Vlachos was born in Greece to Greek immigrants. He grew up in Jersey City, New Jersey, idolizing law enforcement officers and aspired to be one himself. He graduated from high school in 1992 and worked for several years in various jobs while “partying” with his friends and working on his cars. Despite this recreational period in his life, he claims that he did not smoke, drink alcohol, or use drugs.
Tony Vlachos Wife – Children
Vlachos began dating Marissa Ann, a fellow police officer, in 2007. They dated for about three years before he proposed on July 24, 2010. They married on June 2, 2012, and their daughter, Anastasia Marie, was born five months later, on February 16, 2013, just before Vlachos left to film Survivor: Cagayan. Vlachos and Marissa discovered she was two months pregnant with their second child, a son they named Constantine Anthony, who was born on June 9, 2014.
Tony Vlachos Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of $5 million.
Tony Vlachos Survivor
Briana Kranich, writing for Screen Rant in March 2020, named Survivor: Cagayan the best season of Survivor. In a 2015 interview, host Jeff Probst named Vlachos one of his top ten favorite Survivor winners of all time, as well as one of his top six favorite male winners.
Vlachos was confirmed to be a participant in the 34th season of Survivor: Game Changers at the end of the reunion show for the 33rd season, Survivor: Millennials vs. Gen X. Vlachos’ strategy for this series was wildly unpredictable, starting his search for idols immediately after arriving at the beach in full view of his tribemates, framing others by planting an idol in someone else’s belongings, and pretending to have an intimate personal bond with multiple tribe members. According to Dalton Ross of Entertainment Weekly, this strategy is “one of the most aggressive games ever.”
When he told Diaz-Twine about his spy bunker, she told other tribe members and eventually campaigned to have him voted out. Despite this, Vlachos later stated in a CBS interview that because she was voted out after him, the two of them became friends during the lengthy pre-jury trip to Vietnam. He stated in a January 2020 interview that losing Game Changers helped prepare him for Winners at War.
Tony Vlachos Cagayan
Vlachos was cast in the reality television show Survivor: Cagayan’s 28th season. The season’s theme was “Brawn vs. Brains vs. Beauty,” and participants were divided into three tribes based on these characteristics. Vlachos was cast as a member of the Aparri “brawn” tribe. Aparri dominated the immunity challenges prior to the first tribal swap and did not attend the tribal council. During this time, Vlachos formed a “Cops-R-Us” alliance with fellow police officer Sarah Lacina.
Despite their friendship, Vlachos lied to Lacina about his occupation, claiming to be a construction worker. Vlachos also became close to Trish Hegarty and was wary of former NBA All-Star Clifford Robinson’s popularity. Vlachos used the clue he found in the reward they received after winning a challenge to locate the Aparri tribe’s hidden immunity idol. At the final tribal council, the jury chose him as the winner by an 8-1 vote, defeating martial arts instructor Woo Hwang.
Tony Vlachos Winners at War
Vlachos was confirmed to be a participant in the 40th season of Survivor: Winners at War during the promotional trailer for the season during the reunion show for the 39th season, Survivor: Island of the Idols. Vlachos began with the Dakal tribe. Vlachos modified his gameplay to approach the season differently than he did in Cagayan, which included an alliance with fellow police officer Sarah Lacina, surveillance from a spy nest, and orchestrating attacks on lower-threat targets. He won the season after receiving 12 of the 16 jury votes at the final tribal council.