Tony Vlachos
Status: Peer Reviewed
Peter Szabo - August 31, 2026
Last Edited: August 31, 2026
Contributors: Peter J. Foy , Miriam B. , Peter Szabo
Tony Vlachos (born September 10, 1973) is an American police officer and reality television personality best known as one of Survivor’s greatest players. Raised in Jersey City by Greek immigrant parents, he joined the city’s police department in 2000. Vlachos won Survivor: Cagayan in 2014, using aggressive strategy, hidden immunity idols and audacious deceptions to control the game. He returned for Game Changers in 2017 but was eliminated early. In 2020, he won the all-winners season Winners at War, earning $2 million and becoming the show’s second two-time champion and first male two-time winner. Known for his frenetic energy, spy shacks, bold blindsides and strong social bonds, Vlachos is admired for combining chaos with sharp strategic instincts. He later appeared on The Traitors and Australian Survivor: Australia v the World.
ENERGETICS
STYLES
EMOTIONS
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SIGNAL DATA
Fi/Te
Ca-1 Taut Nasolabial Area:
Ca-2 Vertical Snarling Smiles:
Ca-3 Four Point Pulling:
Ca-4 Wobbling Lips:
Ca-5 Asymmetrical Smirks:
Ca-6 Sassy Movements:
Ca-7 Plateau Velocity:
Ca-8 Nasal-Breathy Voice:
Ca-9 Grasping Hands:
Ni/Se
Gr-1 Taut Preseptal Area:
Gr-2 Lax Pretarsal Area:
Gr-3 Taut Outer Edges:
Gr-4 Intense Scowling:
Gr-5 Pointed Eye Toggles:
Gr-6 Eye-Head Parallel Motion:
Gr-7 Grounding Effect:
Gr-8 Bodily Awareness:
Ti/Fe
Ms-1 Lax Nasolabial Area:
Ms-2 Horizontal Curtain Smiles:
Ms-3 Two Point Pulling:
Ms-4 Symmetrical Lips:
Ms-5 Emotional Neutralization:
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Ms-7 Parabolic Velocity:
Ms-8 Laryngeal-Faint Voice:
Ms-9 Puppeteer Hands:
Ne/Si
Su-1 Lax Preseptal Area:
Su-2 Taut Pretarsal Area:
Su-3 Lax Outer Edges:
Su-4 Concerned Scowling:
Su-5 Brushstrokes Eye Toggles:
Su-6 Eye-Head Trailing Motions:
Su-7 Levity Effect:
Su-8 Quirky Skits:
Unguarded
Eu-1 Responsive Nodding:
Eu-2 Polite Smiling:
Eu-3 Bashful Body Movements:
Guarded
Eg-1 Upset Mouth Tension:
Eg-2 Assertive Pushing:
Eg-3 Stern Expressions:
Fallen Affect
FA-1 Fallen Affect:
CAREERS
MOTIFS
SHADES
DEMOGRAPHICS
SIMILAR PEOPLE
QUOTES
“All I had to do was be quiet, observe and listen. I waited for the right time and the right opportunities to make my moves.”
“We’re all sincere people, genuine people with good lives. The game is just a game.”
“I always want to do better than I did before, so I’m out here competing with myself.”
“The first word I saw that popped out to me was ‘extortion.’ I’m like, ‘Yes! Yes, I’m gonna extort somebody.’”