As a member of the majority Starters alliance and it's Shawny Bravo predecessor, Chris managed to be a relatively low key gae, whilst also solidifying the friendships he needed to avoid nomination. Crucially winning both HOH and POV for the Bravo House in Week 1 allowed Chris to put his stamp on the game and fully integrate himself. Following Week 1, Chris used the safety net of his allies to to take him though the game, until he was finally nominated for the first time at the Final Five in Week 8 by Evan T. After Ethan H. voted to save Chris, whilst Joe W. voted to evict him, Evan was forced to cast the tiebreaking vote. Aware that his fellow nominee Newz O. had deep connections with the rest of the Final Five, in particular the Ethan's Triple Zeroes alliance, Chris attempted to convince Evan to break the tie to send Newz to the Jury. However, Evan felt he could better manipulate the three to get to the end, and shocking evicted Chris to the Jury with his tiebreaker vote, in fifth place.
