James was one of the most controversial figures on the males side of the game. Starting off on the males tribe, James was quickly a name put onto the chopping block due to the formation of many alliances. Being seen as a shady, lowkey player, James had to find an alliance and find people he could trust, and he did just that linking up with Ethan and Lala. James at the first swapped tribal council of the season, had his name smeared and written down by Abigail, but his alliance of Ethan and Lala were able to protect him after pulling in Bena. At the merge, James found himself once again being the target of the female dominant side. Slaylah many times openly stated her dislike for James, and tried to take him out of this game. His alliance with Luca, Ethan, Bladez, Thomas, and Lala were able to protect him, keeping him safe. When the time came to cut Luca's throat, James pounced onto this plan and helped orchestrate this blindside which was pivotal for his game. James was a very physically dominant player, performing amazing in almost or if not all competitions he played in, as well as winning 2 individual immunities. In the end, James was able to make it to final tribal council, but had a hard time articulating his game due to the fact that many jurors simply did not want to see him win. Many people could say his game was similar to Ethan's due to the fact of how many things they did together, but the one thing James lacked was socially managing the jurors that were very vocally against him such as Slaylah or Cher.