Bob Crowley
Born: February 25, 1951
Hometown: South Portland, Maine Occupation: Physics Teacher Seasons: Gabon Placing: Winner (Gabon) Tribes: Kota; Nobag Total Challenge Wins: 14
Days Lasted: 39 Votes Against: 2 Awards: Challenge Beast (Gabon); Social Butterfly (Gabon); Meal Ticket (Gabon); Bamboozled (Gabon); Super Hero (Gabon) |
Survivor: Gabon
At the start of the season, Bob was placed on the Kota Tribe. Bob had originally been in an alliance with fellow tribemates Jacquie Berg, Marcus Lehman, Charlie Herschel, and Corinne Kaplan. The Kota Tribe proved to be strong by winning the first three challenges. However, when Kota lost the Immunity Challenge and were forced to face Tribal Council, Bob joined his alliance in voting out Paloma Soto-Castillo.
In the following episode, there was a Tribal Switch which ended up taking Jacquie to the opposing Fang tribe. When Jacquie was voted off, Randy Bailey was welcomed into Bob's alliance. The Kota tribe would still stand strong, and the tribe won the next two Immunity Challenges. Bob also helped vote out Dan Kay over the weaker Susie Smith in fear that Dan had the Hidden Immunity Idol. This ended up being the vital mistake to Bob's alliance as Susie would end up switching sides.
On Day 21, both tribes assumed that a merge would be coming up but instead they were welcomed with another tribal swap. Bob and Marcus remained on Kota while Charlie, Randy, and Corinne moved to Fang. When Fang won the Immunity Challenge, Bob had to face Tribal Council where tribemates Ken Hoang, Crystal Cox, and Susie voted out Marcus.
After Marcus was voted out, both tribes merged into the new Nobag Tribe ("Nobag" is Gabon spelled backwards). Charlie ended up getting voted out at the next Tribal Council and it soon appeared that Bob's alliance would crumble. Bob was targeted next, but when he got sent to Exile Island, he created a fake Hidden Immunity Idol. He used to fake idol to secure his spot in the game and Randy, his own alliance member, was blindsided. After Randy's elimination, Bob created another Hidden Immunity Idol in an attempt to save himself and last alliance member, Corinne. Although it was futile and Corinne was eliminated, it caused Ken to betray his own alliance and vote against Matty Whitmore.
Bob's winning streak continued by winning his fifth challenge in a row. This was something his other tribemates did not expect. Later, Ken tried to propose a deal with Bob and said that if he had won immunity he would give it up to Ken since he had tricked him at the last Tribal Council. However, Sugar Kiper informed Bob that it was just a trick to blindside him and Bob went against the idea. In the following Tribal Councils, Crystal and Ken were both voted out respectively.
In the Final Immunity Challenge, Bob lost to Susie in a card building challenge. Bob seemed doomed again, but he was able to convince Sugar to go on his side and vote against Matty. Knowing that a tiebreaker challenge might occur, Bob also started practicing how to build a fire. At Tribal Council, a tie did occur, and as Bob had expected, a tie would take place. Matty and Bob were forced to compete in a fire building challenge and once again, Bob won.
At the Final Tribal Council, Bob was confronted by Ken for not giving up his immunity. Crowley was also confronted by Randy for using the fake Hidden Immunity Idol against him. Corinne asked Bob to show a nasty side of him and make her believe why Bob didn't like Sugar and he tried showing a nasty side by disliking Sugar, but when he started saying something positive about Sugar, Corinne interrupted and told him she didn't want to hear the good side of Bob. In the end, the jury voted Bob as the Sole Survivor in a vote of 4-3-0. Bob earned the votes of Marcus, Charlie, Randy, and Corinne, essentially all the original Kota's plus Randy. In addition, at the Reunion Show, Bob also won the "Sprint Player of the Season" award, earning the fan's vote over Sugar and Matty.
In the following episode, there was a Tribal Switch which ended up taking Jacquie to the opposing Fang tribe. When Jacquie was voted off, Randy Bailey was welcomed into Bob's alliance. The Kota tribe would still stand strong, and the tribe won the next two Immunity Challenges. Bob also helped vote out Dan Kay over the weaker Susie Smith in fear that Dan had the Hidden Immunity Idol. This ended up being the vital mistake to Bob's alliance as Susie would end up switching sides.
On Day 21, both tribes assumed that a merge would be coming up but instead they were welcomed with another tribal swap. Bob and Marcus remained on Kota while Charlie, Randy, and Corinne moved to Fang. When Fang won the Immunity Challenge, Bob had to face Tribal Council where tribemates Ken Hoang, Crystal Cox, and Susie voted out Marcus.
After Marcus was voted out, both tribes merged into the new Nobag Tribe ("Nobag" is Gabon spelled backwards). Charlie ended up getting voted out at the next Tribal Council and it soon appeared that Bob's alliance would crumble. Bob was targeted next, but when he got sent to Exile Island, he created a fake Hidden Immunity Idol. He used to fake idol to secure his spot in the game and Randy, his own alliance member, was blindsided. After Randy's elimination, Bob created another Hidden Immunity Idol in an attempt to save himself and last alliance member, Corinne. Although it was futile and Corinne was eliminated, it caused Ken to betray his own alliance and vote against Matty Whitmore.
Bob's winning streak continued by winning his fifth challenge in a row. This was something his other tribemates did not expect. Later, Ken tried to propose a deal with Bob and said that if he had won immunity he would give it up to Ken since he had tricked him at the last Tribal Council. However, Sugar Kiper informed Bob that it was just a trick to blindside him and Bob went against the idea. In the following Tribal Councils, Crystal and Ken were both voted out respectively.
In the Final Immunity Challenge, Bob lost to Susie in a card building challenge. Bob seemed doomed again, but he was able to convince Sugar to go on his side and vote against Matty. Knowing that a tiebreaker challenge might occur, Bob also started practicing how to build a fire. At Tribal Council, a tie did occur, and as Bob had expected, a tie would take place. Matty and Bob were forced to compete in a fire building challenge and once again, Bob won.
At the Final Tribal Council, Bob was confronted by Ken for not giving up his immunity. Crowley was also confronted by Randy for using the fake Hidden Immunity Idol against him. Corinne asked Bob to show a nasty side of him and make her believe why Bob didn't like Sugar and he tried showing a nasty side by disliking Sugar, but when he started saying something positive about Sugar, Corinne interrupted and told him she didn't want to hear the good side of Bob. In the end, the jury voted Bob as the Sole Survivor in a vote of 4-3-0. Bob earned the votes of Marcus, Charlie, Randy, and Corinne, essentially all the original Kota's plus Randy. In addition, at the Reunion Show, Bob also won the "Sprint Player of the Season" award, earning the fan's vote over Sugar and Matty.
Voting History
Episode |
Bob Voted For |
Voted For Bob |
2 |
Palomo Soto-Castillo |
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6 |
Dan Kay |
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7 |
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8 |
Crystal Cox |
--- |
9 |
Susie Smith |
--- |
10 |
Matty Whitmore |
Individual Immunity |
11 |
Crystal Cox |
Individual Immunity |
12 |
Individual Immunity |
|
12 |
Matty Whitmore |
Matty Whitmore, Susie Smith |
12 |
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Jury Vote: Charlie Herschel, Corinne Kaplan, Marcus Lehman, Randy Bailey |
Trivia
- Survivor: Vanuatu contestant Julie Berry attended Bob's high school in Maine and took his class as a student.[
- Bob introduced the bowtie as a way of wearing a buff. So far, he is the only one to sport this style.
- When Randy played Bob's fake Hidden Immunity Idol, Jeff threw it into the fire (as is usual practice), much to the dislike of the viewers. However, once the Tribal Council was over, Jeff pulled it out so he could give it back to Bob at the Reunion Show.
- Bob is one of three winners to be involved in a tie vote at some point in the game, the others being Richard Hatch and Natalie White.
- He, along with Ben Driebergen, were the only two people to win the fire making tiebreaker and become the Solr Survivor.
- Bob is currently the oldest Survivor winner. Bob was 57 years, 9 months and 20 days old when he was declared the Sole Survivor.
- Bob was the first castaway become the Sole Survivor and also win the Fan Favorite Award. He was followed by J.T. Thomas, Rob Mariano, and Kim Spradlin.
- On Rob Has a Podcast, Bob revealed that he was actually an alternate for Gabon and replaced eventual Survivor: Nicaragua castaway Jimmy Johnson when the latter failed his medical exam.