"Boston Rob" Rob Mariano
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Born: December 25, 1975
Hometown: Canton, Massachusetts; Pensacola, Florida; Las Vegas, Nevada Occupation: Construction Worker; Aspiring Poker Player Seasons: Marquesas; All Stars; Heroes vs. Villains; Redemption Island; Winners at War Placing: Tenth (Marquesas); Runner-Up (All Stars); Thirteenth (Heroes vs. Villains); Winner (Redemption Island); Sixteenth (Winners at War) Tribes: Maraamu; Rotu (v2); Soliantu; Chapera; Mogo Mogo (v3); Chaboga Mogo; Villains; Ometepe; Murlonio; Sele; Yara Total Challenge Wins: 35
Days Lasted: 155 Votes Against: 24 (1 Cancelled out with Hidden Immunity Idol) Awards: Challenge Beast (All Stars; Redemption Island); Strategy With A Smile (All Stars; Redemption Island); Best Strategic Move (All Stars; Redemption Island); Chillin' Like A Villain (All Stars; Redemption Island) |
Survivor: Marquesas
Mariano was initially lambasted for not doing much at Maraamu camp despite his physique but he made a strong alliance with Sarah Jones, Vecepia Towery and Sean Rector. When Maraamu suffered three consecutive Immunity Challenge losses, the pact targeted weak link Patricia Jackson first on Day 6, while eventually turning to Hunter Ellis, the tribe's de facto leader and perceived strongest member. After Ellis' elimination, Rob assumed the leadership position at Maraamu, but it was short-lived when he was transferred (along with Rector and Towery) to Rotu after a Tribal Switch on Day 10.
Since the switch, the four-person alliance crumbled. After Jones' elimination (she was left at Maraamu, which lost yet again), the four original members of Rotu decided to gang up on the new members because they felt that Sean and Rob took their poor work ethic at their camp, while Vecepia was castigated as preachy and pretentious. After losing the Day 15 Immunity Challenge, the original Rotu members planned to vote Rob out first, but it was their fellow original member Gabriel Cade's apathetic approach toward the game that changed their minds. Rob was spared thanks to John's lobbying, and Cade was eliminated instead.
After Rotu's first Tribal Council, Rob confronted the original members to confirm if they had an alliance. With nobody giving an impressive answer, Rob lashed out at them, but John halfheartedly stated that they would vote Kathy Vavrick-O'Brien, Paschal English, and Neleh Dennis (fellow original Rotu members, but switched at Maraamu) first. Despite the tension, Mariano led Rotu to a comeback by winning the Day 18 Immunity Challenge.
On Day 19, Mariano volunteered to be Rotu's ambassador for the merge summit, where he tried to turn Maraamu's ambassador, Kathy, against her former comrades by telling that Zoe Zanidakis (a perceived friend by Kathy) was plotting against her. When the tribes were officially merged, Rob tried to throw the Rotu Four alliance under the bus by initiating a conversation about the foursome wanting to get rid of Kathy. Despite his valiant efforts, Rob's scheming sent him packing in a 7-2-1 vote (with votes coming from the Rotu Four alliance, Neleh, Paschal, and Rob's ally Vecepia).
Since the switch, the four-person alliance crumbled. After Jones' elimination (she was left at Maraamu, which lost yet again), the four original members of Rotu decided to gang up on the new members because they felt that Sean and Rob took their poor work ethic at their camp, while Vecepia was castigated as preachy and pretentious. After losing the Day 15 Immunity Challenge, the original Rotu members planned to vote Rob out first, but it was their fellow original member Gabriel Cade's apathetic approach toward the game that changed their minds. Rob was spared thanks to John's lobbying, and Cade was eliminated instead.
After Rotu's first Tribal Council, Rob confronted the original members to confirm if they had an alliance. With nobody giving an impressive answer, Rob lashed out at them, but John halfheartedly stated that they would vote Kathy Vavrick-O'Brien, Paschal English, and Neleh Dennis (fellow original Rotu members, but switched at Maraamu) first. Despite the tension, Mariano led Rotu to a comeback by winning the Day 18 Immunity Challenge.
On Day 19, Mariano volunteered to be Rotu's ambassador for the merge summit, where he tried to turn Maraamu's ambassador, Kathy, against her former comrades by telling that Zoe Zanidakis (a perceived friend by Kathy) was plotting against her. When the tribes were officially merged, Rob tried to throw the Rotu Four alliance under the bus by initiating a conversation about the foursome wanting to get rid of Kathy. Despite his valiant efforts, Rob's scheming sent him packing in a 7-2-1 vote (with votes coming from the Rotu Four alliance, Neleh, Paschal, and Rob's ally Vecepia).
Voting History
Episode |
Boston Rob Voted For |
Voted For Boston Rob |
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Peter Harkey |
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2 |
Patricia Jackson |
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3 |
Hunter Ellis |
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5 |
Gabriel Cade |
Gabriel Cade |
7 |
John Carroll |
John Carroll, Neleh Dennis, Paschal English, Robert DeCanio, Tammy Leitner, Vecepia Towery, Zoe Zanidakis |
Survivor: All Stars
Boston Rob was one of the eighteen returning contestants in Survivor: All-Stars and was placed at the red Chapera tribe. In the beginning, Rob quickly made an alliance with tribemates Amber Brkich (which gradually turned into romance), Tom Buchanan and Alicia Calaway. Rob led the Chapera tribe into a winning streak, winning four of the first six challenges, making Chapera the most dominant of the three competing tribes of the season. When Chapera finally lost immunity on Day 11, Rob orchestrated Rob Cesternino's elimination.
After a twist dissolved the rival Saboga tribe Rob recruited the two new additions, Rupert Boneham and Jenna Lewis, to his alliance. Any strategizing was put on hold for several days, as Chapera won the next three Immunity Challenges.
After a surprise tribe shuffle on Day 22, all Chapera members minus Amber, who remained with Chapera, were swapped to the Mogo Mogo tribe, to Rob's disappointment. With Amber's absence, Rob fortified the alliance with Tom and Alicia. After winning the next Immunity Challenge, Rob sensed Amber was in trouble, so he proposed a deal with Lex van den Berghe, a friend of Rob's outside Survivor to spare Amber, in exchange for his safety. After much deliberation, Lex, along with the remaining former Mogo Mogo members, disposed one of the own, jerri Manthey.
When the tribes merged on Day 26, Lex approached Rob if their deal was still in effect. Much to the former's chagrin, Rob had reneged on his promise, sending him home. The former Chapera members then eliminated the former Mogo Mogo, Kathy Vavrick-O'Brien, Rob's fellow Survivor: Marquesas cast member. With the last Mogo Mogo, Shii Ann Huang immune, the Chapera alliance were forced to turn on each other. But after promising not to write her name down earlier, Rob swerved Chapera's votes to Alicia's direction, eliminating her. Shii Ann failed to win the next Immunity Challenge and soon followed.
On Day 35, Rob won the next Reward Challenge, winning himself a car and a drive-in film viewing experience to watch the original 1963 version of The Lord of the Flies. He chose Amber to join him, only to find out Amber would receive a car as well. Returning to camp, Rob was suspicious that Tom and Rupert plotted against him and Amber during their absence, and as a solution, he pitted the two against one another. After winning the next Immunity Challenge, Tom was torn between two duos, Rob and Amber, and Rupert and Jenna. Rob and Amber assured Tom they were on his side, and they would vote out Jenna together. But much to Tom's surprise, he was blindsided by a unanimous vote, but not before leaving Tribal Council and giving Rob a piercing stare.
On Day 37, anticipating a tie vote between himself and Amber and Rupert and Jenna, Rob lobbied Jenna to eliminate Rupert, stating he was a threat to collect more jury votes. Threatened by the possibility of pulling out rocks, Jenna sided with Rob and Amber, sending Rupert home. After winning the Final Immunity Challenge, Rob chose Amber to join him at the final two, sending Jenna to the jury.
On Day 39, Rob and Amber enjoyed romantic moments. At the Final Tribal Council, Rob was blasted by several jury members for his numerous deception. Ultimately, Rob lost the title of Sole Survivor to Amber after a 4-3 vote. Just before the votes were read at the Reunion, Rob proposed to Amber, to which she said yes.
After a twist dissolved the rival Saboga tribe Rob recruited the two new additions, Rupert Boneham and Jenna Lewis, to his alliance. Any strategizing was put on hold for several days, as Chapera won the next three Immunity Challenges.
After a surprise tribe shuffle on Day 22, all Chapera members minus Amber, who remained with Chapera, were swapped to the Mogo Mogo tribe, to Rob's disappointment. With Amber's absence, Rob fortified the alliance with Tom and Alicia. After winning the next Immunity Challenge, Rob sensed Amber was in trouble, so he proposed a deal with Lex van den Berghe, a friend of Rob's outside Survivor to spare Amber, in exchange for his safety. After much deliberation, Lex, along with the remaining former Mogo Mogo members, disposed one of the own, jerri Manthey.
When the tribes merged on Day 26, Lex approached Rob if their deal was still in effect. Much to the former's chagrin, Rob had reneged on his promise, sending him home. The former Chapera members then eliminated the former Mogo Mogo, Kathy Vavrick-O'Brien, Rob's fellow Survivor: Marquesas cast member. With the last Mogo Mogo, Shii Ann Huang immune, the Chapera alliance were forced to turn on each other. But after promising not to write her name down earlier, Rob swerved Chapera's votes to Alicia's direction, eliminating her. Shii Ann failed to win the next Immunity Challenge and soon followed.
On Day 35, Rob won the next Reward Challenge, winning himself a car and a drive-in film viewing experience to watch the original 1963 version of The Lord of the Flies. He chose Amber to join him, only to find out Amber would receive a car as well. Returning to camp, Rob was suspicious that Tom and Rupert plotted against him and Amber during their absence, and as a solution, he pitted the two against one another. After winning the next Immunity Challenge, Tom was torn between two duos, Rob and Amber, and Rupert and Jenna. Rob and Amber assured Tom they were on his side, and they would vote out Jenna together. But much to Tom's surprise, he was blindsided by a unanimous vote, but not before leaving Tribal Council and giving Rob a piercing stare.
On Day 37, anticipating a tie vote between himself and Amber and Rupert and Jenna, Rob lobbied Jenna to eliminate Rupert, stating he was a threat to collect more jury votes. Threatened by the possibility of pulling out rocks, Jenna sided with Rob and Amber, sending Rupert home. After winning the Final Immunity Challenge, Rob chose Amber to join him at the final two, sending Jenna to the jury.
On Day 39, Rob and Amber enjoyed romantic moments. At the Final Tribal Council, Rob was blasted by several jury members for his numerous deception. Ultimately, Rob lost the title of Sole Survivor to Amber after a 4-3 vote. Just before the votes were read at the Reunion, Rob proposed to Amber, to which she said yes.
Voting History
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Boston Rob Voted For |
Voted For Boston Rob |
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10 |
Individual Immunity |
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11 |
Individual Immunity |
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12 |
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13 |
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14 |
Individual Immunity |
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15 |
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15 |
Individual Immunity |
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15 |
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Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains
Assigned to the Villains tribe following his All-Stars appearance, Rob quickly became the de facto leader and helped his tribe achieve success, building fire without the aid of a flint by making a fire saw, and won the first Immunity Challenge for the Villains, thanks to his superb puzzle-solving skills.
The next day, Rob was infuriated by his tribe's poor work ethic, Rob walked to the woods and collapsed later. Tribemate Jerri Manthey found him unconscious in the jungle, prompting the Survivor medical team to intervene. When the medics found nothing to worry about, they cleared him to continue competing. Rob then led the Villains to another victory, winning them their second straight challenge. Despite his strong work ethic and popularity within the tribe, he gained an enemy in newcomer Russell Hantz.
Rob then formed the majority alliance on the Villains of 6, that was up against Russell Hantz's alliance of himself, Parvati Shallow, and Danielle DiLorenzo.
At the Day 15 double Tribal Council, Rob won individual immunity. His alliance planned to split the votes 3-3 against Hantz and Shallow, and if someone played the idol then the votes won't count, and then a re-vote would occur and his alliance would vote out the non-idol player. However, Hantz persuaded Tyson Apostol to switch his vote to Parvati, and Russell played his idol on her, thus eliminating Tyson, Rob's closest ally.
Despite still having the numbers in the tribe, Rob's alliance began to crumble. When Jerri Manthey switched sides to Russell's alliance and Coach Wade insisting on voting off the tribe's weakest link Courtney, Rob was voted out 4-3-1.
At the Reunion, the feud between Russell and Rob was mentioned and would later be settled a year later in Survivor: Redemption Island.
The next day, Rob was infuriated by his tribe's poor work ethic, Rob walked to the woods and collapsed later. Tribemate Jerri Manthey found him unconscious in the jungle, prompting the Survivor medical team to intervene. When the medics found nothing to worry about, they cleared him to continue competing. Rob then led the Villains to another victory, winning them their second straight challenge. Despite his strong work ethic and popularity within the tribe, he gained an enemy in newcomer Russell Hantz.
Rob then formed the majority alliance on the Villains of 6, that was up against Russell Hantz's alliance of himself, Parvati Shallow, and Danielle DiLorenzo.
At the Day 15 double Tribal Council, Rob won individual immunity. His alliance planned to split the votes 3-3 against Hantz and Shallow, and if someone played the idol then the votes won't count, and then a re-vote would occur and his alliance would vote out the non-idol player. However, Hantz persuaded Tyson Apostol to switch his vote to Parvati, and Russell played his idol on her, thus eliminating Tyson, Rob's closest ally.
Despite still having the numbers in the tribe, Rob's alliance began to crumble. When Jerri Manthey switched sides to Russell's alliance and Coach Wade insisting on voting off the tribe's weakest link Courtney, Rob was voted out 4-3-1.
At the Reunion, the feud between Russell and Rob was mentioned and would later be settled a year later in Survivor: Redemption Island.
Voting History
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Boston Rob Voted For |
Voted For Boston Rob |
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6 |
Individual Immunity |
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7 |
Survivor: Redemption Island
Unlike his nemesis Russell Hantz, Rob was warmly received by his tribe. It didn't take him long to be accepted into an alliance, which consisted of Andrea Boehlke, Matt Elrod, Grant Mattos, Natalie Tenerelli, and Ashley Underwood. His first target was Kristina Kell, who was looking for the Hidden Immunity Idol. But later they decided to vote out Francesca Hogi when Ometepe lost the first Immunity Challenge. At that Tribal Council, Rob saw an opportunity to manipulate Phillip, who was a loose cannon. When Ometepe lost the second Immunity Challenge, Rob made a deal with Phillip that he would protect Phillip and welcome him into the Ometepe Alliance if he followed the plan and acted as if he was getting voted out, but he told him that it wasn't Phillip going home. Rob and the Ometepe Alliance then blindsided Matt, a member of their own alliance. They did this because they feared Andrea and Matt would develop into a power couple, very much like Rob and Amber did in Survivor: All-Stars. After Ometepe won the third challenge, they then voted out Kristina, but split the vote with Phillip, just in case she had the idol. Rob then found his own Idol when he lied that he had bowel problems and went to look for it. Ometepe then won all of the Immunity Challenges left until the Merge.
When Matt re-entered the game as a result of Redemption Island, he decided to keep with Rob, but after telling Rob he was initially considering flipping on their alliance, Rob turned his other allies no Matt, thus sending him back to Redemption Island. The Ometepe Alliance then started their pagonging of the Zapatera Tribe, voting off MIke Chiesl, David Murphy, Julie Wolfe, Ralph Kier, and Steve Wright. After Steve was voted out, there was nowhere left to hide, and the Ometepe Alliance was forced to turn on themselves. Rob continued to be in control, and he convinced everybody to vote off Andrea instead of Phillip, who he conspired to take to the Final Three with because of his unpopularity with the Jury members. When Ashley won the Immunity Challenge, Rob was forced to eliminate his good friend in the game, Grant. Andrea then came back into the game via Redemption Island and was then voted off again by Rob and his minions of Phillip, Natalie, and Ashley, who was starting to open her eyes to Rob's gameplay. Rob had destroyed all other clues or evidence to other Immunity Idols in the game. Rob then won immunity from the second to last Tribal Council, and thus won a spot in the final three. Rob then decided to take Phillip and Natalie to the final three with him. He believed he could win against them because Phillip is disliked by the jury especially by the Zapatera members, and Natalie had done nothing in the game and around camp, and had just been one of his minions. Ashley, realizing that she was going to get voted off, tried to convince Natalie to vote for Phillip, forcing a tie, but Natalie stayed loyal to Rob, consequently voting off Ashley.
At the Final Tribal Council, Rob delivered his argument to why he should be the Sole Survivor, which was much more developed than Phillip's or Natalie's, which were both very weak. However, he was criticized for being cutthroat and a cult leader, and his seemingly creepy relationship with Natalie. Rob then won an easy victory, mastering his strategy and finally becoming the Sole Survivor, losing Ralph's vote to Phillip, as Phillip said earlier that Ralph was Zapatera's hardest worker.
When Matt re-entered the game as a result of Redemption Island, he decided to keep with Rob, but after telling Rob he was initially considering flipping on their alliance, Rob turned his other allies no Matt, thus sending him back to Redemption Island. The Ometepe Alliance then started their pagonging of the Zapatera Tribe, voting off MIke Chiesl, David Murphy, Julie Wolfe, Ralph Kier, and Steve Wright. After Steve was voted out, there was nowhere left to hide, and the Ometepe Alliance was forced to turn on themselves. Rob continued to be in control, and he convinced everybody to vote off Andrea instead of Phillip, who he conspired to take to the Final Three with because of his unpopularity with the Jury members. When Ashley won the Immunity Challenge, Rob was forced to eliminate his good friend in the game, Grant. Andrea then came back into the game via Redemption Island and was then voted off again by Rob and his minions of Phillip, Natalie, and Ashley, who was starting to open her eyes to Rob's gameplay. Rob had destroyed all other clues or evidence to other Immunity Idols in the game. Rob then won immunity from the second to last Tribal Council, and thus won a spot in the final three. Rob then decided to take Phillip and Natalie to the final three with him. He believed he could win against them because Phillip is disliked by the jury especially by the Zapatera members, and Natalie had done nothing in the game and around camp, and had just been one of his minions. Ashley, realizing that she was going to get voted off, tried to convince Natalie to vote for Phillip, forcing a tie, but Natalie stayed loyal to Rob, consequently voting off Ashley.
At the Final Tribal Council, Rob delivered his argument to why he should be the Sole Survivor, which was much more developed than Phillip's or Natalie's, which were both very weak. However, he was criticized for being cutthroat and a cult leader, and his seemingly creepy relationship with Natalie. Rob then won an easy victory, mastering his strategy and finally becoming the Sole Survivor, losing Ralph's vote to Phillip, as Phillip said earlier that Ralph was Zapatera's hardest worker.
Voting History
Episode |
Boston Rob Voted For |
Voted For Boston Rob |
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Francesca Hogi |
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4 |
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8 |
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9 |
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9 |
David Murphy |
David Murphy, Julie Wolfe, Ralph Kiser, Steve Wright |
10 |
Julie Wolfe |
Individual Immunity |
11 |
Ralph Kiser |
Ralph Kiser, Steve Wright |
11 |
Steve Wright |
Individual Immunity |
12 |
Individual Immunity |
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13 |
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14 |
Hidden Immunity Idol |
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14 |
Ashley Underwood |
Individual Immunity |
14 |
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Jury Vote: Andrea Boehlke, Ashley Underwood, David Murphy, Grant Mattos, Julie Wolfe, Matt Elrod, Mike Chiesl, Steve Wright |
Survivor: Winners at War
Boston Rob was originally on the Sele Tribe, where he formed an early "Old School Alliance" with his former nemesis Parvati Shallow and Ethan Zohn. After losing Immunity, Rob heard from Ben Diebergen that Danni Boatweight had brought his name up to be voted out first. He confronted her about it and she was honest, which he respected, so he included her in his alliance. Rob then decided to target Natalie Anderson first, in order to break up the pair with Jeremy Collins. He was able to convince the rest of the Tribe and Natalie was voted out.
After losing the next Immunity, Danni came up to him and suggested that they blindside Parvati. Rob agreed to her face but wasn't planning on voting out his closest ally. Rob told Ethan and Parvati of Danni's plans, so they decided to blindside her instead. The rest of the Tribe was easy to convince, happy to lower the Old School Alliance's numbers, and Danni was voted out.
They then lost the next Immunity as well and Adam Klein told Rob that the Tribe was planning to blindside Parvati. Rob took this to Jeremy and Michele Fitzgerald, letting them know that Adam spilled the beans.This caused Jeremy and Michele to consider voting out Adam for playing both sides. However, the rest of the Tribe turned things around and instead blindsided Ethan to weaken Rob's alliance.
There was then a Tribal Switch, that saw Rob, Ben and Adam wind up on a new Tribe with Sophie Clarke and Sarah Lacina. Rob was worried about being on a Tribe with two people that he didn't trust. However, Rob employed the buddy system in order to vote out Sarah. He kept Ben and Adam close to him at camp so that none of them could be swayed. However, Ben and Adam were sick of his dictatorship and joined the girls to vote out Rob and send him to the Edge of Extinction.
When it was time for the first Edge of Extinction challenge, Rob was able to purchase an advantage using his Fire Tokens, but narrowly lost to Tyson Apostol. He would also lose the final challenge and was eliminated from the game as a member of the Jury.
After losing the next Immunity, Danni came up to him and suggested that they blindside Parvati. Rob agreed to her face but wasn't planning on voting out his closest ally. Rob told Ethan and Parvati of Danni's plans, so they decided to blindside her instead. The rest of the Tribe was easy to convince, happy to lower the Old School Alliance's numbers, and Danni was voted out.
They then lost the next Immunity as well and Adam Klein told Rob that the Tribe was planning to blindside Parvati. Rob took this to Jeremy and Michele Fitzgerald, letting them know that Adam spilled the beans.This caused Jeremy and Michele to consider voting out Adam for playing both sides. However, the rest of the Tribe turned things around and instead blindsided Ethan to weaken Rob's alliance.
There was then a Tribal Switch, that saw Rob, Ben and Adam wind up on a new Tribe with Sophie Clarke and Sarah Lacina. Rob was worried about being on a Tribe with two people that he didn't trust. However, Rob employed the buddy system in order to vote out Sarah. He kept Ben and Adam close to him at camp so that none of them could be swayed. However, Ben and Adam were sick of his dictatorship and joined the girls to vote out Rob and send him to the Edge of Extinction.
When it was time for the first Edge of Extinction challenge, Rob was able to purchase an advantage using his Fire Tokens, but narrowly lost to Tyson Apostol. He would also lose the final challenge and was eliminated from the game as a member of the Jury.
Voting History
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For Sole Survivor: Tony Vlachos |
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Trivia
- Rob's Luxury item on Marquesas was an American football.
- Rob was the youngest man of the original Maraamu tribe.
- Rob, along with Sean Rector and Vecepia Towery, are the first castaways to be on a tribe with every member of their cast at one point.
- Rob, Sean, and Vecepia are the only ones to do so in a season with only two pre-Merge tribes.
- Rob, Sean, and Vecepia are the only ones to do so in a season with only two pre-Merge tribes.
- In Marquesas, Rob was the first castaway to be voted out after switching tribes, and the only person to switch tribes and not make the final five.
- Both women Rob was attracted on Survivor to were born on August 11.
- Rob and Shii Ann Huang are the first castaways to return for a second season despite not reaching the Jury stage in their original season.
- In both All Stars and Redemption Island, Rob won the most individual Immunity Challenges in the season, with 4 in both seasons. In All-Stars, Rob was the only person to win individual immunity more than once.
- Rob is one of the seven castaways that experienced all the phases of all the game, being voted out pre-merge, post-merge, and making it to the Final Tribal Council. He was voted out pre-merge on Heroes vs. Villains, post-merge on Marquesas, and made it to the Final Tribal Council on All-Stars and Redemption Island. Colby Donaldson, Tina Wesson, Stephenie LaGrossa, Tyson Apostol, J.T. Thomas and Aubry Bracco are the others.
- Rob is the first, and currently only, five-time returning player.
- Rob is the only contestant to appear on the DVD cover of four different seasons; the other four-time contestants were each omitted from the cover of one of their seasons.
- Counting his role in Island of the Idols, Rob is the first contestant to participate in some form in six different seasons of Survivor.
- Rob is the only contestant to appear on the DVD cover of four different seasons; the other four-time contestants were each omitted from the cover of one of their seasons.
- Rob is the first of three people to win at least one individual Immunity Challenge in three separate seasons. He was followed by Andrea Boehlke and Jeremy Collins.
- Rob is the first castaway to make the Final Tribal Council twice, but not do so in back-to-back seasons they participated in.
- Rob is the only losing finalist to win the game on a later season.
- Rob is the first male castaway to win a season as a returning player and fourth overall following his wife Amber, Parvati Shallow, and Sandra Diaz-Twine. He was followed by John Cochran, Tyson Apostol, Jeremy Collins, Sarah Lacina and Tony Vlachos.
- Rob is the first and only male castaway and the only returning player to win a season with one returning player per tribe.
- Rob lost 30 lbs. during his time on Redemption Island.
- On his first four seasons, Rob competed, the tribe he started out at produced the eventual Sole Survivor.
- He is one of four people to hold this distinction that has played more than two times. The others are Andrea Boehlke (who shared a tribe with Rob on one occasion), Sandra Diaz-Twine, Tony Vlachos, and Sarah Lacina.
- He is one of four people to hold this distinction that has played more than two times. The others are Andrea Boehlke (who shared a tribe with Rob on one occasion), Sandra Diaz-Twine, Tony Vlachos, and Sarah Lacina.
- Rob also holds the record for most tribal Immunity Challenge wins, with 18.
- Rob holds the record for most individual immunity wins in his Survivor career, winning nine individual Immunity Challenges over his five seasons.
- With 152 days accumulated over his career, Rob has played the most days all Returning Players.
- Rob lost 34 lbs. during his time on Winners at War,