Malcolm Freberg

Malcolm Freberg is a contestant from and.

He is known for being likable, excelling at challenges, and being a very good strategic player. On Survivor: Caramoan he is known for finding and using many idols. On both of his seasons his fellow contestants considered him a very big threat which led to him being voted out before he had a chance to get to the final three. He is also considered one of the most popular players to ever play Survivor.

Philippines
Retrieved from CBS.com Personal Claim to Fame: In college, I helped to organize and run a program that paired varsity athletes with underprivileged children in a free-to-join sports league. It still exists today. Inspiration in Life: O.J. Simpson before the legal drama. When he was a kid, he had rickets. For his birthday, when he was still young, his father took him to a signing to meet Jim Brown and O.J. hobbled right up to him and told him he was going to break all his records which he eventually did. I’m a sucker for underdog stories. Hobbies: Exercising, writing/reading and partying. Pet Peeves: Dumb people. 3 Words to Describe You: Charming, brilliant and cocky. If You Could Have 3 Things on The Island What Would They Be and Why? 1) Hair ties – I can’t see anything without them. 2) Book of puzzles – Your mind is a muscle and needs to be kept in shape. 3) Whiskey – to unwind after a hard day of challenge domination and competitor manipulation. SURVIVOR Contestant You Are Most Like: I think I will play most like Russell. You can control and rule with an iron first. You just have to be clever enough for them to thank you for it in the end. I’ll run the show from day 1 until I’m handed an oversized check with my name on it. Reason for Being on SURVIVOR: I’ve been watching Survivor since I was 12 years old. Some kids grow up watching baseball on TV and dream of getting their chance to play in the big leagues. I grew up watching and dreaming about playing Survivor. Why You Think You’ll “Survive” SURVIVOR: I’m smart, I’m athletic and I’m nice to look at.  Why You Think You Will Be the Sole SURVIVOR: There’s no reason to play the game if you’re not playing to win. I’m not trying to see ‘if I have what it takes’ or ‘how far I can make it.’ The best thing I have going for me is my single-mindedness to be the champion.

Caramoan
Name (Age): Malcolm Freberg (25)

Tribe Designation: Bikal, Gota, Enil Edam

Previous Season: Survivor: Philippines – 15th castaway voted off/8th Jury member

Current Residence: Hermosa Beach, Calif.

Occupation: Bartender

Personal Claim to Fame: Once I spent over a month with Abi-Maria Gomes, and I'm still considered legally sane by the state of California.

Inspiration in Life: O.J. Simpson before the murder trial. When he was a kid he had Rickets. For his birthday when he was still young his father took him to a signing to meet Jim Brown and O.J. hobbled right up to him and told him he was going to break all his records which he eventually did. I’m a sucker for underdog stories.

Hobbies: Exercising, writing/reading and partying.

Pet Peeves: Ex-TV stars.

3 Words to Describe You: Charming, brilliant and slightly-less cocky than the last time I did this.

If You Could Have 3 Things on The Island What Would They Be and Why? 1) Soap - Not for me; for whoever I end up cuddling with at night 2) Book of puzzles – Your mind is a muscle and needs to be kept in shape. 3) The Hidden Immunity Idol I never played in the Philippines - Early advantage. Seems obvious.

SURVIVOR Contestant You Are Most Like: This feels like a trick question.

Reason for Being on SURVIVOR: I'm a super-fan of the show. Getting to do it once was incredible. To get a second chance… How could anyone say no?

Why You Think You’ll “Survive” SURVIVOR: Experience plays a huge roll in any situation in life. I made it through 38 days the first time so I have to like my survival odds the second time around. Oh, and I'm also smart, athletic and nice to look at.

Why You Think You Will Be the Sole SURVIVOR: You play the game to win the game. I'm not on Survivor to “have a life-changing experience” or “grow as a person” or “see how far I can make it.” Those things may happen, but that's not the reason I'm out there. The best thing I have going for me is my single-mindedness and focus towards a single goal: a seven-digit bank account.

Survivor: Caramoan
Malcolm returned as one of ten Favorites that comprised the Bikal tribe. Malcolm was immediately recruited to Phillip Sheppard's second incarnation of the Stealth R Us alliance, along with Andrea Boehlke, John Cochran, Dawn Meehan, and Corinne Kaplan, receiving the codename "The Enforcer". The alliance enjoyed their majority as they voted out Francesca Hogi in a 6-4 vote at the first Tribal Council. As the other Stealth R Us members were developing close relationships, leaving Malcolm and Corrine in the outs, Malcolm and Corinne also developed a close friendship within the alliance, and even found the Hidden Immunity Idol together on Day 4. Malcolm and Corrine's close relationship led the other Stealth R Us members to keep a keen eye on them, targeting Corinne if ever they would lose the Immunity Challenge; however, the Favorites continued to dominate.

Bikal enjoyed three consecutive Immunity wins, only losing Brandon Hantz after he had dumped Bikal's rice and beans in a fit of rage after a heated argument with Phillip, which resulted in Bikal's mutual forfeit of Immunity to vote him out.

After Brandon's departure, Malcolm (along with Brenda Lowe, Andrea, and Erik Reichenbach) were swapped to Gota where they joined members Eddie Fox, Sherri Biethman, and Reynold Toepfer. On this new tribe, Malcolm enjoyed two more consecutive Immunity wins while being recruited to the Cool Kids Alliance by Reynold, who confessed he had a Hidden Immunity Idol to prove his loyalty.

On Day 20, the two tribes merged into Enil Edam, a name coined by Malcolm who wanted to name the tribe after his mother, Madeline (Enil Edam is Madeline backwards). Malcolm rejoined with Corinne, with Malcolm telling her he had Eddie, Erik, and Reynold while Corinne said she had Michael Snow. These numbers put them up to six. Corinne, however, was blindsided in a 7-5 vote after Dawn relayed information to Phillip about Corinne's approach to her about the counter alliance.

At the next Tribal Council, the remaining Cool Kid Members decided to vote for Andrea, seeing her as a strategic threat. However, a speech given by Phillip at Tribal Council began to unnerve Malcolm, who told Reynold to use his Hidden Immunity Idol on him as he was the one going home. Instead, Michael went home in a 7-3-1 vote after Andrea persuaded Stealth R Us to play it safe after catching wind of her being targeted.

Malcolm continued his luck of finding Hidden Immunity Idols as he found a second one shortly before Tribal Council, which was witnessed by Dawn and Andrea as he found the Idol in front of them. Stealth R Us had no choice but to target Eddie, the only vulnerable member of the Three Amigos. However, at Tribal Council, Stealth R Us was left stunned when Malcolm pulled out two Hidden Immunity Idols, giving one to himself and Eddie. This left Stealth R Us with no choice but to target each other. Stealth R Us stuck to their plan of splitting the votes between Eddie and Malcolm, but after they played the Idols, Phillip left in a 4-0-0 vote.

Malcolm and Reynold decided their best bet was to recruit Sherri and Erik to their alliance, which would give them a 5-4 advantage over the remaining Stealth R Us members. At the Survivor Auction, Malcolm bid $480 on a mystery prize which Malcolm could only view for 60 seconds: was revealed to be the location of the Hidden Immunity Idol. While going off later that day to find it, Andrea became suspicious and followed Malcolm into the woods to have a standoff so that Malcolm couldn't look for the Idol. At the Immunity Challenge, Cochran won, and afterwards Malcolm decided to concoct a lie by saying that he had found the Idol. At Tribal Council, Sherri and Erik stayed loyal to Stealth R Us and forced a 3-3-3 tie between Andrea, Malcolm, and Reynold. After realizing that Malcolm did not have the Idol, Malcolm was voted out in a 6-0-0 vote, becoming the third member of the jury.

Voting History
In Come Over to the Dark Side, the vote ended with a 3-3-3 tie between Malcolm, Andrea, and Reynold, forcing a revote. Everyone who was eligible to vote voted for Malcolm at the revote, eliminating him from the game.

Post-Survivor

 * After his first appearance on Survivor aired, Malcolm briefly made a guest appearance on one of CBS's hit daytime shows, The Bold and the Beautiful, as a designer also named Malcolm.

Trivia

 * Malcolm has mentioned several times on Survivor: Philippines that he was a teacher in Micronesia before becoming a bartender in Hermosa Beach, California.
 * He is the only member of Matsing to be on the Jury.
 * Malcolm is the fourth person to participate in every reward after the Merge, after Parvati Shallow of Survivor: Cook Islands, Bob Crowley of Survivor: Gabon, and J.T. Thomas of Survivor: Tocantins.
 * He is the only person to do so who has never won. However, Parvati did not win until her second season.
 * He experienced 12 rewards in a row, from back to back seasons.
 * Malcolm is one of seven contestants to appear on two back-to-back seasons (the others are: Rupert Boneham, Stephenie LaGrossa, Bobby Jon Drinkard, Amanda Kimmel, James Clement, and Russell Hantz).
 * Malcolm is the second person to play a second time when their first season hadn't aired yet, following Russell Hantz. Just as Hantz, Malcolm was only given two and a half week break in between seasons.
 * Malcolm is the third contestant to play two consecutive seasons in the same location. The first is Rupert Boneham and the second is Russell Hantz.
 * Malcolm is the first person since James Clement to play back-to-back despite not making the finals in his first season. Stephenie, Bobby John and Rupert also did this.
 * Malcolm is the first to play two back-to-back seasons that both feature Returning Players
 * According to Jeff Probst, Malcolm was considered to be brought back for when Philippines was still underway, around Day 27. Immediately after his elimination, Jeff approached Malcolm, intending to ask him he wanted to compete again, only to be cut off by Malcolm, who knew what Probst was about to ask.
 * In Survivor: Caramoan, Phillip Sheppard gave him the nickname "The Enforcer."
 * Malcolm is the third player to find a Hidden Immunity Idol in multiple seasons, following Russell Hantz and Ozzy Lusth.
 * He is third player to find the Hidden Immunity Idol multiple times without the aid of a clue, following  Russell Hantz and Kristina Kell, he would later be followed by Reynold Toepfer.
 * He is the second player to find the hidden immunity idol in back-to-back seasons (following Russell Hantz).
 * Both times Malcolm found the Idol he was searching for it with a female member of his tribe; Denise Stapley in Philippines and Corinne Kaplan in Caramoan.
 * He is the third person to find the Idol twice in one season following Russell Hantz and Reynold Toepfer.
 * On Philippines, there were only two tribal councils before the merge that Malcolm wasn't present at. On Caramoan, Malcolm was only present for two pre-merge tribal councils.
 * On both of his seasons, Malcolm started on one tribe, was switched to another tribe, and then reached the merge.
 * Both times Malcolm switched tribes there were split into tribes of 7. He also never went to tribal council after a tribe swap.
 * As stated in, Malcolm has a mother named Madeline.
 * Malcolm named the merged tribe after his mother as he requested Enil Edam; Enil Edam is Madeline spelled backwards.
 * Malcolm is the only representative of Philippines to return for another season.
 * He is one of only five contestants to be the sole representative of their season. The other four are Brenda Lowe, Erik Riechenbach, Shii Ann Huang, and Yau-Man Chan.
 * Coincidentally, Malcolm, Brenda, and Erik returned together in Caramoan.
 * Malcolm is the third person to possess multiple Hidden Immunity Idols simultaneously, after James Clement and Parvati Shallow.
 * However, Malcolm is the first person of those three to play an idol while in possession of multiple idols.
 * He is also the only one of the three to possess multiple Hidden Immunity Idols on multiple occasions in the same season.
 * While Malcolm never played his Hidden Immunity Idol in Philippines, he played two Idols in consecutive tribal councils in Caramoan.
 * Malcolm is the only player to play two immunity idols in one season when both did not negate the majority of the vote.
 * Malcolm found three idols without a clue in his two seasons, and the fourth was given to him.
 * Malcolm was the third person (after Russell Hantz and Hope Driskill) to be voted out in the re-vote following a three-way tie.
 * Of those three, Malcolm is the first to be voted out 6-0-0 in the revote. The other two were voted out 5-1-0.
 * Coincidentally, all three ties involved two males and one female.
 * On Philippines, Malcolm helped vote out returning player Jonathan Penner on Day 30; as a returning player in Caramoan, Malcolm himself was voted out on Day 30.
 * Malcolm is the only contestant to have competed in both seasons with a Final Three/8-person Jury configuration.
 * Malcolm is the lowest placing player to win the Fan Favorite Award at the end of a season.
 * He beat James Clement's previous record of 7th place.
 * Malcolm is the only male contestant to vote against Reynold Toepfer.