Rob Mariano

Robert Carlo "Boston Rob" Mariano was a contestant in Marquesas,  All-Stars and Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains. He placed 10th, 2nd and 13th respectively. He had competed in Survivor: Redemption Island, along with his Heroes vs. Villains arch-rival, Russell Hantz. He won the Redemption Island season, finally winning one season out of his four. He holds the record for most days played in Survivor history with 117 days.

Marquesas
Robert Mariano was born and raised in Boston, Massachusetts. An avid sportsman, he attended Xaverian Brothers High School where he played on the varsity hockey team and helped his golf team win the state championship in 1991-92.

He currently works as a foreman for a construction company while also serving as head coach for Boston University's Inline Hockey Team. In 2001, he coached the team to their first League Championship followed by their first National Tournament where they proceeded to defeat the two-time defending national champion Michigan State Spartans in overtime.

Mariano attended Boston University where he boxed and played rugby. In 1999, Mariano graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology. He aspires to one day become a doctor. His hobbies include hockey, fishing and playing cards. In 2000, he woke up the day of the Boston Marathon and decided to run it as an unofficial entry with absolutely no training. He stopped along the way to eat burgers and drink beer. He ended up walking the last 13 miles of the race and finished in 6 hours and 20 minutes. He couldn't walk for three days afterwards.

Robert Mariano currently lives in Canton, Mass., with his cat, Fred. He has one brother, Mike, and one sister, Heather. His birthdate is Dec. 25.

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 losing streak, the pact targeted weak link Patricia Jackson first in 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 tribe switch in Day 10.

Since the switch, the four-person alliance crumbled. After Jones' elimination (she was left at Maraamu who 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 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 alliance. With nobody giving an impressive answer, Rob lashed out at them, but John halfheartedly stated that they would vote Kathy, Paschal and Neleh (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.

In 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 (a perceived friend by Kathy) is plotting against her. When the tribes were officially merged, Rob tried a 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 7-1 vote (with votes coming from the Rotu Four alliance, Neleh and Paschal and Rob's ally Vecepia).

Trivia

 * Mariano currently holds the record of most number of seasons competed, playing in four different seasons.
 * Mariano has the most tribe affiliations, with nine.
 * Out of all the seasons Mariano has played, he has never been on the jury. In Marquesas and Heroes vs. Villains, he did not make it to the Jury phase of the game while in All-Stars and Redemption Island, he made it to Day 39, facing the Jury.
 * Mariano became the fourth recurring contestant who reached 100 days playing the game, following Amanda Kimmel (108), Parvati Shallow (114) and Rupert Boneham (100). Rob's 100th day was on Day 22 of Survivor: Redemption Island. Rob now owns the record with the most days ever played at 117, breaking Parvati's record of 114.
 * Mariano is the second male player to make it to Day 39 more than once, the first being his rival Russell Hantz.
 * Credit to creating the idea for season 22 could be Mariano's as Rob challenged Russell to a rematch and Jeff made survivor 22 be that rematch.
 * Mariano and his wife Amber are the first survivor couple.
 * Mariano is the third survivor (and the first male) to win a season after having lost a previous one, the first being his wife Amber and the second being Parvati Shallow.
 * Jeff stated in the live reunion show that Rob winning Survivor Redemption Island is possibly the best game a Sole Survivor has played.