Ryan Aiken

Ryan Aiken is a contestant from.

Profile
Ryan Aiken is currently pursuing a career as a model and actor. He attended Howard Community College in Columbia, Md. for two-and-a-half years. He enjoys lifting weights, lacrosse, running, swimming and eating pizza. His favorite sport is wrestling. He describes himself as funny, confident and talkative. He is proud of the fact that he used to be overweight, but committed to changing his body and taking responsibility for his physical well-being. If he could hold any office, he'd like to be the President of the United States as he considers himself a leader. When asked which superhero Aiken would like to be, his answer is Superman because he could bend things and see into a women's locker room. His favorite movie is "Good Will Hunting." He appeared on the television show "Young Americans" in 2000. If he wins the million, he wants to buy a house.

Aiken is currently single and lives in Ellicott City, Md. with his dog, Pudgey. He has one brother, Vincent. His birth date is February 13, 1979.

Survivor: The Amazon
Ryan Aiken was placed on the all-male Tambaqui tribe. Like the other men, he was confident that they could easily defeat the all female Jaburu tribe. At camp, Ryan preferred to talk to his best friend Daniel Lue over helping at camp. This annoyed Roger Sexton, the oldest man on the tribe. At the immunity challenge, the men was a huge lead. Ryan and Daniel cost them the lead when they failed to get across the balance beam promptly. Being in the hot seat, Ryan lobbied for the outspoken Roger. He secured Matthew von Ertfelda's vote. He approach Rob Cesternino to do the same. Rob was also asked by Roger to vote out Ryan. Realizing he was the swing vote, Rob deemed Roger more benifical to the tribe. On night 3,  Ryan was the first person voted out of Survivor: The Amazon in a 4-3-1 vote.

Post-Survivor

 * Ryan is the CEO and founder of a nutrition company in New York.

Trivia

 * The episode in which he was eliminated aired on his 24th birthday.
 * This is similar to David Samson from, who was eliminated in the episode airing on his 46th birthday.
 * Both Ryan and David were the first person voted out.
 * Ryan was the youngest male contestant on Amazon.
 * Ryan's luxury item was a Baseball and Bat.
 * Ryan is the first contestant from Maryland.
 * Ryan became the eleventh contestant of Survivor to never win a challenge, following Sonja Christopher, Debb Eaton, Diane Ogden, Jessie Camacho, Peter Harkey, Patricia Jackson, Hunter Ellis, Sarah Jones, John Raymond and Tanya Vance.
 * Ryan was the first contestant to be voted out of an all-male tribe, and by extension the first voted out of a single-gender tribe.