Vytas Baskauskas

Vytas Baskauskas is a contestant from and. He is the older brother of winner Aras Baskauskas.

Profile
Name (Age): Vytas Baskauskas (33)

Tribe Designation: Tadhana

Relationship to Significant Castaway: Aras' Brother

Current Residence: Santa Monica, California

Occupation: Yoga Instructor/Math Professor

Personal Claim to Fame: Beating heroin addiction, yoga discipline, and receiving a graduate degree in math.

Inspiration in Life: I don’t have one particular hero. I greatly admire the brilliant scientists and mathematicians of the past and also social activists such as Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr.

Hobbies: Movies, music, good food, bodysurfing and chess.

Pet Peeves: Stupidity and show-offs.

Three Words to Describe You: Smart, strong-willed, and unique.

If You Could Have 3 Things on The Island What Would They Be and Why? 1) iPod – love music. 2) Yoga mat – practice every day to keep the body & mind right. 3) Chess set - it's not just a game, it's a way of life.

SURVIVOR Contestant You Are Most Like: The intellect and wit of Jonathan Penner, the likability of Aras Baskauskas and the flirtatiousness of Parvati Shallow.

Reason for Being on SURVIVOR: I want to be on the show for the experience. I truly believe I can outwit, outplay and outlast. Of course I also want the prize.

Why You Think You’ll “Survive” SURVIVOR: I have the necessary elements to make it to the end. I’m strong minded, smart and cunning. Through my addiction, I learned to easily manipulate people and although I don't use that skill as much anymore, it is still there.

Why You Think You Will Be the Sole Survivor: I am very assertive. It is unlike me to not get what I want. I am also smart and sociable so my people skills will do me well. I have a good social awareness. My personality is unique and although I may not be the most-liked, that's not such a bad thing in getting to the end.

What Does It Mean to You to Play Survivor with Your Loved One? Playing with Aras means the world to me. Our relationship hasn't always been the best, but over the past few years, it has definitely begun to improve. I love my brother very much and this experience will surely bring us closer together. That being said, there can only be one Sole Survivor. Aras and I have been competing with each other in almost every way since he was born. This will be the ultimate competition. Whether I win the game or not, I desperately want to beat my brother!

Cambodia
Season: Previous Finish: 10th Place What will you do differently this time around? "The first time I played Survivor, I got to do it with my brother, Aras. If I had the opportunity to play again, it would be more of my own game. I'm so protective of my little bro that it made it difficult to focus on my own standing in the tribe. If I went back, I would also be sure to enjoy the moment more and have fun. How cool is it to have a “once in a lifetime” experience happen twice?!"

Voting History
In One Armed Dude and Three Moms, the vote ended with a 3-3 tie between Brad and Ciera, forcing a revote. Vytas voted for Brad on the revote.

Survivor: Cambodia
In an Public vote, Vytas was chosen to be one of the twenty castaways to compete on Survivor: Cambodia for a second chance.

Vytas initially began flirting with the women much to the chagrin of Shirin Oskooi who believed it to be an act of smugness with his actions around camp being perceived as annoying. With the tribe initially split into two groups of those who immediately start strategizing (the "new school") and the worker bees who focused more on the survival (the "old school"), Vytas was classed as an honorary old-schooler by his brother's former rival Terry Deitz, and attempted to expose Abi-Maria Gomes as a volatile player after her bracelet went missing. At the first Challenge of the season, Ta Keo lost and immediately went to Tribal Council and skipping the small period of time back at camp before voting. At Tribal Council, the "New School" players, along with Peih-Gee Law and Jeff Varner, voted Vytas out in a 6-4 decision.

Post-Survivor

 * Vytas and his girlfriend welcomed their first child, a son, Asa, was born in February 8, 2014, in Bali.

Trivia

 * Vytas, along with fellow  castaways Marissa Peterson, Katie Collins, and Ciera Eastin, are the second through fifth people to be a blood relative of a past castaway. The first was Brandon Hantz, being the nephew of Russell Hantz. Of the group, Vytas is the only one who was older than their loved one.
 * Vytas lost 18.6 lbs (8.5 kg) during his time in Survivor: Blood vs. Water.
 * Vytas was first seen on Survivor at the finale, congratulating Aras Baskauskas for his win.
 * Vytas and Aras' maternal grandfather was late actor Macdonald Carey.
 * Both seasons Vytas played in, he played with a contestant named Monica. He is the second/third person to do this, following Laura Morett and Ciera Eastin.
 * Vytas is the first male and non-finalist contestant to be voted out in a season consisting of all returning players.  (Tina Wesson, the winner of , was voted out first in and Sugar Kiper, the 2nd runner-up from , was voted out first in .)