Vytas Baskauskas

Vytas Baskauskas is a contestant from, and 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!

Voting History
In One Armed Dude and Three Moms, the vote ended with a 3-3 tie, forcing a revote. Vytas changed his vote from Ciera to Brad at the revote.

Trivia

 * Vytas is the first male castaway to have his name start with the letter 'V'.
 * He is the second castaway overall to have this distinction, after Vecepia Towery.
 * Vytas, along with fellow Blood vs Water contestants Marissa Peterson, Katie Collins, and Ciera Eastin, are the second through fifth people to be a blood relative of a past contestant. The first was Brandon Hantz, being the nephew of Russell Hantz.
 * Vytas is the fourth person to be the sole representative of a gender on a post-switched tribe.
 * He was preceded by Paschal English in Marquesas, Lex van den Berghe in All-Stars and Lisi in Fiji, and followed by his former tribemate Ciera.