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.

Profile
.

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) at 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 eight.
 * Out of all the seasons Mariano has played in so far, he has never been on 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.