Fabio Birza

Judson John "Fabio" Birza is the winner of Survivor: Nicaragua

The youngest contestant to ever win Survivor at 21 years of age, Fabio's strategy was to come across as comic relief and to not be too overbearing.

Profile
Name: Jud Birza (21) Tribe: La Flor Current Residence: Venice, Calif. Occupation: Student Personal Claim to Fame: Being a rad older brother. Inspiration in Life: My dad. Despite growing up under-privileged, he put himself through college and flight school. He is now a pilot, which is sick! We have a very strong relationship. Hobbies: Surfing, skating and bike riding. I also enjoy jamming all night with buddies. Pet Peeves: Inconsiderate people. 3 Words to Describe You: Intelligent, sexy and goofy. SURVIVOR Contestant You Are Most Like: Ozzy because he surfs. Although, I'm younger, goofier and probably a better swimmer. Reason for being on SURVIVOR: I could do a lot with a million dollars! Plus, camping on a tropical island with a bunch of cute girls sounds like the best vacation ever. Why you think you will be the sole SURVIVOR: I'm young and seem innocent enough. Although I take very careful notes on behavior and will follow my instincts until the end.

Survivor: Nicaragua
Being the second youngest contestant of season, he was placed at the "younger" La Flor tribe. He became the tribe's resident goofball, sending his tribemates to endless laughter at every opportunity, possibly except NaOnka Mixon, whome Fabio had a conflict with after the former's missing socks. This led to a tirade from Mixon during their first Tribal Council, outright stating that she hated him and his antics. Fabio then stated that it was his real personality, though he would use it as a strategy.

Early on, Fabio was an alliance outsider. He initially sided with Shannon Elkins, Alina Wilson, Kelly Bruno and Ben Henry. Elkins wanted Brenda Lowe eliminated because her perceived deviousness. But due to Elkins' loudmouthing at their first Tribal Council, two of their allies (Henry and Bruno) eventually voted against him, sending Shannon home. After Elkins' elimination, his remaining alliance partners were in line for elimination, but Fabio remained indispensable because of his strength in challenges, though strategically, he was left in the open, remaining somewhat clueless. This reflected in his voting history, where his votes barely eliminate other players.

After a Day 12 tribe swap, Fabio, along with Shinn, Lowe and Sash Lenahan remained on the La Flor tribe. There, he became friends with the new members Jane Bright, Marty Piombo, and Jill Behm, however like the rest of the tribe, he remained against Piombo and Behm voting wise. At the Day 15 Double Tribal Council twist, Behm (the next intended target) won individual immunity. Sash and Brenda shifted their plan shifted to a split vote between Piombo, who had a Hidden Immunity Idol, and Bruno, was was a Jury threat because of her athletiscm despite her prosthetic leg, and also due to the fact that she'd probably win the jury's votes should she make it to the final 3. Fabio nearly endangered the plan when gaining Marty's trust when Marty fabricated a story of him being a chess grandmaster. But Fabio stuck to the plan, although Marty's story was his incentive for voting off Bruno. Three days later, Fabio and eleven others would comprise the merged Libertad tribe.

Fabio would then either join several (albeit failed) alliances, or cast his votes against random people, and would continue to be clueless about voting dynamics. After Alina's elimination (where Fabio won Immunity), there was an all-male rebellion led by Marty, which was eventually thwarted after Sash and Chase sided with the women. Though was deemed socially clueless for the most part, he was kept for a longer time. But when the remaining castaways (mainly Lenahan, Hoffman, and Rice) realized that this strategy would backfire because Fabio did not hurt anybody's feelings (among them or any of the Jury members), winning Immunity Challenges became Fabio's last resort. Fabio went on winning the remaining three Immunity Challenges, keeping himself safe from the vote, while the formed alliance turned on each other. After winning the Day 38 Immunity Challenge, Fabio, along with Sash and Chase made it to the Final Tribal Council. Whilst Chase and Sash were lambasted for being indecisive and "spineless" respectively, Fabio was seen as strategically clueless, though he rebutted that he nevertheless backstabbed no one and winning several challenges proved him worthy of winning. In the end, it was Fabio's unconventional thinking who made him the 21st Sole Survivor in a 5-4-0 vote.

Voting History
In Worst Case Scenario, the vote ended with a 3-3 tie between Marty and Kelly B., forcing a revote, where the only eligible for elimination were Kelly B. and Marty. At the revote, Fabio still voted for Kelly B.

Post-Survivor
Barely two months after winning Survivor, Birza was arrested for skateboarding in the streets, which was illegal in Santa Monica, California. Police reports also stated that he might be under the influence of illegal drugs. Birza was apparently also hit for an unrelated DUI warrant and a probation violation.

Birza returns to Nicaragua as a visitor and gets a surprise visit back to the beach where he camped during the filming of Survivor.

Trivia

 * Birza is the youngest male contestant to ever win the game, being 21 years old at time of filming. The youngest female winner was Jenna Morasca, who won Survivor: The Amazon at the same age.
 * It was Shannon Elkins who nicknamed Jud "Fabio," after Italian fashion model Fabio Lanzoni.
 * Birza was the third Survivor winner to be arrested after the show, following Richard Hatch and Brian Heidik.