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==Trivia==
 
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*The original intro for {{S|19}} had Erik's name misspelled with a "C" instead of a "K".
 
*The original intro for {{S|19}} had Erik's name misspelled with a "C" instead of a "K".
*Erik is the twelfth person to find a Hidden Immunity Idol.
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*Erik is the first person to be voted out by 10 votes.
**He is the fifth contestant to be voted out while in possession of an idol.
 
*Erik is the first person to be voted out by 10 votes. [[Alina Wilson]] and [[Jonas Otsuji]] would later tie this record. Erik's elimination was the first time this feat was possible.
 
*He is the only person named Erik to not be in a season with [[Amanda Kimmel]] or [[James Clement]] at least once.
 
*At Tribal Council, Erik only voted against African-American contestants; [[Yasmin Giles]] and [[Jaison Robinson]].
 
 
*Erik was one of the two alternates added to compete in ''Samoa'' at the last minute.<ref>http://www.realityblurred.com/realitytv/2009/09/survivor-samoa-erik_cardona/</ref> The other was [[Foa Foa]]'s [[Ashley Trainer]].
 
*Erik was one of the two alternates added to compete in ''Samoa'' at the last minute.<ref>http://www.realityblurred.com/realitytv/2009/09/survivor-samoa-erik_cardona/</ref> The other was [[Foa Foa]]'s [[Ashley Trainer]].
   

Revision as of 02:09, 1 January 2016

Erik Cardona is a contestant from Survivor: Samoa.

He is best known for his jury speech that called out Russell Hantz's arrogance and Mick Trimming's lack of leadership skills, urging the jury to vote for Natalie White.

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A proud womanizer, Erik claims that he can date four to five women at the same time without any issues. He has no qualms about chasing after a taken woman (as long as she is not married) just for the fun of the chase. He says, "There's nothing sweeter than taking another man's goods." His top hobby is skirt chasing. Even though he can be found chasing multiple women at once, he says that he does have a special female in his life … his dog, Adrian.

Erik holds two degrees from Pepperdine University in Psychology and Sociology but has chosen a career as a bartender. When asked why he has chosen that specific career route, he explains that he likes waking up around 10:00 a.m. and running on the beach instead of being stuck pencil-pushing in a cubicle. He says that he enjoys life while the "sell-outs" do not.

He greatly admires his father because he has sacrificed everything in life for him. In raising him, Erik observed his father's mental and physical strength as well as endurance for raising an active boy. He feels that his father's example has provided him with tools that will help him win this game. In addition to his father's influence, Erik is self-motivated by his competitive nature and desire to prove to himself that he has what it takes to be the next Sole Survivor.

Currently, Erik resides in Los Angeles, Calif. His birth date is April 13.

Survivor: Samoa

Erik Cardona was placed on the Galu tribe. On Day 1, the castaways were asked to pick a a Leader based on first impressionsYasmin Giles and Shambo Waters both picked Erik while he picked Russell Swan, who became the leader. Russell S. picked Erik as Galu's strongest member and Erik had to lift bundles of wood to the mat. Despite Erik trying his best on his portion of the challenge, Galu lost the challenge because of John Fincher botching the swimming portion of the challenge. Erik was annoyed with John's defeatist attitude and laying on the mat. At camp, the men of Galu clashed over building the shelter. Galu, however, won the first Immunity Challenge.

That was the start of a winning streak for Galu as they won many rewards and immunity twice. During this time, Erik found the Hidden Immunity Idol. However, life at Galu wasn't all peachy. Shambo alienated herself from the tribe and lost the snorkel piece to the fishing gear and allowed a chicken to escape. Erik attempted to catch the chicken but he only ran into a clothesline and fell down which Dave Ball referred to as "Comedy Gold". Erik was not only mad with the chicken escaping, but also the fact that no one really cared about the chicken. Galu's winning steak came to an end on Day 10. Erik and Russell S. both wanted to vote out Monica Padilla because of her slowing down the tribe enough to allow Foa Foa to catch up and gain a lead. However, most of the tribe rallied with Monica and wanted Yasmin out for doing nothing around camp. Erik agreed with the most of the tribe and voted out Yasmin.

Galu resumed their winning streak afterwards. However, things changed on Day 15, when both Tribes were revealed to be going to Tribal Council and the challenge was for pizza and the ability to watch the other tribe's Tribal Council. However, the challenge was canceled when Russell S. collapsed. The Galu men came together and decided to vote out Monica because of her weakness in challenges, close friendship with Laura Morett, and treating the game like a vacation. However, with Russell's evacuation, no one was voted out that night. The men of the tribe decided to elect Shambo the leader of the tribe in order to further drive her to their side, which angered Laura and Monica as they felt Shambo didn't deserve to be the leader. However, Galu won the next two challenges, keeping the tribe intact.

On Day 19, there was a major argument between Shambo and Laura. Erik believed that all it did was made Laura look bad as Shambo was crazy. Later, the tribes merged into one and everyone enjoyed a huge feast. Brett Clouser later coined the name Aiga for the tribe. Erik believed that Foa Foa's situation didn't change aside from a new beach. At the Immunity Challenge, two people, one man and one woman could win the Immunity Necklace. Erik wanted the highest possible score but failed to score. John and Laura won immunity. Erik wanted to keep the former Foa Foas from winning immunity so they can vote them out. Erik learned from Laura that Russell Hantz had the Immunity Idol and they decided to flush it while voting out Jaison Robinson, who was not contributing to camplife. However, John convinced Erik to vote out Monica to keep Laura weak and use the Foa Foa's votes. However, Dave Ball thought it was crazy to vote out one of their own. Erik also told Jaison, Mick Trimming and Natalie White to vote out Monica. However, Natalie used this against Erik by telling Laura and Kelly Sharbaugh about the plot. The Galu women told everyone of this and Erik became the target. At Tribal Council, Russell H. played his idol while Erik didn't. This was fatal as Erik was voted out by almost everyone in Aiga in a 10-2 vote. As a juror for the following Tribal Councils, Erik enjoyed seeing his Galu tribemates get voted out one-by-one for their betrayal by voting him out before voting out the remaining Foa Foa members.

At Final Tribal Council, Erik told Mick that he didn't do anything to prove himself worthy of the title of leader and told Mick he was responsible for Foa Foa's lack of guts. Then Erik told Russell H. that they had nothing in common and made it to the end despite his pride in his completely unethical game. Finally, Erik told Natalie that despite people looking down on her, she was still at the end of the game and was just as deserving and dangerous as the other two. Also, despite her opinion of being the least deserving, Erik told Natalie that she was the most deserving compared to the arrogant Russell H. and delusionally entitled Mick and he was voting for her to win the game. True to his word, Erik gave his jury vote to Natalie, who won the game in a 7-2-0 vote over Russell and Mick.

Voting History

Erik's Voting History
Episode Erik's
Votes
Voted Against
Erik
1 Galu Tribe Immune
2 Galu Tribe Immune
3 Galu Tribe Immune
4 Yasmin -
5 Galu Tribe Immune
6 No Vote
7 Galu Tribe Immune
8 Jaison Brett, Dave, Jaison,
John, Kelly, Laura, Mick,
Monica, Natalie, Russell H.
Voted Out, Day 21
Voted for
Sole Survivor
Natalie

Post-Survivor

  • On January 9, 2010, Erik attended Survivor's 10-year anniversary party.

Trivia

  • The original intro for Survivor: Samoa had Erik's name misspelled with a "C" instead of a "K".
  • Erik is the first person to be voted out by 10 votes.
  • Erik was one of the two alternates added to compete in Samoa at the last minute.[1] The other was Foa Foa's Ashley Trainer.

References

Survivor: Samoa Castaways
 Ashley
Foa Foa
S19 ashley t
 Ben
Foa Foa
S19 ben t
 Betsy
Foa Foa
S19 betsy t
 Brett
Galu
S19 brett t
 Dave
Galu
S19 dave t
 Erik
Galu
S19 erik t
 Jaison
Foa Foa
S19 jaison t
 John
Galu
S19 john t
 Kelly
Galu
S19 kelly t
 Laura
Galu
S19 laura t
 Liz
Foa Foa
S19 liz t
 Marisa
Foa Foa
S19 marisa t
 Mick
Foa Foa
S19 mick t
 Mike
Foa Foa
S19 mike t
 Monica
Galu
S19 monica t
 Natalie
Foa Foa
S19 natalie t
 Russell H.
Foa Foa
S19 russellh t
S19 russells t
 Shambo
Galu
S19 shambo t
 Yasmin
Galu
S19 yasmin t