Ibrehem Rahman is a contestant from Survivor: Palau.
Despite his lackluster performances in challenges, Ibrehem outlasted most of his Ulong tribemates to become one of the last three survivors of the ill-fated tribe due to social connections and a few lucky breaks. After the Ulong trio lost Immunity for the 6th time in a row, he was voted out after Bobby Jon Drinkard chose to stick together with Stephenie LaGrossa in the hopes of winning the last tribal challenges.
Profile[]
Retrieved from CBS.com
Born and raised in Birmingham, Alabama, Ibrehem Rahman attended Tuskegee University, where he pursued a degree in mechanical engineering. He most recently attended the University of Alabama, where he pursued a degree in business. He currently works as a waiter and has done some modeling and acting in New York and Miami for the last two years. He has previously worked as an account executive for a telephone company, pharmaceutical representative and engineering intern.
Rahman's hobbies include eating, cooking and learning history. He describes himself as passionate, eclectic and aggressive. His hero is his mother, whom he describes as the most courageous, loving and caring person that he knows.
Rahman is currently single and residing in Birmingham, Alabama. His birth date is March 4, 1977.[1]
Survivor[]
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Ibrehem was chosen by Ashlee to be a member of Ulong and chose Angie to be the team's final member, eliminating Wanda Shirk. Immediately, Ibrehem claimed he was confident the Ulong's physicality would lead to a dominant tribal performance, but was proven wrong when Ulong's lack of teamwork caused them to fall behind and lose the immunity challenge. He chose to vote for Angie due to a believing she was the team's weakest link, but Jolanda was voted off instead as she was perceived as domineering.
| Episode | Tribe Affiliation |
Challenge | Challenge Type | Sit-Out? | Result |
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| 1 | None | Race to Shore | Immunity | Lost | |
| Ulong | Supply Dump | Reward/Immunity | No | Lost | |
| 2 | The Gauntlet | Reward | No | Won | |
| Heads Up | Immunity | No | Lost | ||
| 3 | By Any Means Necessary | Reward | No | Won | |
| Hot Pursuit | Immunity | No | Lost | ||
| 4 | Build a Better Bathroom | Reward | No | Lost | |
| Sumo at Sea | Immunity | No | Lost | ||
| 5 | Sea Salvage | Reward | No | Lost1 | |
| 6 | Shooting Gallery | Reward | No | Won | |
| Build It Up, Break It Down | Immunity | No | Lost | ||
| 7 | S.O.S. | Reward | No | Lost | |
| Floating Puzzle | Immunity | No | Lost | ||
| Voted Out, Day 18 | |||||
| Notes: ^1 At Ulong's Tribal Council, Koror voted for Ibrehem to receive individual immunity.
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| Episode | Ibrehem's Votes |
Voted Against Ibrehem |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Angie | - |
| 2 | Kim | - |
| 3 | Jeff | - |
| 4 | Kim | - |
| 5 | James; Angie1 |
Individual Immunity |
| 6 | James; Ineligible |
James, Stephenie; -2 |
| 7 | Stephenie | Bobby Jon, Stephenie |
| Voted Out, Day 18 | ||
^1 In "The Best and Worst Reward Ever", the vote ended with a 2-2 tie between Angie and Bobby Jon, forcing a revote. Ibrehem changed his vote to Angie on the revote.
^2 In "Jellyfish 'n Chips", the vote ended with a 2-2 tie between Ibrehem and James, forcing a revote. On the revote, Ibrehem did not receive any votes to be eliminated.
Post-Survivor[]
- On January 9, 2010, Ibrehem attended Survivor's 10-year anniversary party.
- He now has a son.
Trivia[]
- Ibrehem and tribemate James Miller are the first Survivor contestants to reside in Alabama during filming. Another Alabaman, Bobby Jon Drinkard, was also on their tribe, but at the time he was already a resident of California.
- Ibrehem is the first castaway of Muslim faith to compete on Survivor. He would be followed by Natalia Azoqa from David vs. Goliath and Omar Zaheer from Survivor 42.
- Ibrehem was the only Ulong member to have immunity at a Tribal Council (Jolanda Jones of Ulong also won individual immunity but did not have it at Tribal Council).
- Ibrehem is the first, and so far only, contestant to receive immunity via an immunity vote from the opposite tribe.
- Ozzy Lusth and Alexis Jones from Micronesia also received immunity via vote, though those two votes were not official immunity votes.
- Ami Cusack and Gary Hogeboom also received individual immunity via an immunity vote, although only one person voted, instead of the whole tribe.
- Ibrehem is the first contestant to be voted out from a tribe of three in the tribal phase of the game. He would be followed by Russell Swan in Philippines and Genie Chen in Survivor 41.
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