Marty Piombo

Marty Piombo is a contestant from Survivor: Nicaragua.

Marty is best remembered for going from being in charge at the original Espada tribe to being on the bottom of the swapped La Flor tribe, forming a rivalry with Jane Bright. After barely surviving his first Tribal Council on La Flor, Marty was forced to strike a deal with Sash Lenahan, surrendering his Hidden Immunity Idol in exchange for his survival. Though the deal helped him make it to the merge, Marty was again plunged into the minority. Despite his last-ditch efforts to rally the men of the tribe against Jane, Marty was voted out at the final eleven.

Profile[]

Retrieved from CBS.com

Name: Marty Piombo (48)
Tribe: Espada
Current Residence: Mill Valley, Calif.
Occupation: Technology Executive
Personal Claim to Fame: Rescuing an injured climber off Mt. Whitney from 13,000 ft. in the dead of winter.
Inspiration in Life: Lance Armstrong - where do you start? The guy overcame all sorts of odds. His climbs and his epic wins are historic.
Hobbies: Winter alpinism, rock climbing, cooking.
Pet Peeves: Waiting in line and inconsiderate people.
3 Words to Describe You: Competitive, funny, charismatic.
Survivor Contestant You Are Most Like: I'm a mix of Boston Rob and Russell. They are relentless, clever, devious and will do anything to win. I'll play the game in a similar fashion.
Reason for being on Survivor: I want to win. To be on the show would be cool (no doubt), BUT to say you won Survivor - that's a whole other ball game. I consider it the ultimate challenge.
Why you think you will be the Sole Survivor: I've been in those cutthroat pressure-cooker situations and I've succeeded. I am downright certain I could manipulate people and get them to vote my way. I will play this game HARD!^[1]

Survivor[]

Marty started as the "older" Espada tribe's resident strategist, successfully eliminating every person of his choosing. His first casualty was Wendy DeSmidt-Kohlhoff, for he felt annoyed about her kooky demeanor. The second was Jimmy Johnson, whom Marty felt jealous because of his popularity. His third victim was Jimmy Tarantino whose grating personality had rubbed him and the rest of the tribe in the wrong way. He was notable for having a rivalry with tribemate Jane Bright, who he felt could win easily because of her "sad" backstory.

With the help of Jill Behm, Marty found the Hidden Immunity Idol on Day 6. The pair decided to align with Dan Lembo. Marty became confident that he would make it all the way to the end until a surprise tribe swap on Day 12 ruined his plans. Dan was left alone at Espada, while Behm and Marty (together with Jane) were switched to the rival La Flor tribe.

Upon reaching their new camp and meeting their new tribemates, Jane revealed to her new tribemates that both Marty and Jill could not be trusted. Knowing he was in danger, Marty decided to reveal his Hidden Immunity Idol, much to Brenda Lowe's chagrin. At the Day 15 Double Tribal Council, Marty was put in danger when he decided to not use his idol. Adding insult to injury, the vote ended up a 3-3 tie vote between him and Kelly Bruno; Marty and Jill voted against Brenda. But after a revote, Marty was spared, sending Kelly B., the perceived bigger threat, home.

After the vote, Marty confronted Jane about voting against him. Since Jane could not give a satisfying answer, Marty was bent on eliminating Jane next. After losing the Day 18 Immunity Challenge, Jane and the younger members of La Flor planned on telling Marty that they will be splitting their votes between him and Jill, forcing him to draw out his idol. Sash Lenahan, on the other hand, made an all-new plan: blackmailing Marty about passing his idol to him, in exchange for his safety (but the gesture would lead to his closest ally Jill's elimination instead). With Marty hesitant to give up his idol, Sash sweetened the deal by promising to return his idol should they lose another Immunity Challenge. In the end, Marty was left alone, as his ally Jill was sent home.

At their first Tribal Council as Libertad, Marty continued his tirade against Jane, persuading everyone to eliminate her because she would win easily should she last longer, thus continuing their conflict. Eventually, Marty's wish was unfulfilled, because the tribe felt that it was still too early to eliminate Jane (in addition to her being immune), and Alina Wilson went home instead.

The next day, Marty continued his plotting against Jane by proposing a plan to Benry and Dan to feign a vote against NaOnka (to potentially flush out NaOnka's own idol) to Chase and Holly, but really vote for Jane, causing Jane to be blindsided. After winning the next Reward Challenge (where the tribe was coincidentally divided by gender), Marty convinced the other males to eliminate Jane, thus affirming a gender-based war at the next vote. Marty put his plan into motion by telling Chase that the men were voting for NaOnka. Chase told Holly that he thought the guys were trying to blindside Jane and he was voting for Marty. Marty told Brenda that the plan to flush the idol and blindside Jane was Sash's idea. At the next Tribal Council, Marty again made a valiant effort to vote Jane out. But in the end, Marty's plan to flush the idol failed when NaOnka did not feel threatened enough to play her idol. The females, plus Sash and Chase, sent Marty to the jury in a 7-4 vote.

At Final Tribal Council, Marty asked Chase that who would receive the "dumber than a bag of hammers award" from everyone at the merge excluding Marty. Chase felt the question was B.S. and no one would answer that. He also called Sash a smart player. Marty ultimately cast his vote for his friend, Fabio, who won the title of Sole Survivor. He explained that he viewed Chase as "the dumbest person to play Survivor" and Sash as a "weasel", and thinks Fabio has changed as a person and as a player.

Episode	Tribe Affiliation	Challenge	Challenge Type	Sit-Out?	Result
1	Espada	Medallion of Power	Reward	No	Lost
1		Getting Tanked	Immunity	No	Lost
2		Hay Mate	Reward/Immunity	No	Won
3		Get Barreled	Reward/Immunity	No	Lost
4		Seers and Doers	Reward/Immunity	No	Lost
Switched Tribes, Day 12
5	La Flor	Don't Let Your Balls Drop	Reward	No	Lost
5		Spit It Out	Immunity	No	Won
6		Kitty Litter¹	Immunity		Lost
6		Kitty Litter¹	Reward	Yes	Won
7		Jump Shot	Reward	No	Lost
7		Cannon Ski-Ball	Immunity	No	Lost
Tribes Merged, Day 19
8	Libertad	Push Me, Pull You	Immunity		Lost
9		TLP O-Course	Reward	No	Won
9		Flashback	Immunity		Lost
Voted Out, Day 24
Notes: ^1 The tribes competed in separate individual Immunity Challenges where the winners from both tribes competed against each other for tribal reward.

Episode	Marty's Votes	Voted Against Marty
1	Wendy	-
2	Espada Tribe Immune
3	Jimmy J.	-
4	Jimmy T.	-
5	La Flor Tribe Immune
6	Brenda; Ineligible	Jane, Kelly B., Sash; Jane¹
7	Jane	Fabio, Jane
8	Alina	Alina, Jane
9	Jane	Brenda, Chase, Holly, Jane, Kelly S., NaOnka, Sash
Voted Out, Day 24
Voted for Sole Survivor	Fabio

^1 In "Worst Case Scenario", the vote ended with a 3-3 tie between Marty and Kelly B., forcing a revote. On the revote, Marty did not receive enough votes to be eliminated.

Post-Survivor[]

Marty attended Coach Wade's wedding.^[2]

Trivia[]

Marty is the first contestant to survive a revote while in possession of a Hidden Immunity Idol. He would be followed by Ralph Kiser in Redemption Island and Lauren O'Connell in Edge of Extinction.
Marty named the merged tribe for Nicaragua as Libertad.
Jane Bright Voted for Marty five consecutive times, a Survivor record.
In Nicaragua, Marty had the most votes against him, with 15.
Marty is the first Survivor contestant to be targeted in a split vote multiple times.
Marty is the 300th contestant voted out of Survivor.
Marty lost 22 lbs. during his time in Nicaragua.^[3]
Marty has been asked to return four times.^[4] Two of these were for Blood vs. Water (with either his wife or son) and Game Changers.^[5]