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Coming to you live, from my apartment, it's Rob Has a Podcast!

—The RHAP opening spiel

Rob Has a Podcast (abbreviated as RHAP) is a podcast hosted by Survivor: The Amazon and Survivor: All-Stars contestant Rob Cesternino.

Overview[]

The series began in 2010, with Rob and his then-fiancée (now wife) Nicole recapping Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains, doing exit press with the eliminated castaway(s) of the week, as well as having former contestants as guests who share their thoughts about the recent episode. Supplemental off-season podcasts are also available in between seasons.

RHAP eventually branched out to cover several strategic reality television series such as Big Brother, The Amazing Race, their domestic counterparts, as well as Celebrity Apprentice, The Bachelor/Bachelorette, RuPaul's Drag Race, American Ninja Warrior, Top Chef, and The Circle. RHAP also covers scripted television series such as The Walking Dead, Game of Thrones and House of Cards.

Survivor Know-It-Alls[]

With Nicole's transition to motherhood, Survivor Know-It-Alls debuted in 2012, with Rob being joined by former Survivor: Tocantins (and later Survivor: Cambodia) contestant Stephen Fishbach, under the premise that they know everything about Survivor except how to win it. The series, recorded live immediately after the episode airing, features a discussion of the strategy, characters, and new game developments. The series continued coverage of the subsequent seasons and has been positively received, frequently placing in the Top 10 Entertainment Podcasts on iTunes.

With Fishbach competing in Survivor: Cambodia, he was temporarily replaced by Parade.com writer and Post Show Recaps host, Josh Wigler.  

The Wiggle Room/The Wandoff[]

Rob and Josh Wigler began a series called The Wiggle Room where they also recap the recently concluded episode of Survivor. Beginning from Survivor: Heroes vs. Healers vs. Hustlers, the segment called The Wandoff where listeners submitted parody songs related to the events of the previous week's episode which listeners can vote for to be part of "The Final Wandoff" at the end of the season, the winner of which can win prizes. The name originated from Survivor: Palau contestant Wanda Shirk who was known to sing made-up songs during her short time in the game.

The Wandoff was cancelled halfway through Survivor: Island of the Idols in light of Dan Spilo's controversial incidents of inappropriate touching, the topic of which greatly offended Wigler. The series returned in Survivor: Winners at War. The Wandoff returned for a final time in Survivor 41 though with reduced episodes, airing once every four weeks.

Top 20 Players of All Time[]

See RHAP Top 20 Players of All Time.

Miss Survivor and Mr. Survivor[]

In 2011, the show launched a beauty pageant competition for former female Survivor castaways. As of 2012, only castaways who competed in a season aired in the last calendar year were eligible for the competition. Parvati Shallow won the inaugural crown, and RC Saint-Amour won in 2012. In 2014 Andrea Boehlke won the title of Miss Survivor. As well the added a Mr. Survivor which Malcolm Freberg won. In 2015, Spencer Bledsoe and Natalie Anderson were crowned Mr. and Miss Survivor.

Survivor Jeopardy![]

In 2012, Rob launched a Survivor-themed game of Jeopardy! The show quizzed former contestants who identified as 'superfans' on their Survivor trivia. Colton Cumbie ultimately won against Sarah Dawson and Spencer Duhm.

Reality GameMasters[]

Reality GameMasters is a web series created by Rob Cesternino and Alex Forstenhausler that pits strategic players from both Survivor and Big Brother against each other in a game of Risk. The show was shot in the style of a reality show and was released in the summer of 2013. John Cochran (South Pacific and Caramoan), Sophie Clarke (South Pacific) and Stephen Fishbach (Tocantins) represented the Survivor series as competitors. Former Survivor contestants Andrea Boehlke (Redemption Island and Caramoan), Billy Garcia (Cook Islands), and RC Saint-Amour (Philippines) also made appearances in the web-series, while Entertainment Weekly writer Dalton Ross co-hosted the show. In the game, the three Survivor players teamed up to take out the Big Brother contestants, yet Cochran managed to take out both Sophie and Stephen to ultimately win the game.

Fan Favorite Player of the Season[]

Because of the absence of an official Fan Favorite Award in Survivor: Blood vs. Water, Rob Has a Podcast organized the first installment of its Fan Favorite Player of the Season Award.

Voting is open one week before the season finale, and the podcast listeners can vote until the day of the finale when the result is announced at the Survivor Know-It-Alls podcast of the episode.

In Survivor: Blood vs. Water, Hayden Moss won, defeating Vytas Baskauskas and Ciera Eastin, who finished 2nd and 3rd respectively.

In Survivor: Cagayan, Spencer Bledsoe won the title. Tony Vlachos came in 2nd and Tasha Fox in 3rd.

In Survivor: San Juan del Sur, Natalie Anderson beat out Jeremy Collins and Josh Canfield, who placed 2nd and 3rd respectively, in a runaway victory of 49% over their 10% and 9%. According to Rob, it was the highest percentage of all Fan Favorite winners. She is the first Sole Survivor to also win the RHAP Fan Favorite.

Fan Favorite Player of the Season
Season Winner Runners-Up
BvWLogo S27 hayden t
Hayden
S27 vytas tS27 ciera t
Vytas & Ciera
CagayanLogo S28 spencer t
Spencer
S28 tony tS28 tasha t
Tony & Tasha
SJDSLogo S29 natalie t
Natalie
S29 jeremy tS29 josh t
Jeremy & Josh

Talking with T-Bird[]

Since May 2019, Rob has hosted a podcast with Survivor: Africa contestant Teresa Cooper during the Survivor off-season periods. The podcast has run for three seasons, producing interviews with over forty contestants, starting with Helen Glover on May 30, 2019. The most recent season commenced on June 3, 2022 with an interview with Taj Johnson-George.

Survivor Top 40 Countdown[]

At the end of 2020, Rob had his listeners vote and rank the 40 seasons of Survivor based on their enjoyment of the season. Starting in January 2021, Rob rotated an assortment of roundtable guests to discuss one season each week, starting with the season ranked at #40 and counting down to #1.

Heroes vs. Villains came out on top and was named the Best Season of Survivor as voted by the fans, with Cagayan coming in second and Pearl Islands rounding out the top three.

Survivor Top 40 Countdown
40 Survivor Island of the Idols logo 39 RedemptionIslandLogo 38 Survivor Thailand Logo Recreation 37 OneWorldLogo 36 Survivor 38 Logo 35 WALogo 34 NicaraguaLogo
33 Survivor 35 Logo 32 Survivor 36 Logo 31 Survivor 34 Logo 30 CaramoanLogo 29 SouthPacificLogo 28 FijiLogo 27 GuatemalaLogo
26 GabonLogo 25 SamoaLogo 24 AllStarsLogo 23 VanuatuLogo 22 Marquesas NB 21 AfricaLogo 20 SurvivorAustraliaLogo
19 CookIslandsLogo 18 PalauLogo 17 Survivor kaoh rong logo 16 SJDSLogo 15 PanamaLogo 14 BvWLogo 13 Borneo
12 Survivor 33 Logo 11 PhilippinesLogo 10 TocantinsLogo 9 Survivor31logo 8 Survivor Amazon Official Logo 7 Winners at War Logo 6 Survivor 37 Logo
5 ChinaLogo 4 MicronesiaLogo 3 SurvivorPearlIslandsLogo 2 CagayanLogo 1 HvVLogo

Accolades[]

In 2012, Rob Has a Podcast won "Best Entertainment Podcast" in the 8th Podcast Awards. Prior to the win, Rob dared to shave his head if he won the award, much to Nicole's objections.[1]

In 2013, RHAP won "Best Produced Podcast" and "Best Video Podcast" in the 9th Podcast Awards.[2]

In 2015, RHAP won "People's Choice" and its second "Best Entertainment Podcast" in the 10th Podcast Awards.

References[]

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