Vytas Baskauskas is a contestant from Survivor: Blood vs. Water and Survivor: Cambodia.
In Blood vs. Water, the game became a context for Vytas to mend his fraught relationship with his brother, Panama winner Aras Baskauskas. He proved a cunning social player, opening up about his troubled past and swearing unconditional loyalty (with dubious ingenuousness) in order to stave off elimination on a post-switch tribe where all the other members were women. His game came to an end when Aras' leadership position proved illusory after a game-changing blindside of the latter by Tyson Apostol and Gervase Peterson. As the next obvious target, Vytas' elimination directly followed his brother's. He lost the subsequent duel to Laura Morett and Tina Wesson.
In Cambodia, Vytas earned the ire of his female tribemates with his perceived misogynistic behavior at camp, resulting in his blindside at the hands of the "new-school" strategists at the season's first Tribal Council.
Profile[]
Retrieved from CBS.com
Name (Age): Vytas Baskauskas (33)
Name: Vytas Baskauskas |
Survivor[]
Blood vs. Water[]
Assigned to Tadhana, the loved ones' tribe, Vytas joined the Five Guys Alliance led by Brad and in doing so ensured his safety for a short time. After losing the second Immunity Challenge, Vytas and the alliance opted to send a message to the returning players by eliminating their strongest player (Tyson)'s loved one, Rachel Foulger, in an attempt to see them swap at Redemption Island, though this plan fell short when Tyson did not take the bait. Consecutive losses at future challenges and Brad's efforts to eliminate those without loved ones caused an uprising in the tribe when Caleb Bankston openly admitted his intention to vote out Brad. When the vote tied during the episode "One Armed Dude and Three Moms", Vytas flipped on his alliance, sending the former NFL player to Redemption Island.
When the tribes switched, Vytas found himself the only male on a female governed Galang tribe and despite best efforts, he was the outsider. Losing the next two challenges, Vytas was spared when Kat Edorsson wanted to target Monica Culpepper and when Laura Boneham declared her intention to vote with the rest of the women and send him to Redemption Island. He was spared as Kat was deemed untrustworthy and Laura was deemed too much of a wildcard as they were eliminated instead.
After the tribe merge, Vytas reunited with his brother and immediately sought power, though it was short-lived when Aras was blindsided and after attempting to scramble for votes to stay in "My Brother's Keeper", he was subsequently voted out. Vytas survived one duel before being eliminated by the duo of Tina Wesson and Laura Morett after Laura came in first place and helped Tina come in second place.
At Final Tribal Council, Vytas told Tyson he was not getting his vote and told Gervase Peterson that playing "Old School" meant that he was not adapting to the game. He was the only juror to give his vote to Monica, who lost to Tyson in a 7-1-0 vote.
| Episode | Tribe Affiliation |
Challenge | Challenge Type | Sit-Out? | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tadhana | Blue Lagoon Bustle | Reward/Immunity | No | Lost |
| 2 | In the Barrel | Reward/Immunity | No | Lost | |
| 3 | Sumo at Sea | Reward/Immunity | No | Lost | |
| 4 | Boats, Brains & Brawn | Reward/Immunity | No | Lost | |
| 5 | Slide Show | Reward/Immunity | No | Won | |
| Switched Tribes, Day 14 | |||||
| 6 | Galang | Buoy Oh Buoy | Reward/Immunity | No | Lost |
| 7 | Chain Reaction | Reward/Immunity | No | Lost | |
| Tribes Merged, Day 19 | |||||
| 8 | Kasama | Flashback | Immunity | Won | |
| 9 | Pesky Palate | Immunity | Lost | ||
| Voted Out, Day 22 | |||||
| 10 | Kasama | Puppet Master | Duel | 1st | |
| 11 | Block It Out | Lost | |||
| Eliminated, Day 27 | |||||
| Episode | Vytas' Votes |
Voted Against Vytas |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Laura B. | - |
| Marissa | - | |
| 2 | Rachel | - |
| 3 | John | - |
| 4 | Ciera; Brad1 |
- |
| 5 | Tadhana Tribe Immune | |
| 6 | Kat | Kat |
| 7 | Laura B. | Laura B. |
| 8 | Laura M. | Individual Immunity |
| 9 | Tyson | Caleb, Gervase, Hayden, Katie, Laura M., Monica, Tina, Tyson |
| Voted Out, Day 22 | ||
| 10 | On Redemption Island | |
| 11 | ||
| Eliminated, Day 27 | ||
| Voted for Sole Survivor |
Monica | |
^1 In "One Armed Dude and Three Moms", the vote ended with a 3-3 tie between Brad and Ciera, forcing a revote. Vytas changed his vote to Brad on the revote.
Cambodia[]
In a public vote, Vytas was chosen to be one of the twenty castaways to compete on Survivor: Cambodia for a second chance.
On day 1, Vytas was placed on the Ta Keo tribe and aligned with the "Shelter" people consisting of Woo Hwang, Kelly Wiglesworth, and his brothers's Panama tribemate and former rival, Terry Deitz, who classed Vytas an honorary Old Schooler. At camp, Vytas attempted to influence the women as he did after the Tribe Switch on his first season, though this was met with less successful results, as Shirin Oskooi and Kelley Wentworth felt Vytas was being smarmy.
Vytas did Yoga with Wiglesworth and tried to do with the rest of the tribe, but this wasn't as well received either. At the first challenge of the season, Ta Keo was initially leading because of Keith Nale dropping a torch in the water. However, Wiglesworth struggled with getting the key from the cage. This allowed Bayon to catch up and overtake them for the win. Ta Keo was shocked when they learned they had to leave for Tribal Council immediately. At Tribal Council, Vytas voted against Abi-Maria Gomes for being volatile. Ultimately, it was Vytas who ended up being the first boot of the season in a 6-4 vote over Abi-Maria.
| Episode | Tribe Affiliation |
Challenge | Challenge Type | Sit-Out? | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ta Keo | The Marooning | Reward | No | Won |
| Quest for Fire | Reward/Immunity | No | Lost | ||
| Voted Out, Day 3 | |||||
| Episode | Vytas' Votes |
Voted Against Vytas |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Abi-Maria | Abi-Maria, Jeff, Kelley, Peih-Gee, Shirin, Spencer |
| Voted Out, Day 3 | ||
Post-Survivor[]
- Vytas and his girlfriend welcomed their first child, a son named Asa, on February 8, 2014 in Bali.[3]
Trivia[]
- Vytas was first seen on Survivor at the Panama Reunion Show, congratulating Aras for his win.
- Vytas' and Aras' maternal grandfather was late actor Macdonald Carey.
- Vytas lost 18.6 lbs. (8.5 kg) during his time on Blood vs. Water.[4]
- The Baskauskas brothers are the second pair of siblings to have one place last and one place first after Natalie and Nadiya Anderson. However, the Anderson twins accomplished this feat in San Juan del Sur, while Vytas and Aras accomplished it on separate seasons.
- Vytas is the only male contestant to be the first person voted out of an all-returnee season.
- Vytas was banned from attending the Cambodia Reunion Show for insisting to fly home before filming was wrapped to see his son, Asa. Moreover, Vytas claimed it was his assistant who accidentally responded to a message on his Instagram account during filming, which could have spoiled his early exit from the game.[5][6]
- Vytas became the second contestant to be banned from attending the reunion of their season, following Brandon Hantz in Caramoan. They would be followed by Alec Merlino in David vs. Goliath and Dan Spilo in Island of the Idols.
References[]
- ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20220702134228/https://www.cbs.com/shows/survivor/cast/214727/
- ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20230201092540/https://www.cbs.com/shows/survivor/cast/215127/
- ↑ http://instagram.com/p/kJG8B-gU4h/
- ↑ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ai8ZDJbSDuI
- ↑ http://www.realityblurred.com/realitytv/2015/12/vytas-baskauskas-survivor-cambodia-second-chance-reunion-finale/
- ↑ http://www.inquisitr.com/2636095/vytas-baskauskas-banned-from-survivor-cambodia-reunion-show-what-happened/
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