Rob Cesternino
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Moondance | Thursday, April 24, 2003 - 09:21 pm     YES MsKitty! Funny how my opinion of Matt has changed a bit! I have always liked Rob |
Watching2 | Thursday, April 24, 2003 - 10:12 pm     For some reason, I've liked Matt from the beginning and I wanted to be able to root for Rob since he's an alumni of my younger daughter's college, (SUNY Oswego) but at first I thought he was just sort of a goof and a bit of a jerk. BUT...now I am really enjoying him (esp. that one week where he sang his vote - he made the show for us that week!) and I really thought a lot more of him after tonite's show. Sure he did what he did for his own benefit, but I like THIS alliance so much better than the other one of the "popular people!" Uggggh!! Also, I think Rob does relate to Christy a lot as far as being the one not totally accepted or super popular in real life - remember his comments about his dating experiences? I'd love to see them in the final four, even tho the spoilers have Jenna being there. I DO think Matt HAD TO throw the immunity challenge. He just got done voting for himself needing therapy the most. Plus he stays to himself a lot and it's not like any of the girls are falling all over him. Why would he think anyone had a crush on him? He didn't! My husband laughed at first like Matt was being stupid when he voted for himself, but I told him it totally was thrown by Matt and why. It was just too obvious that no one would have voted for him to not have been thrown! Go Rob Matt & Christy! I think Butch has found himself in a good position now, since he really hasn't been offensive to anyone and is a hard worker. Did I say, I like this final four? LOLOL |
Frenchy | Friday, April 25, 2003 - 08:40 am     All hail Rob the great! I love this guy.... *(Besides having a crush on him!! ) and I think he is playing the best game, and he is playing it right. Kudos to him!!! Can't wait to see him win the million on May 11!!! |
Alaginger | Friday, April 25, 2003 - 08:57 am     I thought this quote from Rob from the "Insider" was absolutely hilarious. It made me laugh out loud, and I can just picture him saying this. DEENA'S GONE At night, after the TC that booted Deena, the group sits around the campfire. Rob (confessional): After a person gets voted off there tends to be a public demoralization of the person when we get back to camp. It turned out that Deena was responsible for supplying Sadaam Hussein with a number of chemical weapons. I didn't know that. She was also responsible for killing O.J. Simpson's wife. Which I didn't know that either. |
Guinevere | Friday, April 25, 2003 - 09:31 am     I still don't really care for Rob that much - his combination of insecurity and bitchiness is something of a turnoff for me. But I LOVE what he did last night, it has made the rest of the show so much more interesting and enjoyable for me. AND I think it was smart, of course. He was looking at fourth place almost for sure. Whereas now, he has a lot more control over his fate, even if he has screwed himself out of several votes (potentially). I think players should always play for the big prize (don't understand the "well, I just want to make the merge" attitude), but second is a heck of a lot better than fourth! It's funny how players' arrogance has screwed them this season. First Roger, then Deena, then Alex. With Deena and Alex, especially, they appeared to be in a good position and then they just went and did something monumentally stupid, and it got them kicked out, just like that. I love it! I will also say about Rob that even though I like him less than Butch, Christy or Matthew, I am okay with the idea of him winning, because he has played the game well and so deserves it. |
Webkitty | Friday, April 25, 2003 - 10:02 am     I don't see Rob as bitchy at all. Please sight examples. His insecurity is what kept him in the game this long. Roger, Deena and Alex got too cocky. He has studied past Survivors and knows this is the kiss of death. Good for him. Rob almost singlehandly kept this season from turning into a Pagong fest. Kudos for that. Its been the most exciting Survivor since S1, imo. Every week is a new twist. He deserves to win this. I would love to see Matt and Christy with him in the final 3. Butch has done nothing to deserve even getting to F4, imo. I'm sure he's a nice man irl, but in the game of Survivor he's been a big zero. Rob proved last night that he doesn't care one whit for Heidi, it WAS all talk before. He also showed that he has compasion for Christy and her delema. Read the Insider, it gives more insight to him. If he doesn't make it on the All Star show I will be terribly disappointed. |
Lycanthrope | Friday, April 25, 2003 - 10:11 am     I've always thought Rob was amusing. His flipflop last night may cost him in the long run, but Alex's cockiness was rewarded justly by his ouster, thanks solely to the machinations of Rob. Rob has made S6 one to be remembered. I, too, hope he Christy and Matt make the final 3. |
Weenerlobo | Friday, April 25, 2003 - 10:54 am     I don't like Rob very much; he's just annoying to me, even though he does make me laugh once in a while. But I sure do like what he did last night. |
Alaginger | Friday, April 25, 2003 - 11:23 am     Hey Weener.......you should get a kick out of this! There is a shot of Matthew at the CBS website under the video-promo for next week where he is speaking about Rob, and he smiles and says, "The guy is a weiney!!!" |
Denecee | Friday, April 25, 2003 - 11:48 am     I like rob after last night. I hope he starts helping out around camp more now that he is not in the lazy group anymore. He would have been a fool not to do what he did last night after Alex told him that in the fianl four he would vote against Rob before he voted one of the girls out. |
Seamonkey | Friday, April 25, 2003 - 11:54 am     I don't like him, but I'm certainly enjoying him. |
Trini | Friday, April 25, 2003 - 09:24 pm     I cannot get enough of this guy. He is calculating and very observant, he is also perceptive it’s like he can tell who is the most threatening at any given moment. Final 2 should be Matt and Rob. His favorite words “tomorrow you can write ROD on the parchment.” He is not afraid of any one. |
Niceguy | Saturday, April 26, 2003 - 08:27 am     I think Rob may pull off what Brandon on Survivor Africa attempted. The triple-cross. He is playing very well and though some of his comments can be annoying he is an admirable player and shrewder than I would have imagined. I wouldn't mind him being in the final two. |
Webkitty | Saturday, April 26, 2003 - 10:29 am     Niceguy, I barely watched Africa, could you elaborate on the triple cross? |
Micknrc | Saturday, April 26, 2003 - 03:52 pm     Kitty- I'm trying to remember now, (anyone jump in and correct me) but Brandon was in the unfortunate position of being on the tribe in the minority after the switch/merge. He and Lex had this thing to boot Kelly G. Kelly was on Lex's original tribe, but was plotting against him/them and he sensed it (hence the patented Lex *gut*). Brandon's own friend/tribe mate Kim P. couldn't understand what he was doing even when he explained that if they (the other tribe) were stupid enough to vote off one of their own (and thus their majority) he would jump back over, Kim P. stubbornly remained all emotional about it and ruined whatever chances they had not to be pagonged. I think that's sorta it. Which is why Africa is still one of my favorite Survivors ever (good cast--good plotting) despite the fact they had no real water other than elephant poop water-- and no food. Rob is playing fluid--what we've always wanted to see--it's taken six seasons to get to the point where survivors realize they are out for themselves and not to advance the 'tribe' well, except for Brian and even he hid his agenda within the tribe.... btw, I still love Lex, my favorite survivor ever...who was robbed! |
Webkitty | Saturday, April 26, 2003 - 03:56 pm     Thanks Mick! I liked Lex but go Rob!!! |
Micknrc | Saturday, April 26, 2003 - 04:01 pm     Exactly, I would love for Rob to take it! (always rooting for the best PLAYER!) |
Csnog | Saturday, April 26, 2003 - 08:21 pm     Rob is an interesting character. He is not a leader nor a follower. He knows how to play the game but not how to survive. He is by far the most skilled player this year and one of the best that Survivor has had. Of course he has studied the past 4 1/2 seasons. |
Jkm | Monday, April 28, 2003 - 08:26 am     Rob -- you've played the game -- really played it -- but I fear you've come up short -- you had to show your hand because you were backed into coming in 4th - I think now you'll be lucky to come in 4th. But you had to do the way you did it! Good job Rob!! |
Grooch | Thursday, May 08, 2003 - 08:54 am     Winning Is Everything Our man Rob does whatever it takes to be sole 'Survivor' By Beth Whitehouse STAFF WRITER Posted May 8 2003 He's been called a "snake" and a "slimeball." He admits that he's a "jerk" and that people "hate my guts." And when Rob Cesternino's mom, Rose-Anne, came to visit him on a beach in the Brazilian Amazon recently, the bearded, brown-eyed 24-year-old, hair wrapped in a bandana, confessed, "Mom, I've done a lot of bad things." And what was Mom's reply? "Way to go." She is so proud of her oldest child. Cesternino grew up in Wantagh, and he now lives in Plainview and works as a computer projects coordinator at Bisys L.I., an insurance agency in Garden City. A few months ago, you wouldn't have recognized him if you passed by him shopping in Waldbaum's. He'd have been just another recent college grad who spent his days sitting before a PC in a corporate cubicle. But right now, at this very moment, legions of fans across America know Cesternino as a brilliant strategist who has schemed, backstabbed and lied in the quest to win TV's "Survivor: The Amazon." If Cesternino makes it through tonight's episode (at 8 on WCBS/2), he'll advance to the final four contestants in competition for the grand prize of $1 million. That episode airs Sunday (8 p.m., WCBS/2), followed by a live reunion from Manhattan's Central Park (10 p.m.). We should expect nothing less than the final four from a guy whose early words as a toddler were, "Come on down." Who watched Bob Barker instead of Bugs Bunny as a preschooler. And whose 100- page thesis at SUNY Oswego explored the impact of reality television on America. (Cesternino graduated with honors.) Cesternino is a "Survivor" fanatic who has watched every episode since the show began in the summer of 2000, altering the tenor of American television by pitting 16 strangers with the goal of walking away with the big money against each other in exotic locales. With the motto "Outwit, Outplay, Outlast," "Survivor" forces contestants to live together and then vote one player out of the competition each episode. When two are left, a jury made up of those kicked off before them decides who merits the cash. So players must be cunning enough to make it to the final two, yet endearing enough that the same people they've ousted will later give them the winning nod. And while some contestants vow to adhere to some moral standards while playing, refusing to break a promise or be disloyal to a newly made friend, Cesternino is not one of them. He will do - and has so far done - whatever he thinks it takes to win what is, after all, a game show. Every Thursday since "Survivor: The Amazon" kicked off, the Cesterninos have been throwing a party for up to 40 friends and relatives at the family home in Wantagh to watch their son's performances. Rose- Anne, who is 49 and works in sales support at the same Garden City insurance agency with Rob, has been cooking up batches of eggplant parmigiana, chicken cacciatore and leg of lamb. Cesternino's Dad, Dennis, 51, is a retired New York City police lieutenant who now works in homeland security payroll at LaGuardia Airport. It's lucky that the plates don't topple to the floor, because the room bursts into spontaneous applause every time Rob shows up on the screen, according to his college buddy, Plainview roommate and co-worker, Justin Jurs, 22. Always at the parties are Cesternino's sister Lisa, 22, and brother Dan, who turns 16 today and is a sophomore at Wantagh High School. Cesternino, who signed CBS' notorious confidentiality agreement, obviously wouldn't talk to the press - he knows whom he really can't betray. He's back on Long Island, back at work and watching the show along with everyone else; he doesn't know what the million-dollar outcome will be either, as the final vote has been cast but has yet to be revealed. And while Cesternino can't dish until he is eliminated on the air, his mom and dad and roommate Jurs can. And did. "Rob is loving every minute of it," Rose-Anne said. "Rob could not have written the script better himself." What floored Mom isn't that Rob would do anything he needs to in order to win. It's how he managed to camp out in the wild. "What surprises me most is the fact that Rob is not at all an outdoors person and he has survived fabulously well up to day 31." Jurs said that his friend's strategy on the show is true to his personality. "Rob likes at all times to take regular situations and warp them, manipulate them, so he can get what he wants out of them," Jurs said. And he's a joker. He has various sound effects programmed into his work computer and a silver hotel-style bell on his desk that he dings when people walk by. "He's crazy around the office. He makes the office a lot of fun," Jurs said. Newsday readers may remember that Cesternino appeared on these pages in fall 2001, when we asked "Survivor" wannabes to send us copies of their audition videotapes. He had taped himself in his parents' basement, writing a letter to "Survivor." He had said then that he would bring his hotel bell as the one luxury item that CBS permits every contestant to pack. However, in the end, Cesternino brought with him a Magic 8 Ball, which, when asked a question and then turned over, gives an answer. He's used it on the show to ponder whether female contestants would get the hots for him. Jurs and Rose-Anne Cesternino were in on the initial plot to get Rob out of the country during November and December for filming in Brazil. With the help of Cesternino's boss, Les Feingold, the only other person at the company who knew the truth, the four concocted the story that Rob was in Prague on a special project. Rob even studied up on Prague to make his story "bulletproof," Jurs said. Now, co-workers have "Survivor" newspaper articles and pictures up in their cubicles. And, of course, another of their colleagues is a fleeting star. Mom Rose-Anne appeared in last Thursday's episode, when all the remaining "Survivor" contestants got a visit with a family member who was flown to Brazil by CBS. It's understandable that when Rob confessed his evil behavior to his mom, she patted him on the back. Because the apple doesn't seem to have fallen far from the tree. When Rose-Anne left for the Amazon, it was around her birthday. Where did she tell unsuspecting co-workers she was going? "On a birthday trip to Las Vegas." |
Csnog | Friday, May 09, 2003 - 10:29 am     Rob still had a sense of humor when Matt won the car. He asked Matt if he could borrow it when Matt returns to whatever PLANET he came from. Rob seemed genuinely happy that Matt won the car. This won't stop him from cutting Matt loose in the finals but he was nice to Matt in last nights show. |
Happymom | Friday, May 09, 2003 - 11:47 am     He's nice to everyone, he plays this game so much better than H/J (who are mean to others, ignoring others). I'm sure he didn't want to be Jr. wood gatherer. But he did it, to help himself in the game, and to be a nice guy. What else is there to do out there anyway. |
Hippyt | Friday, May 09, 2003 - 01:42 pm     'Survivor' host Probst expects unexpected By MIKE McDANIEL Copyright 2003 Houston Chronicle Ladies and gentlemen, we have a Survivor winner, and his name is Rob. "Rob is playing the game the best anyone has ever played it," Survivor host Jeff Probst said May 8. Rob Cesternino, Heidi Strobel, center, and Jenna Morasca of the Jacare tribe take part in the reward challenge called "Auction" on Survivor: Amazon. Rob is 24-year-old Rob "The Hitman" Cesternino, who has shown amazing skill at back-stabbing his fellow contestants on the unusually entertaining Survivor: The Amazon. Twice in two weeks, his vote and persuasiveness in getting others to believe in him have created upsets at tribal council. Rob may have been voted off on the May 8 show but the man gets Probst's props regardless. Getting kudos from the host of all six Survivor editions probably counts for something. "Rob's philosophy is understanding what your best move is going to be and making his move based on that," said Probst. "That's why he's able to flip-flop; he not only understands the people he's close to, he understands everybody in the game and what they need to do. "He's been great. He can't control his own fate; that's his only problem. It doesn't guarantee he'll get to the final two." Previous Survivor finales have aired on Thursday, but this one will conclude on Sunday May 11 (7-9 p.m., CBS/Channel 11), followed by a one-hour reunion show at 9. This edition has been particularly lively. It started with a risk, dividing the players into male and female tribes. But the perceived advantage for the men turned out not to be true, with two men -- including Houston's Daniel Lue -- being the first to be voted off the show. Many viewers have gone gaga over Eldon, Mo., health teacher Heidi Strobel, 24, and Pittsburgh swimsuit model Jenna Morasca, 22, and plenty are tuning in to see whether this is the week when wacky Washington, D.C., restaurant designer Matthew Von Ertfelda, 33, will dive off the deep end. Rob, a 24-year-old computer projects coordinator from Wantagh, N.Y., is wheeling and dealing as if he were born to con. Meanwhile, Butch Lockley, the 50-year-old middle school principal from Olney, Ill., somehow sneaks under the radar each week. "I absolutely think this has been one of our best seasons," Probst said. "A lot of it has to do with the good characters lasting deep into the show. When you get down to a final five that includes Rob, probably the smartest guy to ever play this game, and Heidi and Jenna, one of the most memorable couples ever to be on Survivor, and those three are in the final five with a guy that everyone thinks is nuts, Matthew, and just to balance it out, a school principal who won't look at the naked girls, you've got a great fivesome." In an immunity challenge, Jenna and Heidi voluntarily stripped when Probst offered them peanut butter and chocolate. ("I'm sure I looked but I don't remember it," he said. He was more interested in getting them on camera.) To hear Probst, the final five were the last people he expected to have made it this far. "Every season you look at the 16. I don't have a vested interest in who wins but I always think, `Who has the patience? Who has the adaptability? Who's quick enough socially?' And in my head there's always three or four people I think there's no way they're going to make it to the final two. "Going into this fivesome, with the exception of Rob, I would have said that about the other four. When I first met Rob, I thought he was first or second out simply because he didn't fit in. Rob was the only young guy there who wasn't physically fit, was the social outcast, who looked like the guy who always got picked last. "Matthew, though he was the strongest in terms of Survivor aspects, had zero social ability. Jenna and Heidi -- the cute girls never last. And Butch, how he snuck through is amazing. There's always one guy like that, and before you know it, better watch out: He's sitting in that final seat." Survivor: The Amazon has had some interesting twists and turns. Last week, for example, Jenna gave Rob a tongue-lashing for playing the game so heartlessly. But a few minutes later, it became clear she and Heidi voted in alliance with Rob to knock out Survivor's first deaf contestant, Christy Smith. "When Jenna turned around and started laying Rob out, I thought, `Finally, you're finally playing the game,' " Probst said. "Up until then, Jenna was deserving the rap she was getting, of just whining and being selfish. I was happy to see her finally have enough. And Rob's comment back to her was perfect: `I'm sorry, I thought we were playing the same game.' "It shows to me how such a silly game like Survivor can hit at such a core level. The way you're raised, what your core values are, impact you so much. Rob didn't see anything wrong with lying and flip-flopping; that's the game. Jenna, on the other hand, if you betray her, that's the greatest sin of all." |
Kaili | Friday, May 09, 2003 - 01:50 pm     Rob may have been voted off on the May 8 show but the man gets Probst's props regardless. Getting kudos from the host of all six Survivor editions probably counts for something. What is that supposed to mean??!!! |
Alaginger | Friday, May 09, 2003 - 02:30 pm     Kaili........good point!!! The interview may have taken place shortly before the May 8 show, and the writer was just referring to that fact that he doesn't know if Rob gets booted off on May 8 or not........ Otherwise, if it is a slip......and it's off by one week because of the recrap show....????? I wish I knew when that interview took place. |
Hummingbird | Friday, May 09, 2003 - 04:04 pm     The only way that could happen is if Jenna gets immunity next week. Do you think she could posibly turn the two guys against Rob? |
Hippyt | Friday, May 09, 2003 - 04:19 pm     I don't know when the interview actually took place,but this was in my newspaper today. Shouldn't have been that long ago. |
Webkitty | Friday, May 09, 2003 - 04:21 pm     I don't think she could turn Matt. Rob and Matt have a pact for F2 that they swore on their mothers. (and I think Matt is the type when he gives his word, he means it) But, I think if Jenna wins the IC, she could force a tie, and Rob could get purple rocked. Lets say she does win it. The easy boot would be Butch. But, she could decide that Rob not winning is important enough to give a tie a try. She would know that Butch would never vote for Matt, he would have to vote for Rob. So if she didn't go along with a Butch boot, and voted for Rob, she could force a tie. She couldn't be sure Rob would be the one to get the rock, but maybe that's a risk she's willing to take. Just a thought. |
Djgirl5235 | Friday, May 09, 2003 - 05:19 pm     I saw that article online somewhere, and it was written a couple of days ago. The writer didn't know the outcome of last night's show at the time of the article, so they supposed that even if Rob was voted off last night, it was high praise coming from Jeff... |
Auntiemike | Monday, May 12, 2003 - 05:49 pm     Rob was witty as ever on reunion show. Loved his "good news, bad news" stuff about his girlfriend. I think he should put together a "survivor" comedy act and go on Star Search or something. He is definitely worth FIVE STARS! He is sharp and funny; not afraid to laugh at himself. A good study of other people. |
Snee | Monday, May 12, 2003 - 06:25 pm     that remark about the girlfriend was hilarious. i'd love to see more of this guy on t.v...although, i am really disappointed that he didn't vote for matt in the end. that bugs the heck outta me. |
Csnog | Thursday, May 15, 2003 - 11:11 am     Name: Rob Cesternino Age: 24 Marital Status: Single Occupation: Computer Projects Coordinator Hometown: Wantagh, NY Luxury Item: Magic 8 Ball Current Popularity: 70% SURVIVOR Host: If you're just joining us, we're chatting live with SURVIVOR 2nd Runner-Up Rob Cesternino. Let's get started! Hey, Rob! Thanks for being here today. Are you ready for some questions? Rob: I've been ready for a long time for this. iZagged: How much preparation did you do for the show, and how much research on the game play did you do? Rob: You would not believe the amount of research I did before the show. I watched every episode from every season. I read strategy books, I worked out and put on about fifteen pounds. rob_rocks: Rob, was anyone really angry with you after watching the comments you made to the cameras? They were DAMN funny, by the way. Rob: [laughs] I'm sure more than a few Survivors were upset with what I said. I hope they all know it was all in good fun. leahsmom: Rob, did you watch the last SURVIVOR when Brian won? Do you feel as if you had the same type of strategy as he did? Rob: I feel as though my strategy was a little different than Brian's. Brian dominated the game for most of his 39 days; he also dominated the Challenges, whereas I had to flip-flop a lot more and really be on my toes for my entire stay of the game. But I do have tremendous respect for the game that Brian played. LoRules: Rob, you were very good at rolling with the twists and turns of the game. How far did you look ahead to make alliances? Did you think about things ahead of time? Or were they more spur-of-the-moment? Rob: I was always trying to think ahead in the game. It's hard to predict the twists and turns the SURVIVOR game will take, so I tried to keep a good relationship with everyone so that I would be able to change alliances when necessary. Karey: Rob: Playgirl: yes or no? Rob: That's a big yes. Wait til they call and offer me about twenty-five cents. [laughs] Dewey: Would you have pulled a stunt like "The Rally Speedo" if you were in jeopardy? Rob: I believe that wearing the Rally Speedo would have definitely been the final nail in my coffin. StillShocked: Rob, were you able to discuss the game with other Jury members before the final vote? Rob: No, at no point are the Jury members allowed to discuss the game, nor would I want to talk about the game before the final Jury vote. jamie: Was there any sex in the Amazon? Rob: [laughs] I wish there were sex in the Amazon! But I think all the girls were glad that there wasn't...especially in my case. Canadian_Twig: Rob, was Heidi as big of a threat as she thinks she was? I mean, were the men really scared of her? Rob: I don't know if we were really scared of Heidi, but I did think of her as a threat in the game. She was a threat in physical and mental Challenges, and I knew she would be popular with the Jury. SURVIVOR: Rob, Do you think Heidi really has a very high IQ? Rob: For all I know, Heidi could be the smartest woman on the planet, but the fact of the matter is that when she was talking to me I was never listening to a word she said. [laughs] I was kind of distracted. shersidhe: Why did you vote for Jenna over Matt? Do you really believe that she played a better game strategically, or that she deserved to win? Rob: I do believe that Jenna played a strong strategic game. She knew what was going on in the game for every vote with the exception of Alex. She had her back up against the wall and won the final two Challenges, and she was the only one that was ever able to get me voted out of the game. As a player, I have to give credit where credit is due. jamie: If you could have been with any girl out there, who would it be? Rob: In the beginning of the game, I would have definitely said Heidi, but as time went by and I got to meet Jenna, she definitely gave her a run for her money. Mommarabbit: Rob, I loved your luxury item, the most inventive one yet. What made you think of taking it along? Rob: I wanted to have a luxury item that could be enjoyed by the entire tribe, and when all the men were together asking the Magic 8 Ball questions about the girls, it was a fun thing to do to pass the time. When Jenna was voting in the Final Three, I asked the Magic 8 Ball if Jenna was going to vote me off. It said "You May Rely On It," and I knew my number was up. DjAlex: Who do you feel, out of all of those who were sent to the Amazon, should have won, with the exception of the Final Two and yourself? Rob: Out of the remaining players, I would have to say Deena would be my pick. She was a major threat and a tremendous player. leahsmom: Rob, is Matt's "acting" claim true, or should DC be worried? Rob: [laughs] If Matthew's claiming "acting," then the award for best actor in a dramatic television series needs to presented to Matthew Von Ertfelda at the Emmys. I don't believe Matthew's claim that he was acting, because I think if that was the case we would have seen him talk about it in his confessionals. But Matthew is a great guy and a dear friend. chupac: Hey Rob, did you ever regret underestimating Matt early on in the game? Rob: I don't think I ever underestimated Matt, because Matthew developed as a game player, and I was always conscious of Matt's capabilities in the game. heidisfakechest: Were you planning on voting off Alex before he told you he'd kick you off if it came to that? Rob: No, I wasn't planning on voting off Alex at that point. I was thinking in my head that when it got down to five, Alex and I would side with the other remaining player and vote off Jenna or Heidi. But it was just as much Alex telling me he wouldn't vote the girls off that made me want to vote him off. Aamir: Do you think voting Christy off earlier was a bad idea after you saw she voted for Jenna instead of you? Rob: The problem was I didn't want to face the possibility of a tie at Tribal Council. And because Christy is such a wild card, she often made her decisions to vote at Tribal Council, and as a strategic planner I couldn't afford to take that risk. I'm very sorry that Christy had to go, because she is a very nice girl. |
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