Aras Baskauskas
The youngest guy in Panama who steered a chaotic Casaya to the title, then learned how fast a figurehead falls.
Sole Survivor
- Won Survivor 12: Panama (2006) after 39 days.
Known for
Aras landed on the switched Casaya, the most combustible tribe in Panama, and kept it upright: he talked Shane Powers out of quitting, locked in a tight friendship with Cirie Fields and carried their numbers through the merge. His rivalry with Terry Deitz defined the endgame, with Terry winning immunity after immunity and forcing Casaya to eat its own. Aras grabbed a clutch immunity at the final four, Danielle bounced Terry after taking the last one, and Aras survived a nasty Day 39 slip on the rocks to win the jury 5-2.
Blood vs. Water paired him against his older brother Vytas, and Aras beat him head-to-head in the early challenges while building the Galang Alliance. The trouble was that everyone could see who was driving. Tyson Apostol and Gervase Peterson turned the merged tribe on him in a blindside, and he fell on Redemption Island in a duel against Vytas and Tina Wesson, casting a jury vote for Tyson.
Background: Survivor Wiki
Season by season
Photos and logos: CBS
Seasons played, finishing positions, day counts, jury status, ages and hometowns come from the contestant table in each season's Wikipedia article, cross-checked against the series overview before publication.
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