Robert DeCanio
The General held Rotu's front line, lost the war to the outsiders, and went down refusing to beg.
Known for
Big Rob brought a voodoo doll to Marquesas, and Rotu stuck pins in it ahead of the first challenge before rattling off a long winning streak. After Maraamu raided their camp, he joined John Carroll, Zoe Zanidakis and Tammy Leitner in the Rotu Four and was happy to let John absorb the leadership heat. He also flatly refused to accept that real men wear the pink merge buffs.
The alliance celebrated a little too loudly. The outsiders banded together, John went home, and Zoe quickly insisted she had never been with them. Robert and Tammy scrambled for Neleh Dennis, Paschal English, Sean Rector and Vecepia Towery, but nobody bit. He built a pig snare to prove his worth, snagged an individual immunity win, and outlasted Tammy, but a unanimous vote finally came for him. On the jury he demanded a one-thing answer from each finalist and backed Vecepia, who won 4-3.
Background: Survivor Wiki
The season they played
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Sources (3)
- “Survivor: Marquesas,” Wikipedia, accessed September 28, 2026, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivor:_Marquesas.
- “List of Survivor (American TV series) episodes,” Wikipedia, accessed September 25, 2026, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Survivor_(American_TV_series)_episodes.
- “Robert DeCanio,” Survivor Wiki, accessed September 28, 2026, https://survivor.fandom.com/wiki/Robert_DeCanio.