Rudy Boesch

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Rudy landed on Tagi in Borneo barking orders like it was basic training, and his tribe nearly sent him home for it at the very first vote. He adjusted, and then he found the unlikeliest friend on the island in Richard Hatch. The conservative ex-SEAL and the openly gay Richard became a unit, and when Richard built the Tagi Alliance, Rudy signed up despite his distaste for the whole idea. He picked Gretchen Cordy as the first merge target and won a mental immunity along the way.

By the endgame, his blunt honesty had made him the biggest threat in the game. At the final immunity he slipped a hand off the idol, Kelly Wiglesworth outlasted him, and she cast the lone vote to cut him. He still honored his word and voted for Richard. All-Stars was short: an ankle injury and worries about his age led Jenna Lewis and Jerri Manthey to turn on him in a 3-2 vote on Saboga.

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Season by season

1. 
   3Survivor 1: Borneoage 72, Virginia Beach, Virginia3rd of 16 · 38 days · jury
2. 
   17Survivor 8: All-Starsage 75, Virginia Beach, Virginia17th of 18 · 6 days

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