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Rupert Boneham
4 seasons · 101 days

Rupert Boneham

The tie-dyed pirate with the big beard and bigger heart, beloved by fans and too trusting for his own good.

4
seasons played
101 days
on the island
4th
best finish
0
final tribal councils

Known for

Rupert opened Pearl Islands by swiping Morgan's shoes off their unattended raft and never stopped playing the part of a lovable buccaneer. He fished for Drake, whipped the rival Morgan camp into shape during a kidnapping, then chose to return home to Drake. He blew up at Jonny Fairplay for voting against him, apologized, and anchored a Drake trio alongside Sandra Diaz-Twine and Christa Hastie. After the merge he was simply too well liked to keep, and got blindsided. Months later, All-Stars moved him from a dissolved Saboga to Chapera, where he joined Rob Mariano and Amber's bloc until Jenna Lewis flipped at the final four. Viewers then voted him a $1 million fan prize.

In Heroes vs. Villains, Sandra kept warning him about Russell Hantz. He faked an idol with a river rock, trusted Russell anyway and got burned. Blood vs. Water was over almost before it began: he traded spots with his voted-out wife, Laura, went to Redemption Island himself, and lost the first duel.

Background: Survivor Wiki

Season by season

  1. Rupert Boneham, Survivor 7: Pearl Islands
    8Survivor 7: Pearl Islandsage 39, Indianapolis, Indiana8th of 16 · 27 days · jury
  2. Rupert Boneham, Survivor 8: All-Stars
    4Survivor 8: All-Starsage 39, Indianapolis, Indiana4th of 18 · 37 days · jury
  3. Rupert Boneham, Survivor 20: Heroes vs. Villains
    6Survivor 20: Heroes vs. Villainsage 45, Indianapolis, Indiana6th of 20 · 36 days · jury
  4. Rupert Boneham, Survivor 27: Blood vs. Water
    19Survivor 27: Blood vs. Waterage 49, Indianapolis, Indiana19th of 20 · 1 days

Photos and logos: CBS

Where they rank

  • 8thMost seasons played4 seasons
  • 6thMost times on the jury3 juries
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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.

Sources (6)

  1. “Survivor: Pearl Islands,” Wikipedia, accessed September 28, 2026, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivor:_Pearl_Islands.
  2. “Survivor: All-Stars,” Wikipedia, accessed September 28, 2026, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivor:_All-Stars.
  3. “Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains,” Wikipedia, accessed September 28, 2026, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivor:_Heroes_vs._Villains.
  4. “Survivor: Blood vs. Water,” Wikipedia, accessed September 28, 2026, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivor:_Blood_vs._Water.
  5. “List of Survivor (American TV series) episodes,” Wikipedia, accessed September 25, 2026, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Survivor_(American_TV_series)_episodes.
  6. “Rupert Boneham,” Survivor Wiki, accessed September 28, 2026, https://survivor.fandom.com/wiki/Rupert_Boneham.

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