Rob Cesternino

Rob Cesternino was a 25-year-old Computer Projects Coordinator from Wantagh, New York when he returned for Survivor: All-Stars after being dubbed 'the smartest player to never win' by Jeff Probst following his third-place finish in The Amazon. A SUNY Oswego graduate who wrote his senior thesis on reality television's impact, Rob pioneered the strategy of flip-flopping between alliances while maintaining relationships. On All-Stars, his reputation as a strategic threat made him an early target on the Chapera tribe, and he was unanimously voted out on Day 11 as the third person eliminated. Rob went on to found the influential 'Rob Has a Podcast' covering reality TV, was inducted into the Survivor Hall of Fame in 2012, and competed on The Traitors Season 4 in 2025.