'Buddy system' backfires as fan favourite sent packing on Survivor: Winners at War

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Rob “Boston Rob” Mariano has been known as a leader in the game of Survivor since he first appeared on the show in 2002.Not only did the 44-year-old construction worker win the $1-million prize on Redemption Island, he also changed the game with his cutthroat strategies and social charm on Marquesas and Heroes vs.

Villains before acting as a mentor on last season’s Island of the Idols. But when Rob approached this season — entirely comprised of the show’s past winners — his leadership ideas weren’t met with the same enthusiasm and the fan favourite was blindsided by his newly formed Yara tribe on Night 14.After two tribes were shuffled into three, Rob suggested that the Yara clan create a “buddy system” where they’d promise to stick