Troyzan Robertson

Troy "Troyzan" Robertson is a contestant from and .
A Survivor superfan, Troyzan was a member of the unlikely Misfit Alliance on the all-male Manono tribe early on. Following the merge, however, all the men were systematically voted out by the all-female Salani Alliance. Despite Troyzan's best efforts to remain in the game by placing a target on Kim Spradlin, he was eventually voted out in 8th place.
In Game Changers, a luck of the draw relegated Troyzan to be an outsider on the Tavua tribe after the first Tribe Switch, but he managed to find a Hidden Immunity Idol and align with Sarah Lacina. He later aligned with Brad Culpepper after the second Tribe Switch. He regrouped with both Brad and Sarah later on and made it to the end along with them. However, he was perceived as a follower throughout the game, leading to him receiving zero jury votes at the Final Tribal Council.
==Profile==
Retrieved from CBS.com
<tabber>One World=
Name (Age): Troy Robertson (50)
Tribe Designation: 
Current Residence: Miami, Fla.
Occupation: Swimsuit Photographer
Personal Claim to Fame: Adopting and raising my family of 12 marmoset monkeys.
Inspiration in Life: Muhammad Ali. He changed the face of boxing and perhaps sports in general. He is the most recognized athlete on the planet and an outspoken social activist who crossed the racial limits.
Hobbies: Studying monkeys, swimming, walking in nature with my dogs and working in exotic locations.
Pet Peeves: People that constantly text while I'm having a conversation with them, bad drivers and women with manly hands.
3 Words to Describe You: Adventurous, determined and entertaining.
Survivor Contestant You Are Most Like: If I were to be totally honest I'd have to say I relate to no one. I'm Troy Robertson, I'm like nobody else!
Reason for Being on Survivor: I need this challenge for myself more than you will ever know! I want to know "how" and "who" I am in a major competition like this. This show is all I have thought about and concentrated on in the past 11 years!!! I need to know dreams come true.
Why You Think You'll "Survive" Survivor: I'm a true outdoorsman. I can make a fire with two sticks. I am a swimmer and a natural born leader. I have the ability to make people the best they can be. I have great animal instincts and swim like a dolphin.
Why You Think You Will Be the Sole Survivor: I believe it's my destiny. Truthfully, because I believe 100% that Survivor was created for me. I've been waiting 10 years and nothing will stop me! I have the skills and energy for every single category played on Survivor. There is not a single person on this planet more suited for this adventure!http://web.archive.org/web/20230321184129/https://www.cbs.com/shows/survivor/cast/81131/
==Survivor==
===One World===
Troyzan started the game on the all-male Manono tribe. He joined Colton Cumbie's Misfit Alliance along with tribemates Jonas Otsuji, Leif Manson, and Tarzan Smith. As Manono won the first two Immunity Challenges, he was never in danger of being voted out until Day 8 where his alliance voted out Matt Quinlan. On Day 11, Troyzan agreed to give up immunity to go to Tribal Council where his alliance eliminated Bill Posley.
At the tribe switch, Troyzan was switched to the Salani tribe along with tribemates Jay Byars and Michael Jefferson. While on Salani, Troyzan made an alliance with Jay, Chelsea Meissner, and Kim Spradlin. However, the alliance did not need to vote anybody out as Salani won the next Immunity Challenge and Colton was medically evacuated in the following days. After Colton's evacuation, the tribes were merged into the Tikiano tribe during the Joint Tribal Council on Night 17.
Troyzan won the first post-merge Immunity Challenge and despite thinking that Jonas deserved to stay, he ended up voted with his post-swap alliance in ousting Jonas. Knowing the women had the numbers advantage, the men were thinking of voting out Christina Cha next. However, Kim lied to Troyzan about Michael wanting him gone. Motivated by his reignited anger towards Michael, he voted with the women, eliminating Michael. However, Troyzan was shocked at the next Tribal Council when the women in his alliance betrayed the alliance and blindsided Jay.
The women continued voting out the men, with Troyzan being safe by winning individual immunity on Day 27 with Leif being voted out at that night's Tribal Council. On Day 30, after Troyzan failed to win immunity, he took the loss hard and turned his back for the duration of the Immunity Challenge. That night at Tribal Council, despite an effort to mess with the majority Salani Alliance's split vote plan and get Christina out, he was eliminated for being the strongest male contestant left, as well as his clashes with the women.
At the Final Tribal Council, Troyzan cast his jury vote for Sabrina Thompson out of spite against Kim; still, this was not enough to prevent Kim from winning the title of Sole Survivor.
<tabber>Challenge History=
Episode 	TribeAffiliation 	Challenge 	Challenge Type 	Sit-Out? 	Result
1 	rowspan=7 	Free Fallin' 	Reward/Immunity 	No 	
2 	D.I.Y. Knots 	Reward 	No 	 	
2 	By the Numbers 	Immunity 	No 	 	
3 	Shut Your Trap 	Reward 	No 	 	
3 	Ow Pairs 	Immunity 	No 	 	
4 	Coco Connection 	Reward 	No 	 	
4 	Puzzle Relay 	Immunity 	No 	 	
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5 	rowspan=3 	Dear Liza 	Reward 	No 	
5 	Basket Brawl 	Immunity 	No 	 	
6 	Coco Pops 	Reward 	No 	 	
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7 	rowspan=10 	Sea Turtles 	Reward 	 	
7 	Rollerballs 	Immunity 	 	 	
8 	7UP 	Reward 	 	 	
8 	Odd Shaped Bottoms 	Immunity 	 	 	
9 	D.I.Y. Ladder Tree Golf 	Reward 	 	 	
9 	When It Rains, It Pours 	Immunity 	 	 	
10 	Survivor Auction 	Survivor Auction 	Survivor Auction 	Survivor Auction 	
10 	Return from the Dead 	Immunity 	 	 	
11 	Touchy Subjects 	Reward 	 	 	
11 	Slip Slidin' Away 	Immunity 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	
Notes: Kourtney from Salani was removed from the challenge, preventing Salani from completing the challenge, so Manono won by default. Manono unanimously agreed to give up their immunity to Salani before Tribal Council.	Notes: Kourtney from Salani was removed from the challenge, preventing Salani from completing the challenge, so Manono won by default. Manono unanimously agreed to give up their immunity to Salani before Tribal Council.	Notes: Kourtney from Salani was removed from the challenge, preventing Salani from completing the challenge, so Manono won by default. Manono unanimously agreed to give up their immunity to Salani before Tribal Council.	Notes: Kourtney from Salani was removed from the challenge, preventing Salani from completing the challenge, so Manono won by default. Manono unanimously agreed to give up their immunity to Salani before Tribal Council.	Notes: Kourtney from Salani was removed from the challenge, preventing Salani from completing the challenge, so Manono won by default. Manono unanimously agreed to give up their immunity to Salani before Tribal Council.	Notes: Kourtney from Salani was removed from the challenge, preventing Salani from completing the challenge, so Manono won by default. Manono unanimously agreed to give up their immunity to Salani before Tribal Council.
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Voted forSole Survivor	colspan="2" 	
 In , Troyzan used a Hidden Immunity Idol, negating 2 votes against him.</tabber>
===Game Changers===
Troyzan started on the Mana Tribe. On Day 2, he caught Tony Vlachos working on his spy bunker and relayed this information to Malcolm Freberg. After Mana lost the first Immunity Challenge, Troyzan joined the majority in voting out Ciera Eastin at the first Tribal Council. The next night he talked to Sandra Diaz-Twine about voting out Tony. Tony overheard the conversation and confronted the two, but they both denied the accusation. Troyzan, Sandra, and Hali Ford convince the tribe to vote out Tony after losing the second Immunity Challenge.
At the Tribe switch, Troyzan is switched to Tavua. He was the only original Mana member on Tavua so he felt like an outsider. However, he managed to find a clue to the Hidden Immunity Idol, and after winning the Immunity Challenge; he managed to find the idol while no one was looking. Tavua dominated the next few challenges. He was switched back to Mana after the second tribe switch. On Mana, he aligned with Brad Culpepper and joined his alliance.
Troyzan, along with Aubry Bracco, Michaela Bradshaw, and Hali were the only original Mana members to make it to the merge. He won immunity on Day 25. However at Tribal Council, Sarah flipped on his alliance so his ally Debbie Wanner was blindsided. While he was now in the minority, he was not targeted. On Night 35, Troyzan, Brad, and Sarah successfully blindsided Michaela.
On Day 36, Brad won immunity and chose to share the reward with Sarah and Troyzan. On the reward, the three agreed to target Tai Trang. At Tribal Council, Tai played both of his idols on himself and Aubry respectively, then Sarah played her Legacy Advantage, and this prompted Troyzan to play his idol. Since Cirie was the only one that was not immune, she was eliminated by default. On Night 37, Troyzan received a vote from Aubry, but Aubry was unanimously voted out. On Day 38, Tai was unanimously voted out, but Troyzan received a voted from Tai. Troyzan made it to the end along with Sarah and Brad.
Troyzan was mostly ignored during the Final Tribal Council, and the few times he was spoken to, he was accused of being a follower. However, he argued that he had personal relationships with everyone, and he made quiet moves. He ended up receiving zero jury votes. He lost to Brad who came in second place with three jury votes and Sarah who won with seven votes.
<tabber>Challenge History=
Episode 	TribeAffiliation 	Challenge 	Challenge Type 	Sit-Out? 	Result
1 	rowspan=3 	The Marooning 	Reward 	No 	
1 	Blue Lagoon Bustle 	Reward/Immunity 	No 	 	
1 	Serpent Turf 	Reward/Immunity 	No 	 	
colspan="6" 	 	 	 	 	
2 	rowspan=5 	Austin's Elemental Obstacle Course 	Reward/Immunity 	No 	
3 	Ram-Ball On 	Reward 	No 	 	
3 	Ow-Pairs 	Immunity 	Yes 	 	
4 	Unchained Medley 	Reward 	Yes 	 	
4 	Box Car Blues 	Immunity 	No 	 	
colspan="6" 	 	 	 	 	
5 	rowspan=3 	Cargo Salvage 	Immunity 	No 	
6 	Dulcimer Stomp 	Reward 	No 	 	
6 	Plunge, Pop, Pull 	Immunity 	No 	 	
colspan=6 	 	 	 	 	
7 	rowspan="14" 	Keep on Your Toes 	Immunity 	 	
7 	New School 	Reward 	 	 	
7 	Get a Grip 	Immunity 	 	 	
8 	O-Black Water 	Reward 	No 	 	
8 	Got a Hunch 	Immunity 	 	 	
9 	Angry Chair 	Reward 	 	 	
9 	High Step and Stack 	Immunity 	 	 	
10 	Full Tilt Bogey 	Reward 	 	 	
10 	Can't Buoy Me Love 	Immunity 	 	 	
11 	Teeter Tower 	Immunity 	 	 	
11 	Vertigo 	Immunity 	 	 	
12 	Maybe I'm A Maze 	Reward/Immunity 	 	 	
12 	Spoon Man 	Immunity 	 	 	
12 	Final Four-titude 	Immunity 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	
Notes: Brad shared his reward with Troyzan.	Notes: Brad shared his reward with Troyzan.	Notes: Brad shared his reward with Troyzan.	Notes: Brad shared his reward with Troyzan.	Notes: Brad shared his reward with Troyzan.	Notes: Brad shared his reward with Troyzan.
|-|Voting History=
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 In , Troyzan used a Hidden Immunity Idol, but did not negate any votes against him. Also, Tai used a Hidden Immunity Idol, negating Troyzan's vote against him.</tabber>
==Post-Survivor==
* Since late 2012, Troyzan has been a member of Dick At Nite, a Survivor podcast hosted by Big Brother 8 winner Evel Dick. 
* In 2015, Troyzan, along with Joel Klug, Brooke Struck, Jamie Newton, Jill Behm, and Nina Poersch participated in the Durham Warriors Survival Challenge.http://truedorktimes.com/s32/baker/dwsc.htm Troyzan finished in 5th place.http://truedorktimes.com/s32/baker/dwsc2.htm
* In June 2017, Troyzan appeared as a guest in the first episode of Aubry Bracco's podcast "Odd With Aubry".https://twitter.com/aubrybracco/status/872186880221204480
==Trivia==
* Troyzan actively applied for after for 11 years prior to being cast on . Among his attempts, he made to the casting semi-finals 5 times and the casting finals of and one other season.https://www.realitytvworld.com/news/exclusive-troy-troyzan-robertson-talks-survivor-one-world-(part-2)-13414.phpnhttps://parade.com/551936/joshwigler/survivor-game-changers-troyzan-robertson/
* His nickname "Troyzan" is similar to fellow contestant Greg Smith's nickname, "Tarzan".
* Troyzan is the highest-placing man from the post-switch Salani tribe.
* Only women voted against Troyzan throughout the entirety of One World.
* Troyzan is the only person to play a Hidden Immunity Idol in One World.
* Troyzan lost 14 lbs. during his time on One World.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7EfIZwv750
* Troyzan was contacted to compete on and (with his brother as his partner) before being cut.
* Troyzan was one of 32 contestants eligible to be selected to compete on ,https://ew.com/gallery/survivor-second-chance-contenders/?slide=195920#195920 but was not chosen for the final cast.
* Troyzan and Brad Culpepper are the only two players from the Cambodia ballot who were not voted in, but later competed in another season.
* Troyzan is the oldest contestant to compete on .
** Troyzan became the fifth castaway who was the oldest person on their season to reach the Final Tribal Council, following Kim Johnson in , Lillian Morris in , Phillip Sheppard in , and Carolyn Rivera in .
* Troyzan is the only contestant in Game Changers to not have previously played on a season with any other contestant.
* Both times Troyzan played, he played with one of the Culpeppers. A similar coincidence happened with Monica Padilla playing with one of the Morett women, and Terry Deitz playing with one of the Baskauskas brothers.
* Troyzan is the only member of the original Mana to be switched to the Tavua tribe.
* Troyzan is the only man of the original Mana tribe to make the merge.
* Troyzan is the only man in Game Changers to make the merge without ever being a member of Nuku.
* In Game Changers, Troyzan lasted the longest without getting elimination votes against him.
* Troyzan is the highest-placing member of the original Mana tribe.
==References==
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