Ryan Aiken

Ryan A. Aiken is a contestant from .
Overconfident like most of the Tambaqui men at the beginning, Ryan was very sure they would beat the Jaburu women, but this was shot down when he and Daniel Lue blew a lead at the balance beam portion of the first Immunity Challenge. Despite his attempts to get his enemy Roger Sexton voted out over him, Ryan became the first person voted out.
==Profile==
Retrieved from CBS.com
Ryan Aiken is currently pursuing a career as a model and actor. He attended Howard Community College in Columbia, Md. for two-and-a-half years. He enjoys lifting weights, lacrosse, running, swimming and eating pizza. His favorite sport is wrestling. He describes himself as funny, confident and talkative. He is proud of the fact that he used to be overweight, but committed to changing his body and taking responsibility for his physical well-being. If he could hold any office, he'd like to be the President of the United States as he considers himself a leader. When asked which superhero Aiken would like to be, his answer is Superman because he could bend things and see into a women's locker room. His favorite movie is "Good Will Hunting." He appeared on the television show "Young Americans" in 2000. If he wins the million, he wants to buy a house.
Aiken is currently single and lives in Ellicott City, Md. with his dog, Pudgey. He has one brother, Vincent, who is 25 years old. His birth date is February 13, 1979.https://web.archive.org/web/20230901141953/https://www.cbs.com/shows/survivor/cast/20566/
==Survivor==
Ryan was initially placed on the all-male Tambaqui tribe. Like the other men, he was confident that they could easily defeat the all-female Jaburu tribe. At camp, Ryan preferred to talk to Daniel Lue over helping at camp, earning the ire of Roger Sexton. At the first Immunity Challenge, the men had a huge lead. However, Ryan and Daniel cost Tambaqui the challenge when they failed to get across the balance beam promptly. Being in the hot seat, Ryan lobbied against the outspoken Roger, securing Daniel and Matthew von Ertfelda's votes. He then approached Rob Cesternino, who was also asked by Roger to vote out Ryan. Realizing that he was the swing vote, Rob deemed Roger more beneficial to the tribe. At Tribal Council, Ryan was the first person voted out of The Amazon in a 4-3-1 vote.
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Episode	TribeAffiliation	Challenge	Challenge Type	Sit-Out?	Result
1 	 	Unchained	Immunity 	No 	
 	 	 	 	 	
|-|Voting History=
Episode	Ryan'sVotes	Voted AgainstRyan
1 	 	
 	 	
</tabber>
==Post-Survivor==
* Ryan is the CEO and founder of a nutrition company in New York.https://www.facebook.com/ryan.aiken.9/
==Trivia==
* Ryan is the youngest man to compete on and thus the youngest member of Tambaqui.
* Ryan's luxury item was a baseball and bat.
* Ryan is the first contestant to reside in Maryland during filming.
* The episode in which he was eliminated aired on his 24th birthday.
** Ryan is the first contestant to have a season premiere air on their birthday. This would not happen again until the first episode of  first aired on David Samson's 46th birthday.
** Coincidentally, they were both voted out first.
* Ryan is the first contestant to be voted out of an initially one-gender tribe.
* Ryan is the first person under the age of 40 to be the first person voted out of a season.
==References==
Category:Contestants
Category:Male Contestants
Category:The Amazon Contestants
Category:Tambaqui Tribe
Category:16th Place
Category:Survivor (U.S.)
Category:Survivor (U.S.) Contestants
Category:Survivor: The Amazon
Category:1979 births
Category:Living people