Rob Has a Podcast

Rob Has a Podcast (abbreviated as RHAP) is a podcast hosted by and contestant Rob Cesternino.
==Overview==
The series began in 2010, with Rob and his then-fiancée (now wife) Nicole recapping , doing exit press with the eliminated castaway(s) of the week, as well as having former contestants as guests who share their thoughts about the recent episode. Supplemental off-season podcasts are also available in between seasons.
RHAP eventually branched out to cover several strategic reality television series such as Big Brother, The Amazing Race, their domestic counterparts, as well as Celebrity Apprentice, The Bachelor/Bachelorette, RuPaul's Drag Race, American Ninja Warrior, Top Chef, and The Circle. RHAP also covers scripted television series such as The Walking Dead, Game of Thrones and House of Cards.
===Survivor Know-It-Alls===
With Nicole's transition to motherhood, Survivor Know-It-Alls debuted in 2012, with Rob being joined by former (and later ) contestant Stephen Fishbach, under the premise that they know everything about Survivor except how to win it. The series, recorded live immediately after the episode airing, features a discussion of the strategy, characters, and new game developments. The series continued coverage of the subsequent seasons and has been positively received, frequently placing in the Top 10 Entertainment Podcasts on .
With Fishbach competing in , he was temporarily replaced by Parade.com writer and Post Show Recaps host, Josh Wigler.  
===The Wiggle Room/The Wandoff===
Rob and Josh Wigler began a series called The Wiggle Room where they also recap the recently concluded episode of Survivor. Beginning from , the segment called The Wandoff where listeners submitted parody songs related to the events of the previous week's episode which listeners can vote for to be part of "The Final Wandoff" at the end of the season, the winner of which can win prizes. The name originated from contestant Wanda Shirk who was known to sing made-up songs during her short time in the game. 
The Wandoff was cancelled halfway through in light of Dan Spilo's controversial incidents of inappropriate touching, the topic of which greatly offended Wigler. The series returned in . The Wandoff returned for a final time in though with reduced episodes, airing once every four weeks.
===Top 20 Players of All Time===
See RHAP Top 20 Players of All Time.
===Miss Survivor and Mr. Survivor===
In 2011, the show launched a beauty pageant competition for former female Survivor castaways. As of 2012, only castaways who competed in a season aired in the last calendar year were eligible for the competition. Parvati Shallow won the inaugural crown, and RC Saint-Amour won in 2012. In 2014 Andrea Boehlke won the title of Miss Survivor. As well the added a Mr. Survivor which Malcolm Freberg won. In 2015, Spencer Bledsoe and Natalie Anderson were crowned Mr. and Miss Survivor.
===Survivor Jeopardy!===
In 2012, Rob launched a Survivor-themed game of The show quizzed former contestants who identified as 'superfans' on their Survivor trivia. Colton Cumbie ultimately won against Sarah Dawson and Spencer Duhm.
===Reality GameMasters===
Reality GameMasters is a web series created by Rob Cesternino and Alex Forstenhausler that pits strategic players from both Survivor and Big Brother against each other in a game of Risk. The show was shot in the style of a reality show and was released in the summer of 2013. John Cochran ( and ), Sophie Clarke () and Stephen Fishbach () represented the Survivor series as competitors. Former Survivor contestants Andrea Boehlke ( and Caramoan), Billy Garcia (), and RC Saint-Amour () also made appearances in the web-series, while writer Dalton Ross co-hosted the show. In the game, the three Survivor players teamed up to take out the Big Brother contestants, yet Cochran managed to take out both Sophie and Stephen to ultimately win the game.
===Fan Favorite Player of the Season===
Because of the absence of an official Fan Favorite Award in , Rob Has a Podcast organized the first installment of its Fan Favorite Player of the Season Award.
Voting is open one week before the season finale, and the podcast listeners can vote until the day of the finale when the result is announced at the Survivor Know-It-Alls podcast of the episode.
In , Hayden Moss won, defeating Vytas Baskauskas and Ciera Eastin, who finished 2nd and 3rd respectively.
In , Spencer Bledsoe won the title. Tony Vlachos came in 2nd and Tasha Fox in 3rd.
In , Natalie Anderson beat out Jeremy Collins and Josh Canfield, who placed 2nd and 3rd respectively, in a runaway victory of 49% over their 10% and 9%. According to Rob, it was the highest percentage of all Fan Favorite winners. She is the first Sole Survivor to also win the RHAP Fan Favorite.
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===Talking with T-Bird===
Since May 2019, Rob has hosted a podcast with contestant Teresa Cooper during the Survivor off-season periods. The podcast has run for three seasons, producing interviews with over forty contestants, starting with Helen Glover on May 30, 2019. The most recent season commenced on June 3, 2022 with an interview with Taj Johnson-George.
===Survivor Top 40 Countdown===
At the end of 2020, Rob had his listeners vote and rank the 40 seasons of Survivor based on their enjoyment of the season. Starting in January 2021, Rob rotated an assortment of roundtable guests to discuss one season each week, starting with the season ranked at #40 and counting down to #1.
 came out on top and was named the Best Season of Survivor as voted by the fans, with coming in second and rounding out the top three.
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==Accolades==
In 2012, Rob Has a Podcast won "Best Entertainment Podcast" in the 8th Podcast Awards. Prior to the win, Rob dared to shave his head if he wins the award, much to Nicole's objections.http://robhasawebsite.com/rob-has-a-podcast-best-entertainment-2012-podcast-awards/
In 2013, RHAP won "Best Produced Podcast" and "Best Video Podcast" in the 9th Podcast Awards.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podcast_Awards#Categories_and_winners
In 2015, RHAP won "People's Choice" and its second "Best Entertainment Podcast" in the 10th Podcast Awards.
==References==
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