Ricardo

* Survivor
 Survivor: Palau
Tribe(s): Ulong
Finish: 19/19
 Survivor: Fiji

Tribe(s): Kabayo, Pagong
Finish: 18/24

Tribe(s): Malakal, Dabu
Finish: 6/20
Tribe(s): Saboga, Mogo Mogo
Finish: 15/24
Days Lasted: 20

Ricardo is a contestant from *Survivor: Palau*, *Survivor: Fiji*, *Survivor: Micronesia* and *Survivor: All Stars*.

He later returned as one of the sixteen veteran *Survivor* castaways as a housemate on Big Brother 1. Ricardo was evicted tenth on Day 65, finishing in 7th place.

## Survivor: Palau

Ricardo began *Survivor: Palau* on the blue Ulong tribe. He quickly formed a tight pair with Marco. When the tribe lost the first immunity challenge, Ricardo and Marco voted for Natalie. However, Wyatt, Xenia, Jon and Jaclyn banded together and voted out Ricardo. He lasted 3 days.

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## Survivor: Fiji

Ricardo then competed in *Survivor: Fiji* originally on the red 'Pre-Merge' Kabayo tribe. At the Double Tribal Council, the majority of the tribe voted out Marisa. When Kabayo lost the second time, the tribe voted for Natalia. However, she used a Hidden Immunity Idol and her vote for Dave was the only one that counted, sending him home.

At the tribe dissolve, Ricardo was switched to the yellow Pagong tribe along with his original members Lea and Natalia. At the tribes first loss, the original Pagong members with the help of Natalia and Ryan banded together and sent home Ricardo.

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## Survivor: Micronesia

For his charming personality, Ricardo was given a spot on the purple Malakal tribe, labelled the 'Favorites' during *Survivor: Micronesia*. At the first loss, he and the other Palau representatives, Jaclyn, Xenia and Wyatt voted out Cherry. When they lost the second time, the Palau Alliance with the help of Axel voted out strong strategic threat Priya.

At the tribe switch, Ricardo remained on Malakal along with his original members, Xenia, Wyatt and Rachel. At the tribes first loss, the original Palau members and Cecilia voted out Lily. Malakal won two of the four immunity challenges and were at an advantage with the unfortunate evacuation of Kaylee. On Day 19, both tribes had to send someone home. The tight foursome banded together once more and voted off Belle.

At this point, Ricardo made it to the merge with all four of his Palau alliance members. The majority alliance voted for Gloss at the first tribal council. At the second tribal council, Ricardo banded with Cecilia, Brendan, Xenia and Rachel in voting for Arthur. The Palau alliance the showed cracks when Ricardo and majority of the tribe voted for Xenia. However, she used a Hidden Immunity Idol to save herself and Rachel was voted out in the process.

By the Final Eight, the Palau alliance was constantly changing. Ricardo voted with his allied women and sent Katniss home, before blindsiding Wyatt. Cecilia, Xenia and Jaclyn, now in charge took action. At the Final Six, the trio with the help of Brendan and Emma unanimously voted out Ricardo. At the Final Tribal Council, he voted for Cecilia to win the title of Sole Survivor.

## Survivor: All Stars

Ricardo was then given a spot during *Survivor: All Stars*, originally on the yellow Saboga tribe. Early on, the women made an alliance to vote out the men. When Saboga lost the first two challenges, Nick and Tucker were sent home. After winning three consecutive challenges, the tribe had a setback when Shawna quit to see her ill father.

At the tribe switch, Ricardo went to the green Mogo Mogo tribe along with his original member Katrina. Their tribe won the first three immunity challenges until their loss on Day 20. Katrina had an alliance with Ricardo, Karleigh had an alliance with Winston and Hunter and Heron formed a pair out of necessity. The votes were tied between 3 people (Ricardo, Karleigh and Hunter) with 2 votes each. However, Karleigh and Hunter used their Hidden Immunity Idols, sending Ricardo home.

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## Big Brother 1

In November 2020, Ricardo competed on Big Brother 1. As part of the Backwards Week Twist, Ricardo nominated Alana and Spencer for the first eviction but Gabriel and Lina were nominated. Richard won the first HOH competition and decided to evict Gabriel in order to protect his Outsider Alliance ally Lina. In Week 2, Peighton nominated *Survivor: The Australian Outback* alum Bella and Cherry, with the intention of targeting Cherry as a former Sole Survivor. However, Ricardo and majority of the house evicted Bella in order to keep Cherry around as a shield. Ricardo became the next HOH in Week 3. After Priya and Richard won Time Warp immunity, Ricardo decided to nominate Kurtis and Peighton as pawns. After Alana won the veto and saved Peighton, Ricardo replaced her with Outsider Alliance member Lina and she was evicted.

Ricardo was met with much praise for splitting up the Outsider Alliance, but feared being nominated when Priya became the next HOH. She decided nominate him, but Ricardo won the POV in order to save his ally Lea. On eviction night, Ricardo voted with the house to evict Alana after she won the past two POV competitions. After winning competitions the past two weeks, Ricardo decided to lay low and allow the bigger targets to become more threatening. In Week 5, Ricardo decided to turn on Lea and she was unanimously evicted. In Week 6, Tiffany tried to evict either Priya or Richard but Ricardo decided to evict Peighton with the majority of the house. Moments later, the housemates competed in a weeks worth of competitions in an hour as part of a Double Eviction. Cherry nominated Kurtis and Tim, but then targeted Richard after Tim won the veto. Ricardo saw this as his opportunity to come out of the shadows and voted with the house to evict Richard.

In Week 7, Tim won the next HOH competition and nominated Cherry and Priya as revenge. However, he decided to use the veto on Cherry and named Ricardo as the replacement nominee as a pawn in order to ensure that Priya would be evicted. Ricardo was worried about being the block, but the house agreed with Tim and Priya was evicted. Ricardo was glad when his close friend Belle won the next HOH competition and nominated Tiffany and Tim for eviction. Ricardo won the veto and decided not to use it, but the Black Hole Veto was anonymously played to save Tiffany. Belle named Spencer as a replacement pawn. Ricardo voted for Tim as Belle wanted, but Tim's alliance had the majority to evict Spencer.

In Week 9, Tiffany nominated Cherry and Ricardo. Belle won the veto and was considering saving either housemate. However, Tiffany told Belle whoever she didn't save would be evicted because Tiffany's alliance had the numbers. This scared Belle into not using the veto, but Ricardo assumed the house would evict Cherry because he was no longer needed as a shield. On eviction night, the four voting housemates worked together and unanimously evicted Ricardo. This made him the fifth member of the jury, where he would vote for Tiffany to win the season.