Amber Mariano
Everybody is running around like a chicken with its head cut off. Survivor 40, E1
Played on
75 days played
Game record
Vote alignment74%of 19 ballots
61st percentile of 423 castaways
Immunity record1career immunity win
77th percentile of 751 castaways
Jury vote share57%of 7 jury votes
70th percentile of 125 finalists
Occupation at casting Administrative Assistant, Director of Marketing and Communications Hometown Pensacola, Florida
Played with 45 castaways across 3 seasons See every connection ↓ Mariano has shared a beach with forty-five castaways, inside the most-connected tenth of everyone who has played.
Biography
Amber Mariano (nee Brkich) won Survivor: All-Stars (Season 8), riding a strong alliance, and a now-famous showmance with Rob Mariano, all the way to a narrow final-vote victory. After a quieter debut on Survivor: The Australian Outback (Season 2), her All-Stars win came alongside a real-life romance: Rob proposed at the live finale, and the two later married.
Amber returned nearly two decades later for the all-winners Survivor: Winners at War (Season 40), reuniting the game's most famous couple on the beach.
Though often overshadowed by her more vocal husband, Amber Mariano is a genuine Survivor champion in her own right, half of the franchise's signature love story and a winner whose social game carried her to the title.
Get to know Amber Mariano
Amber Mariano's own answers from the pre-game cast profile CBS published before the season aired.
- Hobbies
- Being a mom of four equals no time for hobbies. LOL! Any free time we have is spent together as a family. Whether it's playing a game, going on a bike ride, or having family movie night... we love hanging out as a family!
- Inspiration
- Family, my husband Rob and four daughters.
- Luxury item
- Journal and Pen
Alliances fans have named
Survivor never names an alliance on screen. These names, and who counts as a member, are how the fan community records the game rather than an official record of it.
Birthplace, pre-game profile and alliance facts adapted from Survivor Fandom and Wikipedia, retrieved 2026-07-21. Licensed CC BY-SA.
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Seasons
| Season | Result | Days | Tribes | Votes against | Confessionals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 The Australian Outback Season 2, 2001 | 10th voted out | 33 of 42 days
| Ogakor Barramundi | 6 | 23 |
 All-Stars Season 8, 2004 | 39 of 39 days
| Chapera Chaboga Mogo | 6 | 47 | |
 Winners at War Season 40, 2020 | 2nd voted out | 3 of 39 days
| Dakal | 6 | 22 |
Castaway network
Amber Mariano’s connections
The strongest overlaps are surfaced first; every castmate is organized by season below.
- 45
- castaway connections
- 26
- tribemates
- 6
- repeat castmates
- 5
- other-show overlaps
Connections worth exploring
Repeat pairings, other-show overlaps, tribe overlap, winners and Survivor veterans rise to the top.
Every castaway, by season
Open a season for the complete cast list and the context behind each connection.
The Australian Outback 15 castaways 1 winner 7 returning players View cast
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Colby Donaldson Reunited on Survivor 84 seasons -
Jeff Varner Shared the cast3 seasons - Tina Wesson Reunited on Survivor 83 seasons Winner
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Jerri Manthey Reunited on Survivor 83 seasons -
Kimmi Kappenberg Shared the cast2 seasons -
Michael Skupin Shared the cast2 seasons -
Alicia Calaway Reunited on Survivor 82 seasons -
Debb Eaton Shared the cast1 season -
Elisabeth Filarski Shared the cast1 season -
Keith Famie Shared a tribe1 season -
Kel Gleason Shared a tribe1 season -
Maralyn Hershey Shared a tribe1 season -
Mitchell Olson Shared a tribe1 season -
Nick Brown Shared the cast1 season -
Rodger Bingham Shared the cast1 season
All-Stars 17 castaways 5 winners 17 returning players View cast
- Rob Mariano 5 seasons Winner
- Colby Donaldson Reunited on Survivor 24 seasons
- Rupert Boneham Shared a tribe Both on The Amazing Race4 seasons
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Jenna Lewis-Dougherty Shared a tribe3 seasons - Ethan Zohn Reunited on Survivor 40 Both on The Amazing Race3 seasons Winner
- Tina Wesson Reunited on Survivor 23 seasons Winner
- Jerri Manthey Reunited on Survivor 23 seasons
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Shii Ann Huang Shared a tribe2 seasons - Jenna Morasca Shared the cast Both on The Amazing Race2 seasons Winner
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Kathy Vavrick-O'Brien Shared a tribe2 seasons -
Rob Cesternino Shared a tribe2 seasons -
Lex van den Berghe Shared a tribe2 seasons -
Tom Buchanan Shared a tribe2 seasons -
Richard Hatch Shared the cast2 seasons Winner -
Rudy Boesch Shared the cast2 seasons -
Susan Hawk Shared a tribe2 seasons - Alicia Calaway Reunited on Survivor 22 seasons
Winners at War 19 castaways 19 winners 19 returning players View cast
- Rob Mariano 5 seasons Winner
- Parvati Shallow Shared the cast4 seasons Winner
- Tyson Apostol Shared a tribe4 seasons Winner
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Sandra Diaz-Twine Shared a tribe4 seasons Winner -
Jeremy Collins Shared the cast3 seasons Winner -
Sarah Lacina Shared a tribe3 seasons Winner -
Tony Vlachos Shared a tribe3 seasons Winner - Ethan Zohn Reunited on Survivor 8 Both on The Amazing Race3 seasons Winner
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Adam Klein Shared the cast2 seasons Winner -
Nick Wilson Shared a tribe2 seasons Winner -
Wendell Holland Shared a tribe2 seasons Winner -
Yul Kwon Shared a tribe2 seasons Winner -
Ben Driebergen Shared the cast2 seasons Winner -
Danni Boatwright Shared the cast2 seasons Winner -
Denise Stapley Shared the cast2 seasons Winner -
Kim Spradlin-Wolfe Shared a tribe2 seasons Winner -
Michele Fitzgerald Shared the cast2 seasons Winner -
Sophie Clarke Shared a tribe2 seasons Winner - Natalie Anderson Shared the cast Both on The Amazing Race2 seasons Winner