Survivor: Why Amber Mariano Is An Underrated Winner
Many Survivor winners are considered some of the greatest contestants to ever play the game, but some winners, likeAll-Stars champ Amber Mariano (née Brkich), are severely underrated. Amber first played in the show's second season, Survivor: The Australian Outback, but didn't make much of an impact on the game. Though she achieved fame due to the immense popularity of the show at the time, she was mostly known as the young and mild-mannered sidekick to the season's then-notorious villain, Jerri Manthey.
Amber returned to Survivor in season 8 for its first All-Star season. She was a controversial casting choice due to her small edit on her original season and was most likely chosen due to bigger stars in her archetype turning down the offer to return. However, she made the most of her second chance, being crowned the season's winner after forming a romantic relationship with her castmate "Boston" Rob Mariano. Amber bested Rob in the end when she won a 4-3 jury vote against him, and the couple went on to become one of the most well-known reality TV celebrity couples ever. Known as "Romber," they competed on two seasons of The Amazing Race, got married, had four daughters together, and after Rob won season 22 of Survivor, they returned to the show together in 2020 for Survivor: Winners at War, but neither emerged victorious.
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Amber's reputation as a winner has been overshadowed by Boston Rob's strategic dominance onAll Stars since the season first aired. Many fans and commentators list Amber as one of Survivor's weaker winners, and some even argue that Rob was robbed of the title of Sole Survivor by a bitter jury. What these criticisms fail to
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