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Rob Antonson

Rhode Island airline gate agent, podcaster and Survivor 51 contestant.

Biography

Rob Antonson is an airline gate agent and Survivor 51 contestant from Rhode Island.

Rob Antonson worked at Boston Logan Airport and hosted a sports podcast before Survivor 51. He found an idol early in the game, then attempted an unusual self-vote at Tribal Council. After leaving in the third episode, he explained how that plan had developed without his allies knowing.

Known for

Contestant

Survivor 51

Rob Antonson competed on Survivor 51 in 2026.[2]

Career highlights

  1. Career 1

    Airport work and broadcasting interests

    He works at Boston Logan International Airport and was living in Cumberland when the season premiered. Outside that job, his interests include sports broadcasting and podcasting. He joined the series in 2026.[1][3]

  2. Career 2

    Journalism studies and an earlier audition

    Antonson told Rhode Island Monthly that he was born in Providence and spent much of his life in Johnston. He earned a degree in broadcast journalism and described running a sports podcast from a home studio. He had also applied to Survivor roughly twenty years before finally joining the cast.[3]

  3. Career 3

    Finding an immunity idol and allies

    On the island, Antonson found a hidden immunity idol and worked closely with Carter Krull and Ana Sani.[4]

  4. Career 4

    The attempted self-vote

    His first Tribal Council produced an unusual plan: he intended to protect Eric Macksoud with the idol and vote for himself. Production stopped the self-vote because it broke the rules, and he ultimately wrote Macksoud’s name instead.[4]

  5. Career 5

    Leaving the game and explaining his decisions

    Antonson left the game during the third episode. In his October 8 interview with Parade, he explained that the attempted self-vote had not been discussed with his closest allies, and that he had missed the change in plans that led to Sani’s elimination. His account showed a gap between the move he imagined and the information available to the rest of his tribe.[4]