Robert Ritschel

Robert Ritschel is a contestant from Survivor: Peru – The Inca Empire.

Profile
Robert Ritschel was born in Dearborn, Michigan and raised in Detroit by a divorcé. Frequently flying to Europe with his outsourced father, they moved to Belgium when he was twelve years old. He attended the Vrije Universiteit in Brussels; there, not only did he graduate with a B.A. in Graphic Design, he fell in love with one of his soccer teammates. However, after he came out to his dad, family bonds dissolved and a week later his boyfriend had called it off.

Following the break-up, Ritschel moved back to the U.S., relocating in New York City. He worked as a media production assistant for one year before resigning to accept an offer in modeling. Despite his attractiveness, he has never taken freebies from anybody just so he stays true to his mantra, "Life has no such shortcuts". With potential impressions as simply a laid-back pretty city boy, he wants to prove those assumptions wrong with his vigor, intelligence, and fierceness.

Ritschel's hobbies include eating unctuous food, online shopping, running fantasy football and soccer games, swimming, water sports, and working out daily. He describes himself as "reserved, relentless and rocky". His biggest achievement in life is purchasing his deluxe studio apartment in cash. He thinks the biggest challenge in this competition is making deals with the wrong people. He believes the Sole Survivor title will go to him because he has watched the original Survivor series and studied everyone's interactions, has great work ethic, and can uplift anyone from a dreadfully rainy day. He wants to be on LEXX'S SURVIVOR to challenge himself to an extreme test of brawn and wits, and win the $1 million to donate half of the earnings to fund Detroit schools and save the rest for typical expenses. For his beginning strategy, he plans to align with a group of three tribemates to satisfy the "numbers game"; his second plan is to get people starstruck about his athleticism in bargain with taking him to the merge.

Ritschel lives in Brooklyn with his pet ferret Mixalot and is single.

Trivia

 * Robert shares the record with Ashly Marin as the first LGBT contestants to compete on LEXX'S SURVIVOR.
 * Robert is the youngest male contestant of the original Apu tribe.
 * Robert is the first contestant and first male contestant from New York.
 * Robert's luxury item is a stick of lip balm.