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Gregory "Greg" Lantz Smith[1] (also known as Tarzan) is a contestant from Survivor: One World.

The oldest castaway on One World, Tarzan is remembered for his very eccentric and self-admittedly irascible behavior. He deployed his ornate vocabulary with inconsistent denotative accuracy, repelled many of his tribemates with what they deemed unsanitary conduct, and was involved in spats with some of the politest, least objectionable personalities on the island, including Jonas Otsuji and Chelsea Meissner. However, he concocted a sly plan to deliver himself to the Final Tribal Council against long, Daugherty-eqsue odds. This plan did not come to fruition, however, as he was foiled at the final six by eventual winner Kim Spradlin.

Profile[]

Retrieved from CBS.com

Name (Age): Greg Smith (64)
Tribe Designation: Manono
Current Residence: Houston, Texas
Occupation: Plastic Surgeon
Personal Claim to Fame: Board Certification in General Surgery and Plastic Surgery, receiving a 1st place award for research in reconstructive surgery, playing for "Doug Silvers & the Starliters" as an organ/pianist, 4th place as Campion Missouri State Wrestler Light Heavyweight and a marriage for 30 years to a true "soul mate."
Inspiration in Life: Tarzan, who is empathic toward nature; kind, brave, noble, "manly," and Scaramouche (the Raphael Sabatinni version) – a statesman, romantic, adventurer, swordsman and empathic toward the needs to women.
Hobbies: Art, music, adventure, entomology and primatology.
Pet Peeves: Inequity and deceit.
3 Words to Describe You: Creative, childlike, (but not childish) and honorable.
Survivor Contestant You Are Most Like: Coach Ben Wade – he seems to be a romantic, adventurer, poetic and creative.
Reason for Being on Survivor: The adventure, the challenge; to lose weight.
Why You Think You'll "Survive" Survivor: I'm of the jungle and part of nature.
Why You Think You Will Be the Sole Survivor: Other than the misfortunes of contretemps, I hope to outwit, outplay, outlast.[2]

Survivor[]

The game is afoot.

—Tarzan

Despite being the oldest (and arguably the weirdest) member of the tribe, Tarzan found himself in the majority alliance with Colton Cumbie, Troyzan Robertson, Leif Manson, and Jonas Otsuji. His knowledge and life experience did help out in some aspects of camp life, he didn't do so well in many challenges but thanks to Colton's scheming, he was kept around instead of stronger players such as Matt Quinlan and Monica Culpepper. After Colton's medical evacuation and the merge, Tarzan reneged his old alliance, turned against Jonas (along with voting him off), and decided to vote with the women. Because he aided in voting off the men and because he wasn't a threat, Tarzan would be the last man standing and even outlast one of the women, Kat Edorsson. In "It's Human Nature", Tarzan told both Kim Spradlin and Alicia Rosa that they should go to the final four with him and Christina Cha and he told conflicting stories that as the final member of the jury, he would sway the jury to vote for Kim and Alicia to win. When Chelsea Meissner won the Reward Challenge and took Kim and Sabrina Thompson with her, Tarzan used this opportunity to solidify an alliance with Alicia and Christina and tried to set a plan in motion to vote off Chelsea. Kim and Alicia would eventually have a conversation and were wondering if Tarzan was planning something bigger and trying to take one of them out. Despite Tarzan's strategizing with the remaining women, they decided that Tarzan would receive all the male jurors votes at the end and voted him off unanimously. Before leaving, Tarzan thanked the women for letting him see his wife, Terri, at the Loved Ones Challenge. However, unbeknownst to him, fellow jury member Michael Jefferson flipped him off behind his back.

At Final Tribal Council, Tarzan cast his vote for Kim, who won in a 7-2-0 vote.

Episode Tribe
Affiliation
Challenge Challenge Type Sit-Out? Result
1 Manono Free Fallin' Reward/Immunity No Won1
2 D.I.Y. Knots Reward No Won
By the Numbers Immunity Yes Won
3 Shut Your Trap Reward Yes Lost
Ow Pairs Immunity No Lost
4 Coco Connection Reward No Lost
Puzzle Relay Immunity No Won2
5 Dear Liza Reward No Lost
Basket Brawl Immunity No Lost
6 Coco Pops Reward No Lost
Tribes Merged, Night 17
7 Tikiano Sea Turtles Reward Lost
Rollerballs Immunity Lost
8 7UP Reward Won
Odd Shaped Bottoms Immunity Lost
9 D.I.Y. Ladder Tree Golf Reward Lost
When It Rains, It Pours Immunity Lost
10 Survivor Auction
Return from the Dead Immunity Lost
11 Touchy Subjects Reward Lost
Slip Slidin' Away Immunity Lost
12 Connecting With Loved Ones Reward Lost
I Hold On Immunity Lost
13 Spinning Wheel Reward Lost
Bone to Pick Immunity Lost
Voted Out, Day 36
Notes:
^1 Kourtney from Salani was removed from the challenge, preventing Salani from completing the challenge, so Manono won by default.
^2 Manono unanimously agreed to give up their immunity to Salani before Tribal Council.

Episode Tarzan's
Votes
Voted Against
Tarzan
1 Manono Tribe Immune
2 Manono Tribe Immune
3 Matt -
4 Bill -
5 Monica Christina, Monica
6 No Vote
7 Jonas -
8 Christina Alicia, Christina
9 Jay -
10 Leif Alicia, Christina, Kim
11 Christina -
12 Kat -
13 Chelsea Alicia, Chelsea,
Christina, Kim, Sabrina
Voted Out, Day 36
Voted for
Sole Survivor
Kim

Post-Survivor[]

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Trivia[]

  • Tarzan is the oldest contestant to compete on One World.
  • Tarzan prefers to go by "Tarzan", almost similar to tribemate Troy "Troyzan" Robertson.
  • Jeff Probst claimed that Tarzan had an ego problem, and he even went as far as telling the medical team how to give a physical examination.
  • Every time Tarzan received a vote, Christina Cha was one of them.
  • Tarzan had the most votes cast against him in One World with 12 votes.
  • Tarzan is the highest-placing member of Manono.
  • Tarzan lost 24.4 lbs. during his time in One World.[3]

References[]

Survivor: One World Castaways
 Alicia
Salani
S24 alicia t
 Bill
Manono
S24 bill t
 Chelsea
Salani
S24 chelsea t
 Christina
Salani
S24 christina t
 Colton
Manono
S24 colton t
 Jay
Manono
S24 jay t
 Jonas
Manono
S24 jonas t
 Kat
Salani
S24 kat t
 Kim
Salani
S24 kim t
 Kourtney
Salani
S24 kourtney t
 Leif
Manono
S24 leif t
 Matt
Manono
S24 matt t
 Michael
Manono
S24 michael t
 Monica
Salani
S24 monica t
 Nina
Salani
S24 nina t
 Sabrina
Salani
S24 sabrina t
 Tarzan
Manono
S24 tarzan t
 Troyzan
Manono
S24 troyzan t
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