Player file
Mark Caruso
Forest Hills, New York · Retired NYPD Detective
Survivor
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1season played
0seasons won
16thbest finish
8days in the game
Career
Seasons played
What this shows: Each season Papa Bear played, oldest first. The bar runs from the first person out (left) to the winner (right); the tall block is Papa Bear. The tiles are that season's numbers.
Spoiler-safe. This is hidden until you've watched it.Finished 16th of 18Spoiler-safe. This is hidden until you've watched it.View Survivor 23 →- 8days lasted
- 6votes against
- 50%vote accuracy1 of 2 with the majority
- 0individual wins
- 0/0 found / played
- 5confessionalstimes they talked to camera
Spoiler-safe. Papa Bear's game details (votes, moments, totals and takes) is hidden until you've watched it.
Game style
How they played
What this shows: Each bar is a percentile: the share of all 917 Survivor appearances that scored lower (50 is the typical player). Survivor bars use survivoR's scores. The label is our rule of thumb, not an official rating.
Survivor 23 · our labelEarly exitLeft before the game opened up, so there is too little to read a style from.
Why this label
Players like this
The Survivor players whose bars sit closest to Papa Bear's in Survivor 23. Match is 100 minus the typical gap between the two sets of bars, in percentile points.
Keith SowellSurvivor 38 · Early exit95matchCompare
Danni BoatwrightSurvivor 40 · Early exit94matchCompare
Gillian LarsonSurvivor 17 · Early exit94matchCompare
Jacquie BergSurvivor 17 · Early exit93matchCompare
Annie DavisSurvivor 49 · Early exit93matchCompare
How the labels work
Key moments
How their games played out
What this shows: Built from the vote and competition records, in order. Survivor: , individual wins, (we count one when a player is voted out by someone who voted with them at the previous tribal) and how they left.
Survivor 23: South Pacific1 moment
- Day8Blindsided 6–1–1 on Day 8: Dawn, Elyse, Cochran, Keith, Ozzy and Whitney had voted with them at the previous tribalblindside
Voting record
Who they voted for
What this shows: Each vote Papa Bear cast at . A filled dot means they voted with the majority; a hollow dot means they were on the losing side. The last column is who went home.
Survivor 23: South Pacific1/2 with majority
| When | Voted for | With the majority? | Went home |
|---|---|---|---|
| Day 3 | Semhar | Semhar | |
| Day 8 | Jim | Papa Bear |
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The edit
Winners' edits →How much the show featured them
What this shows: Papa Bear's share of all in each Survivor season (the bar), against the average cast member's share (the tick). Counts from survivoR.
- S231.3%5 confessionals · 15th most of 18 · average 5.6% · a quiet edit
Spoiler-safe. Papa Bear's alliances and analyst takes (they cover the rest of the season) is hidden until you've watched it.
Analysts
What the analysts said
What this shows: Podcasts, videos and articles about Papa Bear, matched by name or episode title, then how much analyst coverage each of their seasons got. Strongest matches first. Links open the original.
- Survivor: The Story of “Papa Bear” Mark CarusoRob Has a Podcast · Article · Survivor 23 · Oct 7, 2011
- Catching Up with Survivor Elyse UmemotoRob Has a Podcast · Article · Survivor 23 · Oct 21, 2011
Season coverage on RHAP
- Survivor 2331 items · 29 with Rob CesterninoSeason hub