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Scot Pollard

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Scot Pollard

Scot Pollard

The 6-foot-11 NBA champion whose Kaôh Rōng “super idol” fizzled in his pocket when Tai refused to add the second half.

Seasons
1
Occupation
Retired NBA player
Hometown
Carmel, IN
The story

Scot Pollard brought NBA-champion size and a heel's swagger to Kaôh Rōng. The 6-foot-11 former big man leaned on the Brawn tribe's rivals and helped engineer the season's most infamous gambit: a 'super idol' he and Jason built to be playable even after the votes were read.

It never came together. When Tai refused to add the second half at the crucial Tribal, the super idol fizzled, and Scot was blindsided in eighth with a useless idol in his pocket — a reminder that the social game beats the hardware every time.

By the torchlight

Career record

8th
best finish
27
days on the island

Where they finished

the bigger the blaze, the deeper the run

  1. 8thS32
  1. 32

    Kaôh Rōng

    8th

    2016 · Cambodia · To Tang

    27 days

Read the votes

At Tribal Council

Pulled from the urn — every vote ever cast against Scot, and how often Scot read the night right.

7
votes against
8
Tribals sat at
4 / 8
read right
50% of the time
The tribe weighs in

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Tribe rating

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Your scores

7
7
7
The wider tribe

Played alongside Scot

Castaways Scot shared the island with — tap any face to cross over to their game.

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Around the fire

Common questions

Did Scot Pollard win Survivor?
No. Scot Pollard competed on Survivor but did not win. The 6-foot-11 NBA champion whose Kaôh Rōng “super idol” fizzled in his pocket when Tai refused to add the second half.
How many times has Scot Pollard played Survivor?
Scot Pollard has played 1 season of Survivor: Season 32 (Kaôh Rōng).
What is Scot Pollard's best finish on Survivor?
Scot Pollard's best finish is 8th on Survivor: Kaôh Rōng (Season 32).
How many days has Scot Pollard played Survivor?
Scot Pollard has spent 27 days on the island across 1 season.
How many times was Scot Pollard voted against at Tribal Council?
Across 8 Tribal Councils, 7 votes were cast against Scot Pollard.
How good was Scot Pollard at reading the vote?
Scot Pollard voted for the eliminated castaway at 4 of 8 vote-decided Tribal Councils — 50% of the time.
What is Scot Pollard known for?
The 6-foot-11 NBA champion whose Kaôh Rōng “super idol” fizzled in his pocket when Tai refused to add the second half.

Around the fire

The tribe's debating Scot's game right now

“Cirie never needed an idol. She WAS the idol — read every vote a round early and bent the whole jungle to her will without a single immunity win. That's the cei…”
— MergeBeast · 64 🔥 and climbing

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