Malcolm Freberg
25, West Hollywood, CA. Dartmouth grad, ex-football player, now gone Hollywood.

More info on Survivor: Philippines contestant Malcolm Freberg
Last updated: September 16, 2012
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Pre-game vidcap gallery
Last updated: September 16, 2012

Images from the preview, pre-game interviews, and other circa-Ep1 Philippines footage:

 

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Jeff Probst cast assessments
Added: September 4, 2012

Jeff ProbstFrom MSN.com's Meet the Cast gallery (by Minh Nguyen):

 

"Malcolm says: 'I'm pretty sure I'm going to be smarter than everybody, and I know the show better than everybody else. [I'm] at least the first tier athletically, and I'm nice to look at. So, no one's going to want to get rid of me. I've got a good shot.'

 

Jeff Probst says: 'Malcolm is a Survivor prototype. He's physically fit. He's got the long jungle hair. Girls probably like him. He's very charming. People will keep around for a little bit because he's not annoying.'"

Malcolm Freberg: Official Survivor: Philippines contestant
Added: August 24, 2012

Excerpts from his CBS.com Survivor: Philippines bio page:

"Personal Claim to Fame: In college, I helped to organize and run a program that paired varsity athletes with underprivileged children in a free-to-join sports league. It still exists today.  
Inspiration in Life: O.J. Simpson before the legal drama. When he was a kid, he had rickets. For his birthday, when he was still young, his father took him to a signing to meet Jim Brown and O.J. hobbled right up to him and told him he was going to break all his records which he eventually did. I’m a sucker for underdog stories. 
Hobbies: Exercising, writing/reading and partying. 
Pet Peeves: Dumb people. 
3 Words to Describe You: Charming, brilliant and cocky.
If You Could Have 3 Things on The Island What Would They Be and Why?
1) Hair ties – I can’t see anything without them.
2) Book of puzzles – Your mind is a muscle and needs to be kept in shape.
3) Whiskey – to unwind after a hard day of challenge domination and competitor manipulation. 
Survivor Contestant You Are Most Like: I think I will play most like Russell. You can control and rule with an iron first. You just have to be clever enough for them to thank you for it in the end. I’ll run the show from day 1 until I’m handed an oversized check with my name on it. 
Reason for Being on Survivor: I’ve been watching Survivor since I was 12 years old. Some kids grow up watching baseball on TV and dream of getting their chance to play in the big leagues. I grew up watching and dreaming about playing Survivor.  
Why You Think You’ll 'Survive' Survivor: I’m smart, I’m athletic and I’m nice to look at.  
Why You Think You Will Be the Sole Survivor: There’s no reason to play the game if you’re not playing to win. I’m not trying to see ‘if I have what it takes’ or ‘how far I can make it.’ The best thing I have going for me is my single-mindedness to be the champion."

 

From his EW.com pre-game interview, by Dalton Ross:

"Why will Malcolm win Survivor? 'Because I'm better than all the other idiots out there.' A big fan of the show, Malcolm could be a true triple threat in that he appears to possess equal parts brain and brawn, and is funny and likable enough to thrive at the social game as well. But he does already have one complaint about his castmates: 'I wish there was more eye candy. There's a couple that are cute. But for primetime? C'mon, you can find something.'"

Malcolm Freberg: potential Survivor: Philippines contestant
Added: June 26, 2012

Summary of evidence for Dana Lambert being on Survivor: The Philippines.

- (5/6/12) Mixed in with some slightly off information (correct tribe names but matched to the wrong colors), S25-S26 spoiler beatlebum79 mentions Malcolm as a Survivor: Philippines contestant: "6. Other castaway names my source remembers are Malcolm and Peter. My source does not remember the other names anymore."

- (6/9/12) beatlebum79 confirmed the S26 returnee list assembled at Sucks, but added that Malcolm was also on: "7.  My source said that the names listed above as returning players are correct but with the addition of Malcolm.  Malcolm, I assume, is from Survivor: Philippines since I cannot remember any Malcolm from the previous aired seasons."

- (6/23/12) Malcolm's full name and pictures were posted by longtime spoiling pariah Jim Early (a.k.a. Missyae) by way of SurvivorFever.net.

 

Who is Malcolm Freberg?

Most of his early biographical info comes from his time as an NCAA defensive end at Dartmouth (football stats here):

- He's originally from Marietta, Georgia.

- Attended Dartmouth, obviously. Appears to have graduated in 2009, econ major.

- Following his graduation in 2009, Malcolm was a Dartmouth Volunteer Teaching Program volunteer teacher, in the Marshall Islands (for a year?).

- On his facebook, mentions moving to Hollywood circa early 2012.

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