Challenges: MPF percentile
NA
Seasons: 1 | Days played: 14 | Wins: 0 | Jury: 0
- Survivor 12: Panama - Exile Island (2006) - 12th place, 5th out.
- Voted out in Episode 5, "For Cod's Sake" (Day 14).
'Bob Dawg' Mason on social media: None found.
| Challenge stats | Tribal council stats | Jury stats | Overall stats | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | ChW | ChA | ChW% | VFB | VAP | TCA | TC% | wTCR | JVF | TotJ | JV% | SurvSc | SurvAv |
| S12: Panama | 0.57 | 1.55 | 0.37 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0.39 | 2.00 | - | - | - | 0.76 | 2.57 |
| Career | 0.57 | 1.55 | 0.37 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0.39 | 2.00 | - | - | - | 0.76 | 2.57 |
'Bob Dawg' Mason - Performance ranks
Tribal: VFB% percentile
46%
Tribal: rVAP percentile
40%
Performance ranks are a quick visual measure of the contestant's season vs. historical data from all prior contestants, in three basic (scorable) categories:
1. Performance in individual challenges (MPF), as a measure of "physical game";
2. Ability to vote people out consistently (VFB%, or VFB/TCA), or "strategic game"; and
3. Ability to avoid being voted against (rVAP, or TCA-VAP) - which scales better than a percentage would - for "social/strategic game."
See also: Full glossary for all these abbreviations.
'Bob Dawg' Mason - Challenge record
S12: Panama challenges 
Tribal/team challenge record (3-for-9; 1 3rd; 1 sit-out):
- Panama Ep. 1 IC: "4x4" - Younger men are last to the puzzle, don't lose (3rd/4).
- Panama Ep. 2 RC: "A Reptile Dysfunction" - Crosses obstacles, but Casaya loses.
- Panama Ep. 2 IC: "Anchor Management" - Helps bail, Casaya loses again.
- Panama Ep. 3 RC: "Cross Fire" - Shooter for Casaya, which barely loses, 5-4.
- Panama Ep. 3 IC: "Battle Dig" - Drags Ruth Marie for final point; Casaya wins, 3-2.
- Panama Ep. 4 RC: "Puzzle Paranoia" - Retrieves his piece, and Casaya wins.
- Panama Ep. 4 IC: "Sea Level Tree Level" - Sits out, as Casaya wins again.
- Panama Ep. 5 RC: "For Cod's Sake" - Chops fish heads with abandon; Casaya wins.
- Panama Ep. 5 IC: "Buried at Sea" - Works the puzzle with Shane, but Casaya loses.
Individual challenge record (0-for-0):
- Panama: None.
Hero challenge/ duel record (0-for-0):
- Panama Ep. 1 RC: "Skull Crush" - Does not participate.
Career totals - challenges
| Wins: | 3 |
| 3rd place: | 1 |
| Played: | 9 |
| Win%: | 0.36 |
| Sat out: | 1 |
| Wins: | 0 |
| Played: | 0 |
| Win%: | - |
| Mean% Finish: | - |
| Wins: | 0 |
| Played: | 0 |
| Win%: | - |
| Mean% Finish: | - |
'Bob Dawg' Mason - Tribal Council record
S12: Panama
Tribal 
Idols held/played (0/0):
- Panama: None.
VFB - Votes for the person booted (1/2):
- Panama, Ep. 2: Melinda Hyder (voted out, 5-2).
VAP - Votes against (3):
- Panama, Ep. 5: Three votes, from Cirie, Courtney, and Danielle (voted out, 3-2-1-1).
Jury votes made (0/0):
- Panama: None.
Career totals - Tribal Council
| Found: | 0 |
| Played: | - |
| Votes voided: | - |
| VFB: | 1 |
| Tribals: | 2 |
| VAP: | 3 |
| Made: | 0 |
| For winners: | - |
| Received: | - |
'Bob Dawg' Mason - Pictures
S12: Panama
image gallery -
Panama intro shot -
Panama intro shot -
Full cast arrival at Exile Island, Day 1 -
With the "younger men" tribe -
Pleased to be with the younger men -
Starting line -
Made it to the raft -
Digging up the instructions -
Time to swap tribes, Ep2 -
The new Casaya tribe -
Starting line, Ep2 RC -
Crossing the ladder bridge -
With Cirie and Melinda, the non-majority group -
Starting line, Ep2 IC -
Shane wants to quit? -
Casaya, Ep2 Tribal Council -
Talking about Bruce joining Casaya, Ep3 -
Pre-challenge lineup, Ep3 RC -
Ready to launch -
The losing Casayas -
Pre-challenge lineup, Ep3 IC -
Dragging Ruth Marie to score the final point -
Casaya wins immunity! -
Pre-challenge lineup, Ep4 RC -
Starting line -
Casaya wins reward! -
Hugs -
A new friend enters the camp -
Talking about christening the Casa de Charmin -
I feel about 20 lbs lighter! -
Pre-challenge lineup, Ep4 IC -
Watching from the sit-out bench -
Casaya wins immunity! -
Pre-challenge lineup, Ep5 RC -
Throwing fish -
Chopping fish -
Casaya wins reward! -
That's right -
Boozing it up with Bruce -
I feel swell about it, Courtney -
Courtney is one of the top three most irritating people in the world -
Pre-challenge lineup, Ep5 IC -
Finally working on the puzzle -
Shane swears on Boston that Bob Dawg is good to six -
Casaya, Ep5 Tribal Council -
Talking to Probst -
Fifth person voted out... -
Snuffed, Day 14 (Episode 5)
'Bob Dawg' Mason - Interviews
S12: Panama
interviews Pre-game interviews
- The Survivor: Panama pre-game press roundtable (1/26/06)
Post-game interviews
- Polly Leider at CBSNews.com (3/2/06): "Survivor: Bob Dog An Angry Exile"
- Tashi Tagg at TVSA.co.za (12/1/06): "Bob Dog Barks: What You Didn't See"
'Bob Dawg' Mason - Bio
S12: Panama
bio Official CBS.com Survivor: Panama - Exile Island bio page excerpts (1/9/06):
"Bobby Mason grew up in South Central Los Angeles, where he lost three friends over the years to gunshot wounds. When Mason reached high school, his parents facilitated his admittance to one of the top college prep schools in the country, The Harvard School (now known as Harvard-Westlake) in North Hollywood, California. While at the Harvard School, Mason was exposed to a diverse community of children from varying cultural and economic backgrounds and varying degrees of privilege. Mason declares he had experiences and made lifelong friendships with people that he otherwise would probably never have encountered or been exposed to. He honed his dream of being a scholar/athlete at the highest levels and was able to realize this when he was admitted to Amherst College in Massachusetts.
In 1996, Mason received his Bachelor of Arts degree cum laude in political science from Amherst, where he had also played baseball. He went on to attend Stanford Law School, graduated in 2000 and is currently an attorney in Los Angeles. He previously worked as an assistant to a sports agent and a consultant at a consulting firm.
Mason is a member of the American and California Bar Associations, Black Entertainment and Sports Lawyers Association, Black Sports Agents Association, National Association of Record Industry Professionals and Los Angeles Music Network.
In his spare time, Mason enjoys working out, any competition, fantasy baseball, drawing, reading and comic books. He describes himself as dominant, loyal, malleable and stubborn. He is most proud of being an all-around good guy. He was on "Blind Date" in 1998."