Mike Wilks

 is a contestant from Survivor: Pampas.

Profile
Name(Age): Mike Wilks (48)

Tribe Designation: Boi

Current Residence: Lincoln Nebraska

Occupation: Retired/ Police Officer

Personal Claim to Fame: My service Record is my claim to fame. I'm incredibly proud of everything I've done to protect my home town.

Inspiration in life: My father and my Grandfather, I come from a long line of Police officers and Firefighters so I knew exactly what I wanted to do ever since I was a young boy. My son-in-law has since picked up the torch.

Hobbies: Golfing, Bowling, Going on walks with my grandchild

3 Words to Describe Yourself: Strict, Serious, Leader

If You Could Have 3 Things on the Island, What Would They Be? A book, a knife and my set of tools from home. I could build my tribe a house with all that.

SURVIVOR Contestant you are most like? Bob Crowly. We're both the older men of the tribe and we both have an unmatched work ethic. I'll never stop being useful to my tribe and do whatever I can to make sure that we're livin the good life out here.

Reason for Competing on SURVIVOR: My daughters talked me into it, I've never been much of a TV guy, and I'm still not, but my daughters love this show and just went on and on about how perfect I would be for it. After I retired I started feeling bored, so when they heard there was an Open call near Lincoln they asked me if I wanted to do it again and I finally said yes. I'm just not the type to sit still.

Why do You Think You'll Survive SURVIVOR: Camping, Starving, talking to people, these are all things that are easy for me, almost naturally. because of my Job, I've been shot, stabbed, beaten and broken, so physical stress is something I'm very used to. If there's one thing I'm not it's a quitter. I'll survive this game by working my damn ass off and being as welcoming and useful as I can be. I intend to play a game that, win or lose, will let me leave with my head held high. I'm going to be someone my girls can show their kids and say, "Hey your Grandpa's pretty cool, huh?"

Trivia
Where do you think Mike will finish? 18th 17th 16th 15th 14th 13th 12th 11th 10th 9th 8th 7th 6th 5th 4th Second Runner-Up Runner-Up Sole Survivor