Survivor Elimination Amounts to a Hill of Beans - E! Online

Thursday, March 5th, 2009

Quoting from Survivor Elimination Amounts to a Hill of Beans - E! Online by NATALIE FINN
We had become so used to Timbira’s losing ways and Coach’s self-serving motivational speeches that we weren’t prepared for Jalapao to lose a step on Survivor: Tocantins.
Well, not at first.
But because Exile Island regular Taj Johnson-George is so [...]



Survivor: Coach Ben Wade Crack Pot Or Crook? | Reality TV Magazine

Thursday, March 5th, 2009

Quoting from Survivor: Coach Ben Wade Crack Pot Or Crook? | Reality TV Magazine by Paulene Hinds
Survivor: Tocantins season 18 is well underway and one contestant in particular has been drawing negative attention to himself both on and off the show. “Coach” Ben Wade is being called a manipulator and egotistical guy on [...]



Survivor continues to outwit, outplay, outlast - www.canada.com

Thursday, March 5th, 2009

Quoting from Survivor continues to outwit, outplay, outlast BY ALEX STRACHAN
 
The Steven Seagal look is back.
That’s one of the lessons to be learned from the latest season of Survivor.
Another lesson is that working together beats going it alone — even though, in the end, only one person can walk away with the million-dollar grand [...]



‘Survivor: Tocantins’ Aftergasm: That Coach We All Hated

Sunday, March 1st, 2009

Quoting from ‘Survivor: Tocantins’ Aftergasm: That Coach We All Hated
Survivor: Tocantins is still in it’s early stages, so we must refrain from judging so soon. The real players, the ones who will stamp their mark on the season, the ones we’ll perhaps remember in the future, have yet to assert themselves, have yet to [...]



Jeff Probst blogs ‘Survivor: Tocantins’ (episode 3) | PopWatch Blog | EW.com

Friday, February 27th, 2009

Quoting from Jeff Probst blogs ‘Survivor: Tocantins’ (episode 3) | PopWatch Blog | EW.com
This week’s observation about Sierra: Sierra is like an annoying little sister that you constantly complain about but secretly love having around because there is just something about her you’d miss if she was gone. Timbira will miss Sierra if they [...]



Jerry ill, Coach making people sick on ‘Survivor: Tocantins’ - It Happened Last Night - Zap2it

Friday, February 27th, 2009

Quoting from Jerry ill, Coach making people sick on ‘Survivor: Tocantins’ - It Happened Last Night - Zap2it By Andrew Stubinski
At Survivor: Tocantins, a few personalities have started to poke heads out of their little holes not unlike the fabled groundhogs that are the harbingers of either spring, or six more weeks of [...]



Survivor: Mama Said There’d Be Days Like This - TV Squad

Friday, February 27th, 2009

Quoting from Survivor: Mama Said There’d Be Days Like This - TV Squad by Jackie Schnoop
(S18E03) Yep, yep … that’s maize in the maze on Survivor. It looks like it’s totally missing the bucket, doesn’t it? Well, maybe, just maybe they weren’t supposed to get it in the bucket. Perhaps it’s something new and [...]



‘Survivor’ recap: Coach is driving me crazy

Thursday, February 26th, 2009

Quoting from ‘Survivor’ recap: Coach is driving me crazy By Amanda Hamilton
He’s obsessed with Erinn and should not be the new leader of Timbira now that Jerry is gone
Benjamin “Coach” Wade is the head women’s soccer coach at the Southwest Baptist University in Missouri. He’s also incredibly irritating. Interestingly, Ben Wade is also the [...]



“Survivor: Tocantins”: If we had voted - al.com

Thursday, February 26th, 2009

Quoting from “Survivor: Tocantins”: If we had voted - Scene blog - al.com Posted by Alec Harvey and Jennifer Jacobson
It was like that moment in most any horror film, when it suddenly occurs to the survivors that there’s a crazy person in their midst. “Coach” Benjamin Wade spoke at the Timbira tribe’s tribal council, [...]



‘Survivor: Tocantins’: Episode 3, “Mama Said There’d Be Days Like This” Recap

Thursday, February 26th, 2009

Quoting from ‘Survivor: Tocantins’: Episode 3, “Mama Said There’d Be Days Like This” Recap Part 1 of 2
Back at camp Coach says the worst thing we could do is to blame any one person in the tribe for the loss, but then he runs to the watering hole with Tyson and rattles through a [...]



Beans Not Good for the Survivor Heart - E! Online

Thursday, February 26th, 2009

Quoting from Beans Not Good for the Survivor Heart - E! Online
Coach Wade—who took it upon himself to name an amused Tyson Apostol his assistant coach—seemed pretty intent on sending his nonfavorites, like Sierra Reed and Erinn Lobdell, home.
But as the day wore on, Jerry Sims’ tummy troubles made the steadily weakening 49-year-old U.S. [...]



‘Survivor’ proves too tough for one player - Survivor- msnbc.com

Thursday, February 26th, 2009

Quoting from ‘Survivor’ proves too tough for one player - Survivor- msnbc.com By Andy Dehnart
The tribe has spoken: Army sergeant Jerry was voted out because he was sick and weak to compete. After the immunity challenge, he doubled over and said, “I’m through. I’m finished.” But later he told us, “They have to vote [...]



‘Survivor: Tocantins’ recap: Now they’re molesting statues! EW.com

Thursday, February 26th, 2009

Quoting from ‘Survivor: Tocantins’ recap: Now they’re molesting statues! | 1 | TV Recaps | EW.com By Dalton Ross
‘Survivor: Tocantins’ Recap: Idol Hands
SKIRTING THE ISSUE
Brendan had to undress a statue to get his hands on the hidden immunity idol
“I just started kinda feeling around, and looking at the skirt, and then lift up the [...]



The Deadbolt Interview - Talking Tocantins Trash with Brazilian Survivor Candace Smith

Monday, February 23rd, 2009

Quoting from The Deadbolt Interview - Talking Tocantins Trash with Brazilian Survivor Candace Smith by Troy Rogers
Now that we’re two episodes into Survivor Tocantins, the tribes were quick to get down to business after two potential survivors were blindsided at consecutive Tribal Councils. The tribal action in the second episode of Survivor Tocantins heated [...]



Survivor: The Poison Apple Needs to Go - TV Squad

Friday, February 20th, 2009

Quoting from Survivor: The Poison Apple Needs to Go - TV Squad
What? A new twist?
At least it’s something new and not just redone from previous seasons. So, the one going to Exile Island has to choose someone from the “winning” tribe to accompany him. Two clue urns, only one with a clue and the [...]



reality blurred + Coach bails on his keep-the-strong strategy; Candace says “he’s full of sh*t, he’s misogynist”

Friday, February 20th, 2009

Sounds like Candace got along well with her tribe (not).
Quoting from reality blurred + Coach bails on his keep-the-strong strategy; Candace says “he’s full of shit, he’s misogynist”
There was no logical reason to dump Candace, who was one of Timbira’s stronger members, especially after Sierra proved to be useless during the challenge. Ben, who [...]



Jeff Probst blogs ‘Survivor: Tocantins’: episode 2 | EW.com

Friday, February 20th, 2009

Quoting from Jeff Probst blogs ‘Survivor: Tocantins’: episode 2 | PopWatch Blog | EW.com by Jeff Probst
First things first. Did you see our ratings? We went up from last year’s premiere! That doesn’t happen. Television ratings are crumbling all around us as the networks scramble to figure out how to combat DVR’s, kids [...]



Ousted ‘Survivor’ never saw it coming - Survivor- msnbc.com

Thursday, February 19th, 2009

Quoting from Ousted ‘Survivor’ never saw it coming - Survivor- msnbc.com By Andy Dehnart
Candace Smith was a strong player, but made enemies early
Candace Smith, an attorney from Dayton, Ohio, was the second person voted off “Survivor Tocantins.”
The tribe has spoken: Timbira’s first trip to Tribal Council ended with a surprise. Candace was voted out, [...]



Survivor: Tocantins — Timbira Treks To Tribal | Reality TV Magazine

Thursday, February 19th, 2009

Quoting from Survivor: Tocantins — Timbira Treks To Tribal | Reality TV Magazine
Timbira Torn Between Three
At Timbira, they were strategizing about who to vote off and Candace was after Coach. She felt he wasn’t excelling physically like she expected him to. “I don’t see what Coach is bringing to the table except a lot [...]



Survivor Tocantins: Recap For Feb. 19

Thursday, February 19th, 2009

Quoting from Survivor Tocantins: Recap For Feb. 19
Candace and Benjamin have a discussion about how to cook the rice and beans. Ben says that the rice will soak up the water and the beans will burn, but she tells him that she knows what she is doing.  Benjamin apologizes to her later and offers [...]