Thursday, February 5th, 2009
Quoting from Why does that reality show contestant look so familiar? – VIDEO – TV Squad
If that isn’t weird/awesome enough for you, also arriving on the next season of Survivor (with little fanfare, mind you) is Tamara “Taj” Johnson-George, one-third of the 90s R&B trio SWV (she also penned the book, Player HateHER: How [...]
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Thursday, February 5th, 2009
Quoting from The Voice Tribune – Into the Wild: Sandy Burgin to compete on ‘Survivor’ reality show
Burgin tried out for the show once before, but didn’t hear anything. So she tried out again, thinking she was trying out for “Survivor: Gabon,” but landed a spot on “Survivor: Tocantins – the Brazilian Highlands.”
After auditioning, Burgin [...]
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Thursday, February 5th, 2009
Quoting from Coach Wade vows to change “Survivor” – News
Whether Coach Benjamin Wade wins CBS’s “Survivor: Tocantins” or not, he has already won the real survivor.
Two and a half years ago, Wade, who is the University’s women’s head soccer coach, fell suddenly off the bench while doing a warm-up set in the Meyer [...]
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Thursday, February 5th, 2009
Quoting from reality blurred + Joe Dowdle: “I wouldn’t want to do this thing if I had to abide by my ethics because it wouldn’t be fun”
Joe’s “persuade and evade” strategy is the most interesting and different strategy anyone told me about, although I can’t quite decide if it’s either smart or ridiculous. “My [...]
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Monday, February 2nd, 2009
Quoting from First impressions count on new ‘Survivor’ – Survivor- msnbc.com
Contestants spend days together on location before the game begins, and may even share living spaces. During that time, they meet with producers and Probst so they know what to expect; attend “Survivor school,” where they learn about the location and its environment; get [...]
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Monday, February 2nd, 2009
Quoting from reality blurred + Tyson Apostol: “I’m going to try to be as helpful as I can without being the alpha male”
In his tribe, though, Tyson said, “I need to make sure to tone it down,” especially “with the stronger players I think could be an asset or maybe hurt me in the [...]
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Saturday, January 31st, 2009
Quoting from reality blurred + Debra Beebe: “I’m kind of upbeat so negativity kind of grinds on my nerves”
“I’m an extremely social being,” Debra said, and her work demands that, as she’s in charge of 908 kids and a staff of 75. She introduced herself as Debra, and her CBS nickname says “Debbie,” but [...]
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Thursday, January 29th, 2009
Quoting from reality blurred + Jerry Sims: “I don’t want to” be a leader
Instead, his strategy is to “kind of lay back and take it low key,” but Jerry admitted that will be hard for him, and later said he’d “make suggestions” because it’s his “personality, I like to get things done and complete [...]
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Thursday, January 29th, 2009
Quoting from knoxville.com – Tele-buddy’s Tinseltown Tales
Knoxville native Benjamin Wade, who’ll be a contestant on the upcoming “Survivor: Tocantins,” jokes in an e-mail he’d gladly come back here to live if the University of Tennessee would offer him a job. “As soon as UT offers me a coaching position or professor position, I will [...]
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Wednesday, January 28th, 2009
Quoting from reality blurred + JT Thomas: “I’ll play the dumb role if I feel like it’ll push me farther in the game”
JT’s a fan of Survivor, and while he’s “always watched it,” since he was 15 or 16, his application for this season was the first, and was prompted by his mother, who [...]
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Tuesday, January 27th, 2009
Quoting from reality blurred + Carolina Eastwood: “you can’t really bullshit me”
Unlike Ben Wade and his clearly defined, game-changing strategy, Carolina doesn’t have a strategy. “I can’t tell you this is how I’m going to play because I haven’t met the other cast members, I haven’t had a conversation with them. So I’m not [...]
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Tuesday, January 27th, 2009
Quoting from “Survivor” Contestant’s Colin Farrell Connection – TMZ.com
Candace Smith’s bio page for the new “Survivor” says she’s a former Miss Ohio USA, graduated from Northwestern University School of Law, and currently is working on a book of her memoirs. It fails to mention she was once sued by Colin Farrell as part of [...]
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Tuesday, January 27th, 2009
Quoting from reality blurred + Benjamin “Coach” Wade: “I want to get the four strongest people to the final four because that’s who deserves it”
Benjamin attributes the decrease in media attention that the show gets to the way the weak tend to prevail, and said that “seeing the decline of the articles that are [...]
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Tuesday, January 27th, 2009
Quoting from School Bus Transportation News at STN Media
For the second time in 18 seasons, a school bus driver will be competing to be the winner of CBS’ Survivor. Sandy Burgin, a “country girl” from Louisville, Ky., has been a professional driver for the last 30 years, even winning her state’s school bus rodeo. [...]
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Friday, January 23rd, 2009
Reality Blurred interviewed each cast member before the game. Click through to read the whole article and hear the audio of the interviews. Sydney was recruited at a bar and had never seen the show before being on it. All she knows is what is on the DVDs. I predict she’ll be the Jessica deBen [...]
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Thursday, January 22nd, 2009
Reality Blurred interviewed each cast member before the game. Click through to hear the audio of the interviews. (highlight: “you couldn’t put a piece of spaghetti up your anus”.) Sandy sounds like a kick in the head. I hope she stays around, but my money says she’s gone in the first two weeks.
Quoting from [...]
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Thursday, January 22nd, 2009
Reality Blurred interviewed each cast member before the game. Click through to hear the audio of the interviews. Erinn sounds like she’s pretty smart and has some social skills. I’m guessing that she’ll make it towards the end. “Less arrogant than Marcus” is a good thing to be.
Quoting from reality blurred + Erinn Lobdell: [...]
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Wednesday, January 21st, 2009
So Ben’s the token Christian this season. I didn’t realize that until I read it on Buddy TV.
I’m a Christian and we generally get portrayed pretty badly in the media. We’re not all judgmental, closed minded, heartless, arrogant jerks. Some of us are actually very nice and intelligent.
I’m looking forward to Ben making [...]
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Monday, January 19th, 2009
Quoting from Was Local ‘Survivor’ Contestant Voted Off? By WALT BELCHER wbelcher
About the only thing Spencer Duhm can say about being on the next “Survivor” is that he was excited to get picked for the CBS reality show.
And as the youngest contestant in the history of the show, he’s pleased to earn that little [...]
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Monday, January 19th, 2009
Quoting from Raleigh native wants to be ‘Survivor’ – Local & State – News & Observer
A part-time model from Raleigh will be among the competitors on the next “Survivor.”
Sydney Wheeler, 24, who grew up in Raleigh and is a model and interior designer living in San Diego, will be among the 16 castaways on [...]
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