SBU Soccer Coach Takes on “Survivor”

Wednesday, February 11th, 2009

Quoting from SBU Soccer Coach Takes on “Survivor”
“The mental part of it, the leadership part of it, the adventuresome part of it, it’s like the show was made for me,” says Wade. And Coach Wade says he was made to change the game. “I was tired of watching the manipulation, the back-stabbing, the lying,” [...]



knoxville.com - Knoxville’s ‘Survivor: Tocantins’ contestant: I am not a villain!

Thursday, February 5th, 2009

Quoting from knoxville.com - Tele-buddy’s Tinseltown Tales

Knoxville native Benjamin Wade, in his first local interview, says he doesn’t like the reputation he’s getting even before the first episode of “Survivor: Tocantins” airs. And, his intention going into the game was to be honorable, not sneaky and backbiting. Before Wade started officially playing ‘Survivor: Tocantins [...]



Coach Wade vows to change “Survivor” - News

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 [...]



knoxville.com - Knoxville’s ‘Survivor: Tocantins’ contestant speaks out

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 [...]



reality blurred + Benjamin “Coach” Wade: “I want to get the four strongest people to the final four because that’s who deserves it”

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 [...]



‘Survivor: Tocantins’ Castaway Says He Should’ve Joined “Years Ago”

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 [...]



Wade into ‘Survivor’ | A News Cafe dot com

Monday, January 19th, 2009

Quoting from Wade into ‘Survivor’ | A News Cafe dot com By Jim Dyar
Benjamin Wade
A former Redding resident is one of the contestants on the next edition of the CBS hit show “Survivor,” which premieres Feb. 12. And by all accounts, it looks like Benjamin Wade is going to be a dynamic participant [...]



Meet Your ‘Survivor: Tocantins’ Castaways - Competitors include two models, a former pop star and an army sergeant - Zap2it

Wednesday, January 14th, 2009

Quoting from Meet Your ‘Survivor: Tocantins’ Castaways - Competitors include two models, a former pop star and an army sergeant - Zap2it By Hanh Nguyen January 14, 2009
Will a flair for hair trump the prowess of a sports coach out in the wilds? “Survivor” once again poses such a question as this and more.
CBS [...]



Survivor: Tocantins will premier on Thursday, Feb. 12!

Wednesday, January 14th, 2009

18th Installment of the Hit Television Series Premieres in High-Definition on Thursday, Feb. 12
CBS today announced the 16 castaways who will compete on SURVIVOR: TOCANTINS — THE BRAZILIAN HIGHLANDS, when the 18th installment of the Emmy Award-winning series premieres Thursday, Feb. 12 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.
SURVIVOR: TOCANTINS will prove to [...]



Ben Wade

Wednesday, January 14th, 2009

Benjamin Wade, 37, soccer coach/part-time orchestra conductor from Bolivar, Mo.
“I’m in this game because I want to change it,” says Wade, who kayaked 6.132 miles from Baja, California, to Colombia-alone. “it’s become survival of the weakest. I want the strongest to survive. I want to team up with worthy opponents. May the best man or [...]



Cast Introduction

Wednesday, January 14th, 2009

BEN WADE
BRENDAN SYNNOTT
CANDACE SMITH
CAROLINA EASTWOOD
DEBRA BEEBE
ERINN LOBDELL
JERRY SIMS
JOE DOWDLE
JAMES “JT” THOMAS JR.
SANDY BURGIN
SIERRA REED
SPENCER DUHM
STEPHEN FISHBACH
SYDNEY WHEELER
TAJ JOHNSON-GEORGE
TYSON APOSTOL