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 + 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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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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Monday, January 19th, 2009
Quoting from Minturn resident on ‘Survivor’ | VailDaily.com
MINTURN, Colorado — Minturn, Colorado resident Brendan Synnott, 30, is one of “Survivor’s” newest cast members. CBS announced the 16 people competing on “Survivor: Tocantins — The Brazilian Highlands” Thursday. Season 18 premieres Feb. 12 at 8 p.m. on CBS.
In a video clip on cbs.com, Synnott talked [...]
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Monday, January 19th, 2009
Quoting from ‘Survivor’ star | courier-journal | The Courier-Journal
For 30 years, Sandy Burgin has been a bus driver, transporting construction workers to their work sites.
Now the Louisville resident will see if she can navigate toward a win on “Survivor: Tocantins,” the 18th season of the CBS series, when it returns Feb. 12.
“My plan is [...]
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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 [...]
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Monday, January 19th, 2009
Quoting from ‘Survivor: Tocantins’ Cast Announced: A Multi-Millionaire, A Former Singer and A College Sophomore Among 16 Castaways
Yesterday we were still reeling from the first details of the castaways to next month’s Survivor: Tocantins. I had questions from the leak: three models, a Grammy-nominated singer and a cereal multi-millionaire? No wonder I had to [...]
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Monday, January 19th, 2009
Quoting from Louisville Woman Competes On ‘Survivor’ - News- msnbc.com By Jennifer Dempsey/WLKY
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - A Louisville woman will try to “outwit, outplay and outlast” 15 other castaways on the 18th season of “Survivor.”
Sandy Burgin traveled to several audition sites and spent several nights outside to be the first through the doors, hoping to [...]
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Monday, January 19th, 2009
Quoting from Former Miss Ohio USA To Compete On ‘Survivor’ | NBC4i.com By DONNA WILLIS
DAYTON, Ohio—A former Miss Ohio USA is vying for a new title: sole “Survivor” on the CBS reality show.
Thirty-one-year-old Dayton native Candace Smith is one of 16 contestants on “Survivor: Tocantins,“ the next season of the program set in the [...]
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Monday, January 19th, 2009
Quoting from UF sophomore on ‘Survivor’ | GatorSports.com | The Gainesville Sun | Gainesville, FL By Gary white
It has been a thrilling but tiring few days for University of Florida student Spencer Duhm.
Last Thursday night, he joined fellow students in the O’Connell Center to watch the Gators’ football team win a national championship, and [...]
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Monday, January 19th, 2009
Quoting from SC Contender To Compete on ‘Survivor’ | WSPA By NOELLE KACHINSKY
South Carolina will have a contender when “Survivor” returns February 12th. Jerry Sims is from Rock Hill and is a 49-year old Sergeant in the Army.
Sims says he’ll be ready to battle the other contenders on “Survivor: Tocantins, because he’s been one [...]
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