Survivor:Tocantins, Surviving Survivor - tvgrapevine.com

Thursday, February 12th, 2009

Quoting from Survivor:Tocantins, Surviving Survivor Written by honeySC
Survivor Tocantins kicks off on Thursday night at 8/7c.  Surviving survivor has become quite the art for many die hard Survivor fans.
One of the first hurdles a fan has to cross is avoiding the spoilers that have become all to prevalent on the net.  It has become [...]



Survivor: Tocantins - Completely Arbitrary Pre-Season Predicitions, 16-9

Thursday, February 12th, 2009

Quoting from Survivor: Tocantins - Completely Arbitrary Pre-Season Predicitions, 16-9

Still the best reality show on TV (save any arguments you might have – if you disagree, you are wrong), Survivor: Tocantins boasts an intriguing cast of beautiful people, seemingly likable people, along with a few wild cards.  We have a Grammy nominee, the wife [...]



Survivor: Tocantins - Completely Arbitrary Pre-Season Predictions, 8-1

Thursday, February 12th, 2009

Quoting from Survivor: Tocantins - Completely Arbitrary Pre-Season Predictions, 8-1
When making silly Survivor predictions, as I have done below with Survivor: Tocantins, it is important to remember that making large, sweeping judgments about people you know little to nothing about is the most desirable path.  Someone’s photo rubs you the wrong way?  They are [...]



The ‘Survivor’ and ‘Amazing Race’ Guide to Dealing with the Economy

Thursday, February 12th, 2009

Quoting from The ‘Survivor’ and ‘Amazing Race’ Guide to Dealing with the Economy
Survivor: Tocantins kicks off the reality treats at 8pm Thursday on CBS by placing 16 castaways in the wilds of the Brazilian Highlands. Even before they can meet and make alliances that can carry them past the merge, these unsuspecting souls get [...]



reality blurred + Spencer Duhm: “I want to be a follower, because that way they just overlook me”

Thursday, February 12th, 2009

Quoting from reality blurred + Spencer Duhm: “I want to be a follower, because that way they just overlook me”
When discussing his strategy, he talked about how Brian on Survivor Thailand “was able to manipulate” those around him, but said that’s not always possible. “You get a season like last season [Micronesia], where everybody [...]



Metro - On set with ‘Survivor: Tocantins’

Thursday, February 12th, 2009

Quoting from Metro - On set with ‘Survivor: Tocantins’
 “Survivor” returns to Brazil for its 18th season, but it’s not the tropical Brazil from “Survivor Amazon.”
Instead, “Survivor Tocantins” takes place in brutal high desert conditions that make equatorial African Gabon, which hosted last season, seem even more like Eden.
On the morning production began last [...]



Illness creates opportunity for youngest ‘Survivor’ : TV : The Rocky Mountain News

Thursday, February 12th, 2009

Quoting from Illness creates opportunity for youngest ‘Survivor’ : TV : The Rocky Mountain News
Sent to the Brazilian highlands in October as an alternate, the 19-year-old Lakeland, Fla., native made an agreement with his parents: If he made the show, they would withdraw him from classes at the University of Florida, forfeiting his fall [...]



Survivor’ contestant goes from a battalion to a tribe - Charlotte Observer

Thursday, February 12th, 2009

Quoting from By Mark Washburn
Season premiere at 8 p.m. Thursday.
Jerry Sims has one of those jobs that prepared him well for “Survivor.”
Sims, 49, of Rock Hill is one of 16 contestants on the popular CBS reality series, which returns for its 18th installment Thursday.
He’ll mark 27 years of service in the S.C. National [...]



JG-TC.com > EIU alumna to be on ‘Survivor’

Thursday, February 12th, 2009

Quoting from JG-TC.com > Features > EIU alumna to be on ‘Survivor’
AUBURN, Ala. — “Survivor: Tocantins” contestant Debra (Staton) Beebe was forced to lie to her employers — the Auburn (Ala.) Board of Education.
“They were led to believe I was going to take leave without pay in order to visit other countries to examine [...]



Lakeland Native Ready to Shine When ‘Survivor’ Begins | theledger.com | The Ledger | Lakeland, FL

Wednesday, February 11th, 2009

Quoting from Lakeland Native Ready to Shine When ‘Survivor’ Begins | theledger.com | The Ledger | Lakeland, FL
Now 20, Duhm (pronounced “doom”) is prepared to become a celebrity of sorts. The Lakeland native is the first person from Polk County selected for the show, now in its 18th round of twice-yearly seasons. A CBS [...]



Duhm Wary of Being Defined by His Sexuality | theledger.com | The Ledger | Lakeland, FL

Wednesday, February 11th, 2009

Quoting from Duhm Wary of Being Defined by His Sexuality | theledger.com | The Ledger | Lakeland, FL
“Survivor” has had at least five gay contestants during its previous 17 seasons. Richard Hatch emerged as champion of the first series, “Survivor: Borneo,” in 2000, and Todd Herzog captured “Survivor: China” in 2007. Rafe Judkins took [...]



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,” [...]



reality blurred + Candace Smith: “I don’t want my strength or confidence to be blatant”

Wednesday, February 11th, 2009

Quoting from reality blurred + Candace Smith: “I don’t want my strength or confidence to be blatant”
Candace laughed at CBS bio’s description of her as “brutally honest” and “a total bitch,” but said they’re accurate. However, she added, “I’m not planning on coming out of the gate as a ruthless bitch everyone hates. It’s [...]



reality blurred + Sierra Reed: “I’ll be the most opinionated one”

Tuesday, February 10th, 2009

Quoting from reality blurred + Sierra Reed: “I’ll be the most opinionated one”
But from all that, she learned how to manipulate younger Survivor contestants. “The younger they are, the better, because the less of a guard they have, the less jaded they are,” Sierra said. “It happened to me; it goes in a full [...]



reality blurred + Taj Johnson-George: “I’ll [be nurturing] while I stab them all in the back–they’ll love me for it”

Friday, February 6th, 2009

Quoting from reality blurred + Taj Johnson-George: “I’ll [be nurturing] while I stab them all in the back–they’ll love me for it”
Taj was recruited because “they were casting for an NFL wife; I fit the profile” mentioned in an e.mail sent to NFL teams that was forwarded to her and that she responded to. [...]



reality blurred + Stephen Fishbach: my “goofy, benign demeanor” is “going to serve me very well”

Friday, February 6th, 2009

Quoting from reality blurred + Stephen Fishbach: my “goofy, benign demeanor” is “going to serve me very well”
Stephen worried that he may have been “coming off as too geeky” in front of the other contestants, and the Yale-educated corporate speechwriter and marketing consultant also fears he might run up against the other contestants’ “anti-Ivy [...]



reality blurred + Brendan Synnott: “I want to win; when I play games, I love to win”

Thursday, February 5th, 2009

Quoting from reality blurred + Brendan Synnott: “I want to win; when I play games, I love to win”
Brendan’s cautiousness came into play as he answered a few questions When I asked him about impressions of others, he said he has a “pretty good sense of how pecking orders work and how personalities are,” [...]



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 [...]



Orlando Sentinel - “Survivor”: Lakeland man says it’s “definitely an honor” to be the youngest player in the show’s history by Hal Boedeker

Thursday, February 5th, 2009

Quoting from Orlando Sentinel - “Survivor”: Lakeland man says it’s “definitely an honor” to be the youngest player in the show’s history by Hal Boedeker
Duhm, a student at the University of Florida in Gainesville, was 19 when the show filmed. He was the last player added to the cast.
“I was officially the male alternate [...]



Real-life adventure - Brazilian ‘Survivor’ to be most rugged season yet - Encore Grande Prairie - Alberta, CA

Thursday, February 5th, 2009

Quoting from Real-life adventure - Brazilian ‘Survivor’ to be most rugged season yet - Encore Grande Prairie - Alberta, CA
This time around, Global and CBS is kicking it up a notch. The 16 lucky competitors will be shipped off to the state of Tocantins in the tropical Brazilian highlands. Tocantins should prove to be [...]