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Survivor
winner goes back to the farm
(Dothan Eagle 7.5.09)
Since the show ended in May, life is
somewhat back to normal for the
Samson native. He has returned to
his job as the manager of a cattle
ranch in Mobile, where he still
lives in the house his boss provides
him and drives the truck that comes
with the job.
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 SFP
Interview: JT from Survivor
Tocantins
(SFP 5.24.09)
Listen to this interview to learn
about his interesting approach to
preparing for the game, the Tribal
Council questions we didn't get to
hear, how he shared his experience
with his hometown, the details on
that cracked tooth and much more
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Survivor
Winner JT: Buying Stephen Drinks 'For The Rest Of His Life!'
(People 5.19.09)
Ala.
'Survivor' to Stay True to Roots
(Press Register 5.20.09)
James "J.T." Thomas, 24,
took home the $1 million prize on
the last season of the CBS network's
"Survivor" and plans to
return to the Alabama coast, where
he manages the B.E. Cattle Co. farm.
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 SFP
Interview: Stephen Fishbach from
Survivor Tocantins
Find out how he felt after receiving
no jury votes, why he came
dangerously close to be being
medically evacuated, his strategy
for immunity challenges as well as
the Hidden Immunity Idol
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 SFP
Interview: Erinn Lobdell from
Survivor Tocantins
Find out how she was chosen for the
show, why she's so good at puzzles,
how she planned to handle JT or
Stephen in a final Tribal Council
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 SFP
Interview: Taj
Johnson-George from Survivor
Tocantins
Find out how she was chosen
for the show, if she has
worked through her hurt
feelings toward JT and
Stephen, her plans for the
HII she never played
(SFP 5.19.09)
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 "I
Knew I Lost Survivor
When My Ball Hit the
Ground" – RNO’s
Exclusive Interview with
Survivor: Tocantins’
Runner-Up, Stephen
 "I
Could Have Made a Good Run
of It" – RNO’s
Exclusive Interview with
Survivor: Tocantins’ Erinn
 "They
Do Love Me, They Just Love
Money More" – RNO’s
Exclusive Interview with
Survivor: Tocantins’ Taj
"You
Have to Lie to Win" –
RNO’s Exclusive Interview
with Survivor: Tocantins’
Winner, J.T.
(RNO 5.18.09)
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Conference
Call with Taj George and
Erinn Lobdell of Survivor:
Tocantins
(realitywanted 5.18.09)
The two women voted out of
the game just shy of the
finale spoke to reporters in
a conference call
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'Survivor' Runner-Up: 'It's
Hard to Say I Have Regrets'
(ET 5.18.09)
ET talks to "Survivor:
Tocantins" runner-up
Stephen Fishbach, who
reveals his shocking weight
loss, his thoughts on
"Coach" Ben Wade
and his biggest regret.
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(RNO
5.18.09)
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Alabama Cattle Rancher
J.T. Thomas Wins 'Survivor'
(Mobile Press Register
5.17.09)
The native of Samson, Ala.,
won the final decision in
the game of strategy and
endurance by receiving the
unanimous votes of seven
jury members made of
previously eliminated
contestants. They had to
chose between Thomas and his
ally in the game from its
second day, Stephen
Fishbach, 29, of New York.
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 SFP
Interview: Castoff from
Episode 13 Survivor
Tocantins
(SFP 5.15.09)
Listen to this interview to
find out if he thinks he
ever lied, why no family
member came to visit, if he
really hates women and much
more!
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 Survivor:
Coach Talks Blindsides,
Weightloss & Nietzsche
(People 5.15.09)
Arguably one of the most
entertaining people to ever
be cast on Survivor,
Benjamin “Coach”
Wade, 37, was the
12th person eliminated from
the game Thursday night. The
Susanville, Calif.-based
college soccer
coach/symphony
conductor/warrior eagerly
talked to PEOPLE about his
dramatic weight loss,
character assassination,
losing his day job and
Nietzsche.
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 "I'm
Not Delusional" –
RNO’s Exclusive Interview
with Survivor: Tocantins’
Coach
(RNO
5.15.09)
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Exclusive Interview: Debra
Beebe, from 'Survivor
: Tocantins'
(BuddyTV 5.12.09)
Debra Beebe did not enter
Survivor
: Tocantins looking like a
power player. How
cutthroat could a
mother/middle school
principal really be?
But, as the weeks
progressed and we got to
know Debbie more and more,
she showed herself to be
quite a formidable
Survivor
foe.
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Auburn's Debra
"Debbie" Beebe
dishes about "Survivor:
Tocantins"
(Birmingham News 5.12.09)
Debra
Beebe made it to the final
six of the current
"Survivor."
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 SFP
Interview: Castoff from
Episode 12 Survivor
Tocantins
(SFP 5.8.09)
Listen to this interview to
find out about the extra
auction items we didn't get
to see, her perspective on
lying in the game, if she
really would have given
immunity away and much more!
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 "I
Really Have Been Shocked the
Last Couple Weeks" –
RNO’s Exclusive Interview
with Survivor: Tocantins’
Debbie
(RNO
5.8.09)
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 SFP
Interview: Castoff from
Episode 11 Survivor
Tocantins
(SFP 5.1.09)
Listen to this interview to
find out who found the clue
to the fake Immunity Idol
Sierra planted, who proposed
an all female alliance, who
she told about the Jalapao
Immunity Idol and much more!
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Conference
Call with Sierra Reed of
Survivor: Tocantins
(realitywanted 5.1.09)
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 "You
Don’t Have to Be a Bitch
in Order to Make It"
– RNO’s Exclusive
Interview with Survivor:
Tocantins' Sierra
(RNO
5.1.09)
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 SFP
Interview: Castoff from
Episode 10 Survivor
Tocantins
(SFP 4.25.09)
Listen to this interview to
find out why he was drawn to
form an alliance with Coach
and Debra, who was really
pulling the Dragonslayer's
strings, the plan of attack
once they reached final five
and much more!
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 "I
Say Awesome Stuff" –
RNO’s Exclusive Interview
with Survivor: Tocantins’
Tyson
(RNO
4.24.09)
What was his strategy? What
does he really think
of Sierra, and why? Did we
see the real Tyson or was it
an act? And how did this
experience compare to the
real world for him? Tyson
answers all these questions
and has much more to
say
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 Blindsides
and Betrayal with Brendan
Synnott of Survivor
Tocantins
(Deadbolt 4.20.09)
Find out what went wrong and
why he didn't get along with
Coach near the end, who told
one of the most ear-popping
stories in Survivor history.
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Exclusive: Brendan
Synnott talks about his time
on 'Survivor: Tocantins'
(RTVW 4.17.09)
Brendan speaks about why he
had chosen to not use his
Immunity Idol at the Tribal
Council he was eliminated
at, what he regretted doing
that could have kept his
Exile alliance intact longer
than it did, and why he
threw so much of his support
behind James "JT"
Thomas Jr. following their
white-water rafting trip
together.
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 SFP
Interview: Castoff from
Episode 9 Survivor Tocantins
(SFP 4.17.09)
Listen to this interview to
find out why he admitted to
having the HII, more details
about exile island, why he
was ready to help JT win and
much more!
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 "I
Tried to Be Trusting and
Other People Are There to
Slit Each Other's
Throats" – RNO's
Exclusive Interview with
Survivor: Tocantins' Brendan
(RNO
4.17.09)
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 SFP
Interview: Castoff from
Episode 8 Survivor Tocantins
(SFP 4.11.09)
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 "I Was Just Starting to
Think About Making Moves"
– RNO’s
Exclusive Interview with
Survivor: Tocantins’ Joe
(RNO 4.10.09)
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Exclusive
Interview with Joe Dowdle
from Survivor: Tocantins
(BuddyTV 4.10.09)
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Exclusive Interview:
Sydney Wheeler, from 'Survivor: Tocantins'
(BuddyTV 4.5.09)
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 SFP
Interview: Castoff from
Episode 7 Survivor Tocantins
(SFP 3.5.09)
Listen to this interview to
find out how she was
approached to be on the show,
who she points the finger at
for losing the challenges, how
much Joe shared with her about
the idol and much more!
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Exclusive:
Sydney Wheeler talks about her
time on 'Survivor: Tocantins'
(RTVW 4.3.09)
Sydney found herself on the
outside of the tribe's
strongest alliance, and led to
her becoming the sixth
castaway to be eliminated from
the CBS reality series
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 "They
Made Me Out to Be My Only
Strategy Was Flirting"
– RNO's Exclusive Interview
with Survivor: Tocantins’
Sydney
(RNO
4.3.09)
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INTERVIEW:
JEFF PROBST TEACHES US HOW TO
WIN "SURVIVOR"
(Futon Critic 4.2.09)
While "Survivor"
host Jeff Probst may tell
voted-off contestants at the
end of every episode that
"the tribe has
spoken," audiences have
spoken and there's no end in
sight for the CBS's stalwart
reality series
"Survivor."
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 Jeff
Probst is surviving the
Survivors
(Vancouver Sun 3.31.09)
Ever since he first spoke
the fateful words "The
tribe has spoken," in
the spring of 2000, Survivor
host Jeff Probst has played
referee, cheerleader,
negotiator, peacemaker,
father confessor and
omnipresent narrator to more
than 200 contestants in
Survivor's game of
outwit/outplay/and outlast.
But don't ask him to be a
prophet.
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 Survivor's
Spencer Thought He Was 'Extremely Safe'
(People Magazine 3.16.09)
As a Survivor
mega-fan, University of
Florida student Spencer
Duhm knows better
than anyone that the game can
turn on a dime, targets shift
and one seemingly small thing
can send a player home. Not
that the 20-year-old
telecommunications major, who
spoke with PEOPLE via
telephone, ever thought it'd
happen to him.
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 Exclusive: Spencer Duhm
talks about his time on
'Survivor: Tocantins'
(RTVW 3.13.09)
For someone who was only
10-years-old when Richard
Hatch won the first season
of Survivor in 2000, Spencer
Duhm did pretty well in
Survivor: Tocantins' as the
long-running reality series'
first-ever teenage castaway.
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 SFP
Interview: Castoff from
Episode 5 Survivor Tocantins
(SFP 3.13.09)
Listen to this interview to
learn extra details about the
reward challenge, how being a
super fan affected his
standing in the tribe, how he
eventually lost the trust of
his alliances and much more!
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"That
Afternoon, Everything Changed
for Me" – RNO’s
Exclusive Interview with
Survivor: Tocantins’ Spencer
(RNO
3.13.09)
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Survivor:
China Winner Todd Herzog
Dating Survivor: Tocantin's
Spencer Duhm
(AfterElton.com
3.9.09)
Survivor: China
winner Todd Herzog
has recently gone public with
the fact that he's dating Spencer
Duhm, a contestant on
Survivor:
Tocantins, which is
currently airing.
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Jeff
Probst's Real-Life Survivor
Skills Help Woman
(E! 3.9.09)
At the Academy of
Magical Arts Awards ceremony
in Hollywood, the Survivor host
caught a camerawoman who
suddenly suffered a seizure as
he answering questions for her
media outlet.
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Exclusive Interview: 'Survivor: Tocantins' castaway
Sandy Burgin
(BuddyTV 3.7.09)
Sandy Burgin, the 53 year old bus
driver from Louisville,
Kentucky, was voted off after
she clashed with teammate
Sydney Wheeler. The boys of the tribe
preferred to keep the
flirtatious and scantily clad
model over the tribe mom.
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Exclusive:
Sandy Burgins talks about her
time on 'Survivor: Tocantins'
(RTVW 3.7.09)
Sandy was able earn the respect
of many of her tribemates and
survive for 12 days before her
ouster
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 SFP
Interview: Castoff from Episode
4 Survivor Tocantins
(SFP 3.6.09)
Listen to this interview to find
out what this Survivor fan did
to her body that helped her land
a spot on the show, her view of
each of her tribemates, why the
Jalapao tribe is always so grimy
and much more!
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 "I Thought They Would
Take the Strong Over the Beauty,
and They Didn’t" – RNO’s Exclusive
Interview with Survivor:
Tocantins’ Sandy
(RNO 3.6.09)
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 Survivor's
Jerry: 'I Begged for a Bottle
of Pepto'
(People Magazine 3.2.09)
On last week’s episode of Survivor:
Tocantins, Jerry
Sims, 49, joined a long
list of promising players whose
time in the game was cut short
due to illness.
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 SFP
Interview: Castoff from Episode
3 Survivor Tocantins
(SFP 2.28.09)
Listen to this interview to hear
his thoughts on each of his
tribemates, how he was chosen
for the show, why Brendan said
he chose Taj to join him on
Exile
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Exclusive
Interview: 'Survivor Tocantins' Castoff
Jerry Sims
(Buddy TV 2.27.09)
Jerry tells who was in the
original Timbera alliance, who
mistakenly believed they were in
it and when it was formed. He
explains why he liked Coach and
dishes on what the tribe knew
about his own military
background, Brendan’s fortune
and Taj’s famous husband.
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'Survivor Talk': Jerry
defends Coach...kinda
(EW 2.27.09)
Did Jerry ask his tribemates
to vote him out? Is playing Survivor
really harder than serving in
Afghanistan? And does Coach hate
women? These are some of the
questions posed to the most
recently voted out tribe member
of Survivor: Tocantins,. Click on
the video as Survivor:
Vanuatu and Micronesia
star Eliza Orlins brings along
her bulging set of eyes to help
grill the latest loser.
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"I
Would Have Done the Same Thing"
– RNO's Exclusive Interview
with Survivor: Tocantins' Jerry
(RNO
2.27.09)
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Survivor
Tocantins challenges will move
inland if water rises; state
park limits locations
(realityblurred 2.26.09)
Survivor challenge producer John
Kirhoffer: "For all of our
river challenges coming up, we
have back-ups: giant puzzles
that we can do on land. We're
repeating a couple this season:
we have the blindfolded
challenge, we have an endurance
challenge that we've done
before."
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CBS
picks up 'Survivor' for two more
cycles
(LA Times 2.26.09)
The renewals should not come as
a surprise. Currently in its
17th installation,
"Survivor" continues
to win its Thursday 8 p.m. time
period in all key demographics.
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Survivor: Tocantins Interview -
Candace
(IGN.com 2.26.09)
Learn which of her tribemates
Candace describes as "an
absolute disgrace."
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 SFP
Interview: Castoff from Episode 2
Survivor Tocantins
(SFP 2.21.09)
Listen to this interview to hear
her sing the praises of two of her
Timbira tribemates and dish the
dirt on the rest, find out why
they arrived so late to camp that
first day and the real story
behind the shelter that Sierra
built.
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Interview:
Candace Smith
of 'Survivor: Tocantins'
(BuddyTV 2.20.09)
Candace talks about Coach's
aggressiveness with her and
Sierra, Debbie's forgetfulness and
Sierra and Brendan's cover up of
the giant crater
 Candace
Smith dishes about her time on
'Survivor'
(RTVW 2.20.09)
After not taking a liking to many
of her tribemates, Candace
eventually wore out her welcome in
her tribe and became the second
castaway to be eliminated from the
show during Thursday night's
broadcast.
Survivor:
Tocantins — Candace Cuts With
Sharp Tongue
(RealityTVMagazine 2.20.09)
This quick-witted, sharp-tongued
31-year-old didn’t hold back any
of her feelings during a
conference call as she blasted her
fellow castaways Coach,
Debbie,
Sierra
and
Erinn
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"Maybe
I Should Have Let Coach Lick Me on
the Neck" – RNO's Exclusive
Interview with Survivor:
Tocantins' Candace
(RNO
2.20.09)
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More
on "Survivor" coach
firing
(2.19.09)
Wade said yesterday that his
perception on the show wasn't the
problem; it was only the timing.
"I'm going to be made out to
be a hero," Wade said.
"It was just the timing of me
going out there and all that, not
the way I was perceived."
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 "Survivor"
coach out at SBU
(2.18.09)
"Survivor" coach Ben
Wade has been fired as head
women's soccer coach at Southwest
Baptist University.
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Exclusive: Carolina Eastwood
talks about 'Survivor: Tocantins'
(RTVW 2.13.09)
Carolina speaks about why she
pushed her tribemates so adamantly
to build shelter at their camp,
which castaways allied quickly,
what she was immediately
"stoked" to learn, and
who she thinks really should have
been eliminated instead of her
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 SFP
Interview: Castoff from Episode 1
Survivor Tocantins
(SFP 2.13.09)
Listen to this interview to learn
more about her tribe, who emerged
as a leader, find out who accused
her of stealing, along with what
she thought went wrong in the
first immunity challenge and lots
more!
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'Kentucky
Joe' Weighs In On 'Survivor'
(2.13.09)
Kentucky's
First 'Survivor' Notes
Similarities With Second
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"They
Got Me Good in the End" –
RNO's Exclusive Interview with
Survivor: Tocantin's Carolina
(RNO
2.13.09)
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Probst
says 'Survivor: Tocantins' is
'great'
(Newsday 2.12.09)
"Tocantins will go down as a
'great' 'Survivor' season
primarily due to our
contestants."
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'Survivor'
Still Knows What Put It on The Map
(NYDailyNews 2.12.09)
Tonight launches the 18th time
that creator Mark
Burnett and host Jeff
Probst have led a pack of
civilians into the wilderness,
divided them into two teams and
let them do battle until only one
person remains.
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Darien
entrepreneur 'bears' reality TV
secrets
(StamfordAdvocate 2.12.09)
Bear Naked granola founder
participates as 'Survivor'
contestant
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Utahn
to test his wits on 'Survivor'
(Salt Lake Tribune 2.11.09)
Tyson Apostol says a successful
"Survivor" needs
physical prowess, brain power and
just a dash of arrogance.
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Lakeland
Native Ready to Shine When
'Survivor' Begins
(2.11.09)
Spencer Duhm doubted
"Survivor" would
survive long enough for him to
be voted in.
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EIU
alumna to be on 'Survivor'
(2.11.09)
"Survivor: Tocantins"
contestant Debra (Staton) Beebe
was forced to lie to her employers
— the Auburn (Ala.) Board of
Education.
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'Survivor'
contestant goes from a battalion
to a tribe
(Charlotte Observer 2.11.09)
Jerry Sims has one of those jobs
that prepared him well for "Survivor."
He'll mark 27 years of service in
the S.C. National Guard this year,
an experience that he says came in
handy during taping of the show,
set in the Brazilian highlands.
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Realityblurred
Interviews:
Sierra
Reed: "I'll be the most
opinionated one"
(2.10.09)
Candace
Smith: "I don't want my
strength or confidence to be
blatant"
(2.10.09)
Taj
Johnson-George: "I'll [be
nurturing] while I stab them all
in the back-they'll love me for
it"
(2.6.09)
Stephen
Fishbach: my "goofy, benign
demeanor" is "going to
serve me very well"
(2.5.09)
Brendan
Synnott: "I want to win; when
I play games, I love to win"
(2.4.09)
Joe
Dowdle: "I wouldn't want to
do this thing if I had to abide by
my ethics because it wouldn't be
fun"
(2.3.09)
Tyson Apostol:
"I'm going
to try to be as helpful as I can
without being the alpha male"
(2.2.09)
Debra
Beebe: "I'm kind of upbeat so
negativity kind of grinds on my
nerves"
(1.30.09)
Jerry
Sims: "I don't want to"
be a leader
(1.29.09)
JT
Thomas: "I'll play the dumb
role if I feel like it'll push me
farther in the game"
(1.28.09)
Benjamin
"Coach" Wade: "I
want to get the four strongest
people to the final four because
that's who deserves it"
(1.27.09)
Sydney
Wheeler: Survivor may lead to fame
but "I just don't know if
that's what I want"
(1.23.09)
Erinn
Lobdell: "I don't get annoyed
easily, and if I do, I'm really
good at not showing it"
(1.21.09)
Sandy
Burgin: "They have
contestants and they have
characters, and I think I'm a
character"
(1.22.09)
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IB
Graduate Spencer Duhm Featured On
CBS’s Survivor Reality Show
(Polk County Democrat 1.31.09)
Contestants were allowed to bring
one item from home — in past
seasons contestants have brought
lipstick, homemade headdresses,
and a Bible. Duhm brought his grandfather’s
Purple Heart.
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Jeff
Probst Cast Review Transcript
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