Dan mentioned in an interview before the game began, that he didn't even apply for the show. He was sitting in a bar and a lady approached him saying she had been watching him for the last 30 minutes and wanted to know if he was interested in being on Survivor. It didn't sound like he even really cared about the show before he agreed to be on it.

I'm surprised he passed the physical.

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He was sitting in a bar and a lady approached him saying she had been watching him for the last 30 minutes and wanted to know if he was interested in being on Survivor

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My cousin was on the show a few seasons back and he was approached in a similar manner. He was on a beach in LA when a lady walked up to him and asked him about it.

He promptly made himself into one of the biggest jackasses in survivor history. So either she saw some of his "real" personality on the beach (he's a moron) or she got really lucky and picked a guy that has been a lightening rod his whole life.

You're related to Russell?

Coach

Ben...the guy that got kicked out of the challenge during Russell's season and went on the "ghetto trash, kool-aid, ketchup bread" rant at the African American woman in his tribe.

He sounded absolutely retarded in all 5 or 6 episodes he was in.

neat. pls share if you have any good stories.

Yeah, he made a jackhole out of himself.

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Just some stupid stories growing up of him being the biggest baby and liar that I knew. Take how he was on the show...multiple it by 10...and you MIGHT be getting close to how he comes across in real life.

The funniest thing about him on the show was how he kept holding himself out to be "just a good 'ol boy/hillbilly from Missouri". He's the son of an orthopedic surgeon who grew up inside the city limits of a 15,000 population town. He's closer to Highland Park than he was hillbilly. Made me want to slap him everytime he said that.

But any stories from him about being on the show?

Also, when Chase said that Fabio didn't know what the heck was going on half the time coming back from TCs, Fabio should have replied "How could I have known when all of you were bold face lying to my face before tribals!".

I didn't like how Jane acted when things didn't go her way, but I just thought she needed the money more than anyone else.

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Also, when Chase said that Fabio didn't know what the heck was going on half the time coming back from TCs, Fabio should have replied "How could I have known when all of you were bold face lying to my face before tribals!".

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I don't think this is a very good retort. As far as outwitting goes, regardless of the reason, it would show that Sash was on the inside making moves and excluding Fabio as just driftwood bobbing in the waves.

who put 420 on their vote?

Nanonka.

I was wondering that too. Im guessing that it was Purple Kelley.

I doubt it was Na, Dan or Marty.

i figured benry

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We know you got Marty and Dan’s votes, and I’m guessing Benry’s as well. Who were the other two?
I believe I got Marty, Benry, Dan, Purple Kelly and NaOnka. NaOnka’s was the one that had 420 and a volcano on it.

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I didnt expect that

I know that inside jokes are a huge part of their life for the time they are out there but a drug refrence is pretty odd for a teacher. Then again, its NaOnka so...

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I don't think this is a very good retort. As far as outwitting goes, regardless of the reason, it would show that Sash was on the inside making moves and excluding Fabio as just driftwood bobbing in the waves.

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I disagree, the picture was already being painted of Sash and Chase lying to everyone... and everyone knew that Sash was in the middle of most of the strategy. It would have also strengthened Fabio's Innocent image.

Well it looks like there is a pretty good reason Sash got zero votes, so he's completely out of the question anyways.

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Fabio: I honestly, judging from my experience at the final Tribal Council, I thought I was gonna win by more than one vote. I think some of the people on the jury did, too. I think some of them were like, "Holy s***, we didn't know it was that close." Yeah.


HitFix: So what do you attribute that closeness to?

Fabio: Well, Alina told me that she wanted Chase to get a few votes, so she voted for him. Brenda did the same thing, apparently. She wasn't decided on who she was going to vote for until she got up there. They all communicate at Ponderosa and they have a game plan and it sounds like some people just deviated from that. It could have been bad. If Sash had gotten a vote? If Sash had gotten NaOnka's vote or something, I would have been dunzo.

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HitFix: I totally understand, man. I was just talking Sash and Chase and they agreed that if your Tribe had lost the game's very first Immunity challenge, you'd have been voted out first. Did you realize that you were in that kind of trouble?

Fabio: Yeah, I thought so. I knew I was a little crazy and a little intense, or whatever. There were a couple different interviews where I was like, "If I can get past the first three or four days, I think I'm gonna be good." I call it the Jimmy T Effect, man. He was like, "I just didn't get a chance to really... whatever." He's like, "My humor wasn't received well." He's still a positive dude, but I almost got that effect. And Shannon even said it. I don't know if they showed it, but he was like, "Man, Fabio. You went from going home first to going home last." So yeah, I was away of that. And Alina at some point, I was climbing a tree and after I almost fell, she was like, "Oh my God. You sold me now." I was gonna go home until I started making them laugh, I guess.

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HitFix: But did it feel constantly dangerous not having a core alliance of any sort that you were in? Or were you comfortable with floating on the outside?

Fabio: Yeah, I was comfortable with that. They ask you your strategy going into the game and I knew that a lot of it was going to be improv according to who you're dropped off with and all the variables that whatnot. I knew I was going to be good at adapting. I never got nervous. I would go through a whole little prayer-type-deal in my head just to keep myself relaxed and making rational decisions, not being like Chase asking everybody, "Did you throw my name out there?" In conversations, Chase would just walk up and say, "What are you guys talking about?" If I saw somebody talking and I'd be far away and I'd wave and I'd say, "Can I come over?" I'd give them a chance to stop talking or whatever. I think that that type of etiquette is smart.

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HitFix: As a last question: The way you played this game was very particular, but if hypothetically you were going to come back for an All-Star season, would you be able to play the game a different way, since you wouldn't be able to sneak up on everyone?

Fabio: Yeah, I would almost have to. I think my game would naturally evolve. It would be my second time playing and other people would know who I was. Yeah, I think I would have to bust out another character.


HitFix: You've got other characters you can bust out?

Fabio: Oh yeah, yeah. Because a character, all it is is a filter. It's your point of view. Characters are all built around points of view, so I'd just have to go in with a different mentality and that would naturally change all the decisions I make and who I decide to play with. I played with some of the more aggressive people this time and I knew that Dan and Marty and Benry were going to be doing my Jury work for me and I didn't have to be like Sash, patting people on the back and being so obvious about it. I think that's a turn-off.

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http://www.hitfix.com/blogs/the-fien-print/posts/hitfix-interview-jud-fabio-birza-survivor-nicaragua

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Judson Birza, the winner of "Survivor," season 21 in Nicaragua, was arrested Wednesday afternoon on suspicion of being under the influence of a controlled substance ... TMZ has learned. Law enforcement sources tell us cops noticed Birza at around noon. It appears he was not driving, but cops noticed he was acting strangely. Santa Monica police arrested Birza and took him to the station, where he was booked (see mugshot above) and jailed. Birza was also booked for an unrelated DUI warrant as well as a probation violation. He's currently being held on $37,000 bail.

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http://www.tmz.com/2011/01/19/judson-birza-mugshot-under-the-influence-jailed-mugshot-jailed-dui-drugs-alcohol/