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Survivor: Cook Islands Official Cast Announcement
« on: Aug 23^rd, 2006, 9:37am »

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Press Release from CBS:

August 23, 2006

CBS ANNOUNCES 20 NEW CASTAWAYS FOR
"SURVIVOR: COOK ISLANDS"

Twenty New Castaways Set To Compete When The 13th Installment Of The Hit Television Series Premieres on Thursday, Sept. 14

Ethnically Diverse Cast To Initially Be Organized Into Four Tribes Divided Along Ethnic Lines

CBS today announced the 20 new castaways who will compete in SURVIVOR: COOK ISLANDS when the 13th installment of the Emmy Award-winning series premieres Thursday, Sept. 14 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.

SURVIVOR: COOK ISLANDS will feature the series' most ethnically diverse cast to date. The castaways will initially be organized into four tribes divided along ethnic lines (African-American, Asian-American, Hispanic and White) before merging in a later episode.

In addition, throughout the series, at least one castaway each episode will be banished to a separate island (Exile Island) miles away from camp. While being separated from the tribe is not desirable, the castaways will learn that there is a hidden Immunity Idol somewhere on Exile Island. If found, this Immunity Idol could save an individual from being voted out at a future Tribal Council.

Castaways that will be competing in SURVIVOR: COOK ISLANDS (in alphabetical order) are:

REBECCA BORMAN
34
Laurelton, N.Y.
Make-Up Artist

ANH-TUAN CAO BOI BUI (Pronounced Cowboy)
42
Christianburg, Va.
Nail Salon Manager

SEKOU BUNCH
45
Los Angeles (originally from New York)
Jazz Musician/Recording Artist

J.P. CALDERON
30
Marina Del Rey, Calif.
Professional Volleyball Player

CRISTINA CORIA
35
Los Angeles
Police Officer

STEPHANNIE FAVOR
35
Columbia, S.C.
Nursing Student

BILLY GARCIA
36
New York (originally from Miami)
Heavy Metal Guitarist

ADAM GENTRY
28
San Diego, Calif. (originally from Fredericksburg, Va.)
Copier Sales

NATHAN GONZALEZ
26
Los Angeles
Retail Sales

JENNY GUZON-BAE
36
Lake Forest, Ill. (originally from Melrose Park, Ill.)
Real Estate Agent

YUL KWON
31
San Mateo, Calif. (originally from Flushing, N.Y.)
Management Consultant

BECKY LEE
28
Washington, D.C. (originally from Pittsburgh)
Attorney

OSCAR OZZY LUSTH
25
Venice, Calif.
Waiter

CECILIA MANSILLA
29
Oakland, Calif. (originally from Arequipa, Peru)
Technology Risk Consultant

SUNDRA OAKLEY
31
Los Angeles (originally from New York)
Actress

JONATHAN PENNER
44
Los Angeles (originally from New York)
Writer/Producer

PARVATI SHALLOW
23
Los Angeles (originally from Atlanta)
Boxer/Waitress

JESSICA SMITH
27
Chico, Calif.
Performance Artist/Rollergirl

BRAD VIRATA
29
Los Angeles (originally from Seattle)
Fashion Director

CANDICE WOODCOCK
23
Fayetteville, N.C.
Pre-Med Student

(Photos to come later in the Profiles forum.)

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Re: Survivor: Cook Islands Official Cast Announcem
« Reply #1 on: Aug 23^rd, 2006, 9:43am »

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So far i like..

Adam
Candice
Rebecca
Sundra
John
Parvati

Looks like i'll be rooting for a girl to win this season again. Wink

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Looks like i'll be rooting for a girl to win this season again.

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Re: Survivor: Cook Islands Official Cast Announcem
« Reply #3 on: Aug 23^rd, 2006, 7:02pm »

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Just look how many are from California and Los Angeles!

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Re: Survivor: Cook Islands Official Cast Announcem
« Reply #4 on: Aug 23^rd, 2006, 8:14pm »

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I just have to vent for a minute. Out of 30,000 plus apps, they could not find 5 of each - African, Asian and Hispanics? Give me a break. These applicants break their necks applying. And they can't choose from what they have? They have to go out and recruit from the Los Angeles area....
For me, this will go down as Survivor: California.

I'm sharing this post from Spitzup who is a fellow poster at another site:

Now that they've posted all the official bios on the CBS site, it's even more disheartening to see how many of these folks are connected to the entertainment industry in one way or another -- either as aspiring actors (Adam, Sundra, Parvati, Ozzy, Nathan); performance artist (Jessica); former tv news reporter (Jenny); current or former models (J.P., Brad); musicians (Billy and Sekou); writer/producer/former actor (Penner); consultant to TV projects (Cristina, the cop); or make-up artists (Rebecca, who works for "The View" and does makeup for former Survivor Elizabeth Hasslebeck, no less!).

And this one from scepticA:

It all smells wrong.

Eighty-five percent. Jeez.

There are twenty survivors in S13. That means that only three (!!!!) were from applications. Whatever I've said about the process in the past - the applications, the semis, the finals... forget it.

There was no point in applying. Before, I could pretend that I had a chance at maybe one of four slots (demographic-wise). But now I figure that it was completely pointless.

For the first time, I think Jeff P completely blew it. He should never have admitted that 17 of the contestants were recruited. There was always the whiff of "cross-section of America" in the people chosen, even if there were a potload of them from Southern California who happened to be bartenders. There was something approachable and understandable in the whole application/interview idea. And it began with the basic idea that these people wanted to be on Survivor.

eta: Suffice it to say, this has taken the wind out of so many who have applied for the show. What good does it do? Shame on you SEG.

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Re: Survivor: Cook Islands Official Cast Announcem
« Reply #5 on: Aug 24^th, 2006, 5:03am »

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I like the cast though. But there's really too many of them from California.

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Re: Survivor: Cook Islands Official Cast Announcem
« Reply #6 on: Aug 24^th, 2006, 10:24am »

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No wonder why I liked a lot of contestants..they are all good people! I like the chaoticness of the game. I can't believe only 3 people were applicants!

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Re: Survivor: Cook Islands Official Cast Announcem
« Reply #7 on: Aug 24^th, 2006, 10:35am »

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they recruit people connected to the entertainment industry because these people are more outspoken, less shy and generally safe to work with (tried and tested not to be murderous-crazy).

although it is admitted that many 'ordinary people' can make good television, they are harder to find. people may act crazy and interesting on a tape but are not guaranteed to do so 24/7. survivor is a very big investment; they cannot risk it so much on potentially boring people.

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Re: Survivor: Cook Islands Official Cast Announcem
« Reply #8 on: Aug 24^th, 2006, 11:12am »

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The whole race division thing bothers me. The fact so many are from California bothers me. Entertainment industry connections bothers me. (The possibility that they all will be wanting PIs and probably will be more dramatic to further their ambitions at home)

I'll have to wait and see how this goes, but I like choosing the contestants from tapes and applications NATION WIDE. ITA ; that they couldn't find racial diversity from normally acquired applicants is just bogus. How many regular applicants, that have applied every season, have been left adrift.

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« Reply #9 on: Aug 24^th, 2006, 12:10pm »

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I guess I'm one of the very few in the country that just doesn't see what's so blasphemous about Burnett splitting the tribes based on ethnicity or race. Yet most media and many people on message boards are acting like a great civil injustice has been done to the world because of this.

Nowhere has anything been said by SEG that any of the tribes is 'better' than the other or 'worse' than the others for any reason. All the tribes will be given the same things, participate in the same challenges and have the same opportunities to win the game as the others. No race is being slighted here. It's just a criteria for separating the tribes to begin the game...it's no different than separating them based on gender like in Amazon, or age and gender like in Exile Island.

As much as many in America want us to be this huge, global, homogenous society, the fact is that different races have different cultural backgrounds, behaviors, traditions and values...that's what makes our world so great. It's going to be interesting as all get out to see how tribes made up of people who share cultural behaviors, traditions and values work together (or not!) to Survive. Why is everyone being so hypersensitive just because the word 'Race' has been made a criteria for pairing people up to play a game? If we separated them by eye color would people still be hemming and hawing?

'Racist Survivor', 'Segragated Survivor'...I just don't see what the big evil deal is!!!! Someone please explain the injustice to me!!!

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Re: Survivor: Cook Islands Official Cast Announcem
« Reply #10 on: Aug 24^th, 2006, 2:37pm »

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The way contestants have been chosen in the past should have allowed enough diversity to suit everyone. Having preselected exact numbers seems artificial to me, somehow. That was my first reaction, but I'm waiting to see how it plays out.

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Re: Survivor: Cook Islands Official Cast Announcem
« Reply #11 on: Aug 24^th, 2006, 2:48pm »

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From just reading about them, I like this cast.

I'm only in angst over the way they were chosen. Why encourage the masses to make an audition tape, fill out a LENGTHY application, take the time and money to mail it in and then sit and wait and wait and wait for a call? Why encourage them to go to open casting calls?
If all you are gonna do is go through model/music agencies and pick up the local waiter or waitress.

At least now the applicants now know they don't have a snowball's chance in hell of ever getting on the show. Sad

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« Reply #12 on: Aug 24^th, 2006, 4:27pm »

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I do agree with you there. The whole selection process has been dashed to hell and they've thumbed their noses at everyone who ever filled out that darn 20 page application and spent hours making a tape.

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Re: Survivor: Cook Islands Official Cast Announcem
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wow. i didn't know they require a freakin' 20-page application!!

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i wonder if the castaways are allowed to speak in non-English. maybe the hispanics would speak spanish, the south koreans will speak korean and the filipinos will speak filipino among/between themselves.

if so, i wonder how much this would affect the game = better-guarded secrets.

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Re: Survivor: Cook Islands Official Cast Announcem
« Reply #14 on: Aug 25^th, 2006, 10:42am »

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Reminds me of Daniel speaking to Mat (?) in Mandarin back in S6.

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