Wednesday, September 06, 2006

'Survivor 13: Cook Islands' - Looking at the Tribes - Part 2


Yep, it's another nifty Cook Islands/Jackie logo made by Zoetawny!

I'm slowly making my way through the tribes and castaways for the upcoming Survivor season. For more background on the season, as well as the skinny on the Asian tribe, please check out this previous entry.

Here's a look at the Caucasian Tribe:


Adam Gentry is in copier sales and, though listed by the show as hailing from San Diego, he was born and raised in Virginia. An interesting note - he graduated from Virginia Polytechnic Institute where fellow castaway Cao Boi also attended. In the past, he was a personal trainer. He appeared on the MTV show The Grind in 1999. He likes basketball and swimming. No mention of a spouse or his family on the CBS site.

Um. Okay. He has a short bio and looks like someone I know (no, it's not the person I know). I have no clue how this guy will do. I think I'll call him "Mystery Man."



Candice Woodcock was born and raised in Fayetteville. In high school, she was the class president and captain for both the soccer and cross country teams. She won full merit sholarships at two schools and graduated from UNC at Chapel Hill. Unlike Adam, Candice's bio is very long. She's no mystery. A Survivor: Africa fan, she lived in a mud hut in Kenya teaching for a few months. She's active in an UNC program which provides scholarships to students from Zimbabwe and Tanzania. She also has worked at a cancer clinic and a Latino clinic. She wants to earn a medical degree to work with people from developing nations and the underserved folks in the United States.

She's single, involved with her family and her dog, Louis James. Hmmm... interesting.


Jessica Smith, a nice easy name. She was born and raised on a ranch in Palo Cedro, CA, and went to high school in Redding, CA. When she turned 18, she decided to move to the arts-supporting town of Chico. She's a performance artist/rollergirl. She sounds like a mix of Nakomis from Big Brother and the fire-swirling performance artist Courtney from Survivor last season. She's been on Roller Derby teams, managed a costume shop, designed costumes and worked in a fabric store. She seems a bit of a free spirit who lives with her cat, Alita.

How will she do? I don't know. I doubt she'll be the sole Survivor, but I could be wrong.


Jonathan is a native of New York and attended the prestigious Phillips Andover Prep School, then went on to earn his degree from Sarah Lawrence College. He's an actor who has appeared in numerousTV series over the years. He's also a producer/director/writer. But can he sing? I don't know. He seems to be very show-businessy. He likes reading, writing, cooking, baseball and traveling. He's married, has two children, a bunny rabbit, a cat, and two lizards.

What's he doing on Survivor? Maybe a mid-life crisis, maybe he wants to win a million, maybe he thinks it will be good for his career.


Okay, I won't say she's Shallow (but, she is!). She's a boxer/waitress who was born in Vero Beach, FL, but moved to Atlanta when she was 11 years-old. Her previous jobs include being a model, bartender and in public relations. She's been on her own since she was 17, putting herself through college at the University of Georgia. She's studied martial arts and enjoys boxing, running, hiking, volleyball, yoga, skiing, softball, dancing and swimming. She loves boxing and the outdoors. Her bio doesn't mention a spouse or family.

Although this photo of her reminds me of Misty from last season, I think we have a contender here. I just hope she doesn't box as she waitresses. "Leave a good tip. I know you have a glass chin!"

I'll be posting on the remaining two tribes over the next few days, or at least by Sunday.

13 comments:

Anonymous said...

I HAVEN'T SEEN ALL THE TRIBE BREAKDOWNS...BUT WHY DOES THE WHITE TEAM HAVE TO HAVE 3 WOMEN? ALREADY THE ASIAN TEAM HAS AN ADVANTAGE.

Anonymous said...

Jackie, Adam's parents live about 3 miles from me. I don't think he is married, no mention of it in the local paper, but he grew up and went to high school right here, in fact, same HS my son went to one year.

Jenny

Jackie S. said...

Anon @ 11:07 - All the teams have either three women and two men or three men and two women. There's a total of ten men and ten women in the show. I doubt the tribes we see at the start will last long.

Jenny - Cool! None of them are from around here at all unless you count the transplanted New Yorkers.

Anonymous said...

Seems to always be someone from VA and it's great to have two HOKIES on the show. (Hokies are fans of Virginia Tech.... why they listed it by the formal name, VPI, I don't know.)

Anonymous said...

Look forward to your postings...always great. Are you going to do Amazing too? Hope so..love Survivor and Amazing and hope to see Janelle on Amazing one of these days...altho Will hinted on House Calls this morning he wants to do show...wonder if he is thinking Erin or Janelle. Erin's forte seems to be too much like his...manipulation rather than the skills needed on the race.

Anonymous said...

Why is the White tribe all from California?????????

Anonymous said...

jACKIE,

It matters cause the 2 teams with 3 women are at a disadvantage in 1st few contests making it more likely that team/race send someone home.

Not to mention I would rather have 3 asian women on the show instead of 3 asian men.

Anonymous said...

OH, I forgot to add that tats on women really take away from the women.

Anonymous said...

Usually Survivor is really good at having challenges that pit the teams as equals at the beginning. Sure they are physical in nature but it's usually rowing a boat, running an obstacle course tied together, etc. Something that requires more team work than strength. Teams with three guys have to work as well with the two women as the teams with three women have to work with the two guys. They are usually the first "team" across type things so they can't leave anyone behind.

The challenges usually have one poor schmuck who falls down and gets voted out the first tribal council too.

Anonymous said...

Does anyone else think Adam looks like a good looking Howie??

Anonymous said...

Regarding Jonathan, how can someone who has worked on Survivor now become a player on the show?

Jackie S. said...

Anon @ 1:37 - I don't believe Jonathan has worked for Survivor. That's not on his CBS site show bio, nor did I post it. Where did you get that information?

Anonymous said...

It's listed on his IMDB.com profile