Survivor China

Survivor China winner Todd Herzog says that while he’s “grateful in a lot of ways for” the Dr. Phil show, a bottle of vodka he drank the day of the taping actually came from the show.

Survivor China winner Todd Herzog has relapsed, and taped an appearance on Dr. Phil to deal with his alcoholism. He’s now in rehab and needs fans’ help.

Jean-Robert Bellande, a Survivor China contestant who was the eighth person voted out and a member of the jury, won $784,828 at the World Series of Poker’s Players Championship on Friday, coming in second. That’s significantly better than Survivor‘s second-place prize of $100,000. Jean-Robert lost at the final table to Mike Gorodinsky, who won $1.27 million…. continue reading

Todd Herzog was on Dr. Phil for the third time today, an episode filmed one year to the day from his first, horrifying appearance.  Because this is Dr. Phil and Todd’s horrifying alcoholism and popularity can be dragged out for two episodes, the actual result of the intervention is being saved for tomorrow’s episode. Dr. Phil opened the… continue reading

Survivor winner Todd Herzog’s appearance on Dr. Phil last year was disturbing, to say the least; he alcoholism made him barely coherent and barely recognizable. He was drinking 24 gallons of vodka every month. The show sent him to rehab and he returned months later, sober for 112 days. As the preview for Thursday’s episode of Dr. Phil… continue reading

In the preview of Todd Herzog’s appearance on Dr. Phil, the footage of the Survivor China winner was horrifying and also sensationally presented. Was his appearance on the show exploitative or critically necessary? After the broadcast yesterday, the answer is clear: It was both. The basic details of his appearance were covered in an audience… continue reading

Survivor China winner Todd Herzog is now in treatment for alcoholism following an appearance on Dr. Phil last week, which was essentially an intervention by his family, as he was not aware he was appearing on TV until confronted by cameras at home. I’ve learned details about his appearance from a member of the studio… continue reading

Survivor China winner Todd Herzog is battling alcoholism, and incredibly disturbing footage from his appearance on Dr. Phil’s talk show later this month shows just how much he’s suffering from it. “Today, I had an entire bottle of vodka,” he says, his words slurring. Video shows him crawling around on the floor, and several people… continue reading

Jean-Robert Bellande’s time on Survivor China, never mind his polarizing cockiness, has followed him all the way to the World Series of Poker. In poker, just as on the show, he has fans and detractors. In a profile, ESPN pointed out that “his positively slimy depiction on ‘Survivor: China’ and his willful playing to the… continue reading

How I Met Your Mother star Neil Patrick Harris received Survivor China‘s immunity idol as a gift from CBS for his 37th birthday last Tuesday. He posted this photo to Twitter via Yfrog and wrote on Twitter that this was “perhaps the coolest gift ever.” As if he wasn’t cool enough already, Neil Patrick Harris… continue reading

Survivor China cast members Jaime Dugan and Erik Huffman have won the $80,000 wedding that they begged fans to help them win. They’ll marry April 4, 2009 at Wild Dunes Resort in Charleston, according to a press release. That’s presumably the same day that virginal Erik will lose the most interesting part about himself. Besides… continue reading

Survivor China cast members Jaime Dugan and Erik Huffman, who are now engaged to be married, have issued a press release to brag that they have “a more low-key love story” than other contestants–and to again ask fans to help them win an $80,000 wedding. I was going to ignore them now, since their shameless… continue reading

Jaime Dugan and Erik Huffman, who both appeared on Survivor China, are engaged to be married, and are now begging their Facebook friends to help them win a free wedding. Jaime may be best known for throwing an immunity challenge and later playing a fake immunity idol, while Erik is best known for being a… continue reading

Janitor and former lunch lady Denise Martin, the fourth-place Survivor China contestant, wants the $50,000 she received during the reunion to go to charity. Specifically, she wants it to go to the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation. On Tuesday, Denise was noncommittal about the $50,000 when intrepid journalist Julie Chen asked what she planned to… continue reading

In an interview this morning on The Early Show, Survivor China contestant Denise Martin admitted that she was not a lunch lady, and apologized for her comments during the live reunion Sunday. She appeared with her boss, school superintendent Nancy Lane, who challenged Denise’s story in a statement on Monday. Today, she said that Denise… continue reading

Survivor China lunch lady Denise Martin was not demoted to the position of janitor, as she claimed on the reunion show, and was actually a janitor before she left to tape the series, her school district said today. On the live reunion show, Denise Martin said she was no longer a lunch lady, because her… continue reading

On Sunday night, 15.1 million people watched Todd Herzog win the $1 million prize on Survivor China‘s finale, Variety reports. Those numbers are up from the 13.6 million who watched Survivor Fiji‘s finale but down from last fall’s conclusion of Survivor Cook Islands, which was watched by 16.4 million. While only 12.2 million stuck around… continue reading

Todd Herzog, who Jeff Probst pointed out was just 14 when Survivor first debuted seven and a half years ago, was a student of the game, and that helped him win the game by a vote of 4-2-1. Late last month, a magazine cover referred to Todd as the “million dollar man,” but since the… continue reading