The contestants for the 21st season of “Survivor” were unveiled by CBS this morning. The twenty players, who will compete for a million dollar prize, have been divided into separate tribes based on their ages. Contestants under the age of thirty will compete as part of the yellow La Flor tribe, while those who are forty years and older will join forces as the Espada tribe.
To view the members of the La Flor tribe, click here.
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| Name: Jillian Behm Age: 43 Current Residence: Erie, PA Occupation: Emergency Room Doctor Jillian is a national-caliber cyclist and prides herself on being able to hold her own against the best male and female riders. |
Name: Jane Bright Age: 56 Current Residence: Jackson Spring, NC Occupation: Dog Trainer Jane is an accomplished dog trainer and runs her family’s 134-acre farm. She enjoys water skiing, snow skiing, and showing her dogs. |
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| Name: Tyrone Davis Age: 42 Current Residence: Inglewood, CA Occupation: Fire Captain When Tyrone isn’t leading his fire fighters through dangerous situations, he teaches a spin class, snowboards, dances, and writes songs. |
Name: Wendy DeSmidt-Kohlhoff Age: 48 Current Residence: Fromberg, MT Occupation: Retired Army Officer Wendy ascended to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army. In her 22 years of service she oversaw nearly 200 nurses in her clinics. |
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| Name: Holly Hoffman Age: 44 Current Residence: Eureka, SD Occupation: Swim Coach Holly splits her time between being a volleyball official, swim team coach, a pageant consultant, and a campaign manager for her husband’s political career. |
Name: Jimmy Johnson Age: 66 Current Residence: Islamorada, FL Occupation: TV Sports Broadcaster The two-time Super Bowl champion has been trying to get on “Survivor” for years. He was originally slated to compete in “Survivor: Gabon” before a medical condition took him out of the running. |
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| Name: Dan Lembo Age: 63 Current Residence: Watermill, NY Occupation: Property Management Known as “Mr. Connected,” Dan claims he’s going to lie, cheat, and steal to get to the end of “Survivor.” Dan’s also known to date much younger women…maybe he’s on the wrong tribe? |
Name: Marty Piombo Age: 48 Current Residence: Mill Valley, CA Occupation: Wine Industry Executive Marty rose to the top of the corporate world as an executive at Yahoo! He feels the dirty political moves that are necessary to rise in business will serve him well in “Survivor.” |
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| Name: Yve Rojas Age: 41 Current Residence: Kansas City, KS Occupation: Stay-at-Home Mom Yve isn’t your ordinary married mother of two. She spent her 40th birthday sitting topless by a pool and enjoying a quarter-pound hamburger. |
Name: Jimmy “Jimmy T.” Tarantino Age: 48 Current Residence: Gloucester, MA Occupation: Fisherman/Government Seafood Inspector “Jimmy T.” was the winner of the first-ever CBS/Sears “Survivor” Online Casting Call. His hometown was instrumental in rocking the vote and earning him the coveted slot in the game. |
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