SurvivorQuarantine Questionnaire: Jessica Lewis wants juries to get access to live feeds

Each weekday, EW will post the answers from a different player. Here’s a shocking revelation:Survivorplayers don’t always tell the truth. But can that information be trusted? Jessica Lewis of ‘Survivor: Millennials vs. Gen X’.Monty Brinton/CBS via Getty Images “Live feeds or challenge performances. It would add more perspective to what they are hearing at Tribal Council and help avoid jury tampering. It’s hard to know if something really happened in the game if unseen....

May 1, 2025 · 5 min · 902 words · William Watson

SurvivorQuarantine Questionnaire: Karishma Patel regrets becoming a 'punching bag' on the show

Each weekday, EW will post the answers from a different player. Karishma Pateldid not have an easy time onSurvivor.Not with the elements. Not with the challenges. Karishma Patel on ‘Survivor: Island of the Idols’.CBS Not with the knife. And certainly not with the tribemates. “The reason it haunts me is because it’s so drastically different than how I lead my life. Karishma Patel on ‘Survivor: Island of the Idols’.Robert Voets/CBS...

May 1, 2025 · 7 min · 1360 words · Michael Mcgee

SurvivorQuarantine Questionnaire: Malcolm Freberg reveals his 'forced time' strategy

Each weekday, EW will post the answers from a different player. Malcolm Freberg is aSurvivorproducer’s dream. Hold up, bro… it’s time to read Malcolm’s Quarantine Questionnaire. Malcolm Freberg on ‘Survivor: Game Changers’.Robert Voets/CBS MALCOLM FREBERG:I got fat. This did no favors for my midsection. But because the world’s about to open back up, my diet started yesterday. Malcolm Freberg on ‘Survivor: Philippines’.Monty Brinton/CBS Twenty-four hours in and I’ve discovered that losing weight is much less fun than gaining it....

May 1, 2025 · 4 min · 761 words · Vincent Robinson

SurvivorQuarantine Questionnaire: Marcus Lehman regrets 'playing by the rules'

Each weekday, EW will post the answers from a different player. Marcus Lehman is a natural leader. Or that two tribe switches kept shifting the numbers. Monty Brinton/CBS Throw it all together and the leader of the Onion alliance was peeled off a few layers too soon. But maybe things could have been different. What could Marcus have done and what would he have said? Dr. Lehman reveals all! I completed my residency in anesthesiology in 2012....

May 1, 2025 · 3 min · 469 words · Brandi Wilson

SurvivorQuarantine Questionnaire: Matt Elrod on playing as a Christian and shaking off his critics

Each weekday, EW will post the answers from a different player. Matt Elrod absolutely dominated at one aspect ofSurvivor. Unfortunately for him, that aspect happened to be Redemption Island. Monty Brinton/CBS via Getty Images Voted out ofSurvivor: Redemption Islandon day 5, Matt took part in the franchise’s very first duel. Not only did he win it, he then went on to win nine more after that. In all, Matt spent 29 of his 36 days in the game on Redemption Island....

May 1, 2025 · 4 min · 711 words · Kaitlin Nelson

SurvivorQuarantine Questionnaire: Max Dawson says players need better aftercare

Each weekday, EW will post the answers from a different player. And those effects are not always pleasant. “In a sense, we, the contestants, ‘work’ for the show. Monty Brinton/CBS ButSurvivorisn’t a safe workplace. It’s time that changed.” and after filming (“The show owes it to us to offer something in the way of aftercare. Put mechanisms in place to help castaways reintegrate back into society.") I had a YouTube channel....

May 1, 2025 · 6 min · 1210 words · Edwin Hall

SurvivorQuarantine Questionnaire: Sekou Bunch on theCook Islandsstuff they didn't show

Each weekday, EW will post the answers from a different player. When Sekou Bunch first got the call to be onSurvivor, he was excited to play. But not to play the game. Sekou Bunch on ‘Survivor: Cook Islands’.Monty Brinton/CBS He thought he was getting a call to play something else the bass guitar! SEKOU BUNCH:I have released my album in 2008 titledThe Next Level. What is your proudest moment ever from playingSurvivor?...

May 1, 2025 · 3 min · 479 words · Joseph Travis

SurvivorQuarantine Questionnaire: Stephen Fishbach feels 'shame' about his portrayal on 'Cambodia'

Each weekday, EW will post the answers from a different player. Thomas), and has either blogged or podcasted about the show ever since. Years later, the edit still stings. Stephen Fishbach in ‘Survivor: Tocantins’.Monty Brinton/CBS I’ve had a lot of people tell me that seeing my vulnerability was actually very moving. It’s possible to present a person’s messy complexity without making them look ridiculous." Recently, I had ashort story publishedabout a has-been reality TV contestant in the literary journalOne Story....

May 1, 2025 · 5 min · 946 words · James Jones

SurvivorQuarantine Questionnaire: Tanya Vance says 'malaria medicine became my downfall' in Thailand

Each weekday, EW will post the answers from a different player. She got voted out for being sick. “Taking my malaria medicine became my downfall,” she says. Tanya Vance on ‘Survivor: Thailand’.CBS All is revealed in her Quarantine Questionnaire! ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: First off, what have you been up to since appearing onSurvivor? Since filmingSurvivor, I have changed my career from social work to pharmaceutical sales. Tanya Vance on ‘Survivor: Thailand’.MONTY BRINTON/CBS...

May 1, 2025 · 4 min · 821 words · Raymond Hendrix

SurvivorQuarantine Questionnaire: Vince Moua talks Asian and LGBTQIA+ representation on the show

Each weekday, EW will post the answers from a different player. And that dream wasSurvivor. It’s a must-read that sheds a lot of perspective on aspects both in and out of the game. Vince Moua of ‘Survivor: Island of the Idols’.Robert Voets/CBS VINCE MOUA:Things have been an absolute whirlwind since the game! I landed and went back to work the next day. and the first images that pop up in your head are those half-storm, half-rainbow skies of Fiji....

May 1, 2025 · 5 min · 931 words · Katherine Jackson

SurvivorQuarantine Questionnaire: Zeke Smith reflects on being outed as trans on the show

Each weekday, EW will post the answers from a different player. “I feel tremendously proud and humbled by the impact we had on the world,” says Zeke. Zeke shares a moving example of that impact in action. Zeke Smith on ‘Survivor: Millennials vs. Gen X’.Robert Voets/CBS Entertainment “One of my favorite stories is of a trans guy in the Air Force,” explains Zeke. “There was a new commander, and he’d been called in to see him....

May 1, 2025 · 7 min · 1427 words · Beth Evans

Survivorwinner Michele Fitzgerald talks joiningThe Challenge: I came out 'guns blazing'

“Survivor is like the kiddie pool, I’m in the big pool now. “I was like, am I actually physically prepared for this experience?” Fitzgerald tells EW with a laugh. mtv “Survivoris like the kiddie pool; I’m in the big pool now. It’s wild.” But thankfully she’s not tackling MTV’s extreme competition alone. ‘The Challenge’ season 37 cast.MTV “I’m really excited for people to see the dynamic of theSurvivorcrew,” she says....

May 1, 2025 · 4 min · 836 words · Connor Gomez

Susan Boyle makes emotional return to TV singing 'I Dreamed a Dream' after stroke: 'I fought like crazy'

“I fought like crazy to get back on stage, and I have done it.” Cowell then spoke in praise of Boyle’s “unbelievable” triumph. “We wouldn’t be the same without you. Susan Boyle returns to ‘Britain’s Got Talent’.Dymond/Thames/Shutterstock You are amazing.” Since placing second onBritain’s Got Talent’s third season, Boyle went on to become a worldwide sensation. Watch Boyle’s moving return toBritain’s Got Talentabove.

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 63 words · Anthony Maldonado