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TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. Michael Skupin, who suffered severe burns as a contestant on television's "Survivor II: The Australian Outback," is a survivor once again.

Skupin, his pregnant wife, Penny, and 3-year-old daughter, Emily, escaped serious injury Sunday when their twin-engine plane made a crash landing along the rocky Lake Michigan shoreline in Petoskey.

Source: The Associated Press"

Emmys: "Survivor" Gets Creative " September 9, 2001
The tribe has spoken: CBS' back-stabbing, pig-skinning reality smash may now be referred to as CBS' Emmy-winning, back-stabbing, pig-skinning reality smash.

Mark Burnett's hit series Survivor picked up its first Emmy award Saturday, one of two new trophies capitalizing on TV's reality-show craze.

Survivor won for Outstanding Non-Fiction Program (Special Class), a category honoring "reality" shows with a game-show element. The hit series was nominated alongside VH1's Bands on the Run, USA's Eco-Challenge: Borneo, TLC's Junkyard Wars and MTV's Road Rules: Maximum Velocity Tour. The show also picked up a second trophy for Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Non-Fiction Program.

Source: Eonline"

'Survivor' Meets 'Big Brother' August 29, 2001
'Survivor' Meets 'Big Brother' on a Special Edition of 'Big Brother 2,' Wednesday, Sept. 5 on the CBS Television Network 'Survivor's' Gervase and Sue and 'Survivor: The Australian Outback's' Alicia and Jeff to Pay a Visit to the Houseguests

The BIG BROTHER 2 Houseguests will receive unexpected company when SURVIVOR's Gervase and Sue and SURVIVOR: THE AUSTRALIAN OUTBACK's Alicia and Jeff pay a visit to their house on a special edition of BIG BROTHER 2, Wednesday, Sept. 5 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.

During the Survivors' stay, the reality teams will square off against each other in a surprise competition that will decide which reality team rules. The Survivors will also make regular Diary Room entries, just as the Houseguests do.

Source: PRNewswire"

'Survivor' Chef to Air Cooking Show August 23, 2001
PHOENIX Keith Famie, a chef who earned a reputation on CBS's "Survivor: The Australian Outback" as the guy who couldn't cook rice, wrapped up filming this month in Sedona, Ariz., for his new cooking show to air on Food TV.

Keith Famie's Adventures is scheduled to begin airing in November.

The first 11 shows, excluding the premiere which is being taped in Kenya, are remakes of Famie's local cooking show in Detroit.

Source: The Associated Press"

Survivor's Elisabeth, Big Bro's Krista To Judge Miss Teen USA Pageant" August 22, 2001
Former reality cuties Elisabeth Filarski ('Survivor: The Australian Outback') and Krista Stegall ('Big Brother 2') have been named as judges for the 2001 Misss Teen USA Pageant, which airs Wednesday, Aug. 22, at 9 p.m. ET on CBS. CBS of course is the network home of both 'Survivor' and 'Big Brother.'

Source: Zap2It.com"

Survivor Winner Richard Hatch Arrested, Also Gets Restraining Order" August 21, 2001
Where's that pesky immunity idol when you need it? Richard Hatch, the flamboyant $1 million winner of CBS's first Survivor series, was arrested Tuesday for a domestic dispute allegedly involving an ex-boyfriend. Middletown, R.I., police spokesman Lt. Barry Smith says a warrant was issued for Hatch's arrest after the victim filed a complaint Monday.

Colby Donaldson in Texas Monthly August 19, 2001
Colby Donaldson is the cover story of the August issue of Texas Monthly magazine.

Source: Texas Monthly"

Elisabeth Gets Her Own Television Show August 17, 2001
Survivor II's Elisabeth, the footwear designer and Outback crybaby has just landed a gig hosting the upcoming E! fashion series The Look for Less. The weekly series, which is set to debut later this year, will focus on bargain-hunting tips for fashionistas.

Source: America Online"

S1's Susan & S2's Jeff Starring In USA's 'Cannonball Run 2001' This Week August 6, 2001
Survivor I's Susan Hawk, Survivor II's Jeff Varner, and Temptation Island's Kaya are one of the racing team in USA Network's 'Cannonball Run 2001' special -- a five night series airung this Sunday (8/5) through Thursday (8/9) on USA Network.

'Survivor' Pig Killing Prompts New Law July 19, 2001
BRISBANE (Reuters) - An Australian state is bringing in new animal welfare legislation following the controversial slaughter of a wild pig early this year by a participant in the hit U.S. reality show, ``Survivor.''

A new code of care for animal stars in film and television shows filmed in tropical Queensland would be introduced shortly, the state's primary industry minister said on Thursday.

Animal welfare groups were flooded with complaints and the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals launched an investigation after ``Survivor,'' filmed in north Queensland's outback, screened a cast member killing a wild pig with a knife.

Source: Reuters"

Reality TV Gets Own Emmy Category July 12, 2001
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The Emmy tribe has spoken: This year the awards show starts honoring the best programs in the oft-maligned genre of reality TV.

''It wasn't difficult to see that new prime-time reality programs have reached critical mass and needed to be established (in a new award),'' said Emmy Awards director John Leverence.

Academy of Television Arts & Sciences rules divide reality programs into two categories: those that offer prizes, such as CBS' ''Survivor,'' and those that don't, like PBS' documentary series ''American High.''

Source: AP Entertainment "

Group Wants 'Survivor' Pig Kill Video July 10, 2001
BRISBANE, Australia (AP) -- A leading animal rights group wants to see unedited television footage of the slaying of a wild pig on the hit reality show ''Survivor'' to decide whether the killing constituted a crime.

The Australian branch of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) said Tuesday it is seeking access to footage of the killing, which angered people when an edited version aired around the world earlier this year.

Source: AP Entertainment "

The "Survivor II" winner tells how she beat rheumatoid arthritis " July 8, 2001
She runs, she swims, she rides a Harley. And over 6 weeks last year, she ate a worm, braved the rugged Australian outback and out-strategized 15 other wannabes to become the million-dollar winner of the CBS hit show "Survivor II."

But what's most remarkable about Tina Wesson, the 40-year-old Knoxville-Tennessee mother-of-two and nursing assistant, is that she does it all with rheumatoid arthritis

Source: Prevention Magazine"

Kimmi Continues To Make Mom & Dad Proud -- Now Competing In Whipped Cream Bikini Contests April 29, 2001
Wow, leave it to Kimmi to continue to set new media whorish lows for Survivor contestants...

Kimmi, apparently not satisfied with her new role as a thong contest judge, has now moved on to actually COMPETING in -- no, not in thong contests, that'd be too classy for her apparently, or maybe it's just a conflict of interest -- whipped cream bikini contests.

And in a move sure to make Internet perverts everywhere happy, WNEW, the New York City radio station conducting the contest in which Kimmi is competing, has put a couple of her photos online.

How low can this girl go? ...we think Kimmi just officially got too sleazy for Playboy (who'd a thunk it?) -- time to see if maybe Penthouse is interested.

Source: WNEW (Mature Content)"

'Survivor' Run Extended By A Week With Another Post-Series Show April 25, 2001
Hoping to squeeze every last ratings point out of 'Survivor: The Australian Outback' CBS will air the one-hour special 'Survivor: Back From the Outback' a week after the contest's $1 million winner is revealed.

'Back From the Outback' will air May 10 at 8 p.m.; the special follows the 16 'Survivor' contestants as they return home and deal with their newfound fame. The hour also will feature interviews with the original 'Survivor' castmates.

'Back From the Outback' pushes the 'Survivor' franchise into the third week of sweeps. It also sets up a battle between old-school 'Survivor' and new-school 'Survivor': The second half-hour of 'Back From the Outback' airs against NBC's special half-hour edition of 'Weakest Link' featuring a handful of original 'Survivors.'

Source: Yahoo!/Variety"