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Wednesday, December 20, 2006
‘Survivor’ hunka-munkas
It came down to one vote Sunday on the “Survivor: Cook Islands” finale, but Yul Kwon, one of the most strategic survivors, won. And rightly so: He had dominated the game since the first day when he showed off his rock-hard abs, brilliant mind and calm demeanor.
Yul Kown
But I have to admit I was secretly hoping for “Survivor” runner-up Oscar ‘‘Ozzy’’ Lusth to win. I have a thing for underdogs; they always get my votes.
Don’t tell me you didn’t cry, just a little, when you heard Lusth, during the final tribal council talk, about the hardest thing he had to overcome was not having a relationship with his dad. And don’t tell me your heart didn’t go out to him one more time during the finale when when he pointed to the man who raised him and said that this is the man he considered to be his father.
Yul and Ozzy
Lusth swam like a fish, climbed trees like a monkey and had a charming smile and big puppy-dog eyes. I even agreed with him when he persuaded his tribe to scheme to evict Billy Garcia. Lusth was right: Garcia was just weighing the team down. I loved that Jeff Probst said Lusth probably was the most physically dominating survivor in 13 seasons.
And then my friend Allan, who fought with me about Lusth, sent me an article detailing Lusth’s past involvement with another reality TV show called “Foursome,” which aired on Playboy TV. We can’t link to it here, but let’s just say the show calls itself “the only TV dating program that shows everything,” and that’s an understatement. It intimately combines elements of Playboy with elements of reality TV star.
I wonder what CBS would have done if Lusth had won the million dollars? Good thing he just got the car, and, of course, all of our attention.
