Wade Watchers: "Rocky B" visits the Dragon Slayer
Brendan Block
Issue date: 5/13/09 Section: In the Spotlight
Southwest Baptist had another staff member appear on national television-this time Assistant Coach Mitchell "Rocky B" Browning in a surprise visit to Benjamin "Coach" Wade on "Survivor: Tocantins."
RECAP: After tribal council, everyone returns to camp glad the drama is now gone with the absence of Sierra. Coach returns fuming to Debbie and advocates an exit for Taj next episode, since she tried voting off Debbie. But Debbie is getting sick of Coach and decides to walk away in the middle of their conversation.
She then approaches J.T. and Stephen, who now hold the power and decides to align herself with them and tries to persuade Coach's demise at the next tribal council.
The Survivor auction was the reward challenge with 500 U.S. dollars allotted to each contestant. They could not share money or food and must bid in $20 increments. The first item, a bowl of French fries, went for $120 to Debbie. Chicken Parmesan, garlic bread and a glass of wine went for $320 to Coach.
Most importantly, loaded video messages from loved ones on the Samsung Instinct was the last item auctioned off. Taj had the toughest time being away from her family, and no one dared to bid against her. Taj won to get her husband Eddie George's message with her little baby. Last thing he said was, "I will see you back at camp."
In the most emotionally filled episode, Taj burst out in tears and shook Jeff Probst with happiness when she heard her husbands last line. Probst then made a deal that if Taj went to Exile Island with her husband, everyone would get to see their loved ones. Waiting back at camp for Coach was Mitchell "Rocky B" Browning.
"Rocky B what's up," said a happy but stoic Wade. While everyone around was crying, and hugging each other, Browning cracked Coach's back, stretched him out and had some laughs.
"He took me under his win helped me grow and looked after me after I first got to America," said Browning to CBS. "That's the honesty and integrity that will take him to the next level."
The immunity challenge consisted of an obstacle course: contestants digging to make their way under a log, walking across a balance beam, crawling under ropes and then memorizing a series of ten math symbols attached to propeller heads and completing a math equation. Stephen won this challenge through a mnemonic device.
After the challenge, Debbie makes one last case to get Coach voted off.
"Honesty is Coach's Achilles heel," said Debbie.
But honesty won out in episode 12 of "Survivor: Tocantins" as Debbie was voted off. Coach has changed the game already; he doesn't shift his alliance, or loyalty. He says what he thinks and does not care who agrees with him. Omnibus online will feature a complete Coach Wade video-interview package sometime after the finale.
RECAP: After tribal council, everyone returns to camp glad the drama is now gone with the absence of Sierra. Coach returns fuming to Debbie and advocates an exit for Taj next episode, since she tried voting off Debbie. But Debbie is getting sick of Coach and decides to walk away in the middle of their conversation.
She then approaches J.T. and Stephen, who now hold the power and decides to align herself with them and tries to persuade Coach's demise at the next tribal council.
The Survivor auction was the reward challenge with 500 U.S. dollars allotted to each contestant. They could not share money or food and must bid in $20 increments. The first item, a bowl of French fries, went for $120 to Debbie. Chicken Parmesan, garlic bread and a glass of wine went for $320 to Coach.
Most importantly, loaded video messages from loved ones on the Samsung Instinct was the last item auctioned off. Taj had the toughest time being away from her family, and no one dared to bid against her. Taj won to get her husband Eddie George's message with her little baby. Last thing he said was, "I will see you back at camp."
In the most emotionally filled episode, Taj burst out in tears and shook Jeff Probst with happiness when she heard her husbands last line. Probst then made a deal that if Taj went to Exile Island with her husband, everyone would get to see their loved ones. Waiting back at camp for Coach was Mitchell "Rocky B" Browning.
"Rocky B what's up," said a happy but stoic Wade. While everyone around was crying, and hugging each other, Browning cracked Coach's back, stretched him out and had some laughs.
"He took me under his win helped me grow and looked after me after I first got to America," said Browning to CBS. "That's the honesty and integrity that will take him to the next level."
The immunity challenge consisted of an obstacle course: contestants digging to make their way under a log, walking across a balance beam, crawling under ropes and then memorizing a series of ten math symbols attached to propeller heads and completing a math equation. Stephen won this challenge through a mnemonic device.
After the challenge, Debbie makes one last case to get Coach voted off.
"Honesty is Coach's Achilles heel," said Debbie.
But honesty won out in episode 12 of "Survivor: Tocantins" as Debbie was voted off. Coach has changed the game already; he doesn't shift his alliance, or loyalty. He says what he thinks and does not care who agrees with him. Omnibus online will feature a complete Coach Wade video-interview package sometime after the finale.
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