A First — Two Contestants Quit ‘Survivor’
- Posted on December 2, 2010 at 1:25am by
Scott Baker
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NEW YORK (AP) — For one night, “Survivor” became “quitter.”
Two contestants quit the CBS game in an episode aired on Wednesday. That’s a first for the show, which has had only four others leave of their own choice in a history that goes back a decade.
NaOnka Mixon, a 27-year-old gym teacher from Los Angeles, said relentless rain at the show’s Nicaragua setting made her joints ache. Mixon hasn’t been a fan favorite, since cameras once caught her stealing food from her fellow players.
She left with one head-shaking act of selfishness. After being part of a winning team in a reward challenge where the prize was a movie screening with popcorn and hot dogs to eat, host Jeff Probst asked for one volunteer to give up the prize in order to give the losers extra rice and a tarp. Even though she had already said she was going home, Mixon wouldn’t volunteer — leaving the hero turn to Holly Hoffman, a 44-year-old swim coach from Eureka, S.D.
The other quitter was 20-year-old Kelly Shinn, a nursing student from Mesa, Ariz. Shinn said: “I just feel like I’m breaking down.”
Hoffman tried to talk her out of it, saying she’ll face tougher things in life, and that she’ll always be known as the girl who quit “Survivor.”
She quit anyway, leaving seven contestants in the running for a $1 million prize.
The women leaving didn’t get much sympathy.
“Get out,” Probst said as he snuffed out Shinn’s torch.
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Sgt.Crust
Posted on December 4, 2010 at 10:08pmNaOnka is a classless dolt, and from Marxist LA to boot. Just goes to show you how those idiots in LA are real losers in life. She is a lier and a cheat anyway, and did not deserve to be there. Shinn, what can I say is a puffball and I feel the same about her, but at least she did not cheat. See people, how soft the Californicators from LA are? Gotta make you wonder about the future of America huh!
Report Post »not4me
Posted on December 4, 2010 at 5:12amJust your typical young person, no drive or determination. They want everything handed to them.
Report Post »David Foxfire
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 7:58pmI’d like to see Survivor Alaska myself. That’ll be a twist.
Report Post »Rick300
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 1:29pmWhy couldn’t they do Survivor closer to home…like “Survivor – Arizona”? “Survivor – California”? “Survivor – Streets of New York”?
Report Post »lyradd
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 12:56pmNaOnka Mixon is a great role model for her gym class students, if at first you don’t succeed, quit!
Report Post »ohiojack
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 3:49amMaybe Jeff Probst should try his hand at being a contestant, he reminds me of some of the sports writers that never played sports but can bad mouth the players
Report Post »CowboyExpat
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 1:37amHeck, I’ll do it for a shot at a million bucks. Are you kidding? Most of these type folks are retreads or rejects from other reality shows…or will be due to exposure on Survivor.
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