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Consider U.X. Open contestant Donnie McFadden, 30, a steakhouse chef, heavy-metal music fan and newly minted golf nut from Hobbs, N.M. His fashion sense is decidedly more WWF than PGA: tank top and shorts, shaved head, piercings and a sun tattoo across one forearm. "Golf shouldn't be about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gonzo Golfers Play On Ski Slopes | 7/24/2000 | See Source »

"Protonesis, Inc., a science-based competitive intelligence group, uncovered information revealing Rudy Boesch, the 72-year-old retired Navy Seal contestant, to be the winner of the CBS reality series. Protonesis, Inc., used its proprietary Touch-Free CI process, a proprietary linguistic analysis technology available only to Protonesis clientele, to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: I Know Who it Is! Everyone's a 'Survivor' Expert | 7/21/2000 | See Source »

A contestant of the Swedish version of "Big Brother" threw himself in front of a train after being voted off. But, the show's top exec said, "he would have done it anyway." Obviously, contestant screening is a smart idea.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hey, Mr. Non-'Survivor' — How Ya Feeling? | 7/6/2000 | See Source »

Psychologists seem of two minds about the real-life effects such rejection can have on the human psyche. On the one hand, the deafening if fleeting humiliation can magnify insecurities a contestant might have about him or herself, and the return to normal life as an unpopular non-millionaire could...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hey, Mr. Non-'Survivor' — How Ya Feeling? | 7/6/2000 | See Source »

Is this narcissism or catharsis? It's hard to tell the difference nowadays, but several VTV veterans explain their decisions to bare all in the language of therapy and personal growth. Survivor contestant Sonja Christopher, 63, was already a survivor--of breast cancer--and signed on as a way of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: We Like To Watch | 6/26/2000 | See Source »

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