Janet Koth
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Amac | Friday, January 10, 2003 - 10:14 pm      |
Kaili | Saturday, January 11, 2003 - 05:59 am     She doesn't look like the Survivor type with the earrings- just looks a bit too "homemaker". I'm sure I'll be completely wrong and she'll end up being the most competitive of them all, and the most able. She looks like she could be pretty deceptive. I wish we knew their jobs. |
Hermione69 | Saturday, January 11, 2003 - 10:43 am     She does looks like a homemaker, especially a homemaker mom from a 50s TV show like June Cleaver or Mrs. Brady. I don't think she will go far, actually. |
Babyruth | Saturday, January 11, 2003 - 11:12 am     She looks like a tough cookie to me. Real Estate or banking, maybe??? |
Webkitty | Saturday, January 11, 2003 - 11:14 am     Occupation: Homemaker Hometown: Manchester, Missouri Age: 47 Sometimes, the first impressions are the right ones, no? |
Babyruth | Saturday, January 11, 2003 - 11:25 am     Wow! Well, maybe she is still a tough cookie! LOL |
Lycanthrope | Saturday, January 11, 2003 - 11:56 am     Nobody gave Jan much of a chance and she made the final 3, so I'll wait and see how she interacts with the younger players before deciding. If I had to make a judgement just on this picture and the fact that she's a homemaker...she's probably raised a few kids so she's gotta be pretty tough and very patient. I'd give a pretty good chance to do well. |
Wiseolowl | Sunday, January 12, 2003 - 08:19 am     Will have to wait and see on this one |
Ketchuplover | Monday, January 13, 2003 - 06:30 pm     She's the winner |
Muse | Tuesday, January 14, 2003 - 08:46 pm     So far I like her since she's a reality show fan. Perhaps since she's a devoted Survivor fan, she'll have a good strategy. |
Allietex | Wednesday, January 15, 2003 - 06:37 pm     I think she looks a little like Debbie Reynolds. Maybe she will be as tough as Debbie was in The Unsinkable Molly Brown. LOL |
Twiggyish | Tuesday, February 04, 2003 - 03:44 pm     I like her, too. I wouldn't be counting her out yet, either. She isn't a threat to anyone and they'll keep her around a while. |
Spunky | Friday, February 14, 2003 - 09:39 am     What was she thinking??? How the heck did she get on Survivor??? 3 days and she's already pooped... I wonder why a show like Survivor picks people who are so wrong for this kind of experience... even I could do better than that!!! |
Curlyq | Friday, February 14, 2003 - 12:39 pm     I can't fault Janet for getting sick. In every Survivor there is always at least one person who gets sick the first few days. Jeff in Survivor 2, Jessie in S3, and Tanya in S5 come to mind. Some of them get better, and some don't. Janet wasn't even shown heaving like the others, and by the end of the show she was feeling better. I think they included the clip of her saying she didn't know it would be this hard because they wanted to drive that point home to the viewers. All the former contestants say the same thing. You think you know what to expect, but you have no idea until you actually get there and go through it. Unless they go through a detoxification process beforehand, their bodies will feel sick when they first have to go without nourishing food. Applicants may think they know what to expect, but unless they actually try going on a fast while living out in the jungle, drinking nasty water, and expending energy rowing boats and doing chores they're still not going to know just how hard it is on the body. |
Twiggyish | Friday, February 14, 2003 - 02:54 pm     I think she was a good sport to go on with the competition. |
Niceguy | Saturday, February 15, 2003 - 09:13 pm     Janet is going to kick a lotta bootie outta da jungle. I'm with you ketchuplover. |
Mygetaway | Thursday, February 20, 2003 - 11:04 pm     Janet's Final Words: It was an amazing week. It was a brutal week, but it was really amazing. Meeting each of you was quite an experience. Christy, I think that you are an incredible woman, and I think that you are a great role model for the deaf community. I just think you're a fascinating woman. I'm sorry that my teammates didn't take the time to get to know you like I did, because I certainly feel that that was probably the best part of this experience: getting to know you. I was in way over my head in the physical department, no doubt about it. I found out I am not an Amazonian woman; I'm a Cancun woman. It was a really, really tough week for me, physically. I couldn't even really play my game, which is a mental game, because we were so enthralled in the physical aspects. Clearly, when it came to setting up our camp, we sucked at it! That's all there is to it. We were pretty clueless. Anyway, I wish you gals a whole lot of luck. I think you're gonna need it. But once you get set up and organized, then I think that you can really, really begin to play the other part of the game, which is the mental part. So I do wish you a lot of luck. And those of you that make it through to the end, boy, you deserve every dollar you get, because that environment is incredibly tough. I guess the only other thing I have to say is that for all of you middle-aged women out there that are thinking of having a midlife crisis, I would highly suggest a change of hairstyle. Because when it comes to midlife crises, I think I take the prize. So thanks, and good luck! That was pretty cool! |
Car54 | Friday, February 21, 2003 - 04:19 am     I thought Janet had the best final words in a LONG time. "I would suggest a change of hairstyle!" I liked her, I wish she could have handled it better or have been on a better orgainzed tribe...I bet if she had not been sleeping in the cold and wet and had gotten some food, she might have done a bit better. |
Sheilaree | Friday, February 21, 2003 - 04:58 am     so who do you think smuggle in the granola bar? |
Alaginger | Friday, February 21, 2003 - 05:54 am     I think Janet was set-up by Jeanne ..... but I don't think we will ever know for sure! |
Grooch | Friday, February 21, 2003 - 07:11 am     Jeff in his radio interview this morning, said that they will never know, unless the person admits it, but to him, it sure looked like it was Janet and that's the way they played it. |
Guinevere | Friday, February 21, 2003 - 10:02 am     I don't know who did it either, but Janet seemed both like the type that might do it, as well as the only one who would be oblivious enough to put it in the box where everyone could see it. I liked her okay, but she had a bit of a ditzy air. |
Moondance | Friday, February 21, 2003 - 02:03 pm     Janet's Chat http://www.survivorfever.net/chat-janet.html |
Denecee | Friday, February 21, 2003 - 03:34 pm     I know it's probably been talked about alot but if I would have been there, I would have taken Jenna's stinking underpants out of that pot and flung them as far away as I could. OK, I'm through. Moondance, thanks for posting Janet's chat! |
Squaredsc | Friday, February 21, 2003 - 06:04 pm     great chat. its a shame that she got sick and we didn't really get to know her. |
Seamonkey | Friday, February 21, 2003 - 09:01 pm     Interesting, very good sense of humor and even some bits of info, like that alliance.. Poor Janet.. she tries to ally with two people who end up fighting each other, Christy and Joanna, and one who sets her up with the granola bar.. |
Lyra | Friday, February 21, 2003 - 11:02 pm     Thanks for posting that Moondance, Janet's take on synchronicity is priceless. "6 of 8 of us were cycling together, and I don't mean on bikes." LOL |
Car54 | Monday, March 03, 2003 - 01:35 pm     Post boot interview Janet Interview Just from this interview, I would say Deena makes the jury at least...it sounds to me like maybe she and Joanna spent time together, but I am questioning whether she and Jeanne or Deena ever got together and worked out their differences. |
Missy2 | Monday, March 03, 2003 - 04:29 pm     haha that was a great article |
Knightpatti | Monday, March 03, 2003 - 08:23 pm     sounds like the women did not get along! |
Essence | Thursday, April 03, 2003 - 07:26 am     From Survivornews.net Koth but No Cigar SURVIVOR Amazon's Janet Koth talks to SurvivorNews.net's Beth Brigham about Deena's superiority complex, which men she wish had been on her tribe and the adventures she had with the pre-jury group after they got voted off. BY BETH BRIGHAM Tuesday, April 1, 2003 Beth: Hello Janet! Thanks for taking the time to answer some questions for your fans at SurvivorNews.net. What made you want to go on SURVIVOR Amazon? Janet: I'm a huge Survivor fan. I don't think I've ever missed an episode! I would sit and talk to the TV telling the different contestants what to watch out for. Finally I just thought that I might as well try to go myself since I had the mentality to win the game. I definitely underestimated the physical aspects however! I don't think you can appreciate that deprivation unless you're in the situation yourself. Beth: You indicated in your CBS chat that you were disappointed that the tribes were separated by gender. Which men would you have wanted on your tribe? Janet: I would have loved Butch, Ryan, Daniel, and Rob. Beth: Who were the people that you felt closest to or admired the most on your tribe? Janet: Christy was amazing. I felt like she was the most genuine woman out there and she and I were friends. I also admired JoAnna for her mental and physical strength and Jeanne for her work ethic. Beth: You mentioned in your CBS chat that all the women on your tribe were "cycling" at the same time. I bet that led to some interesting words being exchanged! You had said (jokingly) that you considered taking your machete to both Deena and Jeanne. Jeanne for obvious granola bar reasons, but why did you feel negatively toward Deena? Janet: Deena did not give us older women the time of day. She's a control freak and probably felt intimidated by the fact that she couldn't manipulate us and that we'd see right through her. She had a big superiority complex and "know it alls" have always driven me crazy. I could care less what she does for a living but she sure was impressed by it. Beth: The granola bar was this season's beef jerky incident. Jeanne seemed to lead the pack in suggesting that it was your granola bar. Was anyone else mentioned as a possible suspect? Janet: No! And I don't understand that at all! All of our backpacks were identical and all thrown in together when the rains came. Jeanne said she thought it came out of mine and the others were all too happy to believe it and condemn me without a trial or valid evidence. Let's hope Deena has no aspirations to go further and become a judge because clearly she can't tell the difference between guilt and innocence! Beth: How did you feel when Jeanne joined you as an early boot? Janet: I admit I was happy that she didnt go far in the game, but only because she pointed the finger at me and I wasn't guilty of the crime. Beth: Did you and Jeanne ever make up your differences? Janet: Yes. We spent alot of time together and once she really got to know me she realized that there was no way I'd cheat. She felt bad about it and I forgave her. No reason to hold a grudge. We both just wish we had bonded out in the jungle like we did afterwards! Beth: When you were first voted off, what was the first thing you wanted to do? Janet: That's easy. Take a shower! I have never felt so gross in my life! As hungry and thirsty as I was, it didn't compare to how grungy I felt. Clean clothes were an incredible feeling. It's the little things in life! Beth: In previous seasons of SURVIVOR, those voted off earlier got to experience unique facets of the culture of the area; for example, SURVIVOR Africa contestants who were booted pre-jury got to go on safari. Did you and your fellow early boots get to do anything similar in the Amazon? Janet: Yes, we were treated very well. We got to go on a few week outdoor adventure that was so cool it made the hurt of being voted off early considerably less! Beth: Getting to experience SURVIVOR undoubtedly makes a big impact on a contestant's life. How do you think it changed you? Janet: I think I appreciate my loved ones more. Being away from them for that length of time was eye-opening. I also think I don't take things for granted like I used to. And I realize how important new adventures are in my life. They revitalize me and make me really feel alive. Sometimes I think we middle-aged people become so consumed with responsibilites that we forget to take time to do something crazy and adventurous just for the fun of it! I'm wanting another wild experience already! Beth: Thanks again, Janet, for giving your fans a glimpse of what it is like to make the cut and experience playing SURVIVOR Amazon! With articles published in more than 40 international magazines, Beth Brigham is a freelance writer who enjoys travel, hiking in the mountains and avidly watching SURVIVOR. |
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