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Guinevere

Friday, November 07, 2003 - 11:55 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I fail to see Burton's hotness. He really does nothing for me. Of course, I have an enormous giggly schoolgirl crush on Ryan O. (possibly the biggest crush I've ever had on a reality tv contestant).

Colby did nothing for me, either. Too pretty-boy. Brian was just icky, even before the Skinemax revelations. I'm trying to think if there were any other Survivors that I found hot...Boston Rob, a little, especially in his sweaty (he was always sweaty, for some reason), cocky interviews. Though I recognized that he was a huge, obnoxious jerk, and I tended to swing between despising him and lusting after him.

Tabbyking

Friday, November 07, 2003 - 12:16 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
i don't think burton's hot, either. i am neutral about him right now, both look- and player-wise.

ryan o has gorgeous eyes and a great smile! a cutie-pattootie.

Landi

Friday, November 07, 2003 - 01:41 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
noone is near as hot as colby was when he smiled <SWOOOOOOON>. he might have been a pretty boy, but dang he looked good with his shirt off!

Mak1

Friday, November 07, 2003 - 02:18 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
i agree, landi, and as the game wore on and he got scruffier, he just looked finer and finer!

Denecee

Friday, November 07, 2003 - 02:39 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I think Burton is handsome and I'm glad he's back with his new attitude.

Tabbyking

Friday, November 07, 2003 - 07:22 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
oh, he's handsome, just not 'hot'.
hot was gregory peck in to kill a mockingbird!
hot was bj thomas in black pants
hot is matthew mcconnaughey--you know, the guy who's name i can't spell!?

Chiparock

Saturday, November 08, 2003 - 03:30 am EditMoveDeleteIP
He's good-looking, but he's no ETHAN !! or HUNTER !! or RYAN-O !!

Meli456

Saturday, November 08, 2003 - 08:47 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Silas was the hottest male survivor, IMO, with Ethan coming in second. Burton and Rhino would barely make my top ten. I didn't get the Colby thing (especially when he was so chunky in the live show), but he did have pretty eyes and a good personality.

I personally can't stand Burton, probably because he reminds me of every single, straight, professional male from SF I've ever met... and none of them were very good people.

Texasdeb

Saturday, November 08, 2003 - 02:05 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Burton is more handsome now that he's scruffy. Burton was eye candy for me from the get go. I took a dislike to him because of his making fun of Rupert. That now seems to be water under the bridge, so I like Burton as 3rd or 4th place. Don't want him to win - don't think he will win - just like having him around for now.

Meli456

Saturday, November 08, 2003 - 07:20 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Texasdeb, I defintely agree Burton looks 100 times better with the facial hair. His face looks much thinner.

Lumbele

Sunday, November 09, 2003 - 12:48 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
He looks good, yeah, but sexy? I guess for me it takes more than eye candy to get that label. Like consideration for one's fellow man among others.

Tishala

Sunday, November 09, 2003 - 09:24 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Nobody who lists O'Reilley as his favorite show can be sexy.

Hermione69

Monday, November 10, 2003 - 06:17 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Oooo-kay, then.

Texasdeb

Saturday, November 29, 2003 - 03:45 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
GO HOME frat. boy!

Bastable

Sunday, November 30, 2003 - 07:56 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Isn't it ironic that self-centered Burton, master of shifty alliances, left out the "I" in "liaison"? Everything else he does and says centers around "I."

Tabbyking

Thursday, December 11, 2003 - 09:09 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
thank God, he's gone. lil isn't my favorite, but can you believe his line about 'lil having to live with breaking our alliance', when he kept telling her he had never promised to take her to final 2 with him.' what a loser!
funny, how he thinks there is an alliance now!!

Denecee

Friday, December 12, 2003 - 08:01 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Good point, Bastable! Yeah, I hope Lil let's him have it at the reunion show. Burton, you were nice to look at and I even liked you for a short period but then you went and said all that about the women. Hope you learned a lesson and I hope you had to pay big taxes on that car and for it to be shipped to the USA!

Lancecrossfire

Friday, December 12, 2003 - 08:39 am EditMoveDeleteIP
With Burton's speech about Lil breaking her alliance when he did the very same thing to Lil, I have to wonder if Sue Hawk is his sister?

Something about whining about the other person playing the same exact way they played--only the other person got further, and they couldn't handle what they dished out.

Tntitanfan

Friday, December 12, 2003 - 09:36 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I actually dashed through the house after the show last night shouting that Burton was out!! That Lil is certainly not the sharpest tine on the salad fork, but she finally saw the light! Go, Sandra!!

Yankee_In_Ca

Friday, December 12, 2003 - 09:38 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Hey, what's the rumor about Burton and Eco-Challenge? I know I had heard he had competed in an Eco-Challenge (along with thousands of others!) -- but I was just reading JAM!'s coverage of last night's episode and they said something like Burton may have been known as a John Roberts in an Eco-Challenge. What does that mean? What's the rumor?

I'm curious.

Starshine40

Friday, December 12, 2003 - 10:29 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Yankee,
Under the General discussion area there is a thread called, "Is Burton Roberts really John Burton." You can go there and read all about it. You have to scroll down quite a ways to find it.

Yankee_In_Ca

Friday, December 12, 2003 - 11:42 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Thanks, Starshine40. Just read it.

As someone who is close to adventure racing, I think that if he WAS on a team in the Eco-Challenge it means NOTHING.

I know I'm coming to this discussion late, but...

Eco-Challenge isn't a "reality show," it's an athletic competition that gets television coverage. In each Eco-Challenge, you have up to 80 international teams, each with four members -- 320 people. Only about 10 of those people get "covered" on the show.

I highly doubt it means anything if he did compete in one of the races. Believe me -- and I know -- your participation in the Eco-Challenge does not even guarantee that you'll even get to MEET Mark Burnett.

Texasdeb

Friday, December 12, 2003 - 06:14 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Tnt - you are a perfect reason why I come to TVCH for entertainment: "Lil is certainly not the sharpest tine on the salad fork" Thanks for the LOL.

Lancecrossfire

Friday, December 12, 2003 - 10:04 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Yankee, thanks for the information about how being in Eco-Challange may not be a connection at all. I guess, just like Rudy was connected to an Eco-Cahllange, if Burton was too, it just means it's a thing he did in his life that may or may not have made an impact on getting picked.

MB gets to pick who ever he wants though, for whatever reasons he wants. And while Burton was given a chance to get back in, so were 5 others. It was the other 5 that chose to send Burton back in--not MB.

All Burton did was show everyone 2 different times that he can't take what he dishes out.

Yankee_In_Ca

Friday, December 12, 2003 - 10:14 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Lance -- Rudy was hired to work on the Eco-Challenge Military challenge AFTER being on Survivor. He worked on it in an advisory capacity, not as a competitor. And the team with Jenna, Ethan, etc. was made, again, AFTER Survivor -- They entered as a team ready-made for media coverage (i.e., "The Survivor Team competes in the Eco-Challenge"). It was a sure-fire way to get media attention for the Eco-Challenge on USA Network.

But again, the Eco-Challenge is a different beast than Survivor. Most of the 300-400 competitors for each race are ultra-competitive adventure racing athletes who do an international circuit of adventure races (just one of them is the Eco-Challenge).

It's completely possible that Mark Burnett met Burton at the Eco-Challenge, but believe me, I highly doubt that there was some big "in" that he got because of it.

It comes down to this -- for most of the competitors, the Eco-Challenge is a sporting event that happens to be covered on television. Anyone -- even you and I, Lance! -- could compete in the Eco-Challenge as a team -- as long as we paid the entry fee, passed the safety courses and had two other teammates. Wouldn't ensure that we'd ever have anything to do with any of MB's other shows.

Anyways, I know no one probably cares about this now -- it's old old news, I know. But I just noticed it today and thought I'd come in here and spout off at the mouth a bit! :) Please forgive me! :)

Lancecrossfire

Friday, December 12, 2003 - 10:31 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Yankee--thanks for correcting me about Rudy being on Survivor FIRST. I knew he was not part of a team, but support of some type. In watching on TV what an Eco-Challange is all about, I'm pretty sure I am not in anywhere near good enough shape to give that a try--LOL. I'm that competitive though!

I'm glad you added your information Yankee--many folks look at all the potential connections whenever they pop up.

My take about MB and Survivor--he is in the driver's seat and calls the shots. He seems to know what he's doing, and by all I can see, is successful at making Survivor the top dog of reality shows. I'd have to say that getting 50,000 + applicants each and every time counts for something. BB is lucky to get 5,000 from what I've heard post here and other places.

I hope you keep posting Yankee!