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Tyson's commentary about the tribal council
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The Brazilian Blindside with Tyson Apostol of Survivor Tocantins
This season of Survivor down in Brazil for Survivor Tocantins has seen a few surprises, namely in the proverbial "blindside." Although former Survivor Tocantins player, Joe Dowdle, was blindsided by an injury, the week before saw merged Forza tribe mate Brendan Synnott get voted off the show without a clue as to where he was in the Survivor pecking order to become the first member of the Tocantins jury. Although we've seen many blindsides throughout previous seasons of Survivor, the tribal action on Survivor Tocantins has been extinguishing torches via blindsides on what appears to be a weekly basis. Day 27 of Survivor Tocantins produced the most significant and strategic move to date as outspoken Utah native, Tyson Apostol, didn't see what was coming his way down the Survivor Tocantins pike.
What was most surprising about Day 27 beyond the blindside of Tyson was the fact that the Forza tribe seized an opportunity rarely acted upon on Survivor when Stephen and J.T. convinced their tribe members to vote off the most physically dominant player in the game. Since Tyson began to take charge of the challenges, Stephen spotted what could have been the one and only time to oust Tyson from the game. In most seasons, those opportunities fly by in the name of alliances and Survivor fear. Although Sierra was all but on her way to becoming the second Survivor Tocantins jury member, Tyson Apostol found himself walking down that long and lonely path into the Brazilian jungle to join his Forza nemesis, Brendan, at the Ponderosa.
The next day we caught up with the recently blindsided second Survivor Tocantins jury member, Tyson Apostol, to find out what was running through his mind at Tribal Council as the votes were read, his strategy for the challenges, whether he believed Coach's tales of the Amazon River, and whether he moved away from Utah after mentioning on the show that he'd have to relocate to somewhere less "Mormony" given his nearly-naked antics in Brazil.
THE DEADBOLT: Wow, talk about a blindside. How did that feel?
TYSON APOSTOL: It probably didn’t feel as bad as it looked like it felt. Going into the game I decided that if I get voted out I wanted to be as collected and calm and as indifferent as possible. So I tried to pull that off. I mean, yeah, it was a great blindside, maybe the greatest blindside in the history of Survivor.
THE DEADBOLT: What was going through your head when Jeff read the names? Was it surreal to you, or did it actually sink in while you were sitting there?
TYSON: It’s kind of surreal. But then it never sank in, so I guess it was just normal. I was kind of like, 'Oh, this is going to hit me in a couple of days and I’ll be super pissed.’ But I ended up never getting to that point. I was like, 'It’s a game.' As soon as the second vote was read, with my name on it, I knew I was going home. So between that time and the time my torch was snuffed, I just collected myself and was like, ‘Just play it cool, Tyson.’ And yeah, I mean, I understand it’s a game and it’s not always the strongest or handsomest player that wins, so...
THE DEADBOLT: You made a good point during the shuffleboard challenge that it was always up to you to win the challenges while the Dragon Slayer could just kick back and eat pizza. Were you looking to make Coach pay for that later on.
TYSON: You know what? For me, at that point, in my mind there were very few people who could compete with me in the finale for the million dollar vote, and Coach doing that was just one more reason he wasn’t going to get voted to win the million. So for me it wasn’t an issue of anything other than I thought that was one more reason not to vote for him. Anytime anybody did something stupid, I actually applauded it because it just made me look better. It was the whole thing with juxtaposition kind of stuff.
THE DEADBOLT: Since you were the closest person to him, what was Coach like? Did you believe his pygmy - kidnap story?
TYSON: [laughs] Well, pygmies, first of all, come from Africa, I believe.
THE DEADBOLT: That’s what I thought, too.
TYSON: But, you know, I’ve never been on the Amazon [river]. I’ve been close. This one time I was in this game called Survivor and we were down in Brazil, but it wasn’t on the Amazon. But he tells these stories with such sincerity that you can’t help but believe him to some extent, you know? Regardless of whether he’s exaggerating it or what really happened, I have no clue, but he stood by all of his stories 100%. So he’s made movies boring for me, though, because they’re not nearly as entertaining as listening to him.
THE DEADBOLT: How did your friends and family react to all of your crazy nakedness?
TYSON: Oh, my friends pretty much knew that’s who I was so they were entertained by it and applauded it. And my family was a little bit shocked, I think, but they’re dealing with it well. I mean, I may have ruined the show for my parents forever. They were fans of Survivor before and now they’re leaving the show.
THE DEADBOLT: You mentioned on the show that you may have to move to someplace less "Mormony" after it airs. Have you moved?
TYSON: No. Actually, most everybody has been pretty supportive in Utah. I mean, I do get people once in a while making comments about how dare I do this or that. But for the most part, people come up and say they support what I’m doing on TV and, you know, I get a ton of people my age. I didn’t even know people my age watch this show. I thought it was all like 50 to 60 year old people, you know? Who watches seven o’clock or eight o’clock TV on a Thursday night?
I get a ton of people my age coming up telling me how awesome it is. I get a ton of high school aged kids telling me I’m their favorite Survivor of all time. So it’s kind of crazy, you know? And even little kids will come up and go, ‘We think you’re so awesome.’ And I’m like, ‘Your parents shouldn’t even let you watch this show. Don’t be like me.’
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