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Sevierville, Sevier County (WVLT) – Get ready to start cheering on another local woman in survivor.
32-year-old Melinda Hyder of Sevierville will be trying to survive the brutal conditions on Panama - Exile Island beginning February 2nd on CBS and Volunteer TV.
Melinda's a singer who's worked on cruise ships, at Six Flags, and most notably six years on the stage at Dollywood. You may have seen her with Dolly Parton!
She talked a bit about the show this morning.
"I'm gonna get on somebody's nerves because everybody's gonna get on somebody's nerves at one point it's just gonna happen. So I'm just gonna try to do it as little as possible," says Melinda.
The last local contestant was of course, Tina Wesson, the Fountain City mother of two won the contest and picked up a million dollars
Survivor: Panama - Exile Island begins right here on Volunteer TV and CBS on February 2nd at 8:00 p.m.
Melinda's Bio
Melinda Hyder was born and raised in Elizabethton, Tennessee. She has one sister, Regina, and is proud to point out that her parents, Richard and Carol, were high school sweethearts and have been married for 44 years. Hyder began singing in church at the age of four. She trained in ballet, tap, jazz and gymnastics for 12 years. She attended classes and taught at the Watt Dance Studio in Elizabethton.
Hyder graduated with honors in music and math from Elizabethton High School. She then attended East Tennessee State University in Johnson City on a full vocal scholarship and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in music. While in college, she performed with the music groups 10BucsWorth, Chorale and Women's Ensemble.
After college, Hyder entertained at Six Flags over Georgia for two years. She then toured Europe while performing on a cruise ship. She also spent six years performing at Dollywood (often times with Dolly Parton). In addition, she has worked as a real estate agent, private vocal coach, dance instructor, pageant coach and model.
Hyder describes herself as vivacious, competitive and compassionate. Her hobbies include creative home decorating, collecting Marilyn Monroe memorabilia, watching CBS soap operas and jogging.
Currently single, Hyder resides in Sevierville, Tennessee, with her Pomeranian, Lexi. Her birth date is May 23, 1973.
Melinda's Favorites:
Colors
Blue, red, purple
Scents
Vanilla, sandalwood, cinnamon
Flowers
Daisy, stargazer lily
Board Games
Taboo, Twister
Video Games
Tetris, Frogger
Sports to Play
No favorite
Sports Teams
U Tennessee Volunteers
Outdoor Activities
Snow skiing, water skiing, hiking, swimming, fishing
TV Shows
THE YOUNG & THE RESTLESS, THE BOLD & THE BEAUTIFUL, American Idol, NUMB3RS, SURVIVOR
Movies
Legally Blonde, Sweet Home Alabama
Actors
Sean Connery, Harrison Ford, Denzel Washington
Actresses
Reese Witherspoon, Meg Ryan, Marilyn Monroe
Music
All kinds
Magazines
In Style, Us Weekly, In Touch
Books/Authors
Sandra Brown, J.D. Ross, Catherine Coulter, Nicholas Sparks
Cereals
Smart Start
Fruits
Apple, pineapple, kiwi, strawberries
Snack Foods
Pringles, cookie dough, pretzels
Cookies
Chips Ahoy!
Candy Bars
Snickers
Alcoholic Drinks
Red wine
Non-Alcoholic
Cheerwine
http://www.volunteertv.com/Global/story.asp?S=4337608
puddin:
Tempe Man Set to Compete on Survivor Panama: Exile Island
Castaway: Nick Stanbury | Day Job: Financial Sales | Age: 25
Nick Stanbury grew up in Riverton, Wyoming. He attended his freshman year of college at Montana State University in Bozeman. He transferred to Arizona State University his sophomore year and received a Bachelor of Science degree in finance and supply chain management. Nick is set to compete on Survivor Panama: Exile Island when the 12th installment premieres on Thursday, Feb. 2, 2006.
Stanbury currently works in financial sales and supplements his income as a waiter. He previously worked in radio sales, as a salesperson at Pure Fitness and an Operations Analyst at Parker Aerospace. His hobbies include basketball, golf, weight lifting, fly fishing, hiking, reading and traveling. He describes himself as curious, loving and analytical. He is proudest of assembling the most incredible friends imaginable. He feels he'll be the Sole Survivor because of his willingness to try anything and his enjoyment of success or failure. Stanbury wants to be on SURVIVOR so he can travel, learn about himself in a difficult situation and meet smart, beautiful women.
Stanbury is currently single and residing in Tempe, Arizona. His birth date is July 21, 1980.
http://www.azreporter.com/?itemid=633&catid=17
puddin:
Walterboro nurse earns chance to be 'Survivor'
By PRENTISS FINDLAY
The Post and Courier
Cirie Fields, an operating room nurse from Walterboro, will be in a national TV spotlight when the 12th edition of "Survivor" debuts at 9 p.m. Feb. 2 on WCSC-TV.
On Monday, CBS announced the 16 new contestants on the show, including Fields, 35, and Ruth Marie Milliman, 48, of Greenville, director of retail leasing at a shopping center.
Ann Jonason, director of nursing at Colleton Medical Center, described Fields as an excellent nurse and a delightful person with a big smile.
"We're thrilled about it. We didn't know she was so talented," Jonason said.
Fields and her husband, Clarencio, recently married, and she has three children from a previous marriage, according to the show's Web site.
Contestants are not allowed to talk, even with family, about what happens to them on the show until after their fate on the program is publicly known.
"It's all top secret," Jonason said.
Fields will be competing as a member of one of four tribes - Older Men, Older Women, Younger Men and Younger Women - in the show dubbed "Survivor: Panama - Exile Island."
At least one castaway each episode will be banished to Exile Island, which is miles away from camp. While being separated from the tribe is not desirable, the castaways will learn that there is a hidden immunity idol somewhere on Exile Island. If found, this immunity idol could save an individual from being voted out at a future Tribal Council.
Fields is not the first South Carolina woman to compete on "Survivor." JoAnna Ward of Orangeburg was a contestant in "Survivor: The Amazon" in 2003.
http://www.charleston.net/stories/?newsID=64529§ion=localnews
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Elizabethton native featured in upcoming 'Survivor'
Tuesday, January 10, 2006
By JOHN THOMPSON
MELINDA HYDER
ELIZABETHTON - CBS should hope for many Nielsen families from the Elizabethton area over the next few months. The talk around the town Monday was all about Melinda Hyder, 32, a local woman who will be a contestant on the next edition of the popular reality show "Survivor."
"I am awfully proud of her, and I don't know where she got that courage," her mother, Carol Hyder, said after it was revealed on "The Early Show" on CBS Monday.
Carol Hyder said her daughter has always kept fit and has been dancing since she was a toddler.
She also jogs and works out, enjoys water skiing and snow skiing, and has her scuba diving license.
Chrisann Watts-Tull has been friends with Melinda Hyder since they were young girls. She remembers when Hyder first came to her mother's dance studio as a 3-year-old.
"She is incredibly energetic, Watts-Tull said. "I don't think I have ever known anyone else with her energy. She always stood out in the crowd.
Watts-Tull said she also remembers how tough Hyder can be.
"Our families went across country in Winnebagos. I remember she broke her arm in Las Vegas, and she never cried when they were setting it," Watts-Tull said.
Many teachers at Elizabethton High School remember Hyder well, especially since her mother taught honors algebra and pre-calculus at the school for 38 years.
Choral director Debbie Gouge said Hyder was a freshman when she first started teaching at the school.
"She really was a good student," Gouge said, adding that she sang in the choir all four years and was an All-State singer.
Hyder was also a cheerleader and played the French horn in the Betsy Band.
Gouge said music was Hyder's first love, and it paid off with a vocal scholarship to East Tennessee State University.
Gouge believes Hyder has the potential to do very well in the reality show.
"She has cunning skills, and I mean that in a good way," Gouge said. "She knew how to get things accomplished, and she knew how to get her way."
Hyder competed twice in the Miss Tennessee Pageant, finishing in the top 10 and winning the talent competition both times.
She competed as Miss Historic Jonesborough in 1995 and Miss Lexington in 1996.
She continues to perform. Hyder moved to Sevierville and performed at Dollywood for five or six years. While at Dollywood she performed in the '50s Show, Paradise Road, Backstage Pass. Her mother said her favorite show was Christmas in the Smokies.
This past year she left Dollywood to perform with the Showplace Dinner Theater in Sevierville.
When she is not performing, Hyder sells real estate with Sevierville Real Estate and Rentals.
"I hope everyone will be cheering for her. She is just a good East Tennessee girl," Carol Hyder said.
"Survivor: Panama" premieres Thursday, Feb. 2, at 8 p.m. on CBS.
http://www.timesnews.net/communityArticle.dna?_StoryID=3588488
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