Jonny Fairplay Movies
Though the Virginia native was born Jon Dalton, his interest in wrestling spawned the stage name Jonny Fairplay -- a name which those familiar with the world of reality TV may recognize as the notorious Survivor: Pearl Islands alumnus who elaborately fabricated his own grandmother's death to gain sympathy from fellow competitors. His actions helped earn Fairplay the dubious title of least popular Survivor cast member in the show's history, though he unarguably remains one of the most publicized. After placing third in Survivor, Fairplay capitalized on his own "most hated" status and become somewhat of a staple in a community of former reality television "stars." In 2005, Fairplay appeared on E!'s Kill Reality series, which followed a group of reality television graduates filming a horror movie.Fairplay was romantically linked to two Kill Reality participants: The Real World's Trishelle Cannatella and Tonya Cooley. In 2006, Fairplay could be seen on MTV in True Life: I'm a Reality Star, and he was a contestant on CMT's Ty Murray's Celebrity Bull Riding Challenge in 2007. ~ Tracie Cooper, Rovi- 2008
Summing up the 16th season of Survivor, series host Jeff Probst effusively ticked off its highlights and lowlights: "This has been a season of blindsides and dumb moves. We've had a really strong women's alliance for the first time. We've had people out with injuries. A woman lost her mind." (Well, not really: the woman he mentioned merely lost her desire to continue the game after 19 days). He might have also mentioned that, for the first time, a group of ten Survivor veterans were seen sweating out the 39-day endurance test along with ten diehard fans of the series, selected from over 800 applicants.
This season of Survivor took place on the Micronesian island of Palau, last visited by the series during Season Ten in 2005. Making return appearances were Survivor: Pearl Islands' Jon "Johnny Playfair" Dalton, Survivor: Fiji's Yau-Man Chan, Survivor: Cook Islands' Jonathan Penner, Oscar "Ozzy" Lusth and Parvati Shallow, Survivor: Vanuatu's Ami Cusack and Eliza Orlins, Survivor: Panama's Cirie Fields, and Survivor: China's James Clement and Amanda Kimmel. These 10 re-players were initially grouped into the Malkalal tribe, which was pitted against the Airai tribe consisting of series fans Mary Sartain, Michael "Mikey B" Bertone,Joel Anderson, Chet Welch, Kathleen "Kathy" Steckman, Tracy Hughes-Wolf, Jason Siska, Alexis Jones, Erik Reichenbach and Natalie Bolton. Inevitably, the teams were "mixed" so that some of the Fans and Favorites became teammates rather than opponents; and ultimately, those who hadn't been eliminated during the first 22 days were merged into the single Dabu tribe. And as mentioned by Jeff Probst, not all of those who left the contest were voted off the Island: two were excused due to injuries, and one departed of her own accord.
Changes made this season involved Exile Island (back again after its conspicuous absence from Survivor: China), where two players, one from each tribe, were shipped off per episode, rather than merely one single player; the eight-person jury that chose the winner of the million-dollar contest; and the selection of two rather than three finalists in the penultimate episode. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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- Jeff Probst
A sunny summer beach house serves as the unlikely stage for a series of brutal murders in director Robert Kubilos' blood-soaked tale of betrayal and revenge. Their marriage rapidly approaching and their relationship quickly crumbling, engaged couple Matt (Bob Guiney) and Raina (Trish Schneider) have a knock down, blow out confrontation in their remote Malibu beach house that drives Matt into the open arms of Raina's maid of honor Nicole (Trishelle Cannatella). When Raina discovers the spiteful duo in a compromising position, the violent struggle that ensues finds Raina meeting a grim fate at the bad end of a particularly sharp knife. In the following months, the darkened beach house sits perched silent and lifeless on the shore as pleasure-seeking vacationers go out of their way to procure less tragic accommodations. When 17 months have passed and unassuming vacationers Oliver (Steven Hill), Kirsten (Jenna Lewis), Seth (Reichen Lehmkuhl), and DQ (Johnny Fairplay) rent the beach house unaware of its bloody history, a demonic lust washes over the foursome forcing them to betray their romantic relationships. As the flesh-lust quickly turns to blood-lust and a local spiritualist (Ethan Zohn) warns the remaining trio that Raina's vengeful ghost holds malevolent power over the home, Kirsten, Murray, and Oliver are forced to struggle for survival against an unseen entity of murderous persuasion. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
