Survivor Bulgaria Dies While Filming in Philippine Beach

Philippine police say a contestant of the Bulgarian reality show "Survivor" has died of a heart attack while filming on an island beach.

Police say the 53-year-old Noncho Vodenicharov died Saturday, 30 May, despite efforts by a Filipino and a Bulgarian doctor to save him.

Chief Inspector Hilario Lelis Are said Monday that Vodenicharov had just finished an activity for the contest at the Gota Beach Resort in Caramoan township in eastern Camarines Sur province.

Bulgarian news reports say he was a town mayor and a former stunt man and singer.

"Survivor" originated in the US but other countries have created their own versions of the popular show. Contestants compete in a variety of tough physical challenges until there is a sole winner.

James "J.T." Thomas, Jr. Emerges as Winner of Survivor Tocantins

I'm tickled pink because finally after Survivor Guatemala the castaway I was rooting for won. I flove J.T. in the game! Though I can't understand half of what he's saying because of his marble mouth, there's always the subtitles. Sans subtitles, I'm content seeing beginnings of J.T's beer belly J.T.'s scruffy face, obviously!. My favorite scene of JT, obviously, is that little shower porn on Episode 13 at the Governor's Mansion. :P

I was also happy just seeing him stuff his face with food from the Reward Challenges. Freaking awesome! Seriously, J.T. is the first winner not to see his name being written down on one of those paper thingies during tribal councils and the first winner to get a unanimous vote from the jury.

I was so emotionally invested in the game that I was reading so many Survivor forums. All it gave me was paranoia because I was reading all sorts of speculations about who the final two would be. I should have known that my boy J.T. will win the last two immunity challenges.

This is also the first season when I started watching insider clips and Ponderosa clips. That's how invested I was. If you want to watch these clips, don't go to CBS or YouTube because these sites don't allow viewing if you are in a third world country. Okay, CBS bans viewing if you are outside the US. A good soul commented here that I am resourceful. :P Yes, I am, because I found a site that uploads videos that I can't watch on CBS.

To all Stephen and Taj lovers, okay and Erin fans, don't hate. Take all the bitterness away because it's just a game. It has been fated in the stars that J.T. will win Survivor Tocantins. All cows in the entire planet would be in mourning if J.T. had lost.

Anyway, congrats J.T. and to Stephen too because he likes J.T. a lot. May you both double, triple, quadruple, and other "-uples' the money you've won! :D

See you this fall for Survivor Samoa!

Oh, and Kris Allen won this year's American Idol.

Survivor: Tocantins: No New Episodes, But There's a New Coupling

Bummer! No new content from Survivor: Tocantins for two Thursdays (Fridays in the Philippines). Next week will be a clip show, or scenes we have not seen before. I guess, rather than compete against American Idol on a Wednesday, the show opted to give way to the annual NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament.

I was sad to see Spencer get booted two weeks ago. Not necessarily my favorite, he just happens to be in my favorite tribe, the Jalapao. My favorite is actually JT. Since he is my favorite, I expect him not to go the distance because it has been many seasons since a favorite of mine won - Survivor: Guatemala winner Danni Boatwright.

Anyway, back to Spencer. He is dating Survivor: China winner Todd Herzog. The two started dating a month before the current season started airing. We'll see if this interseason romantic pairing lasts considering the age difference. Todd is 24 and Spencer is 19.

Above is a completely gratuitous photo of JT.