Exclusive Interview: Earl Cole, winner of Survivor: Fiji

After months of painstaking challenges andmany things in common with him, both of them
strategic alliance formations,respected each other, which played a very
Survivor: Fiji finally found its winner in the form ofimportant role in their friendship.
Ear Cole, the first African-American male to winBut despite the bond forged between him and
Survivor and the first to win the crown with aYao-man, Cole still had to strategize his moves in
unanimous vote. In an interview with BuddyTV,order to win Survivor. And since Yao-man was
Cole talked about his Survivor journey.very visible, he was eventually voted off the
Initially, he was cast for another reality programgame that led to Cole being up against Cassandra
called Amazing Race. But after discovering hisand Dre, which became highly advantageous for
partner, he decided to decline his participation.Cole. In the end, Cole claimed that it was every
Fortunately, there was a spot available forman for himself and that he had to play smart in
Survivor, which he obviously took.order to end up as the sole Survivor.
Upon joining Survivor: Fiji, Cole did not have aCole, a 35-year old native of Kansas City, had
game plan in mind. And since he wasn't really aworked as an advertising executive prior to his
fan of the show, he just took his time ininclusion on Survivor. Previously, he studied
observing and examining the people and how thebusiness at the University of Washington and was
game flowed. Nevertheless, he was able toawarded with a National Scholastic Achievement
perceived each person very well, labeling who wasAward. As a musician, he also became exposed
dominant, lazy, smart, and so on.to different instruments and various genres of
As far as alliances are concerned, Cole becamemusic.
very close to Yau-Man. And apart from having