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Survivor Curse Wages On

The "Survivor" curse seems to be getting stronger and stronger. If you don`t know what the "Survivor" curse is, clearly you aren`t the entertainment buff you claim to be. But on the off chance that you have just recently started watching "Survivor" we`ll gladly clarify it for you. It all started in the first season when the greatest reality show of all time, and also the one that is still dishing out the best entertainment, gave away a car as a prize. It all seemed innocent and good at the time.

However, in the entire 12 season history of "Survivor" no one who has won a car has won the million dollars. That`s right, not a single person has managed to break these odds. Even in season 12 when it seemed that Terry would be the clear winner, he screwed it all up for himself by winning that car. But, it seems that the "Survivor" curse doesn`t end there, in fact it has started to affect players outside of the game. We`ll start with the very entertaining Richard Hatch, who won the first season of "Survivor".

Hatch has recently been sentenced to quite a while in prison for tax evasion. What didn`t he declare? The moron failed to mention to the US government that he won a million dollars, did he think no one in the gov`t enjoyed a dash of entertainment now and again? The next victim is season 9 winner Chris Daugherty, who lied to his job in order to get time off to do a "Survivor" promo tour. Well, low and behold, Chris got caught, who would have thought that his managers read entertainment magazines? Apparently people from Ohio are pretty cultured!