Survivor: Island of the Idols Episode 2 Recap: The Need For Speed

October 2, 2019

As host Jeff Probst stated during tonight’s Tribal Council, the game of Survivor really has a way of revealing the core of a person. And after 39 seasons, it also has a way of showing how some players can just never quite overcome repeating the same pitfalls, even though they’ve seen countless others make the same mistakes time and time again, season…

Tom Santilli is an entertainment writer/journalist who has been covering Survivor professionally since 2010 (he has been a devout fan of the show since Day One). Tom has interviewed many of the "A-List" Survivors including Richard Hatch, Russell Hantz, Sandra Diaz-Twine, John Cochran and countless others (see his podcast - The FilmSurvivor Podcast - on iTunes and/or Podbean). In 2012, he became a voting member of the Survivor Hall of Fame, one of just a handful of press members to do so. Tom has also been a guest on the popular, "Rob Has a Podcast," hosted by Survivor Rob Cesternino. Tom is also the on-air Film Critic for ABC-affiliate WXYZ Channel 7 Action News in Detroit, and also is the Co-Host and Executive Producer of the TV show "Movie Show Plus" (www.movieshowplus.com). He's also a member of the Critics Choice Association. Tom has been a part of RealityTea.com as the resident Survivor, Big Brother and Celebrity Big Brother blogger since 2016. Prior to this, he covered Survivor as the National Survivor Examiner for Examiner.com.

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