“I Say Awesome Stuff” – RealityNewsOnline’s Exclusive Interview with Survivor: Tocantins’ Tyson

After watching Tyson on the show, you might guess that talking to him is quite an experience – and you’d be right! A mere typed record of the interview cannot fully capture the true Tyson experience, but it’s all we have so let’s get to it.

RealityNewsOnline: Hello, Tyson, and thanks for taking the time to talk to RealityNewsOnline!

Tyson: It’s my pleasure – what else would I be doing today?

RNO: Starting at the beginning, what was your strategy coming into the game?

Tyson: My strategy coming into the game was to win friends with my beaming personality and just have a good time. I knew I would have to lie and cheat, so I didn’t have a problem – I planned on lying and cheating. But I was so bad-ass in the challenges that I really didn’t have to lie and cheat that much.

RNO:What thoughts were running through your head as you saw your name starting to come up at your last Tribal Council?

Tyson: The first time I saw my name, I was like, “It’s Sierra’s – who cares?” The second one, I was like, “Dammit, it’s me, I know it’s me.” I knew there was no other explanation for two votes. As the second vote came out with my name on it, I was pretty sure it was going to be me.

RNO: Before watching last night, did you think that Sierra had plotted with the others?

Tyson: I kind of had, except for her reaction at the end of Tribal Council. Even still I thought, maybe she had plotted against me and wasn’t sure if it was going to work. I thought it was a big move and didn’t think she was that good of a thinker, so I was shocked, but she didn’t.

RNO: What was your endgame plan if things had gone your way at last night’s Tribal Council?

Tyson: First off, my plan a would have been to win every challenge. As long as it was a challenge that required a small amount of skill or talent, I probably would have won. Last night was just close your eyes and fling that puck. There’s a small amount of luck on the show and that’s the way it has to be or else people like me would win every season.

I was playing with a bunch of girls who were blindly tossing these pucks. I was trying to block the path and play strategically and I still almost won it. I think anything that would have relied on any amount of skill I would have won, unless they had a roller skating challenge – I’m not very good on roller skates. Or the same exact weight lifting challenge where J.T. held up 220 pounds.

[Besides that, my plan was to] take Sierra out and then Erinn and then I knew those three had an idol and didn’t know where it was. I figured I would make them think I was voting for one of them and vote for another, thereby flushing out the idol and ousting somebody.

RNO: Speaking of that group, did you have any idea they were wavering between your alliance and Brendan’s after the merge, or that they could potentially turn on you the way they did?

Tyson: They actually came to Coach and myself and told us everything Brendan was saying. They’d come over and tell us everything. So we weren’t really worried. We were a little worried because we knew Brendan was talking to them but we weren’t worried because we knew everything they said. We knew Coach was going to get voted for.

RNO: You and Coach appeared pretty close, but there were moments you appeared to doubt him. What exactly are your feelings about Coach?

Tyson: (Laughs) A lot of people really dislike people Coach. I don’t know if you’ve heard that.

RNO: No, not at all!

Tyson: Despite what you see on the show, he really is truly sincere, so I knew I could trust him. Everything he said, he said from the heart. He came at me with so much love that there was no way I could hate him.

RNO: What did you think of his stories?

Tyson: They were pretty awesome. I didn’t know they were all going to be this rad or I would have told my stories about making my own spaceship or traveling around the world with chimpanzees. If I had known about his true stories, I wouldn’t watch movies anymore because movies are boring compared to him.

RNO: Why do you think you and Sierra never got along?

Tyson: Oooooh. This is going to get me in trouble, David. She is one of those people that doesn’t know she’s stupid and doesn’t know she’s annoying, I don’t mind stupid or annoying people as long as they have some idea that’s what they are. When they don’t, I take it upon myself to tell them.

I thought this would be a good experience for Sierra because finally, on national TV, she’ll get a chance to see what an idiot she is and she can grow and learn from it. But apparently on the show she’s a quiet sweetheart, and we know TV never lies so apparently all my impressions of her were wrong.

In all honesty, she does have a good heart, like she cares about people and yeah she’s genuine. She just probably doesn’t even have a GED or equivalent. Intelligence-wise, she is annoying, but I don’t hate anybody. A lot of people hate me just because I’m so awesome – but that’s just jealousy.