February 4, 2009: Andy Dehnart of Reality
Blurred blogging fame posts a
late pre-game interview with Brendan.
Among the highlights:
"As a recruit, Brendan at first had 'no reason to
do it' but then thought Survivor would be 'fun.
I love to compete, I love outdoor adventure, I love to play
games; I’m kind of in-between jobs so why not?' Like
all recruits, he was asked to make a video, which he posted
to YouTube, baffling fans online who discovered it. I asked
casting director Lynne Spillman about that incident, and
she said that 'a lot of times, when we do last-minute
recruiting' casting has contestants 'upload to
web sites [like YouTube] all the time, to private, and then
we have them take it right down.' Brendan’s was
public for four hours one day last September, and Spillman
told me, 'he’s perplexed, we have no idea. It
was posted to private.'
When I asked him about it in Brazil, Brendan
said he 'assume[s]
everybody knows' about that video (Ben/Coach definitely
does) and said, 'maybe it’ll put me at a disadvantage,
I don’t know.' He contradicted Spillman’s
account indirectly, as he never said anything about it being
private, instead pointing out that he knew it was public.
'They just wanted to see a video and so the best way to do
that was via YouTube,' he told me. 'I was just doing
as I was told and as soon as I saw the reaction, I fixed
it the best way I could.' When I asked the obvious—why
send them a video publicly?—he said, 'I was just
doing what I was kind of told. I understand YouTube is public,
which didn’t make a lot of sense to me. … I
was completely surprised, like, what the fuck?'"
January, 2009: CBS gets around to putting
up S18 content:
"Brendan Synnott is all about playing the game.
Whether it is in front of a classroom teaching entrepreneurial
success or taking part in outdoor extreme adventures,
he knows how to read the odds.
Raised by a single mom
in Connecticut, Brendan pulled himself up by the bootstraps
to be the co-founder and CEO of Bear Naked, a natural
food brand that was recently acquired by a major corporation.
Despite his financial success, he is not all about the
money.
Success to him, however, is about more than simply
creating, building and selling a thriving business;
it's about hard work, passion, fun and surrounding
yourself with the best people.
Synnott has always wanted
to combine his love of the outdoors with his skills as a leader.
In school, he played both football and baseball, and still
stays active as much as possible. He loves to compete and
says it's a driving force, even in business. It will
especially be a driving force on Survivor.
Brendan is single
and currently resides in Vail, Colo. His birth date is Sept.
28."
Brendan's CBS intro video (until it's removed, anyway):
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