Movies & TV - Dec. 11, 2009
"Survivor: Samoa" blog -- Russell takes command
Episode 13 featured a double-elimination twist, but the show seems to be hurtling toward a predictable finish: Russell continues to dominate.
Tags: survivor, samoa, episode 13, russell, cbs, jeff probst, reality tv

Milwaukee Buzz - Dec. 1, 2009
Predicting the biggest events of this decade
We're 31 days away from 2010 and in the coming weeks, news magazines will begin to debate what events dominated and shaped the first decade of the 21st century. These would be my predictions, for the most influential national events and Milwaukee stories in the last decade. And to add debate to controversy, I've ranked them from the most important on down.
Tags: biggest events of decade, 2000-20009, barack obama, hurricane katrina, housing crash, calatrava, miller park, brewers, harley-davidson, facebook, twitter, social media, newspapers, survivor, reality television, enron, george bush

Arts & Entertainment - Nov. 13, 2009
"Survivor: Samoa" -- An insider's look at Episode 9
Things are really starting to heat up in Samoa. Every time you think that Foa Foa's goose has been cooked, the team manages to remain in control of this game.
Tags: survivor, reality tv, samoa, foa foa, cbs

Arts & Entertainment - Nov. 6, 2009
"Survivor: Samoa" -- An insider's look at Episode 8
The episode was aptly named "All Hell Breaks Loose." Former contestant Erinn Lobdell, who is following the action for OnMilwaukee.com, says that's what happens if you break the rules.
Tags: survivor, survivor: samoa, erin lobdell, reality tv

Arts & Entertainment - Oct. 30, 2009
"Survivor: Samoa" Episode 7 -- A strategy session
As numbers are starting to dwindle, the castaways see a tribal merge on the horizon and they are starting to play accordingly.
Tags: survivor, samoa, episode 7, reality TV, erinn lobdell

Arts & Entertainment - Oct. 23, 2009
"Survivor: Samoa" Episode 6: A true survival test
The game of "Survivor" is pretty serious business. It tests your mental toughness as much as it test your physical strength. On Day 15, only two weeks into a nearly six-week journey, we already are seeing signs of people beginning to break down.
Tags: survivor, survivor: samoa, russell, reality TV, jeff probst, erinn lobdell

Arts & Entertainment - Oct. 16, 2009
An insider's look at "Survivor: Samoa"
As the action heats up on the popular CBS series, we asked Erinn Lobdell, third-place finisher on "Survivor: Tocantins" for her thoughts.
Tags: survivor, samoa, season 19, episode 5, reality tv, tocantins, erinn lobdell

Arts & Entertainment - May 18, 2009
Lobdell finishes third on "Survivor: Tocantins"
Erin Lobdell described her appearance on "Survivor: Tocantins" as "life-changing." Unfortunately for the 27-year-old Waukesha native, it wasn't as life-changing as winning $1 million. Lobdell, a hair stylist at Glow Salon and Spa, 765 N. Jackson St., made it to the final three of the popular reality show before seeing her torch extinguished during the three-hour series finale Sunday.
Tags: erinn lobdell, survivor, tocantins, jt thomas

Arts & Entertainment - May 15, 2009
Where is the love for "Survivor" finalist Erinn?
The city that went ga-ga for Gokey last week doesn't seem to have noticed that Erinn Lobdell is in the final four on "Survivor: Tocantins."
Tags: survivor, erinn lobdell

Arts & Entertainment - March 26, 2009
Waukesha native Lobdell is still alive on "Survivor"
While Danny Gokey supporters around Milwaukee feverishly vote for their favorite singer to advance on "American Idol," fans of the area's "other" reality contestant of the moment are hoping that she doesn't get "voted off the island." Erinn Lobdell, a 27-year-old Waukesha native who works as a hairstylist and makeup artist at Glow Salon and Spa Downtown, has made it through the first five "tribal council meetings" on "Survivor: Tocantins," which is the 18th installment of the popular CBS series.
Tags: survivor, tocantins, erinn lobdell

Music - Feb. 12, 2009
Video of the Day: Thinking about "Survivor"
When you think about "Survivor," do you think about Jeff Probst and a bunch of people in the jungle, or do you think about the cheesy '80s band? Click here to find out what we're thinking about.
Tags: survivor, eye of the tiger, erinn lobdell, i can't hold back

Living - Jan. 14, 2009
Waukesha's Erin Lobdell on new "Survivor"
Erinn Lobdell is the latest Milwaukee-area reality television contestant. The 26-year-old is featured on the latest installment of "Survivor" called "Survivor: Tocantins." Lobdell, one of 16 contestants, works at Glow Salon & Spa.
Tags: Survivor, Erinn Lobdell, Glow Salon and Spa, Tocantins, reality TV, Brazil, Jalapao, Timbira

Arts & Entertainment - April 11, 2007
"Survivor" winner helps gear up for charity, playoffs
He was the sole survivor during his season of CBS' reality TV show "Survivor," but Ethan Zohn didn't take his million dollar prize and live the Hollywood lifestyle. Instead, he dedicated himself to teaching children in Africa about HIV and AIDS prevention through soccer.
Tags: Survivor: Africa, Survivor, reality TV, Ethan Zohn, Major Indoor Soccer League, soccer, Grassroots Soccer

Milwaukee Buzz - Aug. 25, 2006
"Survivor" lays in on the line
The fall television has already been set into motion, a few shows have even premiered (like Fox's "Prison Break" which definitely got shafted in the Emmys). But the buzz is all about the new season of "Survivor."
Tags: Survivor, Emmy, race

Arts & Entertainment - Aug. 29, 2005
"Survivor" star accepts role in Milwaukee film
Leann Slaby from the television reality show "Survivor:Vanuatu" will star in the local film, "not this girl," to be filmed in Milwaukee later this year. Dan Wilson of Bartoli Filmworks will produce the movie unless, of course, he's voted off the island.
Tags: Dan Wilson, Brian James McGuire, Survivor, Bartoli