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Soon to see his teenage years in the
rear-view mirror, Spencer Duhm is ready to look forward to
the journey ahead of him. A fan of SURVIVOR since day one,
which began when he was still in grade school, Spencer can
practically do a Castaway roll-call all the way from
SURVIVOR: Borneo. His fanaticism will give him a built-in
edge that can make a direct contribution to how far he goes
in this game.
Born and raised in Lakeland, Florida and currently a student
at the University of Florida, Spencer majors in
telecommunications and minors in business and European union
studies. Aside from being the recruitment chair for his UF
crew team, where he also rows competitively, Spencer is a
huge sports fan. Involved in myriad athletic activities
since age 7, Spencer has developed a strong competitive
streak and determination to achieve success. Rooting for his
college Gators or beloved Cubs familiarized him with all of
the peaks and valleys associated with being a contender,
which may help him navigate the ups and downs associated
with castaway life.
With a resume like his, it’s no surprise that this
self-professed lover of "water cooler gossip"
can't stand slow-talkers or laziness and is very ambitious
and very outgoing. He is even willing to face his fear of
heights for one million dollars but there is one fear that
he refuses to face. When asked what he would not do for a
million dollars he responded, "Snakes in general, I
just don’t do snakes." This young, goal-oriented man
has been presented with his childhood dream of competing on
his favorite reality show and truly feels that he has what
it takes to become the next sole SURVIVOR .
Spencer is a gay, single man and currently resides in
Gainesville, Fla. His birthday is December 20.
Jeff Probst: Spencer is 19
years old. Which means if you do the math, we are in our 9th
year, he was 10 when Richard Hatch won. That's exciting and
scary at the same time. I think the thing that might get in
Spencer's way is that he could over think things. He knows
Survivor so well, he's such a superfan, that he could over
think it. Had Spencer been a year older he would have been
on Fans vs Favorites. He just wasn't old enough.
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I believe I am the youngest
Survivor to have ever...to ever be on the show. At first I
thought that would be a problem. I thought they're going to be
thinking: 'Aw man this kid he can't help out at all. You know
we're going to have to get rid of him sometime soon'. but
after I thought about it I realized that it might be a lot
harder to sit there and lie about what year I was born. I
figured it was better to just tell them the truth then
think...I think it's going to work that they'll probably
overlook me, at least strategically. As long as I'm
contributing they're not gonna wanna vote me off because of my
age. But if they overlook me strategically, that's a good
thing. So I'm hoping that'll work for me and buy me a little
extra time to create some relationships and go on from there.
I'm a very social person by nature. So meeting people that I
don't know and I'm not familiar with isn't really that hard
for me. Around my age people, I'm more of a leader but...type
A personality...but I think I'm gonna have to fall back. And I
feel like...I've been on a team all my life, mostly in sports
and in athletic type situations...so highly stressful. So I'm
used to kind of being told what to do, being expected a
certain degree...or having something expected of me and being
able to perform that task. So I feel like it's not going to be
hard for me to fall in and help everybody build a shelter,
fall in and do normal tasks: water, anything...building a
fire. I'm not a great fisherman, I'll admit that so I'm not
going to be helping with fishing...I don't think I will be.
I think I will be one of those
people who is liked by some and disliked by others because I
tend to be very opinionated. I hope within the tribe I don't
share a lot of those opinions. I hope to come across as more
even keeled and just non-controversial. I can probably piss
some people off. I might endear myself to other people. But I
have a feeling that's it's gonna be one or the other....no
like: 'eh he's alright'. I think it's gonna be: you like me or
you don't.
I definitely feel like I have a
burden on me to not only play the game well but to advance
pretty far in the game. That part about it won't so much be
the strategy. I think it will be dealing with hunger...dealing
with that part. I think that's gonna be a very tough mental
game for me. And I've never had to do that before. I've
never...I munch a lot during the day. I'm a guy I like to eat
so that's gonna be the hardest part I think for me. So that'll
be a definite challenge. This is something that I feel like is
going to help me in my career whatever it may be the rest of
my life or just in life in general. Just being able to
overcome obstacles that you didn't necessarily foresee coming.
And being able to withstand hard times. So I think it'll be a
great experience and it's gonna definitely be something I'm
gonna cherish.
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