Posted by REALITY REHASH on March 12, 2009 under Fox Reality, Interview, Solitary 3.0
Katie, better known as Pod 3, made it to the Top 3 of Solitary 3.0, only 55 seconds away from being in the finals. We got the chance to ask Katie a few questions about her Solitary experience and she fills is in on what Val is really like and why she almost quit so early.
Congrats on making it to the top three. How did you get involved with Solitary 3.0 and were you a fan of the show before you took part?
Thank you! I heard about the show from an acting/casting website that I’m on and frivolously submitted myself and got an audition. I went into the audition without ever thinking I’d get cast, it was more just for the hell of it and I had nothing better to do that day.. I was just myself in the audition and wasn’t trying to impress anyone which probably made me stand out. I told all my stupid jokes and laughed so hard at all of them I snorted and I guess the casting associates found that entertaining. I had never heard of the show before.
Early on it seemed like you wanted to quit, or at least opt out of the treatments early. What kept you in the game and did you surprise yourself in how well you did?
I was looking for any and every excuse to quit from Solitary. I felt terrible, was starving, had no sleep (I’m used to a minimum of 10 hours a night), and was pretty sick. I went as far as I could with how poorly I was feeling and it turned out to get me through the first few treatments. Once I kept surviving and outlasting the other pods, I learned how mentally and physically tough I was. And I told myself to keep pushing. These are only 10 days out of your entire life.. You can do it, just put yourself in a good place. I was surprised how long I lasted and pushed myself through barriers–like tearing apart a dead goat. I felt so bad for that guy!
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Posted by REALITY REHASH on August 11, 2008 under ABC, The Mole
This may be the last season of the Mole but at least it was entertaining and brought a few shocks along the way. After a few short clips from past player, well mostly useless Bobby, the winner of the $420,000 was crowned. Mark become the fifth winner of the Mole and he deserves every bit of it. He played the best game, in my eyes, as he took countless notes and didn’t get caught up in too much drama.
When Mark was revealed as the winner it was then time to reveal who was the Mole. With it being between Craig and Nicole I was still somewhat stumped but hoped it was my pick who I mentioned last week: Craig. In fact the Mole WAS Craig and I was glad to finally have been right! Several players knew it was Craig towards the end, Paul and Nicole actually tied in the second to last execution. Since both knew Craig was the Mole, Paul’s slower time of taking the quiz sent him packing and put Nicole into the finals.
Some other interesting things from the finale were how many times Mark almost went home. He didn’t start using Craig as the Mole until the final quiz where he got 17/20 questions right over Nicole’s 13/20. Mark actually would have gone home if Victoria didn’t miss click so it shows just how important the quizzes and timing are in the game of the Mole. Some other interesting things were about Craig and how he pulled off some sabotages. In most of the challenge he threw some type of wrench into the mix. For instance he purposely talked after the lugeing mission and purposely dropped the bag in the first. Although he did have to sabotage a lot, Craig’s trip to the hospital for hypothermia was real. That probably scared the producers a bit, wonder what would have happened had their Mole had to drop out of the game?
Overall the Mole, which may never air a new season, was a great summer show that brought back the original format. It didn’t go over in the ratings as well as the first two did but I loved it and I think the die hard fans did as well. It was nice to see a return, if he comes back again I’ll surely watch and hope its as good as this season was!
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