September 26 to 27, 2009
Challenge: September 26 & 27, 9 am
Sesquicentennial Park
500 Preston Ave, (between Bagby and Smith) downtown houston
Due to incliment weather the Opening VIP Party venue has been changed to:
mercer
Friday Evening, September 25, 8 PM 10
3302 Mercer, off of West Alabama
Between Buffalo Speedway and Edloe
$50 cash for vip info
Survivor Challenge on Great Day Houston
Welcome to the Houston "Survivor" Challenge 2009
After a widely successful Houston Survivor Challenge in 2008, we are excited to announce the Challenge is back on for 2009! Please join the Honorable Mayor Bill White, Council Members Jolanda "Jo" Jones, James Rodriguez and Ed Gonzales, City Controller Annise Parker and State Representative Garnet Coleman in welcoming the 2nd Annual Houston Survivor Challenge ("HSC"), based on CBS' hit reality show Survivor.
The Challenge kicks-off with VIP events on September 24th and 25th, and the actual competition held on September 26th and 27th, starting at 9 am, on the lush green banks of Downtown's Sesquicentennial Park. Houstonians will have the opportunity to compete with and against Survivor and other reality TV stars, in the most realistic 2-day re-creation of Survivor with full scale water, land, mental, physical, emotional, individual and team challenges, immunity idols, alliances, tribal councils and One Ultimate Survivor, all in the name of charity!
Fans will have access to four days of events, some free and others VIP. This family event has activities for children at Pygmy Island.
Some of the "Survivor" alums for year included: Uchenna Agu, 2009 HSC Emcee and 2009 Host Amazing Race Winner / All-Stars; Eric Sanchez, Amazing Race 11: All Stars: Winner; Earl Cole, Survivor 14: Fiji Winner; Stephen Fishbach, Suvivor 18: 2nd Place Tocantins; Sandy Burgen, Survivor 18: Tocantins; Yau-Man Chan, Survivor 14: Fiji & Survivor 16: Micronesia; Susie Smith, Survivor 17: Gabon; Bruce Kanegai, Survivor 12: Panama Exile Island; Scout Cloud Lee, Survivor 9: Vanuatu; Coby Archa, Survivor 10: Palau; Debbie Beebe, Survivor 18: Tocantins; Katie Gallagher, Survivor 10: 2nd Palau; Erik Reichenbach, Survivor 16: Micronesia; Eliza Orlins, Survivor 9: Vanuatu & Survivor 16 Micronesia; Bobby Mason, Survivor 12: Panama Exile Island; Twila Tanner, Survivor 9: 2nd Vanuatu; Misty Giles, Survivor 12: Panama Exile Island; Christa DeAngelo, Pirate Master; Kimmie Kappenberg Kiminski, Survivor 2: Outback; Rita Verreos, Survivor 14: Fiji; Jodi Wincheski, The Amazing Race 14; Boo Bernis, Survivor 14: Fiji; Krista Stegall, Big Brother 2; Christina Coria, Survivor 13: Cook Islands; Ray Housteau, Amazing Race 7; James Miller, Survivor 10: Palau; Dan Kay, Survivor 17: Gabon; Bob Crowley, Survivor 17: Gabon; Joni Glaze, The Amazing Race 9; Victor Jih, The Amazing Race 14 Winner; Erin Collins, Survivor 5: Thailand; Tracy Hughes-Wolf, Survivor 16: Micronesia; Erica Durousseau, Survivor 14: Fiji; and Christa Hastie, Survivor 7: Pearl Islands. This year's four day event will showcase some of the reality stars from last year, and the local winner from HSC 2008, Monique Budd.
The Challenge Is On!!!!!
Council Member Jolanda "Jo" Jones At-Large, Position 5
