The horrific reality of starvation starts to set in for contestant Lindsay Phenix on The Wheel this week — as she breaks down after running out of food. Just three contestants are left on Discovery’s survival show going into the episode, Lindsay, Luke Soderling and Adam Kimble. Fish becomes the focus for all three contestants, with Luke trying to land the first one from the tundra, while Adam’s net unravels in the Bush Plains. But Lindsay has had repeated failures with catching fish, and when she uses up the last of her rations things come to a head. Having lost...read more...
- 2/24/2017
- by Julian Cheatle
- Monsters and Critics
Lindsay Phenix was one of just two women in the starting line-up of Discovery’s gruelling survivalist show The Wheel — and has held her own against the men as the series progresses. But who is Lindsay — and where did she get that inherent toughness? Lindsay, 25, is a fitness model, professional stunt woman and massage therapist, but grew up in a military family so is no stranger to knowing what it’s like to be out of your comfort zone. She credits her grandfather as her main inspiration when it comes to resilience, after he taught her to never give up. However,...read more...
- 2/17/2017
- by Julian Cheatle
- Monsters and Critics
The Wheel contestant Shon Joyner takes himself to the limit on this week’s episode — after his body begins to shut down. Just four remain of the initial six contestants on the Discovery survivalist show, where contenders must try to survive six different environments in South America over the course of 60 days. Kat Dellinger and Josh Morin are already out, with Luke Soderling, Adam Kimble, Lindsay Phenix and Shon remaining. But as they struggle to find enough to eat, Shon hits the wall when his body starts to give up on him. Footage shows him undergoing medical tests to check...read more...
- 2/10/2017
- by Julian Cheatle
- Monsters and Critics
Starvation has always been a staple of survival reality shows.
Adventurers struggle to feed themselves in the wilderness, often subsisting on whatever they can scavenge from the environment. (Remember back in 2000, when the starving Survivor contestants resorted to eating rats? It was water cooler talk for days. Those were simpler times.)
Despite the reality TV craze, It’s hard to remember anyone who has starved as much as the participants on The Wheel, the Discovery Channel’s newest survival show.
Unlike other shows that drop participants off in one location, the adventurers on The Wheel are periodically plucked from one...
Adventurers struggle to feed themselves in the wilderness, often subsisting on whatever they can scavenge from the environment. (Remember back in 2000, when the starving Survivor contestants resorted to eating rats? It was water cooler talk for days. Those were simpler times.)
Despite the reality TV craze, It’s hard to remember anyone who has starved as much as the participants on The Wheel, the Discovery Channel’s newest survival show.
Unlike other shows that drop participants off in one location, the adventurers on The Wheel are periodically plucked from one...
- 2/3/2017
- by Steve Helling
- PEOPLE.com
The Hunger Games has nothing on Discovery’s new adventure series, The Wheel!
Contestants on the new ultimate survival challenge have to survive not one, but six lethal environments over the course of 60 days ( that’s if they make it that long). The six participants have to endure six distinctly grueling landscapes across South America, but with every turn of the wheel, each survivalist is then dropped into a new isolated location, where they are exposed to the world’s deadliest terrains including freezing tundra, rugged mountains and treacherous rainforest.
Speaking with People, contestant Lindsay Phenix opens up about her...
Contestants on the new ultimate survival challenge have to survive not one, but six lethal environments over the course of 60 days ( that’s if they make it that long). The six participants have to endure six distinctly grueling landscapes across South America, but with every turn of the wheel, each survivalist is then dropped into a new isolated location, where they are exposed to the world’s deadliest terrains including freezing tundra, rugged mountains and treacherous rainforest.
Speaking with People, contestant Lindsay Phenix opens up about her...
- 1/13/2017
- by brittanyking22
- PEOPLE.com
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