much better than the lawyer's opinion, and some very interesting tidbits about the process, including how they had them segregated into "teams" even before the run in the desert!! hmmm Anyway, follow this link and go to the bottom of the page - Week in LA, Day 1. Then you'll need to read up from there.

http://almostloser.blogspot.com/2007_06_01_archive.html

So I was just running through because I really need to go study...but so he was in the running for the show but didn't make it?

He got all the way thru to the trip to LA and was cut the nite before filming started - the last guy cut, but he made it all the way thru wardrobing and outfitting, photo shoots, etc.

hrbabe -- Thanks for posting this! It's fun to read his experiences and to get to see behind the scenes

Wow he took it really well that must have been heart breaking.

Thanks so much for posting this link, it was really great reading!