Our second representative from Eight is very special. He's been through worse than anything this Games will hold for him and came through still smiling.
Leonardo Fabrizio
Age: 18
Dream occupation: Helping people with their spiritual needs.
Name three of your favorite hobbies: Music, archery, cooking
How would your friends describe you: They say I'm really funny. It's sad all my friends are such liars.
What is a normal day like in your family? We do a lot of home meetings discussing old books with other people around town.
What animal are you most like? A sheep
What's one life experience that has prepared you for this? Funny you should ask. I was horribly burned when someone set a house on fire since they didn't like my family. 0/10 experience but gotta say it did make me stronger.
What is the accomplishment you're most proud of? Learning Latin
What is something we'd never know from looking at you? I have some burn scars
What country do you hope this Survivor will be based off of? Gosh I hope it's not a really hot one. Sun is not kind to my skin
Who from history do you most admire? Valentinus of Terni
Nine is offering up some of its best this year. Who will come out on top: Robbie Emmers with his physical game, or Amberlynn Hyde with her social smarts?
Robbie Emmers
Age: 18
Dream occupation: I would love to build cars
Name three of your favorite hobbies: Biking, volleyball, barbecue
How would your friends describe you: They say I'm too competitive but I get nice again after I lose.
What is a normal day like in your family? Pretty boring- I work in the fields and then go home.
What animal are you most like? A golden retriever
What's one life experience that has prepared you for this? Uhhhhh I got nothing
What is the accomplishment you're most proud of? I still have the highest score on my neighborhood Pac-Man machine
What is something we'd never know from looking at you? I make really good potato salad
What country do you hope this Survivor will be based off of? Somewhere crazy like Japan
Who from history do you most admire? I dunno. I guess Robin Hood was pretty cool
Amberlynn Hyde
Age: 15
Dream occupation: Event planner
Name three of your favorite hobbies: Partying, art, singing
How would your friends describe you: They say I'm the coolest. They're right.
What is a normal day like in your family? Funny thing, my family is pretty boring. My parents are both bookkeepers so they usually work a lot. I do most of my partying outside the house
What animal are you most like? A bird of paradise
What's one life experience that has prepared you for this? I guess all my event planning has made me better at organizing and social stuff.
What is the accomplishment you're most proud of? Tila Pippet came to one of my parties and said it was awesome
What is something we'd never know from looking at you? I have one funky toe that kind of curls sideways
What country do you hope this Survivor will be based off of? France
Who from history do you most admire? You're gonna think I would say Marie Antoinette but Queen Elizabeth was a far better ruler.
The farms of Ten bring us two Tributes from both temporal extremes. Shep Howard is one of a handful of still remaining Amish in our nation, while Virgo Charleston uses the latest in medical technology to save sick and injured animals. Old and new will meet in the timeless world of Survivor
Shep Howard
Age: 17
Dream occupation: I'm not sure yet
Name three of your favorite hobbies: Playing in the creek, telling stories, crossbow
How would your friends describe you: I don't have many friends. My mom says I'm very handsome
What is a normal day like in your family? Busy! We have to feed the sheep, pick out any of them who fell into holes, pick them out again- sheep are really dumb- cure meat, gather eggs… there's a lot.
What animal are you most like? Maybe a hound dog
What's one life experience that has prepared you for this? Weird coincidence- I actually use a crossbow to keep coyotes away from the livestock but this is the one Games where I won't need that.
What is the accomplishment you're most proud of? One of our cows had a breech birth but we got it out
What is something we'd never know from looking at you? I can rap
What country do you hope this Survivor will be based off of? Somewhere Asian
Who from history do you most admire? I really like Ben Franklin
Virgo Charleston
Age: 18
Dream occupation: Veterinarian
Name three of your favorite hobbies: Science, makeup, cooking with my mom
How would your friends describe you: They say I want to help everyone. Of course I do!
What is a normal day like in your family? Really stinky. People think being a vet is playing with kittens all day but there is SO. MUCH. POOP.
What animal are you most like? I hope I'm like a cow. They are sweet and they really do like each other and help each other
What's one life experience that has prepared you for this? I hear there's lots of mud in Survivor. I've waded through a manure pit so mud will be easy.
What is the accomplishment you're most proud of? Saving every lamb in a litter with baby lamb disease
What is something we'd never know from looking at you? One time a Capitol scout said I could be a model
What country do you hope this Survivor will be based off of? A rainforest country
Who from history do you most admire? Jane Goodall
District Eleven brings us a serious young pair. Clover Nguyen says there's much more to him than his field work. Persimmon Caraway says there's more to her than her silly first name. Just kidding- really she's a hardworking sister determined to keep her family together
Clover Nguyen
Age: 18
Dream occupation: I just want to be secure with food and stuff
Name three of your favorite hobbies: War games, history, Muay Thai
How would your friends describe you: They say it's really hard to fight me because I run in and smack you and then run away.
What is a normal day like in your family? Work in the fields until lunch, take break, work more, sometimes until dark. I get sunburned a lot
What animal are you most like? A panther but not because I'm super cool. Did you know there's a panther style of Kung Fu? It's when you hit once then run away
What's one life experience that has prepared you for this? Martial arts for the challenges. I will simply punch my opponent!
What is the accomplishment you're most proud of? Getting my black belt
What is something we'd never know from looking at you? I collect Pee Wee Babies
What country do you hope this Survivor will be based off of? I hope it's Vietnam so I can see what my home looks like.
Who from history do you most admire? Ho Chi Minh
Persi Caraway
Age: 15
Dream occupation: Anything in the world? I'd like to be an architect
Name three of your favorite hobbies: I don't have time for hobbies
How would your friends describe you: My siblings say I take good care of them
What is a normal day like in your family? I work in our shop and also make lunches and watch my family and all of that. It's a lot.
What animal are you most like? An ox
What's one life experience that has prepared you for this? Just… everything
What is the accomplishment you're most proud of? Keeping my family together
What is something we'd never know from looking at you? I like romance novels
What country do you hope this Survivor will be based off of? I hope it's Spain
Who from history do you most admire? Kodos of Tarsus
Last but not least- ha, never heard that one before- is Twelve, bringing us our youngest Tribute. Josie Stone is ready to be our youngest Victor ever. Enzo Charmont, on the other hand, is just hoping for a good time.
Enzo Charmont
Age: 18
Dream occupation: Demolition technician who blows up old buildings
Name three of your favorite hobbies: Campfires, loud things, car races
How would your friends describe you: I usually lose my friends when I set them on fire. Just kidding- I'm really careful to not set other people on fire
What is a normal day like in your family? I usually stay late at school because I get detention. Then I like to do dumb stuff in the woods
What animal are you most like? A salamander
What's one life experience that has prepared you for this? I'm told fire is very important in Survivor
What is the accomplishment you're most proud of? I made my own firework once. That takes a lot of science
What is something we'd never know from looking at you? I took tap dance for a year
What country do you hope this Survivor will be based off of? Hawaii with lots of volcanoes. Hawaii's not a country but still.
Who from history do you most admire? I really shouldn't say Oppenheimer
Josie Stone
Age: 12
Dream occupation: Ballerina
Name three of your favorite hobbies: stuffed animals, makeup, playing pretend
How would your friends describe you: I don't have many friends since I'm homeless
What is a normal day like in your family? I try to find ways to find food and stay warm
What animal are you most like? A cat
What's one life experience that has prepared you for this? I'm used to going without
What is the accomplishment you're most proud of? I got an A+ on every spelling test in third grade
What is something we'd never know from looking at you? I'm scared of mice
What country do you hope this Survivor will be based off of? Somewhere like Italy
Who from history do you most admire? President Ravinstill