Jon Dalton

Jon Dalton, also known as Jonny Fairplay (born March 11, 1974), is a professional wrestler and former art consultant from Danville, Virginia who came in third place as a competitor on the reality TV show '.

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March 11 - 1974 - Professional wrestler - Danville, Virginia - Reality TV

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Dalton started in wrestling in 1998 in North Carolina, then moved to Oregon where as Jonny Fairplay he started his own somewhat over-the-top promotion, New Dimension Wrestling. There he served as promoter and heel commentator.

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On Survivor, Dalton used his wrestling techniques to draw considerable heel heat on the show, leering at the camera, behaving obnoxiously, and channeling Ric Flair and Randy Savage when casting his votes. At this he was quite successful: by poll he is the least popular player ever to play Survivor, with a popularity rating of only 18%.

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Heel - Heat - Ric Flair - Randy Savage

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Dalton became most infamous on Survivor after constructing what host Jeff Probst called the biggest lie in Survivor history. http://www.sptimes.com/2003/12/14/Artsandentartainment/Sideshow.shtml Before Dalton left to compete on the show, he told a friend of his that if the friend were ever invited to Panama as part of a loved-one-related challenge to tell Dalton that his grandmother had died. There was indeed such a challenge, and Dalton's friend told him, according to plan, that his grandmother had died. Other cast members took pity on him and let him win the chalenge, all according to his plan. Dalton then continued to milk the lie for all it was worth by always saying "I swear on my grandmother" when someone didn't believe him about something.

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Jeff Probst - Panama

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During the reunion show that aired after the season finale, Probst did a brief interview with Jon's grandmother who was in fact alive and healthy. Probst has since publicly said: http://www.ew.com/ew/report/0,6115,1024612_3_0_,00.html

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:"... you have Jonny Fairplay, who's completely despicable. It was actually fun to work with Fairplay on the show because he's a producer's dream. When he shows up drunk or flips somebody off, he's bringing you gold every time. I wish we had a Jonny Fairplay every season. Personally, however, he's an absolute jackass whose actions at the Vanuatu finale after-party pissed me off so much that he's banned from any event that I'm at from now on. I'm done with Jonny Fairplay."

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After Survivor, Dalton was signed to Total Nonstop Action where he wrestles under the Jonny Fairplay moniker. After some unknown antics at the after-party for ', Jeff Probst demanded that Dalton be banned from any Survivor event Probst attended.

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In 2005, Dalton appeared in the reality television program, Kill Reality, which follows various reality tv personalities as they film a horror movie. Dalton turned out to be the "star" of the show as it detailed his outrageous antics which culminated in him defecating on another member of the cast and getting kicked out of house. The horror film, The Scorned, is set to air on E in October 2005 and to have a DVD release with extra nudity and violence.

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2005 - Kill Reality - October 2005 - DVD

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Dalton blogged for CBS' official Survivor website during '.

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