Ethan Zohn
Encyclopedia
Ethan Zohn is an American
reality television
series contestant who won $1,000,000 on Survivor: Africa
, the third season of the reality TV series Survivor. He also appeared on the All-Stars
edition of the show. After winning Survivor he co-founded Grassroot Soccer
, which uses soccer to raise money and awareness to fight HIV
/AIDS
. On August 20, 2008, he began a 500-mile soccer dribble from Foxboro, Massachusetts to Washington, D.C.
for that cause.
On January 22, 2010 he was ranked 14th in the USL Second Division
Top 15 of the Decade, which announced a list of the best and most influential players of the previous decade.
In 2011, Zohn and his longtime girlfriend and fellow Survivor winner Jenna Morasca
participated in the 19th season
of The Amazing Race
. They were eliminated 11th/10th on the second (double elimination) episode.
, and played professionally for the Hawaii Tsunami
and Cape Cod Crusaders
of the United Soccer Leagues
and in Zimbabwe
for Highlanders F.C.. He donated some of his winnings from Survivor to starting Grassroot Soccer, an organization whose goal is to "mobilize the global soccer community to combat the AIDS
epidemic in Africa
". Shortly after winning Survivor Africa, Ethan was hired by ESPN to serve as a sideline reporter for the US National Team's matches in the 2002 FIFA World Cup.
In 2005, Zohn began to co-host the Metro Soccer Report (later renamed MSG Soccer Report) on the MSG Network
, a weekly show dedicated to New York Red Bulls (formerly MetroStars) of Major League Soccer
. As of April 2006, Zohn hosts FC Fox on the Fox Soccer Channel
.
For his combined humanitarian efforts to spread HIV
education throughout Africa via soccer teams for youth and young adults, Zohn received the Courage of Conscience Award from The Peace Abbey in Sherborn, Massachusetts
.
challenges, he joined the majority to vote off Diane Ogden and Jessie Camacho in Episodes 1 and 2. Over the next few days, Ethan would form a long-term alliance with Lex van den Berghe and Tom Buchanan from his Boran tribe.
But a twist in episode 5 of the game saw both of Zohn's alliance members switch from Boran to the Samburu tribe, leaving Ethan alone with old Boran members Kim Johnson and Clarence Black. Two of the new Boran members from the Samburu tribe, Teresa Cooper and Frank Garrison, had an old misunderstanding with younger old-Samburu member Silas Gaither. So, in episode 5, a consensus was reached in which Ethan's tribe threw the immunity challenge in order to vote out the unpopular Silas. Both of Ethan's alliance members Tom and van den Berghe remained safe on the Samburu tribe, carrying all three into the merge.
Zohn's alliance soon began to control the game, with other members Kim Johnson and Kelly Goldsmith, all from the original Boran. They immediately targeted old-Boran member Clarence Black due to his physical strength and he was voted out. But, unbeknownst to Lex, he had received another vote at tribal council, a vote he believed had come from Kelly, but which actually came from Teresa. This led Lex on a witch-hunt against Kelly which almost led to the demise of Ethan's alliance when Kelly possessed the power with the other four ex-Samburu members, Teresa, Frank, Kim Powers and Brandon Quinton. But at the last minute, Brandon switched his vote, saving van den Berghe, and voting out Kelly. But this move came back to haunt Brandon, when Ethan's alliance saw him as untrustworthy and voted him out at the next tribal council.
Zohn, van den Berghe, Tom and Kim Johnson regained control of the game, outing previous Samburu members Frank, Kim Powers and Teresa in the next three tribal councils, carrying them into the Final 4. At the Final 4 immunity challenge, Kim Johnson, the next target to be voted out, won immunity, leading to the alliance having to resort to voting one of their own out. Ethan joined Lex and Kim Johnson in voting out Tom, carrying them into the Final 3. However, the Final 4 immunity challenge contained some controversy
.
At the Final 3 immunity challenge, older tribe member Kim Johnson outlasted the two young, fit men to win immunity in an endurance challenge. With Johnson holding the power to choose who she would sit next to in the Final 2, she chose Zohn, believing that she could not win against either van den Berghe or Zohn and she thought Zohn deserved the money more than van den Berghe did.
In the end, Zohn beat out Kim Johnson in a 5-2 vote to become the Sole Survivor, gaining the votes of Kelly Goldsmith, Frank Garrison, Teresa Cooper, Tom Buchanan and Lex ven den Berghe.
, which he gladly accepted. Originally part of the Saboga tribe, Zohn was immediately targeted as a previous winner, along with Survivor: The Australian Outback
winner Tina Wesson
. When Saboga lost immunity, the rest of the tribe decided to vote out Tina first, needing Zohn's strength to win future challenges. When Saboga lost immunity once again, Zohn was spared once more over physical liability Rudy Boesch
, who had hurt his ankle previously.
In episode 5, Zohn and the rest of the Saboga tribe were disbanded after losing a challenge. Zohn and Jerri Manthey
joined the Mogo Mogo tribe, while Jenna Lewis
and Rupert Boneham
joined Chapera. Later in that episode, Zohn joined the rest of his new tribe to vote out Survivor: Borneo
winner Richard Hatch
.
In episode 7, Zohn was on the outs when the alliance of Manthey, Lex van den Berghe, and Shii Ann Huang left him out in their decision to vote out Colby Donaldson
. Zohn was shocked at the decision, feeling betrayed by old Survivor: Africa
alliance member van den Berghe.
In episode 8, Mogo Mogo lost immunity once again, and Zohn, the last former winner, was voted out in 11th Place overall, by a vote of 4-1. He was the most successful of the four previous winners who competed on All-Stars, lasting longer than Wesson, Hatch and Jenna Morasca.
in which he competed against other reality TV competition winners, including his girlfriend Jenna Morasca
, who was the winner of Survivor: The Amazon
. He finished second, losing to former The Bachelorette
winner Ryan Sutter
. Later that year, he appeared on Kill Reality
, which follows various reality television personalities as they film a horror movie called The Scorned
.
In October 2006, Zohn appeared on an episode of the VH1
series Celebrity Paranormal Project
. He and his team investigated alleged paranormal activity at the Warson Asylum for the Criminally Insane.
In 2008 Zohn hosted Earth Tripping, a six-episode TV series, in which he demonstrated how to be "an earth-friendly traveler", and shows viewers "how to employ new, natural and environmentally conscious methods when they travel". During the series Zohn visited New York City
, Mexico City
, Singapore
, Kuala Lumpur
, Santiago, Chile
, and Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Zohn appeared in the 11th episode of the Discovery Channel
show PitchMen, in which he presented the EZ Crunch Bowl, a cereal
bowl he designed to in which the cereal is kept in the shallow end and the milk in the deeper end in order to keep the cereal "crunchy" and not soggy. The bowl was picked by the show's co-stars, Billy Mays
and Anthony Sullivan, for manufacturing and marketing by Telebrands
. The EZ Crunch Bowl was sent to Telebrands product engineers for improvement before being made available to the public.
Zohn has co-hosted of Outside Today on the cable TV network Outside Television.
Zohn posed nude (while holding a leaf to cover himself) for PETA
's "I'd Rather Go Naked, Than Wear Fur" Campaign along with his girlfriend Jenna Morasca
.
In October 2010 Zohn and his girlfriend and fellow Survivor champion Jenna Morasca
appeared in the season premiere of The Celebrity Apprentice 4
, in which they made a $1,000 donation to fellow Survivor champion Richard Hatch's team.
. On April 30, 2009, Zohn was diagnosed with a rare type of cancer called CD20-positive Hodgkin's lymphoma
. He started chemotherapy in May 2009. On September 14, 2009, he disclosed that after three months of intensive chemotherapy, his cancer returned. He will be undergoing a new treatment, including a stem-cell transplant, to battle the rare form of Hodgkin's disease. Zohn received a "clean CT scan" in late April 2010 and remained in remission for nearly 20 months. In September 2011, Ethan confirmed that the cancer had returned in his chest.
Zohn began dating fellow Survivor champion Jenna Morasca
after her victory on Survivor: The Amazon
in 2003. They both live in Manhattan. They were eliminated in episode two of the 19th season of The Amazing Race
.
United States
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reality television
Reality television
Reality television is a genre of television programming that presents purportedly unscripted dramatic or humorous situations, documents actual events, and usually features ordinary people instead of professional actors, sometimes in a contest or other situation where a prize is awarded...
series contestant who won $1,000,000 on Survivor: Africa
Survivor: Africa
Survivor: Africa is the third season of the United States reality show Survivor. It was filmed during 2001 and aired from October 11, 2001 - January 10, 2002 on CBS. It was set in Kenya's Shaba National Reserve on the African continent....
, the third season of the reality TV series Survivor. He also appeared on the All-Stars
Survivor: All-Stars
Survivor: All-Stars is the eighth season of the United States reality show Survivor. It was filmed in 2003 and debuted in the United States on CBS on February 1, 2004 after Super Bowl XXXVIII. It was set on the Pearl Islands of Panama, where the previous Survivor: Pearl Islands had just finished...
edition of the show. After winning Survivor he co-founded Grassroot Soccer
Grassroot Soccer
Grassroot Soccer is a nonprofit organization that promotes HIV/AIDS education and prevention in Africa. Its slogan is "Using the Power of Soccer in the Fight Against HIV and AIDS".-History:...
, which uses soccer to raise money and awareness to fight HIV
HIV
Human immunodeficiency virus is a lentivirus that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome , a condition in humans in which progressive failure of the immune system allows life-threatening opportunistic infections and cancers to thrive...
/AIDS
AIDS
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is a disease of the human immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus...
. On August 20, 2008, he began a 500-mile soccer dribble from Foxboro, Massachusetts to Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....
for that cause.
On January 22, 2010 he was ranked 14th in the USL Second Division
USL Second Division
The United Soccer Leagues Second Division was a professional men's soccer league in the United States, part of the United Soccer Leagues league pyramid...
Top 15 of the Decade, which announced a list of the best and most influential players of the previous decade.
In 2011, Zohn and his longtime girlfriend and fellow Survivor winner Jenna Morasca
Jenna Morasca
Jenna Morasca is an American actress, former swimsuit model and American reality TV contestant who was the million-dollar grand prize winner of Survivor: The Amazon and previously worked for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling....
participated in the 19th season
The Amazing Race 19
The Amazing Race 19 is the nineteenth installment of the reality television show The Amazing Race. The Amazing Race 19 features several teams of two, each with a pre-existing relationship, in a race around the world. The 19th season premiered on September 25, 2011.The nineteenth cycle started on...
of The Amazing Race
The Amazing Race 19
The Amazing Race 19 is the nineteenth installment of the reality television show The Amazing Race. The Amazing Race 19 features several teams of two, each with a pre-existing relationship, in a race around the world. The 19th season premiered on September 25, 2011.The nineteenth cycle started on...
. They were eliminated 11th/10th on the second (double elimination) episode.
Soccer
Zohn was a soccer goalkeeper at Vassar CollegeVassar College
Vassar College is a private, coeducational liberal arts college in the town of Poughkeepsie, New York, in the United States. The Vassar campus comprises over and more than 100 buildings, including four National Historic Landmarks, ranging in style from Collegiate Gothic to International,...
, and played professionally for the Hawaii Tsunami
Hawaii Tsunami
The Hawaii Tsunami were a soccer club that competed in the United Soccer Leaguesfrom 1994 to 1997. The club was based in Honolulu, Hawaii.-Year-by-year:...
and Cape Cod Crusaders
Cape Cod Crusaders
Cape Cod Crusaders were an American soccer team based in Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1994, the team played in the USL Premier Development League , the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, until 2008, when the franchise folded and the team left the league.The team...
of the United Soccer Leagues
United Soccer Leagues
The United Soccer Leagues is the organizer of several soccer leagues with teams in the United States, Canada and the Caribbean. It includes men's and women's leagues, both professional and amateur. Leagues currently organized are the USL Pro, the USL Premier Development League, the W-League, and...
and in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe is a landlocked country located in the southern part of the African continent, between the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers. It is bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the southwest, Zambia and a tip of Namibia to the northwest and Mozambique to the east. Zimbabwe has three...
for Highlanders F.C.. He donated some of his winnings from Survivor to starting Grassroot Soccer, an organization whose goal is to "mobilize the global soccer community to combat the AIDS
AIDS
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is a disease of the human immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus...
epidemic in Africa
Africa
Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...
". Shortly after winning Survivor Africa, Ethan was hired by ESPN to serve as a sideline reporter for the US National Team's matches in the 2002 FIFA World Cup.
In 2005, Zohn began to co-host the Metro Soccer Report (later renamed MSG Soccer Report) on the MSG Network
MSG Network
The MSG Network, now shortened to simply MSG, is a regional cable television and radio network serving the Mid-Atlantic United States. It is focused on New York City sports teams...
, a weekly show dedicated to New York Red Bulls (formerly MetroStars) of Major League Soccer
Major League Soccer
Major League Soccer is a professional soccer league based in the United States and sanctioned by the United States Soccer Federation . The league is composed of 19 teams — 16 in the U.S. and 3 in Canada...
. As of April 2006, Zohn hosts FC Fox on the Fox Soccer Channel
Fox Soccer Channel
Fox Soccer is an American television specialty channel, owned by News Corporation's Fox Entertainment Group, that specializes in soccer. It formerly broadcast rugby and Australian rules football, but is now dedicated strictly to soccer...
.
For his combined humanitarian efforts to spread HIV
HIV
Human immunodeficiency virus is a lentivirus that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome , a condition in humans in which progressive failure of the immune system allows life-threatening opportunistic infections and cancers to thrive...
education throughout Africa via soccer teams for youth and young adults, Zohn received the Courage of Conscience Award from The Peace Abbey in Sherborn, Massachusetts
Sherborn, Massachusetts
Sherborn is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. It is in area code 508 and has the ZIP code 01770. As of the 2010 U.S. Census, the town population was 4,119. The assessed value of the town for the fiscal year 2005 is $1,008,146,994....
.
Survivor: Africa
As part of the Boran tribe, Zohn did not become an immediate target in the game; he was seen as a strong player who could potentially help to win many tribal immunities. When his tribe lost two back-to-back immunityImmunity (reality television)
Immunity in reality television is a concept that is widely used in weekly elimination-type reality television shows by which a contestant participating in such a show may not be "kicked off" or eliminated from competition in a particular time period...
challenges, he joined the majority to vote off Diane Ogden and Jessie Camacho in Episodes 1 and 2. Over the next few days, Ethan would form a long-term alliance with Lex van den Berghe and Tom Buchanan from his Boran tribe.
But a twist in episode 5 of the game saw both of Zohn's alliance members switch from Boran to the Samburu tribe, leaving Ethan alone with old Boran members Kim Johnson and Clarence Black. Two of the new Boran members from the Samburu tribe, Teresa Cooper and Frank Garrison, had an old misunderstanding with younger old-Samburu member Silas Gaither. So, in episode 5, a consensus was reached in which Ethan's tribe threw the immunity challenge in order to vote out the unpopular Silas. Both of Ethan's alliance members Tom and van den Berghe remained safe on the Samburu tribe, carrying all three into the merge.
Zohn's alliance soon began to control the game, with other members Kim Johnson and Kelly Goldsmith, all from the original Boran. They immediately targeted old-Boran member Clarence Black due to his physical strength and he was voted out. But, unbeknownst to Lex, he had received another vote at tribal council, a vote he believed had come from Kelly, but which actually came from Teresa. This led Lex on a witch-hunt against Kelly which almost led to the demise of Ethan's alliance when Kelly possessed the power with the other four ex-Samburu members, Teresa, Frank, Kim Powers and Brandon Quinton. But at the last minute, Brandon switched his vote, saving van den Berghe, and voting out Kelly. But this move came back to haunt Brandon, when Ethan's alliance saw him as untrustworthy and voted him out at the next tribal council.
Zohn, van den Berghe, Tom and Kim Johnson regained control of the game, outing previous Samburu members Frank, Kim Powers and Teresa in the next three tribal councils, carrying them into the Final 4. At the Final 4 immunity challenge, Kim Johnson, the next target to be voted out, won immunity, leading to the alliance having to resort to voting one of their own out. Ethan joined Lex and Kim Johnson in voting out Tom, carrying them into the Final 3. However, the Final 4 immunity challenge contained some controversy
Survivor: Africa
Survivor: Africa is the third season of the United States reality show Survivor. It was filmed during 2001 and aired from October 11, 2001 - January 10, 2002 on CBS. It was set in Kenya's Shaba National Reserve on the African continent....
.
At the Final 3 immunity challenge, older tribe member Kim Johnson outlasted the two young, fit men to win immunity in an endurance challenge. With Johnson holding the power to choose who she would sit next to in the Final 2, she chose Zohn, believing that she could not win against either van den Berghe or Zohn and she thought Zohn deserved the money more than van den Berghe did.
In the end, Zohn beat out Kim Johnson in a 5-2 vote to become the Sole Survivor, gaining the votes of Kelly Goldsmith, Frank Garrison, Teresa Cooper, Tom Buchanan and Lex ven den Berghe.
Survivor: All-Stars
Zohn was invited to participate in Survivor: All-StarsSurvivor: All-Stars
Survivor: All-Stars is the eighth season of the United States reality show Survivor. It was filmed in 2003 and debuted in the United States on CBS on February 1, 2004 after Super Bowl XXXVIII. It was set on the Pearl Islands of Panama, where the previous Survivor: Pearl Islands had just finished...
, which he gladly accepted. Originally part of the Saboga tribe, Zohn was immediately targeted as a previous winner, along with Survivor: The Australian Outback
Survivor: The Australian Outback
Survivor: The Australian Outback is the second season of the United States reality show Survivor. Filming took place at Goshen Station in northern Queensland during 2000 and aired from January 28, 2001 to May 3, 2001 on CBS...
winner Tina Wesson
Tina Wesson
Tina Wesson won $1,000,000 as the winner of Survivor: The Australian Outback. A married personal nurse from Knoxville, Tennessee, Wesson outlasted 15 other players to become the first woman to win the $1 million prize in 2001. She did not have any votes cast against her at Tribal Council...
. When Saboga lost immunity, the rest of the tribe decided to vote out Tina first, needing Zohn's strength to win future challenges. When Saboga lost immunity once again, Zohn was spared once more over physical liability Rudy Boesch
Rudy Boesch
Rudy Boesch is a former Navy SEAL. After his honorable discharge, he was the oldest competitor on Survivor: Borneo at 72 years of age, where he finished in third place. He set the record again when he competed on Survivor: All-Stars at 75. He currently lives in Virginia Beach.-Military...
, who had hurt his ankle previously.
In episode 5, Zohn and the rest of the Saboga tribe were disbanded after losing a challenge. Zohn and Jerri Manthey
Jerri Manthey
Jerri Lynn Manthey is an American actress who is best known for her appearances on reality television.- Early life :Jerri Manthey was born in Stuttgart, Germany and attended both high school and college in Germany. Manthey's father, Cyril, was a career member of the United States Army and served...
joined the Mogo Mogo tribe, while Jenna Lewis
Jenna Lewis
Jenna Lewis was a contestant on Survivor: Borneo , finishing eighth, and Survivor: All-Stars , finishing third. She later gained further fame for her 2004 sex tape which circulated on the Internet....
and Rupert Boneham
Rupert Boneham
Rupert Boneham is an American mentor for troubled teens who became known to reality television audiences in 2003 as a contestant on Survivor: Pearl Islands where he placed 8th. He later appeared on the All Stars and Heroes vs. Villains seasons of Survivor, placing 4th and 6th respectively...
joined Chapera. Later in that episode, Zohn joined the rest of his new tribe to vote out Survivor: Borneo
Survivor: Borneo
Survivor: Borneo is the first season of the United States reality show Survivor. It was originally broadcast under the name Survivor but its official title was changed to Survivor: Pulau Tiga to distinguish it from subsequent installments of the series, and then changed again to Survivor: Borneo to...
winner Richard Hatch
Richard Hatch (reality TV)
Richard "Rich" Hatch is the $1,000,000 winner of the first American Survivor series, and was a contestant on The Celebrity Apprentice 4.-Early life:...
.
In episode 7, Zohn was on the outs when the alliance of Manthey, Lex van den Berghe, and Shii Ann Huang left him out in their decision to vote out Colby Donaldson
Colby Donaldson
Colby Donaldson is an American television actor, best known as the runner-up on Survivor: The Australian Outback and as the host for the show Top Shot.-Personal life:...
. Zohn was shocked at the decision, feeling betrayed by old Survivor: Africa
Survivor: Africa
Survivor: Africa is the third season of the United States reality show Survivor. It was filmed during 2001 and aired from October 11, 2001 - January 10, 2002 on CBS. It was set in Kenya's Shaba National Reserve on the African continent....
alliance member van den Berghe.
In episode 8, Mogo Mogo lost immunity once again, and Zohn, the last former winner, was voted out in 11th Place overall, by a vote of 4-1. He was the most successful of the four previous winners who competed on All-Stars, lasting longer than Wesson, Hatch and Jenna Morasca.
Other media appearances
Zohn was a contestant on a February 28, 2005 episode of Fear FactorFear Factor
Fear Factor is an American stunt/dare reality game show. The original Dutch version was called Now or Neverland. When Endemol USA and NBC adapted it to the American market in 2001, they changed the name to Fear Factor. The show pits contestants against each other in a variety of stunts for a...
in which he competed against other reality TV competition winners, including his girlfriend Jenna Morasca
Jenna Morasca
Jenna Morasca is an American actress, former swimsuit model and American reality TV contestant who was the million-dollar grand prize winner of Survivor: The Amazon and previously worked for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling....
, who was the winner of Survivor: The Amazon
Survivor: The Amazon
Survivor: The Amazon is the sixth season of the United States reality show Survivor. It was filmed in 2002 and 13 episodes aired weekly in the United States on CBS from February 13 - May 11, 2003....
. He finished second, losing to former The Bachelorette
The Bachelorette
The Bachelorette is a spin-off of the American competitive reality dating game show The Bachelor. In its January 2003 debut on ABC, the first season featured Trista Rehn, the runner-up date from the first season of The Bachelor, offering the opportunity for Rehn to choose a husband among 25 bachelors...
winner Ryan Sutter
Ryan Sutter
Ryan Allen Sutter was the "winner" chosen by Trista Rehn on the TV show The Bachelorette. Sutter, a Colorado firefighter, and Rehn were married in a televised wedding on ABC on December 6, 2003...
. Later that year, he appeared on Kill Reality
Kill Reality
Kill Reality is a 2005 series which ran on E! Entertainment television about the all-stars of reality television making a horror movie called The Scorned. During the filming of the movie the cast lived together in a house that quickly turned into the real house of horrors...
, which follows various reality television personalities as they film a horror movie called The Scorned
The Scorned
The Scorned is a 2005 horror movie. It was the first movie cast entirely with the people from previous reality television series. The movie was filmed during the E! behind-the-scenes reality show Kill Reality....
.
In October 2006, Zohn appeared on an episode of the VH1
VH1
VH1 or Vh1 is an American cable television network based in New York City. Launched on January 1, 1985 in the old space of Turner Broadcasting's short-lived Cable Music Channel, the original purpose of the channel was to build on the success of MTV by playing music videos, but targeting a slightly...
series Celebrity Paranormal Project
Celebrity Paranormal Project
Celebrity Paranormal Project is a paranormal reality television series that originally aired from October 22, 2006 to November 1, 2007 on VH1. The show is currently on hiatus, so it is unknown if VH1 will re-air the show and begin with a second season...
. He and his team investigated alleged paranormal activity at the Warson Asylum for the Criminally Insane.
In 2008 Zohn hosted Earth Tripping, a six-episode TV series, in which he demonstrated how to be "an earth-friendly traveler", and shows viewers "how to employ new, natural and environmentally conscious methods when they travel". During the series Zohn visited New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
, Mexico City
Mexico City
Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...
, Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
, Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur is the capital and the second largest city in Malaysia by population. The city proper, making up an area of , has a population of 1.4 million as of 2010. Greater Kuala Lumpur, also known as the Klang Valley, is an urban agglomeration of 7.2 million...
, Santiago, Chile
Santiago, Chile
Santiago , also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital and largest city of Chile, and the center of its largest conurbation . It is located in the country's central valley, at an elevation of above mean sea level...
, and Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Zohn appeared in the 11th episode of the Discovery Channel
Discovery Channel
Discovery Channel is an American satellite and cable specialty channel , founded by John Hendricks and distributed by Discovery Communications. It is a publicly traded company run by CEO David Zaslav...
show PitchMen, in which he presented the EZ Crunch Bowl, a cereal
Cereal
Cereals are grasses cultivated for the edible components of their grain , composed of the endosperm, germ, and bran...
bowl he designed to in which the cereal is kept in the shallow end and the milk in the deeper end in order to keep the cereal "crunchy" and not soggy. The bowl was picked by the show's co-stars, Billy Mays
Billy Mays
William Darrell "Billy" Mays, Jr. was an American television direct-response advertisement salesperson most notable for promoting OxiClean, Orange Glo, and other cleaning, home-based, and maintenance products on the Home Shopping Network, and through his company, Mays Promotions, Inc...
and Anthony Sullivan, for manufacturing and marketing by Telebrands
Telebrands
Telebrands Corporation conducts direct response marketing. Ajit J. Khubani, its founder, is the current CEO. It is a New Jersey-based company that has introduced a number of "As Seen On TV" consumer products since 1983. Their first three short-form infomercials were for Easy Cycle, an ultrasonic...
. The EZ Crunch Bowl was sent to Telebrands product engineers for improvement before being made available to the public.
Zohn has co-hosted of Outside Today on the cable TV network Outside Television.
Zohn posed nude (while holding a leaf to cover himself) for PETA
Peta
Peta can refer to:* peta-, an SI prefix denoting a factor of 1015* Peta, Greece, a town in Greece* Peta, the Pāli word for a Preta, or hungry ghost in Buddhism* Peta Wilson, an Australian actress and model* Peta Todd, English glamour model...
's "I'd Rather Go Naked, Than Wear Fur" Campaign along with his girlfriend Jenna Morasca
Jenna Morasca
Jenna Morasca is an American actress, former swimsuit model and American reality TV contestant who was the million-dollar grand prize winner of Survivor: The Amazon and previously worked for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling....
.
In October 2010 Zohn and his girlfriend and fellow Survivor champion Jenna Morasca
Jenna Morasca
Jenna Morasca is an American actress, former swimsuit model and American reality TV contestant who was the million-dollar grand prize winner of Survivor: The Amazon and previously worked for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling....
appeared in the season premiere of The Celebrity Apprentice 4
The Apprentice (U.S. season 11)
The Celebrity Apprentice 4 is the eleventh installment of the United States version of the reality television series, The Apprentice. On May 16, 2010, NBC announced that the show would be returning to its Celebrity Apprentice format after returning to its regular version for the tenth season of...
, in which they made a $1,000 donation to fellow Survivor champion Richard Hatch's team.
Personal life
Zohn is Jewish and was born in Lexington, MassachusettsLexington, Massachusetts
Lexington is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 31,399 at the 2010 census. This town is famous for being the site of the first shot of the American Revolution, in the Battle of Lexington on April 19, 1775.- History :...
. On April 30, 2009, Zohn was diagnosed with a rare type of cancer called CD20-positive Hodgkin's lymphoma
Hodgkin's lymphoma
Hodgkin's lymphoma, previously known as Hodgkin's disease, is a type of lymphoma, which is a cancer originating from white blood cells called lymphocytes...
. He started chemotherapy in May 2009. On September 14, 2009, he disclosed that after three months of intensive chemotherapy, his cancer returned. He will be undergoing a new treatment, including a stem-cell transplant, to battle the rare form of Hodgkin's disease. Zohn received a "clean CT scan" in late April 2010 and remained in remission for nearly 20 months. In September 2011, Ethan confirmed that the cancer had returned in his chest.
Zohn began dating fellow Survivor champion Jenna Morasca
Jenna Morasca
Jenna Morasca is an American actress, former swimsuit model and American reality TV contestant who was the million-dollar grand prize winner of Survivor: The Amazon and previously worked for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling....
after her victory on Survivor: The Amazon
Survivor: The Amazon
Survivor: The Amazon is the sixth season of the United States reality show Survivor. It was filmed in 2002 and 13 episodes aired weekly in the United States on CBS from February 13 - May 11, 2003....
in 2003. They both live in Manhattan. They were eliminated in episode two of the 19th season of The Amazing Race
The Amazing Race 19
The Amazing Race 19 is the nineteenth installment of the reality television show The Amazing Race. The Amazing Race 19 features several teams of two, each with a pre-existing relationship, in a race around the world. The 19th season premiered on September 25, 2011.The nineteenth cycle started on...
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