Helen Glover is an American

United States

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 talk radio

Talk radio

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 host and former cast member on the reality television

Reality television

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 series Survivor: Thailand

Survivor: Thailand

Survivor: Thailand is the fifth season of the United States reality show Survivor. It was filmed in the summer of 2002 and aired from September 19 – December 19, 2002 on CBS. It was set on the island of Ko Tarutao in Thailand. Fourteen episodes aired weekly. The two initial tribes were Chuay...

. Glover hosts the Helen Glover Show on TalkRadio 920 WHJJ

WHJJ

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, which was named by the Associated Press

Associated Press

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 as the best talk show in 2005 among AP member stations in Rhode Island

Rhode Island

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 and Massachusetts

Massachusetts

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. She finished fourth on Survivor Thailand.

Survivor appearance

Glover was a cast member on Survivor: Thailand (2002), the fifth season of the reality show Survivor. She survived to the Final Four, eventually done in by a conspiracy led by the eventual winner, Brian Heidik

Brian Heidik

Brian Heidik won $1,000,000 on the Thailand season of Survivor.In 2004 Heidik began writing Survivor commentaries for the National Enquirer tabloid.-Survivor: Thailand:...

. Glover was the season's fourth most popular contestant according to an online poll conducted by CBS. In 2004, Glover was accused by CBS of violating her confidentiality agreement by divulging behind-the-scenes information in a freelance column for The Providence Journal

The Providence Journal

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. As a result of the controversy, the Journal dropped the column.

Personal life

Glover is the daughter of a U.S. Marine and has lived in Hawaii

Hawaii

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, Virginia

Virginia

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, Arkansas

Arkansas

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, North Carolina

North Carolina

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, California

California

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, Louisiana

Louisiana

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, and Rhode Island. Prior to her appearance on Survivor, Glover was employed by the U.S. Navy as a water survival instructor. She is married with a husband Jim, and three children, and lives in Portsmouth, Rhode Island

Portsmouth, Rhode Island

Portsmouth is a town in Newport County, Rhode Island, United States. The population was 17,389 at the 2010 U.S. Census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it is water. Most of its land area lies on Aquidneck...

. Jim made an episode appearance on Survivor for the reward challenge.

External links

• The Helen Glover Show (official website)
• Helen Glover biography at CBS Survivor Thailand website