Phillip Sheppard

Phillip William Sheppardhttp://culturemass.com/2015/04/29/survivor-fan-favorite-phillip-sheppard-releases-sci-fi-thriller/ is a contestant from and .
In Redemption Island, Phillip became infamous for proudly boasting of his former life as a federal agent, though his blustering demeanor, social unawareness and penchant for malapropisms seemed to belie these claims. His standing was not improved by his habit of wearing pink briefs that made his fellow competitors feel uncomfortable and/or ridicule him. This made him a favored tool of eventual winner Rob Mariano, who correctly identified him as an easy goat to take to Final Tribal Council. He ultimately lost to Rob by an 8-1-0 vote, only receiving one vote to win thus placing 2nd.
In Caramoan, Phillip was again considered deeply eccentric by his tribemates. Despite this, he applied the strategic lessons he claimed to have learned from Rob in his previous season and was nominally the leader of the dominant alliance. However, he was eliminated when Malcolm Freberg used two Hidden Immunity Idols to force Phillip out of the game.
==Profile==
Retrieved from CBS.com
<tabber>Redemption Island=
Name (Age): Phillip Sheppard (52)
Tribe Designation: 
Current Residence: Santa Monica, Calif.
Occupation: Former Federal Agent?
Personal Claim to Fame: Being a father to my son and being able to take risks in life. I say "yes" when others may say "no."
Inspiration in Life: Medical Professionals - they save lives in real time.
Hobbies: Chess, basketball, skating and sport training with weights.
Pet Peeves: People who think they know everything and yet do nothing and watch others do the work.
3 Words to Describe You: Outgoing, articulate and determined.
Survivor Contestant You Are Most Like: I am my own man!
Reason for being on Survivor: I love the idea of competing and proving I still have what it takes to prevail in new challenges that are completely outside my normal everyday life.
Why you think you'll "survive" Survivor: I come from a large family (12 brothers and sisters), and as such I've become a creative problem-solver and good talker in stressful situations where others would give up.
Why you think you will be the Sole Survivor: I am a go-getter. As a former Special Agent with the former Defense Investigation Services, I honed my interview and investigative skills to persevere when others are being evasive or less than forthcoming.http://web.archive.org/web/20230602153904/https://www.cbs.com/shows/survivor/cast/52449/
==Survivor==
===Redemption Island===
Phillip rubbed his tribe the wrong way from day one, with his tribe not taking kindly to his bossy attitude and outrageous statements. They were also skeptical of his background as a former federal agent. After Ometepe lost the first Immunity Challenge, he was approached by Kristina Kell and Francesca Hogi to work together to get rid of a member of the large Rob Mariano-led alliance, most likely Natalie Tenerelli, who was viewed as one of the weaker players. However, at Tribal Council, Phillip worked self-defensively and called out Kristina and Francesca's (i.e. mispronouncing her name several times despite corrections) Hidden Immunity Idol. In a confessional, Phillip revealed that he had been acting like an annoying, controversial contestant intentionally as part of a well-hidden strategy to make his tribemates believe that he is the perfect person to bring to the final three.
After losing yet another Immunity Challenge, Phillip approached Rob and told him he "owned his vote". Rather than risk Phillip opening his mouth at Tribal Council again, Rob simply put his hand on Kristina's shoulder before he voted, indicating that he wanted Phillip to vote for her. Out of fear, Kristina decided to play the idol, not knowing Rob swerved the vote toward Matt Elrod's direction instead. Despite annoying his tribemates with his dictatorial approach, outbursts and odd comments, Phillip lasted through the merge at Boston Rob's expense. 
After the merge, his peculiarities continued to be a constant source of discourse with the former Zapatera members. While Ometepe had the numbers advantage, the Zapateras outwardly showed their disdain for Phillip. When Steve Wright finally snapped and called him "crazy", Phillip lashed out, stating that Wright was subconsciously implying him the derogatory "N" word. This gesture sparked controversy around camp, where Phillip's alliance partners rallied to Steve's defense and let Phillip know that he was overreacting. That afternoon before Tribal Council, Julie jokingly stole Phillip's shorts, much to his dismay. At the next Tribal Council, the heated discussion between Steve and Phillip was a main topic of discussion. After admitting she stole the garment, Julie faced the wrath of Ometepe, voting her out. While leaving Tribal Council, Julie told Phillip that he'll never know where his shorts are. The next day, Phillip miraculously found his shorts under a rock, wearing them to the duel to surprise her. As predicted, the remaining Zapatera members, Ralph Kiser and Steve, were subsequently voted out, forcing the six Ometepes to turn on each other.
When Andrea Boehlke returned from Redemption Island, she zeroed in on Phillip as being the next to go. Rob got wind of the plot and managed to convince the tribe to vote for Andrea instead. Phillip managed to make it to the final three along with Rob and Natalie. During the Final Tribal Council, he was lambasted for his strange behavior and odd comments. The only person that voted for Phillip was Ralph, the only jury member who seems to have a liking for Phillip (on account of Phillip saying that Ralph was the hardest worker of the Zapateras), which apparently was mutual. This one vote landed him sole possession of second place ahead of Natalie Tenerelli who received 0 votes, losing to Rob by seven votes (8-1-0). Despite the single vote, Phillip is regarded by many as the biggest and most obvious finals goat in Survivor history.
At the live Reunion Show, Jeff Probst introduced a special guest - a certified federal agent named Diane Hardy. She revealed that Phillip was indeed a former federal agent.
<tabber>Challenge History=
Episode 	TribeAffiliation 	Challenge 	Challenge Type 	Sit-Out? 	Result
1 	rowspan=7 	Push It Uphill 	Reward/Immunity 	No 	
2 	Smash, Grab, Smash 	Reward/Immunity 	No 	 	
3 	Spin Cycle 	Reward/Immunity 	No 	 	
4 	Toolin' Around 	Reward/Immunity 	No 	 	
5 	Smoko 	Reward/Immunity 	No 	 	
6 	Beach Balls 	Reward/Immunity 	No 	 	
7 	Crash Course 	Reward/Immunity 	No 	 	
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8 	rowspan=10 	Roller Ball 	Immunity 	 	
9 	Meso Soup 	Immunity 	 	 	
9 	Gang Hang 	Immunity 	Yes 	 	
10 	Mayan Pizza 	Immunity 	 	 	
11 	Log Jam 	Reward/Immunity 	 	 	
11 	Flashback 	Immunity 	 	 	
12 	Step on Up 	Immunity 	 	 	
13 	Bone to Pick 	Reward/Immunity 	 	 	
14 	A Numbers Game 	Immunity 	 	 	
14 	Meso Maze 	Immunity 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	
Notes: Phillip elected to sit out of the challenge to eat cheeseburgers.	Notes: Phillip elected to sit out of the challenge to eat cheeseburgers.	Notes: Phillip elected to sit out of the challenge to eat cheeseburgers.	Notes: Phillip elected to sit out of the challenge to eat cheeseburgers.	Notes: Phillip elected to sit out of the challenge to eat cheeseburgers.	Notes: Phillip elected to sit out of the challenge to eat cheeseburgers.
|-|Voting History=
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 In , Kristina used a Hidden Immunity Idol, negating Phillip's vote against her.</tabber>
===Caramoan===
Phillip returned as one of ten Favorites that comprised the Bikal tribe. Using strategies he had learned from his time as an ally of Rob Mariano in Redemption Island, Phillip formed a second incarnation of with fellow Redemption Island returnee Andrea Boehlke, Dawn Meehan, Malcolm Freberg, John Cochran, and Corinne Kaplan. This alliance put Phillip's rival Francesca Hogi, Brandon Hantz, Erik Reichenbach, and Brenda Lowe in the minority. Francesca attempted to let Phillip know she was over what happened in their season, but Phillip (who had already buried the hatchet with Francesca) became annoyed with her for being stuck in the past. At the first Tribal Council, Francesca was voted out 6-4 for being a strategic threat.
Over time, Brandon became more annoyed with Phillip for his arrogance, and after Phillip referred to him as "middle management", Brandon told the rest of the tribe that Phillip was the biggest bully he had ever seen. The feud between Brandon and Phillip reached its climax when Brandon dumped Bikal's rice and beans shortly before the fifth Immunity Challenge. Brandon challenged Phillip to fight him, but Phillip ignored him and walked away. At the Immunity Challenge, the tribe mutually agreed to forfeit so they could boot Brandon, which they went through with. Brandon took the time to lash out at Phillip for demeaning the other tribe members with the Stealth R Us codenames before he was unanimously voted out 8-1. After Brandon's departure, The Bikal tribe gained Gota members Michael Snow, Matt Bischoff, and Julia Landauer while Phillip's alliance only lost Malcolm and Andrea.
Corinne's budding friendship with Michael became a concern for Phillip's alliance, but despite this, Michael was spared at the next two Tribal Councils and reached the merge. At the merge, Dawn spilled the beans on the counter alliance that consisted of Eddie Fox, Malcolm, Corinne, Reynold Toepfer, and Michael after they had approached her to join them. Phillip and his alliance voted out Corinne at the following Tribal Council due to her betrayal.
Phillip and Stealth R Us decided to focus on targeting the three stronger males on the outside at the next Tribal Council (Eddie, Malcolm, and Reynold), but once Andrea caught wind of being a target, she became paranoid and the alliance switched it up to Michael just to be safe. With Michael now gone, Phillip and Stealth R Us enjoyed a 7-3 advantage over the alliance of Malcolm, Eddie, and Reynold. At the Immunity Challenge, Phillip sat out voluntarily due to a childhood incident and did not want to be underwater for a long time (oddly enough, Phillip had participated in the previous Immunity Challenge, which was mainly underwater).
The alliance's target, Reynold, won Immunity and to make matters worse, Malcolm (the next target in line) found Reynold's replanted Hidden Immunity Idol. This left just Eddie vulnerable, but at Tribal Council, Malcolm stunned everyone when he pulled out two Hidden Immunity Idols, giving them to himself and Eddie. Phillip's alliance was forced to target each other but decided to stick with their plan of vote splitting. Phillip became the 10th person voted out of Caramoan and the second jury member when he was voted out in a 4-0 vote due to Eddie and Malcolm playing the Idols.
At Final Tribal Council, Phillip "revoked" Sherri's membership from Stealth R Us for riding coattails and chastised Dawn for her constant emotional breakdowns being disruptive at everyday camp life. Phillip praised Cochran for his strategic game. In the end, Phillip voted for Cochran and thanked him for joining Stealth R Us.
<tabber>Challenge History=
Episode 	TribeAffiliation 	Challenge 	Challenge Type 	Sit-Out? 	Result
1 	rowspan=11 	Water Slaughter 	Reward 	No 	
1 	It's a Long Way to the Top 	Immunity 	No 	 	
2 	Plunge, Pull, Pop 	Reward/Immunity 	No 	 	
3 	Cell Block Sea 	Reward/Immunity 	No 	 	
4 	Head and Shoulders 	Reward 	No 	 	
4 	Smash and Grab 	Immunity 	No 	 	
5 	Nut Bucket 	Reward 	No 	 	
5 	Crate Outdoors 	Immunity 	No 	 	
6 	Crate Outdoors 	Immunity 	No 	 	
7 	Hot Pursuit 	Reward 	No 	 	
7 	Phoenix Rises 	Immunity 	No 	 	
colspan="6" 	 	 	 	 	
8 	rowspan=5 	Caramoan Catering 	Immunity 	 	
9 	Jump Shot 	Reward 	No 	 	
9 	Last Gasp 	Immunity 	 	 	
10 	Muddy Waters 	Reward 	 	 	
10 	Keel Hauling 	Immunity 	Yes 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	
Notes: Bikal opted to forfeit the Immunity Challenge, giving the win to Gota by default. Phillip elected to sit out of the challenge for personal reasons.	Notes: Bikal opted to forfeit the Immunity Challenge, giving the win to Gota by default. Phillip elected to sit out of the challenge for personal reasons.	Notes: Bikal opted to forfeit the Immunity Challenge, giving the win to Gota by default. Phillip elected to sit out of the challenge for personal reasons.	Notes: Bikal opted to forfeit the Immunity Challenge, giving the win to Gota by default. Phillip elected to sit out of the challenge for personal reasons.	Notes: Bikal opted to forfeit the Immunity Challenge, giving the win to Gota by default. Phillip elected to sit out of the challenge for personal reasons.	Notes: Bikal opted to forfeit the Immunity Challenge, giving the win to Gota by default. Phillip elected to sit out of the challenge for personal reasons.
|-|Voting History=
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Voted forSole Survivor	colspan="2" 	
 In , the vote ended with a 3-3 tie between Julia and Michael, forcing a revote. Phillip changed his vote to Julia on the revote. In , Malcolm used a Hidden Immunity Idol, negating Phillip's vote against him.</tabber>
==Post-Survivor==
* On February 1, 2013, Phillip released a book entitled The Specialist: The Costa Rica Job through Amazon.http://www.amazon.com/The-Specialist-Costa-Rica-Job/dp/1480800171/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1360262299&sr=8-1&keywords=charles+peterson+sheppard contestant Holly Hoffman wrote the foreword of the book. He plans to write a sequel to his book in the near future.
* In May 2013, Phillip revealed that he had been cast in the critically acclaimed comedic web series Development Hell as "Dr. Dick Emerson", a character which pokes fun at "The Specialist" character Phillip played on Survivor.https://www.facebook.com/thedevelopmenthell
* In April 13, 2015, Phillip released another novel entitled Legends of Things Past.http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25390981-the-legend-of-things-past
* Phillip attended the Survivor edition of primetime special that aired on May 23, 2016.https://www.instagram.com/p/BCscDKIInXr/?taken-by=phillipthespecialist However, Phillip himself did not compete.
* Phillip graduated from Pepperdine University with a Master of Business Administration.https://twitter.com/PSheppardTV/status/1674613386175447041
==Trivia==
* Phillip is the oldest contestant to compete on both  and .
** Phillip is the second person to be the oldest person in two separate seasons, the first being Rudy Boesch.
* During Phillip's Redemption Island confessionals, his occupation was presented as "Former Federal Agent (?)", stating that the editors could not tell if he was joking or not. At the Reunion Show, Jeff Probst and a woman named Diane Hardy confirmed that Phillip did work for the government.
* Phillip is the only Ometepe member at the merge that did not win an Individual Challenge (Matt Elrod won duels on ; Grant Mattos, Rob Mariano, Ashley Underwood, Andrea Boehlke, and Natalie Tenerelli had all won an Individual Immunity Challenges during the merge).
* Phillip accumulated the most elimination votes in Redemption Island, with 17 over the course of the season.
** Philip accumulated the most elimination votes of any contestant who made it to the Final Tribal Council.
* Phillip is the second contestant to receive votes against him at seven Tribal Councils. The first was Jonathan Penner in . They were followed by John Cochran in , Keith Nale in , and Kelley Wentworth in .
* Phillip lost 30 lbs. during his time on Redemption Island.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGcS2Uc5BMA
* Unlike the other Caramoan returnees from the first two Redemption Island seasons, Phillip was never sent to Redemption Island.
* Amongst the Favorites on Caramoan, Phillip is the only one to reach Day 39 and the Final Tribal Council on his original season.
* He is one of two people to be a member of both incarnations of Stealth R Us. The other is Andrea Boehlke.
* Phillip is the first contestant to opt out of an individual Immunity Challenge without any incentives. He would be followed by Missy Payne in San Juan del Sur.
** Phillip is the first contestant to sit out of the last individual Immunity Challenge before their elimination. He would be followed by Ciera Eastin in , Liana Wallace in , Drea Wheeler in , and Kane Fritzler in .
* Phillip lost 19.5 lbs. during his time on Caramoan.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OS92lkOea5s
==References==
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