Digging For Idols

We're climbing all the way up the coconut tree to review 5-time Survivor castaway Ozzy and his performance in the 2008 music video for the power ballad "Invece No" by Laura Pausini.

After 46 episodes, Digging for Idols finally digs into the White Lotus, beginning with pod favorite Angelina Cardona Keeley's appearance in Season 2. The ensuing episode rapidly unravels into long form Stangelina lectures.

As a feature film starring two multi-season Survivor alums, 180 is an extremely unique viewing experience. Join DFI in unpacking this starring performance by the legendary Coach and reviewing the Survivor easter eggs and shockingly steamy kissing between Coach and fellow Villians tribe alum Danielle DiLorenzo.

When Boston Rob issued a 30 day health and fitness challenge to followers over the summer, Christopher answered the call and unpacks his experience with Taylor in this mini.

Pregame for season 50 by turning back the clock with us to 2006 for a tantalizingly brief appearance by Survivor legend Cirie Fields in an episode of the soap opera Guiding Light. Will Cirie be "guiding" her way to a Sole Survivor rating or will our hosts "light" her up with a first boot review?

DFI breaks from its normal routine to react to the Season 50 cast announcement with an even-more-chaotic-than-usual 15 minutes of bubbly chatter.

DFI is headed back to the Tubi Sanctuary (where Flu Birds happen) to brave another infectious performance by Bill Posley from Survivor: One World. Did he take flight in his performance as a hacker in this pre-Survivor SyFy original or did he fail to make the bird-merge?

After a quick follow-up on DFI's letter to Santa, Christopher and Taylor dust off a mini from the vault that was pre-recorded in December 2023. In this time capsule-esque episode, they dig into the contents of an iPod that Kellee Kim took to Ponderosa while filming season 39, which Christopher won in an auction.

After a short break, DFI returns with a wintry, year-end recap of pod-favorite Sundra Oakley's performance in the 2024 global box office smash film Bob Marley: One Love. Does this Survivor legend cook (islands) in her role once again?

DFI bids farewell to spooky szn for 2024 by reviewing the no-budget 2010 Texas horror flick Apparition  starring Survivor: Micronesia queen Natalie Bolton as a phony ghost hunter with a heart of gold. Sit back with a warm glass of Big Daddy's Ass Burn Hot Sauce and listen to find out just how haunted Christopher & Taylor were by Natalie's performance.

In this fun sized Digging for Idols mini, it's all treat/no trick as we devour the candy bucket of delights that is Jerri Manthey's award-winning performance in the 2005 short film, "Widowmaker."

DFI is dropping dead this week to check out a performance by Julie McGee (Survivor: San Juan del Sur) as a member of the Breaker Girls dance team caught in the crossfire of a high profile lawsuit in season 6, episode 5 of "Drop Dead Diva." Join Team Julie with us! Plus, ratings stats for our first year.

Our Baywatch Summer comes to a close with this episode... that's not about Baywatch but rather Season 3, Episode 1 of the Baywatch parody Son of the Beach that features four(!) different cameos by castaways from Survivor: Borneo.

DFI turns one year old! As our Baywatch summer nears a close, we gaze upon the sunset of peak lifeguard TV to review Joel Klug from Survivor: Borneo and his race against Jason Momoa in in the S11E20 episode of Baywatch, "Dead Reckoning."

DFI sneaks back to the Brian Heidik well to talk Baywatch strategy and cover a second of his acting appearances. Will we be too hot to resist dumping on his performance in S2E2 of Baywatch Nights or will Mr. Freeze cool our wrath with a chilling performance? (Suggested prior DFI listening: "Brian of Sherwood Forest")

When we go Lowe, our listens go high (hopefully). As we wade into the first in a series of Baywatch-related episodes, DFI chats about two-time Survivor Brenda Lowe and her brief appearance as a surfer in the 2017 Olympics-related feature film adaptation.

In (arguably) the most sexually charged episode of DFI yet, Christopher and Taylor fanboy, fangirl, and fan themselves while discussing sizzling brainiac Peih-Gee Law (Survivor: China & Cambodia) and her appearance as a partygoer in the music video for Janet Jackson's equally steamy song "Go Deep."

We've spoken on DFI before about which celebs we'd like to see on a season full of famous faces, but what about the Lisa Whelchel archetype? In this mini, Taylor and Christopher each throw out a short list of (arguably) less household-name level celebrities that we think could or should be dropped undercover into a season alongside folks with more traditional careers.

From the darkest bowels of Tubi, this week we watched "Dennis & Henry's Post-Divorce Checklist" (2022) to answer the age-old question: can Survivor legend Rupert Boneham redeem one of the worst movies we have ever seen in our lives? Plus: enter the nexus of the DFI universe (the 2004 Teen Choice Awards).

Daniel Lue joins Digging for Idols to talk about his experiences breaking into reality tv, wearing a speedo for Pee-wee, smelling his tribemates in the Amazon, contracting malaria, and his reaction to discovering that a podcast devoted a whole episode to  his 2018 performance in the show Lucifer. Lue crew, assemble!

Not much has changed in the twelve years since Survivor: One World. Bill Posley is still doing stand-up and Taylor Swift is still writing songs about ex-boyfriends. In this episode, we look at the multi-talented Bill's brief appearance as a burger joint manager in the obscure 2017 teen romcom "Vikes", which also stars a pre-Euphoria Sydney Sweeney. Plus, which Tortured Poets Departm...

Taylor and Christopher find themselves marooned on the Hallmark Channel this week while braving the 2016 fall-in-love-with-your-comment-section-troll romcom "Hearts of Spring" starring Lisa Whelchel of Survivor: Philippines (among other things).

Take shelter from these troubled times with this episode covering Survivor: Tocantins castaway Candace Smith's performance as a social worker in the 2013 Vanessa Hudgens pregnant teen drama "Gimme Shelter". Plus: Christopher and Taylor spin the Tocantins makeout wheel after hearing a clip of Candace running down who she'd kiss on that season.

In this DFI mini we forego the usual song and dance to discuss Survivor tattoos: who's got 'em, who should get 'em, and which Survivor quotes would we most like to see inked?

Taylor's birthday pick has us going (out)back to the early aughts to behold 3-time Survivor Jerri Manthey's performance in the 2005 island creature feature "Komodo vs. Cobra."