John Glen Raymond[1] is a contestant from Survivor: Thailand.
Almost instantly, John's bossy personality, off-kilter sense of humor, and compulsion with undertaking the leadership role annoyed his tribe. After losing the first Immunity Challenge, John recommended voting off Ghandia Johnson for costing the team immunity, but was blindsided for his inability to fit in.
Profile[]
Retrieved from CBS.com
Age: 40
Marital Status: Married
Occupation: Pastor
Hometown: Slidell, LA
Luxury Item: Christian Flag
Born and raised in New Orleans, John Raymond attended high school in Springfield, Louisiana. Moving to Illinois, he received a Bachelor of Theology from Oregon Bible College (majoring in Counseling and Pastoral Ministry). He simultaneously received an Associate degree of Liberal Arts from Rock Valley Junior College, where he was on the college speech team.
John is currently the Executive Pastor at a church of 2,700 members. He leads the pastoral counseling department, runs the adult education program and has developed a network of 50 small relationship groups. He previously worked as a financial planner for 12 years (regional vice president with his company and a top salesman), working his way through college as a carpenter and shipbuilder.
John enjoys scuba diving, spear fishing, deer hunting (gun and bow and arrow), playing guitar and writing country songs. He's been to 39 of the United States, Jamaica, Mexico, Canada and mission trips to the jungles of the Mosquito Coast in Honduras and Nicaragua. He is most proud of completing the Los Angeles Marathon after only three months of training. He is also proud of recently transforming his body in only twelve weeks through the Body-For-Life challenge. In his spare time, he coaches his children in little league basketball.
John currently lives in Slidell, Louisiana, with his wife, Elizabeth, whom he considers to be his hero. They have three children, John (12), Monica (10) and Benjamin (2), along with two cats, Panda and Fluffy. He is the founder and President of the Adult Chapter of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes in his county and a member of Promise Keepers and the Nashville Songwriters Association International. His birth date is February 21, 1962.[2]
Survivor[]
Having falsely assumed that the tribes were to be divided by gender, John was confused when Jeff Probst asked Jake Billingsley and Jan Gentry to choose the tribe names and location before selecting the tribes themselves. John hoped to be on Jake's Sook Jai as he viewed him as strong and Jan as an elderly lady. Instead, he was picked by Jan to be on Chuay Gahn.
On Chuay Gahn, John took up the leadership role, which rubbed people the wrong way. When Tanya Vance became sick due to dehydration, the tribe decided to find their water source. John and Helen Glover found the water and decided to play a prank on the tribe. Ghandia Johnson was not amused because of the seriousness of the situation. After Chuay Gahn lost the first Immunity Challenge of the season, the tribe's annoyance with John prompted them to vote him out first in a 6-1-1 vote.
| Episode | Tribe Affiliation |
Challenge | Challenge Type | Sit-Out? | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chuay Gahn | Flying Your Flag | Immunity | No | Lost |
| Voted Out, Day 3 | |||||
| Episode | John's Votes |
Voted Against John |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ghandia | Brian, Clay, Ghandia, Jan, Tanya, Ted |
| Voted Out, Day 3 | ||
Post-Survivor[]
- On January 9, 2010, John attended Survivor's 10-year anniversary party.
- On March 18, 2022, John was arrested and charged with three counts of child cruelty.[3]
- In September 2024, John was found guilty of cruelty to juveniles.
Trivia[]
- John's luxury item was a Christian flag.
- John and Clay Jordan are the first contestants to reside in Louisiana during filming.
References[]
- ↑ https://www-ancestryinstitution-com.wikipedialibrary.idm.oclc.org/discoveryui-content/view/69005203:62209?tid=&pid=&queryId=46af91002bdf8c80e4365a555eb736e3#?_phcmd=u('https://www-ancestryinstitution-com.wikipedialibrary.idm.oclc.org/search/?name%3DJohn_Raymond%26event%3D_slidell-st%2Btammany-louisiana-usa_34546%26birth%3D1962_new%2Borleans-orleans-louisiana-usa_34322%26successSource%3DSearch%26queryId%3D46af91002bdf8c80e4365a555eb736e3','successSource')
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20030210150053/http://www.cbs.com/primetime/survivor5/survivors/bios/john.shtml
- ↑ https://popculture.com/reality-tv/news/survivor-alum-john-raymond-hit-child-cruelty/
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