North Carolina Salon Owner Is On ‘Survivor’
In the summer of 2000, we were in our first home and my wife and I were looking for something on TV we could watch together. All of the sudden we stumbled across a group of people, apparently on an island arguing with torches and one of them had no clothes on. We were all in. That was how we became devotees of “Survivor.” Some will argue MTV’s “Real World” was first, but in terms of network television, this is the ‘reality’ show that started ALL that have followed.
Now, 24 years and 46 seasons later, “Survivor” is still going strong. In fact, I’d be willing to bet that just about all of us at one point or another have asked, “I wonder if I could make it on ‘Survivor?'” For one Charlotte salon owner, she and we are about to find out. Kenzie Petty is one of 18 contestants vying for the $1 million first prize when the latest season of “Survivor” debuts tonight on CBS. By the way, has the show not heard of inflation?! A million doesn’t go NEAR as far as it did a quarter century ago, right? <g>
The #Survivor 46 cast has arrived!
— Mike Bloom (@AMikeBloomType) February 5, 2024
Check out the names, photos, and bios of the 18 new contestants, who span from teachers to a salon owner to a slot machine salesman. MUCH more to come from my on-island set visit, where I spoke to the cast in person!https://t.co/cAiioA8pOi
The show’s longtime and only host, Jeff Probst gives WCNC as peak behind the curtain, “Because the 90-minute episodes worked so well in Survivor 45, we get to do it again in Survivor 46. In addition, this season we have a two-hour premiere, and episode two is also 2 hours. We get to spend more time with the players because we have time to show them. And this group is funny.”
Kenzie Petty is a graduate of Porter Ridge High School in Indian Trail. Always into hair styling, Kenzie began her career working at ImageZ salons on nights and weekends as a teenager. Kenzie flexed her entrepreneurial spirit in 2019 opening her own, Explicit Salon. Despite the challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic on her industry in 2020, her business has continued to survive and thrive.
Tonight, on CBS, we’ll all see how she survives and thrives on “Survivor” when the latest season (46) debuts. Oh, and one more thing. Is it just me or is it funny that this picture of Kenzie features a salon owner apparently in GREAT need of some salon-like TLC?
What a life achievement to be featured on EW and then this is the pic they use 💕💜😂 It’s giving freshly born Orc from LOTR. Anywho, two days until the two hour premiere of #survivor46 pic.twitter.com/2lRWAlA77U
— kenzie (@kenziepetty__) February 26, 2024
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