Jeffrey Keith Varner was born on April 16,1966 and is a former American real estate agent and television personality, a news anchor and reporter, a former entertainment reporter, and a contestant on three seasons of the CBS reality television series, Survivor: The Australian Outback, Survivor: Cambodia, and Survivor: Game Changers.
18 Facts About Jeff Varner
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Jeff Varner was raised on a tobacco farm in Greensboro, North Carolina.
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Jeff Varner played right defense for a team in the local youth ice hockey league, and earned his black belt in Tae Kwon Do at the age of 15.
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Jeff Varner attended Southern Guilford High School, where he was active in student government and theatre arts and editor of the school's yearbook; he later went on to earn a journalism degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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Jeff Varner was a contestant on Survivor: The Australian Outback, 2001.
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Jeff Varner was a member of the Kucha tribe, and made it to the merge, but not the core group of nine, as there was a tie between him and Colby Donaldson.
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On May 6,2015, Jeff Varner was revealed to be one of the 16 men who was eligible to be voted by the viewers to return for the 31st season, Survivor: Cambodia.
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Early in the game, Jeff Varner was seen as a crucial player in the season: He and Peih-Gee Law from Survivor: China were the swing votes who ultimately decided the elimination of Vytas Baskauskas on Day Three, and Jeff Varner himself organized the elimination of Shirin Oskooi on Day Six.
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On February 8,2017, it was revealed that Jeff Varner was one of 20 contestants who would be competing on Survivor: Game Changers, the show's 34th season.
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At the fifth Tribal Council, Jeff Varner joined Diaz-Twine and Bradshaw in blindsiding Thomas.
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Jeff Varner was replaced on Nuku by the recently-exiled Debbie Wanner.
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Many were in tears as the Tribal Council played out, and even Jeff Varner Probst came to Smith's defense.
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Jeff Varner was, until September 2014, main anchor at WNCT-TV, the CBS affiliate in Greenville, North Carolina.
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Jeff Varner was a weekend anchor and reporter at FOX 8 WGHP in High Point, North Carolina.
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Jeff Varner has been a fill-in host for Live with Regis and Kelly and worked for many years as morning anchor at WWMT Channel 3 in Kalamazoo, MI before being promoted to main anchor.
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Jeff Varner held that chair until he left the station in April 2011.
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Jeff Varner began his career in communications as a public relations assistant and corporate communications manager for Citicorp in New York City.
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Jeff Varner used his communications background to transition into web development, working in developing online properties for Citibank, MCI, Harlequin Romance, and Martha Stewart Living Online.