Ļć½¶Ö±²„education student wins $100K in āEstate of Survivalā reality show
Contact: Bethany Shipp
STARKVILLE, Miss.āRussell Pair, a student in Mississippi Stateās College of Education, landed a spot on the reality TV show āEstate of Survival,ā now streaming on Amazon Prime Video. Spoiler alert: He won the competition and $100,000.
A senior from Southside, Alabama, Pair is a Mississippi Excellence in Teaching Program Scholar majoring in secondary education with a concentration in English. Being on the show was a āsuper awesome experience,ā he said, and winning it was a shock.
āItās such a hard feeling to quantify,ā Pair said. āAs a 21-year-old kid, $100,000 is a lot of responsibility. So, the main thing I was feeling was, āDonāt waste this opportunity.āā
The six-episode series was launched by LG Electronics in August on Prime Video and LG channels. It follows eight contestants who arrive at a luxury estate that is completely empty. They face a variety of challenges as they compete to earn furniture and appliances for the estate, avoid elimination and, ultimately, win the grand prize.
Pairās journey began with a tradition of watching reality TV shows with his mom every summer. After seeing a post from a casting agency about the show, he applied. Ten interview rounds later, Pair was chosen to be on the show.
āGoing into it, I thought it was going to ruin reality TV for me, but it had the opposite effect,ā Pair said. āThe coolest thing was seeing how authentic it was. We were all the same behind the scenes as we were on the TV show. The production people were awesome, and the cast was fantastic.ā
After the show ended, LG Electronics gave all the contestants LG appliances. As the winner, Pair will be featured in commercials for the company and release videos on his personal social media platforms highlighting the brand.
āRussell's achievement on āEstate of Survivalā is a testament to his perseverance, creativity and dedication, qualities that we see in him both as a student and future educator,ā said Teresa Jayroe, dean of MSUās College of Education. āHis experience on the show, along with the skills heās honed at Mississippi State, will undoubtedly shape his career and inspire those he teaches. We are incredibly proud of his success and excited to see the impact he will have moving forward."
Pair said Ļć½¶Ö±²„has had a ātremendous effectā on preparing him to be an educator and to be on the show.
āI would have never done the TV show had I not come to Mississippi State,ā he said. āComing to Ļć½¶Ö±²„completely brought me out of my shell. It helped me realize I love being around people and trying new things, and I think thatās going to translate fantastic in the classroom.ā
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