Reality Blurred and Survivor Fever has Brendan Synnott' interview up...Here is some of the things that he said...

As a recruit, Brendan at first had "no reason to do it" but then thought Survivor would be "fun. I love to compete, I love outdoor adventure, I love to play games; I'm kind of in-between jobs so why not?" Like all recruits, he was asked to make a video, which he posted to YouTube, baffling fans online who discovered it. I asked casting director Lynne Spillman about that incident, and she said that "a lot of times, when we do last-minute recruiting" casting has contestants "upload to web sites [like YouTube] all the time, to private, and then we have them take it right down." Brendan's was public for four hours one day last September, and Spillman told me, "he's perplexed, we have no idea. It was posted to private."

While he said "I like to take leadership roles," whether or not he steps up as a leader "depends upon the dynamic of the tribe." Still, Brendan insisted, "if I need to be [a leader], I will; I don't have a problem with it." Brendan also told me, "I think the best strategy is to make your tribe as comfortable as possible and provide leadership where they need it, and to ultimately win the immunity challenges where you can." He's not worried about the physical challenges ("I'm pretty confident in that part of my game"), but "[doesn't] want to seem threatening, I guess."