Survivor

Audition tapes

Outwit, outplay, outlast, and keep applying. Here's every tape I've sent in, newest first.

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5th Audition Tape

My fifth time applying to Survivor. I'm Lanson Van Dyke, 30, from Toronto. Dutch last name, a face nobody can place, and five of my teenage years spent in China, where I picked up Mandarin I'm now too rusty to be proud of. I studied math and economics at the University of Toronto, then spent my twenties in corporate telecom before walking away at 29 to buy a business of my own. That's the job now: calling strangers and asking them to hand over the company they built. Most say no. I call the next one. In August I finished my first Ironman in under 13 hours.

Earlier tapes

4th Audition Tape

. Still didn't receive a nibble, so I'm going to try out a few different styles until I find what works. I figured I'd try to do some long action shots, change my pitch, and embed videos to squeeze in extra information.

3rd Audition Tape

. Now that I'm no longer living in the basement unit, I had some fun filming in various locations in the new crib.

2nd Audition Tape

. Let's switch it up! I didn't get a nibble from my first audition tape, so I might as well keep trying!

1st Audition Tape

. One day I'm going to become the Sole Survivor. Check out my 1st audition tape!