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Andria Herd - the Survivor: Fiji runner-up who infamously reneged on an immunity deal during the show - has been slapped with a lawsuit by a woman who claims he's run out on his obligation to take care of their baby.

Herd was sued nine days after last month's Survivor finale by Amanda S. Young, who says in court papers that her seven-month-old baby, Luca Finley, was fathered by the man known as "Dreamz," and that he owes her child support, medical expenses and insurance.

TMZ reports that Herd wasn't listed as the father on the birth certificate filed by Young, and no other documents supporting her paternity claims were filed. Herd has another son, a 2-year-old, by another mother.

Dreamz won $100,000 in the contest, as well as a $60,000 truck, but was scorched by fellow players and fans for going back on a planned deal with fellow contestant Yau-Man Chan, who gave Herd the truck when he was promised immunity later. Herd said he wanted to keep his end of the deal to show his son how to be "a man of his word."

From the wrestling ring to the pages of Playboy to Survivor.

So has gone the path of WWE Diva, Ashley Massaro. Reports are coming in that this model/wrestling superstar will be appearing on the next edition of everyone's favorite reality show.

Fellow WWE star Paul London told Prowrestling.com that Ashley "was written out of the WWE storylines because she's leaving to be a contestant on the Survivor reality show." This could explain this week's "suspension" of Massaro on the CW's SmackDown!

WWE reps had no comment - but Ashley would join Kristine Lefebvre as reality contestants that have taken their clothes off for Playboy.

And that's not to mention Kenrda Wilkinson, Holly Madison and all the women that appear on The Girls Next Door.

The final five were whittled down to the ultimate winner last night in the season finale of Survivor: Fiji. Who won it all?

Some episode highlights:

1. Yau-Man survived the last tribal council, but he knows he is still a target.
2. Predictably, Yau-Man's controversial with Dreamz has far-reaching ramifications.
3. Jeff Probst informs us that there is a new format for the final vote - this season, it's a final three, not final two.

The five remaining Survivor hopefuls return to camp with plenty to process. At the onset, our man Yau-man Chan says it was the talk of his immunity-for-truck deal with Dre "Dreamz" Herd that made him feel it necessary to play the immunity idol.

He made the right choice. But now what?

Follow the link to continue reading our guide to the finale of Survivor: Fiji ...

The man himself, Jeff Probst, has shared some of his thoughts on the half-dozen remaining Survivor hopefuls, and the great season we've been witnessing, with TV Guide. Here's his guest column.

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Survivor: Fiji began with controversy when the Moto tribe won the luxury beach while the Ravu tribe had virtually nothing. So it is only fitting that the Survivor: Fiji finale end in the same way it began, with major controversy.

But we'll get to that in a moment. First, a quick recap. As of May 3, we were down to the final six: Boo, Cassandra, Dreamz, Earl, Stacy and Yau-Man.

SCOOP NOTE: In our episode guide to last night's show, you can learn which of those six got the boot, leaving us with the final five.

Now, as the game enters the "every person for himself" phase, Yau-Man and Earl seem to have the most solid alliance, which puts them in a very good position, and it appears that Earl is calling the shots.

Thanks to Mookie Lee's snooping (and consequently being ousted), everybody knows that Yau-Man has one of the immunity idols. This could put him in a vulnerable spot because the longer he's allowed to hold onto it, the safer he becomes.

This won't sit well with the others, especially considering how likable Yau-Man is and how hard it would be to defeat him at the final vote.

I can tell you that at least one more idol gets played at Tribal Council, and it will have an impact. Plus, there is still another idol hidden at camp somewhere, and its discovery could dramatically alter the remaining power structure.

Cassandra is in a good position because of relationships with Earl and Dreamz, which could make her a swing vote if alliances shift. Relationships are the only thing that have kept her in this game, since she hasn't performed well at the challenges or contributed much around camp.

Stacy is also in a good position, because, for whatever reason, she is one of the least liked, and everybody believes they could beat her in a final vote.

The truth hurts, but it's a brutal game.

Boo is on the outside. I thought he would be one of the likable heroes this season, but once again I was wrong.

Boo has managed to stay in the game longer than expected and now that could backfire, as he's one of the strongest physical competitors left. It's always risky leaving a guy like him in because he could dominate the individual challenges and win his way to the end.

Dreamz is without a doubt the biggest wild card. Survivor has never seen someone play the game this way. Dreamz is playing both sides with reckless abandon. He cannot be trusted and yet people keep telling him everything.

Like him or not, you have credit him for creating complete instability, which he seems to be benefiting from greatly. At this point, even I am unclear if Dreamz just "doesn't get it" or is simply playing a very masterful game.

That question will be answered in these last few days on the island.

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Big risk equalled an even bigger reward for Yau-Man last night as he made a series of game-changing decisions on Survivor.

Some episode highlights:

• Boo started to feel like there is a target on his back... but so does Yau-Man, and he responds in kind.
• Yau-Man makes a crazy proposition to Dreamz... and watches it pay off.
• The hidden immunity idols continue to impact the face of the game.

Alex Angarita is ancient history, and even Jeff Probst was thrown off by some of the developments in last night's episode, proving once again that you've never seen it all on Survivor.

Follow the link for our complete episode guide ...

With the finale of CBS' Survivor: Fiji airing this Sunday and one of this season's most strategic players out of the running, it's anyone's game.

You can't say Alex Angarita didn't give it his all. He desperately tried to stick around by explaining to people that Yau-Man was a huge threat.

Yet he had already wasted the hidden immunity idol trying to save himself a few tribal councils back. TV Guide sat down with the smart guy and savvy Survivor - who seems like he'd be a good fit for a future season of The Apprentice with the likes of Donald Trump - to find out what went wrong.

TVGuide.com: Got to say, I admire the "go down swinging" strategy.
Alex Angarita: You've got to. You can't just give up at the very end. That's just not the way life works.

TVGuide.com: Did you think you had a shot?
Alex Angarita: Were I a betting man, would I have placed a bet on me? No.

That's dumb. But to convince others, I think you have to believe in yourself. So to a certain degree, as delusional as it might be, I did believe that my strategy might work. But from a bird's-eye view, I knew I didn't stand a chance.

TVGuide.com: Cassandra seemed at least interested in what you had to say.
Alex: At least I riled things up a little bit. Yau-Man wasn't as safe as he thought. I did something.

TVGuide.com: I think outing Yau-Man's idol, as you and Mookie Lee did, will really change things.
Alex: I do, too. In a game as intense as Survivor, with such little time in between pivotal events, any small thing has a ripple effect. That is magnified by the way the game is played.

TVGuide.com: You kept saying the others didn't know what they were in for. Are you a big Survivor fan?
Alex: I am now! [Laughs] Part of what I felt was an issue throughout and something I didn't take into account was that I always assumed in my strategy that I was dealing with rational [people] who could see more than one or two steps ahead. I think I was wrong in thinking that. A lot of people who played that game think only about staying there week to week. I kept trying to explain to them all throughout the show. I'd say, "Listen, this will happen three steps from now if you do this now." Had I to do that over again, I would probably focus on explaining to people the immediate impact of their decision rather than the long-term impact. That might be a better way of persuading others.

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With only seven Survivor hopefuls remaining, the campers return to their island to discuss what went wrong that Alex, their target, was still there and Mookie Lee (voted off last episode) was not.

Earl wonders why the group didn't think the split vote might backfire on them, which it did. Alex feels they are all stressing out and are not in agreement.

Who met his (or her) end when the dust settled last night? Click here for our comprehensive Survivor episode guide ... 

When the dust settled, last week's episode of Survivor saw the undoing of Mookie. Tonight, an all-new episode promises even more twists and turns. Follow the jump for potential spoilers, if you're into that sort of thing. 

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The View co-host and former Survivor castaway Elisabeth Hasselbeck has revealed she'll be giving birth to her second child this fall.

"I'm totally three months pregnant," Hasselbeck revealed to wild applause from the studio audience during Monday morning's live broadcast of The View. "The baby will come in November."

Elisabeth Hasselbeck, a former Survivor: The Australian Outback star, married former Boston College quarterback Tim Hasselbeck, her college sweetheart, in July 2002. In September 2004, Hasselbeck used The View to announce that she and Tim were expecting their first child.

Six months later, Hasselbeck gave birth to daughter Grace - who shares the same birthday as her father, Tim - on April 6, 2005. Hasselbeck has already Grace that she'll be a big sister.

"The other day I was eating watermelon, I said, 'Grace, mommy's eating watermelon. It's yummy, it's going right in my tummy.' And she said, 'Oh. The baby's getting watermelon.' It was like, 'Oh, I guess you're giving that child some watermelon when I should have it,'" Hasselbeck said.

"She knows there's a baby in my belly, but also thinks there's a baby in her belly. You know, she just thinks everybody has a baby in their belly."

Congrats to Elisabeth and Tim!

As for the current group of castaways, Mookie Lee was booted off after last Thursday's all-new episode. Click here for a full episode recap.

Mookie Lee's time on Survivor: Fiji brought up a number of questions. Why did he tell Dreamz about the hidden immunity idol? Did he believe Dreamz when he said he'd been backstabbed too? Can he justify going through Yau-Man's bag? Mookie, who bid farewell to the show last week, was kind enough to answer all of this and more in an interview with Reality News Online. Excerpts below.

Q: What was your strategy going into the game?

Mookie: I really didn't have a specific strategy. I think the dynamic of the game changes constantly. They always have different twists. I'm normally a perceptive person, so I [planned to use that]. I defintely didn't want to be that person who puts their foot forward and is on the chopping block, but given the scenario, I was able to adjust and be the person who led a team and then adjust and let other people step forward.

Q: Alex claimed this week that you wanted to go. And I heard from others way back in the Ravu days that you said similar things. Did you really want to go?

Mookie: Obviously, back in the Ravu days, it was out of frustration that I would speak my mind. But my heart wanted to be in it and it showed in how competitive I was. And in being creative, like in the last episode. I may say things out of frustration, but in the end, I have the will to win. I stayed long enough to prove I am a competitor. I definitely showed I wanted to be there.

Q: Why did you tell Dreamz about the idol, especially after Edgardo and Alex asked you not to?

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