Reality Villains

A dead grandmother that wasn’t so dead. Yep, Jon Dalton (aka “Jonny Fairplay”) from "Survivor: Panama" is No. 4 on our list thanks to one of the most audacious lies ever told in the history of reality TV. When Fairplay’s friend visited Panama as part of a challenge, the friend told Fairplay that his grandmother had died. What we later learned was that this had been concocted by the scheming Fairplay before the game even began in a plot to garner ... more 

A dead grandmother that wasn’t so dead. Yep, Jon Dalton (aka “Jonny Fairplay”) from "Survivor: Panama" is No. 4 on our list thanks to one of the most audacious lies ever told in the history of reality TV. When Fairplay’s friend visited Panama as part of a challenge, the friend told Fairplay that his grandmother had died. What we later learned was that this had been concocted by the scheming Fairplay before the game even began in a plot to garner sympathy from his tribe members. Sleazy, smarmy, yet always entertaining, Fairplay didn’t take the prize during his season on Survivor, but he has gone on to appear in other reality shows, playing up his bad-boy image, including a short stint on the latest season of "Survivor," Fans vs. Favorites. less