Erinn Lobdell was a contestant on Survivor Brazil, also known as Survivor: Tocantins The Brazilian Highlands. She was recruited in Louisville shortly after the Kentucky Derby and was urged by her parents to go to the casting call. Lobdell accepted the casting as a way to mend her broken heart after a "horrible breakup" with her boyfriend.Reality Blurred: "I Don't Get Annoyed Easily (January 21, 2009)

Erinn Lobdell was voted out as a member of the final three, after J.T. Thomas chose to bring Stephen Fishbach to the final two.

"I'm going to be as tough as I can possibly be. I'm going to put on as much muscle I can, I’m working out a couple times a day. I'm not going to just lift weights, I'm going to see how long I can hold them over my head."—On her preparation for SurvivorReality Blurred: "I Don't Get Annoyed Easily (January 21, 2009)

"My dad would have a heart-attack if I did Playboy; that's not going to happen."Reality Blurred: "I Don't Get Annoyed Easily (January 21, 2009)

"I'm not a revenge-seeker, I don't get angry. If that girl [a friend of her's who dated her boyfriend] walked in here right now, I'd be civil. I'm very even-keeled all the time; it takes me a lot to make me angry. I don't get annoyed easily, and if I do, I'm really good at not showing it."Reality Blurred: "I Don't Get Annoyed Easily (January 21, 2009)