Billy Garcia

Virgilio "Billy" Garcia is a contestant from.

Billy is known for 'falling in love' with fellow cast member, Candice Woodcock.

Profile
Virgilio "Billy" Garcia was born in New York and moved to Miami when he was seven years old. He began studying karate, judo and wrestling at age 12. While lying sick in bed when he was 15, he heard the song "Juke Box Hero" on the radio and began to entertain the idea of becoming a rock and roll musician. He saved his lunch money and eventually bought his first electric guitar.

When he was 22 years old, Garcia sold most of his belongings and returned to New York to pursue a career in music. While playing in several local bands, Garcia was also pursuing a career in wrestling and, in 1997, won a silver medal at the Amateur Athletic Union Wrestling National Championships.

Garcia is currently a heavy metal guitarist and songwriter with the band Forsakken. He also continues to pursue professional wrestling under the name "Spanish Fly." He previously worked as a manager of a video store, a club bouncer and a music store sales representative. He attended the Borough of Manhattan Community College. He is a former U.S. Marine.

Garcia is trained in the martial arts. His hobbies include playing guitar, wrestling, karate, softball and judo. He is most proud of winning his AAU National Championship medal. His hero is Kurt Angle for winning an Olympic gold medal in wrestling with a broken neck.

Garcia currently resides in New York. His birth date is April 22, 1970.

Survivor: Cook Islands
During his time as an Aitutaki member, Billy was known for being the laziest member around camp, irritating his fellow tribemates, particulary Ozzy Lusth. Because of this, Ozzy proposed a plan with Cristina Coria, J.P. Calderon, and Cecilia Mansilla: The clearly physically stronger Aitutaki would throw the Immunity Challenge in order to get rid of Billy. Reluctantly, the other Aitutaki members agreed to do so. After realizing the plan, Billy whispered to Rarotonga tribe member Candice Woodcock that he was in trouble after the Immunity Challenge was over. Candice whispered back saying "We love you." Billy, believing Candice to be referring to herself and not Rarotonga, whispered back "I love you" to her. Cristina attempted to sway Cecilia to vote against the physically dominant Ozzy, possibly giving Billy another chance in the game. At Tribal Council, Billy ended up being the laughingstock of his tribemates after admitting that he was in love with Candice, and even talked about the ordeal afterwards. Ultimately, Ozzy's plan went through as Billy was voted out in an unanimous 4-1 vote.

Trivia

 * Billy was the oldest member of the original Aitutaki tribe.
 * Billy is the only person in Survivor: Cook Islands who voted against Ozzy Lusth.
 * Billy is the first person to be voted off, placing in 19th.
 * Wanda Shirk placed 19th in Survivor: Palau, but was not voted out and instead was not picked for a tribe.