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Prior to The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency, J.P. was best known on television as a contestant on the controversial racially segregated Survivor: Cook Islands, the 13th season of the CBS reality show.

On Survivor: Cook Islands, Calderon started off as one of five members of the Hispanic "Aitutaki" tribe. Calderon was the fourth cast member voted off in a 7/2 split. In 2007, Calderon joined the cast of the 2nd season of The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency. On the show, Calderon was approached to appear on the cover of Instinct magazine, a magazine that requires that its male cover models be openly gay. Instinct confirmed that Calderon identified as gay, and he was featured in the February 2007 issue, including the cover, a photo spread, feature story and interview.