Survivor In The Media

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Survivor 47 host Jeff Probst clarifies amulet idol rules (exclusive)
By Dalton Ross   October 9, 2024
https://ew.com/survivor-47-jeff-probst-clarifies-amulet-idol-rules-exclusive-8725590 
 

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'Survivor 47's Kishan Patel Reveals an Unseen Alliance With Genevieve Guided His Entire Strategy
The ER doctor also says he told Genevieve she was a decoy vote before Rome did, claiming it did not lead to his blindside.
Mike Bloom   Oct 10, 2024
https://parade.com/tv/kishan-patel-survivor-47-eliminated-interview 

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We see that Genevieve was not happy that you threw out her name as a decoy vote for Rome to use with Sol so he wouldn't play his Shot in the Dark. What's your reaction to watching back how she reacted, and how it caused her to turn the tables on you?
So again, not a lot of content that wasn't shown in that decision. So when Rome and I are sitting there and trying to be like, "Hey, we need to give a decoy vote to Sol," we're like, "What about you, Rome? That makes the most logical sense." And Rome is like, "No, no, not me, not me. Why would it be me? It shouldn't be me." And we're like, "Okay, well, that was the most logical step". And then he's like, "What about you?" I'm like, "That doesn't make sense. Sol likes me; he wants to continue working with me." I've had a conversation with him at this point when we're on the island of like, "Hey, Sol, let's work together." And he's like, "Yeah. I mean, I don't have anyone else to work with. I'll work with you." We've maintained a good relationship still. We had already discussed potentially Aysha being the vote. He knows that may have been coming, so he kind of expects it, and he's still wanting to work with us. Why would Sol want to vote me out? And then we're brainstorming, and we're like, "Okay, what about Genevieve?" I say that because there's only two other people left on the island. And Rome's like, "That could work."

What's again, not shown, is that I immediately go to Genevieve and am like, "Hey, Genevieve, FYI, we're using your name as a decoy. Rome and I came up with this together. It wasn't my decision. We're coming up with this. Are you okay with it? Is it fine? Asking permission, are you fine with this?" And she's like, "I don't want it." And I'm like, "Okay, this is the explanation that we came up with. Rome makes sense. He doesn't want it. He said me; that doesn't make sense. Your name makes sense because Sol doesn't like you and Rome." And she's like, "Yeah, that makes sense. Okay." So she's agreeable with it. So in my mind, it doesn't make sense. That's not when her wheels got churning.

I think her wheels got churning when I'm guiding all these conversations and making the vote happen. And I think she's like, "Wait, Kishan's not just middle background person. He's actually making decisions." I think she finally realized that even with the first vote. It's kind of shown that Rome may have decided who we're going to vote for. Teeny and I made every single decision together. We were the ones that are sitting down, having these conversations, and [being] like, "Okay, who are we picking?" And then we just went and told Genevieve and Rome, "Hey, the vote's gonna be Aysha." So I think she finally connected that I'm a lot more involved in these decisions than she thought. And I think that's when the wheels were like, "Oh shoot, okay, let's get okay Kishan instead."

And something that may have contributed to that is that you seemed to be helping widen the gap between Rome and Sol. Talk to me about your perspective on their hostility towards each other, and how you helped stoke those fires.
So I do say I didn't just build one fire on the island. There's another fire that was built, which was the relationship that is Sol and Rome. [Laughs.] And it kind of started immediately from the first moments that we were on the island. Sol's off looking for firewood as well as bamboo. He's doing what he does: Provide. He's trying to get everything that he can. Rome is also off looking for "stuff, "which is idols, not really helping the tribe. We both know they're both off. However, they each come back individually to Geneveive, Teeny, and I. And they're like, "Hey, where's this person?" It's kind of like you're feeling the fire of being like, "Yeah, he's going off already alone this time. He's looking for idols. Wow, that sucks." And you're saying this to both people, and they're both kind of immediately realizing, "Wow, the other person's not to be trusted. "Meanwhile, the other four of us are just sitting there seeing this happen.

And even the conversation I had when Rome was asking me, "Hey, should I ask Sol for his Shot in the Dark?" and I'm like, "Could be a good plan." I knew that was going to turn terribly. Rome doesn't know how to ask people for things. He's going to just demand it. He did threaten–or "ultimatum," as he says. I knew that was going to happen. I'm going to hype him up; I want to create that divide between them. Because as long as they're polar opposites, they're going to gravitate towards the people that are not on the polar opposites, which is exactly what happened. Which is why Sol still wanted to work with us, even though we voted out Aysha. So it was intentional. There was some feeling of that fire which made for a really intense rivalry between the two.

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'Survivor 47's Anika Dhar Says She 'Blacked Out' During Her Fiery Exit
The marketing manager also partially blames the new 'Survivor Social Hour' and its game of telephone for her surprise boot.
Mike Bloom  Oct 17, 2024
https://parade.com/tv/anika-dhar-survivor-47-eliminated-interview 

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How Is Survivor’s Andy Still Here?! Will Penguin’s Sofia Be in Batman II? Did FBI Tan Merit Mention? Why’d Gibbs Never Speak of ‘Her’? And More Qs!
By Vlada Gelman, Matt Webb Mitovich, Kimberly Roots, Dave Nemetz, Ryan Schwartz, Nick Caruso, Andy Swift, Claire Franken, Charlie Mason   October 18, 2024
https://tvline.com/features/the-batman-2-will-sofia-falcone-appear-cristin-milioti-the-penguin-1235350821/ 

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20 | Which Survivor player was messier in Episode 5: Tiyana or Rome? And instead of having temporary teams for the reward challenge, don’t you wish there had been an official tribe swap instead? Whose exit was more memorable: Anika Dhar’s or Season 45’s Kellie Nalbandian? And show of hands: Who else is surprised that Andy is still in the game?

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Original Survivor contestant Kelly Wiglesworth speaks out on claims she cheated in exclusive clip
By Raechal Shewfelt   October 22, 2024
https://ew.com/survivor-season-1-kelly-wiglesworth-cheating-claims-8730235 

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Since it debuted in 2000, Survivor has been about the ability to outwit, outplay, and outlast. However, at least one contestant on that first season of the CBS reality show also had some help from production.

In the exclusive clip above of the upcoming episode of Vice's Dark Side of Reality TV, Kelly Wiglesworth explains how it happened.

"He threw a power bar on the ground, like, right at my feet," she says of a producer. "And Richard saw it."
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Richard is, of course, Richard Hatch, the winner of the show's first season, who is also interviewed for the Vice series. He says that he took his observation straight to the top, executive producer Mark Burnett.

"It's all a bulls--- game," says Hatch, who nevertheless walked away with $1 million.

Joel Klug, who also competed in Borneo, also comments on the unauthorized eating.

"I think it was a Power Bar," Klug says, "but if you're talking about that calorie deficit, that's enough to make you really, ya know, kick some ass."
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But Wiglesworth says that Hatch later claimed people were "leaving me food everywhere."
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Supposedly, Klug recounts, the cheating complaints led to Burnett having offered to pay Hatch's taxes on the jackpot if he were to win. Hatch said in his trial that he thought producers were going to pay his taxes. Burnett testified that Hatch's contract declared the contestant responsible for the taxes, according to NBC.

Hatch won the show, but he was found guilty of failing to pay taxes on his winnings in 2006. Wiglesworth came in second.
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But she did offer her advice on changes to make to the competition: "Bring it back to the original game," Wiglesworth told EW. "No immunity idols, no second chances, redemptions, etc. There's way too much food. Players need to hunt, build shelters and fires, etc."

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Watch a Sneak Peek of New 'Survivor' Documentary That Celebrates One of the Show's Most Legendary Seasons (Exclusive)
Mike Bloom   Oct 23, 2024
https://parade.com/tv/survivor-cagayan-documentary 

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Ten years ago, Survivor aired its twenty-eighth season, and changed the course of the CBS reality series as we know it. Survivor: Cagayan had eighteen dynamic characters stranded in the wilderness for the ultimate game of social strategy, divided into tribes that represented "brains," "brawn," and "beauty." And from its first episode–with the start of the Brains tribe's destruction–to its last–including one of the worst moves in Survivor history–it was non-stop entertainment.
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A season as big as Cagayan deserves a big celebration. That's what "Rob Has a Podcast," one of Survivor's primary media empires, hopes to achieve with I Stan Cagayan. The new documentary, coming to YouTube on Tuesday, Oct. 29 following a live screening on Oct. 28, explores all of the major moments of Season 28. From shocking blindsides to comical conflicts to surprising zoology lessons, a group of Survivor podcasters and players–including many Cagayan castaways–break it all down.
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In the exclusive sneak peek above, you can see the talking heads (including one particularly intrepid Survivor reporter) get into the legacy of Cagayan over the past ten years. Though nearly 20 seasons have followed, it still holds a fond place in the Survivor community, regarded by the vast majority of fans as one of the greatest seasons of all time. And it's easy to see why.
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"In 2014, Survivor: Cagayan catapulted the show into 'The Big Moves Era,'" Rob Cesternino, a two-time player and host of "Rob Has a Podcast," tells Parade. "After ten years, we wanted to celebrate this iconic season. Not only did Cagayan forever alter the trajectory of the franchise, it was monumental in building a worldwide community of people who wanted to connect around Survivor."

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Supposedly, Klug recounts, the cheating complaints led to Burnett having offered to pay Hatch's taxes on the jackpot if he were to win. Hatch said in his trial that he thought producers were going to pay his taxes. Burnett testified that Hatch's contract declared the contestant responsible for the taxes, according to NBC.

I have no idea why anyone would want Joel Klug's input on this. He was voted out before the merge and was never on a tribe with Kelly and Rich. He doesn't have first-hand knowledge of anything.

Hatch has been making this same claim for years, and aside from the Power Bar itself (which I agree is not okay) the problem with his version of the tax situation is that even if Burnett agreed to pay the taxes on his winnings, Hatch would still have had to declare the winnings on his tax return that year, which he did not. Nor did he declare his income from a radio hosting gig he got as a result of winning Survivor, and he also failed to declare income from a rental property he owned. Hatch committed tax fraud, end of story. His attempts to justify it over the years and portray himself as a victim -- as he did with his assault of Sue on All-Stars -- just reinforces how completely and eternally full of shit he is.

The other, smaller hole in his story is that, if the game was as rigged as he claims it was, and Burnett agreed to pay his taxes if he won, then Burnett would have rigged it so that Hatch would not win in order to save himself the approximately $440K he would have had to shell out.

[atomic]

I watched the Dark Side of Reality TV episode that aired last night and Joel did not actually corroborate Richard's story -- just said that he personally believes it. The episode overall was just okay. The only cast members interviewed were Richard, Kelly, Joel, and Gervase. I recently read Emily Nussbaum's book Cue the Sun! and found her chapter dedicated to Survivor: Borneo to be much more in-depth and revelatory. 

[LadyChatts]

I can agree with Kelly that the show needs to go back to basics.  I don't necessarily mind idols and advantages, within reason.  But this is seriously not Survivor.  The fact that Gata couldn't even be bothered to fish and no one seems hungry...I mean I remember when you knew someone made it far because they came home looking like they'd be stranded on an island for a month.

[LadyChatts]

Double post.

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A 'Mergatory' Switch-Up! Who Went Home on 'Survivor 47' Tonight?
Mike Bloom   Oct 23, 2024
https://parade.com/tv/who-was-voted-off-survivor-tonight-week-6-season-47-recap-2024 

Survivor 47 star Andy Rueda details comeback from meltdown to merge
In our exclusive mid-game interview, the player talks about the tough times and last week's tense Tribal Council.
By Dalton Ross   October 23, 2024 
https://ew.com/survivor-47-andy-rueda-comeback-meltdown-merge-exclusive-8731943 

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Jeff Probst Says a ‘Survivor’ 47 Player Is Getting Season 50 Invite — Is It Rome?
Kelli Boyle   October 23, 2024
https://www.tvinsider.com/1158676/jeff-probst-survivor-47-episode-6-rome-eliminated-season-50-cast/ 

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Here’s what Probst hinted about the Survivor 47 cast member that could be asked to come back.

“As we were playing 47, all of the producers were going, ‘Hmmm, it could be an interesting choice for 50,'” Probst told TV Insider, referencing a noteworthy player who was left unnamed.

“It’s still evolving, and we’re not there yet, but I just want fans to know that we take it as seriously as they do,” Probst continued. “And the way we’re approaching it is from joy. Those seem like they’re conflicting, but they’re really harmonious to me. I seriously want Survivor 50 to be joyful. Those words seem in conflict, but they’re not, and I think 50 is going to be really fun. But first we’ve got to get through 47, 48, and 49.”

On the latest episode of the On Fire podcast, Probst dropped even more hints that Rome is the player he was talking about in our interview when explaining why the producers told Episode 6 from Rome’s point of view — and why Probst let Rome sit in his seat at tribal council.

“If you go back and watch this entire episode again, what you’ll notice is that the entire episode is really told through Rome’s point of view. It’s subtle, but it’s there. Every turning point is essentially seen through Rome’s eyes. And it’s something we’ve talked about this season and in other seasons that we want to continue to find ways to take the audience deeper inside the mind of a player or deeper inside the strategy of a moment or deeper inside the anatomy of a blindside,” Probst explained on On Fire. “This one really lined up because we had a great narrator in Rome. He’s fun to watch, he’s fun to listen to, he’s full of ideas, he’s constantly turning the game and he’s always very forthcoming. So having it be a Rome episode, knowing that Rome was going to get blindsided, made it really appealing and the shift in perspective didn’t come until the end of tribal council. Now the audience is ahead of Rome and they realize Rome, you got it all wrong, you’re not in charge, actually, you’re going home.”

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I finally get it-Jeff has a completely different understanding of the word 'fun' than do I.  If he thinks Rome was a 'fun' player it totally illustrates why I don't find Survivor as 'fun' as I previously did.  I thought Rome was annoying and arrogant.  What I did find 'fun' was his ouster.

[LadyChatts]

Jeff seems all about characters.  He always has been but I feel more so in recent seasons.  I mean the Jeff we see in this new era is not the Jeff I remember from the early seasons.  He doesn’t want to give us villains, even though we know they are out there, but in a weird way this type of casting and editing is bringing us villains but not in the fun sense.  These people seem more about clout and attention than wanting the Survivor experience.  Seriously I’m still wondering how half of them even wound up there when they don’t even seem to care.
 

On the plus side, if they play their cards right with casting for S50, Rome will probably get eaten alive and put in his place big time.  And there’s still a ways to go before S50 so Probst might be saying “Rome who?” by the time casting is finalized.  

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For me, the problem with even this interview (even if Rome is not a part of season 50) is that it just encourages more and more 'quirky' characters to apply for all of the scene time they will get and hence boost their 'influencer' status and whatnot.  We still have contestants this season that have hardly been featured while we get non-stop Rome and Andy.  These last few seasons have been very focused on attention seekers rather than survivors IMO.  Someone in one of threads compared Rome to Boston Rob and I disagree. Boston Rob had survival skills and competition skills (including puzzles) in addition to social understanding.  Someone like Rome only wishes he had those combos-in every competition Rome wanted the 'starring role' even when others, with better skills, tried to get one of those roles.  And, with Jeff thinking Rome (Bhanu, Q, Gabler, etc.) as fun and entertaining, we will only see more and more of these 'character' types.

Give me the days of Colby, Tom (Westman?), Gretchen, Boston Rob, etc.  People who had skills and drive, not the days of 'the buoy is nothing, don't bother checking...'

[Rodney]

Mike Bloom/Parade with Rome:

https://t.co/tQar1GBWyi

Eesh.  If that's true, then I kind of hate that the show protected Kyle so much last night.

[SVNBob]

15 hours ago, Rodney said:

If that's true

Big emphasis on "If" here.  Consider the source.

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Jeff Probst reveals results of unaired Survivor 47 schoolyard pick
By Dalton Ross   October 23, 2024 
https://ew.com/survivor-47-jeff-probst-reveals-results-unaired-schoolyard-pick-8732931 

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.... "When we got to this episode with 90 minutes, there was so much gameplay happening that centered around the vote that we once again had to make some tough cuts," Probst says. "So as fun as it was, we knew, 'Well, look, the result doesn't change even if we don't show it. So we won't show it.'"
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My sources tell me that Teeny and Tiyana were the captains by random draw. And the first four picks in order were Sam, Gabe, Kyle, and Sol. But the host himself divulges some intel on the latest On Fire. "I will give you a little secret information from that schoolyard pick," he says on the podcast. "The last two players were Sue was the next to last pick, and the last pick of all players — Andy."

The fact that the fiercely proud Sue and the emotionally vulnerable Andy — who spoke with Entertainment Weekly about his journey from meltdown to merge — were the last two picks makes it even more surprising that the scene did not make the final cut. "That's why you want to include it in the episode," Probst acknowledges, "because you had a moment where Andy was standing there and I got to ask him, 'Andy, we're going back to day one. This has been your story.' And he goes, 'It's always my story, but I'm still in the game.' There we go."

Why Jeff Probst cut Survivor 47’s schoolyard pick, and is ‘apprehensive’ about large tribes
Andy Dehnart   October 24, 2024
https://www.realityblurred.com/realitytv/2024/10/jeff-probst-survivor-47-schoolyard-pick-merge/ 

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So it’s kind of wild to hear Jeff Probst say this: “I will admit: I am very apprehensive about this large group idea, because I think—and I’ve seen—that it’s so easy for a vote to become a landslide vote, because nobody wants it to be them,” he said. “So the minute you hear any name, as long as it’s not yours—even if they’re in your alliance—you’re inclined to say you know what I can do that because you just want to survive.”
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“But what I did hear at that Tribal was the players saying this is equally scary and here’s why: Yes, a small tribe—there’s nowhere to hide. There’s also only a couple of people you need to persuade to control the vote. Here, yeah, there’s some room to hide, but there’s so many more people you need in terms of numbers to control the vote. So I understand it better now.”

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[LadyChatts]

Was there really a lot of gameplay surrounding the vote?  It seemed like a pretty straight forward Rome vote with Andy as an unopposed back up plan.  Considering Andy was the last one picked I would have rather seen the fallout from that over Rome sitting in Jeff’s chair at TC and taking up time.  

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On 10/23/2024 at 4:33 PM, atomic said:

I watched the Dark Side of Reality TV episode that aired last night and Joel did not actually corroborate Richard's story -- just said that he personally believes it. The episode overall was just okay. The only cast members interviewed were Richard, Kelly, Joel, and Gervase. I recently read Emily Nussbaum's book Cue the Sun! and found her chapter dedicated to Survivor: Borneo to be much more in-depth and revelatory. 

Just finished the Survivor chapter of the book and agree, it was super interesting reading the behind the scenes stuff of how that 1st season happened and how everything changed for tv but for the show itself after it.

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Rome said a lot in this interview, but I only quoted one segment...

Survivor 47 star Rome Cooney got a 'salty' reception at Ponderosa
By Dalton Ross  October 24, 2024
https://ew.com/survivor-47-rome-cooney-salty-reception-ponderosa-interview-8733161 

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So what was it like meeting up with Kishan and Aysha at Ponderosa? Tell me about that situation.

It wasn't a good one, I'll say that. I walked in and I walked downstairs and all the people were sitting at the table, and the first thing that someone says to me is Aysha says, “Well, it's about time.” And I'm like, “Wow, I'm going through this super emotional time. That's what you're going to say to me first?” I was just like, “Wow, salute to you.” It is what it is. Then I went down and I told her what happened, and I guess Aysha was a little bit confused. I don't think she realized how simple it was that if she just would've went with [the Sol vote], then she would've still been in the game. So I think she was a little bit in denial about that, but it was really just as cut and dried as that. So she was pretty salty to see me, I guess. But she was, I guess, happy that I got out of the game.

I’m Just Chillin’ - Episode 6 DELETED Scene. Survivor 47
All Winners Survivor   Oct 24, 2024

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[LadyChatts]

I’m not sure if you can find it elsewhere, but if you have IG in the CBS Survivor story there’s a link to a survey where you can give some feedback on this new era (and rate Jeff as a host).  

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Jeff Probst Explains His Thinking Behind the Newest 'Survivor' Advantage
Mike Bloom   Oct 30, 2024
https://parade.com/tv/jeff-probst-survivor-47-take-your-pick-advantage-twist 

Survivor host Jeff Probst reveals how he secretly tallies the votes
By Dalton Ross   October 31, 2024
https://ew.com/survivor-jeff-probst-reveals-how-he-secretly-tallies-votes-8737079 

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'Survivor 47's Tiyana Hallums Reveals Rachel Told Her About Her Advantage Right Before Tribal Council
The flight attendant also says Sue told 'below the belt' lies about TK's character to get her to flip on one of her tightest allies.
Mike Bloom    October 31, 2024
https://parade.com/tv/tiyana-hallums-survivor-47-eliminated-interview 

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Did Frasier’s Niles Excuse Fly? Which Survivor Deserves an Emmy? Can Any Agatha Season 2 Give Up ‘Ghost’? Major Fire Country Flub? More Qs!
By Vlada Gelman, Matt Webb Mitovich, Kimberly Roots, Dave Nemetz, Rebecca Iannucci, Nick Caruso, Charlie Mason, Andy Swift   November 1, 2024
https://tvline.com/features/agatha-all-along-season-2-status-billy-ghost-agatha-tv-questions-1235372601/ 

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12 | Who had the most Emmy-worthy acting performance in this week’s Survivor? Rachel answering questions at Tribal Council knowing she had the Safety Without Power advantage, or Sol pretending he wasn’t the one to gift it to her? ...

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Exclusive: Richard Hatch Revealed That He Coached Some Survivor 47 Players
Matthew Thomas   Nov 3, 2024
https://www.thethings.com/exclusive-richard-hatch-coached-some-survivor-47-players/ 

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During his discussion with TheThings, Richard Hatch expressed his opinion that Jeff Probst doesn't understand Survivor.
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In response, Richard was asked if he believed it was possible for anyone who has never played Survivor to truly understand the game. More specifically, Richard was asked if he believed Jeff could truly understand Survivor, since he's never played the game.

In response to that question, Richard began by answering that he believed it is possible for people who've never played to understand Survivor.
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While talking to TheThings , Richard Hatch expressed his opinion that Jeff Probst has added bad twists to Survivor because he doesn't understand the game. "Unfortunately, a lot of the gimmicks and twists, that Probst has tried since becoming executive producer are pretty easy to see that they would be not just ineffective, but off-putting to a large viewership. So it bothers me that there isn't more thought put into a game."
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As Richard explained, he thought that interested observers could discuss and grow to understand Survivor. It was at that moment that Richard revealed that he'd coached some people who hadn't played Survivor at the time before they would get the chance to. More specifically, Richard heavily implied that he'd coached some of Survivor 47's players.

Frankly, there are participants, maybe even some who are on the show right now this season, with whom I have spent some time and talked about the game.
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Without missing a beat, Richard confirmed that he wouldn't be naming who he coached. "You assume correctly."
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Later during the interview, Richard expressed how upsetting he finds it that some current Survivor players don't behave like they know it's a game. To prove his point, Richard pointed to how one of Survivor 47's players reacted to getting voted out.

"Frankly, there are many players 47 seasons in, on the current season even, who don't understand this is a game. I don't wanna give any spoilers away, but there's a person who was voted off the island last night, who was stompy and angry and then cried on the way out. There's a sadness from my perspective when folks can't grasp the game enough to play it well."

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[LadyChatts]

On 10/29/2024 at 4:54 PM, LadyChatts said:

I’m not sure if you can find it elsewhere, but if you have IG in the CBS Survivor story there’s a link to a survey where you can give some feedback on this new era (and rate Jeff as a host).  

So I’m quoting myself but for anyone interested here is the link to this survey where you can give your feedback on the current state of Survivor and what you’d like to see changed.

https://cbsnetwork.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8jnM6KFQ0TGA1jU?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAaYKF6C86-_hay8lLGthb1m0ILeEaabExT1Ol7p5I-1MAOVpLYYfaMLFaqk_aem_obm8Qd9FcGCMqi49TIERCw

[LadyChatts]

https://www.fox13seattle.com/news/nick-brown-attorney-general.amp
 

Former S2 contestant Nick Brown is the new Washington state attorney general.  

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Jeff Probst Breaks Down the Newest Twists to the 'Survivor' Auction
Mike Bloom   Nov 6, 2024
https://parade.com/tv/jeff-probst-survivor-47-auction-advantage 

Survivor host Jeff Probst explains why he ate contestants' food
By Dalton Ross   November 7, 2024 
https://ew.com/survivor-jeff-probst-explains-why-he-ate-contestants-food-8740856 

Edited November 7 by tv echo

[Lantern7]

Reality Blurred recap of the episode. I'm sharing for this:
 

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The real problem with the lose-a-vote punishment, especially combined with an unknown number of items, is that it kills suspense for almost every sale. Most of the bids went like this:

Probst: Player X, as you can see on my Chalkboard of Pain, you have the most money, so if this is the last item, you get your hand smashed!

Probst: It’s not the last item, tee hee! What could it be?!

Player X: Take all of my money; I don’t want to be punished, beach daddy!

 

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Survivor 47 star Sierra Wright was 'pissed' after being voted out
The ousted player also reveals the person's vote that hurt the most.
By Dalton Ross   November 7, 2024 
https://ew.com/survivor-47-sierra-wright-pissed-after-being-voted-out-interview-8741209 

'Survivor 47's Sierra Wright Reveals She Caught Andy Plotting Her Blindside
The nurse also reveals she flipped on the "Breadwinners" alliance before the merge after Anika failed to tell her a key piece of information.
Mike Bloom   Nov 7, 2024
https://parade.com/tv/sierra-wright-survivor-47-eliminated-interview 

‘Survivor’: Jeff Probst Says Rachel’s ‘Brilliant’ Tribal Move Could Change Game Forever
Kelli Boyle   November 7, 2024
https://www.tvinsider.com/1160806/survivor-47-rachel-shot-in-the-dark-idol-tribal-jeff-probst-reaction/ 

Going Once, Going Twice, Sold - On Fire With Jeff Probst EP 8 | Survivor 47
SurvivorOnCBS   Nov 7, 2024

Edited November 8 by tv echo

[LadyChatts]

https://ew.com/survivor-50-jeff-probst-reveals-type-of-players-he-wants-exclusive-8741330
 

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We’re not looking for disgruntled players looking to settle a score.

Guess we won’t be seeing Lex vs Boston Rob then.

[Carey]

On 11/12/2024 at 7:00 PM, LadyChatts said:

Guess we won’t be seeing Lex vs Boston Rob then.

Nah, we're getting Season 46 people.  That follows people livid at how they said they were supposed to have returning players, before Jeff said that they are "returning players"!

[Rodney]

How did they get the Ghosts characters in the know about these episodes so quickly?  They know about Andy turning on his tribe!

[Rodney]

Ha!  Sam and Andy lose their votes!  Bummed about Rachel and Caroline, though.

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Jeff Probst explains that Survivor Tribal Council jury change (exclusive)
The host also gets into why the players left so late for Tribal Council.
By Dalton Ross   November 14, 2024
https://ew.com/survivor-jeff-probst-explains-tribal-council-jury-change-exclusive-8745113 

That's On You - On Fire With Jeff Probst EP 9 | Survivor 47 Podcast
SurvivorOnCBS   Nov 13, 2024

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Solomon ‘Sol’ Yi’s ‘Survivor 47’ exit interview: ‘I thought I had my troops rallied, but they were also in on it’
John Benutty   November 14, 2024
https://www.goldderby.com/article/2024/solomon-sol-yi-survivor-47-exit-interview/ 

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“They got my ass, I’m gone,” Sol began as he spoke after his elimination. “I thought I had my troops rallied, but they were also in on it.” Sol believed that the original Lavo tribe members Genevieve Mushaluk and Teeny Chirichillo were part of his army, as well as Andy Rueda and Sam Phalen from the original Gata tribe. Sol was under the impression that the five of them were joining for a majority to take out one of the original Tuku players, but even they couldn’t keep their decision straight between Kyle Ostwald or Sue Smey.
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Even though his allies turned on him, Sol was in high spirits as he left the game. “This was a dream come true,” he concluded. “I’m completely humbled by this experience and now I get to be on the jury and so it’s not a loss for me, man. I’m good. This was awesome.”

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Survivor 47 star Sol Yi reveals what we did not see at live Tribal Council
The ousted player also says Rome "made my life hell."
By Dalton Ross   November 14, 2024
https://ew.com/survivor-47-sol-yi-what-we-did-not-see-live-tribal-council-interview-8745088 

'Survivor 47's Sol Yi Reveals He Almost Played Sam's Fake Idol
The most recent boot also talks about an unseen alliance with Sue over their shared history with Parksinson's Disease.
Mike Bloom   Nov 14, 2024
https://parade.com/tv/solomon-sol-yi-survivor-47-eliminated-interview 

Sol Yi calls Survivor 47 castaway ‘one of the best Survivor players ever’
By Ryan DeVault   Nov 14, 2024
https://www.monstersandcritics.com/tv/reality-tv/sol-yi-calls-survivor-47-castaway-one-of-the-best-survivor-players-ever/ 

Edited November 15 by tv echo

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‘Survivor’ Host Jeff Probst Reveals the 1 Time Players Must Tell the Truth
By Russell Steinberg  November 14, 2024
https://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/news/survivors-jeff-probst-reveals-the-1-time-players-must-tell-the-truth/ 

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“Here’s how it works: In your private interviews with the producer, you have to answer the questions because that’s how we tell the story, and you have to tell the producer the truth,” Probst explained. “That’s the only person you have to tell the truth.”

Those interviews happen away from camp and out of earshot of other contestants, enabling players to speak their minds to the producer interviewing them. It is also key for viewers at home to know what players are thinking as the game plays out.
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“When you’re talking to me at challenges or tribal, you got to answer the questions, but you can lie all you want,” he said. “You can lie directly to me. I might not even know you’re lying. I don’t even care. I just want any story to track. True or false is your call. And as long as that’s happening, we’re all good.”

Edited November 15 by tv echo

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Your #OneChicago Crossover Wishes? Yellowstone Death Was Murder, Right? Is New Frasier Romance Afoot? Are SNL Writers Trumped? More TV Qs!
By Vlada Gelman, Matt Webb Mitovich, Ryan Schwartz, Nick Caruso, Kimberly Roots, Dave Nemetz, Andy Swift, Rebecca Iannucci, Charlie Mason   November 15, 2024
https://tvline.com/features/yellowstone-clues-john-dutton-murdered-no-suicide-tv-questions-1235377503/ 

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17 | Does Survivor really need to be 90 minutes long, considering that Andy/Rachel’s relationship dynamic was retold using sooo many flashbacks? Also, how can we expect a truly gripping season of this show when Jeff Probst continues to take away the players’ votes? Anyone else completely over that?

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‘Survivor’: Jeff Probst Gets Real About ‘Polite’ Players in New Era
Kelli Boyle   November 15, 2024
https://www.tvinsider.com/1162127/survivor-season-47-players-polite-jeff-probst/ 

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There’s a certain viciousness missing in the new era of Survivor. Players still betray each other to win like they always have, but there’s also been a swell of support among the castaways in recent seasons. They congratulate each other on individual immunity wins instead of feeling the competition more fiercely. It’s good sportsmanship that you’d see in the real world, but there are fans of the competition series who would like to see the cutthroat energy return. This is meant to be a grueling fight for $1 million, after all. Jeff Probst addresses the topic of “polite” players in the new era in the most recent episode of the On Fire podcast, which you can listen to in full below.
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“Well, this is where I feel I always lose half the audience because I love this part of the new era,” Probst said in On Fire. “Honestly, this is my dream for Survivor. But let me explain why. Before you start throwing things out onto the field, we create a game that we design to push you further than you probably have ever gone or ever will go in your life. So we’re going to test you in ways you cannot predict or replicate, and we’re going to do it while you’re living in a jungle with no food, no shelter, with strangers who are conspiring against you. You’re going to learn things about yourself you didn’t know. You’re certainly going to impress yourself and in doing so, you’re going to inspire others.”

He continued: “You’re also going to disappoint yourself, and you’re going to do all of it while you’re playing the most fantastic game of deceit where it’s not only OK to lie, it’s mandatory to lie. And the question is how good are you at it? And then hopefully when it’s over, you will have some new lifelong friends because only you all experience this crazy thing together. You’re the only people. Your loved ones will never know what it really felt like. So yeah, when people can play hard and are still able to celebrate others, it lights me up.”
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“This is what I want to be clear about: It doesn’t mean that something like a blindside at tribal is not and should not be devastating like Anika’s. Devastation. Remember, it was a full minute after I read the vote before she could even go get her torch. She was so out of her mind. In that moment, I don’t expect or even wish for a player to simply say, oh, no problem, and hug it out. This is situational and it would diminish the tremendous stakes of the game if you didn’t respond, honestly. Me, I’d be destroyed if somebody I truly trusted lied to my face.”
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“It’s been a long time since fans have commented to me on a blindside like they have with Anika’s,” Probst said. “I was just at a dinner the other night and 20 people were there and they said they loved it and they said they loved it because it was a real reaction. I said, I don’t know that that implication that the other reactions are fake is true or not, but I’m going to ask on our podcast someone who’s played the game. So Charlie, that’s my question. Is there a new expectation in the new era, a new value system that you’re supposed to be polite or is this just every player’s still individual and you respond the way you respond?”

“I think it’s the latter, but bear with me a second because it’s more complex than that,” Davis replied. “Because when you get blindsided or you lose Survivor, however you lose Survivor, there are so many feelings that a player is feeling. It’s because of the stakes. It’s because you’ve been pouring your entire entire being into playing the game, playing as best you can, fighting every single day. And so when that all comes crashing down, your torch is snuffed, you feel so many things at once and part of that might be pride or recognizing, oh, they got me, it was a threat, so I’m going to latch onto that. But part of it might be latching onto an Anika-type reaction or whatever other reaction a player might have. You can’t convey 20 different feelings in 30 seconds a minute if you’re Anika. Maybe she could have gotten one more feeling in there, but she was feeling so strongly that feeling of betrayal. I’m sure she was also thinking, you know what? I played hard out here and somewhere inside of me I’m proud of what happened, but what overwhelmed her in the moment was just the shock. It’s different for everyone.”

Edited November 16 by tv echo

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CBS Announces Winter 2025 Schedule
By Sammi Turano on Friday, November 15, 2024
https://www.tvgrapevine.com/2024/11/cbs-announces-winter-2025-schedule/ 

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SURVIVOR, hosted by Jeff Probst, returns for season 48 with a two-hour premiere on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025 (8:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT), followed by 90-minute episodes throughout the season. The 37th season of THE AMAZING RACE, hosted by Phil Keoghan, premieres with 90-minute episodes beginning Wednesday, March 5, 2025(9:30-11:00 PM, ET/PT)

[Katrina Kate]

5 hours ago, tv echo said:

‘Survivor’: Jeff Probst Gets Real About ‘Polite’ Players in New Era
Kelli Boyle   November 15, 2024
https://www.tvinsider.com/1162127/survivor-season-47-players-polite-jeff-probst/ 

Jeff: saying all the above

Me: hearing Charlie Brown’s teacher

[Carey]

This Year's Survivor Finale To Occur Over A Two Week Period

[Skooma]

13 hours ago, Carey said:

This Year's Survivor Finale To Occur Over A Two Week Period

Bummer.  I like a 3 hour ending all on one night.

OTOH Following your link I found another link to Sol's interview and thoroughly enjoyed the read.  Learned a lot of stuff reading it.

[Taeolas]

So the "Finale" is 4 hours split over 2 nights across 2 weeks.... Then wouldn't the actual "Finale" just be the 2 hours on the second week and the first 2 hours just an extra padded episode? Feels like they're playing semantics to try and drum up excitement or something. Or hiding that they trimmed the actual finale back to 2 hours. 

[Carey]

I think it's totally unnecessary.  The current era of Survivor doesn't include anything that warrants a 4-hour finale.

Unless the current season is actually on the level of Borneo or All-Stars.  If it is, let me know, and tell me how time-permitting.

Maybe they could do something that emulates Panama I can respect the decision.  Otherwise it's still not necessary.  Gotta have the fallen comrades walk or else you're doubling things up with crap ass content to where the December 11th episode should remain as the penultimate episode

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Midseason 2025 TV Schedule: Full List of Network Premiere Dates So Far
Meaghan Darwish   November 18, 2024
https://www.tvinsider.com/1161385/midseason-2025-tv-schedule-premiere-dates/ 

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Wednesday, February 26
8:00 p.m.: Survivor (Season 48 Premiere) (CBS)

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‘Survivor 47’ star Gabe Ortis clarifies that he called Teeny a ‘snake’ — and not Caroline
By Eric Todisco   Nov. 21, 2024
https://nypost.com/2024/11/21/entertainment/survivor-47-star-gabe-ortis-on-why-he-called-teeny-a-snake/ 

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On Wednesday’s episode, it appeared that the 26-year-old radio show host called his ally Caroline Vidmar a “snake” for voting him out.

And while Vidmar did betray him, Ortis exclusively told The Post that the comment was actually directed at Teeny Chirichillo.

“That was the one vote that surprised me. That Teeny actually flipped,” Ortis said.

Survivor 47 star Gabe Ortis explains final elimination words
The ousted contestant says "someone should be fired" if he is not brought back to play again.
By Dalton Ross   November 21, 2024
https://ew.com/survivor-47-gabe-ortis-explains-final-elimination-words-interview-8749097

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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Were you at Tribal Council distracted at all by Sol’s shirtless vest look over on the jury?

GABE ORTIS: Dude, when Sol walked into Tribal, it was like a bomb went off. Everybody's head just whipped over and it was all we could look at. I mean, there was a good three minutes of we're in Tribal, Jeff is talking, people are answering questions, and everybody is looking at Sol and Sierra. It was like this just power duo just walked into Tribal Council and they weren't even participating.

And you didn't even get to see the full outfit. He had rings on all of his fingers, he had his nails painted, and he came in, he looked like a fighting character out of a fighting video game like Tekken or Street Fighter. I was ready for him to start hurling fireballs out of his hands! It was unbelievable. He had the red shoes on, too. No socks needed. It was like, I've never seen anything like that before. And I mean, you see the guy in the game and he's rugged and wearing comfortable clothes, so you don't know that he has that in his arsenal. And he walks out like that, no smile, mean-mugging everybody. It was just awesome.

'Survivor 47's Gabe Ortis Says He May Have Flipped on His Tuku Alliance If He Survived
Mike Bloom   Nov 21, 2024
https://parade.com/tv/gabe-ortis-survivor-47-eliminated-interview 

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Let's start at Tribal Council. What was your reaction as the votes for you were coming in? Was the "come on" you said directed towards someone in particular, or more out of exasperation?
I think it was just an exasperated "come on." Going into that night, i thought it was about 60% me, 40% Geneveive. It's just the moment. If you place a sports bet or something, you have hope until you don't. And when that last touchdown or goal gets scored, it's just like, "[Sighs.] Come on." It's the moment where you can't hope anymore. It's the hope that kills you. It's the moment where my hope is gone. I know what's coming. Any hope I had coming into the night is now gone. It wasn't directed at anybody specifically.
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Finishing off the Tukus, we have your "limo driver" Kyle, who helped drive your game off a cliff. What's interesting is there's talk this past episode about how you two had gotten close personally in the merge, but were going to inevitably gun for each other. Had Kyle not won immunity yet again, would you have gone for him here?
Yeah, if Kyle doesn't win, I think that's who the votes have to be pushed on. I think I still would have put feelers out for Genevieve. You heard me say in the episode, if I could choose if I was the only vote, I would have taken out Genevieve, and I would have kept Kyle in the game. But I think Kyle would have been the easiest sell that wasn't me. I knew the amount of Tukus left in the game was very worrying to people. And there wasn't much of a pitch for Caroline or Sue to go, but there was a huge pitch for Kyle to go. Now, was it a bigger pitch than me leaving? Who's to say. But I think if I said, assuming Kyle's vulnerable, "I want to vote Genevieve tonight," and everybody else was like, "Well, we want to vote Kyle," I would have been like, "Alright, then we're voting Kyle tonight." And it would have broken my heart. And there were many times on the island where I was by myself, and I thought about writing Kyle's name down, and it made me well up a little bit. Just because I really did get close with him once we hit the merge, and that was one of my guys out there. But at that phase in the game round nine, if everybody wanted to do Kyle, I would not have pushed back.

Edited 21 hours ago by tv echo

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Fire and Rain - On Fire With Jeff Probst EP 10 | Survivor 47 Podcast
SurvivorOnCBS   Nov 20, 2024