Jeff Probst. Sonja Flemming/CBS
In accordance to Jeff Probst, lovers should not assume the new period of Survivor — which options a shortened gameplay — to be any fewer challenging for the new gamers.
“I say that the new era is as hard if not harder than the 39-working day time for a myriad of good reasons,” Probst completely informed Us Weekly on Thursday, Might 2, all through the CBS Drop Schedule Celebration. “But of course if you’re a player who played 39 days you have a little bit of pleasure in declaring, ‘I did the whole season’ but you go 18 times without any foodstuff, and then let me ask you a query, let’s see how fast you react or really do not.”
Pursuing Survivor milestone 40th period, Winners at War, and the short hiatus because of to the COVID-19 pandemic, Probst and the creation team reworked the structure of the sequence. The activity was shortened from 39 times to 26 times to accommodate a two-7 days quarantine time period for incoming gamers. Lovers — and former gamers — have been vocal about their disappointment with the shortened time due to the fact Survivor 41.
Nonetheless, the Survivor crew hasn’t built it any much easier for the opponents. Gamers now encounter harsher aspects as they get significantly less meals and comfort in the video game. Tribes also have to receive their flint when they stage foot on the beach front in Fiji and get it taken away if they shed a obstacle. In Survivor 46, the Yanu tribe produced record as they went 11 days devoid of a fire, which meant they could not cook rice at all.
Probst formerly declared that Survivor 50 will be the to start with all-returning participant season of the new era. Only one particular previous contestant, Bruce Perreault, has performed 2 times in latest yrs, but was medically evacuated in Survivor 44 owing to a concussion and received a next chance in Survivor 45 in which he built the jury.
While many supporters originally imagined only new era gamers would be in the jogging for Survivor 50, Probst verified to Us that no a single was “out of the running.”
“If you have gamers from the aged period, enjoying in the new era — that is a storyline that is heading to be seriously intriguing,” he teased.
Probst elaborated that in the new era, gamers “cannot pause” or “try to hide” compared to before seasons considering that the match moves at a quicker charge.
“In earlier seasons if you commenced with 10 individuals on your tribe, you could hide if you had been intelligent for a pair of episodes. You could just duck and go and not get a vote,” he discussed though noting that now the show makes use of more compact teams. “You have six individuals on your tribe. That indicates there is only five other people you are not able to conceal and I believe the fantastic gamers occur out and they are enjoying to gain immediately.”
Survivor airs on CBS on Wednesdays at 8 pm EST.
With reporting by Kevin Zelman
