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Longtime Survivor followers have been met with a welcome shock through the Wednesday, November 13 episode of the long-running CBS actuality present when the jury introduction section returned to Tribal Council.
Now in its forty seventh season, Survivor episodes have largely adopted the identical format because the present started, with each culminating in a visit to Tribal Council.
Pre-COVID, host Jeff Probst would start every Tribal through the jury portion of the sport by saying, “We’ll now convey within the first member of our jury.” (or first two members, or three members, and so forth.). Every jury member would then silently enter, solely in a position to talk with gamers nonetheless within the sport by way of their physique language.
Beginning with Survivor 41, the start of Survivor’s “new period,” the present minimize the jury introduction. Till this week. When the gamers arrived at Tribal on Wednesday, Probst, 58, stunned viewers by welcoming within the season’s first juror, Sierra Wright, with the well-known line.
Robert Voets/CBS Jeff Probst has seen his justifiable share of tribal councils since Survivor premiered 23 years in the past — and it hasn’t gotten outdated. “There’s a phrase I stated to myself years in the past that stayed with me — which is without doubt one of the issues I discovered from Survivor — everyone has a narrative,” Probst, 61, […]
By now, Survivor followers know the whole lot on the present is finished with intention, so it could make sense for there to be a hidden that means behind the return of the jury introduction. As Probst revealed to Leisure Weekly in a narrative revealed Thursday, November 14, it’s nothing that thrilling.
However that didn’t cease Probst from attempting to jazz it up together with his innate storytelling potential.
“Effectively, I may make up a very fascinating story about how a bunch of us sat round a fireplace discussing the professionals and cons of getting the jury stroll into Tribal Council,” Probst stated. “I may describe in vivid element how issues bought passionate as we debated very late into the night time over a number of cans of Milwaukee’s Finest! And the way at one level, [challenge producer] John Kirhoffer even stood up on a desk and like a Survivor preacher proclaimed, ‘We have to see the jury stroll in so we are able to all heal!’”
Then Probst relented.
“I may make up a narrative like that, or I may inform you the a lot much less fascinating reality,” he continued. “It was a really informal suggestion from [executive producer] Matt Van Wagenen. I feel he actually stated, ‘Possibly we must always see the jury stroll on this season?’ And so we did.”
Jeff Probst isn’t on the lookout for any extra self-proclaimed villains for future seasons of Survivor. “The primary particular person to win was one of many greatest villains, nonetheless, of all time, Richard Hatch. Mark [Burnett] understood one thing [about casting],” Probst, 62, stated on the Sunday, February 25, episode of “Rob Has a Podcast” whereas chatting with Survivor […]
The jury introduction isn’t the one factor of old-school Survivor that the present has introduced again just lately. In Survivor 45, CBS expanded every episode to 90 minutes, giving the present sufficient time to convey again the opening sequence the place it introduces every participant as Survivor theme music “Historic Voices” performs. Season 45 additionally introduced again the fan favourite Survivor Public sale, which once more graced Survivor 47.
Probst often fields questions on bringing outdated parts of the present again to Survivor on his weekly “On Fireplace” podcast, and he hardly ever delivers an absolute “no.” So followers hoping for different outdated favorites to return, equivalent to the favored “family members go to” shouldn’t hand over hope, even when the shorter 26-day format makes it much less possible.
One other themed season could also be on the horizon as effectively, as Probst has already confirmed that season 50 will function returning gamers. He has not stated what the format might be, main followers to invest a couple of New Period vs. Previous Period setup, one other All-Stars season or one other second probabilities season.
Survivor airs Wednesday nights at 8 p.m. ET on ABC.