[Warning: The following contains MAJOR spoilers for Survivor Season 47 Episode 10, “Loyal to the Soil.”]
It’s a shot in the dead of night, and Jeff Probst will take it, actually. Survivor 47 gamers willingly sacrificed each single one of many remaining Shot within the Darkish benefits in alternate for a big bag of rice for the tribe within the November 20 episode on CBS. This marks the second time this season that the forged has made extra fascinating use of this benefit than its meant function. Though Probst initially demanded that a minimum of 4 gamers sit out of the problem with a view to get the meals stash, the ultimate 9 countered with a surprising supply he couldn’t refuse. The host was vocal about his shock within the episode, however Probst additionally shared extra of his emotions about this daring transfer within the Survivor aftershow, the On Hearth podcast (hearken to this week’s episode free of charge with no adverts under).
The rice negotiation started earlier than the person immunity problem in Season 47 Episode 10, which marked Kyle’s fourth particular person win (he’s near becoming a member of the small group of Survivor gamers who’ve received the document of 5 particular person challenges). Caroline provided for 2 gamers to surrender their Pictures within the Darkish as an alternative of 4 gamers being benched, which Probst rejected. Then Kyle steered that the entire gamers hand over their 1-in-6 shot at immunity. Sam wanted some convincing, however Gabe ultimately modified his thoughts. Once they have been all in, Probst agreed to take the Pictures within the Darkish out of the competitors, and On Hearth confirmed they’re “gone for the remainder of the season,” as cohost Jay Wolff stated.
Rachel already performed her shot in Episode 8 in what Probst referred to as a “sensible” transfer that had the potential to vary the sport endlessly. Protecting her particular person immunity idol secret, Rachel performed her Shot within the Darkish earlier than the votes have been learn to gauge the reactions among the many merged tribe. When nobody appeared apprehensive that she is perhaps immune, Rachel knew that she wasn’t the goal for elimination. As of Episode 10, she’s nonetheless holding her idol for a wet day. The benefit had by no means been used that approach earlier than. Getting one other new use simply two episodes later was surprising and reveals this forged’s means to suppose shortly.
“The Shot within the Darkish within the sport permits for extra blindsides. You’ve stated that on this podcast,” Wolff stated to Probst in On Hearth. “Was there some hesitation from you from a producer perspective that buying and selling in all these Pictures within the Darkish would make the sport much less unpredictable?” Probst replied that his instant response was to shortly take into consideration if or how this might “break” the sport general.
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“The supply to sacrifice all their Pictures within the Darkish in alternate for rice performed out in actual time, so my resolution was additionally occurring in actual time,” Probst shared. “In moments like that, you’re shortly utilizing your essential considering to undergo a psychological guidelines of any actually apparent game-breaking issues that this deal would possibly trigger. You’re additionally weighing the worth of the supply. Is that this an actual sacrifice for them? Is it definitely worth the rice? You’re additionally nonetheless in host mode, so that you’re having a dialog with the group when you’re watching the reactions of the gamers to see if there’s any story coming from this, like Sam having to be talked into it.”
“Hanging above all of those different issues is the human in me considering these are actual folks, they’re busting their butts on this sport. That’s good. The gameplay is so tight, no person needs to surrender their shot at immunity. That’s good. And so they’ve provide you with a fairly creative thought. That’s additionally good,” Probst went on. “So Jeff, you bought to essentially think about it. And eventually, sure, I’m additionally contemplating the affect of the plain factor, which is you’re dropping that dramatic factor at tribal, which does create a variety of uncertainty. So after contemplating all of this throughout that 10 seconds, I finally felt it was a really robust supply and fairly prone to end result down the road in no less than one participant sooner or later regretting their resolution to surrender their Hail Mary. So I stated sure.”
He warns future contestants that simply because he let this occur in Season 47, doesn’t imply he’ll let it occur once more: “Bear in mind, future gamers, each season is exclusive for the gamers. It’s additionally distinctive for me. I’m going again to a well-known chorus: on Survivor historical past is merely an indicator of what has occurred, however not a predictor of what would possibly occur sooner or later.”
Cohost Charlie Davis says that Rachel is “wanting like an excellent genius” now due to this group resolution (even with out her Shot within the Darkish as an possibility, she consented to this transfer). “She’s the one one which bought to even use her Shot within the Darkish in any respect and now she provides up nothing and will get rice. Go, Rachel.”
With the Shot within the Darkish security internet gone and nobody enjoying immunity idols, everybody however Kyle might’ve been eradicated on this episode. The votes have been cut up between Gabe and Genevieve, however Gabe ended up getting the boot.
What did you consider this negotiation? Are you cheerful to see Shot within the Darkish eliminated for now? Would you wish to see gamers attempt to negotiate to deliver the benefit again into the sport earlier than the season is up? Clearly, something is feasible in Survivor. Tell us your ideas within the feedback part, under.
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