Jeff Probst says there aren't too many idols on Survivor
? For one thing, it’s a question worth asking for any season. But with this being an anniversary 40th installment of the franchise, and with the season including 20 former champions of the game, one had to wonder what the show had in store. So that’s the question I asked host and showrunner Jeff Probst out in Fiji right as the season began. And the answer began simply enough.
“For the challenges this season, it will all be returning challenges,” says Probst. “They might have a tiny shift to them, but for the most part they are challenges that the players out here have maybe run or certainly seen in other seasons, so that will be a bit of a nostalgic look back.” But then Probst took me through the creative process in terms of mapping out a season. “Creatively, the biggest issue in any season is restraint,” Probst says. “We start with lots of ideas. We just fill the boards with ideas. ‘Just keep ‘em coming. What else? What else haven’t we done in a while? What worked? How many idols were in last season? How many? How many.
Probst then took an opportunity to address complaints that too many idols and advantages have turned a game of skill and strategy into one more based around luck and foraging. “What doesn’t go through my head is, ‘Oh, there’s going to be too many twists. Oh, there’s going to be too many idols,’” says Probst. “I still don’t get that criticism.
To watch Probst talk about the impact of idols on the game, watch the video at the top of the post. For more
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