 Not
much mystery here: Jeff Probst pretty much explained the
first 20 minutes or so of the premiere in an interview with
Derrik J. Lang, who writes the ASAP entertainment blog, The
Slug:
"Jeff Probst: They're
literally just put on a beach. They've got some fruit trees
there, but that's it. I come over in a float plane and drop
a box. And in that box they start to get the information.
And the information is you're gonna need to build the most
elaborate shelter Survivor has ever seen. Here's
blue prints, a building plan, a map to find lumber and tools.
You've got a sink and a kitchen area and a couch, all kinds
of stuff to build this elaborate shelter. They're told they
have to finish this before the game can continue.
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They build this great shelter. They've
got water and flint. Once they finish building it, I show
up and say, 'Now you're gonna figure how to divide these
tribes up.' They choose somebody to divide the tribes.
That person divides them, and they square off in a challenge.
The losers have to go to a new beach where they literally
have a machete, pot and water they have to boil. No fire.
They have a cave they can kind of get under, but it's miserable.
The game is about one tribe living a
life of luxury, and the other tribe really scraping to
get by while the other tribe has it so good it almost doesn't
feel like Survivor to them. They have a couch.
They have tables. The tribe that wins the first challenge
goes back to this reward, which is all these luxury items.
They're not necessarily better. They just make life better
like hammocks and umbrellas and bottles and decanters and
all this silverware and plates and china and a bush shower.
So you see them eating. It looks like some sort of Ralph
Lauren picnic.
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