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Ahead of Survivor play 43's Sept. 21 premiere, big Jeff Probst revealed which twists won't beryllium returning to Fiji.
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The people has spoken on Survivor's controversial hourglass twist.
Ahead of the Sept. 21 premiere of Survivor season 43, host Jeff Probst has revealed which twists will not make it into this adjacent chapter.
"Here's what you won't spot successful Survivor 43: Change History and Do oregon Die," the long-running host told Entertainment Weekly Sept. 14. "How ya similar them apples?"
And portion Probst knows nixing the twists will beryllium contentious, he's not needfully snuffing their torches forever.
"I tin already perceive immoderate fans celebrating and others saying we caved to criticism," the Emmy-winning host said. "We emotion instrumentality feedback, and the feedback connected Change History was amazing. People either truly liked it oregon truly hated it, but not a azygous idiosyncratic said 'Eh, I could instrumentality it oregon permission it.' And with Do oregon Die, the play was electrifying but we besides felt that was 1 twist we could enactment connected the shelf… for now."
For those unfamiliar with these Survivor switch-ups, the arguable Change History (a.k.a. hourglass) twist archetypal popped up during play 41's pre-merge episode, erstwhile the castaways were separated from their tribes into 2 caller groups to vie for idiosyncratic immunity. The winning squad was each fixed immunity from the vote, portion lone the losers would beryllium connected the chopping block. But here's the rub: the winning squad could prime 1 of 2 players who did not vie to beryllium sent disconnected to Exile Island, which secretly granted them the powerfulness to "change history" if they wanted to. The chosen contestant could smash an hourglass, reversing the result of the challenge—meaning the winners would really beryllium up for elimination, not the losers.
This caused much than a small behind-the-scenes drama. Season 41's Sydney Segal, who was eliminated during that episode, told TVLine successful November 2021 that the determination caused "sheer pandemonium" astatine campy and that chap contestant Danny McCray adjacent "reamed Jeff out" for the determination off-camera.
So, for play 42, the twist was presented a small differently: Probst told contestants that the idiosyncratic going to Exile would person a concealed powerfulness that could alteration the game. But ultimately, the hourglass was inactive smashed, and a subordinate of the winning squad was sent home.
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The Do oregon Die twist, connected the different hand, gave formed members a prime to vie oregon beryllium retired of an immunity challenge; if they competed and were the archetypal idiosyncratic out, they would person to play a Monty Hall crippled and could beryllium eliminated from the season.
Get to spot the show's different twists and turns erstwhile Survivor season 43 premieres Sept. 21 connected CBS.
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