There have been all the time going to be Survivor contestants mad about not getting solid on 50. Folks love enjoying the sport, and there merely weren’t sufficient out there slots for all of the castaways that wished to return. As an increasing number of former solid members who didn’t make the reduce converse out, nevertheless, it’s changing into more and more apparent that the method by which the present picked who went and who didn’t rubbed many the mistaken means.
The newest feedback come from beloved Survivor persona Abi-Maria Gomes. The firecracker was a standout in each Philippines and Cambodia and was reportedly one of many present’s final cuts, besides she claims she wasn’t ever really informed she was reduce. In an interview with The Solar, she stated producers met together with her quite a few instances and gave her a psych take a look at however then by no means adopted up. She says she discovered she wasn’t going to be on Survivor 50 when the gamers had been formally introduced.
So far as I do know, nobody else has stated they weren’t informed they had been reduce, however a number of widespread gamers have stated producers dragged them alongside for practically a 12 months lengthy casting course of and made them really feel like they had been for certain going to be on the season till they instantly weren’t. Former contestant Spencer Bledsoe, who now goes by the identify Reiman, introduced up his frustrations on social media, saying producers implied to him that he was a “lock” for the season earlier than he was reduce. Legend Jerri Manthey was reportedly reduce on the final minute after which posted a video of herself staring off within the distance with a WTF look on her face.
We don’t know the total checklist of gamers who had been contacted by the present and requested about availability and/ or given interviews with producers, however we all know the quantity is absolutely excessive. Greater than sixty former gamers have both confirmed themselves they had been talked to or sources near the present have stated they had been interviewed. Some have been very public about the truth that they received reduce, and we all know some even turned down different competing actuality reveals as a result of they had been hoping to get solid.
There have been additionally reportedly numerous large names who weren’t contacted for inexplicable causes. Natalie Anderson and Parvati Shallow have each stated they weren’t referred to as, in addition to different legends like Johnny Fairplay and Russell Hantz. How you would allegedly discuss to greater than sixty gamers and never get round to them is baffling, contemplating Season 50 was billed as a method to honor the historical past of the present, and it’s arduous to speak concerning the present with out not less than mentioning these 4.
As I stated, there was no method to solid Survivor 50 that might have made everybody blissful, however the extra I learn reactions from gamers, the extra it’s clear lots of them really feel confused and brought benefit of. Producers clearly made many gamers who didn’t in the end make the solid really feel like they had been most likely going, and that’s clearly as a result of they went into the method and not using a clear sense of what they wished to do.
I get that you want to discuss to individuals and verify availabilities, which suggests you want to contact extra gamers than vital, however it’s due to these gamers that we care about Survivor 50. With out these legends of the sport, the present wouldn’t have gone on for some many seasons. It looks like they need to have been entitled to a bit extra transparency.
Regardless, Survivor 50 is presently filming in Fiji, and whereas there some apparent issues with the solid, there are additionally a ton of causes to be excited. All-time traditional gamers like Cirie, Coach, Colby and Ozzy might be on the market alongside New Period favorites like Q and Emily Flippen. It needs to be a terrific season.
Fingers crossed Survivor offers us one other returning season throughout the subsequent few years and works in a few of these final second cuts.