CBS’ actuality competitors collection Survivor modified the TV world ceaselessly, and is taken into account among the finest actuality reveals of all time. The forty seventh season (which is streaming with a Paramount+ subscription) simply ended, and whereas some followers are questioning how a lot cash Survivor contestants make, others are debating a number of the trendy sport mechanics. Living proof: a Survivor 47 solid member has a polarizing tackle the ultimate hearth problem I completely agree with.
Followers are divided on Survivor 47‘s hearth making problem, which noticed Teeny get eradicated regardless of having a roaring hearth. Whereas making hearth was once reserved for a tie, it is develop into a compulsory a part of the New Period that happens after the Last Immunity Problem. Season 47’s winner Rachel LaMont shared her emotions to TV Insider, and I’m completely together with her scorching take. In her phrases:
I don’t love hearth as a result of I believe that at this section in Survivor, most likely half the time we’d find yourself in a two-two [split vote] anyway [in the final four] and go to fireplace [as a tiebreaker]. So I don’t perceive why we simply can’t have a traditional vote
Factors have been made. The sport of Survivor is finally about voting individuals out, so it is unusual that is ignored within the remaining 4 Tribal Council. As a substitute, the winner of Immunity will get to choose one participant to affix them within the Last Tribal, whereas the opposite two compete in that fire-making problem. And the brand new hearth making format isn’t one thing I actually loved.
Rachel gained the title of Sole Survivor in a near-unanimous vote by the jury. However I’ve to marvel if issues would have shaken up in a different way if the ultimate 4 may vote as regular. Later in the identical feedback, LaMont shared extra about her fire-making scorching take. In her phrases:
I get the thought of letting maybe the favourite, like a Jesse [Lopez, a fan-favorite to win in Survivor 43 who lost the fire challenge] have a shot when everybody’s going to overwhelmingly vote them out. Or if I had misplaced that immunity, they’d’ve overwhelmingly voted me out. And to have the ability to redeem myself in hearth can be cool. However I believe that the sport is about voting individuals out, and that could be a very essential vote on the very finish of the sport.
She’s not incorrect. That is coming from somebody who finally gained Survivor because of the present New Period guidelines. And as such, she’s obtained a novel POV, and maybe a much bigger purpose to defend the fireplace making problem. However she nonetheless would like to vote within the remaining 4 as a substitute, and I must agree. I am a hardcore fan who has had hassle adjusting to the New Period, together with the shorter sport and emphasis on fire-making and the shot-in-the-dark.
Survivor is at all times altering and adapting, so we’ll see if Rachel’s want ever comes true. Followers are desirous to see returning gamers for Survivor 50, so possibly that’ll be the time when the principles are altered once more. Solely time will inform, however good cash says the followers have a powerful response both approach.
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