[Warning: The following contains MAJOR spoilers for the Survivor Season 47 finale Part 1.]
Rachel’s Survivor 47 rivals higher hope she doesn’t make it previous the hearth problem in subsequent week’s finale, as a result of her efficiency within the finale’s first half simply made it her sport to lose. On the On Fireplace aftershow podcast, Jeff Probst reacted to her epic sport play in Season 47 Episode 13, which included her hiding in bushes to listen in on her opponents’ conversations, blocking a vote, utilizing her hidden immunity idol in a tribal council that was meant to be her “funeral,” and successful particular person immunity when it counted most. She’s really the season’s finest participant, and it’ll take appreciable effort and a few nice luck to cease her from successful the $1 million.
Early within the two-hour episode (subsequent week’s finale Half 2 can be two hours), Rachel spied on her rivals once they returned from Tribal Council. She took benefit of the pitch-black darkness surrounding them on the seashore and hid in close by bushes to pay attention in. It was on this dialog that she realized about Genevieve’s idol, but it surely was misinformation. Genevieve and Sam had made a faux idol collectively as a part of Operation Italy, however solely Genevieve and Sam knew that. Listening in right here was nonetheless priceless for Rachel, nonetheless, as a result of she realized she was the following goal.
Probst revealed in On Fireplace how the digital camera crew obtained away with filming this second with out gifting away Rachel’s place.
“The primary half possibly appears imprecise, however they’re simply extremely skilled actuality shooters and audio gatherers,” he started, however added, “Secrecy is important, not only for Rachel [but] additionally for the individuals on the seashore having their very own conspiratorial dialog.” He continues: “Studying physique language or anticipating the place a narrative goes can be important if you’re a digital camera operator or an audio gatherer as a result of at any given second on any given day on Survivor, our shooters and audio groups are co-conspirators with completely different gamers relying on what is going on. So on one hand, they’re secretly capturing a gaggle of individuals within the sand whereas one other crew is secretly capturing Rachel. And on high of all of this, the darkness doesn’t simply impression the gamers, it impacts our crew as properly.”
Probst’s reply then revealed the thought course of behind their modifying choice to chop to black whereas the gamers had been speaking. The crew “can’t see both,” he defined. “When the solar units in Fiji, there’s no ambient mild in the midst of the Pacific ocean. That’s the reason we took a second and took the display screen to black, so you would truly think about. As a result of that’s what it appears like.”
Then there got here some priceless intel about why Survivor movies each second they will. “We shoot hours and hours of gamers speaking about their favourite meals, all kinds of issues that can by no means find yourself within the present,” Probst defined to cohosts Jay Wolff and Charlie Davis. “We do that for 2 causes: No. 1 and most significantly, you by no means know when a dialog a couple of participant’s favourite recipe goes to show into speak of a blindside. However No. 2 is we additionally do it so the gamers by no means have any concept if what we’re capturing is noteworthy or not.”
“What I imply by that’s, simply because we observe somebody into the jungle, it doesn’t imply that particular person’s in search of an idol,” Probst goes on. “Ninety % of the time they aren’t. The rationale that is priceless to a participant is that it helps them calm down a bit bit in regards to the cameras and maintain their consideration the place it needs to be: on the opposite gamers. That’s the place the sport strikes. Don’t fear about us.”
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As Andy, Sam, Genevieve, and Teeny conspired to vote Rachel out (Sue refused to affix in on their plan), Rachel knew she was secure together with her secret immunity idol. As Andy tried to play some jury administration (aka telling the goal they’re the goal to garner favor as soon as they’re within the jury), Rachel was sitting on the information that she was fully secure. Seeing Andy overtly admit to utilizing her to enhance his sport made Rachel change course on her voting plan and switch the tides on him.
“She actually primed him to divulge heart’s contents to her by saying, ‘I don’t suppose anybody’s taking you significantly in any respect,’” Davis mentioned in On Fireplace. “She’s gathering data regardless that she is aware of that she’s secure with that idol.”
Rachel used her block-a-vote benefit towards Sam, leaving the one 5 out of six votes on the desk. And he or she let the gamers and jury imagine she was going house throughout Tribal talks to make her idol plot twist all of the extra impactful when it got here time to learn the votes. After which she delivered what Wolff referred to as a “banger” of a line: “I feel the one factor higher than attending your personal funeral is figuring out that you just’re going to get up alive the following morning.” Probst’s On Fireplace response was a very happy, “That’s fairly good.”
Rachel was secure; no votes towards her counted. And with the vast majority of them being for her, it solely took two votes to ship Andy into the jury. Probst reacted to Andy’s jury administration on the podcast. Whereas it was a mistake on this episode, and whereas overtly declaring that the vote will go your method is usually a one-way ticket to jinxing your self, Probst doesn’t suppose it’s all the time a nasty transfer.
“You will have seen occasions on the present when the particular person going house is advised they’re going house, and it’s the particular person going house, and individuals are very strategic about how they deal with being accountable for that, saying ‘I simply need to let you understand, it’s you. I’m sorry it’s you, however I didn’t need you to be blindsided,’” he mentioned. “That may garner some favor should you get to the tip … It’s a risk-reward like every thing on Survivor, however you’ve obtained to belief your intestine. I feel Andy is in a gap in attempting to win this sport, so he’s going to want each vote he can get. Possibly it was a hail Mary that didn’t work, but it surely confirmed that he’s enjoying and enjoying laborious.”
Afterward, Probst mentioned that each Andy and Genevieve (the opposite participant voted out on this episode) needed to audition a few occasions earlier than making it onto the present. He mentioned that “Andy personifies every thing I like about Survivor” due to his willingness to indicate his authenticity, vulnerability, and “struggles.” “He owned his horrible begin, he claimed victory with Operation Italy. I actually loved having Andy on the present,” Probst mentioned. And as for Genevieve, Probst thinks she “may’ve received this sport had she gotten to the tip.” A Survivor story as outdated as time.
Tune into On Fireplace for extra inside appears at this season of Survivor.
Survivor, Season 47 Finale Half 2, Wednesday, December 18, 8/7c, CBS