“As soon as the votes are learn, the choice is closing. The particular person voted out shall be requested to depart the Tribal Council space instantly. I’ll learn the votes.” You haven’t heard Jeff Probst say this for some time on Survivor. However why?
Like “the tribe has spoken,” it grew to become an iconic a part of Tribal Council all through Survivor‘s many seasons. There’s an inexpensive rationalization for why Probst stopped utilizing the phrase earlier than the votes had been counted, a cause he shared within the finale Half 1 episode of the On Hearth podcast’s fourth season, which breaks down every episode from Season 47 (the winner of which was topped on December 18 on CBS — they break down their sport right here).
The subject got here up in the course of the fan questions portion of the December 11 episode. As Probst defined, the “as soon as the votes are learn” line began out as a necessity, nevertheless it was finally reduce for time. He does admit that he “hated” taking it out and oftentimes forgets that he must whereas filming.
“I like that line. I hated letting it go,” Probst tells cohosts Charlie Davis and Jay Wolff. “However the historical past on it’s, it really began as an actual path to the gamers as a result of the present was so new. I needed to inform them the foundations. And the foundations are whoever will get essentially the most votes is out, and also you’ve received to go. You possibly can’t keep, you may’t debate, you may’t negotiate. However through the years, at first, it began to change into form of iconic. After which it received to a degree the place we’re like, now it’s just a little pointless.”
Probst continues to say that even mere seconds of display screen time for a participant may be extra useful than prioritizing together with this beloved line.
He explains: “As we discuss this on this podcast so much, timing is so vital. And that sentence might be about 5 seconds. That doesn’t sound like a lot, however these 5 seconds could possibly be used some other place that may be extra impactful when it comes to the storytelling. I’ll provide you with a particular instance. You can be a Tribal Council the place I used to be going to say that in about 10 minutes. And as a substitute of me saying that, you maintain on a shot of Charlie as he listens to one thing a participant is saying, and also you register in his eyes, he’s re-deciding about what he’s going to do proper now. Properly, which may take 5 seconds. You want that. You don’t want me saying these phrases.”
“What’s actually humorous is typically on day 21 after I too am drained, I’ll be up there with the votes and I’ll need to remind myself, you don’t say that anymore! Take that out!” Probst provides with amusing. “Prefer it’s so embedded in my head that I’m simply going to say it. I’m like a robotic generally.”
Survivor introduced the jury stroll again in Season 47, aka the second the place the members of the jury are proven strolling in with severe seems to be on their faces. This was the results of the present having extra time to spare due to the 90-minute episodes. So perhaps there’s time to throw this line again in each every now and then, particularly when there’s a tense spherical of interviews main as much as the studying of the votes.
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Survivor, Season 48 Premiere, Wednesday, February 26, 8/7c, CBS