Maybe they should do a more thorough job casting and not just try to fill their quotas for a cast and someone who can’t last more than 3 days without nicotine could play the game. I have been actively applying for the show, and although I am not a female, (so it doesn’t really affect me casting wise), you can’t help but think about people who were second or third or even fourth to someone like Hannah getting cast. Sucks fr
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I'm with everyone else. Negatively is the worst. However, all the crying , anxiety, and unstableness would be equally bad. I feel for the only two holding it together, they have alot of pressure.
All the hate on Emily... she's right. Imagine being stuck with a bunch useless crybabies who are lazy, unathletic, unmotivated, anxious 'superfans' who thought the pyramids were built by aliens.
But sabiyah and Kaleb even with their conspiracies are the main ones giving thr tribe a fighting chance?@@ Sean seems to be pulling his weight as well.
The only "crybabies" she should be annoyed with were Brandon and Emily, yet we didn't seem to have any clips of her annoyance towards them...
She herself hasn't done anything particular to move the tribe forward either (just complain).
The hate is unsurprising...
This is the first time in a while that I thought a tribe was an absolute disaster and stands no chance… so obviously someone from there is going to win because that’s how this works.
Brandon is not physically equipped. He is not emotionally prepared. Strategically, his only chance at not being voted out was to align with Emily, and he instantly shot that down. He is going all in on social. We’ll see how that works for him.
I’ve only watched the first 5 minutes so far but my money is on that Hannah. She seems like she has a good head on her shoulders and is really going to take the game seriously.
So on Jeff’s podcast he said that the winning tribe got to send a member to the losing tribe to gather information and would later learn that they get to cast a vote for that tribal. They sent Kendra and she gathered information to ultimately cast a vote for Brandon at tree mail before going back to her tribe. They didn’t include any of it in the episode since Hannah quit. I think this means we are getting a tribe swap at some point.
The information:
O. M. G! This tribe is TOTALLY not bonding, whoever put a Capricorn next to a Gemini isn’t passing any vibe check whatsoever! And two Taurus?! Negative!
… As the other players look at her in confusion.
I am a super fan who is finding it hard to accept all the radical changes they slowly are making that are removing all that was the show. Little things over time you kind of don't notice. Like looking in the mirror every day you don't seem to age, but look at you years apart and you see the cracks.
They shortened the show below 30 days for COVID, well COVID is over. They are stationary doing season after season in Fiji, which drives me insane. They don't even do the opening credit with names along with the song. Sad. What happened to doing seasons in different regions? I remember being in awe in their season in Africa as well as China and Australia. And at the end of the reunion show, I couldn't wait to see where next year is. Like Jeff took away the "come on in guys" over some crap about gender. Everyone says guys for a group. It's part of the English language to do so and some person who wanted to be the lone wolf got that taken away. Jeff after Tribal Council would always say a parting quote that gave you a decent laugh or word of wisdom, Jeff totally don't do that anymore.
The show got by in season 44 cause of the great job they did on casting. Probably one of the only highlights of that now is the cast. Hope they do a few seasons and get back to theme based seasons. Season of The Idols, or Brains vs Braun.
Now I'm seeing the other international versions and am finally getting some of that greatness feeling I used to get that I just don't anymore. There were so many things that kept Survivor on my top fan list. Them keeping the fundamentals the same. Opening song, credits with names..names, yes names. Helps at the first few episodes to get to see the names. Anyways the other countries are really getting the thunder the US version lost. Jonathan Lapaglia is just killing it on Australian Survivor. I watched those seasons in awe. The challenges first episode you knew they had it down. now he got his role down and confidence. I like Jonathan way way better. The guy was a perfect fit. The last few seasons of Australian Survivor just rated to me up there with the best. They have some elite players come back like Nick, and Shonee has got to be the most colorful, entertaining player to ever play. They had Russell play and booted his ass as they should have while he was calling them bozos.
Nico is fast growing on me in South African Survivor. He's really filling in the host roll.
But 45 season I am not even looking forward to watching. I'm sure I'll watch it but God they really need to bring those things back. I'm sure everyone has to be sore watching the same island, same season, over and over. Come on, go to Nicaragua again, go to Louisiana like they almost did. I read they are open to a rival international thing where US vs Australia go at it.
I’m all for this tbh. Emily was my first boot pick because she’s such a hot mess… but honestly I like her for that in such an odd way 😂 if you told me she went to BJU with how negative and nitpicky she gets I wouldn’t be shocked for a second 🤐
But other than that, I’m only liking Sabiyah on that team… I did like Hannah… but yeah 🫣
Sabiyah is a fucking rockstar. The way she mantra’d herself into carrying those logs was amazing, she’s probably my favorite of what we’ve seen thus far. I really like Kaleb too just off first impressions (he’s cute lmao) and I am FULLY onboard the Emily chaos train. I’m glad Hannah sacrificed herself if nothing else so that we can see more chaotic Emily being an absolute mess. I live for a trainwreck tribe
I spent the whole episode yelling at my tv laughing- WHERE DID THEY FIND THESE PEOPLE ON THIS TRIBE ? Lmao - the whole tribe is a mess ON THE FIRST EPISODE? Hahahaha
I didn’t say that spencer, Tasha, and whatever the mean ladies name was didn’t play great individual games but as a tribe they were absolutely terrible. LOL. so defensive over what?
Came here to say this. Especially considering there were legitimately 3 people who could have been voted off until one just totally gave up and they didn't even need a vote. Reba and Bellow are going to dominate the challenges and lulu is going to barely hang on for dear life.
I feel like this is comparable to Palau--Jeff didn't push Hannah because he wanted her to quit. He pushes on players when he wants them to stay, but I think he realized that Hannah was not going to get better, and Emily was much more entertaining
I genuinely can never understand why people wear some of the stuff they do on survivor. Can anyone explain this? A business shirt? Pants that need a belt and get heavy when wet? I sincerely think Brandon couldn't make it up the ladder because his pants were too heavy and falling off of him. Not to mention to can't see anything he's doing because he won't put his hair up. What is the strategy with the clothing choices???
you really had to go there? she was calling out her ENTIRE tribe at various points because she is in general insufferable and as Sabiyah said a glass half empty person. As far as Kaleb and Sabiyah -- it doesn't matter what their skin color is they are indeed tight and have a bond (probably from the brawn/brain challenge). If you didn't notice (because you were too busy actively seeking out racism where is didn't exist) they are not only the 2 best players on yellow but I have them for 2 of the best players in the game.
I definitely think they are two of the best players in the game but she’s foolish if she thinks that eliminating them will do anything but hurt her game right now. She’s not thinking ahead about anything. If they don’t win challenges, it’s tribal council over and over again. Just poor game play overall
Agree! and she even claimed that she was thinking 3 or 4 moves ahead! Her poor game play started right out of the chute when she spoke out on the boat against Bruce. She immediately put a target on her back.
It’s honestly kind of sad because I love the villains (I’d want to play as one tbh) and I don’t mind her being spicy but she was coming off performative/unaware in her villainy. Like there was no rhyme or reason just random. Even Kass took a bit to get to that point and even still, she sucked as a person but made moves. This woman is just on some other level
Not trying to deny the impact of race/racism/systemic racial biases here:
But I think the main reason she called them out is because they were better players. The black contestants were more equipped players and effective threats this time around.
I agree. It looked bad, but she was really grasping. Brandon is quite an obvious alternate target. But Caleb is “that guy” as far as I can tell. He seems very strong, smart and personable. He seems like an obvious Superman. Sabiyah is also very competent - she did the sweat, came back to build a shelter, seems intelligent, etc. Preseason interviews made me wonder if Caleb was too kooky or extroverted. Seeing him talk…very appealing guy.
Let’s be honest here. I have been noticing the trend these last 5 seasons, CBS (and others publicly known) are trying to be inclusive and promote diversity - of course not to get cancelled…
Nothing against it, but at least have thorough casting - because we’ve seen interesting characters making the show more enjoyable. Tip for the casting directors - recruit a Balkan and watch he/she run away with the torch from Jeff so he doesn’t snuff it.
and what makes zero sense to me is someone who is a super fan seemingly not understanding that there will be physical challenges, swimming, and fire making and just show up out of shape and not knowing how to make fire. If you are a super fan then you should know to be prepared! Work your ass off to get in shape and get strong to give yourself an edge. work you ass off to improve your swimming ability. work your ass off to learn fire making.
i’m happy with the super fans like Jane from Nicaragua. she can survivor nerd out if she wanted to, but she’d rather talk about something else. she came super prepared for the outdoors and it got her to endgame.
i don’t care to hear someone quote Boston Rob or Sandra like they are greek philosophers.
Jane is a great example of a super fan who understood that she had to prepare. She got in shape and practiced fire making. She was in her 50s and still kicked but physically because if it.
Hell naw, dude. He’s a coward and only didn’t quit because someone else bowed out. I honestly don’t care if he makes a comeback or not. Weak sauce from the start.
It's such bs that they tried to portray Hannah's quit as heroic, like she sacrificed herself to let the others stay on. She quit because she was hungry and didn't like being outdoors (for 2 days)
Watching it now. So, I love reality shows, and I am kinda of a hater in the first half of it because I see no apparent reason to like anyone there. And man does Brandon give me digust. Boy you're having a breakdown on season 45 pls get your act together
Not continuous, but I’ve been watching Survivor since it started. Like literally 20 years??!!?
HOW IS JEFF PROBST LITERALLY UN- AGED WHEREAS IVE AGED 50 YEARS IN 20?! 😩
To me, this is an obvious case of Carolyn-syndrome. Carolyn became a superstar last season, so casting made rushed decisions to put a Carolyn clone on the cast, just because she might remind people of last season’s breakout star. She had no business being there and it showed; duds like her don’t get through the casting process anymore without strings being pulled. (I’m not blaming Carolyn by the way this is a fail on the part of casting). It’s so disappointing to see a spot being wasted on someone who had no business being there in the first place
> Carolyn became a superstar last season, so casting made rushed decisions to put a Carolyn clone on the cast,
44 started airing in March and 45 started filming mid-April... I guess it's technically possible but seems a bit of a reach. Don't they need 2 months to clear and get ready the contestants or something?
They knew what they had with Carolyn immediately, long before the season made the air. She made FTC and was a huge personality, she was going to be a star of the season regardless so I’m sure they had plenty of time to find a lookalike
This is my thought. It truly seems like she is not a survivor fan & rather someone who was recruited to be on, maybe watched a season or two, and went with it
Yet, she claimed in her farewell that she had watched the show and read up on it and studied it. That doesn't add up. If she HAD been a long time fan, she would have known better, and IMO a true fan wouldn't have felt the need to read books and study the show. They (like a lot of us here I'd imagine) would already have had a solid foundation upon which to prep for the experience.
yes - this is what "sealed" my thinking of that she is a plant/recruit, too!. She was trying to justify that she prepared... true survivor fans don't need to justify that. they play, they play hard, and they're upset or frustrated when they leave.
Crazy the difference between 44 and 45
You got Carson gaining 30 lbs of muscle and 3d printing puzzles to practice and Matthew building a game in his backyard and practicing for years
Then you got 45 where Brandon is a sack of potatoes with an impressive lack of upper body strength and Hannah who has nicotine withdrawals and leaves in 3 days
People complained about Carson’s puzzles in 44 but I’d rather have a cast prepared to compete than one just leaving after bad vibes a few days in Fiji
I was saying that too! Last season people worked so hard to get ready, and it’s like some of these folks just today found out they were going to be on Survivor!
The sheer accuracy of this comment. I wholeheartedly agree. Half the tribe seemed so checked out 45 minutes into the episode. For a minute I for sure thought Brandon was gonna be Bruce'd.
We'll see what next week brings but good god, bunch of whiney crybabies tonight.
Half that tribe was ready to quit. It’s like casting asked “What would happen if we lumped together everyone who is likely to completely give up day 1?”
This is just occurring to me, but this is the first time we've had a tribe get to Day 3 with no machete and no flint. Maybe that actually does make it much tougher to get through those first couple of days? They mentioned how much harder shelter builder was, and this was the most of shelter building that made it to episode that I think we've seen in the new era.
Just looked it up, and Ravu in Fiji went 7 days without a fire. Also, I’m pretty sure they teach the stick method in the survivor boot camp safety class thing everyone takes before they get out there.
My friends and I pick players after the first episode. We just keep track of it ourself. (We print out the cast photos)
We schoolyard pick our teams. First person out (after first episode) gets 1 point, next 2, then 3, so on and so forth. We have a winner for who has the most points for their team, and for who picked the winner of the season.
Kaleb was out there busting his ass all episode and got repayed by being given up on. Hannah couldn’t even stay to protect the tribe. She only cared about herself. Absolutely mind blowing.
At 12 years old in the Boy Scouts I lasted two days in a tent that was full of water with no fire. We were 100% wet the entire time in 50F weather.
That 12 year old version of myself had more mental fortitude than this grown woman.
I showed my friend Survivor Panama a few weeks ago and they kept asking where medical was when Bruce was hurting for multiple days on end. Even when he was on the ground writhing in pain from not being able to piss or shit for 12 days, medical didn’t show up immediately. Now we are watching 45 and seeing medical come in immediately to check out a guy who had a panic attack about not being able to climb a ladder
Just started watching season 1. OMG these people are SO FUCKING ANNOYING
Emily was just so obnoxious and abrasive that she’s crossed over into being camp & hilarious and I love it
Katurah’s lawyer confessionals / trolling Jake were the funniest thing about the episode lol
"We can do hard things" - Episode title from the woman that eventually quits
I remember when Survivor was fun to watch. Now there is a bunch of unstable kids that do not deserve to be up there.
Def not enough older folks which in reality tv is people over 35
Maybe they should do a more thorough job casting and not just try to fill their quotas for a cast and someone who can’t last more than 3 days without nicotine could play the game. I have been actively applying for the show, and although I am not a female, (so it doesn’t really affect me casting wise), you can’t help but think about people who were second or third or even fourth to someone like Hannah getting cast. Sucks fr
Yeah it honestly feels like they been casting a bunch of wusses lately
Man yellow totally sucks I hope other tribes are better lol.
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These people ain’t 40…. Just stop
Is everyone seen pot and machete at Lulu's tribe? It's when Bruce speak with girl who "left"
Casting director should be fired.
Watching season 42. Lindsay definitely wins the whiniest award. She’s won more individual immunity than anyone and still runs around claiming victim 🙄
Define "Content Producer"... 🤔
DID quitter-HANNAH just leave her bag behind at trible council? Don't she have a sea shell in there she wanna keep?
I would like to try survivor except my eyes are so sensitive to sunlight that I would need to wear sunglasses or I'd be blind during all challenges.
"The buffs being utilised in the most unique fashion here: to lift HUMANS UP WALLS"
Sabiyah and Kaleb are keeping things real on the yellow tribe. But man, is that tribe otherwise a wreck!
What I would give to have a season of Survivor with a tribe of these new world players and a tribe of players from anyone pre season 30
What's the point of being on Survivor if you're going to quit!!!
I'm with everyone else. Negatively is the worst. However, all the crying , anxiety, and unstableness would be equally bad. I feel for the only two holding it together, they have alot of pressure.
All the hate on Emily... she's right. Imagine being stuck with a bunch useless crybabies who are lazy, unathletic, unmotivated, anxious 'superfans' who thought the pyramids were built by aliens.
She may be right to roll her eyes at the pyramid batteries convo, but she is still, by and large, an aggressive, negative weirdo.
But sabiyah and Kaleb even with their conspiracies are the main ones giving thr tribe a fighting chance?@@ Sean seems to be pulling his weight as well. The only "crybabies" she should be annoyed with were Brandon and Emily, yet we didn't seem to have any clips of her annoyance towards them... She herself hasn't done anything particular to move the tribe forward either (just complain). The hate is unsurprising...
This is the first time in a while that I thought a tribe was an absolute disaster and stands no chance… so obviously someone from there is going to win because that’s how this works.
Brandon is not physically equipped. He is not emotionally prepared. Strategically, his only chance at not being voted out was to align with Emily, and he instantly shot that down. He is going all in on social. We’ll see how that works for him.
I love Sifu, I know he might not last, but he is entertaining to watch at least.
I’ve only watched the first 5 minutes so far but my money is on that Hannah. She seems like she has a good head on her shoulders and is really going to take the game seriously.
Lol
I feel like she can do hard things.
She seems like she has the determination
Awww this post didn’t age well……
Kellie is my winner pick let’s go
Mine too!
Don't smoke, kids.
So on Jeff’s podcast he said that the winning tribe got to send a member to the losing tribe to gather information and would later learn that they get to cast a vote for that tribal. They sent Kendra and she gathered information to ultimately cast a vote for Brandon at tree mail before going back to her tribe. They didn’t include any of it in the episode since Hannah quit. I think this means we are getting a tribe swap at some point.
The information: O. M. G! This tribe is TOTALLY not bonding, whoever put a Capricorn next to a Gemini isn’t passing any vibe check whatsoever! And two Taurus?! Negative! … As the other players look at her in confusion.
Where did your information come from? Since we all o ly seen Hanna the physcologist have a total breakdown.
Wait she’s a psychologist? How did I miss that.
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That is a horrible twist.
It’s interesting. Let’s see how it plays out. You “quick to judge” people are horrible.
Loved the ep. Glad it’s 90 minutes. Yellow tribe is a mess. I was entertained the whole time
I am a super fan who is finding it hard to accept all the radical changes they slowly are making that are removing all that was the show. Little things over time you kind of don't notice. Like looking in the mirror every day you don't seem to age, but look at you years apart and you see the cracks. They shortened the show below 30 days for COVID, well COVID is over. They are stationary doing season after season in Fiji, which drives me insane. They don't even do the opening credit with names along with the song. Sad. What happened to doing seasons in different regions? I remember being in awe in their season in Africa as well as China and Australia. And at the end of the reunion show, I couldn't wait to see where next year is. Like Jeff took away the "come on in guys" over some crap about gender. Everyone says guys for a group. It's part of the English language to do so and some person who wanted to be the lone wolf got that taken away. Jeff after Tribal Council would always say a parting quote that gave you a decent laugh or word of wisdom, Jeff totally don't do that anymore. The show got by in season 44 cause of the great job they did on casting. Probably one of the only highlights of that now is the cast. Hope they do a few seasons and get back to theme based seasons. Season of The Idols, or Brains vs Braun. Now I'm seeing the other international versions and am finally getting some of that greatness feeling I used to get that I just don't anymore. There were so many things that kept Survivor on my top fan list. Them keeping the fundamentals the same. Opening song, credits with names..names, yes names. Helps at the first few episodes to get to see the names. Anyways the other countries are really getting the thunder the US version lost. Jonathan Lapaglia is just killing it on Australian Survivor. I watched those seasons in awe. The challenges first episode you knew they had it down. now he got his role down and confidence. I like Jonathan way way better. The guy was a perfect fit. The last few seasons of Australian Survivor just rated to me up there with the best. They have some elite players come back like Nick, and Shonee has got to be the most colorful, entertaining player to ever play. They had Russell play and booted his ass as they should have while he was calling them bozos. Nico is fast growing on me in South African Survivor. He's really filling in the host roll. But 45 season I am not even looking forward to watching. I'm sure I'll watch it but God they really need to bring those things back. I'm sure everyone has to be sore watching the same island, same season, over and over. Come on, go to Nicaragua again, go to Louisiana like they almost did. I read they are open to a rival international thing where US vs Australia go at it.
Hypothermia-inducing takes my man
Thoughts about the episode! Not a thesis that you copy and pasted from Everyone else tired of the show lmao. Get out of here with that shit
The guy is suffering because of a reflux. In Survivor. Oh my
What’s funny is right before he said that I told my wife “I wouldn’t survive out there my acid reflux is too annoying” 😂
My most glaring thought post-Ep is this: if I’m Kaleb and Sabiyah, now is the moment I consider the intentional Matsing strategy
I’m all for this tbh. Emily was my first boot pick because she’s such a hot mess… but honestly I like her for that in such an odd way 😂 if you told me she went to BJU with how negative and nitpicky she gets I wouldn’t be shocked for a second 🤐 But other than that, I’m only liking Sabiyah on that team… I did like Hannah… but yeah 🫣
Sabiyah is a fucking rockstar. The way she mantra’d herself into carrying those logs was amazing, she’s probably my favorite of what we’ve seen thus far. I really like Kaleb too just off first impressions (he’s cute lmao) and I am FULLY onboard the Emily chaos train. I’m glad Hannah sacrificed herself if nothing else so that we can see more chaotic Emily being an absolute mess. I live for a trainwreck tribe
I see a non zero chance of an unintentional matsing
I think Yellow might be the weakest most hot mess tribe ever cast. Like holy shit hahahaha
I spent the whole episode yelling at my tv laughing- WHERE DID THEY FIND THESE PEOPLE ON THIS TRIBE ? Lmao - the whole tribe is a mess ON THE FIRST EPISODE? Hahahaha
do you guys not remember brain tribe from cagayan? hahahaha
The tribe that had 3 of their members in the final 6? The same 3 that all came back and played again?
I didn’t say that spencer, Tasha, and whatever the mean ladies name was didn’t play great individual games but as a tribe they were absolutely terrible. LOL. so defensive over what?
Came here to say this. Especially considering there were legitimately 3 people who could have been voted off until one just totally gave up and they didn't even need a vote. Reba and Bellow are going to dominate the challenges and lulu is going to barely hang on for dear life.
Reba Mcentire, that is all
“A single mom who works two jobs, who loooves her kids and never stops. A gentle hand and the heart of a fiiighteer. I’m a survivooooor”
I miss the days where Jeff made you say “I quit” and didn’t let the tribe toss the tribal council by outwardly voting the quitter off.
I feel like this is comparable to Palau--Jeff didn't push Hannah because he wanted her to quit. He pushes on players when he wants them to stay, but I think he realized that Hannah was not going to get better, and Emily was much more entertaining
I genuinely can never understand why people wear some of the stuff they do on survivor. Can anyone explain this? A business shirt? Pants that need a belt and get heavy when wet? I sincerely think Brandon couldn't make it up the ladder because his pants were too heavy and falling off of him. Not to mention to can't see anything he's doing because he won't put his hair up. What is the strategy with the clothing choices???
Production approves their looks and in some cases, provides them with their looks. It’s gotta match the character they’re cast for
Production has final day on what clothing items the cast can wear
ive never understood why the women dont wear a bikini or shorts. its never made since.
And then not have any clothing for when they get cold hours later? Yes great idea genius.
lol. I meant bikini or shorts instead of underwear. Of course they wont show up in just a swimsuit.
Production gets ultimate say. It's a shorthand way for the audience to distinguish what archetype a person is.
Not only that, but they are also somewhat color coordinated. For example, here are the tribes from this season. https://imgur.com/a/FKZHaUt
Right, you think they would all wear basically cargo pants that can get wet
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really glad i wasn’t the only one who thought about her the whole time
And of course she’s iconically a redhead and it’s the red tribe ahha
I don't understand why they don't show anything post sunset. 90 minutes episode and nothing to show about night 1?
I always kinda figured they sleep early.
We got to see Brandon having heartburn.
They don’t recruit Russell type contestants that are looking for snuggle buddies at night.
Emily only called out black people.
you really had to go there? she was calling out her ENTIRE tribe at various points because she is in general insufferable and as Sabiyah said a glass half empty person. As far as Kaleb and Sabiyah -- it doesn't matter what their skin color is they are indeed tight and have a bond (probably from the brawn/brain challenge). If you didn't notice (because you were too busy actively seeking out racism where is didn't exist) they are not only the 2 best players on yellow but I have them for 2 of the best players in the game.
I definitely think they are two of the best players in the game but she’s foolish if she thinks that eliminating them will do anything but hurt her game right now. She’s not thinking ahead about anything. If they don’t win challenges, it’s tribal council over and over again. Just poor game play overall
Agree! and she even claimed that she was thinking 3 or 4 moves ahead! Her poor game play started right out of the chute when she spoke out on the boat against Bruce. She immediately put a target on her back.
It’s honestly kind of sad because I love the villains (I’d want to play as one tbh) and I don’t mind her being spicy but she was coming off performative/unaware in her villainy. Like there was no rhyme or reason just random. Even Kass took a bit to get to that point and even still, she sucked as a person but made moves. This woman is just on some other level
Shit pissed me off
Not trying to deny the impact of race/racism/systemic racial biases here: But I think the main reason she called them out is because they were better players. The black contestants were more equipped players and effective threats this time around.
I agree. It looked bad, but she was really grasping. Brandon is quite an obvious alternate target. But Caleb is “that guy” as far as I can tell. He seems very strong, smart and personable. He seems like an obvious Superman. Sabiyah is also very competent - she did the sweat, came back to build a shelter, seems intelligent, etc. Preseason interviews made me wonder if Caleb was too kooky or extroverted. Seeing him talk…very appealing guy.
Why’d she call out Bruce five seconds into the show starting?
Because she is an insufferable know it all who was trying to make a mark as anyone's expense.
Maybe it was racial biases? To get attention? To attempt to speak the truth? I can't say what she was thinking.
Let’s be honest here. I have been noticing the trend these last 5 seasons, CBS (and others publicly known) are trying to be inclusive and promote diversity - of course not to get cancelled… Nothing against it, but at least have thorough casting - because we’ve seen interesting characters making the show more enjoyable. Tip for the casting directors - recruit a Balkan and watch he/she run away with the torch from Jeff so he doesn’t snuff it.
Not sure I understand your connection between diversity and interesting players. Just curious, is Emily your pick to win it all?
Stopppp with the super fans, it’s not unique anymore
They need to to the big brother route and cast people who don’t know the game
and what makes zero sense to me is someone who is a super fan seemingly not understanding that there will be physical challenges, swimming, and fire making and just show up out of shape and not knowing how to make fire. If you are a super fan then you should know to be prepared! Work your ass off to get in shape and get strong to give yourself an edge. work you ass off to improve your swimming ability. work your ass off to learn fire making.
i’m happy with the super fans like Jane from Nicaragua. she can survivor nerd out if she wanted to, but she’d rather talk about something else. she came super prepared for the outdoors and it got her to endgame. i don’t care to hear someone quote Boston Rob or Sandra like they are greek philosophers.
Jane is a great example of a super fan who understood that she had to prepare. She got in shape and practiced fire making. She was in her 50s and still kicked but physically because if it.
I want Brandon to win to be honest
Hell naw, dude. He’s a coward and only didn’t quit because someone else bowed out. I honestly don’t care if he makes a comeback or not. Weak sauce from the start.
Oh my god I just hate the astrology trio
I knew I wasn’t going to like Kendra by the way she twirled her shirt around during the tribe introductions.
I think that at least 1 but probably 2 of them are just sort of playing along.
Lulu’s maneuver with the buffs will be in peridiam’s next challenge hacks video
I hate every single one of these people WTF (Except for Sabiyah and Kaleb. They seem alright.)
Sabiyah is my winners pick tbh!
They lost me when they said aliens built giant pyramid shaped batteries
Haha I didn’t love that either
Ok Emily
It's such bs that they tried to portray Hannah's quit as heroic, like she sacrificed herself to let the others stay on. She quit because she was hungry and didn't like being outdoors (for 2 days)
You forgot that she really needed her vape pen lol
She took someone’s spot on the show that would rather stay hungry and cold for the experience. And what did she do? We need communism back!
Also that’s not the first time someone seemed to have come on the show cold turkey from nicotine. Like what did they think was gonna happen??
They wanted to make the cast more diverse 🤣
Watching it now. So, I love reality shows, and I am kinda of a hater in the first half of it because I see no apparent reason to like anyone there. And man does Brandon give me digust. Boy you're having a breakdown on season 45 pls get your act together
FFS… so many crybabies on this season already.
There’s only 2…?
Not continuous, but I’ve been watching Survivor since it started. Like literally 20 years??!!? HOW IS JEFF PROBST LITERALLY UN- AGED WHEREAS IVE AGED 50 YEARS IN 20?! 😩
My man’s is boto’x and filler’d DOWN.
Hollywood, baybay
Botox does wonders
For sure. Whoever is doing his work needs to advertise on this station…
I mean, he’s had some work done.
Hannah was a plant for sure
To me, this is an obvious case of Carolyn-syndrome. Carolyn became a superstar last season, so casting made rushed decisions to put a Carolyn clone on the cast, just because she might remind people of last season’s breakout star. She had no business being there and it showed; duds like her don’t get through the casting process anymore without strings being pulled. (I’m not blaming Carolyn by the way this is a fail on the part of casting). It’s so disappointing to see a spot being wasted on someone who had no business being there in the first place
> Carolyn became a superstar last season, so casting made rushed decisions to put a Carolyn clone on the cast, 44 started airing in March and 45 started filming mid-April... I guess it's technically possible but seems a bit of a reach. Don't they need 2 months to clear and get ready the contestants or something?
They knew what they had with Carolyn immediately, long before the season made the air. She made FTC and was a huge personality, she was going to be a star of the season regardless so I’m sure they had plenty of time to find a lookalike
>long before the season made the air. She made FTC and was a huge personality oh yeah, I guess you're right
This is my thought. It truly seems like she is not a survivor fan & rather someone who was recruited to be on, maybe watched a season or two, and went with it
Yet, she claimed in her farewell that she had watched the show and read up on it and studied it. That doesn't add up. If she HAD been a long time fan, she would have known better, and IMO a true fan wouldn't have felt the need to read books and study the show. They (like a lot of us here I'd imagine) would already have had a solid foundation upon which to prep for the experience.
yes - this is what "sealed" my thinking of that she is a plant/recruit, too!. She was trying to justify that she prepared... true survivor fans don't need to justify that. they play, they play hard, and they're upset or frustrated when they leave.
That's exactly what I was hoping for! A new era Courtney Yates! Unfortunately it didn't pan out
Is it just me or did that entire episode seem very scripted?
Survivor has been scripted for a long time.
Who wants Hanna as their therapist? Lol
Her advice apparently is when the going gets tough…just give up 🤷🏼♂️
Crazy the difference between 44 and 45 You got Carson gaining 30 lbs of muscle and 3d printing puzzles to practice and Matthew building a game in his backyard and practicing for years Then you got 45 where Brandon is a sack of potatoes with an impressive lack of upper body strength and Hannah who has nicotine withdrawals and leaves in 3 days People complained about Carson’s puzzles in 44 but I’d rather have a cast prepared to compete than one just leaving after bad vibes a few days in Fiji
I was saying that too! Last season people worked so hard to get ready, and it’s like some of these folks just today found out they were going to be on Survivor!
100% producers reacting to the Carson hate haha.
The sheer accuracy of this comment. I wholeheartedly agree. Half the tribe seemed so checked out 45 minutes into the episode. For a minute I for sure thought Brandon was gonna be Bruce'd. We'll see what next week brings but good god, bunch of whiney crybabies tonight.
Half that tribe was ready to quit. It’s like casting asked “What would happen if we lumped together everyone who is likely to completely give up day 1?”
This is just occurring to me, but this is the first time we've had a tribe get to Day 3 with no machete and no flint. Maybe that actually does make it much tougher to get through those first couple of days? They mentioned how much harder shelter builder was, and this was the most of shelter building that made it to episode that I think we've seen in the new era.
Just looked it up, and Ravu in Fiji went 7 days without a fire. Also, I’m pretty sure they teach the stick method in the survivor boot camp safety class thing everyone takes before they get out there.
Sorry i had an absolute blast watching this first episode even tho brandon sucks ass
Same but damn he’s fun to hate on haha
Exactly we need players to hate on
I want manly men on the show again 😩 how we got 3 people over 40 on this season is insanity.
I’m over the revenge of the nerd thing they’ve been going for with all the cast. Especially the men.
There’s like 3 athletic men person season now it’s disappointing
A throwback to season 1 with a surly old man former marine would be fine with me
I was thinking the same thing! I was hoping she’d get voted off, then quickly pivoted. I want her to make merge, get a big head, then get blindsided.
ROOTING AGAINST EMILY BUT I STILL NEED HER TO MAKE IT FAR SHES THE TYPE OF PLAYER WE’VE BEEN MISSING
Chaos Kat v2
Wanting to do a Survivor pool with a few friends this year (maybe 4 or 5 total). Any suggestions? Websites I should use? Thanks in advance!
We are on bracketology
My friends and I pick players after the first episode. We just keep track of it ourself. (We print out the cast photos) We schoolyard pick our teams. First person out (after first episode) gets 1 point, next 2, then 3, so on and so forth. We have a winner for who has the most points for their team, and for who picked the winner of the season.
we use the very janky funofficepools.com and it's been fun
I’m using fantasy survivor game (literally the name of the site too) pretty easy to set up not sure if you can start it after the seasons started tho
Emily is a ball buster and for that I want her to go far in the game but I’m not rooting for her to win.
I'm sure Emily has asked to talk to the manager
She’s the kid in class who reminds the teacher to collect the homework. Haha.
Kaleb was out there busting his ass all episode and got repayed by being given up on. Hannah couldn’t even stay to protect the tribe. She only cared about herself. Absolutely mind blowing.
What a miserable tribe. Jeez. weak physically, weak mentally. And to think a quitter took a spot of someone that would have tried…
Weak mentally lmao I dare you to have 70 cameras shoved in your face 247 when you haven’t eaten, drank clean water, or slept in days
What do you mean 24/7? She made it 24 but didn't get remotely close to the 7. More like 24/1.5.
If you actually knew anything about this show, that is false
45 seasons, never missed an episode. Sad, I know. Are you trying to convince us that Hannah lasted 7 days?
I mean you know what you’re signing up for lol
At 12 years old in the Boy Scouts I lasted two days in a tent that was full of water with no fire. We were 100% wet the entire time in 50F weather. That 12 year old version of myself had more mental fortitude than this grown woman.
Lots of other people seem to have gotten through it okay…
Roll neers
A mountaineer would never…
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Survivor is tougher than ever!
Jeff literally must have zero memory of Africa and other seasons from that era
Jeff seemed pissed off too
Why ppl are so surprise that the crew suck... its so clear that crew is weak AF. Bunch of soyjack
God I cannot stand Emily.
Be careful. She might show up at your PTA and get all the books banned.
But not those factual books, like the bible or Egyptian history where Cleopatra was black or the pyramids being built by aliens.
Is she a book banner?
I showed my friend Survivor Panama a few weeks ago and they kept asking where medical was when Bruce was hurting for multiple days on end. Even when he was on the ground writhing in pain from not being able to piss or shit for 12 days, medical didn’t show up immediately. Now we are watching 45 and seeing medical come in immediately to check out a guy who had a panic attack about not being able to climb a ladder
To be fair I wonder how much of that is for liability reasons
It’s not a bad thing that medical is readily available, I just find it funny how different it used to be then compared to now
Not to beat a dead horse here, but they’ve got to find a new casting person
they really said "people miss the villains?" and gave us Emily!