Ben From Surbivot Drops an Immunity Idol Again
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Exile Island
Several years after the controversial Redemption Island twist was first introduced, the show was set to bring it back for season 29. But two days before filming began, Probst called an audible.
"We were going to do Redemption and we had been trying to come up with a new idea," Probst told EW at the time. "But we didn't have it, and so my feeling was, if we don't have a better idea, let's go with what we know works. And then another idea came to me and I ran it past the guys and suddenly it was 'Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes. That's what we should do!'"
It ended up being Exile Island, which was first utilized in season 10 before getting its own season-long concept two seasons later. And it was resurrected for the 29th season after not being used for several years.
And it was actually Mike White, the creator of The White Lotuswho made it to the finals of Survivor: David vs. Goliath, that inspired Probst pull off the last-minute switch.
"Yes, I am glad that we decided to change it up—and in a weird way I owe thanks to Mike White," Probst said back in 2014. "He was over at our house for dinner just a couple of weeks before we started shooting. I confided in him about the basic creative for the Blood vs. Water season and when I mentioned Redemption Island coming back he had a very lackluster response—'Oh, you're doing Redemption again?' The words hit me like a stray, leftover Medallion of Power right between the eyes. We had debated Redemption Island during our Survivor creative meetings and for some reason hearing him say it at that moment tipped the scale."
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Redemption Island
Ahead of the start of the season 22, Probst said he was "the most excited" he'd been about the show in a long time.
"I really hope Redemption Island adds a new layer that we can use for years to come," he told EW. "We have no idea what's going to happen. It's a big risk. It could fail miserably. I don't think it's going to."
Well, it didn't exactly fail, but it didn't really work either, serving as almost a test run for Edge of Extinction. (In Redemption Island, voted off contestants would compete weekly in a duel to remain in the game.)
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Final-Four Fire-Making Challenging
Just when fan-favorite Ben Driebergen looked like he was finally going to be voted out of the game after losing the final individual immunity challenge, a new wrinkle was added in at the last moment that ultimately helped lead him to victory: He had to make fire before rival Devon Pinto.
While some believed the fire-making challenge was thrown in at the end of Heroes vs. Healers vs. Hustlers purely for Ben's benefit, Probst shot down that theory and it's remained in the game ever since.
"This idea came about to solve a problem that has bothered me for years," he explained to EW in 2017. "If someone plays a great game and gets to the final four, it has always bothered me that the other three can simply say, 'We can't beat him, so let's all just vote him out.' So this year we decided to make a change. If you get to final four, you are guaranteed a shot to earn your way to the end. And if you are the one to win the final four challenge, you are in charge of who you take and who you force to fight for it in a fire-making showdown. And of course, it goes without saying, we got lucky with a huge million dollar showdown between Ben and Devon. It was electric."
Source: https://www.eonline.com/photos/33298/a-history-of-survivors-most-controversial-twists
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