Everyone Recognizes the Physical Threats on Survivor: Game Changers

Mana Tribe member Malcolm Freberg, will be one of the 20 castaways competing on SURVIVOR this season, themed "Game Changers", when the Emmy Award-winning series returns for its 34th season with a special two-hour premiere, Wednesday, March 8 (8:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. The season premiere marks the 500th episode. Photo: Robert Voets/CBS ©2017 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Mana Tribe member Malcolm Freberg, will be one of the 20 castaways competing on SURVIVOR this season, themed "Game Changers", when the Emmy Award-winning series returns for its 34th season with a special two-hour premiere, Wednesday, March 8 (8:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. The season premiere marks the 500th episode. Photo: Robert Voets/CBS ©2017 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved. /
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In a new video, it appears that pretty much everyone on Survivor: Game Changers knows that there are two major physical players going into the game.

Some of the castaways of Survivor: Game Changers are known more for their brains. Others have social games that will leave your head spinning. Some fall into multiple categories. But two members of the cast are pretty much known for their brawn, even among their fellow players.

ET Canada, on location ahead of the game starting, made sure to ask everyone about who they thought would win the most Immunity Challenges.

Check the video out below:

To recap, here’s Team Malcolm:

  • Brad
  • Troyzan
  • Ciera
  • Andrea
  • Malcolm

Team Ozzy, meanwhile:

  • Aubry
  • Sandra
  • Varner
  • Hali
  • Tai
  • Tony
  • Michaela
  • J.T.
  • Sarah
  • Zeke
  • Cirie
  • Ozzy

Can we all just take a minute and appreciate how Cirie pretty reluctantly puts herself on Team Ozzy, eyeroll and all? It sounds like she has retained her sense of humor, and we look forward to seeing her confessionals on Game Changers.

Now, back to the commentary. Sierra and Caleb chose themselves. We know that Caleb can give it all he has, even in conditions like those during Kaoh Rong that led to his medical evacuation. Sierra, meanwhile, held her own in Worlds Apart. Debbie also ended up choosing Tony, who did win some individual challenges in Cagayan.

This isn’t to say that either Ozzy or Malcolm will definitely go on an Immunity win streak. They’re just the most likely to do so. However, that could easily mark them as targets before the game can even proceed to the merge phase. Yes, they can help their tribes — and we note they’re pointedly on opposite sides to start — win those early challenges.

The ideal situation for someone looking to get either of them out would be wait until you have a distinct numbers advantage in the pre-merge, then pull off a blindside. With so many strategic minds on the cast this season, we get the feeling they’ll all have some variant of this plan in reserve.

Next: Game Changers Cast Assessment: Sierra Dawn-Thomas

But, like so much in Survivor, it’s all about timing, timing, and more timing. We’ll see how it goes when Game Changers premieres next week!