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Former players react to the Survivor season 35 premiere

By Cody Williams

"I'm Not Crazy, I'm Confident" - Alan Ball, Ashley Nolan, Chrissy Hofbeck, and Katrina Radke on SURVIVOR, themed Heroes vs. Healers vs. Hustlers. The Emmy Award-winning series returns for its 35th season premiere on, Wednesday, September 27 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Photo: Timothy Kuratek/©2017 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved
"I'm Not Crazy, I'm Confident" - Alan Ball, Ashley Nolan, Chrissy Hofbeck, and Katrina Radke on SURVIVOR, themed Heroes vs. Healers vs. Hustlers. The Emmy Award-winning series returns for its 35th season premiere on, Wednesday, September 27 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Photo: Timothy Kuratek/©2017 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved /
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Former castaways are always engaged with the show, and had plenty to say for the Survivor: Heroes vs. Healers vs. Hustlers premiere.

At long last, Survivor once again decided to grace our televisions on Wednesday night. The premiere of season 35, Heroes vs. Healers vs. Hustlers, was only an hour long. However, anyone worried about the drama that fans would be witnessing over that time had to be satisfied after the 60 minutes.

It was an episode that introduced us well to the majority of this new cast. For some that’s good, for others not so much. But even after just one episode of Survivor: Heroes vs. Healers vs. Hustlers, there are already plenty of opinions forming. And that’s not just exclusive to the fans of the show. It also extends to former players. After all, they may be the biggest fans of all having experienced all of this before.

So then, what did the former players have to say about episode 1 of season 35?

Of course, everyone had to start by expressing their excitement and/or first impressions as we were introduced to the new cast:

Then came the marooning, officially. As everyone scrambled, all of the former players had their thoughts about what to do, Ryan finding the Secret Advantage and the Hustlers having a bad time trying to paddle their boat in the opening fire challenge:

As the three tribes took to their camp, Malcolm took this time to talk to Cochran about how Ryan (and his turtleneck) were stealing his thunder:

The next big scene that we got was Mike trying to look for the idol. Joe, however, took notice of this and tried to confront him about it. And former Survivor players had a variety of opinions:

Next up was potentially the best moment of the show with Devon and Ryan forming an alliance for the ages, with Ryan saying that he would save the former with the Super Idol should it come to that:

And we can’t have a premiere episode without a wild card, who just happened to be former NFL player Alan Ball for the Heroes. He forced JP to strip to prove that he didn’t have an idol:

Immunity Challenge Time! The three tribes headed to a brutal first challenge with all three tribes having to push a cart up a hill and then guide a ball through a maze of their choosing. Here’s what the former players thought of it all:

Following the loss in the challenge by the heroes, we went back to their camp where everyone was scrambling. And, of course, that led to criticism of everything happened — in addition to surprise when Chrissy was given the Super Idol by Ryan:

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Finally, it was time for a strange Tribal Council. It got even stranger when Chrissy chose not to play the Super Idol for her assumed ally, Katrina:

Shockingly enough, Mr. Hantz may have said it best. We are as thoroughly confused as everyone else. However, it seems like Chrissy has more to say.

Next: Survivor season 35 premiere recap: Idols, idols everywhere

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