5 things Survivor can learn after Celebrity Big Brother

NEW YORK, NY - MAY 17: Chairman of the Board, President, and Chief Executive Officer of CBS Corporation Les Moonves and Julie Chen attend the 2017 CBS Upfront on May 17, 2017 in New York City. (Photo by Theo Wargo/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY - MAY 17: Chairman of the Board, President, and Chief Executive Officer of CBS Corporation Les Moonves and Julie Chen attend the 2017 CBS Upfront on May 17, 2017 in New York City. (Photo by Theo Wargo/Getty Images) /
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Known commodities are willing to play harder (if they don’t “quit”)

When I put forth my possible cast list for a Celebrity Survivor season, some were not a fan of celebrities taking up a spot that they could win if they were to go through the casting process. The mind-boggling ideology of every single random person expecting to be on Survivor one day aside, something that Celebrity Big Brother taught us is that if celebrities are there to play, they will play hard.

Last season of Big Brother saw 13 players follow returning player Paul Abrahamian around like puppies all summer long, repeatedly falling on their sword and avoiding making any moves on their own without checking in with their master. Compare that to Celebrity Big Brother, and you saw alliances repeatedly flip on each other, multiple Final Four deals are taken up, backdoor plans take effect and players try to take out those in power.

Known commodities in the real world aren’t playing in order to make a big enough splash to get invited back to the show; the game is a small part of their multi-faceted, glorious life experiences. Celebrities enter with a chip on their shoulder and don’t want to let their fans down (unless they force others to vote them out).