Take a longer look at the moments right before the Survivor Ghost Island Final 15 swap into their new tribes. We even get a player’s confessional!
The Survivor swap must be a ho-hum event for Jeff Probst at this point in his career. 36 seasons into the show, it’s become more of a formality than the spectacle it was when it was first introduced more than a decade and a half ago. Still, for the players of Survivor Ghost Island, it could be the saving grace that keeps them in the game or the first time they truly feel threatened.
CBS has released a two-minute sneak peek for Survivor Ghost Island episode 6, getting almost straight to the point with the idea that the players are going to drop their buffs whether they want to or not. Malolo has been on a harsh losing streak, both as an original tribe and as a swapped tribe. Michael and Jenna just saw their closest partners (Brendan and Stephanie, respectively) leave the game. They need all the help they can get.
That’s what makes Jeff Probst’s announcement of the swap so interesting in its bluntness. Basically, he says Naviti is winning everything, Malolo is losing everything, so see how you handle things now, guys and gals! Furthermore, we get to see Michael Yerger’s perspective on the swap (he used the term “saving grace” first), as well as James Lim’s take on how they all survived the first phase of the game.
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I’ve long been writing about how Survivor Ghost Island has been making us feel sympathy for Malolo; making its original players the audience should cheer for. This Survivor Ghost Island episode 6 swap seems to be driving home that notion even further, as even though we get opinions from both tribes, they seem to be servicing optimism for old Malolo’s six remaining players.
Even Desiree Afuye, who started out on Naviti and has made it onto Malolo, has expressed concern that Jeff’s ruining a good thing for her. Is this the beginning of the end for Naviti’s nine original players, or is this just another editing tool to make things more compelling during an ongoing Pagonging?
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Tune in this Wednesday, March 28 at 8 p.m. ET to watch episode 6, “Fate is the Homie,” to find out!