Jeff Probst says Survivor 51 will literally take fans back to the beginning

It’s been months sinceJeff Probstfirst announced thatSurvivoris entering its “open era” and we’ve spent just as long trying to figure out exactly what that means.

Well now, in a new interview withTV Insider, Probst is giving us a little taste of what exactly to expect before we dive into the latest season—the first in the open era—this Wednesday, September 23. While we know we can expect literally everything that’s ever been in play onSurvivorbefore, what we don’t know ishoweverything will come into play.

And of course, Probst won’t share any spoilers, but he is revealing that “...in our storytelling, we’re literally going back to the beginning.” By this he means, he opens up the new season with the exact same speech he gave back inSurvivor: Borneo. But we already have seen this as CBS released thefirst five minutes of the premierefor us to get excited over—and we are!

“The marooning has some really fun Easter eggs,” Probst discloses, already perking up the ears of Super Fans at home, ready to catch the all. “The open [era] feels like you’re watching a brand new show that has been on for 25 years. That’s what it felt like to me doing it as well.

While we already knew that anything could be in play now and onward, Probst describes the open era like a treasure chest that they pull from each season. Everything from the last 50 seasons—as well as some new ideas, too—are waiting in the treasure chest to be pulled out. Because of this, season 52 is going to be completely different from what we see onSurvivor 51and season 53 is going to be completely different from both of them.

“The two words that drive 51 are permanent uncertainty,” Probst shares—for the millionth time, especially now that we know the premiere episode is titled, “Permanent Uncertainty.” “And it’s permanent, and it’s always uncertain, and what it should say to the player is: stop assuming. Just sit, be ready, and when it comes at you, you’re able to move and react. The good players did that out of the gate.”

And speaking of the players, Probst claims that this is a cast of 21 stars that they’ve been holding onto for potentially years simply because they knew they needed a great cast to follow upSurvivor 50. “We have 11 women, 10 men, and then we decided we don’t really care anymore about gender division. If we have more great women than men, that’s great. And if we have an uneven number, that’s also fine.”

I’ve already predicted that the women are going to run the game this season, so hearing Probst hype up the fact that they have more women than men—and they’re all incredible players—is really exciting for me to hear.

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