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Dont get me wrong.
Butas of 2010, hes also served as executive producer and showrunner.
Hes also deciding the overarching strategy, whether thatsapproving Tyler Perry idolsor vowing tonever cast a villain again.
Sadly, that means its time for the 62-year-old to pack his knives and go.
Usually, the person using it has no chance at staying anyway.
It was an exuberant moment but Kaleb was gone the next week.
Once the advantage has been used so successfully, the show should retire it.
Then there are the immunity idol Beware Advantages.
In the new era, there are consequences to finding an idol.
The puzzles become busywork rather than tools to build suspense.
Plus no one used an idol successfully all season.
Remember whenParvati Shallow played two at one tribaland upended the game?
Weve never seen anything like that since becauseSurvivorno longer allows for such complicated game play.
Thats the thing about this new era the edicts put in place by Probst & Co. seem stuck here.
The problem is the old stuff is no longer getting washed out with the surf.
There are only two possibilities at tribal now because there are only six people to vote for.
Season 46 has seen several places where the larger merged tribe has broken into smaller factions.
Look at the final fire-making challenge.
Its outwit, outplay, outlast, not outkindle.
The viewers dont need convincing were already tuning in.
These contestants are showing up having built challenges and replicas of puzzles at home to practice on.
First of all, this should be an indication that the show needs to change up its challenges.
But Probst loves these changes.
Meanwhile, two-time winner Sandra Diaz-Twine is [checks notes] a woman.
He even took to bringing popcorn and licorice this season so that he could watch the theatrics.
Im glad Probst is amused, but those of us at home arent.
Im not sayingSurvivorneeds to go back to what it was.
(If you want that, just find a way to watchAustralian Survivor, which is nearly perfect.)
But it needs to be creative and it needs to get back to focusing on gameplay.
All of the advantages and idols are hemming the players in rather than setting them free.
Jeff seems bored and hes certainly adverse to fan criticism, as documentedby Andy Dehnart atReality Blurred.
Kill the immunity idol altogether!
Give fans an experience they didnt know they needed.
He recently announced the 50th season wouldfeature returning contestants.
What if there was one contestant who had never played the game before amongst the returnees?
What if that contestant was … Jeff Probst?
Correction: A previous version of this story misstated the beginning ofSurvivors new era and misidentified Chubby Checker.
