Survivor: Samoa kicks off this Thursday. I can’t wait. Can you? No? Well, guess what? You don’t have to! Tomorrow morning, you’ll be able to see the first 3 minutes of the season premiere right here exclusively on EW.com. Be sure to check back on Tuesday for that heaping helping of awesome. But what else will we encounter this season on Survivor? Beats me. But you know who does know? That sneaky bastard Jeff Probst! I traveled all the way to Samoa to track down the host-with-the-most so he could deliver the Survivor scoop directly to you, dear readers. Wanna learn about the contestant Probst calls “an evil man through and through”? Care to find out about a mythical Samoan creature known only as “Shambo”? And what’s this about Gentle Jeff throwing someone out of a challenge? All the answers can be found in Jeff Probst’s exclusive Survivor: Samoa preview video below. Click on the clip and enjoy.
But Mr. Probst is just getting things started, people. Make sure to check back Tuesday for the official opening of Survivor: Samoa, and then again on Friday morning for Jeff’s weekly EW.com Survivor blog, as well as my rambling recap and an exclusive deleted scene from the episode. More? You want more? Fine! Then get ready for another exciting season of Survivor Talk, where Josh Wolk and I will put our depressing impressive obsession with reality television to use as we grill the contestants after they are booted from the game. (We’ll once again be having some former Survivor guests stop by to join in the fun, with episodes going up Friday afternoons.) There, is that enough? Good. Now go see what our boy Probst has got to say. Survivor fans, ready…GO!
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I’m a little concerned that over half of the contestants this season are from Southern California. Anyone else concerned about the overwhelming majority of recruited players we’re seeing these days?
Very concerned. And definitely disappointed. I still go back to the first season and think of it as being so great. It was great because there were real people playing, not a bunch of beautiful Hollywood wannabes.
Very concerned. Usually it means more colorful characters like The Coach, who gets boring after a while, and less strategic players, who make the game more interesting. One of the reasons I didn’t care for last season was because there weren’t that many strategic players. It seems like reality TV is all for explosive characters and not players who really want to play the game. Big Brother 11 is a perfect example of that.
Concerned? How about tired. Real live applicants are shut out, in favour of these actor wannabees. It ain’t fair, I tell ya! It makes the argument that the show is rigged believable when, season after season, players are recruited. Seems like Survivor execs are more concerned with finding individuals with interesting bios – like somehow they will be interesting players just because they have done something interesting in their past.
As far as I’m concerned there are ten people (non-Californians) to cheer for (or hate) this season. The rest can bite me! The sooner the recruits are gone the better, IMO.
“There, is that enough?”
Not until Africa and Marquesas and all the others are on DVD.
I live in Southern California and could not agree more that they use WAY too many people from this area. It doesn’t make sense to me. Our country is essentially an entire continent and yet they don’t really want to leave SoCal to find players? Is it laziness?
they should put the recruited players up in northern canada and let them try to survive there lol
Northern Canada is way to dangerous. They might last about 5 minutes. Would not make very good tv, unless we all enjoyed watching mosquito swarms so dense you cannot see your hand in front of your face eat some of them alive, or they being eaten by bears. Course further north it is already starting to move to the point snow will soon fall, and how could we get the women into bikinis in that weather! The environment in Canada is too harsh for the sort of soft outdoors thing they do on Survivor, so Canada will never be a location. However, if they did a celebrity survivor featuring some nice hot Canadian women like Tricia Helfer, Grace Park and Evangeline Lilly, I would be very happy!
Dalton the Russel Jeff was talking about wasn’t the african american one it was the other russel
I’m fairly certain you used footage of the wrong Russell in the video. There are two Russell’s this season, and the one who is “evil” is the bald, white guy, at least according to the countless CBS promos that have run advertising him as a villian.
Watch again, that is who they showed, the bald white guy.
I can’t wait! Bring it on Jeff….
I Cant Wait. Also why do people seem to have a problem with many being from socal i dont see what the problem is
I missed you Survivor, Dalton Ross, and Jeff Probst!
Yay Survivor Talk! I think I almost look forward to that more than the actual episode.
The problem with the Socal people always seems to be that they’re there for publicity—winning seems to be secondary for a few of them. Although all reality shows are “cast” it’s annoying when this one is, as there are surely a lot of people who genuinely want to play, rather than have to be asked.
My biggest concern is with Jeff commenting that he didn’t know if Shambo was a character or if it’s really her. Reality TV shows shouldn’t be about characters, they should be about real people. That was the problem with Coach last year (who Probst loved). He wasn’t real, he was a character, and admitted as much in the reunion. They need interesting people, not people trying to be interesting.
Isn’t there a cookie named Samoa? SURVIVOR:COOKIE!
Mmmmmmm! Survivor:Cookie
Samoa is also the name of a limited addition ice cream flavor.
very excited for this season, kinda interested to see how mean Russell actually is, considering that i am hearing he might be the most hated survivor ever…i find it hard to believe this guy will be more hated then Couch but will find out soon enough and i cant wait
My guess is that most Survivor fans love the couch. The one they sit on while they watch the show.
I’m sitting on the Couch as we speak. He’s so comfy!
Im thinking this year is going to be a disappointment as well…too many people Los Angeles via someplace else ..too many phoney baloney jobs – one guy is listed as a mixer – mix me a drink bar keep is more like it — its like phoney baloney Hollywood can never find real jobs for its tv shows – Charlie Sheen writes commercials & everyone else is a lawyer or in advertising – real imagination o’ creative ones – so that’s why Im not liking a bunch of wannabees for this year
It’s never enough! All true Survivor fans want more of the good stuff. I look forward to Dalton and Wolk berating the castaways who get voted off and the guest stars who play along in their little skits.