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Each week, Survivor host Jeff Probst answers a few questions about the most recent episode of Redemption Island.
So, how many donuts would it take for you to give Phillip a massage?
Start diggin my plot as I will soon be dead from starvation.
Part of what you try to do when you ask players questions is to draw them out in the hope that their comments will create drama with other players, but Rob never, ever takes the bait. Like at Redemption Island, when you asked him about Matt, “Why’d you vote him out, Rob?” When he answers that “It doesn’t take one person to vote someone out, Jeff, you know that,” are you simultaneously impressed by his ability to stay above the fray while frustrated that he won’t bite on the fishing line you’ve just reeled out?
I always tell contestants if you want to keep me off your back just give me an answer to my question. Any answer. I don’t care if you tell the truth or lie. Give me something usable. It’s when they give me answers like “I dunno” that I get frustrated and often that frustration leads me right back to them with an even more pressing question. Rob has become a master of the “no-answer answer.” When you’re that good at tribal, it does make my job much harder, but that’s my problem, not theirs. I never get frustrated with good game play. READ FULL STORY »
