The host also reveals if it will be back again… and where they got those fish eyes.
Survivor 45just aired its best episode of the season, concluding with the jaw-dropping elimination of Kellie Nalbandian.
Just how shocking was it?
Jeff Probst at the ‘Survivor 45’ auction.Robert Voets/CBS
HostJeff Probsttells EW: That was one of the most surprising and brutal blindsides in the history ofSurvivor.
It reverberated so hard that it nearly knocked me off my seat at Tribal.
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Thats not even hyperbole.
The tribe at the ‘Survivor 45’ auction.CBS
And that was kind of the end of the auction.
In the past you used to show up and you would get $500, explains Probst.
You don’t get anything in the new era ofSurvivor, not even money for the auction.
And you saw it play out pretty dramatically.
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I will say we had a camera get that shot, says Probst.
It turns out some of them were prepared right there in the jungle.
Sometimes if it’s like a milkshake, then it’s going to be refrigerated.
In fact, that’s how they found out how many items there were.
I came back after drawing the number and said, by the way, the number is…
Speaking of dishes, where did they procure those two fish eyes that cost Katurah $480?
And they were at a thousand feet and they caught one of these ruby snappers.
So Hennie had put the snapper on ice because we cook everything that we catch.
And that’s how those fish eyes ended up on the show and in the auction.
Of course, now that the auction is back, the question becomes: Will we see it again?
Absolutely, promises Probst.
I think it’s repeatable.
That’s one of the things you look for in a twist is: Could we do this again?
And in this case, yeah, now everybody knows the rules, but it doesn’t change anything.
There’s still the variables of money and the number of items and the loss of a vote.
