It’s been 31 seasons and counting.
Schoolyard picks were a semi-regular part ofSurvivorthroughout the franchises first 17 seasons.
Sometimes, as on theThailandandGabonseasons, the initial tribes were determined by a schoolyard pick.
Jeff Probst and the cast of “Survivor 48'.Credit:Robert Voets/CBS
The most we get now is the occasional pick for a post-merge reward challenge.
So would host and showrunnerJeff Probstever consider going back to letting the players pick their own tribes?
That was a question posed by a fan on the latest episode of theOn Fire with Jeff Probst podcast.
Jeff Probst, host of ‘Survivor 48’.Robert Voets/CBS
I like this question because schoolyard picks are fun, Probst says on the podcast.
But they are super risky because you are relying on the players to self-divide into somewhat even tribes.
Okay, that is a legitimate concern.
Jeff Probst on “Survivor 48'.Robert Voets/CBS
What do we get from starting a season that way?
Well, it’s a fun opening beat.
What do we risk from starting a season that way?
We could get terribly lopsided tribes.
And Probst already anticipates what some fans would say to that.
And we’re looking at all different types of tribe formations and westillget it wrong.
