Survivor usually has three gamers vying for jury votes in every season finale, however there have been a last two occasionally. Heading into this week’s Survivor Season 47 finale, Jeff Probst is eliminating hypothesis by confirming that there isn’t any last two within the episode.
The query got here up on the On Hearth podcast launched on Wednesday, December 11 due to cohost Jay Wolff, who puzzled about the opportunity of a last two given this season’s additional episode. As defined earlier within the podcast, CBS requested Survivor to make 14 episodes for Season 47 as an alternative of the same old 13 to accommodate adjustments within the community’s schedule. This resulted in Episodes 13 and 14 being billed as finale Components 1 and a couple of and coming in at two hours every. It additionally resulted in there being simply 4 gamers left in Episode 14, whereas Survivor finales in recent times have at all times featured the ultimate 5.
“Is there a world the place there’s a last three that turns into a last two?” Wolff requested Probst on On Hearth. Probst is open to having a last two once more, however it’s not taking place this season. He assures that there’s nonetheless a terrific finale in retailer.
“It’s definitely attainable, however I don’t need to have hypothesis that goes nowhere. It’s not a last two,” Probst replied. “I don’t need to confuse or disappoint anyone, however I’ll say it’s a large end to a terrific season.”
Two gamers within the finale was the norm in Survivor, however it’s been some time since there have been lower than three gamers giving jury pitches. Probst defined how the expanded season will make for a greater finale on Wednesday, December 18.
We “broke the finale down into components and examined if and the way we may pull it off,” Probst defined. “What we rapidly realized was, if we structured it in order that Half 1 acquired us all the way down to 4 gamers, then in Half 2 we are able to spend much more time with our last 4 as we lead into our last 4 problem, after which the fire-making, after which the ultimate three, after which the ultimate tribal council.”
“Sometimes, our finales are so filled with content material that we find yourself not having sufficient time to indicate all of the tales we’d like to indicate, so it really actually labored out as a result of we are able to spotlight issues we didn’t usually spotlight,” he continued. “And it was a terrific reminder to us that typically it’s good to step again and study what you’re doing, as a result of simply since you’ve at all times carried out it that method doesn’t imply it has to remain that method.”
Survivor, Season 47 Finale, Wednesday, December 18, 8/7c, CBS
