Jeff Probst is not concerned with the amount of idols on Survivor, even if he is the only person on the face of the planet who doesn't think there are too many. While everyone else pleads for a version of the show that doesn't make our heads spin in confusion, Jeff is determined to keep his audience from being able to keep up with what is going on.
The hidden immunity idol, first introduced in Survivor: Guatemala, once held immense power and intrigue. In its nascent stages, there was only one. Contestants could only find the idol with clues, or by being sent to another island. Eventually, idols were placed at each camp, and then at challenges. As soon as one idol was played, another entered the game. It no longer became necessary to provide clues for idols because everyone was looking so hard that it became a foregone conclusion it would be found. Last season, Island of the Idols stayed true to its name, placing more hidden immunity idols into the game than ever. But it's not just hidden immunity idols. The idols have given birth to an abundance of advantages, which has now given birth to fire tokens. This season, in spite of its all-star cast, could very well turn out to be a hot mess.
Seated comfortably in the eye of this idol storm is Jeff, the host who appears prepared to ramp up the amount of idols in the game until that ramp is at a 90 degree angle. Said a befuddled Jeff to EW before season 40 of the claim that there are two many idols in the game, “I still don’t get that criticism." He goes on to defend the chaos, supporting his wild theory by correctly claiming that some of the game's best moments have come from idol plays. What he neglects to mention is the mental strain on the viewers who are unable to follow who has which advantages and when - or if - they expire.
Jeff scoffs at a return to an idol-less game, or at least one with a sane number of them. He tells EW, "You have to have this in the game," acting as if the four founding principles of the show were outwit, outplay, outlast, out-idol. In fact, there are three, none of which are solely dependent in one's propensity to play - or not play - an advantage at the proper moment.
Amid Jeff's harebrained attempt to accelerate the pace of the game until the brakes fall off, the players have remained focused on the fundamental goal of this game. Just last season, on a season littered with advantages, winner Tommy Sheehan's greatest advantage was his personability. In Winners at War, every contestant is acutely aware that a barrage of successful idol plays does not alone win you a game (unless your name is Ben Driebergen). Season 40 will be decided by what Survivor is almost always decided by: the ability to manage personal relationships better than anyone else in the game. No matter how much Jeff tries to up the ante, the most experienced players know how to play their hand effectively.
Survivor premieres Wednesday, Feb. 12 at 8 p.m. ET on CBS.
Source: EW
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