Ponderosa is now not part of ‘Survivor’ within the New Period. Some suppose it’s monetary; others suppose it’s on account of an issue.
It’s been nearly 5 full seasons since we received to see behind the scenes of Survivor, and lots of followers are nonetheless clamoring for it. After Survivor 41, producers now not shared movies of the jurors at Ponderosa, a post-game resort the place the gamers keep earlier than deciding who wins. The Ponderosa content material dates all the way in which again to Season 16, Survivor: Micronesia, often known as Survivor: Followers vs. Favorites.
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We received to see gamers weigh in after their time on the island, eat for the primary time, and work together with each other. The content material typically gave us a better sense of understanding who the “characters” have been in addition to to see them in a extra pure setting once they’re not ravenous and exhausted. Each season, we got the reward of Ponderosa … till Season 42, when followers suspected drama between Drea and Omar ended the bonus content material. However what actually occurred?
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Ponderosa content material most definitely ended due to filming restrictions and funds cuts.
We hate to say it, however Occam’s Razor, which says that the only rationalization is often the fitting one, might be right right here too. Whereas followers have speculated {that a} post-season controversy relating to Omar Zaheer and Drea Wheeler was accountable, numerous sources have truly stated that there have been by no means even cameras current at Ponderosa throughout Season 42.
As a result of Seasons 41 and 42 have been filmed back-to-back in Fiji, it appears unusual that there have been cameras throughout Survivor 41’s Ponderosa and never the next season, but it surely’s additionally simple to overlook that these seasons have been filmed throughout COVID-19. Allegedly, restrictions tightened between seasons, and all non-essential crew members have been despatched dwelling, which included the Ponderosa camera-people.
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This seemingly saved manufacturing loads of monetary assets, enabling them to reroute these funds to raised rewards for gamers, the theme tune, and different prices of later New Period seasons. Once they realized how a lot cash it saved by now not filming Ponderosa content material, they determined to not proceed for additional seasons. Nonetheless, if there’s sufficient demand, it’s doable that they’ll ultimately deliver it again if that’s the solely cause it ended.
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There’s a chance that Ponderosa content material stopped after a feud between Drea Wheeler and Omar Zaheer in Season 42.
After Survivor 42, followers had already been questioning the place the Ponderosa content material was, and lots of thought their questions have been answered after Omar Zaheer’s deep dive on Rob Has a Podcast. Close to the top of a three-hour episode, Omar revealed in a brief section (that was later reduce out) that there was rigidity between him and Drea again at Ponderosa.
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Drea had allegedly unfold rumors to different forged members that Omar made selections within the sport primarily based on race and that he used his faith as an excuse to make strategic selections. In line with what he heard from different gamers, she claimed that he requested producers what time it was to determine how one can strategize earlier than Tribal Council below the guise of needing to know when to wish. She additionally allegedly claimed that when he went off to wish, he was truly strategizing.
In fact, that is all rumour, but it surely was severe sufficient that Rob was pressured to edit it out of the ultimate reduce of the podcast episode. As well as, Reddit moderators have been pressured to restrict all conversations about Drea and Omar’s post-game relationship. If that’s all true, it’s doable that the post-game rigidity at Ponderosa led producers to now not need to share any potential content material going ahead.