Which Survivor Rumors Have Been Confirmed True? Particulars

Each season of Survivor has totally different rumored behind-the-scenes tales from feuds to contraband. Now that we’re in Season 46 of the 24-year actuality sequence, there are many tales which have hit the rumor mill. Some are clearly unfaithful, however others have truly been confirmed true because of participant interviews and strong reporting.

All through the years, tales of gamers sneaking in beef jerky (by means of their anal cavities) to off-camera feuds, there have been greater than sufficient Survivor rumors to maintain us entertained between seasons. However which rumors are literally true? We spherical up all of the rumors which were confirmed to be true.

In line with “Chaos” Kass and different sources, Yung “Woo” Hwang, Woo took numerous objects from cameramen and manufacturing with out getting caught. Kass alleged that he stole medicated mouthwash; Survivor spoiler supply Redmond alleged he stole numerous provides; the season’s winner, Tony, stated in a Reddit AMA that he simply took some clear consuming water type the digicam guys. Regardless, it looks as if Woo was chargeable for some kind of in-game theft!

Survivor: Micronesia had a number of the most rumored behind-the-scenes drama, from alleged game-rigging to how a number of gamers truly give up the sport. However one rumor that was confirmed true, as confirmed by Ozzy and Parvati, was that Amanda Kimmel truly knew Ozzy could be blindsided. Figuring out how she’d be perceived by the viewers if she knew and determined to not inform him, she additionally pretended to not know in regards to the blindside in entrance of cameras so she wouldn’t be portrayed as a villain.

As confirmed on the official On Hearth podcast, Jeff shared that one of the iconic rewards of Survivor was truly supposed to only be one glass of beer. Nevertheless, gamers weren’t excited by that after some spectacular rewards, in order that they modified the reward on the final second to be a go to to a “native bar,” which was truly created by the artwork division, to observe the primary jiffy of the premiere Survivor season.

In Survivor’s third season, a Remaining 4 immunity problem was about how effectively the contestants knew one another. One query requested about which girls did not have any physique piercings. Huge Tom and Lex guessed Lindsey, whereas Kim Johnson guessed Kelly and subsequently gained the problem. It was later found that Tom and Lex had been additionally right, however the loss led to their vote-outs, in order that they had been rewarded with the second-place prize cash of $100,000.

“It was an trustworthy mistake, merely attributable to human error through the manufacturing of the sequence,” CBS spokesman Chris Ender stated to 19 Information. “The producers really feel horrible about it and so they handled the state of affairs as quickly as they grew to become conscious of it.” A further rumor recommended they had been all supplied spots on Survivor: All Stars due to this, however that reasoning hasn’t been confirmed, as they had been all well-liked contestants regardless.

One of many items of COVID-19 was that EW performed further Survivor interviews to assist us fill the void of a world with out new Survivor seasons. Courtney Yates revealed that she was the one contestant commonly blood examined (in secret) as a result of manufacturing was involved she was too skinny to outlive. Allegedly, they thought she could be an early boot, however when she lasted longer than anticipated, they wanted to take medical precautions to verify she would survive.

“I am fairly certain they did it as a result of they thought that I used to be anorexic (I am not) and dying,” she instructed EW. “They had been like, ‘Hey, we have to speak to you.’ I used to be like, ‘Okay?’ And so in the midst of the filthy jungle away from everybody, they swabbed my elbow and took vials of blood. After which I used to be like, ‘What is that this for? Are you doing this to everybody?’ They usually’re like, ‘Properly, it is just some folks. And when you inform anybody, they’ll assume you are weak. So do not say something.’”

Tyson Apostol is without doubt one of the many Survivor podcasters (and winners) we love and comply with, because of his podcast on The Ringer titled The Pod Has Spoken. He has corroborated loads of behind-the-scenes rumors, one in every of which included himself and Boston Rob. He confirmed that they used gasoline from the boat to start out a fireplace on Day 1 and that they had been in a position to do that just a few instances earlier than they received caught.

Whereas it hasn’t been confirmed that manufacturing particularly needed to eradicate Amber, it has been confirmed that the tribe swap was positively rigged. Jerri Manthey revealed years later that the buffs they drew had been stacked neatly in an urn and that they had been instructed to line up in a selected order. Rumors have continued to invest that manufacturing needed to isolate Amber to maintain greater names within the recreation as an alternative however fortunately for them, their plan didn’t work, and Rob and Amber grew to become essentially the most iconic Survivor couple thus far.

In a latest episode of The Pod Has Spoken, now-reality producer Katie Gallagher (and Survivor: Palau contestant) introduced up the notorious beef jerky scandal. Kel, the offender in query who allegedly snuck beef jerky into the camp, both by means of his anal cavity or by stitching it into his garments, which he discovered by means of his navy coaching, has by no means confirmed this. However Jerri, all of the gamers, and even Jeff Probst have all come out saying they consider Kel was consuming beef jerky through the recreation.

Most likely essentially the most explosive and surprising rumor, and the one with essentially the most sources, the cocaine rumor is well a favourite Survivor story. The season’s winner, Aras, described what occurred in his quarantine questionnaire as did fellow participant, Shane Powers. Within the Reddit thread filled with Survivor rumors, a producer on the season additionally confirmed it to be true.

“Aras and I had been ‘showering’ on the seashore, and a kilo of cocaine washed up at my toes,” Shane stated to EW. “I bumped into the woods with it and was going to bury it and take into consideration what might be carried out with it.” The producers instantly confiscated it, nonetheless, and the Redditor revealed, “NONE OF THE CONTESTANTS, PRODUCERS, CREW, OR OTHERWISE used the cocaine. In reality, only a few folks noticed it. It was only a wacky factor that occurred.”

Are there any extra corroborated true tales from Survivor’s expansive rumor mill? We wish to hear them!

New episodes of Survivor air each Wednesday at 8 p.m. EST on CBS.