RHAP: We Know Survivor - Kyle Fraser & Q Burdette Survivor 50 Preseason Interviews

Episode Date: February 4, 2026

Kyle Fraser & Q Burdette Survivor 50 Preseason Interviews Mike Bloom (@AMikeBloomType) is here to chat to the cast of Survivor 50! Join us to hear from your favorite returning Survivor players! Today, Mike Bloom sits down with standout players Kyle Fraser and Q Burdette to talk all things strategy, reputation, and gameplay in anticipation of the landmark season. Mike dives deep into these returning castaways’ headspaces, exploring how recent wins, big personalities, and past moves shape their approach to Survivor 50. With a supersized cast and shifting alliances, every move counts, and both Kyle and Q are ready to state their case. In this interview-packed episode, Mike Bloom explores Kyle Fraser’s journey from newest Sole Survivor to defending champion. Kyle shares what it’s like to play while his winning season is still fresh in everyone’s mind and reflects on navigating public perceptions, especially around his “secret trio” alliance with Joe and Kamilla. Kyle weighs the risks of being an obvious threat and how he plans to use ego management to his advantage, pointing to classic Survivor winners for inspiration. Q Burdette bursts in with his unique brand of energy, discussing fatherhood, the lessons learned from his last chaotic season, and his intention to lay low before unleashing his trademark big moves. Both contenders break down who they see as friends, foes, and frenemies in the game, identifying which castaways pose the biggest risks or could make the strongest allies. They also speculate about the mysterious “49ers”—the two fresh faces whose game tape is still a mystery. – Kyle’s take on being underestimated and managing the target on his back as a recent winner – Q’s “wagon” theory for dragging key allies, and his new approach to playing calm before the chaos – Both contenders’ detailed friend-or-foe breakdowns for the Survivor 50 cast, revealing surprising trusts and threats – The pair’s thoughts on legacy players like Sandra, Tony, and Earl, plus which Survivor legends they wish were joining this season – Surprising strategies for jury management, spinning narratives, and tackling unpredictable wild cards As the Survivor 50 season draws near, pressing questions set the stage: Can Kyle avoid getting blindsided as the defending champion? Will Q’s new “quiet Q” approach keep him safe, or will past chaos resurface? Who will get the upper hand when legends and under-the-radar players collide? Chapters: 0:00 Intros 6:00 Kyle Discusses Managing His Ego 12:00 Friend or Foe Cast Assessment 18:00 Navigating Returning Player Dynamics 23:06 Kyle’s Narrative Spinning Strategy 27:35 Q’s New Approach Revealed 33:02 Idol Regrets and Lessons Learned 36:03 Q Targets Finalist Players 42:03 Alliance Thoughts: Genevieve, Joe, Kamilla 45:04 Mysterious 49ers: Threats and Suspicions 47:31 Q Admits Past Game Mistakes 48:51 Celebrity Loved One Dream Pick Never miss a minute of RHAP’s extensive Survivor coverage! LISTEN: Subscribe to the Survivor podcast feed WATCH:  Watch and subscribe to the podcast on YouTube SUPPORT:  Become a RHAP Patron for bonus content, access to Facebook and Discord groups plus more great perks!

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They put that shit on everything. Breakfast available until 11 a.m. At participating Canadian restaurants for a limited time. Franks Red Hot is a registered trademark of the Frenchest Food Company LLC. Hi, everybody. Mike Bloom here back with another Survivor 50 preseason interview podcast. Believe it or not, folks, we are past the halfway point of this entire preseason interview process. you have heard from 12 castaways across the teeming 24-person group

that will hit the shores of Survivor 50 in just a few weeks time. And so we start the back half here with two standout gentlemen from some of the even-numbered seasons of Survivor the last couple of years. And I think a big question with both of them is, will people be wanting to get even with them? You'll be hearing my conversations with Kyle Fraser and Q for debt. But first, as I mentioned,

I've talked to a not so dirty dozen players so far on this podcast. If you missed any of that, as well as my CELA try preview, you still have time to redeem that, for lack of a better term, big mistake. Go to we knowsurvivor.com

to subscribe to all of our Survivor Podcasts we have going on, both in the preseason and when the season airs proper. And if you want to check out the video versions, Of all these interviews, go to rob has a website.com slash YouTube. Let's talk about Kyle. He came into the game just one year ago proclaiming himself the best average guy you'll ever meet, but he certainly put together an above average game that we, as well as the players of Survivor 50, saw on full display just a couple weeks before he flew out to play once again.

Not only that, Kyle is arguably coming back with two of his biggest allies of the season, who he went basically as far as he could in the game alongside. How does Kyle think he'll be viewed by the other players, especially as part of this prospective trio? And how do the other two members of said trio possibly feel about letting Kyle get to the end once again? He gets into all of that with me in our conversation. First, just a quick reminder on Kyle's facts and figures. Kyle is currently 31 years old, originally from Roanoke, Virginia, but resides in Brooklyn, New York, where actually he has revealed since Survivor 50 that he and his wife Maggie are expecting their first child.

Congratulations to Daddy on the Rise, I suppose, Kyle Fraser, and he is a defense attorney. And so, Kyle for the second time in a year is going to state his case to me as to why he thinks he will be the winner of a Survivor 50. Without further ado, here's my chat with Kyle. Kyle. How are you doing right now, man? I'm good, man. I'm thriving. I am honestly so pumped to be here again.

I still don't think it's true. Yeah. Well, I mean, we talked, you know, a couple weeks ago after a finale. And I can't imagine what was going through. your head the past few months where not only is your season playing out, your winning season is playing out. And then we'll talk with this, I'm sure, like, when you get involved in the process for 50, now your mind sort of separates right, until like, I got to get ready for an entire other thing. So what has the process been like for you to essentially live in kind of like,

not even two, three separate timelines at once? Yeah, you know, it's been a lot. I mean, ever since I left the lot of the game, like after winning, you know, got my million dollars or won the game at least at that point, like go get married a month and a half later. Yeah. And, And then, like, you know, start preparing for the season, the cast games, no one another. And I got involved in the 50 process way later that I think most of the people, I mean, obviously it's been going on for quite some time. But the moment that I got that call, I had actually just gotten back to my, like, real fighting weight. And at that point, I just started preparing, like, you know, mentally and physically again. It was nice.

Like, you know, I like playing Survivor. Watching yourself on TV is another thing. So it's kind of nice to have a distraction from, like, my own season, which I had a blast. But, like, it was nice to have something to look forward to, too. So what does it feel like to be out here? Because we'll obviously talk about perceptions perhaps coming in, but to, you know, have one of only a couple winners representing this right off the back of, again,

a win that a lot of people are saying, like might be one of the best in the new era. What's the headspace right now? You know, I'm glad to hear people are saying that. I haven't got to look at the internet yet. Literally, I mean, like won the game, the next, you know, 50 cast league. So, you know, it feels good.

I was really nervous. I was nervous as shit. like, you know, leading up to this. And then the moment we got on the plane to Fiji, I'm looking around, I'm looking at the cast, like, I felt really good. I mean, obviously, like, you know, we'll talk about the threat stuff, but, like, there are a lot of phenomenal players here. And I think that'll be good for me, too.

Well, let's get into this threat stuff because, I mean, one of the many great things about your game is that you kept so many things private and, you know, strategically released those pieces. We, you and I talked about this. It's all public now, man. They know you're a lawyer. They know you're in a secret duo. You know, they know what you're capable of.

So how are you going to try to steer either into or against that perception out here? Yeah, you know, I think it's interesting because I think that a lot of my game is now public. A lot of people know what I'm capable of. But I think, like, one thing that's really hard to show through the TV is, like, ego management, my own and other players. Like, one of the reasons I was able to do well, one of the reasons I'd be able to succeed in life is that, like, people constantly underestimate me. I mean, I saw it play out. Like, I wasn't on the internet too much, but, like, critical reception of me on the internet as myself. seasons playing out. Like I've done all these things yet people are saying he can't win the game.

Right. You know, when I say ego management, I think there's two things. First off, I mean, obviously anybody who goes on reality TV, myself included, has a massive ego. But I think I'm willing to like, lovingly so. Yeah, you know, I'm willing to throw that to the wayside when there's a competition at foot. And I think that like while people say that, like you really haven't seen it play out like me. So I think that I'll be able to stroke other people's ego while also like hiding in plain sight in sort of just a different way. I mean, Tony did it. Tony played one of the best games in 28.

Yeah, we saw him doing body posture things, walking lower on the sand, you know, wearing his buff like a fool. I don't think I'll be able to pull it off like that, but I really do think I have a way about me that makes people underestimate me. Yeah, so, I mean, let's talk about the million dollar check attached to your name, that one, the fact that people just saw you,

you know, is this idea of how you did last time, again, something you could use. Obviously, it could be used as a way to get rid of you. Could also be a way to be like, are they really voting for me again? You know? Do you want to sit next to me in the end? Are they really going to make me have me join Sandra and Tony out here?

Yeah. No, I mean, there's a couple things. With respect to, like, other winners, you know, of course, D and I, if we connect, I'm going to be like, hey, listen, we have to protect one another. You see what happens when Sandra goes after JT, vice versa. Everybody goes down, you know, whatever season that may be. But I also think, like, you know, there's, like, I think this whole season is about spinning narratives. And, like, listen, there are a lot of people on this cast.

We got 24 people. Like, I think over half of them have sat at the end, right? Like, I'm out there on the island. I'm saying, listen, like, a juror has something different for lunch. Like, we might have, like, three more winners out here, right? Some people lost just by a vote. Some people got to the end, and maybe it was a little bit more landslide. But, like, you know, everybody's capable of getting to the end on this cast.

It's just about who the jury decided to reward. At least that's kind of how I'll spin things. And then, of course, yeah, this, like, stereotypical stuff. Like, will people vote for me again? Will, like, all of those, like, narratives that I need to spend about my threat level. And I really do think there's going to be a lot of people who just saw me one, but still think they're a better player than I am. And, like, that's fine with me, as long as I can use that to my advantage. Well, let's talk about some of those people.

I have a game for you right now, so it's called friend or foe. Okay. So we're going to go through the cast, and you can either have them be a friend, someone that you want to work with, you're getting good vibes from, or a foe, which could be either someone you're not getting good vibes from right now or someone you're looking to get rid of for whatever reason. Okay. And, you know, well, you can provide explanations, but obviously stop down or just a couple of preexisting relationships. Gotcha. along the way. But let's start at the top with Jenna.

Jenna, I'll say friend. Okay. I don't know too much about Jenna. It's been a long time to watch her season, but I like her vibe pregame. And I think that, like, I'm not going to get caught up in this old era, new era thing unless it turns into one

that I need to sort of look out. Colby. Friend. Okay. How about Steph? I'll say friend for her, too. You know, you're going to see a lot of themes with, like, I think I connect with a lot of people out here.

And if you want more color to it, then I'm happy to provide. Yeah. I'll save friend for that. There's people that I have more color for, I think. Yeah, exactly. You can fill in the blanks for however much you want to feel about these people, how much you want to talk about.

Surrey, on that note. I would say friend, very cautious friend. Okay, tell me more. A theme that I sort of have in this game is like, listen, I just played with one of the scariest players on my season, and I think that like it's exemplary. That duo, me and Camilla, was exemplary of what you can do when you play with a scary player.

Somebody who has all the tools that can play Survivor. so I'm attracted to scary people but if they can't be a friend in the case like Surrey I'm an approach her if it works it works if not I need her the hell out of here Yeah on that note Ozzy Same type of idea Ozzy friend for sure I think

You know who knows he might be trying to play a different game So you have to have your finger of the pulse of like What people's motivations are this go around But from what I've seen friend right now How about coach? Coach I think is going to be a foe Oh okay tell me more I like coach I've actually bumped into coach

a couple times at like the Ben Katzman concerts. I actually saw Coach's band perform at Disneyland. I'm excited to see him. I know you're a Bill's fan. He opened for their playoffs game. Yeah, he signed one of my Bill's jerseys. That said, Coach is sort of a quiet, chaotic player.

Like, you know, Q is somebody I'm going to sort of clump into this where, like, I played a very predictable game, or I like to play with people who are predictable, or I can make them predictable. When I can't read people's motivations, or there might be chaos, that's scary to me. So, Coach, I lump into that sort of chaotic group. How about Aubrey? Um, I, you know,

Aubrey is a friend to me just because, um, I think that even though she's a very scary, so as, as you put it, like, you know, scary person, not very intelligent. Um, I think that like she's a genuine person. I did, I did a lot of like, I went back and rewatched a lot of seasons. And I think that she's looking for a genuine ally. She just hasn't had that in a while. And I think that's kind of what my game broadcasts is like, you want to ride with somebody to the end, whether I'm a little shady or not, like, I'm your god. How about Chrissy? Oh, Chrissy's...

Chrissy to me might be a foe. Okay. For some reason, she just seems very old era coded, even though it's 35... What was he, 35? Yeah. And, like, I could see her trying to be a ringleader for some sort of war. I just feel that. I don't know what it is, but I just feel that.

And she, like, really kind of has a lot of social intelligence, so it's kind of scary for me sometimes. Let's get into our Dave versus Glythe people. Yeah. Angelina. I'd say friend. I'd say friend. I'd say friend. I think Angelina wants a good.

good ally and I think that like even though I'm sure her motivations are to be a little bit more cut throat this time I don't know what exactly how to describe what her motivations maybe I notice you are wearing a jacket right now yes I am she will not be getting it but um I think that like she's somebody who like I could genuinely see work myself working with she seems like an authentic person at the end of the day no matter how much she'll try to hide it hmm how about Christian oh god you're gonna hate a friend like I like Christian Hugh Bickey was like the one person I wanted to see it you're friends that you had all this connections going on. Yeah, I mean, there's going to be some foes. Okay. But I really would love to work with

Christian Eubicki. Like, you know, I think that, like, he's a very smart person and smart people want to play in, like, tight alliances. Even though I'm sure this game will be more fluid than that. All right. How about Mike White? I think Mike White might be a foe for me. Okay. Even though I really like Mike White, I think that he might, you know, every now and then some people look at me smiling or, like, being charismatic or, like, just trying to be myself. And I think every now and then there's a couple people who think that I might be like acting or like putting on a show. And although I'm sure Mike and I would be friends outside of the game if we had enough time in like a split second sort of situation, I feel like he might be one of those people who's like,

why the fuck is that guy smiling so much? Like I think he might be one of those guys. Interesting. I guess smiling too much, I don't know, it feels like a very elf-coded way to get rid of somebody. Yeah, but I don't know. Like I love Mike. That's why he's funny. It's because he's like a sort of like a very charismatic curmudgeon in a lot of ways. from my understanding of watching a season. How about Rick Devons? You know, I like, I like Rick. A friend.

I think that's somebody, like, I say Rick is a friend. He's got a great smile. He, like, he seems like, I feel as if we, like, connect instantly. But I also know that, like, I could be a little too trusting with people like that. So I'd definitely be looking over my shoulder with him because he's the type of guy who could pull the wool over my eyes. All right, let's get to your beloved new era here, Jonathan. Jonathan, I think Jonathan might be a foe, not because. we'd hit it, not because we wouldn't get along.

Yeah. But because I, from what I saw in his season with Lindsay, for example, like, I'm looking for allies who, like, we can be on the same page and, like, hash things out very quickly. And I, when I was watching his season, I was more so agreeing with Lindsey, is it Lindsay, right? Lindsay, yeah. Lindsay's sort of, like, strategic viewpoints of the game instead of his, but he kind of seemed very adamant to get his way in a lot of ways.

And I don't really work well with that. But he seems like a very awesome guy. So you said it her before, what's your perception of Dee going into this? Oh, Dee is one of the scariest players out here. That said, I think I'm a very dangerous player in my own right. We played very similar games, multiple number ones, locked in with the alliance, wrote to the end, had to, had such deep connections that we had to sort of make very emotional, tough decisions.

So I respect her game. I think it's like, I think I just cited her on like the Mount Rushmore of Survivor in another interview. And I like scary players. So I would like to work with Dee. I think we'd be great shields from him. another and it'd be a very big problem for me if we were sniping at one another if we were to get that opportunity down the line but again that's a cautious ally like you have to just like camilla like you play with her you play strong but you have to look over your shoulder how about emily

emily this one is like really 50-50 for me because um as a person I like Emily a ton and I think that we would work well together um that said if I look at her motivations and like her her history like You know, she just played with a Smiley Brown man. Like, who knows? Like, she had to cut him. And, you know, I can see that exact same thing playing out with me. I think people want to come in this game and they really want to, they really want to, like, pivot just a little bit.

Yeah. At least me. Like, I have my fundamentals, but I want to pivot a little bit. And I don't know. I don't know what Emily necessarily. It's hard for me to pin down what her motivations are this time or what she's looking for, I guess. So I put her right down the middle if that's okay. Yeah, that's totally fine.

Let's go with your fellow Esquire, Charlie. Charlie's a foe for me. Oh, okay. And, like, I could be completely wrong. This could be, like, a me chasing down Shaheen thing. But Charlie is probably one of the people that I wanted to imitate. And I think that I, like, did in a lot of ways. Under the radar game, incredibly unassuming, put his ego away where everybody else

on his season was owning moves. He was constantly, like, taking care of business, but never owning up to it. And I think that, like, he, even walking around him now in pregame, like, he oozes social intelligence. He like really seems like somebody who, and because his season's not as recent as mine, I think people are going to forget just about how good of a game he played. Yeah. And that's scary to me because like he is unassuming in a lot of ways, but he's one of the most dangerous players out here. And he could play the middle. And like, as somebody who likes to play the middle, the one thing you can't have is another guy playing the middle, especially if he can call you

out for it. Yeah. And I think I have just bigger targets on my back just because of recency bias. So I think of him as a foe. How about Q? You know, Q, Q, I wish I could say friend but I think I have to say faux because I think Q's going to come out here and he's going to play I think people, Q probably thinks that everybody's going to think he's going to be chaotic

like Q's a very smart person you can tell and so he's playing 3D chess in that way but there's just something about Q that makes me think no matter how predictable he tries to play something's going to turn chaotic I don't know what it is but it's just like it may be not even his fault

just because of his reputation I feel as if things are going to break down in a way that would be detrimental to an ally that's very close to him. So I'm going to say foe, not because I want to get rid of him, but I just want to distance myself from anything that might blow up. How about Tiffany? Tiffany, absolute friend. I would love to play with Tiffany.

I think that she kind of felt victim to what I just explained with Q, even though they were great allies, and I think they were in a very optimal position. Tiffany was my winner pick that season, especially, like literally right before she got booed. Are you to tell her that? I absolutely will. because like I think Tiffany has all the tools to be like an insanely good survivor player. Yeah. And I don't think she has a massive target on her back right now.

And I would love to work with her because I just like her personality. She seems like somebody like in a way Camilla where I could be like, hey, I have this crazy idea. And she'd be like, let's do it. And she could execute her. Yeah. And so I would love to work with Tiffany. How about Genevieve? I actually, you know, it's funny.

My mom, the one person she told me to watch out for coming out here was Genevieve. She watched season 47, her first season, and she called Rachel or Winnipeg, and she was like, that Genevieve is scary. But I think of Genevieve as a friend. I have not met Genevieve, you know, in real life, which is weird because I've met so many 47 people. But I think she's in that Tiffany bucket where, like, very scary player, has all the tools. But, like, if you really look at her season, I think the one thing she was missing was, like,

a number one. Like, I really think that Genevieve, if she just had one person who, like, throughout the entire game, she could have played with, like, would have done even more damage. And she played a very good game. So I would love to work with Genevieve. All right. Now we open the Pandora's box, that Survivor 48. So talk to me about Joe.

What are your feelings on him? Because this is someone who you worked incredibly tightly with, got to the end with together. There could also be a version of him that's like, he just beat me in the end. What are the moments you're having with him right now? Yeah, you know, Joe is a really tough one for me because, like you said, we worked very closely together. and I don't think a fraction of our relationship

was shown on the TV, which I'm very happy about. That's very true, yeah. There might be people who think that Joe may feel spoiled. He might feel that way in a little bit. But at the end of the day, Joe and I were locked in an alliance. I had multiple opportunities to take a shot at Joe, and I didn't. And I made good on a promise of taking him to the end.

And so I think that Joe and I could be good allies. And honestly, I think that Joe might come back and say, I want to play a slightly different game. Joe is Joe. Joe is going to be the All-American guy. People are going to gravitate towards him at the beginning of the game. But he's not going to have people like me

and like Eva and other people on our season who can kind of insulate him in the same way as soon as we get to the merge. It's going to be very scary for him. And I think that like a familiar face might be, at least for me, I want some familiar faces, even though it puts a target on my back. But I think in a different way than Camilla,

me and Joe getting together could actually work, I think. So let's bring up Camilla here. One of the many things that, again, became publicized. So what are your thoughts right now about how you're going to approach a relationship this second season? Yeah, I'm honestly shocked to see Joa and Camilla out here. I, but with Camilla, it's a different story because it's a kind of damned if you do, damned if you don't situation. If we are talking, people are going to be scared. If we are not talking, just based off of the amount of sound bites you heard about me saying we have a secret relationship, people are going

to assume. And so I feel as if we just have to be normal, whatever that may look like at the point in time, unless we're on the same starting tribe, which one of us has just got to go at that point. But if we meet up at a tribe swap or at a merge, I think it's just about being as normal as possible, whatever that may look like. I kind of like, the phrase I've coined since seeing her out here is, like, friendly, defensive posture. Like, I'm going to approach her friendly. I have no intentions of, like, just, like, trying to cut Camilla for cutting Camilla's sake. Yeah.

But I'm going to be defensive towards her because this is her second go around. Like, whether it was amicable or not, like, I put her in fire. And, like, and so I have to watch out for her. Because I know that Camilla is a game player and she could play games with me. But I also have to be defensive towards everyone else. I need to figure out what the perception of everyone, of idea of Kamala and I's relationship is and, like, what it looks like. And like, who knows, maybe we like invent like hand signals or something.

I don't know if we decided to work again. I was going to say, like, now not 10-second meetups, no second meetups. You're just signaling each other from across the mat about what to do. But we really do think the same. Even we talked at length after the game about things that we were doing, and we found out we were just doing the same thing without even talking. I swear to God. So it's really kind of crazy.

I've never met somebody who, like, thinks, like, on the same level as me like that. What are your thoughts on the 49ers at this point, these unknown variants? I want them gone. I just, I don't really, I don't, you know, my coaches always to say, like, the eye in the sky does not lie, right? We have game tape on everybody, except for those two. and like you know I've joked in some of my other interviews like Rizzo like his name is Rizzo I'm sure he lost a ton of weight from playing like season like 49 just however long ago that may be but like you know he's not like a behemoth of a guy right so like what like I'm thinking like

is he like a better Rome and they're out here on 50s so like he has to be good at things right like it has to be either like he's a great social player great liar finding idols doing whatever may be Savannah looks very locked in very like ready to play and that's scary in its own way because, like, she, like, she just, like, they're both out here for a reason. Yeah. Right. Everybody out here is a professional. And so, what are they professionals at?

I don't know. And, like, that kind of goes to my theory of the game. I don't know how much time we have, but I've been thinking a lot about, like, how I'm viewing this. Like, I've been studying these returning seasons, Heroes v. villains, game changers, second chances, winners at war. And, like, the difference, my main difference I see is that every single vote matters and every single boat has a theme or narrative. Whereas, like, you can build consensus in, like, original seasons about, like,

oh, I don't like this person or their personality or whatever it may be. Every single vote in these returning seasons for the most part has a theme or a narrative. And I think while maybe me being a winner or affiliated with other people on my season might be considered like a target, I think you can spin narratives. And I kind of have this like mafia mindset where like there's a lot of people out who are made. Ceres made. She's played with a ton of different people out here. The 46ers are connected.

The David versus Goliath people are connected. But we have a bunch of people on this island who we don't have that much film on. And they're like solo people. It's kind of like they might be able to float through. And so we might need to take care of them. The 49ers are the prime time example of that. I like Devons. I like Aubrey.

I like Genevieve. Emily Flippin to a degree. But like if I need to paint targets on people who might like have a sort of easier chance of floating through the game, I'll spin that narrative, I guess. Well, who's one person that you wish was out for Survivor 50 as part of the cast? Earl. Earl, baby. Original King of Fiji.

Exactly. Exactly. I thought that it was going to take me a couple years to get back out here. So freaking blessed to be out here. But I love it when players play at such a younger age and they come back, like very Terry Dietz-esque, like, you know, playing the game in a different way. And that's what I think would be cool about Colby and Ozzy in a lot of respects. But I really wish Earl was out here because I would have loved to see what he's like.

He was so intentional and thoughtful at that age. I would love to see what it looks like now. You know how I end these things. And when we did the celebrity or fictional character loved one last year, You said Stringer Bell. Yeah. I'll give you another bite of the apple here. Do you want to pick another character?

You want to double down on string? I will show a little bit of my nerdier side. Yeah. And this one just came to my... I'll go Luffy from One Piece. Ooh. Because my sort of theme this season is... My last season I started off...

It's a B flexible. Yeah, exactly, exactly. Like, I started off in, like, fight or flight mode last year. It was so, like... I was in so much turmoil. I don't think it really shone through. And I think the entirety of my game,

I was like, how do I get to the next day? How do I get the next day? But this time, like, of course, I want to get the day 26, but I also want to have a little bit more fun and, like, take things a little less seriously than I did. And so I feel like he's the perfect guy for that. He's flexible. He's like a goofball.

And, like, you know, he still rallies people's around him, still wins, but he also has a good time. And there you have it, my interview with Kyle, who comes in with a fair amount of confidence. Maybe it's him looking around at the cast, you know, seeing one, maybe he doesn't know, two other soul survivors alongside him, seeing a bunch of these best-to-ne-win types alongside him as well.

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A big question in my mind and many as I sat down to talk with Q. Now, I know there's been a lot of talk as to whether or not Q is going to trot out the quote-unquote classics, you know, the big mistake, the cancel Christmas. But I think even this teaser that we saw is an indicator that he is not necessarily looking to replicate, but elevate. And not only when it comes to the catchphrases and mannerisms that we know and love from this guy, but also from his strategy as well. Hugh has a really interesting perspective as to how and when things went wrong on Survivor 46.

And so the question is, given how it all came to a conclusion, how can he start it once again? And perhaps more importantly, how can he quell people's anxieties about the person that he showcased in that latter half? Here's the listing for 1Q Burdette. He is 31 years old currently, originally from Senatobia, Mississippi. He currently lives in Germantown, Tennessee, and he is a real estate broker. I always have so much fun getting to chat with Q. I never know what to expect, what strategy he's going to provide, what opinions he's going to have, and this time is no different.

I will not delay things any further. Here is my interview with Q. Q. Q! What's up, baby? You, baby. How are you doing? Back of what we started. Back to 46 to 50, can you believe it? Well, let's talk about how you got from 46 to 50

because you come with a new member of the Burdette family in tow as well. Talk a bit about what life has been like for you the past couple of years. So the last two years, I've had a baby. Yeah. Baby boy. I've always wanted to be a dad.

So my son, Ace, had to leave him. You know, he sleeps with me every single night. Really? Emily gets to sleep alone downstairs peacefully. Me and Ace wrestle in the night upstairs, but it's been difficult these first couple days just been away from them. Yeah.

But, you know, I signed up with this. Yeah. This is what I want. This is why I wanted. And, you know, the way 46 ended, my story couldn't stop there. Yeah. So from that perspective, like, did you always feel like you were coming back out here again?

What was the reaction when you actually got, you know, the call? Yeah. Um, once 46 ended, I didn't think about, oh, I'll play again, oh,

they will want me back. Because you don't know kind of how it's going to air. Right. But immediately, I'm talking about the second the game was over, all of my castmates was like,

if anybody is going back from our season, it's going to be you, Q. I was just like, no, I don't think so. But then I watched the season.

I'm like, well, dang, maybe they're right. Maybe this thing's a gift. is a gift and I will go back and then when I got the call for 50, it's just like getting the car to say, you know what? You don't have to play the rest of the season. You're automatically in the Super Bowl. Just think about what they would feel like for a team. Yeah. They can start to prepare. You start to get excited about something. And to be a part of this, the biggest season yet,

season 50, in the hands of the fans, it doesn't get any better than this. Well, let's get into your headspace approaching this. Because, look, I think a lot of the way people regard your game, and I don't know if you agree or disagree, he's like, Q's chaotic, he causes mayhem. So how are you going to work with this perception? Is this something you want to steer into? Is it something you're going to try to actively avoid, try to promote? Yeah.

So my first, I would say, how many days it takes is going to be Q's sitting on his hands a little bit, you know, trying to repair what they think is broken within myself of being chaotic. Because 46, I was in control from day one up until day 17. Okay? And what I realized is, you cannot win the game in 17 days. But you can sure damn lose it. And my thing this season is, I want to elevate other folks' game. I want to be there, support them, be positive,

show them that they can count on me. And hopefully they just forget that this guy can cause a volcano to erupt. Right here on this island, if he chooses. And if I can make it pass the first eight or nine days without my name coming up at all, and I can continue that trend and make it to around day 17,

day 18 to 26 is mine. They can forget about it. That's when I'm going to come out of my shell and start making the moves that I need to make. So, you know, I have to kind of prove myself to these players who've never played with me that, hey, the edict made me seem so chaotic. Yeah.

I'm actually a joy to be around. You know, the moments that you saw hide and seek and applebees and all that, that's me every day. Yeah. I have to put that on display from day one. And it's already started, really. Really? The way that I eat, the way that I approach. And, you know, I do this at home anyways, but, you know, I take my plate to the folks who bring it to me.

And I say thank you. And I'm holding doors open. And I'm letting ladies eat first. And so I'm now, I'm automatically now just trying to repair some of the what ifs about Q. and they just think of me as a good man. So then that being said, are you going to introduce version 2.0 of some of, you know,

these cute quirks, for lack of a better term, like, are we seeing another game of hide and see? Did you bring a whole cute wardrobe out here? Are these some of the things you're going to try to steer into? Let me just say this. I'm going to still have fun. Yeah. But the first couple of days, I have to dumb it down.

Now, I don't wake up and just say, I want to do this today. It has to be a day where I'm bored. And my mind is turning. Yeah. I'm like, okay, what it is. So this season, we might not play hide and seek. Yeah.

Because they're hip to it. We might play red, like green, like stop. We might play freeze tag. We might play something else. Yeah. That might not just take our minds away from the game, but it's game played for me, and it's fun for me that everybody else can join in on. And as far as more additions to the Q skirt.

Yeah. You never know. You know what I mean? I got to build me a Q-Wagon first. Yeah, exactly. I got to build me a wagon of folks who would drag me along in this game, but what they don't know is they're building it with my tools. So I own the wagon.

So at any point in time, I could come in and just take over the wagon and pull them along. That's what I want. Yeah, put in the Q and QVC. That's it. That's it. That's it. So obviously, I mean, you talk about the way you went out. When it comes to idols and advantages, do you have a different approach to either, like, seeking them out

or especially dealing with them once you have one in your pocket. Mike, I didn't go out because I had an idol. I didn't play an idol. I simply went out because I had one day of rest. I had one day of guard let down, had one day of Q be as small as you can be, so you can just make it to five and play your Iowa, make it to four.

So I stopped playing for just a moment. Just to be there, just to be settled. I should have caused so much records with my idol is ridiculous I should have ruled around my neck and I should have told him I'm playing it tonight if you vote for me good luck

because they would have spooked to death out of Charlie and Kenzie and Lee's who was terrified of going home I didn't care if I went home or not so I should have used it differently I should have prayed with my idol

I wasn't going to play it regardless but I should have played it up as if I was or at least let them know that I had and it's a potential and maybe I could have made it to do the game. So I regret just being so relaxed that day. You know, typically what

I'm doing is if two people go off and walk and talk, I'm looking and I'm paying attention. Yeah. That day, everybody went off and walked and talked. I'm sitting around kumbayan, not being cute, not paying attention, not listening. At tribal council, I'm just trying not to say the wrong thing. They bring the target back on me. Yeah. I should have been crazy, crazy Q that day. And I went home because of it. It had nothing to do with the idol and me not playing. A lot of folks said, well, you had it. You should have played it. I wouldn't have played it regardless. But I would have played it differently with my approach on how I used it. Yeah. Looking back on it. You wouldn't have played it. We'd have played with it in a manner

same thing. Correct. Correct. Well, let's talk about some possible members of the Q wagon here. I got a game for you, man. It's called friend or foe. Okay. We're going to go through the cast of 50. And for each person you're going to tell me if it's a friend, someone you might want to work with or a foe, either someone who's not giving you good vibes right now or someone who you might want to get rid of as a threat and get a little, a little explanation as to why for each one. I will. I'll do that.

All right, so let's start at the top. Wait, should I tell you, before we play this game, should I tell you my strategy going into this game first? Okay, please, yes. Because, so my strategy is if people have ever made it to the end, regardless of if they've won or got second or third place, whatever, if you've pleaded your case to the jury, I don't. want you at the end of the game. So I'm targeting all of those players,

but I have to use some of those players. Yeah, because there's a good amount of them out here. Correct. It's more of them than it is folks who haven't sat at the end. So I have to use some of them in order to make some of the moves against the others until we can get the numbers to where it's more of us than them, and then hopefully I can convince the rest of the folks in the game to say, you know what, it's actually smart.

three new contestants who've never had an opportunity to plead their case at the end. Wouldn't that be great? Well, let's start. So now keep that in mind when we do friend or foe. Let's do it. Because some of these folks I'm going to say friend to, but I explain if they're really going to be friend foolish. Yeah, if they're eventual foes. There we go.

All right, let's start with Jenna. Jenna, friend. Friend because I don't think Jenna has that many connections with this cast as some of the others in the old school, but Jenna just seems as if she's just so down the earth, cool, loyal. I saw what she did for Rob and Amanda and they did her wrong. I won't take you out when it comes down to the end.

So Jenna, for me, friend. Colby. Oh. Kobe has had his time. I don't think Kobe would want to take me all the way to the end and actually play against me. Yeah. So for that reason, both.

Stephanie. Foe. Okay. She is someone who I think has connections, but I also think Stephanie is going to do her own dirty work for herself. And folks, she's going to rub people the wrong way. That's what she did the last time she's played. And that's kind of what I hear online, people talking.

So I don't want to align myself with somebody who's going to put targets on her back. How about Sarai? Friend. Until she is not a foe, but I just can't take her. She's one of those people who never made to a final trouble counsel. Well, right. So she's going to be a friend, but I cannot sit next to her in the final three. I mean, just come on.

It's certain people that if they make it, it doesn't matter the game that I played or they played. Yeah. It's almost like legendary status. For a legendary season, you're going to vote for a legend like Surrey. Exactly. So she's going to be a friend up until the moment to where I just have to say, thank you so much for being such a great friend, but I got to let you go. How about Ozzie?

Friend. Because I honestly think that I can take. Ozzy to the end and beat him as long as he play his typical game. He can win some challenges, but just be the other Ozzie, the one that don't have much of a social game, the one that kind of standoffish. I like that. I can beat that person at the end. How about Coach?

Vote. But he's going to be presented as a friend. Okay. Because I need coach that makes a moves. I need his influence. I need his loyalty that he has, that he say he has, but then he bends and I'm going to cut him off. I want to bring Aubrey in as a friend

because maybe folks would think we would have that, you know, foish energy. But she's going to have to be a foe because I don't know if she's thinking the same thing. Yeah. So mentally, for me, I would have to get rid of them. Yeah, I mean, she would probably name herself as her favorite player too.

I know that's part of your criteria. 100%. How about Chrissy? Fo. She's made it to the end. She's had her chance to win it. And I think she's one of those players who's somewhat in the middle when it comes to seasons play.

So she might be somewhat in the middle when it comes to having pre-existing relationships with folks, especially some of the ladies. So I don't see me and Chrissy working together at all. Angelina. Fol. She's just too fake for me. I mean, it's just some of the things.

And Angelina eat a lot. I mean, she eats more than anybody, I think, on this cast right now. But it's just one of those, I don't think I could trust Angelina, but she's also had her chance at the end. Christian. It's going to be a frenemy. Ooh, I like this new category.

Friend of me. Because I think I need Kristen's brain. I think I need some of the connections that Christian might have. I don't think giving the type of game I know he would have to play to make it to the end and I could beat him. So I'll have to get rid of him before then.

How about Mike White? Friend, but then a foe. Because I know Mike. White is going to have a lot of influence amongst this cast. A lot of folks are auditioning for White Lotus. So they might try to allow this guy just because I have to be willing to play with them and to a point to where he's no longer being able to be played with and I got to get rid of him. He can't go to the end.

How about Rick Devons? Four. Okay. Rick Devon is dangerous. He's probably one of the most dangerous players on this beach. From the standpoint of he's smart, he's strategic, he's good in challenges. He's just good at these little whack-a-doodle games. You know, bring it back that word.

Black Doodle's winning here. I know. Wackadoodles win. So it's just one of those things. It's like, he scared me because he could go in a win in a street. He can also turn a crowd against you. Yeah. I don't like it.

Anybody who tells the weather for a living, they can speak. And they speak well. I don't need that at the end. Let's look at the forecast for your new era. Yeah, 100%. Let's start with Jonathan. Jonathan, friend, I think I can beat Jonathan at the end. I think he will be loyal.

I think he's going to play the same. same game he's always played. I think I can beat the brains behind every operation that he has going on, and he can beat the muscle. And in this game, as of recent, the brains win, not the muscle. So I think I can beat him. How about D? Friend of me.

Okay. D is one of those players where I have to keep her around long enough, so there's somebody in the game that they want out probably more than me. Yeah. But again, D is one. She had a chance. She can't sit at the end. How about Emily?

Four. Okay. I don't have nothing to do with Emily. I mean, just, just, I, she's dangerous. Emily eats pork, drink Coke, and right, left-handed. Those are bad combinations for me. Oh, wait, it's okay. So she eats pork, drinks Coke, and writes left-handed.

That's like three strikes in your out. Three strikes in your out. I mean, come on, even pork and drinking Coke alone is like, you don't care about nothing. You know what I mean? So I know you don't care about me in this game. And then you write left-handed. That's just triple whammy.

But then she's just dangerous. You can't read that girl. She plays games for a living. She hasn't stopped playing a game board since she's been here. Anybody who play games that much, you're not going to play the game with me. All right. Let's open the Pandora's box to Survivor 46. Okay.

What are your thoughts on Charlie? Four. I mean, I just can't trust Charlie. You're looking to get that revenge, finally. He plays, and it's not even about that. It's more so like, I know Charlie plays the middle, and he plays the middle well, but I know he's talking to multiple foes and going behind your back. So I just can't trust that.

In a perfect world, Charlie is not on my tribe ever. Oh, wow. Meaning he starts on a different tribe and they vote him out before we ever come together. Yeah. That's perfect world. Will that happen? I don't know. So, and I guess we're going next with who, Tilt.

We got a. Friend. Okay. I hope. Oh, okay, there we go. On my end, friend, I will take her to the end this time. I will not turn on Tiff this time. Unless she turns on me first and then I have to do her in.

But I want to play with her. I want me and Tiff to show the world we can do something special. Yeah. We can start off great. We can fight. Then we can come back together and here we go. There we go. That's the ending of our story, I think.

It's together. Not fine. So, friend. What about Genevieve? Friend. Let me just tell you this. Genevieve will put poison in your coffee and ask you to drink it. I need that on my side.

I don't need her bringing me any poison. I need her sling throats with me for me. And it's one of those people, I'm going to ride and die about if she says, you know what, Q, I want to work with you. Yeah. Because she's someone who I've seen to be loyal. Yeah. She's not afraid to have the gun pointed at her.

She's not going to battle an eye. She's going to compete. She's going to show up. Those are the traits that you need. And I know this because we was in Milwaukee together. Oh. She don't speak. well in front of a crowd.

I need somebody like that at the end. All right, let's take a look at some recent faces here. Give me your thoughts on Joe. Joe, a friend of me. Okay. I got to be friend, Joe. I have to have him to trust me. Yeah.

And I have to get rid of Joe. He's had his shot. I'm sorry, Joe, you're my guy, fireman, put it out. But I got to put your fire out, buddy. How about Camilla? Camilla is a friend. I want to work with it. Can you do for me what you did for Kyle Camilla?

Can you take me all the way down? to the end and advocate for me the way you did for him, I would love for you to do that. I'm asking for you to do that. So I would consider Camilla as a friend. Now, she's going to have to get rid of Kyle when I want to. If she don't, she's going to turn the foe real quick. Yeah.

Yeah, I don't like that now. Get rid of Kyle. I'm your new Kyle. Let's talk about Kyle then. Is he a friend of me or foe? He's a friend of me. Friend of me. So I have to, again, just like Dee, present to him,

I'm no threat to you. Yeah. I'm not scared to go against winners at the end and have him to do some of my dirty work with some of the votes that I need to have happen until I get the numbers to be and then send him home. Give me your thoughts on the 49ers, these mysterious people around here.

Fos. Both. Both foes. Fos, foe, foe. Let me just tell you this. This is my theory. One of them won. Okay. There's three winners on this cast.

Let me just say why. If there's three tribes, then I'm going to just put two winners. That sucks. You have a win on every single tribe. Which of them won? I don't know yet. But when the tribes are broken up, I'll find out a lot of information.

Then let's just say, neither one of them won. In my mind, one of them won. So one of them and both of them have to go. Both. Okay. Who is one person from Survivor History that you wish was out here with you for 50? Tyson. You may ask me, which Tyson?

Is it? Yeah, which version I guess you're getting? No, no, wish Tyson. The winner, two-time winner Or the one-time winner, Tyson? Oh, yeah, yeah. And the answer to that is, really both. I would want Tyson the one-time winner

Yeah. It would be so funny with me and him on the island With his jokes and his sense of humor. But then the other Tyson, with his craziness and my craziness, dude, we would like this place on five. Literally. Literally, yes. Both of those two Tyson's would be my pick.

I think that sometimes when people come back and they don't win the first time, they tend to maybe take tenets details from the person who did win the season to maybe carry with them into their second time out. Are you doing that with Kenzie? Are there any core stuff that you're taking? Okay.

There's nothing about Kenzie's game that would ever, ever relate to me. I mean, let's just be honest. If I could watch season 46 and then go back and vote, I would have voted to him. Interesting. All right, just watch.

in the season. I'm out the game now at this point. Was who's left, I would have voted to talk. But not to take it away from Kinsey. She played the game she played. And at the end, she was the best candidate in my eyes in that moment. But there's nothing about her game that I would, I mean, I'm not capable of having someone tell me what to do. I'm not capable of sitting back and being the nice, charmer, pretty girl that she is.

I'm not capable of doing that. So I don't think part of her game But there are some winners Like Tyson for instance His win on 40 Kind of sitting on his hands a bit Waiting for his moment Tony Tony I'm sorry

Tony I can't You're like the two Tyson's I'm like Two there were two tithes I'm so screwed up man Tony and Tyson Tyson Tyson is my guy I would love to play with Tyson But Tony also is who I was thinking of

Yeah you got those teen names man Those two names Tony I got to take bits and pieces of his game from 40 and implement it because coming in two of these folks, they're looking at me as the chaotic one, the crazy one, the one that's unpredictable, the one that's going to cause us the most problem. I cannot give them a sad of fashion. I'm thinking that.

So I have to be calm and easy. That's what I'm taking. Everything else, I just have to be Q. There we go. I have to be Q. I have to learn from Q's mistakes, and I have to kind of move forward from them. thing that you know I always ask is about this celebrity or fictional character for a loved one. So last time you mentioned Black Panther. You went over to bring Black Panther out. I think the

direct quote was like, I want to drink that juice. Yes. Are you going to double down on that? I'll give you another bite of the apple here if you want to go with somebody else for the second time. Now, I think I want to change my answer. Please, yeah. The person I would want to bring out here for my loved ones visit would probably have to be Michael Joy. Ooh, number 23. 23, Michael Joy. Drip some of that sauce on me. You went, I got your jays on my feet right now.

Come out here, show me how you went to six finals and did not lose. Yeah. Because I'm old for one right now. And I want to be one for two once I leave this place. So put me on the right track. Yeah. Give me that motivation talk.

What I need to do. And listen, when that cue wagon runs everybody over you hope the jury says, I don't take that personally. There we go. Yes, 100%. That interview was more delicious than a nice bite of pork chased with a cold can of Coca-Cola. And that is not meant to be a left-handed compliment. I had such a great time getting to talk with Q and see how the Q-Wagon gets built.

Who will make up those all-important wheels? Only time will tell. We'll keep the wheels a roll in here going into our next and final set. of interviews for the VAT2 tribe, as tomorrow you'll be hearing my interviews with Rizzo and Stephanie. Two more conversations you definitely don't want to miss. So ensure that you don't go to we knowsurvivor.com to subscribe to all of our Survivor Podcasts and Rob has a website.com slash YouTube for all of the video versions of these interviews.

Thank you all, as always, so much for listening. I'm so sad. We're already in the back half of these things, but I am relishing every single moment I get to relive getting to talk with all of these players. And I'll continue to do so tomorrow with the Rizzo and Stephanie. Until then, everybody, take care. Bye-bye.