RHAP: We Know Survivor - Purple Pants Podcast | First Look 47

Episode Date: September 9, 2024

Brice Izyah, Wendell Holland, Survivor 43’s James Jones, and Survivor 44’s Brandon Cottom are kicking off preseason coverage for Survivor 47!

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I am joined by the winner of season 36, Wendell Holland, Survivor Season 43 contestant James Jones, and Survivor Season 44 contestant Brandon Cottom. We are here to give the uncles first look at Season 47. We're going to be looking at the cast images, and based upon their bio and what they look like, we are going to be offering them some advice on how they should play or what they should not do on this season. It's nothing but love.

We are so excited for the new season. And I'm just more excited to get into our preseason coverage of Survivor 47. Let's get into First Look 47. Survivor News. Survivor News. Survivor News. Survivor News. Survivor News. Survivor News. Survivor News. Da da da. It's been a long time. We shouldn't have left you without a dope step to step to step to what's going on.

And welcome back to the Purple Pants podcast. Survivor News. Our fourth first look at the new cast. We are super excited. Christmas isn't canceled apparently because we are back. It's like Christmas morning. We have a new cast of Survivor 47.

We can't do a first look without the Survivor uncles. Now, to be an uncle, you got to be of a certain age. I necessarily don't qualify, but we have a lot of people on this podcast that absolutely do qualify. Let's welcome back Wendell Holland, the winner of Ghost Island, first merge boot of winners at war. And word on the block, ABC Extreme Home Makeover is coming to ABC near you. What's going on? How we doing, Perp?

Good to be back with my brothers. Or my ux. Good to be back with the ux. Yes. Hailing in from Survivor Season 43. Philly's own James Jones was popping. I'm excited

to be here. Always good for another Survivor season popping I'm excited to be here always good for another Survivor season I'm excited about this because I try to stay away from the cast as much as possible just as you kind of as I get you know quote unquote Survivor old so I'm excited to be here and kind of see what's happening with this new

cast 47 yes glad to have you here and listen last but certainly not least the NFL season has just kicked off we just started September so we just retire Bryce Isaiah Zaddy of August let's welcome back Survivor 44 Brandon Coddell welcome back to the podcast thank you thank you it's great to be back you know it's definitely one of my favorite times of the year. Survivor season comes around. It's like we,

we right back into it. So definitely excited to get this going. It is. I do want to know, uh, James and Brandon, I think I asked you this last season, but being even more,

two more seasons removed, two and three seasons removed from your seasons. How does it feel? The excitement of another cast coming out? I just like seeing the excitement that the cast members have. You remember, you get

the calls, you get the texts, you get the tweets. I wasn't on Twitter, so that was my dumb fault. It's just good to see everybody excited. I feel like there's this excitement about anxiety about what's going to happen because you. It's just kind of, I feel like there's just like this excitement about anxiety about what's going to happen because you never know kind of what is going to happen in the season, and I think that's the beauty of survival.

Yeah, for me, it kind of just brings me back to when, you know, I was up on the chopping block and, you know, getting ready to get going and ready to watch my own season. So I'm excited for them. Obviously, we got some good gameplay, so I'm excited to see what everybody brings to the table and get the season going. And also get to these watch parties, because that's

always one of the best parts of the season, too. The Bryson watch parties. I mean, you know... We're going to be in New York in a couple weeks, so just so y'all know, y'all probably should be there. But if you don't be there, that's on you. I'm saying, I don't even know if they got tickets left.

I don't even know if tickets are even left. So I think y'all need to go get them Jones ASAP. But that's just me. I may be in the building. Some other people may be in the building. You may just want to go and do that. You are absolutely right, James. It's a little different this year though, James.

I am running. We are on a campaign trail. We want to unite the survivor community together. You should join us on the BWP Tour 47, the campaign. This is our biggest tour yet.

We are hitting 10 cities. Not four, not six, not eight, but 10 cities. Not four, not six, not eight, but 10 cities to unite the Survivor Kingdom. Me, as your... I'm running for president. I want Wendell to be my VP. Wendell?

I'm still trying to figure out if I want to be his running mate or not, but I think I should be at the top of the ticket, but that's for another day. It is gracious. You should put that to our vote. Who's at the top of the ticket? Fan vote.

I feel like y'all scared to do that. Let's get it going. Let's get it going. Let's get it going. You know, Rob has a podcast, did do a Survivor 50 vote. I mean, I did make it to the podcast, did do a Survivor 50 vote. I mean, I did make it to the second round.

Wendell, what round did you make it to? Wait, wait, wait. You only made it to the second round? Wait, Bryce. Wait a minute. Hold on. Let me get this right. Bryce Isaiah only made it to the second round.

What, top 50? No, I was the top 50. But then, you know, they had to dwindle it down to 18. You know what I said? Give it to the second round? What, top 50? No, I was the top 50, but then they had to dwindle it down to 18. You know what I said? Give it to the young kids. Been there, done that. That's what I said too. Give it to the young kids. We really are excited for Tour 47.

It is shaping up to be our biggest tour ever. We are kicking it off in New York, September 18th. We're headed to off in New York, September 18th. We're headed to Dallas. From Dallas, LA, from LA to Nashville,

from Nashville. We're heading to New Orleans, to Chicago, to Philadelphia, to Boston, to our city's capital. Shout out to DC. Cause DC, our nation's capital,

DC. And we are ending it right back in New York. Tickets are available. You can click the link in the Bryce and Wynn present Instagram or Twitter bio. And we hope to see you on the campaign trail near you. Yeah. So let's just give the listeners and some of the unks, because, you know, being an uncle, your memory ain't that good. So first look is all about we are going to read where the contestants are from. We're going to look at their photos. And just based on what they look like, we're going to offer them some uncle advice on how they should be playing or what they should be doing in the game.

Simple fun. Nothing but love. We are rooting for everybody this season. And so this is just, you know, the uncles getting together and having a good time. So it's all fun and love and we support all of the cast. But, you know, we're excited to have a little

fun, you know. What was that? That was an interesting... I mean, listen, so I mean listen so I mean right off the bat we have the cast we are looking at the cast of season 47 any first takes any first what's your

first look D Money I think it's a good looking cast I think you know we got a couple characters just based off of you know first initial the eye test I think it's a couple characters just based off of first initial eye test. I think it's going to be a good season.

For me, this is a genuine first. I don't like to spoil it before we get to this. I really like this to be a genuine first reaction. I'm enjoying what I'm seeing. I think it's going to be a good time and I'm excited to see what they bring to the table. I think it looks like we have some personalities and coming

off of a 46 where it was personality heavy 45 was like game strategic heavy. 46 was personality heavy. This one, I think we got a good mix, but I see some people that I could see being those

characters. JJ? I feel like I look at this from a... There's no one that, from a physical standpoint, that looks like they're a super dominating physical presence, which I think is interesting for how the cast are going to think about voting when it comes to the first challenge. There's no one that's looking like, you see Brandon Cotton, you see Jonathan,

you don't see a super hawking person. So I think that's just interesting when it comes to thinking about how they're going to think about strength and how the game's going to play out. It's funny you say that, James, because my first look at this cast as a whole, it reminded me of your

cast, season 43, right? There weren't any big bulky people but they all looked like they knew the game so if i had to give a first look this cast in my opinion is going to give us a mixture of season 43 and a season of 45 mixed together you get 40 several i like it that's a good assessment yeah because you there isn't, you know, as JJ would say, the threat level. Right. When you look at everyone, it seems like the threat level, the threshold of the threat level seems to be pretty even. Right. There isn't anyone that's just like, oh, now I'm sure I could find a zaddy or two because that's that's not hard. But it is interesting. So, I mean mean but let's get right into it who do we have as the first person we are giving a first look to

first up we have the one and only and i'm gonna apologize in advance if i butcher any names we have some names that aren't the easiest to read so first i'm going to start with teeny uncle say you want teeny churichillo churichillo i'm probably pronouncing it wrong but we've seen teeny before 24 years old from manahawken new jersey she's a freelance writer three words to describe her social mischievous and introspective. And teeny... What do we think about teeny? Teeny, actually, my first look is

teeny kind of reminds me almost of Evie a little bit. Yeah. The short haircut. Yeah. I like teeny. I feel like she has to kind of make sure she blends in in the beginning

where I feel like people aren't going to look at her as a super big threat so getting through the first half of the game is going to be the most difficult part but if she makes it to the merge I can see her be one of those people that people confide in because they don't maybe see her as a super big threat and she can build a lot

of friendships. Yeah. Go ahead, Bryce. Go ahead, my bad. I was going to say, my first take at Teenie is I get sneaky, right? Sneaky in a good survivor way. And so the fact that you read Mischievous Wendell, right, that is kind of like,

uh-oh, I feel like Teenie is going to be the one that's looking for an idol, accusing somebody of having an idol or something. So my advice to Teenie is going to be the one that's looking for an idol, accusing somebody of having an idol or something. So my advice to Teenie is stay low. Don't be mischievous in your head. Keep it in your head, but don't put it out to the mass because I'm worried because I don't want them to label you as like the troublemaker. But I think she has good energy and I think amazing TV we are in store for. Yeah, that's actually exactly what I was going to say.

I was going to say she does give the vibe of kind of like a little bit sneaky, but at the same time, like really cool personality, somebody you could sit down and have a good conversation with. So I think it's like teetering on that line of like, do you want to be the likable person or do you want to be the person where everybody's like, I don't know if I could trust her. I feel like she's going to be on either side of that line, but I I'm excited to see kind of what she brings

and how she kind of carries herself in the game because when you come out saying you want to be mischievous that immediately makes me think alright yeah I'm trying to get right into the nitty gritty and really have you know cause some chaos so you know I'm excited to see how she plays it I don't want her to come out the gate

too mischievous I want her to I want her to make her bonds and then slowly ramp up the tactics or the antics. And I'm hoping I'm hoping that that's what Teenie does. So let me ask you all this, right, because now you're saying, oh, I don't want her to be too mischievous at first. Now, on season 40, 46, y'all was all mad that it was a slow beginning. Everybody was like, the first four episodes are corny. Nothing's happening.

So which one is it? I think you have to play your individual game. I like the quote-unquote slow, quote-unquote boring because I don't think anything is slow and boring. So I'm always trying to read it between the lines. And I think it depends on like your position in the tribe. So if you're not one of the bigger people and it's at the beginning,

you want to make sure that you're building those strategic friendships where when you are like a more physical presence in the tribe, you have a little bit more leeway in the beginning of the game. So you have to kind of, the game is really situational about like when you choose to be mischievous and when you choose to use information and when you choose not to use information. And if you're a little mischievous a little too early, and that's with anybody, you can get caught up.

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Who do we have next? On to the next. The next gentleman we have is a gentleman by the name of Rome Cooney. Rome is 30 years old from Corvallis, Oregon. I'm probably pronouncing that wrong. His current residence is Phoenix, Arizona. He's an e-sports commentator. Three words to describe him. I'm probably pronouncing that wrong. His current residence is Phoenix, Arizona.

He's an e-sports commentator. Three words to describe him. Charismatic, entertaining, and cutthroat. And let's see. Favorite hobbies. Playing video games while listening to podcasts. And his pet peeves are ordering food with someone. Then when we get the food, they still want to take some of my fries or what I got.

If you want some, then order some. I feel him on that. I ain't gonna lie to you. I feel him on that. I hate that too. I feel like that pet peeve may not be on the island.

You're sharing everything once you get out there. So you got to put those pet peeves aside. So that may be something that you got to kind of, somebody drink out of your water bottle is what it is. Like sometimes you let those things rock out. So I wonder how that's going to vibe. And, you know, and we'll see how it works out. I mean, energy is going to be a hundred.

And I think a lot of times, like, you want to make sure that you're matching the energy level of your tribe, so if he can do that, and if they're high, he's good. If they're low, you know, bring that energy down. I look forward to kind of seeing how he blends in with other people. See, I feel like it's kind of different ordering as opposed to being on

the island, because on the island, you know, alright, I'm going to have to share. I'm going to have to, I can't openly outright be like, yo, no, you can't get my world but you can't get this you can't get that with that being said he does to me look like he's high energy and i feel like that's kind of a good thing especially early on you want somebody who's high energy who's gonna be around can't do what they got to do now also going back to he said, how much are you willing to contribute to everybody else, even if they don't have to ask for it necessarily? I think that'll be an interesting part to see.

Is he willing to just get out there and be like, all right, you know what? I'll go get you a water bottle, even though you didn't ask for it. I'll go, you know, do this for you. I'll do that for you. Just to try to kind of get in people's good graces, you know, early on, especially. Yeah. I, I see Rome being very high energy. I also see Rome crashing out, right? Because you telling me you playing video games and listening to podcasts.

Tell me, you know, you have like ADHD, where it's like you got to have so many things going on to kind of like calm you a little bit. So I'm worried that Rome is going to go on with real high energy and people are going to expect him to stay that high energy. But as the game gets going and you got to worry about, can I trust you? Can I trust you? Like, I feel like we might see Rome crash out, crash out in a way of like cussing somebody out or like really kind of going in a little bit because

he presents really nice but that high energy you got to release it some way shape or form and if you're not trying to share your fries and you're cooped up in the shack or you know with people for 24 hours you know I've been out there for three days so I know it can get a little crazy at

times so I think that Rome is going to be great TV and I think that we are going to get really good performances from Rome. I think, I think, I think we should dig a little deeper in some of Rome's bio because he has some other things in here. First thing is what, where we're okay.

What is something you'd never know from looking at you? He says, I haven't eaten a vegetable other than corn in over two decades. And I want to be the next host of Survivor when Jeff retires. It's the greatest job in the world. And I would be humbled to be a successor. I'm going to tell you first and foremost, Rome, love you. We don't mention Jeff retiring. That's something that is never going to happen.

We don't talk about that. First of all. Second of all. What's your second? As an uncle, you need to get him a carrot. That's a wild take. I mean, hey man, that's confidence though. I think sometimes in the game, you don't want to come off as confident as you are.

Like, I think that sometimes hinders you as well. Like, when you present like you kind of are that person or you're not worried about people, even if you have to present that idea that you are worried about folks. It does rub people the wrong way when you really just like, I really don't I go up against any of y'all. When you present that way, it's tough. From experience. I feel like that goes back to self-awareness because even

to make a statement like that is like, that's kind of out there to say. I mean, you might think it, but you don't actually say that, especially to whoever you're talking to. That's a, that's a wild take to have. So now that kind of makes me think, does he have the self-awareness to be out there and to realize where he's at in the tribe and not openly outright saying, you know what I mean?

And I just want to say one more thing. If we're talking about self-awareness, Rome, I love you, brother. I want you to win this, right? Question. When will you be, why will you be the sole survivor? Answer. I will play my idols. I will win at least four individual immunity challenges.

Oh. I have a way with words to get people to do what I want. Oh. And have an anyone but me mentality. Rome, I hope you do all of that. I really do. This is giving. I'm going to do a lot in the beginning.

And I'm going to get out there. And I don't know. I wish Rome the best. But yeah, man, I feel like we should. Listen, I'm not mad at the anybody but me mentality, right? Like, that's a good lesson. I wish I had that about a decade ago anybody but me

because that is a good mentality to have like I said I said what I said I feel like Rome is gonna crash out but not crash out in a bad way crash that's what the young folks say you know the unks try to be cool crash out means I feel like he gonna go in on somebody or he gonna

go in on an immunity run and be like, yeah! You ever be in an arm... Well, I don't eat corn. That cuts out a lot of stuff. Time out. You ever, now this might be a little TMI,

you ever like, go into the bathroom and you be like, I into the bathroom and you be like I ain't eat no corn next cast member thank you James we gotta keep this one moving the next class member we have since Bright

we have Anika Dar is our next cast member I hope I'm, or Anika I'm sorry I hope I'm pronouncing it right, probably not she's 26, from Santa Rosa, California. She lives in LA. She's a marketing manager. Three words to describe you. Exuberant, curious, and calculated.

Why do you want to be a part of Survivor? Being on Survivor is an instinctual need of mine. From the very first episode I watched, season 28. I hope she watched the first episode because Bryce was only on tour. I immediately Googled

how to apply to get on Survivor. I truly believe that Survivor is the most epic game to exist. It is challenging the human body, both mentally and physically. I want the challenge. I believe I can win this game and I can't wait to see how it plays out.

I love her. I get J Maya vibes from her, right? Like I almost feel like girl, let's get justice for J Maya. I feel like calculating. I love it. That means you're methodical. That means I also, I feel like she a little petty, right? And sometimes as a survivor, you got to be petty.

You got to remember what somebody did to you on day one and on day 13 time to strike the iron my advice is that to my sis is that I want you to stay in the forefront I don't want you to fall into the background I want you to be a part of the conversations that matter because I feel like you've got a

smart mind on you and I could see Anika going far I feel like that was my initial a smart mind on you and I could see Anika going far. I feel like that was my initial take. She seems very smart and like she said, calculated, especially with her being in marketing. I feel like she knows how to present herself even though it might not be what she wants,

what it really is inside. I'm excited to see what she does. I think she's going to be one who plays it slow at first is kind of sitting back, watching everybody and making the right, like she said, calculated presenting herself the right way. So she is a marketing, um, a marketing way.

She is a marketing way. Like what does she do in marketing? Marketing manager. So she manages people. Marketing manager. Okay. So she's, so exactly. She's,

she's, she's not new to this. So, and I think, you know, a big part of Survivor is marketing yourself, whether it's how you actually feel or how you want to be portrayed. It's a big part of,

all right, this is who I want you to see. This is what I want you to feel. This is how I want you to feel about me. And when it comes down to it, that's all marketing. Yeah. And I feel like working in marketing when it comes down to it, that's all marketing. Yeah. And I feel like working in marketing teams, you have to work with different dynamics.

So you're used to kind of working with people that are passionate about ideas, which I think is underestimated from a marketing standpoint, where you have a bunch of creatives in a room and creatives are really passionate about their ideas. So managing those personalities is almost akin to the you know, the big personalities or the people on Survivor. And the calculating part is I think people are going to perceive her as smart. So managing that perception of people thinking that she's smart and what does that mean for their game? So my advice would be to, you know,

make sure that people think that you're using your, you know, perceived smartness for the benefit of whoever you're working with. So that would be my own cool advice. Okay. What was I going to say? Her hobbies are dancing, specifically hip-hop, Bryce. Ceramics, throwing

on the wheel, cooking for people I love, gardening, and being a plant mom, and yoga and meditation. She's going to kill it out there. These are a lot of things that she seems like, you know, would would make for someone that is social and also good at challenges and also zen enough to take things with with a grain of salt or in the right stride. Yeah, I think I think she can do well. Yeah. Beware those yoga people,

yo. Balance is one of those things. Balance is probably one of the biggest things on the show. Just in general, balance. Strength is great, but balance is probably one of the more important things that... It's funny, like, hearing all,

you know, she's in yoga, she's a plant mom, like, I immediately start thinking Jamie. Because Jamie, off my season she did all those she was very into plants she did yoga she was very zen she was kind of she'd kind of be all over the place but at the same time she had it together in a way that we didn't even really realize while we were out there so i'm curious to see how her game might kind of be similar to like to Jamie's in a way because they have a lot of similar you know hobbies and things like that and since you brought up Jamie from season 44

I like to take the time to just give her her flowers right since knowing the cast hearing stories right I feel like the edit did Jamie horrible right like I feel like it made her seem like she ain't know what was going on. She was like, but listening to Jamie, listening to Jam, listening to you,

listening to so many people, Jamie was running it out there. Yeah. Like, she was locked in. The edit did not do her well for a very long time, to be honest. Jamie was a lot more locked in than anybody can really know, because obviously you're going to see what they want to show you. There's a whole backstory to everything, which a lot of people will never know. But us who were out there know, yes, initially, like even me, I even said I was like she felt like a chicken out there with her head cut off. But then as I started to learn more and I realized she's actually making a lot more connections than I even saw or that, you know, and I thought I was in a great spot.

I'm like, she was very, very, very underestimated from like day one. So definitely shout out to Jamie. You got to give her a flower because she she was a lot more in touch with what was going on and she put off. Absolutely. Who we got next, Wendy? Next, we have Taryn TK Foster. I am excited about this brother right here because I'm getting Q vibes

already. I am praying to all the Survivor guys that we have Q2.0 here. Listen, at this point in time, any brother with a nickname,

we're out with letters as a nickname. Okay? T.V. Gold. Okay? I just know. T.K. You don't even need to read nothing about him. I just know with that bun and that stance, T.K. is going to be a problem.

I'm worried. I'm worried for the Easter bunny. OK, I'm worried. OK, I'm worried for the holidays with TK. What? OK, TK is 31 years old. He's from PG County, Maryland. He lives in Upper Marlboro, Maryland. He's an athletic marketing manager. Three words to describe him. Spontaneous, genuine, and ambitious. Why do you want to be a part of Survivor? I feel as if my entire life has led me to this moment to take on a challenge. From my dad going to prison at a very young age to being diagnosed with a kidney disease that almost killed me in high school. Since I was born, I've been beating the odds. This beautiful game gives me

a chance to do that once again. Who do you think you will play most like? My favorite player of all time is Tony. Oh. Oh. Let me go on record

right now. Could this be our fourth Black man winner? me go on record right now. Could this be our fourth Black Man winner? I got little goosebumps listening to him talk. I'm just saying that. Who were the first three?

It was Jeremy Collins, Earl Cole, and I don't know. Jeremy Collins. You know, like, Jam Jam got a nice little team. Jeremy Collins,

World Poll. Choose Jam Jam. Jam Jam. I'll tell you what about TK, man. TK, when you guys were talking earlier about there's no standout physical threat, I'm scared

that once TK comes out of his shirt, he might... Whoa! Whoa! You know what? Your internet was breaking up. What did you say, Wendell? Your internet was breaking up. I recant that statement. I think TK

might be a strong person. Come out to Sherbro, man. Okay. Yo, so, Wendell, I understand what you're saying. I think that's the hardest part about when you look at the pictures is seeing physical presence.

That's the hardest part to figure out. Who really is exerting... Who's that person that hardest part to figure out like yo who really is exerting like who's that person everybody's saying like oh yeah and if he's that person that people look at like that you have to monitor the way you play the game because you have to show some types of efficiencies out there so if you are and it's like if you're playing super healthy skelter and people see that you are physical, it's like you have to be an Austin and kind of manage your threat level from when people just look at you

like you're physical, whether you are or you aren't. So it's hard to do a lot when people have eyes on you. And if people have eyes on you, you have to be mindful. So I think he's going in with a really good strategy, really good energy. I feel like his team will try will look at him as an asset.

But making sure that you can kind of, your threat level as an asset doesn't get too high going into the merge if he goes that far. Because, you know, that double tribal comes up, you know what I'm saying? And, you know, people get the cutting. They do, and it's usually okay. Now, his favorite hobbies, watching football, going to the gym, playing Xbox, something that people would never know from looking at you. So I think those I think some of those things resonate with Brandon, the football thing. But then something you would never know about from looking at you. I'm kind of a nerd at heart.

I love video games, sci-fi films i really like nature documentaries as well so i feel like james james you might want to meet with him also yo like i mean hey i i don't i mean after hearing that that may be similar to me i do i love anime i love sci-fi i don't know about the nature docs but i do watch naked and afraid and alone and all them jokes. So in a way, and I think maybe it's coming from me, whereas it's like, I feel like he doesn't have that many weaknesses. I think in this game,

you want to figure out what weakness you want to try to perceive out there when you do have a lot of tangibles. Like you said, he looks like a winner, right? So when you look like a winner, you have to do things to make you look less winner-y. Because if you're saying that looking at him, people looking at him at Ponderosa thinking the same thing. Walking around Ponderosa like, yo, who that? Who that?

And when people are saying who that for you at Ponderosa, it's like a good and bad thing. Where people have an opinion of you. And he's going to have that energy, that smile. And it's a double-edged sword. So he's got to manage that. If he can, he can definitely do some damage. Wendell James, question for you.

And I need you to think on the fly. You got three seconds to answer it. Hall brawl. TK, Brandon C. Who you got? Three seconds. I got caught him. But caught him is... How tall do we think he is?

How tall do we think he is? You don't have to know it. You can't return this. He might be about 5'5", 5'10". Yeah, but put him against you. That's how you beat the person. Because I can see 6'0 with the bun. But brother, you can't put a giant against,

even if someone is small and strong, like you can't, Kodam, Kodam's a different type of person right now. Wait, ha, go ahead, go ahead. I play basketball with Kodam every week and I watch him muscle everybody, okay? So what are you saying?

I'm saying Kodam will beat him. Well, you're saying size-wise? I have confidence Conn will beat anybody in Survivor in a whole group. Wait, what's the difference between TK and Conn? Put TK against someone more evenly matched. Put him against Q

and it'll be a good one. Why is he not evenly matched against Brandon? Because he's not as big as Brandon. He's got 50 pounds on him. What are you saying? You just wanted me to say he's not as big as Brandon. He's got 50 pounds on him. What do you say? You just wanted me to say he's not as big as Brandon. That's all he wanted you to say. That's all he wanted you to say.

You went right into it. Yo, shut him down. He was like this. Running. Okay. Okay, Uncle Winsor. Hey, but you know what, though? They really should show their heights.

Maybe not the weights, but they should show the heights on these profiles, just because you can't really tell from any of these pictures. When they're together, you can kind of tell the reference between each other, but you can't really tell how tall people are. Yeah, I definitely say it's probably 5'11",

6'4". I would see that. But all right. Welcome back, Wendeezy. Who we got next? Next we have Tiana Hollams, or Tiana. I'm sorry. She's 27. She's from Aiea, Hawaii. And she's a flight attendant.

Three words to describe you adventurous, multi-passionate and funny why do you want to be a part of Survivor? Oh my god why don't I want to be on Survivor? I love challenging myself, I want to see who I am when everything is stripped away from me

I want to afford and thrive in Hawaii as a native Hawaiian I want to support and thrive in Hawaii as a native Hawaiian. I want to support my family in all aspects. I love adventure. I'm constantly pushing the envelope. I want to show out for Hawaii. Shout out to Cody from Hawaii also, right?

I want to show out for Hawaii and let everyone know that Hawaii is more than aloha spirit. I love this. She's dangerous. Why are you shaking your head? She's a danger. So I feel like you're at people that like TK that are these hourly oh yeah, that's TK. He can win the game

threats. You have people like Tiana who I'm scared of where I'm like everybody will love this person. They don't necessarily present super thready and they're going to try to take that. I'm scared of where I'm like everybody will love this person they don't necessarily present super thready and they're going to try to take like I'm more quote unquote threatening than this person so to me like a player like Tiana I

want to align with and it's just like she reminds me she's giving me Carla energy just like in my head when I just kind of see her and that kind of like just the vibe is like you know I'm here I'm confident and people are going to roll me and like me flight attendants you gotta deal with a bunch of crazy people all day like people in management and i don't think she's going to come off super intimidating which

is going to make you a good ally where she's going to have a lot of information coming her way so i think she's one of those people that you're not i don't think people are going to target off hand as being someone that's like oh she's super smart oh she's super like those people that you're not. I don't think people are going to target offhand as being someone that's like, oh, she's super smart. Oh, she's super like, I feel like you get to play this. Oh, this is my personality. I vibe with people and that's not going to be threatening. And those people are threatening to me. But I'm scared of her in the game.

Let me be clear. I love her. I think her biggest issue is going to be coming off of season 45 having a winner like Dee right I think that she embodies a lot of what I remember first entering with Dee and so I think her

my biggest advice to her is downplay a lot of your strengths in the beginning because like you don't want that this cast has 45 is fresh and so I see a lot but go ahead Brandon oh wait wait let me drop some

more gems in here real quick because I just I looked through her bio again this is my winner pick yo like she the amount of stuff in this it's she just has a lot to her and first I want to say one she the previous player she identifies with of course she says poverty a lot to her. And first, I want to say one. She's the previous player she identifies with. Of course, she says poverty. A lot of people say poverty.

But she also says, I loved Gabler. He was constantly networking, but knew when to take a backseat. He listened and observed before making a move. And he won individual individual immunity challenge and could read situations. Okay. Um, then favorite hobbies, reading, yoga, hiking, going to the beach, eating a lot, volleyball, travel, pickleball. I just journaling. Um, I just think there's a lot to her that keeps her Zen, but also like athletic enough to do certain challenges. And then I want to say the last thing I saw was, and I'm sorry for like throwing all this out there. Okay. What's something we would never know from looking at you? You wouldn't know that I'm really deep thinker.

I love asking people deep questions and I'm fascinated by the human psyche. I think she's going to be one of these people that connect with people on an individual level. And I think she and i think she i think she's a a threat like i think scary scary scary scary and i'm nervous for it's so funny hearing you say all this stuff right like you say yeah she's she's a deep thinker um the first thing i was gonna say before you even said she kind of like aligns herself with like a Gabor type player. She's from Hawaii. Right. So she's going to give you off those, like she said, Aloha vibes. Immediately, people are going to be like, oh, she's cool. She's chilling.

She might not be, you know, once she comes across initially, oh, she's here to enjoy the game. She's here to, you know, for the experience. And those are the scariest people, because, yes, that's what they're trying to, you know, give you as a perception. But the whole time, like, like, like she said, I'm a deep thinker, a deep thinker. She's going to be the one who's going to come up and buy people on the ass. She's going to be the one who surprises people with some of these challenges. Cause like she said, she does all these different, you know, athletic activities. She might not look it,

but she's going to be the one who surprises you at kind of every turn. And I think that's what kind of gives you, like Wendell said, she could be a winner pick right here, to be honest. And she's a flight attendant. Right. But y'all have to remember, this is the new era, right? They study the

show. We keep thinking of these idols like Tony, like Boston Rob, like Bryce, like these people. Right. Their new idols are Boston Rob, Jeremy Collins, Bryce Gabler. Like they keep looking at these idols that are older. But what I'm saying to you, why I'm worried. And first of all, I love her. Everything I say and I agree with what I am worried is in this new era, we have Gabler's,

we have jam jams, we have D's, we have Kenzie's those. And they are relatively new archetypes that we have seen. And I'm just worried that this cast is going to like sniff that out right away. I think once you get out there, go be.

I was going to say, the reason I think that those type archetypes are winning is because in the moment, when you get out there, go be. I was going to say, the reason I think that those type archetypes are winning is because in the moment when you're out there, you feel comfortable with them. I don't think that it's like what you can sit back and like watching it back. You can say, oh, yeah, that's the type person who's going to win. But when you're out there in the grid of it, you're like, oh, this is somebody I feel comfortable with, who I think I can be, who I'm not really too worried about. And I think that's that's those are the ones that kind of sneak up on you and bite you in the ass. Exactly, Brian. That's exactly what I'm about to say. Like when you get out there, a lot of the rules you make in your head, you kind of forget about.

And you're sitting there thinking about she looks like someone that I can't possibly beat, as opposed to TK or kind of a Caleb type where you're like, look at this guy, right? Look at this person. She is, but she is, she does have a presence. And people are going to like her. So it's like, those are like the dangerous players. When you're out there, when you're looking at a person, you're signing somebody up, it's one thing to be outside the game.

When you're in the game, you're like, oh, they cool. And you got these three other people that are conniving and acting all super strong at the game. This is my person. We can rock out. But quietly, she's cool with those people, too. And like those are the people that are dangerous. I'd venture to say, guys, in this new era, there is no there's no archetype of a winner. I feel like these winners are so there. There might have been one for the first 40 seasons or whatever

but now it's just like again whoever gets the end by making you feel most comfortable or whatever that's who you're going to award so like I don't think we can look at all these winners and say alright all of the blah blah blahs are the winners of the new era so

yeah I don't think that there's a box that we can put winners in anymore. I will argue with you at another date because I definitely have some theories about this, but it's all good. Listen, all I'm saying is, I like sis, make it to the end. Would you want to align with her? Yes.

Would she beat you at the end? Yes. She's a problem. That's all I'm saying. All right. Up next, like she's a problem. That's for sure. That's all I'm saying. All right. Up next, we have Rachel Lamont. Rachel is 34 years old. She's from Dexter, Michigan. She resides in Southfield, Michigan.

She's a graphic designer. Down to earth, bubbly and determined. I discovered Survivor in 2017 when my husband, Derek, randomly put it on my TV. I was immediately captivated by the game. I love people. I discovered Survivor in 2017 when my husband Derek randomly put it on my TV. I was immediately captivated by the game. I love people. I love pushing myself out of my comfort zone. I love games and I love money.

Why wouldn't I want to be part of Survivor? Lover. I get Franny vibes. I get Aubrey vibes. I get very like intuitive vibes. Right. And when I think about people like Franny, Sophie, I think sometimes they get my biggest advice is like, don't you always want to be in the know, but make sure you're driving some votes. Make sure you're like you're going the way that you wanted to go and not just going the way that people are saying to go because it keeps you safe.

Like, you know, strike out. But I love her. I love her energy. I feel like I get new era from her hobbies, pottery, traveling, golf and yoga. We got a lot of yogis. A lot of yogis. I feel like at 34, which is

old for SurvivorCast in the new era just making sure that she can blend in with the younger people and but she'll still have that wisdom that you know and the life experience that the mid-20s don't have and that can make her dangerous and i think if she can kind of keep her threat level relatively you know low, low and blend in, I feel like she could do some damage. Because I feel like she has that unassuming nature, unassuming kind of personality. And I feel like those are people

you want to work with and you also feel like you can beat. But at the end of the day, they may be building great relationships with people where people are coming to her as a, you know, more mature person, X, Y, Z.

And she's building a different type of relationship than you may be building with people. So she's one of those people that looks like you think, oh, I can be, I can bring them far, but you don't know the relationship

that they're building and they're not getting blood on their hands on the way. So that's my thought process. It's something to, I don't know why we don't hear this enough. It's something that somebody's saying, I like money, right?

Like, cause it's like, what you won't do for money, right? I think I like that about Rachel. I don't think we hear that enough. And I like money, right? Because it's like, what you won't do for money, right? I think, I like that about Rachel. I don't think we hear that enough. And I think that people will do some strange things for some change. So it's like, I feel like Rachel might be out here risking it all

for the million. And I don't think people will see it coming. I love that. I'm saying that as like a very positive thing. And I feel like when you play, you're like when you play you've been through some things like you do like you really value the money like people like she may give off the i'm not out here like she gets very wholesome and like vibey but she she not may not tell him i'm out here for the money but you can tell her mentality is i'm out

here for the money i mean you know check maybe check you know and that's not like i feel like that's a good thing in the era where you want to present one way, but have another way behind underneath. So I think she's in a good position as long as she can make it past the early part of the game. When she was asked what player she identifies with the most or who she'd like to play like, she said Kellen Bechtel. Shout out to Island. Kellen. Kellen was a player, for real. Her

edit wasn't the greatest or whatever, but Kellen was a player. And she also said, Omar. Omar. Two players. Yeah, I like that. Shall we continue? Let's go. Next up, we have John Lovett. 42 years old, Long Island, New York, lives in L.A., California.

He's a podcast host. I believe I follow his pod, even though I haven't listened to it. But I think it's one of the most popular pods in the country. Pod Save America. And three words to describe you. Opin opinions for days why do you want to be on Survivor what I love about Survivor

is yeah it's about deprivation and endurance and puzzles and challenges but at its root it's an experiment in democracy it ends in a vote and the players decide what it means to earn that vote I want to be a part of that experiment um is he alright here's the question And the players decide what it means to earn that vote. I want to be a part of that experiment.

Here's the question. Are you threatened if you're playing? Wendell, are you threatened by playing with him? Yes. Bryce, are you threatened by playing with him? Absolutely. What's threatening? I mean, I just feel like I don't know enough about John but from my

perspective from what I see I would be threatened by him I feel like it's America he's a white man like you know like there are things that like I in everyday life that I like you know but this is this may be interesting right because on the, we typically don't

talk about politics a lot. So this is like, this may be an interesting dynamic that may get added to Survivor which hasn't really been there. Which could be an interesting thing where you have these conversations where people aren't saying, oh yeah, I'm a

congressperson or I'm a... My job is, I have a... and I can't lie about it. I talk about political stuff. Right. Why can't you lie about it? I feel like at some point, if you lie, when you are part of the largest podcast, we'll get to another podcaster that's coming up, too. But you can't like lie. I'm not doing that's not me. Because like once someone sees that, it's kind of just like like Wendell can't go on the go and say, no, I'm not doing that. That's not me. Because like once someone sees that, it's kind of just like, like Wendell

can't go on the go and say, no, I'm not on Survivor or Bryce, you can't go on, you know, Anonymous next year and be like, I don't know who I am. Like you can't do that. I'm pretty sure I could. I'm pretty sure. So I think it's an interesting dynamic that it may bring because I do a podcast about, you know, voting and democracy.

You may see conversations or we may have conversations on the beach that we didn't have. Because no one was like, you know, you know, one had those conversations. You ain't want to. Do I know who? John Lovett? Yeah. No, I have not listened to him or anything. I don't know anything. I know he has a podcast he listens to. So and I know this is first look and it's off of, you know, a brief thing, but I listen to too many pods. I was listening to our buddies at the Survivor Specialists and they said that love it.

He's he's very, very, very liberal. And I don't think he from my perspective, I don't think he will be able to not talk politics out there, but we'll see. And apparently he's he's an Obama speechwriter on the level where he can message Obama like, hey, you mess you messed up this part of the speech or hey, you skip this part of the speech. So. I feel like putting this person on Survivor, I would like for John to be so self-aware to to because if I could text Obama, man, y'all can't tell me nothing. So I want him to be so socially aware that he curbs any of that or and for this guy to be so accomplished. That's what I want. Can you imagine him getting to the end and his, like, at this point, I want John to get to the end

and I want to hear his speech. I would take John to the end. That's the thing, like, that's the player I would go to the end with. John, let me hear it for you. Yo, give me the million. He got bread. He cool. You like me more. He was annoying y'all. Like, I would take him right to the end, yo. You wouldn't know that

from just a first look. Also, from a first look, you know who he reminds me of a little bit? I get a little Mike White. Oh, Mike White. I agree. And I don't know what y'all remember about Mike White other than his hilarious

antics on the island. Mike White went far and Mike White had connections. Mike White was a big name. That's what I'm saying. You want to connect with him? Are you voting him out in the beginning or are you voting

connections? What are you doing? Would you align with him, Brandon? First look on the island maybe I'd align with him until I realized how good he is yeah

but you can't say that Wendell yes you can and when you realize how good he is it's too late no James yo he's gonna say who he is, it's too late. No. James? Yo, he's going to say who he is and what he does. You have to make that decision

as a player. Am I down to play with a player like this or I don't? And if you are, then it's like you want to have someone like that in front of you that is a big name that you can always point to. Oh, we can't let him get to the end. That's somebody you kind of want to play with. And if you

are comfortable going against him, it's a good ally to have. So I think he's a different type of shield where he's very popular, don't go to the end type shield, possibly, that you can play with. That people may want to grab it towards. Or it also could be that people don't want to

vote him out and they vote you out type shield. So you don't know how it's going to go, but I personally probably would want to align with somebody that I feel people don't want to sit down with and that you can pull out things like he writes pieces. It's going to be hard for him to hide. But he's not going to

pull that out, though. In what world would he be like, hey, I'm not texting my buddy. He has one of the top 10 podcasts in the freaking country world. Podcast is audio. People might not, I think that, I don't think people are going to recognize him.

People recognize John Rocker. People recognize lesser people. Like, you know, like, it's Then again, John Rocker can't hide that he's John Rocker. I mean, he can't hide he did Pots in America. I knew who he was, and I never saw his pot. Fair enough.

James, I just know if we didn't have his name and write his thing and I showed you three different photos, you wouldn't know who he was. I wouldn't know who he was. And in that case, maybe hide your identity a little bit. Yo, could you go on Survivor with a fake name?

Yes. Like, could you go on Survivor with a fake name? Yes. Like, cool, fake. Like, if I went on there, it's like, you know. No, dog. All right. My bad. I may be violating the first look,

but I'm just saying, like. Johnny Fairplay said that his grandmother died. Why couldn't you? You could go out there and say whatever name you wanted? That's what I'm going to do next time. I'm going to try that. That'll be like the circle. But you already played, James. Don't say that word.

Right. James will be all 50 like James. I changed my name. You're not going to expect my name to change. My name is Jesse Lopez. I am Jesse Lopez. If you want

to talk too early. Right. Jesse Lopez is crazy. Your name is Bryce. That might work. Next up we have Genevieve Mushaluk. Mushaluk. Mushaluk. Okay. She is 33 years old from Winnipeg, Manituk. Mushaluk. Mushaluk.

Okay. She is 33 years old from Winnipeg, Manitoba. That's Canada, I believe. She's a corporate lawyer. Energetic, friendly, and organized. I began watching the show when I was a preteen. And even back then, I had this unearned sense of confidence. Like, I could do that. I got older but never lost that belief.

So here I am to test out and challenge myself and prove myself. Favorite hobbies? Am I too old to say video games here? Aside from that, I like anything social, time with family or friends. I also love trying to cook any recipe I

see on Instagram that involves a cheese pull. James, what's a cheese pull? Yo, that's a very good question. I actually don't have any idea, yo. A cheese pull? Brandon! You feel me? Like, say you got a grilled cheese and you cut that joint. Brandon, why?

What? What if it's a mozzarella stick? How? What? No. Same thing. He's from Canada, so it's automatically a threat. I would vote out Canadians first.

I don't got no time for you making it to the end and going far. You just gotta go. Does she say she's a lawyer? Yeah, you gotta go. Does she come out and say she's a lawyer? She looks like... Is someone's internet frozen?

Oh, we're here. She looks like she can go out there and not say she's a lawyer. She looks like she could say, I'm a yoga instructor or something like that. She's dangerous like she's smart she's she's like she's been through things she's in her mid-30s i feel like you know people can come to her and be having experience living i think just having a different vantage point like being in canada it's like a different i think you just view things differently you

communicate differently i feel like it's just less threatening overall from a personality standpoint that she's going to bring to the table big smile good energy is kind of like is that somebody you want to play with yes is that somebody i think i may be able to beat oh whatever you know she's a whatever she said a progression is teacher whatever it is i may be able to beat her and i can play with her like she's not somebody that you're looking at probably like yeah i have no chance to get this person. I think she's dangerous. Why will you be the sole survivor? I connect easily with others so they won't hate living with me. And I'm very objective focused out here.

Nothing, no bond, deal, fear, relationship will stop me from doing what I think needs to be done to further my game. Killer instinct vibes in Fiji for me. That's that Marianne right there. It's like don't think they cut your throat and then be like, oh yeah. There you go. Keeping on topic, with

First Look, we are offering advice based on the information in our first look on them. So what is your advice, James, to a player that is from the North, a saying that gives you Marianne vibes? I would say just let people like you, just let the chips fall.

I feel like sometimes people want to put their imprint on the game and I think sometimes it may be better just to not put your imprint on the game and be able to take that backseat. I think that's hard as a player. Like, I feel like, you know, there's going to be times in the game where she wouldn't want to make a move because you don't have information. And it may be best not to make a move.

I think that is, you know, for the betterment of your game. So that's kind of what I would think from an advice standpoint would be for her. I like that. I kind of agree with you right just looking at this photo she has a strong aura about her right I think that people are going to gravitate to her she's from the north and we

know Canadians do extremely well if taking in James advice that's probably one place that's where I would start the lie at I'm from Maine I wouldn't even see I wouldn't even say Canada uh and yeah I think it's like really like let the people come to you because I don't think that she's going to have a problem connecting with people for me it's

like let them come to you I feel like with the strong aura that I'm getting I don't think that you need to sway and go with the votes I think that you need to kind of just be with them and roll with them because I feel like you'll be able to come out on top. And I'll be James always says it's like I think not even so much in the new era. People are always worrying about their resume. And

yes, that is good. But what's the point of worrying about your resume and you're not sitting at the end? Worry about your resume that final night. And I think that she possesses that. So I like her. I think I'm kind of getting Kendra vibes.

I'm going to say the same thing. I swear. I'm getting Kendra vibes from her. Yeah. And she's, I think if she can minimize her being a Canadian, like you said, the Canadians got the winner DNA to them. And if she can just minimize like how smart she probably is, like just, you know, curb that and be this free flowing kind of person. I think she could be dangerous in this game.

I think she could be dangerous in this game. Like, Mary is a freaking genius almost. Like, yo, like, how much stuff she knows versus, like, the perception. So it's like being able to, you know, do that is. And you can make your resume up. No one checks resumes. That's why they worked at Final Tribal Council. You make your resume up and make a good one when you're there.

That's all you got to do. Make your good resume up. Your employer isn't looking at it. They're not fan checking. They're not calling your old boss. You know, pick that resume up. I saw a TikTok the other day that had me cracking up and it was like, if y'all don't got no job, it's your own fault. They was like,

you should be putting, you were the GM. You were in charge of marketing, sales exec for Toys R Us, Circuit City and Radio Shack. How they gonna know? How they gonna know? It works.

I'm just saying, you might be onto something, James. Who we got next, Wendy? Next, we have Gabe Ortiz. Gabe is 26 from Baltimore, Maryland. Still lives in Baltimore. He's a radio show host. Three words to describe James. Uh-oh. I'm sorry. I just

clicked off of it. His name, he's going out there as James or Gabe. No, Gabe. All right, my bad. Three words to describe you. Opportunistic, resourceful, and blunt. Be careful now. Curb that bluntness out there my man

why do you want to be part of Survivor the new era opened a door to write yourself into a new set of history books I like that I wanted to make my mark before those books got written okay I like Gabe he gives me a little Caleb vibes

if Caleb had a twin I think Gabe. He gives me a little Caleb vibes. If Caleb had a twin, I think Gabe could potentially be like the evil twin of Caleb. And I say that in a good way because what was Caleb's biggest issue? He was too likable. Yeah, too likable. And so maybe Gabe has that bluntness

about him that actually might make people not like him as much as Caleb. And so he has a positive aura around him. So I I like Gabe. I think, you know what, Gabe? Come out there and be yourself. You know what? Let's roll the dice. That's my advice to you.

Go write your history. Write your history. Yeah, I think from an advice standpoint, I think it would be maybe to tone down the to tone down the wanting to make a part of history. I feel like he may find himself in a good place. Sometimes you just fall into

a good place in your tribe and everything is working. But then the hard part about Survivor is I want to do something. And it's like, I think that may be something that Gabe struggles with. So I think that may be something that Gabe struggles with. So I think that may be his thing. But I think he's in a good position. He looks like someone that, you know, radio hosts,

they understand people, they can deal with different things, you know, different, different. I feel like that's a good place to be, interacts with people, and that'll put him in a good situation. And just kind of letting the game come to him and picking his shoes when he tries to make that move. I have a question. Oh, go ahead, Bryce. I have a question about your advice, James.

So you said don't go into it wanting to play like you're writing history. I'm saying you want to make the moves that are best for you to win the game. So like if people are coming to you and you're in the knowledge, you're in the know, right? You're in the power position, right? You want to like, I think you want to make sure other people feel like they have agency in the game because people are coming out there to make moves, right?

So it's perceived that you're making all the moves too. Like other people want to eat. They want to, they want to feel like you saw Tevin and Liz. You took my move. Oh, that's my move. You want to make sure that you are doling out the juice nowadays. You don't want to take all the juice. You don't want to be the...

You make that history right and move, who's going to want to sit next to you at the end? There's no Tony Woo thing happening here. Any more Survivor. You make that big move early it's tough to make it to the end it just is I think

I think I'm a little scared for Gabe guys why? he says he's blunt right and then but also which previous player do you identify with the most? who do you think you'll play with the most? I think there are bits of a lot of players

I resonate with and will emulate. But to be honest, I don't want people to watch me and say, wow, he's like X, Z, Y. It says X, Z, Y. Wow, he's like X, Z, Y. I want people to look at players that come after me and be like, wow, he's like Gabriel. This is giving Matt vibes.

My question is, I'm like, I wonder how much of a fan Gabriel is. Brandon, he reminds me of somebody you play with. I think it reminds me of somebody that Brandon played with. Am I right?

Matt, he made the fake idol. He wanted to do a lot of stuff. He saw the rock. No, but Matt was a super fan, though. You got to remember that, too. I don't know if Matt was a super fan. Matt was a super fan. I don't know how much Survivor he's watched.

That's an advantage. Look at Cody. I don't think that's a bad thing, though. I don't think it's bad. I don't think it's bad or good. I'm just saying. I don't think that's a bad thing, though. I don't think it's bad. I'm just saying, I don't know. I think when you come into the game trying to play like somebody else, you're automatically thinking, oh, how am I going to react to a situation

or how would they do that? Whereas if you don't know anything about the game you're coming in, like, all right, well, this is how I'm going to deal with this situation regardless of whatever who came before me is going to do it. So I don't think that's a bad thing. What? No, no, no. Listen, listen, listen.

Let me get my button. Let me get my button. Land it. Get it in there. Get it in there. I do think there are situations and there are certain nuances to the game where having a prior knowledge of it

is going to help you not make the same mistakes. Because there are a lot of very surface level mistakes that you'll make if you've never watched this game and not even think that you're making that mistake. You know what I mean? Like that. Like you're you're like you don't come back and flip stuff. Like there are certain things that you flip stuff. Yeah. like there are certain things I mean you know come back and flip stuff yeah no no what I'm saying is I agree with Brandon that like alright there are things that

you just you know from watching the game that like there are things like are these because I've watched so much of the game I know to do or to not move certain ways well even like small things like when you first get to camp you know you don't go and look for an idol day one you don't do certain things like you don't you know what I mean you don't when, you know, you don't go and look for an idol day one. You don't do certain things.

Like, you know what I mean? You don't, when it comes to food, you don't divvy the food out or eat all the shit yourself. Like, there's little things like that. There's certain things you know watching people in the past who have made these mistakes. And you're playing with people who play this, they know this game. So they're automatically thinking, all right, what are my red flags? We're in a situation where I'm looking for whatever I can to get them out of here. So if they don't even know that they're doing something wrong,

but everybody else around them does, you have to have that awareness to know, all right, I can't put myself in this situation because it's been the downfall of XYZ or whoever else before me. You know what I mean? So I think it can play either way. I agree

with Brandon. I also feel like hearing all of this stuff about gabe dare i say am i alicia keys falling i don't know i don't know if i need to like let austin know anything yet but i don't know hearing this like you know i want you know i want me somebody that say i'm gonna beat to the own drum of my name i want somebody to say i don't know. Hearing this, like, you know, I want, you know, I want me somebody that say I'm going to beat to the own drum of my name. I want somebody to say, I don't want to play like nobody else. I want people to play like me. That kind of like

Oh, yes, right. You know, that turns you on. That moistens the butchers a little bit. I just say it. I don't know. But here's my thing with you, Gabe, though, right? Gabe, if you if you know, if you come to my house, we have a barbecue. And the electric slide comes on.

I'm going to need for you to do the electric slide. I don't need for you to be break dancing while the family is doing the electric slide because we're going to look at you crazy. So that's where I work. Because Gabe said he don't want to play like nobody else. He wants to play his own game. And what I'm saying is when the electric slide comes on, Gabe, you do the electric slide. You don't hit him with that. You know, you know, you you you do the electric slide. So I'm

agreeing with you, Brandon. All right. That's okay. Good luck. You're in Baltimore. We're all in Philly. So you know, pull up all price, punch him in the throat. Now we're definitely talking again. Good luck. Well, okay. You know what?

Our next... That's a little soon. That's a little soon. Our next person is Kyle Oswald, 31, from Sheboygan, Michigan, construction worker, fun, ambitious, creative. I want to be part of Survivor to help inspire my children to chase their wildest dreams. I want to share some of my challenges in life to show others that just because life knocks you down, it doesn't mean that you're not worthy of a journey. That happens more than we like, but it's not about the knockdown.

It's about how we choose to get back up, no matter how hard it is. Because every single time you get back up, you end up a little taller and a little better than before I like that I like that a lot and Kyle seems tall so I feel like he might have been knocked down a little bit in his life because he is a lot taller

I get a Jeremiah from my season I get a Hunter from last season I get a Jelinski I get a oh my god a Jesse Lopez I get a Jelinski. I get a Jesse Lopez. I get a lot from Kyle. I feel like

Kyle gives me quirky, funny, but don't sleep on him. I get Kyle might be able to play an idol. He could change your oil and he could win Soul Survivor. I like Kyle a lot. My advice to Kyle

would be like, it seems like you lived a deep long life and i think that you have enough experience to like i want you to go out there and be yourself i like kyle i mean i like kyle too like here's the thing i was i thought just i was scared of jesse like people with kids and stuff and good stories scare me. Like, so, so like, but I don't think he's going to be really super. I think he's going to be like Jesse with the Cody unassumingness. So you have like Jesse with the ability to, you know, I got kids. I'm, I'm homely. I'm a good person.

Then you have the Cody. He looks like he's pretty athletic. He's handy. So he can build, like he will be getting around camp. So I feel like he can be that like person in the middle where you're like, Hey, I'm your, I'm your guy.

I'm a nice guy. I got family. I got kids. I'm trying to set an example, but you know, Jesse set an example by cutting, cutting through that six. So,

I mean, it's just like, those are the people. So I feel like my advice to him would be to, I think it's similar to, I feel like he shouldn't have, he's not going to probably connect with people. So I feel like my advice to him would be to I think it's similar to, I feel like he's not going to have a problem connecting with people. It's just me hoping that when he does vote people out, making sure hopefully he keeps

that good feeling, but that people don't feel betrayed. Almost like when the mom gets the backlash for the older person gets the backlash for voting out. I feel like he's someone that's going to get that. Everybody's going to relate. So hopefully he doesn't get that backlash when he votes people out. I want to add a couple more things about our friend here.

He lived in a van traveling around the country for six years that he personally built, which is something. Wow. They can't go and be lit. He got you beat, Wim. Hey. He does. He does. What? He resembles a little bit of Scooby-Doo

now that you say he lives in a van. Just a little bit. If you'll leave him alone. He also, his hobbies, he loves to travel. His biggest accomplishment, building my family a house by myself with minimum

to no help from anybody. Wow. They can't go be lit. I'm excited. I hope they show it. Can't not be crazy. This guy I think he has a lot in him and he has a lot that he's playing for his family. He really loves his family.

It's like he almost has the Rocky story when he says you get knocked down you keep fighting you keep going I'll be the sole survivor because I'm pouring every ounce of heart and soul into this game I'm playing for myself I'm playing for my family yeah this guy is

Jeremy Collins type player don't let him get to the end Yeah, this guy is... I mean, he reminds me of a Jeremy Collins type player. Don't let him get to the end. Don't let him get to the end. But when James talks about threat level... Is he going to be higher than TK? TK higher than him.

Go ahead, B. I think so. When you... I think the biggest question with him that i would have would be like all right he has a likable personality like when you first see him the first person i thought was hunter i think he reminds me of somebody like that who he's gonna he's gonna be great around camp um he's gonna be pretty good in these challenges my thing is like i i wonder how much or what his social game is really going to be like, because we can put a lot into the story, right? The story is a big part of it, but at the same time,

you still play the game. And that's where I think my question would be was how does he play the game? It's like, what is his, you know, as far as his actual gameplay, what is that going to be like? Cause it can't all be about, you know, what is my, this is my story. You know, I have kids, I got this, I do that. At the end of the day, you still got to play the game. And I think that's my biggest. I have kids. I got this. I do that. At the end of the day, you still got to play the game. And I think that's my biggest question mark with him. Now, I think if he can put that together,

I think he's going to be super dangerous. Because like I said, I think everybody's going to like him. I think he's going to be great around camp. He's probably going to build some wild shelter that we might not have ever seen before. Something crazy like that and people are going to love that. But at the same time,

how is his social being going to do with other people? I think that's my biggest question about him. But I'm excited to see how he plays. I think he's going to do well, especially up until the merge. Hey, man. I would love to have him as my number two or someone on my team where if I have a partner, you can kind of paint him as a little bit of a target.

You don't want to mess it into him and he's a good person I think you're going to get information from him because I think one of the things I think he just I think he gets very unassuming and I think you know laid back smile like those yeah father all that good stuff yeah. Would you say that's him at the end

James? I mean I'm not going to be anybody then when I get there you got to make up a lot all you got to do is make it up your resume. No, no. No, you got to just sell your story. You got to tell your story, bro.

James, what was the last time you were at the end? It's not just James. You don't want to sit next to the wrong person at the end brother what did you tell him at the end on 40 Wendell I said Michelle good luck

I think by the nature of a game you're going to make moves but I think it's how you frame your moves at the end it's like how you frame a vote and if it resonates with the people in the jury, they'd be like, that's true. Like, you know, so you can do things subtly to dominate the game and not necessarily get all the quote-unquote credit.

Like, that's how, like when Jamman was talking about this game, everybody was like, oh shit, yeah. Well, he's in the middle there. He's in the middle of there. I'm assuming that's going to happen. Like he was doing a lot more than I thought he was, that he was doing, as opposed to being the quote-unquote,

you know, I did this. Bam. That's super old school. They're not like the people you sit next to. It's true. My advice to Kyle, though, is play like Jeremy Collins played the second time. Don't make your whole storyline about your family.

Make it about your family at the end. Have people be like Val's home pregnant like you know don't that's my one advice to him is like as much as you love your family try to hold back from making that such a huge part of your game talk

about it in your confessionals but not at tribe because that's something that again all of these things that we're saying about you we love and that builds a huge target. Like, well, damn, he can build stuff. Well, damn, he funny. Well, damn, he going to change my carburetor when we get out of here.

Well, damn, he got kids. Like, it's going to be so much stuff. So that would be my one advice for him. Who we got next? Next, we have Kashawn Patelel 28 from fullerton california lives in san francisco california an er doctor oh nurturing composed and adorable i've been playing some form of survivor for as long as i can remember whether it was knowing who to trust as a closeted gay indian american and waiting for the right moment to share my secret to experiencing the hustle as a closeted gay Indian American and waiting for the

right moment to share my secret to experiencing the hustle as a child of immigrant parents raised in our family owned liquor store. Survivor is the most chaotic, beautiful, complex reflection of individual of each individual identity. And I want to show that every story deserves to be shared and heard. Plus it's obviously fun. I'm excited for Kashan's story

to be told. I'm sorry. Did you say E.R. Doctor? What are you combing there? What? Did we say E.R. Doctor? Thank you for reading his bio I feel like the liquor store thing

is like when you I feel like being able to navigate people see different situations I feel like I feel like he's somebody that everybody is going to to like but the question is like I think it's going to

be like is he going to be able to how is he physically going to stack up but the question is I think it's going to be like, is he going to be able to how is he physically going to stack up? Is he a taller guy? He's like a bigger guy. Is he going to get in there and be a physical be able to help in those challenges? Why would you assume that he wouldn't be physical though? Because I get physical from him.

What I'm saying is look at Angelisco. When you are a bigger person you have expectations to be exceedingly well in the challenge like if you're a smaller person no one was mad when Gio dropped the box, like it's Gio, he's not

going to carry a box, but if you are a bigger person and you drop a box, people are like, what is wrong with you? So it's different perceptions people go into, like when Brandon passed out, they had to bring it up we were like, what is wrong with you? So it's different perceptions people go into. Like when Brandon passed out, they had to bring that up. You know what I'm saying? We were like, yo, what did this guy bring to the table, yo?

It's like the same thing. So it's tough to kind of fit into those archetypes if you're, if you, that may not be your strong suit. So it's kind of I also, I want to disagree with you a little bit, and no disrespect to Dr. Patel, but Dr. Patel

is tall, but he's thin built. I wouldn't expect, if I saw a him and a Brandon, I would expect Brandon to be able to pick up a lot. I agree with what you're saying, but I feel like Dr. Patel

is tall. I feel like he's handsome. I feel like he's, but I feel like Dr. Patel is tall. I feel like he's handsome. I feel like he's charismatic. I feel like you know, I feel like if I'm feeling like Brandon out there on his season and I Bryce will fake injury out there. He's the ER

doctor. Bryce will fake it. Bryce out there. I mean, Dr. Patel. I mean, TPR. Bryce, you know your game. You know your game out here, yo. I mean, Dr. Patel. I mean, TPR. You know your game out here. I can't breathe. I love his story. And I think that, again,

him being an ER doctor, him being in the closet for a period of his life, I feel like he has a lot of things that he's ready to come out here and play and shine. Dare I say, maybe justice for Banu

through Dr. Patel. I feel like Banu walked so that Dr. Patel could fly. I'm getting winter vibes. I like Dr. Patel. I agree.

All right. That's Bryce's winter vibe. I mean, I think he just seems so nice. He just seems like... I don't see people just not getting along with him. I don't see him being that person where people are like, yeah, yeah, you need to go home.

He just seems like he's a cool person. But didn't they tell you don't judge a book by its cover? That's all we do. They always want to judge a book by covers. It's always covers. How much you can say that? It don't matter.

Especially in the game of Survivor. It's all covers. The second you walk into Ponderosa, the sneakers you had on, it was like you know, Jay, your sneakers were crazy. I was like, people look at everything that you bring to the table. Speaking of that random question, right, because. You're right, people do judge a book by its cover. Do you feel like because we all left from L.A., right?

We were sequestered and they brought you down to the hotel lobby and then y'all left. Is that how it went for the majority of y'all? Yeah. Do you think it's more helpful for you to be the first in the lobby or the last in the lobby? I'd say first. I don't think it matters. I don't think it matters. I don't think it matters. I think that what you wear matters. I feel like

the stuff you, like, the energy you put out, like, you can feel energy. You can feel, like, people are doing stuff with their clothing. People are doing stuff with their water bottles. Like, there's a lot of things that go into it, and it's, like, the people that you feel that are the most, like,

I feel like he's the person that you'd like he has a diffuse, he had a liquor store he has a diffuse situations I feel like those type of people are like great folks where I can see him being a calming presence at camp I can see him, ER doctor someone cuts their foot, them

picking out stitches, like I feel like yeah, he's a dangerous player. You could also apply that to challenges. Calm under pressure. Y'all could have been back far in the physical part. Y'all get to the puzzle. Dr. Patel is calm, focused, locked in. Yeah, I mean,

hey, man, and height always helps. I wonder what's the average height. Height is always a good thing in survivor challenges for the most part, and it always goes well. So I think he's... I don't know if I have any advice. I feel like he's in a good thing in Survivor challenges for the most part and it always goes well. So I think he's, I don't know if I have any advice. I feel like he's in a good situation. I feel like

he's a player that can just kind of cruise and just not get too good with everybody would be the thing. Maybe keep some of his relationships secret that he has that are really good. No more secret relationship with Dr. DePell.

Let everybody know who your allies are. We're here for you. Who's the next person we have? We have Sam Phelan. 24 years old from Schaumburg, Illinois. I think that's close to Chicago if not in Chicago. Now he lives in Nashville, Tennessee. He's a sports reporter, passionate,

stubborn, and ambitious playing survivors, a childhood dream. I love both mental and physical competitions. Survivor is the greatest game ever created. And I need to prove that I have a, what it takes also a million dollars. Now I want to just say briefly about Sam, I'm getting Sammy vibes. And I think regarding Sam, I think he's going to be one of these characters that people enjoy watching. He's going to be a fun character.

He's going to bring something fun to the game. He's 24 years old. He's a sports reporter. He's comfortable on a camera. I think he's going to be someone fun to watch. I don't know if I get winter vibes, but's gonna be someone fun to watch I don't know if I get winter vibes but I think I get fun to watch vibes if

he was from the city of Philadelphia and I was looking at him I would be like he's an Eagles fan right like I feel like I get sports from him and from that I feel like like an Eagles fan or a sports fan you know you ride hard for your team and sometimes it's like

we just made it into the playoffs through the wild card I don't think we going to the bowl but they going hard anyway because like I feel like we're going to have very high energy from Sam and I think yeah he will be I think he's going to go for the big moves

yeah that's what I was going to say when I look at him I think he's going to go for the big moves yeah that's what i was going to say when i look at him i think he's going to be like a cool person to talk to but i think he's going to butt heads with a couple people early on and not be scared to show it like especially coming out saying that you're stubborn that was before you even said that i was like he looks like somebody who's like this is my way this is what i feel and whether you win or whether you're not we're gonna think i'm gonna figure it out regardless. And that's kind of the vibe that I get from him. And I think that might rub some people the wrong way.

But I think either way, regardless, it's going to be fun television to watch. Yeah, I agree. I feel like also in the beginning, I feel like he looks like he's a physical guy, looks like a bigger guy. So in that case, typically, with the challenges being physical in the beginning of the game, you can exert some more power over the tribe.

Like if that's something that your tribe is going for. But I think once you do that, I think that does sometimes limit you once you get to the merge. As far as are you building those authentic bonds with people or are people bonding with you because you what you bring to the table strictly for the physical aspect of the game? because what you bring to the table is strictly for the physical aspect of the game. So I think my advice to Sam is to find your people and get your people to protect you and try to find some people that you're really low within your home tribe that people want to go to the mattresses for you. And that's hard in Survivor. People don't want to go to the mattresses. But you need some people when you're a bigger player that want to go to the mattress for you. I feel like that's what he needs to do.

Something we would never know. Oh, go ahead, Brandon. I'll be honest. His first day attire is extremely similar to mine. Extremely similar. Not saying that's a good thing or a bad thing. Are you saying you can see a diaper?

Are we going to get the diaper part two? I don't think anybody can pull that out. I think that should probably stay where it was at. But that was not purposeful. But it was just funny. When I first looked at him like that, he reminds me of myself.

In what he's wearing, he reminds me of myself a little bit, which I think is a great thing. How you do on 44, Brandon? I haven't seen in a long time. I haven't either. I don't know.

If you've seen it, let me know, please. But you made the merge, though. Everyone in this chat made the merge right is this the merge section of the conversation where we just talk about the merge

we have like merge talk and that's what we're going to have the merge talk section. Listen, Survivor Philadelphia season 4 is going to be coming up again. See me in Survivor Philadelphia, y'all. See me in Survivor Philadelphia, Brandon.

They're going to vote you out first. See me in Survivor Philadelphia, James. I will get them to vote you off first yeah you're waiting in the survivor org okay um one thing well two things on two things on our guy um something we'd never know from looking at him i did a lot of drama musical theater and slam poetry growing up i love the arts i'm way smarter than I look. I can gel with any group of people, and I love

this part. I'm a physical, strategic, and social force that will never be perceived as the strongest, smartest, or loudest person in the room. You might see me coming, but you'll never see me going. Rice is a grain,

but my soul is a growing. I want that idol, but I'm coming for the top. Don't ever count me out, because it's not sweat or savvy, because I'm holding up the rock. Oh, Sam!

Of course. I didn't know where he was going with all of that. I did not. I mean, with that being said, I feel like he needs to find his people. He needs to find his match with people. He is going to be perceived as strong. I think it's one thing you can't do is people are going to perceive you as what they want to perceive you as.

And you're a sports reporter that is young, 24. People are going to be like, you are the young, strong guy. Whether you want to believe it or not, whether you are or not, it's just what people are going to be like, you are the young strong guy. Whether you want to believe it or not, whether you are or not, it's just what people are going to think. I almost get a little Owen vibes from him a little bit. Hearing all of that, I don't know. I just feel like... I think he's Sammy.

I feel like Sammy plays this 24, he may go to end the win. You should be told. I feel like if he can get that youthful thing and get somebody like, oh, I'm a young guy, take me under your wing approach, you know, take me under your wing, you know, and then choose his time to make a move and keep his

likability factor. The thing about Sammy was because he was younger, he would do stuff that would break people's trust and say, oh, I'm young and I'm good. So if you have that type of relationship, then you're good. I think if he fosters that, you know, but if he's the leader and he do stuff it's kind of like, so I think it's kind of

it's sure he figures out how people are perceiving him and kind of acting accordingly versus how he's perceiving himself. Okay. We'll have to see. Who do we have next? Next we have Andy Ruda. 31 years old from Buffalo, New York. Lives in Brooklyn, New York.

AI research assistant. Three words to describe you. Phrenetic, warm, and creative. Why do you want to be part of Survivor? Playing Survivor has been a dream and a source of motivation for the last decade of my life. I don't think my life makes as much sense if it didn't include ultimately playing. I am so, so ready to scratch this itch and transition my role in this weird ecosystem from super fan to player. He's a super fan. We've seen him at Bryce and one events. We know Andy very well.

He gives me looking at him. I get Austin vibes a little bit. What else? Hobbies, Minesweeper. Road trips, even though I can't drive. Oh. And being a K-pop stan. Oh, come on, K-pop. Wait, did you say minesweeper? Is that the game with the squares? Is that the game with the little squares and the X's?

That we always fail at. Speak for yourself. Okay. Does anybody know how to actually play that game? when the number comes in the bomb is in three points I used to play

I don't know where you find that game to play though I don't know where you're going to get that game now. It's not on PS5. I don't know that game. All right. Well, if he's good at Minesweeper, he has to be good at something. I like Andy. I think his spirits are amazing.

I think that he is a sweet guy. I think that he has what it takes. I am worried that he might not be able to, I don't want him to come off as the nice, gullible, young, fun guy. Like I want Andy to like mean business. So my advice to Andy is be yourself, but put your foot down and remember you're playing a game for one, not for like, you know, you're playing a game for one, not like, you know, you are playing a game for yourself, not everybody. I love Andy and I hope that goes far.

I think the one thing, I mean, I felt like I was super fan until I met super fans. Like I felt I was going into the show as super fan until I met super fans. And I think the one thing sometimes super fans really worry about is like doing things like from the perception of how fans watch the show. And they're really worried about their perception of the ideal way they think they want to play the game versus how the game is going. So like, I know people get out there and like, yeah,

I want to play a certain way. I think that's how super fans operate. I think sometimes you have to be able to take back and figure out, okay, the game's not going the way I want it to go, but how can I navigate the game that's happening? Because it's not the way I envisioned it. You know, because if you watch Survivor, you're like,

I want to play like this, I want to play like that. As opposed to not having any advice, you're just playing the game. You know, you're not worried about, I'm doing well, I'm not doing well. It's like, you're just, I'm out there experiencing when you're thinking about that outside stuff. So hopefully you can kind of zero take that out of it don't worry about I'm not making the right move here or how is this

going to be perceived here and really just focus on the people and not worry about at the end yeah any advice Brandon I think he played across how they lie like James said don't overthink it

I mean honestly when I first looked at Andy I think he looks like he's a fun guy I think he probably has a good personality I've never met him personally but you've met him have I yes then I might have had a couple drinks But you've met him. Have I? Yes.

Then I might have had a couple of drinks. So, but I think, you know, you know, my advice to him is, you know, be yourself at the same time. Remember that. Remember the game you're playing and, you know, put your best foot forward. Do what you got to do. Don't overthink it. Like James said, especially the super fans. best foot forward. Do what you got to do. Don't overthink it, like James said, especially the super fans. I think some people, you know, they're so caught up on

what they've seen or what they know or their knowledge of the game, but what you got to remember is that every game is different. Every moment is different, and it's all pertinent to who you're there with and the personalities that you're around. So, kind of find your piece in the puzzle and, you know, play your game.

Can I say something? I don't see any overall easy, easy obvious outs so far. I feel like everybody, if you're from a baseline, I feel like no one's giving me like, yo, Red Flag, they go home

first. Nobody is like, they have a glaring, glaring weakness I would say. I agree, but reading some of these, hearing some of these bios, there are some red flags, though. Can I be

real with y'all? There's somebody that came to one of the Bryce and Wayne events and I met him and I'm like excited to watch him. But somehow I'm getting kind to watch him. But somehow I'm getting kind of JD vibes. Remember JD?

How he was like, he just threw himself in too many things too soon and he kind of if he would have just chilled out a little bit, I think he could have done a lot better. I'm very scared for my man Rome. I want Rome to do very well, but I'm scared.

I'm scared for Rome too. He's the smallest guy on his tribe. Is this kind of. I just, I think I saw on his Instagram yesterday, a photo of him jumping up and touching his ceiling. What's wrong with that? Yo, yo, yo, yo. You don't have a gamer.

Yo, yo. Wendell was making fun of the gamers. He's saying the gamers. Don't lie, don't lie, don't lie. Yo, Wendell was making fun of the gamers. He's saying the gamers. Yo, Wendell was really making fun of the gamers. That's crazy. He said gamers, y'all exercise by jumping and touching the ceiling. That's crazy.

I didn't say that. Brandon, what's wrong with jumping up and touching your ceiling? I'm confused. He's saying Wendell ain't running no laps, yo. I mean, I've never Brandon, I've never seen him. Brandon, you'll never see me on the video.

I can, I'm not a touch of feeling, but it's not a thing to be talking about. Let me record myself jumping up and touching the stage. You know what? Gamer's like, yo, that's a horrible thing to do. The gamers want the match, yo. The gamers, his name is

at Window Holland on all social networks. Be sure to bless him. Y'all, gamers ain't athletic, yo. That's what he just said, yo. The next time we are all together, we are making a video of us jumping up, trying to touch the ceiling, okay? I'm just putting it out there.

I feel like I got Rome in a race, y'all. I got Rome in a race. A lot of us are not going to have to... Rome, you in a race. Now, Rome will smoke you. I thought Rome got you in a race. Rome versus you. He could live in a basement apartment. Rome versus you in a race. I feel like you

gonna represent for the gamers, yo. Rome looks fast. You had to see him in Fortnite, though. You had to come on Fortnite and have him. You gotta come see him. Train him up. He will smoke me at Fortnite. Wendell still has a Sega Genesis plugged into his wall. I don't think he's playing Fortnite.

You don't have no respect for the gamers. That's what it is. I respect the gamers. We're about to get an uncle moment. I can feel it. I can feel an uncle moment. Let me tell you gamers what you're not going to do. I dare one of y'all

to see me at some Mario Kart on a Nintendo 64. Rome, that is a challenge, yo. Rome, he's just challenging you to Mario Kart. I know you. You about to get smoked, bro. Bro, I'm jumping up and down right now. He's going to race you, yo.

He's going to stream it on Twitch. Everybody, I'm going to repost Kart. He's going to stream it on Twitch. Everybody, I'm going to repost it. He's going to post it. James, matter of fact. And I said Rome was going to crash out. I didn't mean on Mario Go Kart. But all right. Who we got next, Windeezy?

Next up, we have, I'm going to scroll down. We have Sue Smey up next. Sue is from, she's 59 years old from Kirkwood, New York. That gentleman is north of Scranton, actually. Current residence Putnam Valley, New York. Flight

school owner. Three words to describe you. Badass, fearless, adrenaline junkie. Yo, I'm excited for Sue. I love Sue. She's running, yo. I'm excited. She's holding back energy right now.

I feel like she's holding back right now. I feel like this is a picture. She has mad energy that wants to come out, and she's holding it back. I'm excited. Sue is going to she's coming from Mama Tina's spot I feel like Sue

has the energy I feel like Sue reminds me of from the older season I believe not a little Tina Weston but the other Tina that we went to Survivor Africa with Wendell remember her name no but other Tina I like her energy I feel like

Tina Sue is coming in as the older woman but I also feel like she has an energy about her she ain't gonna hold back I hope that she's not voted out early because I want to see her not hold back all season long I want to see her going hard she all season long. I want to see her going hard.

She says she wants to play like a combination of Tony and Seri. Wow. I can see her doing that, though. I mean, because like if she if she is the like, you know, motherly person, I mean, take your clothes out. Let me put your dryer clothes. Let me make sure the fire is going, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. your clothes out. Let me dry your clothes. Let me make sure the fire is going. Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. You have the

capital that didn't do the, you know, treacherous stuff that you need to do to sometimes win the game that you can do it with a smile. And, you know, hopefully she can make it. I feel like yeah, I think the one thing is I feel like her allies are going to be important and having people that really will ride

with her. So this is a hot take. I don't want Sue to come in like that mom. I want Sue to come in like a deadbeat mom that lives her life. Her mom raised the kids and then she came back as an adult. I want Sue to be like, I'm here

for myself. F them kids. I want Sue to play for her. I want Sue to kill it. And so I say that metaphorically of the sense of like, I want Sue to be like say she's Diana Ross and she had kids, right? Like she

was a mother on the road. She wasn't there laying the clothes out for the kids every morning because she was on the road. I want Sue to come out here and wow us. I want Sue to be in them streets. I feel like Sue's going to be in the Survivor Streets. I feel like she's a Survivor Streets candidate.

I feel like also, she's not going to have anything to lose. I feel like a lot of times people play like, I feel like she's going to play like this is her last time playing the game or this could be her last time playing the game. And I feel like that is going to bode well.

And I'm excited to see, because I don't think we've seen someone with that much energy at that age. I feel like she's in shape. She outrun me right now. You know what I'm saying? I feel like she's in shape. I feel like she's going to be a beast. And I feel like she also just has that wisdom

that you should have. She's double some people, these people's ages. And you can't put a price on wisdom, you know, and having an experience. You know, you also had a season, I came from a season where Gabler won at 51. I don't think many people had him winning

or gave him a shot going into it. So I feel like that's something else where you automatically look into it. She's 59, she's starting with a low threat level. So being able to kind of maintain that relationships, we've seen that win a new era. So I wonder if people are going to be guarded against that or maybe they're not.

Or maybe they're looking at Gabriel like, oh, that was lucky X, Y, Z. And she can be a person that you think people can carry to the end. You get to the end and she's like, nope, I'm cool with this person. I'm cool with this person. I'm cool with this person.

I know what you did. I know what you did. I know your grandma. I know your mom. We doing this, I'm cool with this person. I'm cool with this person. I'm cool with this person. I know what you did. I know what you did. I know your grandma. I know your mom. We doing this. I'm cooking this here. And you sitting there like, whoa, when did this happen? Like, I thought you were just chilling. So, you know, they watch out for Sue. I'm just saying.

Yeah. I like to watch out for Sue. I like Mama Sue. I'm excited. Who we got next, Wendyzy? Caroline Vidmar is 27 from Palisades. Now, did you say she's a flight school owner? Yes. So what does that mean? Does that mean she's a pilot

or she just owns a school? Probably both. So that means, yeah, that means Sue got money. So Sue don't need money. So that means Sue crashing out. And what't need money so that means Sue crashing out and what I mean by crashing out no no not like that

wow wow not talking about an airline owner like that I don't mean it like that even before that though to even be a pilot yeah to be in flight school all that stuff it's like yeah also though, to even be a pilot. Yeah, to be in flight school, all that stuff. Yeah.

It's like, you know, also I feel like you're dealing with a you were cut out, Brandon, so I started talking. That's why. But like, even before that, to be a pilot, though, to even get into the cockpit, you have to be a problem solver. Like, that's no easy task.

You know what I mean? Aren't you a pilot, Brandon? Oh, my bad. Can't you fly? Who is Brian? I'm terrible because I'm in front of y'all like three minutes behind you. So I'm saying what?

I feel you. I know you dropped some gold right there I know you dropped gold yo yo I feel like that bro we can you sound like

Brandon aren't you a pilot yeah I am a pilot actually that's what that's what initially kind of brought me to it when I heard a flight school owner I know how difficult that world is so to even put yourself in a position not only to want to be a pilot but then also be a flight school owner that takes a lot of a lot of grit a lot of uh perseverance I mean a lot of grit, a lot of perseverance. I mean, a lot of problem solving. It's no easy task at all. I think that's going to be

overlooked by a lot of people, but that's kind of big in my book, to be honest. I know there's difficulty that comes with that, you know? It reminds me a lot of Gaber, too, when Gaber is like, yeah, he's a medical device, so it's very difficult to get into. You have to be super smart to be in the ER. You have to know a lot of things, where he's like, yeah, he's a medical device. It's very difficult to get into. You have to be super smart to be

in the ER. You have to know a lot of things. He's like, yeah, it's kind of a lot of times people don't understand certain things and don't understand what goes into it for that to be successful. You say flight school owner, you may not think that deeply about it as somebody that's doing a lot of different things

when really they are. She could go out there and say, I work as a receptionist at a flight school to even lower her threat even more because my girl Sue, she don't have nothing to lose out there. She's got the money. She got a business. Like, I really

feel like Sue gonna come and we might be crowning a winner to Queen Sue. I'm excited. But let's learn a little bit more about Caroline. Caroline Vidmer, Caroline's 27 from Palos Verdes, California from Chicago. No, currently residing in Chicago, Illinois. She's a strategy consultant, adventurous, enthusiastic, and supportive. Why do you want to be on Survivor?

It's been my dream to be on Survivor since I was five years old. When I was younger, I loved watching Survivor and seeing how happy people were when they won a challenge. And as I grew older and began to understand how grueling and tough Survivor is, the more I fell in love with the show. Watching Survivors who were down on their luck still fight, persevere, and even thrive taught me the power of resilience. And now I'm ready to put my damn resilience to the test and play the most epic game there is. I love it. She almost gives me a little, I almost get a little Emily flipping energy, like slightly a little bit, but I like someone that is playing with their back against the wall.

that is playing with their back against the wall. I get scrappy. I get, I'm excited. I feel like I want her to use her voice. Let me hear you. I want you out here in these survivor sands playing, Caroline. I'm excited for her. He resonates with Tori from 42

and Emily from 45 because of their honest takes and their insights being spot on. My one red flag is honesty. You know, of their honest takes and their insights being spot on. My one red flag is honesty. You know, like, honesty is not a strong thing you want to have in Survivor

because, you know, it's like, it puts you in a bad spot. It's fun to watch, but you got to be lying out there. Like, so I think sometimes people think, yo, I'm being honest, I'm being real. It's like, nah, you don't want to keep it real too real out there. So I think sometimes people think, yo, I'm being honest, I'm being real. It's like, nah, you don't want to keep it real too real out there. If it's real adjacent. So I think

that may be one thing where it's like, honesty is not the best policy. So I would encourage just I feel like more lying is needed whenever you think you should. Lying that can't be fact-checked just a lot. It doesn't hurt you, but I feel like to tell a lot how it is,

it's like it's good at confessionals, but not playing the game. So that'd be my one worry. You know, especially, like, because Tori was the person that communicated how she felt. And she definitely wasn't in the stronger position. Emily found her footing, you know, but she wasn't in the strong position because

she was communicating how she was really feeling. You can play an honest game and be deceptive. You can play an honest game and lie. You can play an honest game and lie. So I'm saying, like, you could be on the up, up, up, and play an honest game, but tell a white lie here

and there. I mean, but I think, well, this is a different conversation. I feel like that's where a lot of times people take those honest game and white lies, and people say that personally at the end. It's like, if you're going to be a liar, be a liar. I'm playing the game.

I don't think people respect that I'm playing an honest game. I don't know if people respect the honest game. They be respecting it at the end when at the end isn't the time to tell the white lie. At the end is the time to be like, I did lie to you, but this is the reason why I lied to you. I'm just saying.

I think Carolyn, I feel like she could be underestimated, hopefully. I feel like that's a good place to start. Starting underestimated is a good place in this game to start. I feel like she has a good foundation and hopefully she lets the personalities around her

take themselves out. And then she kind of is the person that is looked at as the diffuser. You know, hopefully, I think she can be a nice little floater where people aren't really threatened by her, but they all want her vote. You know, if she can stay in that position and then strike when she has to,

that would be my advice and my thoughts. Okay. Next up, we have who I'm going to call the people's champ. I think it's interesting to see how she did. Brandon caught him. This delay is crazy.

I'm not going to lie. We were so excited. This delay is crazy I'm not gonna lie we were so excited this delay is crazy Brandon is flying okay he in the air this delay is wild the next person up is who I'm gonna call the people's champ

Asia Welch everybody all the podcasters know her. She is a part of our hat podcaster, part of the community. We've seen her before. We're rooting for her very much so. She's 32 from DeSoto, Texas, lives in H-Chile, Houston, Texas. She's an IT consultant. Three words to describe you, overachiever, unique and joyful. Why do you want to be a part of Survivor? I've watched Survivor since I was 12. My mom started watching season one, so she put me on. I always thought that Survivor was too hard, but I've reached a point in my life where I've accomplished a lot personally and I'm ready for my next biggest challenge.

Not only is this my dream, but it's my family's too. I'm so excited to see Asia on this season. Asia is my future sister-in-law and I am excited for Asia. I love her. I don't have no advice for her. Be the queen that we know you to

be queen and let's break this million dollars. Okay, let's go Asia. I love Queen Asia. Sister-in-law, what's up? I feel like she probably has, from a probably talked to a lot of Survivor players, probably has some great relationships, has been

analyzing the game for a very long time. I mean, if I was out there, I would vote her out. I mean, yo, she has no weaknesses. She's one of those no-beatness players where she's athletic. She's clearly smart, and she clearly can get along with people. The three things you need to win the game. So she's one of those people that's going to have this super high threat level

just off-ramp. So I think the hardest thing is to really lower her threat level enough where people aren't threatened and to have people that are willing to go to their mattresses for her. Because the superfan era, even if they're going to know who or maybe know who she is, she may disclose

who she is, and you don't know how people are going to react to that. I do worry, but I feel like I don't have any advice to give. She probably knows more stuff than me. So I was going to let her cook. Do we think that if she lets people know that she's an R-Hat podcaster or that she's in the community, does this make her a bigger threat? I don't think so.

Her podcast, she has talked about Big Brother. Her podcast is about 90 Day Fiance. So she's very survivor adjacent. So if anything, I think it gives her cool points. Again, I think it's setting her up for the right art that we need to see.

That's just reality. So you hear R-Hap, you know what I'm saying? It's kind of one of those things where a lot of people, it's like you kind of want to get in front of the school. 90 Day Fiancé though. I'm just saying. But I heard of R-Hap when I was on my season and I

didn't know what RHAP was or what Survivor podcasts were. Which is the reason why we're doing a uncle's podcast right now. Yes, and now people do. And now, back in your era, you know, back in your era, sir, Mr. Right Hand Dribble

90s basketball player. Wait, time out. Brandon, prior to you going out there, if you were out there and you heard someone say, I'm an R-hat podcaster, what would you think? He's going to answer in five minutes. Three, two,

one. I'm speaking. This is actually hilarious they gotta fix our wifi this is wild that was a great answer yo we feel that answer like

I'm gonna speak for Brandon and say I feel like it depends on your confidence level in the game. I feel like people that are there that aren't intimidated, that want to play with her, is going to be a good thing. Where if you're looking for reasons to vote people out and you want to just increase someone's threat level, you can use that as a thing. So I think it depends on how the game goes for each season

and kind of the mentality that the players have. Where I think having enough people where it's not really that big a deal, but to some people it could be. And figuring out who those people are and getting them out. Where like, who is poisoning your well behind? Who's like, oh, whatever. That's cool. Like, I'm like, that's what

I don't really care what you do. Great. The people that are like, oh my God, that's us. Those people, you have to figure out who those people are are get those people out I don't see that in her spirit I've known Asia for many years now and I feel like even if she was a survivor

if she had a sole survivor about podcasts I feel like her spirit her energy I feel like isn't going to exude that so I have very high hopes for my podcasting sister and future sister-in-law who do we have

next next we have Sierra Wright 27 from Wilmington Delaware lives in Phoenix ville PA another Phoenixville Phoenixville Sierra ambitious intuitive and she's a hoot Oh, Phoenixville. Oh, Phoenixville. Bill. Sierra.

Ambitious, intuitive, and she's a hoot. I feel like she's been to the Bryce and Win events. I feel like I hope she can go under the radar, and I feel like she may be underestimated, which could be a good thing. So I just, I mean, I feel like, looks like she's in great shape. Like I feel like

very bubbly personality, like I think she's one of the people that can connect with a lot of people. So I just hope that you know, she can just navigate, you know, the beginning of the game and build some good relationships because I do think people are going to see her kind of as a threat

to win. And I feel like you got to kind of worry about that when people look at you and think, oh yeah, I can see you winning the game. You want to worry about that. I think that's the hardest part. But I feel like, yeah, she's going to be great. Yeah, she looks young.

She looks fun. She's from our area. She's from the hometown crew so my advice to you is go farther than myself brandon james brandon mariah and wendell the second time he played and bring us the money let's go sierra yes yes yes um why will you be sole survivor is if there's one thing I know about me is that I work my ass off at everything I do there's no such thing as 100% in my book I always give 150% or nothing I plan to follow suit here also I like to say I'm a pretty good time my friends tell me my laughter is contagious I hope my tribe feels the same I practiced the last year so I

expect those 4am gym wake up calls to shine through in the challenge she gave me Lindsay energy too like I feel like this is like Lindsay like someone that can hang with anybody that's down for a good time

like I feel like got an interesting edit where she was like in the mix it's like someone that, yo, that can hang with anybody that's down for a good time. Like, I feel like got an interesting edit where she was in the mix, doing a lot of stuff. I think Ciara can do some damage. And I think it's just her making sure that

she's not like, I feel like she can be intimidating if she's at the gym. If people see her beasting challenges, it's like managing that threat level when you may not want to be perceived as that big physical threat. You know, going in like a Tory, where Tory was like a beast

in challenges. They're like, oh, shoot, we gotta get rid of this person. But I think, you know, yeah, she's gonna do good. We are excited. Would you agree, Brandon? we are excited would you agree Brandon alright we're on to our last player

who we got Solomon also known as Saul Yee so Saul is 43 from Dell City Oklahoma he lives in Norwalk, Connecticut. Medical device sales. Witty, friendly, and lucky. Why do you want to be a part of Survivor?

Besides Oklahoma football, Survivor is what I love to watch the most. I have everything I've ever wanted in life now that I get to play my favorite game. Okay. Can you read more about him? I think he's interesting. Keep going. Poker, working out, personal growth, eating kimchi, pet peeves, treating people in

the service industry like crap. Be kind. I like that. What is the accomplishment you are most proud of take a look at my wife oh oh man this is my guy

this is my guy this is my guy let's go listen I need somebody that's going to be that excited about me come on Solomon okay listen Solomon I'm playing with y'all what is something you would never know from looking at you That's going to be that excited about me. Come on, Solomon. Okay, listen. Okay.

Solomon playing with y'all. What is something you would never know from looking at you? I used to live with international pop sensation, Ryan Cabrera. Not Ryan Cabrera. Ryan Cabrera. I don't know if Bryce is acting or like Bryce. No, you don't know who Ryan Cabrera is? You see our face reactions? We're brothers.

Oh my God, y'all are uncles. Y'all are uncles. Oh my God. Yo, so this guy, I love poker players. Sidebar fact, a lot of chess people play poker professionally. So like, he's definitely going to be

weighing the options, weighing the moves. So I feel like that's going to be good for him. I do feel the only thing is with the age thing is making sure that he connects with younger people. And, you know, I think that may be the only, like, thing where when you're an outlier, it's just

tough. Just in general with anything. You want to be kind of closer to the mesh where, like, you know, things change, what you want to do for fun. I don't even know if the kids even like poker or play poker. So, like, it's kind of closer to the mesh where we're like, you know, things change what you want to do for fun. I don't even know if the kids even like poker or play poker. So like, it was kind of one of those things where I feel like he's going to be a solid in challenges. He has that grown man strength, which people don't understand. Like you had a young,

that young guy's strength is cool, but that grown man strength is something too where I don't know the other tribes have someone that has that much grown man strength with them. You know, like Bruce, like Bruce is a beast in challenges. You know,

so we talk about like an older guy that's in shape, they got his stuff together, smart. I mean, I feel like he has to be

one of those people that he looks like he can like be good at the game in all aspects. So I feel like those people that look like that

and feel like that need to bond together and go to the matches. You got to find your folks. Hopefully you got some people that go to the magicians with you I love his confidence I think so I think that that will do him well he's a medical device seller similar to

Gabler so that's you gotta sell things you gotta like persuade people you have to have a certain je ne sais quoi. And I think that he might have that. I'm excited for this cast. I don't know about y'all. Brandon, can we get a thumbs up if you're excited for season 47 with us?

There's only a couple super red flags I can see. Only a couple layups. I think it's going to be good. really, there's only a couple super red flags I kind of can see where I see only a couple layups where I'm like, yo, that could be a layup. Like, and I think it's going to be good. It's going to be a good one. It's going to be interesting. I think it is, it's going to be

amazing. I see no red flags. The only green flags I see is headed straight to the BWP Tour 47. We are kicking off our premiere party in two, you know less than 10 days we will be in New

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D.C., New York, pull up on us and experience it for yourself we are bringing the fandom community together, Brandon, James, I can't thank you enough for this fifth time doing this we appreciate you you know, tell me you didn't win Survivor

without telling me you didn't win Survivor when your internet is giving cricket wireless it's working now it's working now James we appreciate you so much thank you Wendizzi it's always a pleasure we will see you every week

Survivor News will be back covering the first episode with our baby boy Jack Atkins in a couple of weeks but listen we are out good luck to all season 47 and listen Rome if you are watching touch the roof yo Rome

yo get him get him back Rome touch the roof. Yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, see, yo, get them, yo, yo, get them back, yo.

Not too much, yo. I don't want no smoke, yo. Yo, yo, yo, yo,

yo, get the gamers on them, yo. Get them back. Dr. Patel. All right. We'll see you. Get ready.

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