RHAP: We Know Survivor - Purple Pants Podcast | First Look 48

Episode Date: February 14, 2025

Survivor News is back for Season 48, and the tribe has spoken—we’re bringing the heat! @BriceIzyah, @WendellHolland, Survivor 43’s @j2dajones, and Survivor 46’s @tevin.m.davis are kicking off preseason coverage with a deep dive into the new castaways. We’re dissecting their bios, analyzing their first impressions, and handing out survival tips to help them outwit, outplay, and outlast. Who’s got winner energy, and who’s already on the chopping block? Tune in for a preseason podcast so fire, even Flint couldn’t keep up!

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The Survivor season is among us. It is like Christmas in February. And I'm super excited to be joined by the winner of Ghost Island, Wendell Holland, Survivor 43 contestant James Jones, Survivor 46 contestant Tevin Daniels. And we are giving our first look assessment at the cast of Survivor 48. If you are new here, welcome. And first look is we are going to literally take a look at their photos, we're going to read their bios, and we are going to give them our advice on how we think they will

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Survivor News. Survivor News. Duh duh duh. And we are back, your Survivor News covering Survivor Season 48. We are here with your first look of the new season. I'm super excited. We've got Wendyzy, the first merged boot of Winners at War and host of ABC Extreme Home Makeover.

What's popping home edition? Wendyzy, what's going on? What's going on, Perp? It's good to be back with my brothers. And yeah, it's good that we got a survivor season coming up. It's always a fun time of the year. Yes. And if it's first look, we can't do a first look

without our resident survivor, know it all, from Philadelphia, Mr. James Jones. James got opinions and theories on everything. And I'm excited for a new season to start, because that means James will have his weekly call with me and we'll talk for 45 to an hour about what James thinks is going on. James, welcome back to the podcast.

How you doing? Come on, my work. You gotta love the new technology. It's great to be here with you guys. And I'm excited about this season. Haven't seen any of the cats, really haven't read any of the interviews. I'm really raw dog in this thing.

Just like, like, whoa. Whoa. Oh. Oh, you said that and then the dog barked. Did y'all hear the dog bark? I heard the dog bark. The dog don't want no parts of it. The dog wants no parts.

Let me take my plan B right now, James, there, okay? Because... Wendy, do you want to do the honors? Oh, oh, oh. And we have, joining us today, the most talented person I know, the best singer, the best actor, the best dancer, the dustiest, the crustiest, the bustedest, the ugliest.

The... Do y'all smell something? the bustedest, the ugliest, the... Do y'all smell something? Cause I'm smelling his breath from here. The one and only from probably the worst player of the worst season in a new era. Whoa. The one and only, must be McCroskey, Tevin is in the building.

May I be clear? Let, no, let me be very clear. Okay, let me be very clear. Now, Wendell, I say all the time that I'm not, I'm gonna say it again. I tap you with Philadelphia brotherly love off camera after your show so that the people don't have to be witness and have to watch me tag you up live.

Oh, repeat that again. That sounded great. Repeat that. You tagged them off camera. Whoa. You repeat that again? Now you just said raw dogging and now you're trying to tell me to say something

about tapping. So you need to go investigate what you got going on. Let's get that first. Second of all. I don't want no tapping. I don't want no raw. I don't want none of that. Oh.

I'm selling it. Oh. We gonna keep it cute. Oh, just when I was about to say say W. Oh. I'm selling it. We're going to keep it cute. Oh, just when I was about to say, say, Wendell. Say, Wendell. Well, I try to tap you off camera in a nice, polite way. So I'm going to tap you off screen. I'm going to tap you on your shoulder off screen later so that people don't have to watch me tear you up live

here today, OK? But as Kendrick Lamar said, since we have introduced him into the room, you better not ever come to cell block one. Let's be clear. Let's be clear about that, okay? Don't you ever put me in no drink category. I feel like I would be the K.Dot.

You are like me. Don't do that. First of all, you must not see. I feel like in this battle, I would be the K.Dot and you would be the drink, but I digress. I don't know if that would be true. Right, he's the same songy ball. That don't mean nothing.

You ain't seen his TikToks, OK, because he can rap. There's a stranger in this house. And. There's a stranger in this house. And there actually is a stranger in this house. Okay, James, with us celebrating the Philadelphia Eagles Super Bowl win, you know it all. Can I ask you a question, James? In the last decade, how many championship games has the Cowboys been to? Do you know?

He's trying to be funny because I'm a Dallas Cowboy fan. We're not doing this. We can move on. I'm saying I feel like the amount of victories that the Cowboys have had in the playoffs over the last 20 years is the amount of people who won Survivor in this that got voted off before the merge. So, zero. There was zero playoff games in 20 years. There's kids that haven't seen the Cowboys fans. There's kids that's seen a

black president before Cowboys playoff win. This is wild. Like people have seen people fly in the space willy nilly before Cowboys win. People have seen blockbuster movies before Cowboys win. Netflix was serving DVDs before Cowboys playoff win. We're not doing this. We're not doing this. We're not doing this. This is America doing this. We're not doing this.

This is America's team. We are America's team. Survivors still have faces on DVDs. The best person don't always win, James. Did you watch the election? Oh. Oh. So let's go ahead and clear the air. Let's go ahead and lay down some ground rules

right here, right now. I'm going to go ahead and say this before we get started so we can have a good show. I'm not talking, unless y'all giving me land, 2,000 or more, right, every week. It's against my religion to tell you all my business. So with that, have a nice day, clear the way.

Have a nice day, clear the way. Have a nice day. Clear the way. We're leaving it alone. We're going forward. Window, watch your mouth. James, watch your mouth. Bryce, I love you. Clear the way. Okay, listen. He's pointing the wrong directions

like Dekmi Pond with her special passes. It's right on my screen. Well, listen, we are clearing the way to Survivor 48. And we are so excited to do a first look. If you are new here to Survivor News, welcome. First look is essentially a cousin, an uncle, a brotherly way of welcoming the new contestants into the Survivor community.

We're gonna take a look at the tribes. We're gonna take a look at their photos and we are gonna offer them advice based on the limited information that they have and what we see on the screen. So it is nothing but love and fun and we really just want to welcome this cast of forty-eight to the survivor world where we are family and so we're super excited. Now, let's take a look at this cast photo. What are our first initial thoughts

when we see a cast photo for season 48? I have immediate thoughts. Anybody ask me, I'm gonna ask myself. I see a relatively young, vibraceous, and I don't mean this in any negative way. They seem extremely smart. Like, this is a very, I feel like this is a very smart cast. This photo is reading very smart, in my opinion,

because they don't have facial hair. None of them have facial hair. That's the reason why there's no beards out there. That's why they look smart. You know, that's what the issue is. One beer, one beer. If there there aren't a lot of beers, you're right. If they're if they're that smart, would they know what the word vibraceous means?

I wanna figure it out. I thought we said some ground rules, Tevin, okay? I ain't saying one word. Listen, vibrations means that they're sending off good vibrations into the atmosphere, okay? In Fiji, that's what vibrations means. If you didn't know, now you know.

Would you like me to put it in a sentence? You said, vibrations. They're vibrations. Received. I understood you, Bryce. They're vibratious. I understood you, Bryce. Thank you, Tevin. Thank you. We can just make up words now. I feel like you can make up words and just keep on going.

And like, that's how the world works now. Well, I mean, I feel like I could just put it in an executive order. Gentlemen, please. Maybe it's just my symmetrical eye, but I'm looking at this first row and I'm just wondering why some people is two knees down in the sand. Some people is one knee up, one knee down. You know, it's an interesting formation that they have that they've, you know, all chosen, which might also just say something about who they are.

I'm looking at the lady on the black lady on the left. I think, oh, their pronouns, I don't know what their pronouns are, but the one with the colorful shirt in the front. This seems very, I don't know, strong presence to me. It gives, I'm taking my space very grounded, very like I'm here, and it just is what it is to me. They have some big smiles, too.

Like, they like, they are smiling. Like, it's kind of like they are told to smile the biggest that you could ever smile and take a picture. Like, you don't have a smirk. There's not like a semi-smile. Well, this is a once in a lifetime opportunity, so I think you should have a semi smile. Well, this is a once in a lifetime opportunity. So I think you should have a big smile. Yeah, we smile.

James, were you happy when you got out there or. I was happy to be out there, but I was ready to kill everybody. Like it was a business trip for me, I guess. It's like I was sizing people up and trying to see what they were about. I mean, everybody here looks like they really have like, it's like they like, I feel like there's no felonies or misdemeanors in this group, which is good. Wait, I don't think they cast a lot of this trip. Did your business trip get cut short, James? Or did it? What did it?

Oh, yes, it definitely did. OK, I definitely got fired. But the style of my number one is simply all works. But I did not go after someone that I was their number one or two. I was daddy. That was two. Ah, that was shady. That was real shady. It's OK. Don't worry. I have it for everybody.

The clip always goes around. The clip always goes around. Rush to rule that, James. We're moving on. OK, so we've seen the cast. Now, let's just take an individual look, a first look at these tribes. And we'll just say what we think about the tribes. We'll start off strong with the green tribe.

They look strong. They do look strong. Here's the thing, we don't know how tall these people are. I feel like that's the one thing about these tribes you never know. Yeah, they all look 4'11". Yeah, they look short. This photo made them look real short.

But also, the pole is interesting this year. That flag is, is it a flag? Is it a Grecian urn? Is it like a- Look like some dumplings to me. A dim sum. I can see a little dim sum. Different perspective on it.

It's like, I can try to get you some clarity. This it. It's like a whole different plan. This is the Dublin tribe. Yeah, we can call that, you know, the Dublin tribe, but you really can't tell how tall they are. But what's got to do is we had we had a very tall player on your season that was he the first? We had a very tall player on your season, Tevin, by the name of Dylan.

We did. What did Height have to do with his performance? Well, you clocked that. He had several things going wrong for him though. He had several things going wrong, so I don't know. When you sit on your aeroplan points, it's like you're sitting on your next trip. Like a sunny getaway sitting on a terrace. But instead, you're sitting on your Aeroplan points.

So the only place you're sitting is in your car coming back from work. Use your points and go from sipping on your leftover latte to sipping on the local vintage. So stop sitting on your next trip and start enjoying your aeroplan points. But the green tribe from this photo, I get in sync from them, right? Like I feel like they could be a group. You know, we got the two ladies in the front,

hands on their hips, like very in sync. I feel like this tribe will work together well. It seems like their spirits are really high. I like this tribe. I'm getting good vibes. Green is one of my favorite colors. So I like the green tribe. See, I have to see the rest of the tribes

before I do judgment on good. But we'll see. I feel like they don't have any obvious weak points. It was the first I looked for. So I'm like, eh, they need to go. They don't have that right here. That's a good one. It's so difficult for me because what a lot of it was

for like our season 46, it felt like people, when we looked at it, so I could, you kind of want to look at a Tribe and be like, I don't know, I don't really see the strength or maybe I see the strength or whatever, but you really never know because the game is so, it just changes and you never know who's going to be strong at what,

but a lot of people thought that Orange was going to be at Tribal a lot, and we ended up not going to Tribal until, you know, Merge and then we all capsized and whatever, but we didn't go, we didn't go once before, before merger. We were the ones that were predicted to go every single week and we did not. So sometimes you just never know. All you need is really that one person that can really do it.

And you might have two, you may have three, but sometimes tribes shake up in a way that you don't suspect. Yeah. That is very true. One or two people that can just do it. Listen. I'm talking about there. Digging in deep.

All you need is a muster seed, a faith, Tevin. The faith, the sata. How about sata? Hey, onbya na na ba sata. Bryce always finds a way to bring it all home. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. That's all you need. I'm a little biased, but let's take a look at the Purple Tribe.

And again, I see what you're saying, James, like the height. They all look very similar in height. Now, what I will say about this, the Purple Tribe feels like they mean a little bit more business, right? And I don't feel like they're as in sync as the Green Tribe. I feel like it looks a little bit more business, right? And I don't feel like they're as in sync as the Green Tribe. I feel like it looks a little, I feel like they trying to give us the, brrr, and then we have the one person that's like,

wait, we not doing the bring it on cheer? So I don't know if this tribe is going to be as in sync as the Green Tribe, but this tribe definitely gives me a force to be reckoned with. So I mean, I'm a little biased, but I like the purple tribe. They got a lot to live, live up. Like they got to erase that purple curse.

Like they got to get over that, that, that purple hump that purple had last time. So, so I think that they probably, I would assume that that has gone through their brains just by nature of being purple. And I think that that one in the front, that woman in the front, that standing there with that army, that Navy SEAL salute. That Navy SEAL salute like this. She might have had that whole tribe in lock. I feel that, I feel that.

She looks ready. JJ, what do you think about purple? Or you need to see more. No, I feel like, you know, it looks like all, like just from a just a look standpoint that they don't have any weak links. You don't know what you can really point to and say, oh, this person stands out in a bad way.

Just on the first look, which is always a good thing. So, you know, I think they're gonna do fine. You know, I'll wait to see what the last tribe is bringing me before So, you know, I think they're gonna do fine, you know? I'll wait to see what the last tribe is bringing me before I, you know, pass judgment. Wow. To me, buff placement is important too. I think it tells a lot about a character of a person,

how they wear their buff, if it's nice and neat, how it's rolled, how it's folded. And the guy that's holding the pole, the dumpling casserole, whatever, the onion, it gives me lizz, you know? It's kind of like a little crooked, like, the onion, it gives me Liz. It's kind of like a little crooked, like a little lopsided a little bit. So it kind of gives like chaotic energy a little bit to me. So that'll be interesting to watch him to see how he portrays himself.

You say what? I think it's a her, right? Oh, I can't see. It's so far away. I'm not sure, but regardless, that person looks like they're gonna be a character. Yeah, I can't see that person from afar, but yes, whoever that person is,

they're giving me a little chaotic energy. It's a little slid to the left. It's a little rigidity, so that'll be interesting to watch that person. They're coming here for the vibe. Like, you know that person has vibe. Like everyone else is stoked. You know at least that person is there,

which could be a good person. It could be a killer. But you know they gonna be there for fun and vibes just by that stance right there. Period. Right. It almost gives me a James stance, right? So I feel I feel like you, like, I feel like you wouldn't, no, I'm not even being funny.

I feel like that's like a James dance. And James, you know, you know the vibes, good vibes only. So I think you could be on to something with that, James. You know what I mean? I mean, I do hold the stick pretty strong, you know? Whoa! Whoa! And that's great. I was the flag bearer a lot pretty strong, you know. Whoa. Whoa. And that's three.

I was the flag bearer a lot of times, you know. Maybe you did your man. And that's the third innuendo. That's the third one. Okay, man. Well, listen, the plan B is down. So listen, okay, we're gonna get to our Orange Tribe. Let's see what the Orange Tribe, oh, okay.

I will cancel on that one. I call tribal council. I call tribal council. Don't do that. See, this is what happened. This is what happened last time. No, just because you said that, this could be the tribe that don't go, just like we did.

First of all, this is like 46 in reverse. This is the exact same colors. This is crazy. But it's crazy that you said that James, because I was thinking these tribes seem equally yoked. Like I feel like they seem like very similar height, size proportioned to other tribes. So I feel like, I don't know if it's going to be

one of these seasons where there's going to be one tribe that's at a deficit. I feel like this is going to be a very interesting season because they're equally yoked, in my opinion. So, I will probably go say this and just kind of not speak about this anymore. I think that tribe strength, when all the men are equal, really goes to how strong the women are.

When the who are you? goes to how strong women are. When the whole area? The way we determine tribes' structural. What you saying, James? I'm saying- You know what? You know what? Time out. Well, I think it sounded crazy, but I think he did end it.

So say this again, James, so we can- So I look at the women as far as like, you're just looking at them as how strong the tribe is for the most part. Because typically you have one bigger guy, you know, a medium sized guy and a small guy. Now if you have three, three like regular sized guys and all the guys are equal in each tribe,

typically it comes down to which tribe has a dynamic woman, athlete, puzzle maker, or a strength person that really helps carry the weight when those first couple of challenges. So that's just kind of what I saw. But see, I feel like that statement then says that because they're men, they, you know, like equally sauce men, they're good.

Now it depends on like, you know. They negate each other. It's kind of like saying, when you have three equal sized men, you just kind of take them out of the equation, right? Like, cause they all, like there's only six people in the challenge. They'll just take them out. And you try to figure out, okay,

it's the same thing happens with women. So you have the women on the tribe, right? And if they're all equal, you look at the men and you say, who's the weak guy? You know, like, that's kind of how it works. Uh, I. I don't know. Alexa, Alexa play Living in Confusion by Phyllis Hyman.

Living in Confusion. Phyllis Hyman. Living in Confusion. I, I, I, I, I. They got, I was just saying, the women in their tribe are as tall, like when you have taller, like height is a thing in these challenges. You have to reach for stuff, you have to pull stuff. The taller the women,

the more athletic the women, the better the chance that tribe has. Okay, so right. Cause we, we cool. Let's just keep digging because, okay, but we just said they're all kind of equally yoked. So now what do you say if they're all similar height? So we need to look from a size standpoint, right?

But we have the sizes. We know what they look like. We're looking at them. I'm saying right now the young lady in the pink is as tall or bigger than the guy up front. The young lady in orange is as tall as bigger than the guys in the truck, which is a sign of strength compared to the other tribes where it you have. So hold on a second.

So you're saying on that orange tribe, you have a tall lady. And OK, you have two tall ladies on that orange tribe. Then you flip it over to this purple tribe. Do you see homegirl in the front that is ready to tackle Saquon Barkley right now? But that's very nice. You know, that's great, right? We see the other lady on the end that's just as tall. I agree, right?

But what I'm saying is if the guys are equal, you look at the women in terms of strength, if all the guys are equal. How are the guys equal? Well, right. That's what I'm saying. Like that's what like. I mean, when you don't, when you don't see, I don't see a Jonathan out there.

I don't see a me out there. There is that. There is that one guy. He looks well, okay. All right. The chocolate milk guy. Not the chocolate milk. I think he looks pretty tall.

Well, I think this leads us right into, let's start meeting the people. So we can actually try to figure out what JJ. Is talking about. Yeah, let's get to the meat. Let's get to the meat. Whoa. Okay.

Clear the way. Clear the way. Clear the way. All right. So let's, who do we have first, Wendyzy? First off, we have the one and only Stephanie Berger. She's 38 from New York City, currently lives in Brooklyn. Three words to describe her, ambitious, outgoing, resilient.

Why do you want to be on Survivor? I love this game. You can only armchair a quarterback for so long before you realize you need to shut up and play. Stephanie Burger. I like Stephanie's energy. I feel like a strong player. To the James meter, she looks tall,

so she has to be strong. James meter. She looks tall, so she has to be strong. Jamesometer, Jamesometer. The James-dometer, she's strong. She gives me very friendly fun. I also feel like from hearing from some of the stuff that Wendell just said, I feel like she is fierce. Like I feel like she don't play that. If Anna, she from Brooklyn,

then I already know the type of spirit, you know, she got to navigate these streets. I feel like she's gonna, I feel like she has the play that. If and is she from Brooklyn, then I already know the type of spirit, you know, she got to navigate these streets. I feel like she's going to I feel like she has the potential to be the glue on her tribe. So I like Stephanie. One thing to add about Stephanie is one life experience that she feels has prepared her for the game is she taught Teach for America in New Orleans, stayed in the classroom for eight years when a lot of people only stand for two years, so

He says that she did that that was out of her heart and you know So she thinks that that will prepare her well for survival And teaching in the hood helps you a survivor, you know, I mean maybe it can but I don't know those skills that's translate But we will see. We will see. I do like this banana and Nola, baby. She banana and Nola, baby. I like that.

You should have good food, that good food down there. You don't got no food a survivor. But I think I haven't done a deep dive like James. So I don't know much about these people. I haven't seen the free games and stuff, but I have seen some stuff that like popped on my Instagram or whatever. And I think I've seen her, is she the lady that wears the hat

that has like the, she does, I think she does tarot readings, I think. I think she does tarot cards. And, and you know, it's kind of spiritual in that way. I think that that's her. I'm pretty certain that that's her. And if it is, as she was down there, Nola, she might've picked up a couple things. I'm saying, so if you see her with a palm frond, poking it is, and she was down there, Nola, she might have picked up a couple things I'm saying so if you see her with a palm frond, poking it like this, poking it like this, they better be careful on the other side is all I'm saying. But I find her fascinating. I think you write all about the New York thing. I think she can take no stuff. I think I worked

in in Nola baby. So she definitely know how to how to handle people. And so that'll be interesting to see. Because she gives a vibe to me, like very nice, kind, and if she does those tarot readings, I can see her being very in tune with the people and being someone that nobody really wants to go after. She just kind of slips through, kind of like Kendra. I can see that.

Kind of Kendra vibe. But she has that fortitude, that background to withstand, to make it to where she needs to make it to. So I can see her doing well. What I'm hoping for Stephanie is that she keeps that fortitude and whatnot. She keeps it in her, right? And she has this look about her like she could be friendly and agreeable or whatever, but she got that dog in her.

So what I want to see is her get in with the people and be like acting like she's friendly or whatever. But, you know, she lives in Brooklyn. She taught in the NOLA, baby. I want to see her like, I guess, post-merge turn it on. Yeah. My one advice to Stephanie from hearing what she stated Teach for America for eight years, she has a giving heart. I feel like when we're on Survivor, I need for you to close that heart up, Stephanie. Don't give it out, because if people can sense that, they'll use that against you.

And I know that she has it in her because she's in Brooklyn. So it's like close that heart up as much as you can. Don't open it up to just everybody. Be ferocious. But that's really good advice, actually. We love Steph. All right, now let's move on to our next person. Who we got here? Oh my God.

Y'all hear Devari? If I'm not pronouncing your name wrong, I'm sorry, charging to my head, not my heart. He is from, he's 38 years old from East Bay, California, lives in Costa Mesa, California. He is from he's 38 years old from East Bay, California, leaves, lives in Costa Mesa, California. He's a debate professor. Okay, three words to describe you charismatic, driven and clever. Why do you want to be part of Survivor? Less than 800 people have played Survivor the greatest game ever invented. I get to be the first Persian male to ever play and win.

And I'm out here, I promised my mom I'd make it. Mama, we made it. Yes, first of all, I love a Persian man. I grew up watching Shas of Sunset. Grew up. And I, listen, no, I'm serious. I was like seven. However, and from what I know from watching Shaz of Sunset

and what I'm getting from him, first of all, I get he's a flirt. Something about his energy, right? And I almost get in a weird way, like jam jam energy a little bit. And I don't know, maybe it's his outfit, but I feel like he is gonna be somebody that we need to look out for. I feel like he is, I don't know maybe it's his outfit but I feel like he is going to be somebody that we need to look out for I feel like he is I don't

think I have any advice for him I think that he's a debate professor I think he's gonna know how to handle himself on the island and I feel like he's gonna get along with a lot of people but I also see that like funny hee-hee-haha but like I feel like he can get down to business. I have advice if you ain't got none. My advice would be because what I know about a debater is that a debater, sometimes they know everything. And when you get out there and you think you know everything, you starting to talk to people in a certain way,

you starting to lead a little bit too much. You starting to put your mouth in a little bit too many conversations. And immediately they're looking at you like he got to go. Now I can speak on Shaheed because Shaheed was our, one of our alternates for 46. So, and I talked about him in my preseason interview. I was like, there's a man with his luscious beard. I was like, he, I clearly is a snake charmer,

but unfortunately for him, I ain't no snake. So he won't go charming me. So I saw right away that he was somebody who has the ability to connect with people, look you straight in your eyes, could be lying to you, but he's so smooth and suave with the things that he got to say that you believe in anyway. So, you know, it kind of gives like,

I'm not saying his game style might be like that, but it kind of gives that energy like a boss that Rob has, like Rob can just look in your eyes and be like, this is what it is and you just go do it just because he said it. So it kind of gives that, but like I said, I think that if he lets that get away from him, then he will be targeted early on in the game.

That's a good thing. He's not me, he's like, he looks like he can hold himself well in challenges. So you already have a physical look about you and Survivor's Game all about perception. And like, if you are perceived as strong and you come out socially strong and now you got this debate thing under you

and that's coming out too, it just is giving a lot. So I think he's gonna be a threat pretty early on and I hope that he can mitigate it because if not, he's gonna be gone. Good take, Tevin. I mean, the only thing I have to say is I agree with everything Tevin said. I think the one thing for him to do is probably step back and tone back only

because if you already have a big personality and you are a talker, you, even when you think you're turning back, you're probably not turning back because your social awareness isn't on the best footing when you're on the island. So I think that's the only thing I would say. I think a lot of times when you are smart, you are clever, you're an innovator, you maybe try to overdo it, try to overthink it, or try to overplay it.

When really what we've seen in New Era is that you really just wanna sit back as contrary and kind of hope, build relationships and let the clips go off. So I don't want them to try to do too much early and raise that level. I think he has to kind of, cause people are going to know he's smart. He's going to be able to speak very well. That's already going to be threatening. So a lot of people, so he's going to have to really tone it back.

You don't think everybody feel comfortable, but if he can do that, I can think he has longevity in the game. And he's how old? 38. And the last girl was 38 too, right? They're casting adults this year, like people above 25. It's like amazing.

I'm trying to keep up with the ages. Yeah, that's interesting to me too. Cause that comes into the game a lot, especially in this new era, people end up talking about their ages and what that means and how they play. And so it's interesting. And they also say, I think James Wendell jumping,

but the average age of a survivor winner is 35 to 41. No, I think it's earlier than that. I'd say early 30s. I'd say early 30s. I'd say early 30s, late 20s, especially new era. I mean, I mean, Gaeber is kind of skewing the average. If you like, you really throw it out there. Gaeber is kind of messing up the average. But for the most part, it's kind of, you know, that, you know,

20 to 30, 22, 30 person right there, you know? Okay. But now they have more than one person right there, you know? Okay. But now they have more than one person. What do you think that is, James? You think it's a life or anybody, you think it's a life experience thing? Do you think it's a relatability? What do you think it is?

I think people are just more comfortable with like, naturally with people, like it's easier when people are gravitate when you're around the same age. Like it's just in general, like you gravitate to what's comfortable to you in general out there. And when you know,

or you're close to somebody in age, you're able to build those, you know, relationships, I think a little faster, you have a little more commonality. And this is one thing to make you close on the islands. You know that, it's like one connection point. And you- I know it too.

What did you say? I said, I know it too. I mean. I played. You did. You did. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.

OK. Mike, Mike, you struck. Was a chord struck or something? No, I'm just saying, like, you know. You just said the seven, like, it takes one thing to, I'm just saying, I made connections too. I mean, it didn't last. There were little connections.

I will direct some gameplay questions to you, Dwight, from now on. I apologize. I won't refer to people that, you know, stepped up past the murk all the time. that stepped up past the merch all the time. Who's the next person that we talking about here? Who's the next person that was up on the stream? Okay, JJ.

Who's the next person? Your internet ain't lagging no more, I see. Okay. Hey, hey. I got a joke for Dice this year. But Bryce, it don't matter. It don't matter how far you went to. Your presence is felt through the community. Let's be clear.

Thank you. That part is true. Hell yeah. I crawled so that James, you could walk. Okay? You know what? Hell yeah. Okay.

Okay. It was more of a waddle in the crib. He was like this in the crib. I appreciate you though. I got you. All right. Let's uh, let's move on to here. Erickson from she's 24 years old from Eagan, Minnesota, lives in Providence, Rhode Island. Occupation, PhD candidate. Three words to describe you. Energetic, driven, competitive. Why do you want to be part of Survivor?

For myself, I love the competition and the huge challenge this game presents. But on a big picture scale, I wanna go on Survivor to show the world a version of autism that they don't often portray on extreme media. I'm autistic, but my autism experience is unique and will give people hope that even if they are on the spectrum, they can still accept who they are and be successful.

I also wanna note guys, one life experience that has prepared her for the game. She is the first and only girl to play men's hockey at Georgia Tech and is currently the captain of the men's hockey club at Brown University. Wow. You hear that things? Okay, first of all, we love Eva.

Okay, that. Wait, is that the same person that was doing first of all, we love Eva. Okay, that. Wait, is that the same person that was doing this? I think that was Eva, yeah. All right, well then now I re-invited, wait, my opening thing, and I think Purple is not going to travel. They're only going to one or two. I think, you know, that's beast mode right there.

You know? Yeah, yeah, that's beast mode. I love Eva. I love her opening up about having autism. And I always believe that what we feel like makes us different is our superpower. And I feel like Eva has a superpower going into this game. I feel like she has what it takes. She clearly is fierce.

She clearly, I just love Eva. So my advice, do you? She looks so strong. The only thing I'm scared of is if she reveals that she's autistic out there, that they might be like, all right, she can't get to the end because she's gonna beat us. That's a very fair fact.

You don't want to sit next to that person at the end. I feel like and but the other thing is physically she she looks strong. Like we saw that photo. She looked like she was going to tackle Jalen Hurtz. You know what I'm saying? Or Pat Mahomes. And in this case, it's like you already know. And I mean, I think that. OK, hey, OK.

I'm second. OK. Anyway, she already looks so strong. So it's like we're going to watch her doing the damn thing in these challenges already. There's going to be eyes on her already. So that's the one thing that's me. Like she is. She's a beast. We know that.

Another thing that scares me just hearing that she is the only woman on the hockey team and the captain of the hockey team, I might feel like she might have a connection to men. Right. Like, so I feel like she might know be on a hockey team. I know how to play with men. So she might gravitate a little to the men a little more. And I hope she doesn't isolate from the other women or her tribe,

because then the women could be like, we got to get her out. She's in with the guys. So. And I've just been talking all about this, her being physically strong. What's her occupation? Ph.D. candidate. She's also smart. She's a huge threat at the age of 24. Yeah, that's crazy.

It might actually put her in a real power position if she has that connection with men because of her background, but she also can, she's gonna connect with the women. So if the women need her to come over here, but the men wanna come over here, so she might be in a swing position on several occasions I can also see and I hope maybe that this happens

But I think I also saw this is kind of putting the cart before the horse But mitch, uh, whenever we get to mitch, I believe that mitch, uh has a stutter and he's he's open about talking about that In one of his confessionals. And so I wonder if you know them to Connect over we have something that we struggle with know, them to connect over, we have something that we struggle with, that we have to push over and overcome, and we do, and we still continue to, and if that may bond them,

and they may work together in that way, so it'll be interesting to see if those two worlds maybe collide, but also Rhode Island, I don't think I remember many people from Rhode Island on the show. Rhode Island's like a little small little place. I'm the prince from Rhode Island on the show. Rhode Island's like a little small little place. I'm the prince of Rhode Island. Bruce was from Rhode Island.

Jamal's from Rhode Island. Oh. Yeah. And Aaron, Aaron Meredith, yep. And there is someone else too. I forget. But yeah, no, Rhode Island has some representation out up in here.

I used to run in them streets in Rhode Island. Oh, that's nice. Two traffic lights? You say what, JJ? James? I didn't say anything, I don't think. You said you ran through them streets on them two traffic lights.

That's what I heard. I did say that. I don't know how to congratulate you, guy. But it do seem, I've never been there, but it do seem like small. Like it's a cul de sac. You can drive through the whole state in an hour. My God, today, tomorrow and next week. Okay. Well, we like Eva. Let's move on to our next person. Who do we have on DZ?

Next person we have is Kyle Frazier, 31 years old from Roanoke, Virginia, lives in Brooklyn, New York. He's an attorney. Three words to describe him. Fun, crafty and social. Why do you want to be a part of Survivor? It's the best game on earth. Even though my and my tribe mates backgrounds will color the game, they can't control the game. It's the one place where your actions inside of this society are almost entirely what matters. Beautiful. OK, I'm worried about it. Right. That's what I was about to say. I am. Ah, that answer that Kyle just gave is like,

are you running for president? And so like, I'm worried for Kyle because I almost get Kayla vibes. Kayla. I get Kayla. Right. And it's like, I can see it's almost like, I mean, Kyle looks pretty perfect to me too. Like I feel like he is that clean cut,

like great on paper, good in school. I worry that his likability, I feel like he's crafty, great on paper, good in school. I worry that his likability, I feel like he's crafty, great, sociable, but I feel like that's gonna put targets on Kyle's back. I need Kyle to ruffle up his shirt a little bit. And I don't know, but I'm nervous for Kyle because he's so likable. I love Kyle.

I love to replace him with a window. The hard part about Kyle is he doesn't have any obvious weaknesses. You want to have an obvious weakness or something that people can look at you and say you can't do. And when they can't look at you and say, oh, you're kind of tall, you're kind of like, you're in shape, you're a lawyer, you're social.

So it's like, what can't you do? And then when you don't have that, that raises your threat level. So he's going to what can't you do? And then when you don't have that, that raises your threat level. So he's gonna really have to build relationships and find people that wanna protect them. I think he'll do okay. Attorneys and lawyers, they normally do well. Historically, they do really well.

I also, you said he's from, did you say, oh, you said Roanoke, who did you say? He's from Roanoke. Yeah, okay, VA. But did you say something about Brooklyn? Did you say Roanoke? What did you say? He's from Roanoke. Yeah. Okay, VA. But did you say something about Brooklyn? Did you say something about Brooklyn? Now he lives in Brooklyn. Oh, that, uh, Stephanie. Stephanie was from Brooklyn, so I don't know if they're on the same tribe.

I don't remember if they're on the same tribe or not, but that's interesting. But I think looking at his body language to me, I mean, he looks like he's pretty fit and like he can hold his own to challenges and he's a lawyer, so he's smart, he's witty, he can keep up with the convos in like that strategic way. But his body language don't give me like the buff, overly masculine, overly cocky vibe. Like his shoulders seem a little up, like he just seems not so like chest out,

you know, cocky vibe like you might get. Do I know that's what I'm saying is good. I'm saying that that's a good thing. So he's not going in flexing like this. Like he's just he's just existing in space, which I think is nice. And he may be able to slip and let somebody else like that guy that we saw earlier with that tank top on, there's some other people that may cascade light

in front of him that he might can slip through just enough. You get to the merge, put it on full gas and you can go. He just got to get there. Yeah, like Brian. I root for everybody black, so for sure, for sure, for sure. So I need him to go. Yeah. Yes. We're rooting for Kyle. Yeah. Yeah. I'm scared. Just like Caleb. Right. And just reading, just reading what you wrote,

right? It just sounded like prim and proper. So I'm nervous for Kyle, but we love Kyle. All right. Who we got next? Oh, we've got Mitch Mitch. Yeah. Mitch Guerrero is next. Thirty four years old from Waco, Texas. Currently lives in Waco, Texas. He's a phys ed coach, a PE coach. Three words to describe you. Worryful, relational and competitive. Why do you want to be on Survivor? I want to prove to myself that my speech impediment doesn't limit me

and that I can come out here and compete with anyone. Love it. What's one life experience you feel has prepared you for the game? Growing up as a person who stutters really forced me to become comfortable being uncomfortable. It forced me to work through hard moments every day by continually putting myself out there,

thus allowing me to become more resilient. We love it. Yes, I love Mitch. I'm gonna go out on a limb again, like I said, what we feel like makes us different is our superpower. And I feel like Mitch, his whole life has had to like go above and beyond. And I feel like this is just what I get from Mitch.

I feel like Mitch is gonna be a menace. Mitch is gonna. I feel like Mitch is going to be a menace. Mitch is going to come out here and Mitch is going like, you know what? I feel like Mitch is going to play a nasty game, nasty in a good way. I feel like he's going to be manipulative. He's going to play these people. He's going to play survivor.

I feel like we're at home going to be rooting for him, is what I'm getting from Mitch. And's going to play Survivor. I feel like we're at home going to be rooting for him is what I'm getting from Mitch and I love to see it. I'm a little, I'm a little worried though because what I, what I gather these people out there, they try to find anything that makes you difficult so that they can get rid of you. And, you know, I hope that this does not happen, but I can see a world in which, you know, people find it, you know, hard, the communication difficult, and then they may just want to excise him for that, which I don't want to see happen at all.

But I know people are just trying to find anything that's like, this is too difficult, boom. So I hope that that does not happen. They're not gonna do that to him. People are too, I think you're too aware. I think people will see him and want to work with him. And I hope Bryce, I hope he's a menace out there. I hope he uses his speech impediment

to like loose the people up. And I hope he runs around and does crazy things out there. Let's be clear. You said his occupation was a PE teacher. You know how bad them kids be at PE. Like you know Mitch is going to know how to gather people together. And I just have a sense that Mitch

is going to play a phenomenal game. I think it might maybe have undertones of villain. But listen, sometimes you got to be in your villain era. And I'm here for Mitch to be a villain and have these people going crazy. So I'd love to see it. What you got to say, JJ? I just feel you have to kind of probably watch

his energy level. And it seems like he's very energetic. Work with kids. And you know, you have to keep the energy level constant as a PE teacher, you know, to keep the kids motivated and also, I had to really just read the room and try to read the room when you try. So if you can find somebody with that same energy, but sometimes those overly energetic folks are either, you know, people that you kind of target because you're like, I don't want to deal with this overly energetic folks are either, you know, people that you kind of target.

Cause you're like, I don't want to deal with this overly energetic. If you're looking at them and thinking that, okay, he's going to run around the island causing mischief at Swazee, I'm pretty sure that's what some other people are looking for in this cast. And that may not be part of the game of daylight.

So, you know, it's kind of one of those things. So hopefully, you know, his tribe looks pretty strong. So you get through a couple of tribal councils, a couple of challenges, no tribal. Get those relationships. Then you can do the mission. But you got to keep the energy level kind of low until you really know and unleash it. That's what I think.

And I think he has a chance. You know. OK. Can it be missed, missed, Mitch, Jeevious Mitch? Oh, I hope so. I hope so. And again, I hope I would love to see him and the Eva Eva get the evil. How do you say it might be evil? But I hope that they can they can, you know, maybe get together. I would just love to see that personally.

And both of us are all right. Well, who we got next, let's see who we got. Next is Cy Hugley or say I want to hugely. She's 30. She's from Philadelphia, PA. She lives in California. She's a marketing professional. Three words to describe you outgoing, kind and driven. Why do you want to be part of Survivor?

Representation will always matter. It is so important for other young black POC women to see themselves in spaces not many POC occupy often. I am doing this for all the other young black girls out there seeing the adventure of a lifetime. Come on. Brown skin girl. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no,

no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no,

no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, She talking about, I mean, I feel like Philly folks play this game like really well. We play from a very like a baseline loyalty level that is higher than most other cities. That's how we just how we roll, how we rock out, how we play. It's by nature. And I feel like if they value loyalty and she is a Philly person to record, you know, I feel like she can go far and do things. Listen, she is in her Saquon Barkley era and Saquon just won the Super Bowl with Jalen Hurts.

So it's giving, she reminds me of Cooper catching the touchdown on his birthday on the Super Bowl. Okay. I don't got no advice from her. She from Philly. She won't win the season. Bring another title home, sis. I hope so. And what I love is some of her answers remind me of me.

One of the things I really pushed for when I said I went out there is that I wanted, you know, young black men to be able to see because when I walk into a space, people already have a perception about who I am, what I do, how I do it, how I look and how I move. And like you can exist the way that you exist and be strong and you do all of these things that you can do. We are not, you know, weaker than any other, you know, demographic or whatever. So I love that. And then when she said something that made her prepare it for the game, the passing of her grandma, and I feel like the passing of my dad really prepared me for the game, which happened right before we went.

So it's something about you lose somebody, but you get so much when you lose them though. Like they leave so much behind for you to go forward with. So I think she's ready for the endurance that this game is gonna take. My only advice and my only thing I'm worried about with this Philadelphia beautiful queen is these jeans shorts.

Now I'm worried about these jeans shorts and I hope that she can move through what she gotta move through in the ways and what she needs to, but the water, the water and the jeans. I'm just worried about jeans. She ready for war, yo. That's how we fight in jeans shorts, yo.

That's how she ready to war out there. She got a protective style. She ain't ready, she laced up. She definitely laced up. She got the straight back. She got the straight back, okay, she listed. I mean, she got the Queen Latifah, set it off, break. She's ready.

She's ready. She need her money. So y'all, I'm rooting for her. We are rooting for this queen. All right. So who we got next? Oh. We have 45 year old Joe Hunter from Vacayville, California.

I don't know how to pronounce it back. I'm not sure he lives in West Sacramento, California. He's a fire captain, courageous, compassionate, three words to describe you. Courageous, compassionate, loving kick ass dad. Oh, I'm not a math magician. That sounds like six words. Yeah, that's a lot. I'm trying to do it.

That's a lot of words. You, wait a minute. Looking at this photo though, you know what energy I'm getting from him? Dom. The real winner of Ghost Island. I get Dominic Abatse from him. I get a very like commanding personality from Joe.

Who's up to hunt. I feel like that commanding personality may not be the best. You know, he seems like he's take charge. A very, very, I'm here photo. It's kind of like, like Kyle's, Kyle's like kind of hands on his folder was like, I'm laid back.

This hand on my head's folder was like, I'm laid back. This hand on my head's folder means like, I may knock you out. And there's a different level of aggression that's coming here, I feel like. Which I like, I like that. But I don't know, like, you know, how many from a new era of personality standpoint

is really in your face type, type, you know, people. So. Cody to me. So let's learn a little bit more about Joe. Why do you want to be part of survivor? My sister, she was a big fan of the show from when it started. She asked me to apply years ago and many times I didn't think we could do it. Then she was taken from me by domestic violence. It took me years, but this is for her.

It was about doing this for her and giving her peace that her brother did it for her. So he's got a real mission. He's got a real purpose. Wow. Yeah. And his sister is definitely going to show up on that island and support and guide him.

And yeah, I like Joe's energy. I think that Joe has, and let's just, I feel like you call the thing a thing. Sometimes you get out there a survivor and there's people that people gravitate to, right? Like he's a father. I feel like people will gravitate to Joe and I feel like he will be a leader.

I just, I see it in him. And hearing that story is touching to my heart. Losing a sibling is definitely not something that is easy. And I think when you go out on Survivor, you don't have a cell phone, you don't, there's a way that you tap in to the people that you have lost. Like, you know, like you see different things and signs

and I feel like Joe has what it takes. I could see Joe being a winner. Yeah, he he's a family man, too. Favorite hobbies, taking my kids to the pool, family trips, dance parties with the kiddos, going to Tahoe with the family. So we've seen family men, Jeremy Collins, you know, like Tony, you know, we see these Jeremy Collins, you know, like Tony, you know, we see these older guys, servicemen who are family men do pretty well. So play play strong games, but do pretty well.

So let's keep our eyes on Joe. I'll be interested to see how he adapts to because so far he's the oldest that that we've we've had so far. And he might do that fatherly thing and then people might gravitate. But we've also seen that play out where you do that thing and people are like, I'm not vibing. Great point, Tev. Do people want to have Tev?

Tev, Tev, good? Yeah, that's cool. Great point, Tev. I think another point is being 45 isn't that big a deal when you have 38 year olds and 35 year olds around. It's different when you're like 45 and the best closest person is like 25. Well, I feel like having older people like I say this a lot, but I feel like having

older people or just like a like not like the, you know, a bunch of one age group particularly, just having people spread out is is very good for everybody's game. You know, so I think that's also good for some of the quote unquote older players. Well, I mean, he's around the same age as Windows. So I mean, is that older in New Age Survivor? Yes. OK, let's ask. Windows not that young. OK. You are moments you are moments away. We all look the same age. You know what I'm saying?

You know, I look the same. No, no, no. Well, you all look, I, Tevin and I are decades younger. That's worse than that lie they said when when when when when Donna went in the White House, they were, beauties back in the White House. I said, where? Where? James might look the youngest in our group,

but I looked the second youngest, that's for sure. One thing's for sure, two things is certain. Woo! Take your hat off, Wendell. Ha ha ha ha! We got hairline, uh-huh. We still there. We standing tenirline. Uh huh. We still there. We stand in 10 toes down.

OK, OK. James, James is a ladies man. And James, what you say? Can we get the next person? But that would be great. The next contestant, next contestant. And I need? That would be great. Who's the next contestant? Next contestant, and I'm going to butcher her name. I'm sorry.

Camilla Karthigesu. Karthigesu. 31 years old from Toronto, Canada. Lives in Boston, California. She's a software engineer. Three words to describe you. Silly, expressive, and impatient. Uh-oh.

Oh, yeah. Why do you wanna be part of Survivor? I've wanted to play since I was nine because the challenges looks fun, but now I'm old so they look less fun. Instead, I wanna play a solid fun game and rep Brown Girls as well since our representation was nonexistent

when I was growing up. I wanna show all the Brown Girls life's better when you ignore the aunties and do the exact opposite of what they want you to do. Be yourself, love yourself. Okay. I love her. The aunties be up in your business, okay?

Yeah. I love her vibe. I'm worried about how that vibe's gonna so up on that island. I'm concerned about that, but I love her vibe. Absolutely. You gonna have to find somebody that like really is like, I would love to play with somebody like that. Like, cause I feel like I'm, I like that,

but she might have to find somebody to probably, you know, cushion the blows. And personally, I'm going anybody out from Canada for off-rhythm. I'm like, I see a Canadian on the blows. And personally, I'm going anybody out from Canada for off-rhythm. I'm like, I see a Canadian on the island. Why are we keeping you here? What are we doing here? Why are we experimenting with these Canadians coming down to get top five and winning the show? I gotta go. We have to kind of get back to that, you know. America first.

It's also her calling her so old and she ain't but 31 for me. That's what it is for me. She's fine. She's fine for me, yeah. But I feel like she's funky. I feel like she is, I feel like she's not gonna hold back. I feel like she's gonna tell people how it is and I like that, right? But I am like,'s not gonna hold back. I feel like she's gonna tell people how it is, and I like that, right?

But I am like, I'm a little nervous for how other people will receive her. And I wanna say, I want her to hold back a little bit, but I don't want her to hold back, because it's like, I want you to come out there and be yourself. Because sometimes I feel like when you go out there and say you're not vibing with people yet, it makes you a target.

However, this tribe, this season is smart people. Know that, okay, if they can go on for this person, maybe I need to go over here and work with this person and let's pull a big move and get somebody else out. So I really hope that she is able to do something like that. I love her energy already. I can just tell in her stance that she is able to do something like that. I love her energy already. I can just tell in her stance that she is like chipper, perky, fun.

Like I just feel like she'd be one of my friends. I like Kamuma. I think it's so interesting though, that she's like silly and quirky and like all these things that she's self-proclaimed, but also put impatient in there. And somebody who has that kind of energy normally is a person that needs to be given patience

because they are so, you know, off the wall. So she kind of has this, this duality going on. That'll be interesting to watch that she can kind of be off the wall, but also is very quick, you know, responsive when it's somebody else doing something and how that may show up in her tribe. So I'm interested to see how that plays out.

Hey, I would definitely have a drink with her. I feel like it's one of those personalities where you're going to love her or hate her. But I feel like I feel like she's one of the people that could be underestimated looking at her two other tribe mates who have a lot bigger quote unquote personalities. I would think she's going to try with a hockey player and we're going to get to the next young lady she's with. You have the football player I think in Michigan. I feel like so she can go under the radar. I feel like she can be one of those dangerous people that understands the game that you're not really paying attention to but will end up can be at the end and make a move on you and propel themselves to the win around you know six or seven. So you know those are the dangerous

folks. You know the the folks you're like, oh, they can't win or, oh, they have something near to a patient or, oh, those are the people that are most dangerous when you get into the, you know, you know, window and tap, when you get into the end game or you're getting towards that point, you know. Mm-hmm. Yeah. I'm needless to say, I'm interested to see how she will integrate with her tribe or like, I'm just so curious to see her personality on this season.

It's going to be so fun to see how it shakes out. Amen. These Canadians do well, yo. She's probably going top five, you know, that's how it works. I believe it. All right. Well, let's keep first look moving. Oh, yo, she's probably going top five, you know, that's how it works. Yeah. I believe it. All right, well let's keep first look moving. Oh, okay. My God.

Bryce, relax yourself. My God. This the boy that drank chocolate milk. Bryce, he drinks chocolate milk. I'm just curious if you ever had a caramel latte, I mean a caramel mochi, I mean, a caramel mocha caramel mochi. I'd say, have you ever been swallowed? Okay. Have you ever had a

window? You want to read what this guy's about? I would like to read. I would like to continue on, but these two gentlemen are being not so gentle. David King, he is 39 years old from Long Beach, California. He lives in Buena Park, California. He's a stunt performer. Three words to describe you, passionate, daring, and curious. Why do you want to be part of Survivor? I believe my background will give me an advantage

in the games in many ways. I've gained confidence in my accomplishments, and I seek the adventure, experience and validation that I do well. I love challenges and to me, this show seems as if it could challenge me in ways I have not yet been. Okay. Well, I'm sorry, can you reread? Did he say I seek validation? Is that what he said? No, no, no, I might have messed that up. Okay. I've gained confidence through my accomplishments and I seek the adventure experience and validation. I do well. Oh, he seeks the validation that he would do well. So he needs to validate himself. No, he, he believes it and he wants to validate that I think that's what he's saying. Oh, you need anybody to help the validation, David. I think that this season I can validate you very well

because for me, it's given a tree. OK, and it's a tall tree. And what is a tall tree? Hey, I will sure find out. But any every tall tree, you know what they need? They need roots. OK. Mm. Call me the root. OK. From the router to the scooter.

Oh, David, I will hold you down. OK. I've seen enough. I said you ever seen that show? I think it was like Tamifin when they used to do the kitchen. Like, give me the keys. I've seen enough. You ever seen that show? I think it was like Tamifin when they used to do the kitchen. Like, give me the keys. I've seen enough here. David, I've seen enough here. Give me that shirt. David is in danger.

David looks more like Goliath. So he is very small from the Rooter to the Tudor. And people will look at that and already be, you know, put off, you know, the challenge wise, you know, they could be like, but there may be a reason to keep him around because he does look like the provider. And so I don't know, he gonna have to really mitigate his threat level with all them things going on.

The buffer you are, the better your social game has to be. Yeah. The more in shape you look, the better your social game has to be. And the thing about when you actually do like, you are good at challenges, you actually have to be good at challenges. And because if you aren't,

that's like the one thing that's like, having people keep you there. They're like, well, we need this guy for challenges. So my advice would be to kind of lay low. Don't volunteer for the puzzle. Let someone else do that. Use that strength when appropriate and lay that blame elsewhere.

Yeah, I think he will be intimidating because he does look pretty tall. I think though people are going to, like you said, perception matters. So people are going to see him tall. They're going to judge like, oh, he's a threat. But I think from what I have read, it seems like I think he might be a little more in touch with like his self, his personal insides, and I think that he will be able to win people over.

He's won me over and I haven't even heard him speak. So I think that if he can do a good job of balancing just the physical lust, I mean, the physical temptation, I mean, physical threats. I think that. Leave him alone. I'm just just. Leave him alone. I'm just, just saying. Who, I mean, we have to continue. Okay, sorry.

I don't want Austin to be mad, but I think, you know, Austin has moved on and I think I should move on. But okay. Who we got here? Next we have Travis Crodtinger from 34 years old, from the Woodlands, Texas. He lives in Los Angeles.

He's a music executive. Three words, outgoing, emotional, loyal. Why do you want to be part of Survivor? I always encourage those around me to chase their dreams and be vulnerable. So I feel like it's time for me to take my own advice and do something I love, even if it scares me to death. OK, a lot of L.A.

girlies this time. Yes. I mean, I feel like this is I feel like he's in a good position where he looks like he's not going to be looked at the most intimidating guy out there or not the biggest. I think you want to be in the middle of kind of almost everything. So I feel like. You see, like, you want to be in the middle of kind of almost everything. So I feel like you see like you want those guys that's not intimidating, that gets along with everybody. And you know, giving me a little bit of,

I don't know what energy from a previous season it gives, but it's giving like, I'm not scared of this guy. Like I feel like if I'm up against this person, I can win. And that's kind of the look and the feel you want people to think and perceive about you going to see like you don't Want people looking at you and say hey this guy clearly has it all together, but this guy in a cookie cutter stereotypical way like he looks like he's probably

Cool at the party also different in different venues has a lot of diverse friendship So we get a little different situations, but you never go. You never go look at this person. Just please buy this picture is that, oh, shit, he's like a Mitch or he's like the other big firefighting guy. It's like, yeah, this here I'm here chilling. You kind of want to be here chilling. You know, I'm sorry.

No, go ahead. I look at him and I think of a Zeke. Yeah. It's interesting y'all say that. I don't see, you know who I see? I see Jake. I can get that. I'm with that.

I don't see Jake as. I see Jake with a beard, with a mustache. I kind of do see that. We're like, Jake, I'm sorry, go a bit far. So no, no. Are y'all saying like you, he just looks like Zeke is what you're saying? Yeah. Because I'm saying, well, he does look like Zeke, but I'm saying like I get the archetype of what he described.

I see like the player arc of like a, I see a Jake in Thomas. And I feel like Thomas is like that. This is like a random, random synopsis. But I feel like Thomas is like that kid in the school that like you knew in like third grade, but then when you got to high school, y'all was cool. Like y'all vibed out to music, you hot boxing your mom's car.

Like, I feel like Thomas is like that cool kid. And I feel like he is not on the higher threat level like other people. I feel like he won't, I feel like Thomas is going to be a problem. I think that like if he gets to the end, something serious. Because first of all, a music exec, you got to listen, you got to sit in a lot of meetings, you got to talk to a lot of people, You gotta have an ear. You're listening. You know, these senses are strong. And it's just the way that like, you know,

he just got his hand in his pocket. I just, I feel like if a J was rolled up, I feel like you passed the time. I just feel like just, he just looked cool. And is he from LA? Texas. Yeah. Oh, lives in LA. Oh, he lives in LA now. He live in LA. Okay,.? Yeah. Oh, lives in L.A. Oh, he lives in L.A. now.

He live in L.A. OK, so you know the OK. Yeah. Thomas is cool. I can just sense that. He looks like he's one of those guys that like when you like like like a ramly being any type of party and you're like, oh, like when you walk into this person's house, oh, he's just chilling there. He's on the playlist, you know, MVP, like type, but, but it's like, he's tangential to like the bigger personality person, right? And those are the people that, you know, are kind of the most

dangerous in this type of game. So. Yeah. Okay. Well, we, I like that he kind of looks like also, like he could, he could vibe with the women. He could vibe with the, with the men. Like. I like that he kind of looks like also, like he could vibe with the women, he could vibe with the men. I feel like sometimes people come in and some of the men come in and it feels like they're gonna be men strong and they wanna make a men's tribe and they just pick the women off,

but he seemed like he could really, really float. Maybe even like an Ulmer type. It may even be like this fluid, slipping and sliding type of game. I would love to see that. Yeah. I think we should keep an eye on him because like you guys mentioned,

this music exec thing, one prompt is, what's one life experience you feel has prepared you for the game? He says, my friend and I lame it that we work in a Viper pit on a regular basis. Nothing has prepared me more for this game than the music business.

So first of all, like y'all said, he's used to like, you know, snakes in the grass. But also when you say he can negotiate between the women and the men, when it comes to favorite hobbies, he says the real housewives. Oh,, yeah. Okay. Thomas just scored some major points.

Okay. Yeah. So, now I need to know Thomas. What's your franchise, Thomas? You giving me New York? You giving me Beverly Hills? It's getting out. House of Crodding drill.

How do you say it's last time? Probably 20. So, that's what you're saying. You're saying New York, you're saying Beverly Hills, and Thomas is going to say Atlanta, blow y'all all minds out. Oh right, he should have stayed for Tomi. But yeah, no, for sure.

I can see that though, so I'm glad you read that, Wendell, because I can see that. And he's a gay man, he says his biggest inspiration is his husband Michael, and he says, he will be the sole survivor, because I'm going to hoodwink these people into thinking I'm not a threat until it's too late and there's nothing they can do. So I'm going to say right away keep your eyes on Thomas. Yeah he I could see him going all the way. I can too. Yeah. I like Thomas. All right. Who we got?

Kevin Leo. I've seen him. 34 years ago, you've seen him from Fremont, California. Lives in Livermore, California. Finance manager. Three words, energetic, social, determined. Why do you want to be part of Survivor? I started watching Survivor during Cook Islands. I saw Yule as an inspiration to apply.

It has taken some time to be physically ready, I started watching Survivor during Cook Islands. I saw Yule as an inspiration to apply. It has taken some time to be physically ready, but I believe now I have strategic, social, and physical skills to do well on Survivor. Oh. Well, it looks like you're physically ready to meet, Kevin. Is this the first Kevin? I think, cause I thought I read somebody say

we got Tevin before we got Kevin. So I don't think there's been a Kevin yet. He might be the first Kevin? I think, cause I thought I read somebody say we got Tevin before we got Kevin. So I don't think there's been a Kevin yet. He might be the first. That's a super fan. Super fan will write that in the comments below. I don't know, but I think that he's the first Kevin. I don't know. Kevin's in Survivor.

Yeah, there has to be, but listen, Kevin looks physically fit. He looks friendly. He looks like he has prepared for this. I feel like he is ready. I... I feel like this is kind of what I'm feeling is that he has to be able to adapt

where if you go in, you're super prepared. I have the game that I want to play. I've been preparing for this moment for a long time. I think you have to be also be just as aware to play the game you wanna play, but play the game that's presented to you. And if he can adapt to the game that's presented to him, he can use all the things that he has from his in shape,

intellect and all that stuff. But if you try to play the game you wanna play, and that you're planning to play, and that may be an issue. Yeah, he seems super, super charming. I mean, the videos that I saw on Instagram of him, he was, I think he's the guy in like the trailer and he was talking and then a fly came by

and he just kind of reacted and was like, what is that? And then he came back. So he has like a, not a chaotic energy, but just very fun and bubbly. And I think that that will be nice because he has this physical looking ability, but he also is relatable in the sense that he's fun and just kind of, you know, just bubbly.

So that'll be fun to watch. I'll tell you why I'm scared for my man, okay? What's one life experience you feel has prepared you for the game? As a side job post-college, I worked at Abercrombie and Fitch as a greeter model. I learned that effectively complimenting smile and charming people while still being genuine goes a long way in terms of likeability. Those skills have prepared me to interact with all people on Survivor.

When I say I'm scared for him, I say this, like, I don't want you to be the guy that is too smiley in everyone's face. Kind of almost like a Caleb. Like, Caleb was like too social and too friendly to everybody. And that, I think, was a big hindrance to his game. In this case, with Kevin, I don't want him to totally rely on that. That's all I'm saying. I just don't think that's like survivor prep device. It was like, like when the girl will naked and afraid and says she survived power free

and that's gonna prepare her for naked and afraid. It's like that doesn't equate to anything. Like, but I mean, but I feel like you get, you ask those questions, you can put it on the spot, but I just don't know if that is, in connection to Tephys saying the fly swatting him, I don't know how he's gonna do out here to, how high it's gonna be.

And you can have a plan, but when you're cold, hungry, wet. It's more than just smiling at people and being friendly to people. Yeah. Well, first of all, let's say, I'm a crombie. So we know, we know the history of Emma Cromby. Also, Wendell, where did you work when you were at Morehouse?

Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa. I'm just modeling in college, bro. I didn't say that. I didn't say that that prepare me for survivor. Okay, I worked at Abercrombie and more while I was at more now. Now, let's ask this. Did they have you at the door greeting like our model friend or what was where did you work? What were you?

Yeah, I was on the floor. I can't, you folded it, you folded the shirt and put it back in the, on itself? Yeah, I folded it. You have to remember, this was Wendell's days when he used to wear this shell necklaces and he used to wear like the hats on his head. What you talking about, man?

Bryce, you didn't know me then, and you don't know me now. Yeah, I definitely didn't know. This ain't about me, this is about Kevin. I do find it interesting that he did bring up the Abercrombie and Fitch thing though, and not that the thing that might've helped him is him being a finance manager. The working with numbers, crunching numbers,

that kind of mental strategic space you gotta be in to calculate, that might be stronger than the other thing. But maybe he's just thinking like, you know, it is a social game and it's cool. So maybe he's thinking about the social Oh, see, I read that I from what I heard, I got that he is a numbers guy. He's smart. But what he's saying is that like, he can rely on his good looks. And that is a thing. People like people tend to gravitate to attractive people. So I think they brother though. Yeah, no one no one care.

I feel like I'm the island. This is a big problem. No one be caring. If I were out there, I would want to work with Kevin. Yes, you would. Beauty tribe. He would have had me. He could still have me.

What you got to say, Wendell? Which previous player do you identify with the most? Who do you think you'll play like the most? David versus Elias was one of my favorite seasons. I identify with a lot of the Davids, Christian, Nick, Davy, because of their tenacity and grit to band together. I hopefully will play like Caleb from Survivor 45 and use my social charm to influence people, but hopefully not be too charming where they see me as a threat.

We were rooting for you! We were all rooting for you, Brandon! That is wild. What I just said! Next, next. Hey Kevin, we're wishing you the best. I can't wait to meet you, Kevin. We wishing you the best.

But don't be too Caleb out there. Okay. We love Caleb. Don't be too Caleb out there. Wow. Yeah. Yeah, that smile will get you in trouble. All right, let's see. Wow. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, that smile will get you in trouble. All right, let's see.

Oh. Okay. I feel like too many people are listening. It's a look and they doing this hand on their shoulder, on their waist thing. It's the science. It's a proven science. That is a quintessential winter pose,

but I don't wanna talk, we're not here to talk about their poses. We're here to just give our first look and close design, though. OK, OK. OK. Cedric Cedric has a grandmother or a mother that OK, that I are them. They got to leave from here. I can see from here. He got see he is very straight.

He's like straight and narrow because he got the buttons of the collar. But the little buttons under the collar, he got, see, he is very straight. He's like straight and narrow because he got the buttons of the collar, them little buttons under the collar, he got those buttons. That is a very specific kind of shirt wear. Oh yeah, oh yeah. He's a real one for that, yeah. Gotta button the buttons on the collar. Anyway, Sergeant 45 from Columbia, South Carolina

lives in Greenville, South Carolina. He is a surgeon. Oh, three words to describe you. Dependable, determined and conscientious. Why do you want to be part of Survivor? Having regularly watched Survivor since 2000, I constantly find myself answering how I would react and perform compared to other contestants.

As we're not getting any younger, I finally wanted to know the experience for myself. It is a phenomenon that I can't readily shake. But instead of potentially living with regret of not trying, I am here to experience it myself. Okay, I'm a little nervous for Cedric because I feel like if you are a surgeon, you are used to doing surgery.

Scalpel, more suctioning. Like, you know what I mean? Like, I feel like you are that. When have you been in the OR? Whoa. When have you seen the OR? Whoa. What?

We don't want to hear about your personal life, Bryce. I don't know who was subscribing. That don't sound like ER, bruh. That's a good thing. Scalp holes. You know that. Me too. Me too.

Me too. Me too. Me too. Me too. Me too. Me too. Me too. Me too.

Me too. I worry for surgery. Baby oil. Baby oil. Not the baby. They call surgery now. Y'all are stupid. Why you just got the back of your gal open?

Okay, listen. Yo, no way to see here. Okay, listen. Yo, no way to see you here. I don't need no numbing cream. Anyway, listen. Funny. Not a bunny costume. Is that an enema?

Okay, listen. I think he actually has a chance because he he doesn't seem very threatening. Sorry, go ahead. He doesn't seem very threatening. I feel like he had that kind of old man country strip. And that's what kind of scares me though, because I feel like I just, again, him being a surgeon, I can't, like he is used to being in charge.

He has someone's life in their hands. I don't think he is going to be able to like, sit back and go with the flow. All right, so I'm gonna disagree with you. One of the wise, I feel like the hospitals are like social environments where you have to navigate different personalities, different other doctors. Yeah, but there are hierarchies. There are hierarchies in this social environment.

Yes, there is. Exactly. And there's different surgical hierarchies. So you're on the surgery team. There's 10 other surgery people in your department and y'all are all jockeys too. It's not just being the surgeon and then dictating down what happens. You have to deal with the people above you, the medical directors. are all jockeys too. It's not just being the surgeon and then dictating down what happens. You have to deal with the people above you,

the medical directors you have to deal. You know, I feel like if he has a humble approach, he might not even say he's a surgeon. He may pull a contour and say, I'm a nurse. I work in the back office of a doctor's office. He may say he's a surgeon, he may not. But I feel like if he leans into being a surgeon, he is older, it's like, I feel like he can be that kind of

provider dad role that, you know, can make, can then can possibly switch it as you want to expect to make that very calculating move, but because he is a surgeon, he can make that calculating cut when needed to be. I don't know what surgery you're doing, Bryce. I just I like Cedric. I feel like he has a very friendly polish demeanor.

His aura is friendly. I just again knowing that surgeon background. I feel like he's going to be a leader. He's not like, you know, he's saving lives. I don't like I'm not asking you, I'm telling you. This is what I need done. And so I don't know how that will, that might ruffle some other feathers.

He's taking all bunions. We don't know if he's a podiatrist. But regardless, regardless, but I feel like he has old school values that I feel like will help him in the game. Like I feel like Cedric, people will gravitate towards Cedric. Can I say something Randall?

I feel like they should, in these cast photos, people should wear, they should make them wear shoes. I wanna see what your shoe game is. That tells me a lot too about what you bring into the table. I want to see what sneakers you want to pull out with your fit. Cause your fit is incomplete until you have the sneakers.

So that's it. I'd like to know what you would have said to me. I had on brown loafers. Walking up the beach. Well, but that, but. No, for a photo shoot, I've been like, this man is sharp and he's prepared. I've been like, cause you're fit probably wouldn't imagine that you had on like, cause you get to see, okay, this person got it.

Now, if you see someone else, like they were like, yo, don't, don't read boxes. Dick, bro. Like, you know what they about you. Like you really need this. Don't you out here for this million. bro. Like, you know what they about. You like you really need this. Don't you out here for this million. Like you know certain things you can maybe be able to turn. You know, some of the aesthetics nowadays are, you know, the Air Force ones that are

beat up. That's what a lot of the you know, the kids are wearing. So what would you tell by that? I should have worn some black forces out there. Let everybody know I'm in business. That's what I should have worn. Some black. Not black forces. Yeah, I used to have a pair.

OK, well, that's Cedric. Let's keep this moving. Who else do we have? We have OK, charity. Yes. Very now. Thirty four years old from. 30.

I love it. This bird, Florida, She's a flight attendant. Three words, bold, fun, and loyal. Why do you want to be part of Survivor? Because for years, my insecurities held me back from so much in life. I always wanted to be on Survivor, but never thought I could do it.

Now I'm here making up for lost time and experiences I used to hold myself back from. What is the accomplishment you're most proud of? Losing 100 pounds and getting healthy inside and out and now coaching women through their health journeys. Wow. Wow. Respect.

Wow is right. She had me at flight attendant because I feel like it takes a certain type of person that you have to navigate. These people that are traveling, be friendly, but you also still can be shady. I feel like, I like Charity. I think that she is somebody we need to watch.

I like that descriptive word bold. I just like that word. I like the use of that bold. That makes me excited. I feel like, I like that word. I like the use of that bold. That makes me excited. I feel like, I like Charity. I hope that she can find someone to be loyal with her. And I hope that she doesn't give her loyalty to the wrong person.

That'd be my only concern. You gotta find your people out here. And I feel like as a flight attendant, talking about what she talked about, I feel like she gives off very much self-assured confidence. And sometimes demonstrated confidence may not, isn't the best thing on survivors. Sometimes you want to have the perception

that you aren't confident with other people. And cause that kind of lowers and it makes them feel more comfortable. So I think her being very comfortable with herself, her being able to be a fighter, weighting people could be intimidating to some people. So I think just watching that a little bit, and other than that, I feel like she can go really far.

I think there's something wonderful to her journey of losing 100 pounds that I think when you've kind of seen both sides of something like that, there is something that I guess reminds you of how hard things have been or whatnot. And I think being a flight attendant, she clearly has confidence and whatnot, but also you learn to cater to many types of people

on this flight. And I think that in interacting with so many people, I think that that'll probably help her on the island. Absolutely. She definitely ain't scared of nothing because I ain't get on nobody's plane. They be joking around on me because I get on the Greyhound bus,

but I ain't get in the air with nobody. Their plane's been very much so going this way and I ain't trying to be up in the air. So for you to decide, I'm gonna ride a plane every day for my baby. I ain't doing that. So she's getting nothing. That is very true. Come on, charity. I ain't scared. She's getting nothing. I'm excited to see her. She from Florida. She ain't from Miami though.

If she was from Miami, I was like, all right, because Miami is different. Miami ain't even attached to Florida. It's something else. So if it was gonna be Miami, I was like, okay, D is coming back. D is on the way back to the beach. But I don't know much about this. I think you said St. Peter's.

What did you say? Oh, St. Petersburg. St. Peter's is real down in St. Pete. I wouldn't have fam you. I know some people who were St. Pete. Oh, but she might be rough then. She might be down to St. Pete. I wouldn't have fam you. I know some people who are St. Pete. Oh, well she might be rough then. She might be ready for it. Hey man.

Okay, well that's our girl charity. Who else, who do we have next? We have Justin Giozzi, bro. He's 29 from Winthrop, Massachusetts. Kevin, why you call him Short Jalinski? Why you do that, yo? Why did you call him Short Jalinski? That was not nice, Tevin. Why do you call him George Alinsky? That was not nice. Seven seven.

Why do you call him? I say a word, but it is giving that a little bit. It's giving Jalinski and Ben's cousin. Yes. Justin. Belinsky. Yo, I have. I'm so interested in this person.

What do you do? This guy got a lot to him, believe it or not. He is a. Check this out. He's a pizzeria manager. He's hardworking and resilient. Why do you want to be part of Survivor? Survivor has been a family passion for over two decades.

It's a once in a lifetime experience. And I want to put my education, hear that word, life experience and preparation to the ultimate test. This man is a pizzeria manager. However, I read up on this guy. I believe he has like a Yale degree or something. How old is he?

How old is he? Let me, he's 29 years old. So, but I'm getting there. I'm getting there, I'm getting there. Where is it? Could we be could we be getting Jesse vibes? Maybe. All right. I'm just saying, because I like the fact that he's super smart,

but he's down to earth, he runs a pizzeria, but that could be very hectic and crazy at times. So I think the thing about New Era is they really be trying to cast smart people now. Like, I feel like they don't really cast. I mean, wait, that's not exclusive to the New Era. I think it could be. I mean, it's not beyond.

No, it's not. James, they was casting smart people well beyond before the new era. OK, that's not something exclusive to the new era. What is the accomplishment you're most proud of? I was the youngest legislative aide in the history of the Massachusetts State House. At the time, I didn't think much of it. I just wanted to help my boss anyway that I could. But looking back, it's really awesome to have worked

at the highest level of state politics as a teenager. Justin was whipping votes as a teenager. Don't let him get to the end. And let's be clear, we needed you and you were there to provide. And so we want to thank you so much. OK, because you are the best part of what makes America strong.

OK, let's be clear. Yeah, we're going to go there. We're going to win the war. We want to be going to. You're my truck going. I, yeah, I think Justin is very interesting. Very dynamic, very a lot of different backgrounds, can work with people, a pizzeria manager.

I add, again, he looks very chill. Like I don't, like Tevin said before, he doesn't have his chest out. Like he seems confident, but not overly confident. He got that fresh silk press laid back. He's chilled. Like it's giving like. Not a silk, not a silk press.

Okay. Like there's something to Justin. I I agree with you, Bryce. It's not overly like you don't you wouldn't look at him and be like, oh, he's a threat. However, I feel like I could see him being a swimmer. I could see him having a nice physique. Okay, Justin. He's also a vegetarian.

Oh. He said, despite this dietary choice, I'm a lot stronger than I appear. He don't eat meat? Whoa. You heard that before. Someone ate some wings on the island. They had some meat on when they went to the island.

All right. No, no, no. He's a vegetarian, but he says, despite this dietary choice, I am a lot stronger than I appear. I want us to keep our eye on him because with this political background, with his smarts and with the fact

that he works in a pizza shop and can just say that, that's all he needs to say. Cause he probably knows everything top to bottom of this pizza shop that his family's owned for 40 years. Yeah, all he needs to do is say, I work at a pizza shop. Keep all of that, those smarts and that political savvy in the tuck and use it when you need to. Yeah. Justin is definitely one to watch.

We see you, Justin. And like. He's a sleeper. You got to get these sleepers out. These people that look like they can't. They're not playing the game or you got to get them out. You know, them and the Canadians. That's my like, if you look like you're there not to play. I'm going you out.

That's kind of how it works. We already got enough beef with Canada, James. You need to be. Right, yeah. In this climate, we need to make sure we show on our Canada brothers and sisters some love. We love Canada. We love Canada.

We love Canada. We love Canada. My God. Love it. All right, now let's go. We're down to our final few. Who do we have? Oh.

He's 33 years old from West Orange, New Jersey. Lives in Arlington, VA. He's a PR consultant. Three words, bold, friendly, enthusiastic. Why do you want to be part of Survivor? Joining the Survivor family is a dream come true. I've been watching the show since season one when I was eight years old

and Bryce was 22 years old. I am so incredibly grateful to be living out a life goal. I can't wait to meet new amazing humans, push my strength and positive mindset that I've always been proud of to new limits, and hopefully be a living example that being your authentic self is one of the bravest things you can do. I don't know why when you said PR manager, I was getting scandal. Olivia Pope, like Bianca, going to be out there spinning these stories, changing narratives. I feel like Bianca is going to come out there and eat. I Arlington, Virginia, the DMV from New Jersey, the tri-state area.

She I feel like she got it going on. It's giving very much Olivia Pope. It's giving very much. She's about to have these people, their mind spinning. I'm here for Ms. Rose. One life experience you feel has prepared you for the game. Starting my own company. My 10 year career in public relations

has given me invaluable skills for this game. Strategic mindset, relationship building mastery, succeeding under pressure, and starting my own business has brought those skills to unlock hidden levels. Olivia Pope. Now, I feel like, you know, she has a strong BS detector as a PR person. You're dealing with a lot of people. You're, you're, You're figuring things out. The question is, you have a good BS detector.

Can people detect your BS? And that's just going to be, cause a lot of PR is BS. So the question is, how well can she give the BS and see the BS? And if she is as good as she thinks she is, then she's going to do well. But some survivors think they're good

and then they go out there and they're not so good at some of those things when you put in those elements. So I think that she has the ability to blend in and I think she's not gonna be considered a super big threat. And if she gets through early, early game, you know, those are the she's about to worry about. Okay, Bianca Rose, you heard it here first. All right, let's we're down to our final three. Who do we have here?

Ooh, okay, Tracey. 55 years old from the South Side of Chicago. My God. From the South Side. Three words to describe. Reconciliation. Fire lieutenant. Oh, oh.

From the South Side of Chicago. Three words to describe you, badass, lucky, generous. Why do you want to be part of Survivor? Why not? I want to show all the little girls out there that they can be firefighters, truck drivers, policemen, et cetera, anything they want. What's one life experience you feel

has prepared you for the game? Sometimes as a firefighter, you're assigned to a new firehouse with a new crew. You learn real fast how to size people up, how to deal with different personalities. Which player do you identify with the most? Who do you think you will play like the most? I really like Carolyn. She was herself. And that's how I intend to play be myself except maybe Lialyn. She giving me is it is it Oh God is a cat? No, what's, oh my God, what the glasses?

Kev. Kev. Kev. Kev, oh okay. She's giving me a little like Denise vibes. Like I feel like she is old school Denise. Like I feel like she has the resume and I feel like she has the attitude.

No doubt. Like I definitely get leader badass from Chrissy I like I Love her. I'm worried about how the other how she was simulate into the other tribes either people are going to love her or they might think she's a lot, but I Think she's great. She's given me Sue energy, like a little bit. I mean, he's taller than Sue, but they both are in pretty good shape.

They're in fields that are dominated, particularly by men. And they have the ability to relate to a lot of people. Like me personally meeting Sue on a couple of occasions, Sue's dope and dynamic. And she's somebody that I feel like when you've been around, you know, you've seen some things. And when you had that seasoning,

you know that seasoning, it has to be in that meat for a while for the meat to taste good. And I feel like having the seasoning that her and Sue have, they're gonna have abilities to go far. Look at the game, New Era. Every year, someone that's older makes it to the end and does really well.

You had Mike, you had a Gabler, you had a Sue make it to the end. It wouldn't surprise me if she makes it to the end. Being herself, because by doing that, I feel like that can be a lot disarming to people. And being that you know where you stand person may not be a bad thing when everyone else is running around crazy.

We know that this person said this is gonna do this. And that sometimes hold currency in the game. Yeah, I for sure see her going far in the game. I feel like the archetype of the 40 plus woman has been doing really well. I say 40 plus because you know, but whatever like 40 plus. Okay. That archetype does like that does well in the new school. And that's what I'm saying.

She was at the end. But I feel like Chrissy a little different than a lot from just what I'm seeing. Chrissy seemed a little different from the other people. Chrissy seemed like she's a go-getter. And the thing that got me was when she said when you have to transfer into a new firehouse, you have to kind of like learn the ropes quickly.

You have to, it's almost like joining a tribe. So I feel like she will have that ability to get a lot. I take back what I said, because I feel like she will have the ability to kind of like figure out what's going on, know how to live with people in close quarters. Like she's, I feel like she's somebody that's coming to play. A little more about her.

The accomplishment you're most proud of, probably everything. I grew up poor, dropped out of high school. I'm so proud of everything I did. Single mom, raised my son, firefighter, paramedic, lieutenant, nurse. I came from nothing, welfare family to having a great career, supporting my son by myself.

I'm doing this for me and my family and friends. I have friends fighting cancer. My mother is getting older. I want to help all of them. See, I love that story. But what scares me is that she, if she tells that to people, they're never going to want to take her to the end because that's like a, that's a survivor winning story.

Yeah. You got to hold, you got to take her to the end because that's like a, that's a survivor winning story. Yeah. You got to hold, you got to hold on to a lot of that. I mean, I feel like she's in a great position where I don't, it's kind of like, if you can avoid being targeted and I don't know if she'll put herself in situations to be targeted, you know, she is in great shape. So in the beginning there's not going to be a, Oh, physically they're not going to be able to compete. Like, I don't see that happening. I feel like socially, she'll be able to integrate.

I think the question is, will the Caz view her as a threat or view her as an asset, you know? And that management is going to determine how far she goes in the game. Yeah, I definitely think they will see her as just from I think they'll see her as an asset. I feel like she is going to bring a lot of things to it. Well, all right, let's our second to last person. We have this this person.

I'm so excited to see this person star to me 28 years old Monrovia, Liberia, lives in Augusta, Georgia, sales expert. Three words to describe you. Hilarious, smooth, laugh out loud, funny. Why do you want to be part of Survivor? Survivor is the most realist cutthroat show out there. I want to be part of survivor history and I hope one day my son Silver Mars will also compete and chase the survivor family legacy I am creating. Star and Silver Mars. This is a, I love, this is so fascinating to me. It was the, you just say most realest let me know what kind of game Star is about to play. That grammatical most realest just let me know Star ain't game Star is about to play. That grammatical, most realists just let me know Star ain't coming to play with none of y'all.

It's gonna be fun. Got that from Rice. Ha ha ha. Period. I'm excited about Star. And Star was the one that I saw in a video on YouTube, I mean on our Instagram that said something like, I don't know if y'all thought, you know,

survival was for y'all, but it's for me. Or something about that. It just, it kind of gave me a little bit of me vibes. Like it kind of, that confessional that I heard Star gave, it did give me a little bit. And so I'm excited to watch it, but I know that, you know, if you're going to go out there and give that in those confessional, you might be giving that

on the island for real, and then you will get clocked giving that real easy. So it takes a very special kind of mitigation to navigate that kind of laugh out loud funny hilarious person with the game that you got to play to get to the end. Absolutely. Yeah. And I definitely feel like Star has a they have a presence, right? Like a dominating presence. So I am super excited to see what they will give.

But I also feel like their parents named them correctly because Star is for sure a star. They're just illuminating on this screen. I worry when Star says that they are going to be so funny because I feel like that was one of my things on when I was on Kageyama that I was like, Oh, I'll get everyone to like me. And I had them cracking up at night and then in the morning they voted my behind out. So, uh, yeah, I don't know. Not James made it rain. Okay. Rain on me.

Okay. Rain on me. Love won't you take this pain. But yeah, star is one of the people that I feel like I'm the most excited for. I also feel like they remind me a little bit of Sabaya, right? And so it's like, I feel like star, I need for you to go out here and get justice for my Sabaya. But loving Star. I'm excited for Star. I'm rooting for everybody black, so I want Star to go, go, go,

and I'll make it. Yeah. I just think Star is gonna do good. If Star is just a little, Star probably gotta turn it up in the confessionals, but turn it down in front of the people. What I'm also a little bit worried about is that people who are funny,

the comedy comes from pain. And so people who are really funny, who are like that, have pain that they have, and they have, you know, a lot of stuff that they utilize through the lens of that. And so what I also am a little worried about is people getting under star skin and start kind of coming out, you know, in a, I don't want to say in an aggressive way, but just coming out and having to, you know, push back on people and then people not take it.

Because people normally, the funny person, when that person stands up for themselves, normally it is sharper than it needs to be. And so people perceive that in a more strong, aggressive way. And so I think that it'll be interesting to see how the dynamics work within that tribe. Because not everybody wants to be around somebody that's funny all the time. So we'll see how those dynamics play out. Interesting. And we are on to our last person of season 48 first look. We have Mary Zang. 31 years old from Montgomery Village, Maryland.

Lives in Philadelphia, PA. She is a substance abuse counselor. Three words to describe you. Chaotic, dynamic, thoughtful. Why do you want to be part of Survivor? I've done Peace Corps, AmeriCorps, and hitchhiked across the Mediterranean. It's been a while since I've challenged myself.

This game will push you to your limits, emotionally and physically, and I'm dying to be pushed there and then pushed past it. Wow. I love the dress, first of all. Yes, okay, eating, eating, damn. Very much that. Just from hearing all of that, it gives me that Mary has like lived experiences, right?

It feels like Mary has a life that she has lived and I feel like those experiences will help her on Survivor. I feel like it will make her rooted, make her connected to people. And I just, again, just from this photo alone, I feel like her energy to people. And I just, again, just from this photo alone, I feel like her energy is bright. It's like warm.

It's, I feel like she'll be able to connect with people. And like Tema said, I love the dress. But she said, she said chaotic. What did she say? Chaotic, thoughtful, and something else. What did she say? Chaotic, thoughtful and something else. What did she say? Chaotic, thoughtful and dynamic. So it's like you're chaotic, but you're also thoughtful.

Calling you some chaotic is interesting. Yeah, I think she has a bright future. I mean, it's kind of like she doesn't seem like she's like, she's like somebody that you want to like from a look that you want to, you know, have a drink with, smoke a joint with. She's down to like going hitchhiking. You have that friend that you call to do random stuff

that you're like, when you're that person that's like, oh, I'm coming to your house, we're rolling up. And they're like, we're rolling out tonight. And they're like, they don't need 10 minutes to get dressed. They're like, I'm ready to rock out with you. Those are the people that, you know, you know, I need a plan. Who could not grab? Who can I tell real quick? This person right here, they down do some crazy stuff with me.

I feel like that's somebody that you can like, that everybody's feel like they can pull in on their plan. And when you're that person that allows you, gives you that power to kind of figure out where you want to go. Where I'm actually comfortable being the number two, three, but knowing where all the information is, where people are going to be fighting for a vote. Yeah, I'm worried about because you the the Peace Corps, whatever the core things that she's been a part of.

And I feel like the vibe I'm getting is very regimented is giving we need to do this, this, this, this, and this. At this time, you need to do this. This is what our tribe needs. And that kind of energy gets you in trouble every single time. That is like the Emily flipping like we need. I don't agree with this. And it's like kind of cut and dry.

And so that's the kind of vibe I'm getting a little bit very strategic that kind of thing. Okay. She says she's a bundle of contradictions. She can be whatever she needs to be, whenever she needs to be. I'm chaotic, but also careful and controlled. I'm easygoing and can befriend anyone, but intense and will be on the whole time.

Now, sometimes we need to consider people's past and backgrounds. So I wanna put Mary in this in this scope. What's your biggest inspiration and why everyone says they're parents and I'm no different, except it's because my parents helped lead the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests for democracy. Afterwards, my mother escaped house arrest after nine months in jail, and my dad evaded the communists, despite a national search for him. They didn't choose to start a new life in a foreign country.

They were forced to seek political asylum. Otherwise they would die. They live their lives with intention and purpose. So this is what this is the family that she comes from. So she'll go get a Mary to Mary and to be played with. I'm excited to watch Mary out there. I think like she says, she can be controlled, but she can be chaotic. I feel like there's a duality there and I feel like she comes from a very strong family. So I'm interested to see what she could do.

I think she could win the game. I think I'm interested too. I'm worried. But when people see you do a little bit too much waffling, that puts you in danger too though. They like, we don't, you, you could be here and there. We don't know where you are. Yeah. I think it's all going to come down to who she aligns with and if they

really are aligned with her, if that makes sense. All right. I feel like if she pairs up initially with the right people, she good. But if she pairs up with somebody that's the least bit shaky, then it could be like downhill for Mary. But I'm hoping that she connects with the right people. It is crazy to think that we just got through the whole cast of Survivor 48. And I am so excited.

I cannot wait for February 26 to get here so that we can see what this season is given. I can't thank James Tevin and Wendy's enough for joining our survivor 48 first look. What's up? JJ 26. We are the BWP 48 will be kicking off in New York. So we have a premiere party and there's going to be a lot of familiar faces and some some surprises.

So tickets are available. You should click the link in the Brice and Wim present Instagram or Twitter bio and we will see you on the road. We're going to a multitude of cities. Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Francisco, Boston. We'll go over Philly, Boston, we're all over the place this season. We're gonna see you, we're even popping up at some of our friends' events.

Ron Clark, R-Hap, we are going everywhere. We will see y'all for BWP 48, let's go. Yes, James Tevin, let me be clear. Thank you guys so much, so much fun, Wendyzy, and this has been your Survivor 48 First Look. We'll see you soon. Ding! Purple pants podcast. You better listen in public might make your stomach hurt. It's the purple pants podcast. You're trying to unwind. You better get that box wine. It's the purple pants podcast. You're trying to get your snack. You

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