Had an absolutely wonderful time talking with @SurvivorPenner about tomorrow's #Survivor panel at the Tribeca Festival, the lasting power of both media giants, and how he was able to get producers to change player contracts: https://t.co/UUACYA0Nc8
If you're looking for something to chase away the post #Survivor50 finale blues, I did a 45-minute sitdown with @robcesternino about how his Survivor book came together, how he would have done on 50, and Jonny Fairplay defecating on a bed
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EXCLUSIVE: Jeff Probst slams prediction market platforms like Kalshi and Polymarket for allowing users to make trades about who won “Survivor” 50, saying that the companies are “incentivizing people to lie, cheat and steal to get ahead.”
“They have figured out a way to capitalize on [the show],” he tells Variety. “It doesn’t sit well with me as a human. I get it — they built a great business. They don’t care. I’m not happy about it.”
“Clearly, if 90% of the people are voting for somebody, there’s a leak. But to look at us, the producers, as though we have a problem, is the mirror pointing in the wrong direction,” he says. “[Prediction market platforms] are the ones with the problem, not us. We went and made our show in a vacuum, and we keep it very tightly contained, but if you are foolish and naive enough to not think that somebody might leak it, that’s your problem.”
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After 23 days on the island, just five #Survivor50 castaways remain — and who wins could come down to who has the best story, two-time castaway @robcesternino says.
He shares some of his predictions ahead of Wednesday’s @survivorcbs finale.