How can somebody get voted out of Survivor with out really getting voted out? Effectively, that very situation unfolded on this week’s episode of Survivor 46.
All of the begging, pleading, and praying on the planet couldn’t save Bhanu Gopal from elimination after the Yanu tribe misplaced their fourth straight immunity problem. Bhanu’s tribe mates made no secret of their intent to vote him out, and since Bhanu had no immunity idol nor any vote to solid (after shedding it on a Journey) there was no strategy to save himself.
With such a forgone conclusion hanging over Tribal Council — and after confirming the voting plans of all current — Jeff Probst disbursed with the formalities and as a substitute snuffed Bhanu’s torch with none names really being written down on parchment.
Jeff Probst on ‘Survivor 46’.
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The host defined his choice on the most recent episode of his On Fireplace With Jeff Probst podcast. “It is very uncommon to have a Tribal like this the place everybody is aware of what will occur,” says Probst on the podcast. “You have no thriller, you haven’t any uncertainty, and it provides us a possibility to do one thing completely different.”
And that one thing completely different meant not stringing Bhanu alongside any longer with such an apparent consequence. “On this case, what it allowed us to do was let Bhanu end his story on his phrases. And I really like how he dealt with it as a result of he remained true to himself. He was genuine. It was heartfelt. His tribe mates had been very accepting, and concurrently, little doubt grateful he was leaving. But it surely allowed Bhanu to deliver some stage of company within the closure to his expertise. That is it. We will snuff your torch, and your recreation is over.”
That method, the host says, mirrors how producers dealt with Bhanu’s meltdown all through the episode “He is mourning his dying within the recreation…. So allow us to witness this religious dying via his eyes and thru the eyes of his tribe mates and simply keep out of the best way.”
Bhanu Gopal on ‘Survivor 46’.
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And opposite to what some would possibly suppose, Probst says the edit isn’t attempting to make one thing look higher or worse than it really was. “The important thing driver for us is at all times the identical. It must be genuine to what the participant skilled and inform their story in a respectful method. We’re not going to bury anyone, however we’re additionally not going to try to defend anyone. It isn’t about that. It is about exhibiting what occurred.”
Whereas some viewers have been vital of somebody so mentally and emotionally unprepared for the sport being solid on the present, Probst fires again at that. “For my two cents, if we had the possibility to return and do that once more, I put Bhanu on the present immediately. As a result of that’s the type of authenticity that we’re desperately searching for. And do not be confused: I am not saying try to be like Bhanu. I am saying be your self and belief. That is the one play. Bhanu drove his tribe mates loopy. That was clear. But it surely’s not as a result of he was a compassionate, caring particular person. He drove them loopy due to his lack of gameplay talents.”
To listen to extra from the host in regards to the newest episode of Survivor 46— together with all of the behind-the-scenes work that went into exhibiting a easy track on air — take a look at On Fireplace with Jeff Probst.
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