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Each week, host Jeff Probst answers a few questions about the most recent episode of Survivor: South Pacific.

ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: I’ve suggested in the past that when you have a double elimination episode that you spring a challenge on them right there at Tribal Council and then have a vote-off immediately after, so I loved finally seeing that happen. One thing I was curious about was the decision to let the contestants (and viewers) know beforehand that there would be a twist at Tribal, allowing them (and us) to guess and prepare for it. I’m assuming you went back and forth on whether to do that. Why did you ultimately decide to tease it? Was it in the hopes that it would ignite some extra strategy discussion back at camp, like what we saw with Albert considering ousting Edna while he still had the votes?
JEFF PROBST: We always tease any kind of game changing twist before it happens so that nobody will ever feel that we made it up in response to something happening in reality. For instance, “Now that we know what’s happening, if we did another tribal they might vote out someone we really like so let’s change our minds and not do it!” This goes back to the very beginning of the show. If you think back, there are many times when I reveal a bottle with a note inside, or pull a note from my pocket. It is merely our way of committing to a twist with integrity. READ FULL STORY »