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The Host
Jeff(rey) Probst
Jeff Probst
Born: November 4, 1961 (age 62)
From: Wichita, Kansas
The host of the American edition of the Survivor series since its first inception.- Actually Pretty Funny:
- At the Final Five Tribal Council in Cagayan, Jeff was visibly amused at all the Take Thats and angry tirades.
- At the Final Six Tribal Council for Blood vs. Water (a historic vote which led to only the second rock draw in the show's history), he was shown cracking up at Tyson's trolling of Hayden with the suggestion that rustling and ruffling feathers are different things.
- Berserk Button: He's normally pretty level-headed, but if someone quits without good reason, he immediately starts frowning and talking down to them. When Colton quit Blood vs. Water, he escalated to delivering a full "The Reason You Suck" Speech. (Though he's more sympathetic if you do in fact have a decent reason, such as having a mental breakdown (Kathy), having a family emergency (Jenna), are trying to quit as a gameplay maneuver (Janu), are in too much pain to continue onward (Dana), or have an injury that risks jeopardizing your career (Bi).)
- Catchphrase: Several. They include:
- I'll go tally the votes.
- Once the votes are read, the decision is final; person voted out will be asked to leave the Tribal Council area immediately. I'll read the votes.
- If anyone has the Hidden Immunity Idol and would like to play it, now would be the time to do so.
- (X) tribe, wins Immunity/(and) Reward!
- (Nth) person voted out of Survivor: (Season) (and the Yth member of our jury)...(X).
- (X), The tribe has spoken.
- You will have a chance to get back in this game. Grab your torch, head to Redemption Island.
- You're going to have to dig deep!
- Come on in, guys! (Modified in 41 to just be "Come on in!", in the interest of gender-neutrality.)
- Survivors ready... Go!
- You are getting a look at the new (X) tribe. (Y), voted out at the last Tribal Council.
- Grab your stuff/torches, head back to camp. Goodnight.
- Drop your buffs.
- Elimination Catchphrase: "The tribe has spoken. (Snuffs out evicted castaway's torch) It's time for you to go."
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Executive Meddling: Being an executive producer in recent seasons has led to some, well, questionable decisions. Like Redemption Island purportedly being entirely his idea, for instance.- A lot of viewers were irritated during Palau when it looked like Jeff was pushing Janu into quitting in order to save Stephanie. Janu did in fact want to go home, but she had agreed with her tribe to wait until Stephenie was gone, so Jeff calling off Tribal Council seemed really fishy. It was also combined with some Manipulative Editing - where he stops and asks if Janu could serve on the jury.
- Everyone Has Standards:
- Jeff might sometimes be callous towards contestants, but he was absolutely shocked and livid at Varner outing Zeke in Game Changers. He also was visibly upset and wanted answers during the whole Dan sexually harassing Kellee situation in Island of the Idols, especially when Dan tries to deny that it was an issue, with him callously telling Dan that "I will never let it go."
- Jeff utterly loathes most quitters and doesn't hesitate to let it show. However, if someone quits for a valid reason, such as a desire to be with a dying family member, illness (that wouldn't normally get them pulled), a gameplay maneuver or an injury (that wouldn't normally get them pulled), he is much more sympathetic, usually giving them a nicer send off and, if they make it that far, even letting them serve on the jury.
- Hypocrite: In the New Era, Probst has said he wants the game to be more serious which is why he makes player earn things like food and flint, yet he praises casts who don't take the game seriously like Redemption Island, 42, 44, 45, and 46, and hates casts who do like 43 and San Juan Del Sur.
- Last-Name Basis: Jeff tends to refer to his favorite castaways by their last names; "Donaldson", "Mariano", "Culpepper", and "Deitz" are examples. Invoked when John Cochran specifically asked to be referred to by last name for this reason. Jeff lampshaded his habit himself during Sarah's discussion of gender bias in the Winners At War finale, noting that he had done it several times for men but rarely for women, and made it a point to call Sarah "Lacina" as a sign of respect.
- Not So Stoic: According to Mark Burnett's book, Greg Buis' antics are one of the only things that have succeeded — albeit off-camera — in making him lose his temper.
- Older Than They Look: He doesn't look like a guy in his early sixties, which is quite surprising given how much sun he's gotten over the years!
- The Stoic: Whenever he's not announcing for challenges, he maintains a very calm and level demeanor; even when his Berserk Button gets pushed he never loses his composure. One of the best examples is seen in Caramoan, where he has to talk down a raging Brandon and prevent him from trying to go postal on his tribe.
- Tranquil Fury: In Game Changers, he shares everyones anger when Varner outs Zeke's transsexuality in an effort to save himself from being voted out. But unlike the others, he keeps the same tone as he chews out Varner for ruining Zeke's life and leaving major repercussions for the LGBT community. All that anger appears when he skips the vote entirely and tells Varner to get his torch.
- Vocal Evolution: Probst's voice becomes deeper, scratchier, and sassier as the seasons wear on and he gets older. It shows very much in the first season, Borneo, where he hadn't embraced the role of Survivor host and come to endear it. His delivery of a lot of the Tribal Council lines is under-confident and muddled and lacks polish; when someone gets enough votes to be eliminated, he overspeaks and says the rest are irrelevant rather than a concise, "That's X votes — that's enough — I need you to come bring me your torch."
- Wham Line: Delivers one at the end of Ghost Island where he stated that he will read the votes out loud at the final Tribal Council instead of waiting until the reunion show.
Contestants
- Survivor: Borneo (AKA Pulau Tiga)
- Survivor: The Australian Outback
- Survivor: Africa (filmed in Kenya)
- Survivor: Marquesas
- Survivor: Thailand
- Survivor: The Amazon
- Survivor: Pearl Islands
- Survivor: All-Stars
- Survivor: Vanuatu
- Survivor: Palau
- Survivor: Guatemala
- Survivor: Panama (AKA Exile Island)
- Survivor: Cook Islands
- Survivor: Fiji
- Survivor: China
- Survivor: Micronesia (AKA Fans vs. Favorites 1)
- Survivor: Gabon
- Survivor: Tocantins
- Survivor: Samoa
- Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains
- Survivor: Nicaragua
- Survivor: Redemption Island
- Survivor: South Pacific
- Survivor: One World
- Survivor: Philippines
- Survivor: Caramoan (AKA Fan vs. Favorites 2)
- Survivor: Blood vs. Water
- Survivor: Cagayan
- Survivor: San Juan del Sur
- Survivor: Worlds Apart
- Survivor: Cambodia (AKA Second Chances)
- Survivor Kaoh Rong
- Survivor: Millennials vs. Gen X
- Survivor: Game Changers
- Survivor: Heroes vs. Healers vs. Hustlers
- Survivor: Ghost Island
- Survivor: David vs. Goliath
- Survivor: Edge of Extinction
- Survivor: Island of the Idols
- Survivor: Winners at War
- Survivor 41
- Survivor 42
- Survivor 43
- Survivor 44
- Survivor 45
- Survivor 46
