Survivor host Jeff Probst reveals the upcoming three-tribe swap is going to make or break some players' games.
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As teased at the conclusion of Wednesday night's episode, the Bayon and Ta Keo tribes will be broken up into three tribes during next week's broadcast. With Shirin Oskooi now gone from Ta Keo, this could mean great things for Spencer Bledsoe in particular, who would've been next on the chopping block.
"When you bring back returning players, it's extremely tough to ever surprise them. So we had a few ideas in our hopper and we hoped that at least a couple of them would surprise at least a couple of players. I wouldn't be surprised if several players considered the idea of a two-to-three tribe switch -- but you never know for sure," Probst told Entertainment Weekly.
"And when it finally hits, it's pretty powerful. The obvious impact is that it completely changes the game, and for some I will tease that it will be a MAJOR setback."
Probst explained he loves new twists because they push people to find a new way.
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"How do I get back in the game?" Probst continued. "Tribe switches are one of the few parts of the game you can't control. It's the 'luck' portion of the game. By simply drawing the right -- or wrong -- buff, your game moves in one direction or the other. That's why there is no 'fool proof' strategy."
Probst told EW that luck combined with the social and strategic aspects of Survivor is what makes it an incredible game and ratings success for CBS.
"Survivor requires you to constantly adapt -- 24 hours a day for 39 straight days. Exhausting and life-changing," he noted.
Survivor Cambodia: Second Chance airs every Wednesday night at 8PM ET/PT on CBS.
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