Zeke from Gen X vs Millennials recounted a story where he made a fake idol during that season, buried it on the beach, Ozzy ends up finding it during Game Changers only to show it to Zeke and Zeke tells him it's a fake that he made last season

The fact that he took the trip to get mangos while everybody refused and took hours to hike to the other side to get lost in pure darkness. Hours of hacking and slashing in this darkness to reach the camp and STILL gives them the mangos. What a champ.

you totally had me for a second there with the CGI Brandon Hantz

What makes Probst going off on Brett, but not Yul even more funny is that when Yul left Penner's hat on the Jury bench, he intended for it to be an anonymous thing where the Jury wouldn't know who left it. It was actually PROBST HIMSELF who told Penner that Yul had left the hat, which means Probst influenced the Jury towards Yul's favour, not Yul.

My favorite “behind the scenes” fact is from the final 3 Tribal Council in Survivor Guatemala. When the jury walked in and saw that Danni had the immunity necklace they started clapping and cheering. Jeff got angry and said “Guys, you’re gonna give it away” (the outcome) and made the jurors reshoot the walk without them cheering. This is why the jurors are all smiling as they walk in, and you see Rafe and Stephanie looking at each other like “No matter which of us Danni takes with her, it doesn’t matter. She already won the whole thing”

Fun fact, when Davie found his first idol in DvG, there were no cameras around, so everything shown on camera is him acting

Another thing that could be considered "behind the scenes" that happened in Caramoan, is when Erik had a large cut, which the medical team used penicillin on to prevent infenction. However, Erik later revealed on his KZfaq channel, that he had a possible allergy to penicillin, which might have caused him to be medically evacuated in the final five, whilst all we see is Erik malfunctioning randomly.

My favorite is when Zeke made a fake idol on 33 hid it and forgot about it till Ozzy dug it up on the same beach in 34

I don't think the elephant in the room was Brandon Hantz getting ejected. I think the elephant in the room was the producers giving Hantz the green light to blow up at the tribe, even if they didn't think it would go that far. Imagine having Hantz at the Reunion Show with the potential for that little nugget to get revealed.

Another could be Davie in DvG hiding throughout the island to eavesdrop on conversations. Not just once but throughout the ENTIRE postmerge. I guess this was such a running joke to the players that when he was voted out and sent to Ponderosa, all the jury members there hid from him throughout the house as a prank.

brett's entire survivor journey was behind the scenes lol

Earl after trekking six hours through the Fijian jungle in pitch darkness - "Here are the three mangoes I got you guys." Stacy (probably) - 🙄😒

Winners at War: Yara tribe wins a pizza reward challenge which is never aired. Ghost Island: Merge tribe negotiates for rice; Jeff Probst tells them they can have it, but have to rebuild their camp from scratch. They agree, and Wendell rebuilds the camp in a couple days. Panama: After losing a puzzle challenge (assembling puzzle in the water), Aras proves to producers that his tribe's puzzle pieces were wrong and would not produce the correct result. Challenge is re-run, and Aras & co win.

I’m surprised no mention of Woo allegedly stealing food from the producers tent in Cagayan and how that played into the result of the season and his nickname “Weasel Woo”

My favorite not aired survivor moment is Gillian from Gabon attempting to munity to the other tribe by literary rowing around aimlessly for 2 hours looking for their camp. She said the camera man followed her so she assumed that if she did find them production would actually allow this unprecedented munity.

Dave Ball not being invited back on the show now makes sense. Such an underrated character, if he wasn't on a season with Russell Hantz he definitely would've flourished.

I'm pretty sure a lot of people have heard this story before, but apparently, Pagong's first Tribal Council in Borneo was a miserable experience for Jeff, courtesy of Greg. First of all, he was intentionally undermining the whole process of Tribal Council, and generally being obnoxious, acting like the whole thing was a huge joke. Eventually, Jeff lost his temper and yelled at him. Greg also managed to convince his whole tribe to put Jeff's name down when they first voted, which made him even more mad.

Parvati really is more an all-rounder than she's usually given credit for being. I love her Exile Island idol story.

13:36 “an alleged player on the season” YOU DIDNT NEED TO DO DAVE BALL LIKE THAT PERIDIAM

I think I heard a story in Micronesia where James and Alexis wandered off in the middle of the night to find the producer's camp and stole a bunch of Gatorade or something like that and also got caught. It was the night that James apparently fell and injured his finger as well and that's when James made up the story of how he just cut it on a clam or something

just another reason to love Earl, he's one of my favorite winners and is so underrated!

How do you not include Aras and Shane finding a brick of cocaine that washed up on the beach???

For me, the missing moment is 2-hour full footage of Sundra vs Becky's fire making challenge. Really want to watch the gradation of the jurors' expressions 😂

Another cool tidbit. Apparently, on Survivor: Panama, a kilo of cocaine washed up on the shore, and shane immediately picked it up and was going to use it before the producers snatched it from him

There were numerous shocking moments that happened on Survivor Cook Islands that were never shown on TV. I should know. I am the sister of former Cook Island contestant, Billy Garcia. One of the many things that were never shown that still surprises me to this day was when Billy was accidentally set on fire by his fellow tribe mate Christina during the first immunity challenge. Jeff Probst even witnessed it and yelled in happy excitement that Billy was on fire. But for whatever reason they never showed the incident. Instead, they depicted Billy as being lazy in camp when in reality he was injured. He was never treated during the game because those were the days when if you got medical help of any sort no matter how small you got removed from the game. The other reason he looked like he was being lazy was because he also accidentally drank water that was improperly boiled. As a result he was constantly throwing up all over the place. His stomach became infected with parasites. During elimination interviews both of his fellow female tribe mates even confirmed that Billy had been very sick and that was their reason for wanting to vote him out. Billy has spoken many times on numerous interviews about the incidents and about the other numerous shocking moments that were never aired on Survivor 13 Cook Islands.

After all my years of being a fan of Survivor, it’s cool that there’s still some stories out there that I hadn’t heard before!

“According to Dave Ball, an alleged player on the season” Ouch

One of the things that comes up in my household when we discuss the narrative of survivor and these missing moments or context to scenes is that the process itself could probably be interesting enough for a show. Some kind of competition where a selection of editors are given some pile of footage and have to craft stories out of the footage.

Hoping the next one features the story of Malcolm talking Denise out of quitting before the F3 tribal of Matsing

I bet Rodney feels bad for Monica. Yeah he had to do damn dishes on his birthday but Monica can't even get wished a Happy Birthday

Another one is Aras finding cocaine washed up on the shores of Panama. He wanted to open it but production took it. Source: Quarantine Questionnaires

It's important to note that we are told that when Earl trekked across the island he was accompanied by a film crew and producers. Those "private" moments that we see are far from private, and the crews' accommodations aren't far away.

Sometimes I find the behind the scenes of Survivor more interesting than the show itself. So many legendary stories

I NEED PART 2 OF THESE PLEASE

One from Survivor Guatemala. At the tribal council where Gary goes home he says "you guys can get Stephenie's autograph after the game is over!". This wasn't an out of the blue comment, it was actually directed at Cindy. Earlier in the season (not sure the episode) Cindy won a reward challenge, and initially picked Stephenie to go on it with her. She apparently made some speech about how it would be a dream come true to go on a reward with her Survivor hero. But since some people had started to complain about how Stephenie was going on all the rewards Stephenie refused to go on the reward with Cindy and asked her to pick someone else. This is also why Cindy later picks Stephenie for a reward when she wins one again later in the season.

Fiji's first night always sounded super epic to me, where Liliana of all people was apparently this huge strategic force before the tribes were formed

I'm surprised the Parvati idol wasn't fully showcased on the show

I saw once that Varner also said he's confident Kel had beef jerky. He said pre game he was roomed near Kel, and one day both their doors were open and he looked over and caught a glimpse of Kel fiddling with the seam on a pair of shorts, and when Kel noticed him he got up and shut the door. Not sure how true that might be, but it's at least another anecdote about it

Thank you for posting the video.

In France "Koh-Lanta" 20th bday season, 4 contestants managed to have a secret alliance out of cameras. One of them was idoled out, the 3 others made it to the end, and nobody knew why 🤣

Not related but… A topic that I hope you cover after this current season, is “best survivor challenge players.” Jonathan is something else this season. Completely caring his tribe, winning, being in every single challenge not just the strength but also balance and endurance challenges. I’m amazed how dominant he is. The recoveries on challenges are insane and it is over multiple challenges. Just appreciating how great he is.

According to Dave Ball, an "alleged" player on the season. That's a great takedown of Dave and his tribe.

i called it on brandon hantz all the way back then. i always counted it as an expulsion bc it felt WAY more like one than a true voteout.

I recall hearing Pagong on season 1 voted for Jeff at their first tribal and he got really angry. I assume that would qualify for this?

Shoutout to the rare brett cameo

Guess that explains why Dave Ball never got a second chance. He was my favorite on Galu

We need a part 2 and part 3 to this please 😁

I remember Parvati mouthing to the jury and even flirting but Jeff never yelled at her.

I love how you rightfully address Earl as King of Fiji

I need to re-watch Samoa. Such a fun crazy season. The Foa Foa Four were epic post merge.

Much love homie

Knowing that Eric was drunk and stumbled into final tribal that night in Samoa. Makes his speech even better

Wow great content, more like this please??? Two other hidden scenes that I heard maybe you can confirm? On Survivor One world, 1. apparently Bill illegally stole Coltons idol and threw it into the sea. A big search ensued and no one was allowed to chat about what had happened. It was a major factor why Colton had so much hatred for Bill in that season. 2. apparently Kim according troyzan if I remember changed the vote on the boat to the tribal council from Troyzan to Jay (when he got voted off), your not suppose to chat on the boat. Troyzan played his idol during that council. Could have changed the game.

The Dave Boll story proves that guy is a great character and wish he was in more seasons.

so excited to watch this video

I will never forget the Beef Jerky Incident. All these years later, without ever rewatching the season.

Chances are the producers with brandon were like "sure you can vent and throw a tantrum" To which he proceeds to ruin vital food supplies that whether logistically or narratively cant be easily replaced which would have been likely one of three things they didnt want happening, the other two being an actual physical fight and fuckin with the camera/audio equipment

You paused on Dave when he is mad at Jeff made me laugh so hard

Crazy that Jeff Probst almost got murdered at the end of Season 19.

I strive to be like King Earl in this life. This video also successfully changed my mind: Kel DID have beef jerky.

We also never saw Michael actually falling into the fire in season 2 (maybe because it was too graphic?) or Clarence and Diane eat the can of beans in season 3. We just saw the aftermath of both.

Wonder what would of happened if Brandon Hantz pulled out a hidden immunity idol.

I can’t remember what season it was on but one of Ozzys season apparently he swam out really far and got in trouble, I wanna say it was Micronesia but I’m probably wrong

So basically Chelsea's entire game on Ghost Island

I’d pay to see Earl’s journey for his mangos.

Do rumors count? Coz I'd probably include the rumor of Sash apparently bribing Jane, which led to the jury not being allowed to vote for Sash at the f3 lol

I love the 0K thumbnail joke lol.

I recall Russel telling a story of him going on some wild goose chase to find and retrieve a giant bundle of bananas during either Samoa or HvV I forget which.

"According to Dave Ball, an alleged player on the season" LMAO

Don't worry guys, Peridiam's gonna make part 2 for this video undoubtedly.

Never seen this show but love hearing bout it

"According to Dave Ball, an alleged 'player' on the season". I love that. Hilarious.

christian said in a twitch stream that there were some people on david vs goliath who weren't really big fans of the show and were scared they'd get caught and then get voted out, thats interesting. idk what else to say about it

Parvati leaving behind the idol is one of the reasons she’s one of the greatest social players of all time.

It's SURVIVOR NIGHT!

my fave is casaya finding the brick of coke on panama exile island - the crew must have had fun that night!

Part two please!!!!

Yul didn't actually had the hat too him, just left it on the juries bench before they were brought in, which is why it unlike the wish of happy Birthday to a specific jury member, wasn't against the rules.

the thumbnail for this video is wild

as for Brandon getting the greenlight to blow up on the tribe, that explains why after yelling at Phillip, Brandon hides a smirk.

Yay top 362 comments. Love this show. Best to you and your family. Thanks for sharing these behind the scenes things.

Kel truly loves his beef jerky. 🤣😂🤣

Don't forget about the not-on-camera "that will NEVER make air" remark from Jeff Probst in response to Rob Cesternino's infamous Casey Kasem voting confessional, since it could be heard by everyone at tribal council. Of course, it made air.

Skupin falling into the fire, hatch catching the shark the first time

very interesting video!!!!!

Props to Parv

"according to Dave Ball...An alleged player on the season" is a super underrated joke

plz make more of these

Was it ever confirmed Hatch was caught smuggling matches into all stars? Surprised you didn’t mention that regardless of whether or not it was just a rumor that might be about as likely as Kel and jerky as confident as Hatch was that he could start a fire easily. Love the vid, btw. I think this is my first time commenting but I’ve been watching for a while and am a big fan of your videos

Omg that first story would have made for great tv. Or great behind the scenes extra footage.

Fun fact, grass in Australia can be brown.

If the survivor producers were smart.. they would have been compiling some of the crazy moments they had to cut bc they didn't add to the story or there wasn't time or whatever other reason and kind of saving them aside so one day they could release some sort of multi-part specials and show us a bunch of stuff from random seasons that we've never seen. And if they do this for a while it could go back years to what would then be "older seasons" and I think the fans would love to see it. I kept thinking that that would have been perfect during quarantine since they couldn't film. It doesn't even have to be a full 10-13 episodes.. even just like a 3-part series or something. It would have been awesome. But people on reddit all said that they don't keep the footage from past seasons. Which is crazy to me but I guess it's harder to do than it sounds..?

I love how this thumbnail looks like Jeff pulling a Dan

HAHAHAHAH this is the funnest and best video. And Dave is the best of this video.

How about when production allegedly framed Janet Koth with a planted granola bar in Amazon Season 6 in order to keep Christy (who was the tribe's unanimous target before the incident) on the show longer...the show would have looked bad if their first ever deaf contestant got voted out second! There never was a clear resolution to where the bar came from and Janet swore it was not hers. We need a video explainer about this. Something was surely amiss here cos it made no sense at all! Where did that granola bar REALLY come from?

I remember hearing a story from season 1, where some of the survivors got away from the camera crew, and when they were found, they were in a crew trailer eating. No idea if it’s true or not.

shout out danger dave absolute legend and king

i remember brandon saying in a confessional that his goal on survivor was to clear the family name or something lmao

“..or jerkin’ the beef..” 😭

Even if it was a rule that you can't talk to the jury, just say to Brett 'Hey, you're not allowed to do that.' Don't blow up in his face just for saying Happy birthday to someone! That's crazy!