The show I ended up watching for the first time was just one that I stumbled upon on TV. Many years ago, when the first season came out I admittedly watched the show, but I have not seen it since and I have heard that there are many differences now compared to back then. Survivor is on its unprecedented 22nd season. Arguably, Survivor was the first reality TV game show to take off and has continued to succeed for the past 11 years.
The specific name of the show this year is Survivor: Redemption Island. Redemption Island is the twist of the season. When a member is voted out during tribal council, instead of immediately being sent home, they are sent to Redemption Island where they are secluded from everyone else. The next time someone is voted out they, too, go to Redemption Island and those two members compete in a duel. The winner gets to remain on the show at Redemption Island and the loser goes home. In the episode I watched, which was not the pilot or even the first episode of the 22nd season, the duel taking place at Redemption Island was crucial. You see, every once in a while on the show, the winner of the battle at Redemption Island is allowed to leave Redemption Island and get back into the game: its their second life.
In this episode, Matt, who had won 5 consecutive battles at Redemption Island to remain in the game, faced Sarita. The challenge was one that tested physical and mental strength. They needed to “use [their] arms to brace [themselves] against two walls while [their] bare feet are perched on very narrow footholds. Every 15 minutes [they’d] move [their] feet to smaller footholds.” There were only three levels of footholds so when they got to the last row, there was no time limit. These footholds were about a half inch, quarter inch, and eighth of an inch thick.
Matt ended up winning the challenge and the two tribes were forced to merge into one tribe. Back at the camp, Matt was conflicted with whom to side with: his old tribe that voted him out, or the other tribe that was trying to persuade him to jump ship. He ended up staying with his old tribe and voting the way that they told him to. Unfortunately for him, he was “played” and instead of voting for Steve, they all voted for Matt, and he was once again sent back to Redemption Island. Matt seemed to be a threat to many people because he is such a competitor and I wouldn’t want to be the next one sent to Redemption Island to face him. Overall it was pretty intriguing and I can see how it has remained so successful.
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