Announcer: For it's 28th season, Survivor is back in the Philippines with the castaways competing against each other on 3 separate tribes, split up according to athleticism, attractiveness and intelligence.

Jeff Probst: One of the interesting things when you start trying to categorize people is that it's very rare that you find somebody that you would only put in one category. You're only beautiful and you have no brain or no strength. Everybody has elements of each.

Announcer: The twists and the mind games kick off right from the show open.

Probst: One of the elements for the marooning is to try to get inside their head by the way we brought them in. Brawn tribe was brought in on an old truck that was uncomfortable. Then the beautiful tribe was given this great boat. You have the women in front with their hat on and sunning themselves. They come in like they are the chosen models from the latest photo shoot. Then you have the Brains. They get the coolest ride of all, the chopper. Our thought process was, the Brawn tribe can handle the truck. The Beautiful tribe, of course they should be out on the water in a beautiful ski boat. And the smartest tribe figured out there's a chopper. This is the easiest way to get in. This season, after we set up Brains, Beauty and Brawn, we went right into it and said, each tribe is going to select a leader. So each tribe will pick a leader. The moment they pick a leader, the leader will then pick the weakest. And now we have a game. We have somebody on the top, we have somebody on the bottom. The tribe didn't put them on the bottom. One person put them on the bottom. The three weakest are then sent back to camp in a helicopter, so they get a very fast ride. They don't have to hike, they don't have to do anything. When they get there, they find out that they have a decision to make. They can either chose to help themselves and take a clue to a hidden immunity idol or they can chose a second bag of rice for the tribe, which would make you a hero. Double the amount of food is a huge advantage.

Announcer: But as in recent seasons, hidden immunity idols will play a role throughout the game.

Probst: Regular idols will be played this season and the clues will be delivered in the rewards. There's also going to be a special idol that will come into play later in the game. This is an idea that was actually texted to me after the last finale by Tyler Perry. Once we're merged and idols have been played a little bit, there will be another idol that comes into play, we'll call it the Tyler Perry Idol. It will be allowed to be used not only after they passed the votes but after I've read them. So it is a true get out of jail free card. Massive power, can shift the game dramatically. I'm super excited because we have so many memorable and in a lot of cases, likeable people. People that I think the audience will actually root for and not just root against.
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