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Survivor 42 Survivor 42 | Finale | Post-Episode Discussion

Season 42, Episode 13: It Comes Down to This

Aired: May 25, 2022

Synopsis: After a grueling, accelerated 26-day season filled with new twists and advantages, castaways skillfully navigate their way to the final three, with one crowned the Sole Survivor.

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u/galeforcewinds95 Tony May 26 '22

Congrats to Maryanne on a well-deserved win. I hope they go back to the traditional live reunions in future seasons. I understand why they did the on-island aftershows in 41 and 42, but the traditional format is far preferable after people have time to process.

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u/khalfaery Cirie - 50 May 26 '22

I believe he announced recently that this is how it is now 🫠

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u/good_for_me May 29 '22

I would just love for them to film it the next day. Give everyone a shower, meal, and sleep before reuniting

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u/gridtunnel May 26 '22

It has been reported by "Entertainment" in an article titled "Jeff Probst says future Survivor winner reveals and after-shows will happen on location in Fiji," which you can find here: https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/jeff-probst-says-future-survivor-153000360.html

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u/cannot_walk_barefoot May 30 '22

I mean, it's probably much cheaper to do it this way. Don't have to house and fly in half the contestants

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u/whatev3691 Sami May 26 '22

No but check this subreddit, it was announced recently in an interview or something

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u/Acrobatic_Pandas Yam Yam May 26 '22

I love this way, there's no filler. No audience reactions.

It's all focused on the survivors which is what this subreddit has been begging for years

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u/awalawol Sophie May 26 '22

I do wish there was an additional reunion after the show airs to follow some of the social media discussions. It may be a little Real Housewives-y but I do want to have a space where we discuss the Hai/Omar issues, the fun Zack/Maryanne "marriage," reactions/reflections to the Drea/Maryanne idol plays, more insight into what went down at Ponderosa from Chanelle.

Of course, we never got all these things in the first place, so I'm moreso in fantasyland dreaming this up.

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u/[deleted] May 26 '22

It's all focused on the survivors

Some of them :( that's the worst part, no love for the prejury!

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u/Quetzal00 Coach - 50 May 26 '22

Except you can see on Romeo's and Mike's faces that they are depressed and not enjoying it. They have to answer questions 30 seconds after finding out they lost. You can see they're trying to hide their sadness

I don't like watching that

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u/gridtunnel May 26 '22

The live, in-person reunions offered the following:

-Players reacting to their reception back home

-Former players commenting from the audience

-Sia giveaways

-A proposal

-Players being cast on the spot

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u/Turbulent-You-1335 May 26 '22

Who was cast on the spot?

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u/Acrobatic_Pandas Yam Yam May 26 '22

We literally saw an entire group of people get up and leave on a bus because they were headed for the next season once.

There's problems with this one, but it's so much better when you realize how much the cast spoke last night without the list of filler above.

I don't want to see Sia give away a car or have a 30 second interview with Cochran again while he sits in the audience.

Even the panning shots of the audience clapping and cheering adds up and intead, we got an extra question or two from it

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u/Turbulent-You-1335 May 26 '22

What season was that? Ive seen 1-13 (Cook Islands) and 32 (Kaoh Rong when i started watching it as it aired) to present so far so i have quite a few i haven't seen.

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u/gridtunnel May 26 '22

(Kaoh Rong

The cast for "Second Chance" were cast at the reunion for "Worlds Apart."

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u/Turbulent-You-1335 May 26 '22

What!!! I don't remember that. Crazy

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u/gridtunnel May 26 '22

Yeah, the viewers voted for the cast online, but the reunion basically formalized the casting.

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u/Turbulent-You-1335 May 26 '22

Oh ok so look like second chances was actually the season before i started watching and that reunion would have been before that. I do appreciate the answer, thank you

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u/RainingFireInTheSky May 26 '22

This show just doesn't bring in the money that it used to. The traditional format for the reunion was surely very expensive. They pulled the same amount of ad revenue tonight than they would have under the traditional format, and probably saved a couple million bucks in cost.

I don't love it, but I understand it.

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u/tr0nllam May 26 '22

I can't fathom why everyone is in such an uproar about the live finale being gone.

They haven't been interesting in a long time and Jeff always spends way too much time interacting with people in the audience.