Survivor fans always want to know behind-the-scenes secrets from the CBS reality competition series, including how the show is made and how the contestants survive with limited resources on an abandoned beach. And one main question that frequently arises concerns what the Survivor castaways do when they get their period.
Kelley Wentworth and Abi-Maria Gomes | Photo by CBS via Getty Images ‘Survivor’ cast members have limited resources
Survivor premiered on CBS in 2000, and it was an immediate hit. Viewers everywhere were fascinated by the show’s concept, which revolved around stranding a group of strangers on an island and forcing them to create their own society. They have very few resources, so they must build their shelter and find and hunt for food.
The castaways also don’t have access to a shower or toilet. So they don’t have the same privacy in Survivor as they do at home.
Kelley Wentworth and Abi-Maria Gomes | Photo by CBS via Getty Images ‘Survivor’ cast members have limited resources
Survivor premiered on CBS in 2000, and it was an immediate hit. Viewers everywhere were fascinated by the show’s concept, which revolved around stranding a group of strangers on an island and forcing them to create their own society. They have very few resources, so they must build their shelter and find and hunt for food.
The castaways also don’t have access to a shower or toilet. So they don’t have the same privacy in Survivor as they do at home.
- 4/11/2023
- by Sarah Little
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Survivor is undoubtedly one of the harshest reality competition shows on broadcast television. Contestants are dumped on a remote beach with little to no supplies (including food), have to build their shelter, compete in grueling physical challenges while dehydrated and malnourished, and on top of it all, play a good enough social game to win $1 million. But to make their lives a little bit easier, do producers at least give the Survivor castaways sunscreen?
Danny Massa | Photo: Robert Voets/CBS ‘Survivor’ castaways have access to a medical kit
While the Survivor castaways have other things to worry about, like rats, snakes, clean water, and food, they don’t have to stress over their skin getting burned.
According to Insider, Elaine Stott from Survivor: Island of the Idols told them that the show’s producers provide the players with a medical kit at their camp. The kit contains supplies like sunscreen,...
Danny Massa | Photo: Robert Voets/CBS ‘Survivor’ castaways have access to a medical kit
While the Survivor castaways have other things to worry about, like rats, snakes, clean water, and food, they don’t have to stress over their skin getting burned.
According to Insider, Elaine Stott from Survivor: Island of the Idols told them that the show’s producers provide the players with a medical kit at their camp. The kit contains supplies like sunscreen,...
- 4/1/2023
- by Sarah Little
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Just like any reality television show, the producers of Survivor enforce hundreds of rules to ensure the safety of their cast and crew and guarantee that the game is fair. If they didn’t, the series would be even more chaotic than it already is. And one rule bans the contestants from interacting with the camera crew during filming.
Jeff Probst | Photo: Robert Voets/CBS Why do the rules state that ‘Survivor’ players can’t speak to the camerapeople?
Lauren-Ashley Beck, the fourth-place finisher from Survivor: Island of the Idols, shared why one of the show’s rules states that the castaways can’t speak to the camera crew. She told Insider, “It would be an interference with the game.”
As mentioned, the producers (including host Jeff Probst) want Survivor to be as fair as possible. So that means no outside interference or help (especially when the camera operators are...
Jeff Probst | Photo: Robert Voets/CBS Why do the rules state that ‘Survivor’ players can’t speak to the camerapeople?
Lauren-Ashley Beck, the fourth-place finisher from Survivor: Island of the Idols, shared why one of the show’s rules states that the castaways can’t speak to the camera crew. She told Insider, “It would be an interference with the game.”
As mentioned, the producers (including host Jeff Probst) want Survivor to be as fair as possible. So that means no outside interference or help (especially when the camera operators are...
- 3/31/2023
- by Sarah Little
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
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