00:01This season is called Survivor Cagayan,
00:04which is the part of the world that we're in.
00:07It's in the Philippines.
00:08We're doing three tribes this year,
00:10which we haven't done in quite a while,
00:11and they're divided based on qualities
00:14that it takes to win this game.
00:16Beauty, brains, and brawn.
00:18So when you combine all three, beauty, brawns, and brains,
00:21you have outwit, outplay, and outlast.
00:23And the key to this game is knowing
00:25in which moment to draw on which part of that.
00:28I love three tribes because it complicates the numbers.
00:31Survivor's all about how many numbers you take to the merge.
00:35And with two tribes, people seem to think
00:37they have the game figured out.
00:38With three tribes, it's very difficult.
00:40For the marooning this season,
00:41they each came in on three different modes of transportation.
00:44The brawn tribe came in on a beat-up truck.
00:46Not a comfortable ride.
00:48They were in it for a while.
00:50It comes through the field, jarring them around,
00:52and they get off.
00:54The beautiful tribe comes in a boat.
00:56They're out sunning on a beautiful little river,
00:59cruising through.
01:00The girls were in the front, and they were all
01:02kind of like, oh, look at us.
01:04They pull up, ready to go, not sweaty,
01:07have had a nice breeze.
01:08Then the brains come in on the best of all, a chopper.
01:12So the brains get the rock star treatment.
01:14And in each case, the idea is that all of them are thinking,
01:18why did we get the truck, and they got the boat,
01:20and how come they got the chopper?
01:22Welcome to Survivor Cagayan.
01:24Out of the gate, there's an opening twist,
01:26and their decision is vintage Survivor.
01:29Selfish or selfless.
01:31There's also going to be a special idol
01:33that will come into play later in the game.
01:35And this is an idea that was actually texted to me
01:38by Tyler Perry.
01:40Tyler Perry happens to be a big fan of Survivor.
01:42And every so often, he will text me with an idea.
01:45And over the years, he's sent some really great ideas.
01:47Once we're merged and idols have been played a little bit,
01:50there will be another idol that comes into play.
01:53We'll call it the Tyler Perry idol.
01:54So it is a true get-out-of-jail-free card.
01:57Massive power can shift the game dramatically.
02:00It's just a matter of who finds it and if and when they use it.
02:03No Redemption Island, hidden immunity idols,
02:06with a little bit of a twist,
02:07and good old-fashioned 39 days of trying to figure it out.
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