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At the finale of "Survivor 50," host Jeff Probst teased the game's Open
Era, but not much was really known about what was to come in Season 51
and beyond. Until now.

When-aTVLine caught up with Probst Saturday at the Survivor Island event
at East-aRutherford, New Jersey's American Dream mall, the host was happy
to finally share some intriguing details about what will unfold in the two-hour "Survivor 51" premiere (which airs on-aCBS Wednesday, September
23 at 8/7c).

In the trailer for the season, Probst tells the new castaways that they
are "birthing a new game," but what does that mean, exactly? For
starters, the New-aEra is comfortably in the rear view mirror. After
evolving the game to 26 days and filling it to the brim with beware
advantages and journeys, Probst notes that the show's savvy players were anticipating all of this and more. Therefore, changes were needed and "Permanent Uncertainty" rCo the title of the first episode rCo-abecame the Open Era's resounding theme.

"What the Open Era does, it blows up the evolution," Probst tells TVLine
in the video above. "Forget about the evolution.-aBeing a superfan can be
a disadvantage now because you have all these preconceived ideas of
what's going to happen. They may happen. They may never happen again."

The host compares the Open-aEra to a giant treasure chest that can be
shaken up as needed. And anything can pop out of that chest at any time.

"Inside that chest is everything we have ever done," he says.-a"Every advantage, every twist, every idol, everything, and the question is,
what are we going to pull out this season?"

Come Season 52, the host says theyrCYll "shake the chest up again" and see what happens. With everything as a possibility, including the freedom to
make each and every season truly unique, Probst says the first of the Open-aEra seasons were "exhilarating" to produce.

But that's not all that Probst spilled. In the video above, the host
reveals that themes could possibly return in the near future. He also
teases a few old-school Easter eggs in the "51" marooning, and shares
details about the premiere's very "live" Tribal Council.

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