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At the Emmys yesterday, Gayle King asked Jeff why Parv wasn't asked to
do S50. Unless Boston Rob was lying, then Jeff is full of shit. Have to
say I'm shocked he acknowledged Australia v The World.
https://youtube.com/shorts/U1IPZOFkfiA?si=hce57OJqsWt8VXGr
On 9/15/2025 10:59 PM, Brian Smith wrote:
At the Emmys yesterday, Gayle King asked Jeff why Parv wasn't asked to
do S50. Unless Boston Rob was lying, then Jeff is full of shit. Have
to say I'm shocked he acknowledged Australia v The World.
https://youtube.com/shorts/U1IPZOFkfiA?si=hce57OJqsWt8VXGr
Sounds like he was saying that no one from All Winners was invited back because, in his words, "we just saw them", and that makes perfect sense
to me.-a Maybe Boston Rob thought he had an open invitation to return,
but maybe Rob misunderstood or was just wrong.
On 9/15/2025 10:11 PM, Rick wrote:
On 9/15/2025 10:59 PM, Brian Smith wrote:
At the Emmys yesterday, Gayle King asked Jeff why Parv wasn't asked
to do S50. Unless Boston Rob was lying, then Jeff is full of shit.
Have to say I'm shocked he acknowledged Australia v The World.
https://youtube.com/shorts/U1IPZOFkfiA?si=hce57OJqsWt8VXGr
Sounds like he was saying that no one from All Winners was invited
back because, in his words, "we just saw them", and that makes perfect
sense to me.-a Maybe Boston Rob thought he had an open invitation to
return, but maybe Rob misunderstood or was just wrong.
Boston Rob was asked. I posted about it late May. Here's the tweet
Boston Rob sent out. Note that he tagged the show and Jeff.
https://x.com/BostonRob/status/1928452602687103437
This is what I think happened. Boston Rob was the first person they
asked back. When he said no, Jeff changed plans immediately and decided
no past winners. As far as pre-S41 winners go, I'm pretty sure no one
other than Boston Rob has said they were asked to play. As for New Era winners, apparently later in the casting process CBS said they weren't
happy with either the number of New Era players and/or quality. Maybe
that's why Kyle and Dee were asked to play. Total hunch on my part.
Several sources have said Maryanne was a very late cut. You'd think they would want more than two (three? if RIZZGOD or Savannah won S49)
winners. If Maryanne was in contention why didn't they go with her
instead of Kamilla? Once NDAs expire we should find out the truth.
On 9/16/2025 4:48 PM, Brian Smith wrote:
On 9/15/2025 10:11 PM, Rick wrote:
On 9/15/2025 10:59 PM, Brian Smith wrote:
At the Emmys yesterday, Gayle King asked Jeff why Parv wasn't asked
to do S50. Unless Boston Rob was lying, then Jeff is full of shit.
Have to say I'm shocked he acknowledged Australia v The World.
https://youtube.com/shorts/U1IPZOFkfiA?si=hce57OJqsWt8VXGr
Sounds like he was saying that no one from All Winners was invited
back because, in his words, "we just saw them", and that makes
perfect sense to me.-a Maybe Boston Rob thought he had an open
invitation to return, but maybe Rob misunderstood or was just wrong.
Boston Rob was asked. I posted about it late May. Here's the tweet
Boston Rob sent out. Note that he tagged the show and Jeff.
https://x.com/BostonRob/status/1928452602687103437
This is what I think happened. Boston Rob was the first person they
asked back. When he said no, Jeff changed plans immediately and
decided no past winners. As far as pre-S41 winners go, I'm pretty sure
no one other than Boston Rob has said they were asked to play. As for
New Era winners, apparently later in the casting process CBS said they
weren't happy with either the number of New Era players and/or
quality. Maybe that's why Kyle and Dee were asked to play. Total hunch
on my part. Several sources have said Maryanne was a very late cut.
You'd think they would want more than two (three? if RIZZGOD or
Savannah won S49) winners. If Maryanne was in contention why didn't
they go with her instead of Kamilla? Once NDAs expire we should find
out the truth.
I think there is another, slightly different interpretation.-a Rob said
in the tweet "@survivorcbs and @jeffprobst early on they called and
askedrCa I wanted my spot to go to someone else."
That makes it seem they gave him a firm offer to return and he turned
them down saying he wanted his spot to go to someone else.-a But I think
it is possible, even likely, that rather than offering him a commitment
to be on the show, they were just asking if he would be available.-a Note
he didn't say they offered him a firm spot, he just said "they asked" -
and I think they were just assessing availability.-a So I don't think
you're right that they "changed plans immediately" - I just don't think
they had settled on any specific plans at that point.-a Like you, I can't really prove this - it's just based on how I think casting usually works.
On 9/16/2025 5:24 PM, Rick wrote:
On 9/16/2025 4:48 PM, Brian Smith wrote:
On 9/15/2025 10:11 PM, Rick wrote:
On 9/15/2025 10:59 PM, Brian Smith wrote:
At the Emmys yesterday, Gayle King asked Jeff why Parv wasn't asked >>>>> to do S50. Unless Boston Rob was lying, then Jeff is full of shit.
Have to say I'm shocked he acknowledged Australia v The World.
https://youtube.com/shorts/U1IPZOFkfiA?si=hce57OJqsWt8VXGr
Sounds like he was saying that no one from All Winners was invited
back because, in his words, "we just saw them", and that makes
perfect sense to me.-a Maybe Boston Rob thought he had an open
invitation to return, but maybe Rob misunderstood or was just wrong.
Boston Rob was asked. I posted about it late May. Here's the tweet
Boston Rob sent out. Note that he tagged the show and Jeff.
https://x.com/BostonRob/status/1928452602687103437
This is what I think happened. Boston Rob was the first person they
asked back. When he said no, Jeff changed plans immediately and
decided no past winners. As far as pre-S41 winners go, I'm pretty
sure no one other than Boston Rob has said they were asked to play.
As for New Era winners, apparently later in the casting process CBS
said they weren't happy with either the number of New Era players
and/or quality. Maybe that's why Kyle and Dee were asked to play.
Total hunch on my part. Several sources have said Maryanne was a very
late cut. You'd think they would want more than two (three? if
RIZZGOD or Savannah won S49) winners. If Maryanne was in contention
why didn't they go with her instead of Kamilla? Once NDAs expire we
should find out the truth.
I think there is another, slightly different interpretation.-a Rob said
in the tweet "@survivorcbs and @jeffprobst early on they called and
askedrCa I wanted my spot to go to someone else."
That makes it seem they gave him a firm offer to return and he turned
them down saying he wanted his spot to go to someone else.-a But I
think it is possible, even likely, that rather than offering him a
commitment to be on the show, they were just asking if he would be
available.-a Note he didn't say they offered him a firm spot, he just
said "they asked" - and I think they were just assessing
availability.-a So I don't think you're right that they "changed plans
immediately" - I just don't think they had settled on any specific
plans at that point.-a Like you, I can't really prove this - it's just
based on how I think casting usually works.
Jeff's response to Gayle King about Parv sure sounds to me like they
went into casting S50 with their minds made up that there would be no
past winners from S40. Boston Rob's tweet calls that into question as
far as I'm concerned. If they were just checking on availability, why
would Boston Rob say "I wanted my spot to go to someone else"? Jeff
would never screw Boston Rob over like he would and did someone such as
Abi.