I was really hoping for some game changing twists, and so far it really just looks like it is Survivor by the numbers. Here we are on the boat, there’s the stuff Ozzy’s supposed to swim out for, there are safety divers in the water to protect the chickens, here’s an immunity/reward challenge, here’s your flint for being losers...
Oh, and we’re doing a double episode as we couldn’t possibly make it suspenseful who’ll go out first. Oh and look out, next week is a ‘game changing’ tribal swap...
Now, if Jeff had said ‘Tony, you’ve been voted out of this tribe, but you’re not out of the game, here’s your new buff and you can pick anyone you’d like from your old tribe to take with you’, THAT would have been a game changer.
Come on, producers, you’ve got all experienced players here and honestly, how many hours of untying knots are we really supposed to sit through each season?
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Tony Gives Sandra Props Even After She Gave Him The Boot On Survivor: Game Changers
Plus, the season's second cast-off explains what the deal was with that spy bunker he was building.
As the winner of Survivor: Cayagan, Tony Vlachos seemed poised to go the distance on Survivor: Game Changers.
Even his early strategies—hunting for idols, building a spy bunker, and immediately trying to form alliances—felt like the types of moves a real game changer might make.
Alas, a second victory was not in the cards for the Jersey native, and, by the end of the two-part season premiere, Tony's torch was snuffed.
We caught up with Tony to talk about him clashing with Sandra on Game Changers, whether he'd come back for another season, and what the deal was with that secret spy bunker.
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The “Game Changers” theme as with some past themes, is of course utterly contrived. Apparently the original plan called for three teams consisting of (1) winners, (2) those who made the jury, and (3) those who were booted prior to making the jury. The plan fell through when the producers couldn’t get enough winners to return.
IOW, they pulled the theme out of their asses.