Discovery

Say it ain’t so! Survivor China (as well as every other season) host Jeff Probst recently answered some questions posed by TV Tattler’s Angel Cohn. Now, are there folks who watch the show just to see scantily-clad women? Who out there does that?

I realize the main reason that they don’t shoot the show in a colder environment is because the castaways would have to be all bundled up and that’s apparently bad for television ratings. How shallow have we become?

Jeff answered some questions about the clothing — or lack thereof — in the interview and I bring to you those answers … and my two cents!

Okay, to the scantily-clad issue first. Like another season, my mind is failing on just which one, the castaways are tossed in the waters wearing only the clothes on their backs. Similar to Rupert wearing a skirt that other season, the castaways will have to make due with what they have — that eventually might bring down a few to underwear and such. If it were me on the boat for the pre-show interview spots, I’d be fully clothed and not wearing high heels. But I get the feeling some of the women in particular weren’t too prepared for the dumping.

Jeff also went in a bit on the twists we can expect this season. A new one is a kidnapping each week — one tribe will kidnap someone from the other tribe and it’s guaranteed that there will be spying and perhaps even betrayals ahead. The whole “outwit, outplay, and outlast” conception is a bit changed this season — it’s now Chinese characters which translate to “compete in intelligence, compete in skill, compete in endurance.”

The interview also took Jeff to task over his possible over-involvement and perhaps leading questions during tribal council sessions. He claims that he isn’t always privy to all of the happenings in the camps but is brought up to snuff on major happenings — such as a camp burning down. He thinks that allows him to ask questions with “random abandonment.” Hmmm … interesting.

Jeff promises the show will be very different this season with the backdrop of China. I myself will be interested in seeing touches of the Chinese culture and the scenery of the more natural areas of the country. Bamboo woods? Cool!

The series premiere is tonight at 8 PM ET/PT in most viewing areas.

Survivors ready?