Jeff Probst
Jeff Probst
Jeffrey Lee "Jeff" Probst is an American game show host and an executive producer. He is best known as the Emmy Award winning host of the U.S. version of the reality show Survivor, he was the host of The Jeff Probst Show, a syndicated daytime talk show produced by CBS Television Distribution from September 2012 to May 2013 that lasted for one season...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionGame Show Host
Date of Birth4 November 1962
CityWichita, KS
CountryUnited States of America
At some point, at least you know there are some things that are good and solid and you can rely on. Nobody in their right mind thinks Survivor is about survival ... It's a game show.
They know that any time somebody's been to Exile Island, that means the idol could have been found. You don't know. Maybe I'm telling you I have it and I don't. Maybe I'm not telling you I have it and I do.
The notion of Exile Island was to remove someone socially as well as physically from the game. But there's simply not enough time, and you would see the same thing over and over: People hungry, sitting in the rain and trying to figure out how many more hours until they can go back to their beach.
This is our toughest one yet, ... It's fair to say Palau was a vacation compared to this.
Most of the time there's just one associate producer who's also acting as a camera operator. At certain times, we'll send a cameraman and an audio person. But even in those cases, there is zero interaction, unless the producer decides to interview the castaway about what's going on. You ask anybody who's spent a night on Exile Island and I think they'll tell you that they felt very much alone.
I was thinking about retiring and spending my time traveling to exotic locations around the world, meeting new and interesting people. Then I realized, uh, wait a second, I'm already doing that with 'Survivor' and getting paid for it, as well.
Survivor. With all the women together, there's no modesty.
It was a lot of fun because we never had anyone on the show with such a lie to tell and tell it so well.
We sit around and brainstorm all the time, even in our off period, ... We're always asking: What if? What If? What if?
When it's raining, there's no cover. You just have to curl up into a ball.
Most people I run into say, I haven't missed an episode. Either you like Survivor or you don't, but if you do, you're a loyal viewer.
So often, the best way to figure out who has a shot at winning is by eliminating those that you're pretty sure don't.
Everyone wants to talk, you've just got to find a way to get them to talk.
Every day I get more and more honest.