'Survivor' host Jeff Probst explains why gender alliances don't work — and it has something to do with a famous mathematician.
professed a final-four women's alliance, yelling out slogans like"Girl power!" and"Who needs men?" while bonding and promising to run the show. But by the end of theepisode, Caroline was out of the game. While she was not turned upon by her own island sisters, it provided merely the latest example of a gender-based alliance not making it past the starting gate.
Probst continues: "It can't be 'I trust you because we're the same gender.' Do I think I can beat you even though I know you think you can beat me? So there are just a lot of variables that go into forming a great alliance. And the minute anyone on the outside senses that it could be based on something as visual as gender, I think it just makes it a lot tougher."
The host also says the faster pace and condensed gameplay of the 26-day season plays a factor. "I think gameplay in the new era is very different than the old era for a lot of reasons," Probst muses. "Most noticeably is it's just constantly shifting because the game is now played in moments. And one moment… can change the entire game. It's one of the hallmarks, in fact.
to get breaking news, exclusive first looks, recaps, reviews, interviews with your favorite stars, and more. "So to take it all back to a gender alliance," says the host, "if a group of men or women are able to pull off a gender-based alliance, it will be extremely noteworthy because the odds of someone leaving an alliance at any given moment are extremely high, and you don't want to be the one that got left."
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