Survivor

Well, last season birthed a new era of Survivor.

26 days, a relentless pace, no food...

I'm just really hungry.

Penalties for losing...

I need your flint.

And these crazy, dangerous twists.

- Oh, my God. Oh.

You are safe, my friend.

And what's really great is,

we shoot two seasons back-to-back,

which means this new group of players for 42

has not seen anything that happened in 41.

So we're going to use that to our advantage in this way.

Some twists will remain the same,

like the crazy phrases that you have to say

in front of other players to activate your idol.

"Potatoes have skin. I have skin. Am I a potato?"

But other twists,

we're going to change the variables a little bit

to see if it changes how the players respond.

And some twists will be new.

It's another evolution

in the greatest social experiment

ever seen on television.

I've waited for a long time

to be out here playing Survivor.

I live for challenges like this.

I have a world record in pull-ups

with 100 pounds on my back.

I did 15 in a minute.

But this is like the ultimate challenge.

There's nothing like this.

Like, yeah, there's a million world records,

but there's one Survivor.

From the beginning, I've had to fight

for people to believe in me,

even doing hurdles half blind.

They thought I was crazy.

I became an all-American in hurdles.

Like, I fight,

and I'm very competitive.

Sometimes, I bring that into certain situations, and

they're just like, "You're-you're too much, Drea."

As an exotic animal veterinarian,

you never know what you're going to see when you come into work.

It might be a tiny canary with a fractured leg,

or a giant rhino that you have to put your hand up its butt.

I'm gonna come out into this game acting like a pigeon,

something that's nonthreatening, but really,

I'm going to be like the owl in the night.

You're not gonna hear or see me coming

until you're dead and Jeff is snuffing your torch.

As a young woman, as a Gen Z,

I feel way outside of my comfort zone.

I mean, the most I've ever even camped

is at music festivals, like, truly, like.

It's definitely a weakness. I mean,

I'm an awkward runner, I'm an awkward swimmer.

I'm nervous about the bug.

I will burn instantly.

I'm already worrying I'm burning now.

Even sand. Sand is horrible,

especially, like, when it, like, sticks

to your whole body. It sucks.

These 18 strangers have left everything behind.

I've been trying to get

on the show forever. This is like

a lifelong dream.

They're about to take part

in an adventure that will forever change their lives.

There's something for me that's here

that I need to find.

A complicated and dangerous game

designed to test them

by pushing them further than ever before...

How much farther can I really go?

How much potential do I really have?

Forcing them to adapt at every turn...

Whatever twist Jeff is going to throw at us,

I need to be prepared.

And challenging the beliefs

of what is possible for those brave enough to say yes

to the adventure of a lifetime.

You get one shot at this. You get one shot.

And I'm gonna give it everything I got.

Who will have what it takes to outwit, outplay

and outlast all the rest?

This is Survivor 42.

Come on.

Come join me.

Right now, it feels like a roller coaster.

The strap is on, the people have done their final check,

and the roller coaster just went like...

And it's now just starting to move.

And in this moment, you have to decide,

are you going to raise your hand

to have the experience of your lifetime, or are you gonna

close your eyes and regret that for your life?

My hands are going to be raised,

and I'm going to be screaming with everyone on this...

whatever ride this is.

All right.

Welcome to Survivor 42.

You are here, so excited.

It is so nice to be back in Fiji where it is safe.

You all quarantined, everybody tested, everybody is good to go.

We can play Survivor. Woman in the front... your smile.

You haven't stopped smiling since you got in the sand.

- What's your name? - Maryanne.

Maryanne, what is that enthusiasm?

How do you describe that to your best friend?

It's, like, you dream about this, you know?

You dream about, like, going on Survivor.

Then you're like... And all your friends are like,

"Maryanne, you're not gonna make it on Survivor."

Like, so many people. And then it's like, you're here,

and then it's like, like, you know, like, you're here.

And, like, you're there and, like, I'm here, and, like,

you're just like... Like, I just want to,

like, jump up, run, scream.

Ah! It's so hard to keep it in.

Guy in the middle in the green. What's your name?

Mike. How you doing, Jeff?

I'm out here with Jeff Probst. Can you believe this?

- Holy crap. - That'll go away fast. -

- It will? - Yeah.

Well, let me soak this in for a few seconds first.

On the beach, sand under my feet,

and Jeff Probst is talking to me.

It don't get better than that. I can't wait

for my friends to see this. They're not going to believe it.

- - So what does it take to win this game, Mike?

I think you need to be diversified in all the areas...

social game, your challenge game,

and even just how you act around camp. I think it takes it all.

I think the person that comes out and is more well-rounded

than the rest of us will win this game.

- What's your name? - Zach.

Zach, what does it take to win Survivor?

I think we're about to find out, Jeff.

What does that mean?

I don't know. I was trying, man.

- - It-it sounded cool.

I think it was the delivery

that I kind of, like, miffed it on.

So, look around.

One of you is 26 days away from winning Survivor 42

and the million dollars that goes with it.

There are lots of different ideas

about what it takes to win,

and you have to continue to adapt.

That is the key, which is why you got to think

of the game of Survivor

like it's the monster in the horror movie.

Either you slay this game, or the game will slay you.

I'm glad each of you are here,

and I hope that Survivor gives you what you're looking for.

Let's get into it. Let's start with our tribes.

- Over here on the left... Taku. - Yeah.

In the middle... Vati.

And on the end, wearing blue... Ika.

- - Yeah!

All right, are you ready to get to your first test

- as brand-new tribes? Yeah!

All right, here's what's going to happen.

On my go, one person from each tribe is going to race

into the jungle and untie two paddles

from a cargo net.

They'll come back. Another person from that tribe

will then race down around the far end of the beach

and get two more paddles.

When you're back with your paddles,

everybody gets in your boat and you paddle out

and around the buoy, collecting a bag of bamboo sticks.

One tribe member will use those sticks

to try to retrieve that flint.

First tribe member to get a flint earns for their tribe

- a pot, a machete and a flint. - Oh, my.

That's what you're starting the game with.

- No rice. -

- No food source. - Wow.

You haven't seen Survivor 41.

You're going to be on your own. The new Survivor

is fast, it's difficult, and it's dangerous.

I don't know about season 41, but

watching 40 seasons of Survivor, you have a general idea.

But when Jeff says,

that's out the window, and you don't know what to expect...

this is just wild.

All right, tell me who are the first runners

for the first leg? Come right up here

in front of the green.

- Come on, my brother. - Right next to each other.

Jonathan.

- - All right, Jonathan!

- All right, Daniel. - Yeah, let's go, Daniel!

He's pretty big, you know.

I got to win one for the short guys here.

- - We have Jonathan, Daniel...

- Yes. - And Tori gonna race on the first leg.