Survivor

I want to be the very first head

on the Mount Rushmore of the new era.

I am ready to forge my own path.

I'm 100% gonna be writing my own Survivor story out here.

Listen, I am either gonna

blaze my own path out here or I'm gonna burn down this island.

I think I am dangerous in Survivor.

I have what it takes, physically,

but I'm versatile enough to fit into different groups of people.

You don't find a guy who looks like me be

super unsuspecting, right?

It's often the people that say, "Oh, I'm a...

I'm a wolf in sheep's clothing."

I'm a wolf in wolf's clothing.

I march to the beat of my own drum.

And no matter how nerdy it is,

these are the things I love in life.

But I don't do anything unless I'm gonna succeed at it.

'Cause I just don't like losing.

I look like somebody who wouldn't hurt a fly,

but they don't know, like, I have a flyswatter

in my back pocket. (Laughs)

Growing up, life was a struggle, man.

I spent

five years in foster care, over 26 different homes

I lived in before I would graduate high school.

I could have just flipped over and laid on my back,

but I didn't.

Life dealt me the recipe for disaster,

and I baked a... brownie with it.

These 18 strangers

will be abandoned in the islands of Fiji.

I am the first native Hawaiian to play Survivor.

I want to show

that Hawaii can roll with the big dogs.

They must learn to adapt or they'll be voted out.

I am sure that I have friends and family

watching this right now.

And I'm pretty confident that I know what they want

for me out of this experience.

They want me to suffer.

In the end, only one will remain

to claim the million-dollar prize.

I'm gonna play hard.

I might get a little evil. Who knows?

When I win Survivor,

my final words will be, "I'm 59, and

I beat all your asses."

Who will have what it takes to outwit,

outplay and outlast all the rest?

This is Survivor 47.

- (laughing, whooping) - (clapping)

You're here.

- Oh, my God. - Oh, my gosh.

I would say, looking at my fellow contestants, uh,

I see a million dollars, man. Like,

I really don't think I see anybody on here

who can do anything with me, to be honest.

So, I'm ready to go.

All right. Welcome to Survivor 47.

- It's crazy. So,

every season of Survivor starts the same way,

with the forming of a new community.

That's what's happening right now. Take a look around.

This is gonna be your community

for the next 26 days.

And the reason community has

always been the foundation

of this social experiment we've been doing

for 24 years is because humans have always

craved community.

And I get it. If you're at home watching Survivor,

you could say "Ah, it doesn't fully jibe."

"I mean, they're not really abandoned.

"You're not really on your own." That's true.

There are cameras shooting you right now.

But what you all are going to experience

because you're here is that

when you're tired and you're hungry

or you feel left out, it's gonna feel very real

because you're gonna have those same cravings

for community.

And what truly sets Survivor apart

from any other social experiment like this

is the game that sits on top of it,

a game that's played with humans.

The same humans you are forming your community with

are your adversaries.

So you have to build a community

with people you can rely on while you vote them out

and then after you vote them out,

you go back to them and try to persuade them

to give you the vote for the million dollars.

How do you pull off that magic trick?

So let's see if we can solidify your community a little bit

by giving you an identity with a tribe name.

We'll start with Blue. Blue, you are Tuku.

Tuku! (Cheering, whooping)

In the middle, Red, Lavo.

- Lavo! - (Cheering) - Yes.

And on the end, Gata.

- Gata! - Gata. - (cheering)

All right, so let's see if we can get

a little personality from our tribes.

Guy in the front, in the middle, what's your name?

My name is Gabe, from Baltimore City.

What do you bring to your community back home?

I mean, when it comes to working, I'm a grinder, man.

I try to lead by example, and I try to be

the guy that says, "I'm just as tired as you are, but"

"if I got energy to keep going, I know for sure

that you got energy to keep going."

In the front, in the middle, introduce yourself.

Uh, my name is Teeny. I know it looks like

I'm from the Wild Wild West right now,

but I'm actually a proud New Jerseyan.

I feel like this is, like, aggressively scarecrow,

and, uh, that's not really New Jersey's vibe, but,

you know, I like to change it up with, like, my style.

Just to be clear, it's not like

I gave you these pants.

- These are your... - No, I... I... It's my style.

It's my style. I own it.

I'm just saying: New Jersey proud.

Guy in the corner.

- What's your name? - Hi. I'm Andy.

Andy, talk to us about your role back home.

What's your life about?

Growing up, I had, like, four friends.

So unpopular because I did not have an identity,

and I kept trying different things.

I would wear Grateful Dead T-shirts

to be... pretend I was a stoner.

I'm afraid of weed.

- I can't smoke weed. I can't do that. - (laughing)

I was a poser, right? But I learned

that I just have to be myself,

and it's become a super magnet

for everyone in my life that I have today.

Guy on the end. - Yeah.

- Introduce yourself. - I'm Jon.

I'm a podcast host,

and I really care what people think of me.

So much. Four friends

in high school?

Must be nice.

Well, Jon, it's always

so exciting to start a new season of Survivor.

So, what's the energy right now?

You know, I'm here in part because

every episode you say, "Apply to be on Survivor."

And you have this idea

of what you would play like

or what you could play like.

And I think we're all nervous because

what we would play like or could play like

is about to be fact-checked against what we will play like.

Wow. - And if you're cocky, that's exciting.

And if you're not, it's not.

Well, shall we get to the next phase?

- (all voicing assent) All right.

Your first test as new tribes

is waiting for you in the jungle.

Oh, my God. - Follow me.

Oh, my God.

Oh.

Oh, my God.

Jeff

walks us down the beach,

turns a corner and takes us to...

It could only be described

as, like, a gladiator's arena.

Look, I've seen a lot of Survivor.

There are opening challenges,

but this one really takes the cake

in terms of the grandness.

And the pressure is on. Like, you have to perform

or you're gonna be in trouble immediately.

All right. Let's get to your first challenge as new tribes.

Here's how it works.

Two players from each tribe

are gonna crawl under a muddy net.

You're gonna race into the jungle...

and retrieve two puzzle pieces

from one of three different obstacles.

Then you race back, the next pair goes.

Once you have all six pieces,

two tribe members will use those pieces

to solve a rectangular puzzle.

The first tribe to finish

earns their camp supplies.

You know the drill.

It's not much... a pot, a machete and a flint...

but out here, it's everything,

and will provide a massive head start.

The two losing tribes will have to try to earn it another way.

Make sense? All right, - Yup.

Give everybody a minute to strategize,

we'll get started.

- All right. Let's go.