The CBS Network Survivor has been on television for 20 years now, and with over 40 season (2 season a year), I wanted to see how legit the show is and how it relates to actual reality.
About the Show
Survivor is a reality game show hosted by Jeff Probst , were a group of strangers in an isolated island, where they must provide food, fire, and shelter for themselves. The contestants compete in challenges for rewards and losers go to elimination. The contestants are eliminated from the game as they are voted out by their fellow contestants, until only one remains and is given the title of “Sole Survivor” and is awarded the grand prize of one million dollars.
How accurate does this media show reality?
According to The Today Show, Survivor is pretty a real show causing it to connect with its audience probably a little more then others. Andy Dehnart ask if they get personal hygiene items and the response was yes and no they have access to a container with necessary supplies, such as feminine products, birth control, vital medications, etc. Otherwise, they’re pretty much on their own. They only do challenges once or twice a week and they also don’t get much food and water, they win them through rewards, however, they have to share with a lot of other people so they are not getting a lot of food.
Not getting a lot of food can result in fainting with happens a lot to the show and this where an emotional effect of real life reality can come into play as a viewer of the show. Below is a video of a contest during a challenge fainting coming down to the final days.
How truthful is this media? Are things left out?
As stated above Survivor on the living and emotional aspect of reality is pretty real, however some of the segments on the show are cut and things you don’t see for some reason that can be explained but others not so much. The Travel says that the Elimination ceremony usually last an hour long however they only show you what part had the most drama to heighten the elimination.
Also Jeff Probst supposedly arranges the votes before he reads them allowed again so it can heighten the shows drama. The show also pays there contestants money even if they lose the show. In a interview with TMZ Jonny Fairplay told how much contenders allegedly make: the first person eliminated can make $12,500, according to the infamous contestant, who noted jury members get $40,000.
Survivor on CBS, yes is a realistic but again on game shows like that how far can it really go? How far is to far from reality?
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