The Birth, Life, and Death of the Survivor Auction
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- Опубліковано 27 лип 2024
- The Survivor Auction dates back to season 2 of Survivor, but it was really season 11 that kickstarted the demise of one of the best parts of any season of the show and season 30 that finally finished it off. So what happened? Let's find out via the history of the Survivor auction.
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Introduction - 00:00
Australian Outback - 01:04
Africa - 03:10
Thailand - 04:43
Amazon - 07:11
Palau - 09:13
Guatemala - 11:19
Cook Islands - 13:33
Micronesia - 15:05
Gabon - 16:26
Tocantins - 17:47
Samoa - 19:31
One World - 20:26
Philippines - 21:06
Caramoan - 21:41
Cagayan - 22:49
Worlds Apart - 24:30
What Happened? - 27:05
The auction came back for season 45! - ua-cam.com/video/O4F3Eo2Ow1w/v-deo.html
WE JUST WANT TO SEE HUNGRY PEOPLE EAT FOOD JEFF
Truth
And spend ridiculous amounts of money for grubs or chocolate.
What was the worst thing about prison, Prison Mike?
FOOD, JEFF. DON’T FORGET THE COMMA
For some reason I read it as hungry people eat Jeff and was really concerned for a bit lol
Every. Single. Time. I see Taj's eyes widen when the lightbulb goes off. "See you back at the camp!" My eyes IMMEDIATELY tear up. This is in my survivor top 25 moments.
Penner tipping Jeff $20 is one of my favorite moments in survivor history. The whole exchange is so funny.
Yeah XD jeff sounded almost annoyed at the tip the way he said "thanks" always came across as irked for me, like its his money anyway and dudes tipping him?
I never liked the auction for strategy or any serious drama, just watching underfed people devour and hugely appreciate something they would normally think quite basic, and the lighter drama of bidding wars for chocolate cakes.
This is what I love about the auction is about the simple meals we eat at a normal basis being treated with so much desire to a bunch of people on survivor
@@SFTbeats underfed means not eating enough food
Jeff Probst: "WWWOOOWWW, 280 to Amanda for a peanut butter and jelly".........and the whole Micronesia auction crowd goes into hysterics.............HA HA HA HA HA HA HA
I’ve never watched survivor but seeing how they knew they could take that money home instead of bidding for hugely over priced food and then seeing all of them smiling knowing that it’s a gift of home was kind of touching.
Idk why the didnt just take the advantages out of the auction instead of punishing us all by removing it. It’s like in elementary school when the whole class gets in trouble for two people not behaving 😣
I'm just hoping they are shelving it for a long time. This video shows just how long they go between uses sometimes.
@@cjtrules1 Quest for fire made a return for the first time since Season 8 in Season 31, so anything is possible, the Gross Food challenge that was originally a recurring challenge in the first 8 seasons only made occasional appearances in later seasons.
@@bartallen8121 Yep. I'm hoping they are waiting extra long to bring the auction back because players easily predicted what was going to happen. I think they are hoping the expectations and strategies that broke it in the first place become forgotten.
@@cjtrules1 Good point, a good example regarding the Gross Food challenge being a staple in early seasons was Nicole from Season 7 preparing for the challenge at home in anticipation that it would happen and proceeds to do so well that they voted her out.
@@bartallen8121 Ooh that is a great example! I think permanently being in Fiji has killed the Gross Food challenge too.
They need to bring back auction. No idols, no advantages....just old fashion fun auction. Hungry people biding crazy amounts of money for food. It was always a very fun, relaxed part of Survivor that is missing now.
I think they should tell the contestants that no advantages will be explicitly bid upon. And then you hide some advantages in some of the items. You could roll up a little scroll inside the napkin for a food item. Hide a note in the shower for whomever buys that. I think these should be clues that they find, not advantages themselves.
@@MiKen877 what they should do is, bring back the auction but fail to tell them that they won't be getting any advantages. So the ones who do bid on covered items or food items, find advantages hidden, and those who save the cash for the end and bid on them, get left with nothing, and Jeff ends the auction suddenly and they're left confused and frustrated 😂
food or tools for making their living situation better maybe.
And general and regulated sex as well with the well known how do I say “one time blends” thank you for this
There needs to be disadvantages
I truly think they invented the auction because they realized that they were starving the contestants to death on Australian Outback.
Was that bad I haven't seen it
@@isseisato1689 Yeah they ran out of food at one point and had to give up their shelter to get some more rice. Just look at clips from final tribal to see how skinny their faces are.
Yeah because 4 doritos was gonna turn their malnutrition around. Don't be so silly.
Not having an auction in Season 12 was a huge mistake. It would've been absolute insanity. Make them bid for an hour on a blackberry, or
Shane's thinking seat.
@@michaelsager7496 Jeff: next item, a chocolate ice cream bar
Shane: 500.
Jeff: Sold to Shane at 500.
Shane: Oh my god I'm about to have a chocolate ice cream bar in one mi.. ONE MINUTE.
They could have put the cocaine Shane found up for sale.
I feel like they would benefit from just having Jeff say up front: “There will be no game advantages or idol clues in this auction. You’re bidding on food and you’re bidding on love.”
Maybe have the person who wins the bid for letters from home get a surprise visit from their loved one, but still let people buy their letters for the same price as the winner.
they already gamed the loved ones bid, so take that out too. And honestly don't tell them. I feel this would make better tv. Action ends and al the people who haven't spent anything return the money and get shafted. 1.) creates drama. 2.) establishes for future auctions that holding all your money is not a good idea.
Bidding on live seems morally problematic as it is a kin to prostitution.
That was such a Jeff line that I read it in his voice, did he actually say that at some point?
Yes. That was SO unfair to let Jenna get hers for one dollar after Christy paid $500 just because Jenna was a crybaby who had a temper tantrum. If Jeff was going to crumble over that trick then he should have let everyone have theirs for $1. The woman was an ACTRESS and Jeff was dumb enough to fall for her hysterics? I seriously hope Jenna was voted off the next council!
... Alternatively make the food the advantage. Keep the players away from food before the auction, do a food only auction where they are not told that there are no advantages, then follow the auction with an endurance challenge where the fed players should have a sizable advantage.
I had never seen Season 2. Jeff actually just gave them 4 doritos, that's hilarious
@@augustac FOR 60 DOLLARS
@@voidgamer7122 Which is 90 dollars today.
The real question is who eats Doritos with salsa.
@@slycooperscane depends on the dorritos
Im up to season 12 or 13 on paramount
tom and the “he’s a jew he won’t eat the ham” is one of my favorite survivor moments. too funny 😂
I absolutely loved that scene and their relationship on that season. Someone else said this on a different video, but Tom and Ethan had a bromance before bromances were a thing
It’s sad that now days people will find a way to say it’s offensive if they say something like that on the show
@@bridantokes3189 no but ok
@@platinumpineapple9943 he’s not wrong..
@@tonsilis2 yea he is wrong quit exaggerating bullshit nobody is offended
Australian Survivor deserves major props for doing the auction the right way. Increasing the days played produced a greater incentive for food over a single advantage.
The 2017 auction was insane. Most of them bid $500 on a single item, several of them even gambled $500 on food items lol.
Jeff presents a sealed envelope at the start of the auction. After it is purchased, the buyer has the opportunity to trade if for another sealed envelope. Jeff explains that one has an advantage and one has a disadvantage and the envelope must remained sealed until they return to camp. At the end of the auction, he puts the second envelope up for bid, forcing players to scramble to decide if it is worth the risk of a 50/50 chance for an advantage or disadvantage.
I’d love to watch the mental gymnastics that come with buying or not buying it- that’s an amazing idea! :D
This is it chief
ohh nice one
i dont think its a good idea since people will automatically know whether the person got an advantage or disadvantage
@@firstchoice4527 no they wouldn’t. He said it had to remain sealed
My all time favorite survivor moment is when taj realizes he said see you back at camp
Followed closely by Taj immediately taking up Jeff’s offer to go to exile with her husband so everyone else could get their loved ones
@@noahs5636 not before Taj almost ripping Jeff’s arm out of its socket.
@@rehaz of course how could I forget! 😂
Dislocated Jeff's arm
@@rainybopz break her shoulder
I'd love to have the auction back with no advantages. It was so fun to watch them bid on food idk why lol
I think it is because we get to watch these people suffering get to enjoy themselves for 10 minutes.
Maybe cause it's like watching a mukbang, you get that same effect?
It's like when you watch them step down in tough challenges when Jeff tempts them with food
Even better, they should wait until the end of the auction (or maybe the last item, if they want to avoid being too mean) to mention that there isn't going to be an advantage, just to mess with anyone who didn't realise why the auction was removed in the first place.
First item is the advantage, then everyone else can bid who didnt get it
Great idea! This may be my favorite one.
Do that but also have players draw from individual bags with a 1 and (number of participants) chance of drawing the advantage. That way multiple people can win but also they all could lose.
Advantage being the first item, but hidden
worst idea. you need to show/have some mental fortitude. did you enter the competition to enjoy food or win it??
The easy fix is to remove advantages and tell the contestants that. Also remove the loved ones letters. Just food.
They dont even have to keep that change permanent... Just do one auction with no advantages or letters and suddenly people in the future will bid on food because there is no promise of advantages
@@xcrunner319 It would have to be in enough seasons so contestants can't predict it.
I don't think the loved ones letters is broken and don't see it needing to be removed. We've seen over and over again that if a contestant gets a choice of loved ones or letters from home for the whole tribe then they do it. It's smart social politics.
Well I think the "just food"-way is good. You don´t have to have advantages, letters, clues etc.
Strategically you can do a lot with that, as seen in previous seasons. For example: if you dispense of your food, everyone else gets something. Or have someone divide the food between everyone. There are enough twists and turns that can work against you or in your favor.
Also I think it is very important to never repeat a twist. Just do the auction every 3 seasons and always think of a new twist, so no one can predict what will happen (like shirin with the 20-dollar bid for the letters). That way, neither the fans at home nor the contestants have a clue what´s coming, so everyone can enjoy the Survivor Auction again. It is just too good, to not include in the game.
@@Paddyvertex Carter was screwed at the auction, if he were to keep his baked potato, he would be perceived as selfish and could've been an easy target like John in Samoa, if he were (and did) take the bag of rice and beans, it would be seen as a social play and paints a target on him.
The one Australian auction where the advantage/clue was hidden in the candy jar made auctions exciting and the solution to waiting for an advantage to show up. If the twist was there's no clear way to know when the advantage would show up, people who keep waiting will be punished and those we dared to just spend the money could get an advantage or a booby trap.
The fix is obviously to just remove advantages from the auction. That's when it was purely a fun concept and that's when it worked.
I laugh every time I hear “Ya ChEapO DePOs “ 🤣🤣🤣🤣
The Randy cookie incident is still one of the greatest moments of any auction and the whole show in general
Not a fan of Randy, really *really* disliked Sugar 😒❌❌❌
Randy's boot is funny as well.
that cookie cost sugar a million dollars
@@jtfike Matty digested a million dollar cookie.
@@Juju2012ZAno one cares what you think, Sugar ruled.
I have the solution, make the advantage the first bidding BUT limit the amount to $250, this way even if the majority of people bet they still have money left to get food. They enjoy it, we enjoy it!
Nah that's too fair, Survivor shouldn't be that fair.
@@bendreymann6346 Just get rid of the advantage bidding, that's what takes the fun out of the auction
Unfortunately the increments in which they bid can only be in 20 dollar amounts. So getting to 250 is an impossible task to say the least
Why not hide the advantage inside the food so that they would not know in the start of every bid.
@@jjsolstice7283 i believe they did that one time and that's probably a better solution then just getting rid of the advantage
If they ever bring the auction back, Jeff should just say upfront that there is no advantage for sale, but secretly they’ve hidden one in one of the food rewards. As for the letters from home, give some extra incentive for whoever bids on the letters first (a video message in addition to the letter, a promised visit from their loved one in person, additional loved ones letters, etc) that way people will actually bid on the letters and then they can still have anyone else buy their letter for the same price, they just wouldn’t get the additional reward for bidding on it first.
The Tocantins auction episode is probably my all time fav episode of any season. Really just the scene where she gets the phone and then Jeff has to point out what he said at the end and then her iconic reaction.. but especially when she was able to give everyone their visits it was just nice to see everyone happy at the same time for once lmao
Her husband's words finally getting through her head and Taj grabbing Jeff and yelling 'SEE YOU BACK AT THE CAMP!!!' is still one of my all time favourite Survivor moments, it's just so pure and sweet. Raw joy you can feel through the screen, over a decade in the future.
I do really hope they bring it back, because it was the highlight of a lot of seasons imo, but I understand they got sick of people meta-ing the hell out of it. Imo if they want people to stop being meta nerds about it, they should just elimminate the loved one's letters/advantages. Stick to food, creature comforts, mosquito nets, etc etc (and make it clear when the auction starts that there will be no advantages) this way people can just have some fun and have a little break from the game while enjoying some tasty stuff. Or jars of live crabs. Either way.
This was easily one of the best challenges to happen, its really sad it died from a meta play lmao.
I think Cagayan helped kill it too.
@@OnceUponAnIsland yeah 100%
I think it was totally metaphoric of the game/show evolving from its basic premise. You had someone who studied the game so thoroughly it broke the auction never to return. Sad and impressive
In the Australian version of Survivor (not the season, the Aussie spin-off), they once had an auction with a mini challange beforehand. Everyone had two minutes to dig for white shells in a pit which ended up being their currency for the auction. In addition, there was a red shell that was essentially a veto--play it and you get the item instantly. The red shell went to an older woman who was very well liked. The auction proceeds as normal until the host offers a visit from a loved one (I feel like it was announced as the final item). Immediately everyone starts giving the older woman all their spare shells, and she tearfully reveals she had the red shell the whole time. It was a very sweet, heart-warming moment.
If they want to add the auction back maybe they should say there will be an advantage for sale in the auction but you have to have purchased an item already in the auction to bid for it
When Mike didn't bid for his letter I was like "OH SHIT"
OH SNAP!
Like jury votes matter Mike!!
@@Thatmanduece23 I mean he did get them in the end so
@@OnceUponAnIsland OH SHNAP
At the time, I thought it was a clever strategic move. But the fallout was instantaneous and it just goes to show that strategy isn't enough.
i think itd be cool if they maybe hid an advantage on the plate of one of the food items. i mean it adds a new layer onto the auction. also maybe make it so someone has the option to keep their letter or give everyone else theirs.
Australian Survivor has done that. They hid an advantage inside a large jar of candy
@@317sportsball Jericho!
No wait, I was thinking of Jericho's cookie jar.
@@OnceUponAnIsland Shonee
yes aus survivor has effectively worked around this auction problem. our auctions are still like the original US ones, everyone bidding on the food they want
As soon as people figured out that they could game the system, they broke it. All Jeff had to do for the final auction is: 1. Not offer up any other family letter (or set the price at all your $$) and 2. Tease, but don't offer up an advantage. Throw the players for a loop thinking A will happen, but B does instead. It will certainly keep the game more interesting.
I really miss the auction, a lot of my favourite parts of survivor are now missing. I kind of liked that the auction was 80% just them getting to have a “break” and it was kind of enjoyable to see the survivors so overjoyed. The bit of strategy and smart bidding was only part of it, now like 95% of the entire game is strategy which isn’t my favourite bit.
I’d love to see it come back where everything is covered and you only get vague clues about what’s under it. Like “comfort” which could be a tarp or it could be a letter and they still do item swaps like you won A but would you like to accept B? And maybe there is no obvious advantage won but it’s hidden inside an item. Or you bid on an advantage but it turns out it’s only half and someone else won the other half and you have to figure out who and work together. It would lead to a lot of bidding wars I feel like, especially if they brought it back after that season had aired so it was a known thing.
I would say, keep an advantage in the auction, but do it as a choice. For example. Whoever wins the bid, has an option of three hidden items. Once is an advantage (such as HII clue, challenge advantage, etc), one is nothing, and the third is a disadvantage (such as lose a vote, penalty vote at next tribal, sit out of next immunity challenge, etc). That way yes there is still the excitement of the advantage, but more people may be inclined to not risk it and bid on other items instead
Love that this video popped up on my feed like 2 days before Jeff actually brought it back.
I liked the changes as it focused on food rather than saving for an unknown prize and let people really enjoy themselves…or end up with giant fish eyes
I cried multiple times in this. Survivor has been such a long lasting thing in my life that I’ve forgotten so many memorable moments.
Add more shots of ozzy if you wanna grow this channel. The algo loves him because it thinks he's johnny depp
HAHA well his story video will be super popular then.
@@OnceUponAnIsland more story videos please I love them
My favourite moment in auctions: Australian survivor when Luke got everything at the auction including an advantage and a spa date. “Yea boy!”
That seemed like a downright waste of food. No way could Luke finish all that!
Loved this! Luke is one of our favorite players.
That moment with Jeff and Wu while Wu was eating those ribs lives rent free in my head. I was 14 when that season came out and I remember my parents and I laughing our asses off at the way they were talking and looking at each other 😂
they could fix this so easily but they just threw away a hilarious and always fun moment in survivor.
The auction finally came back for Survivor 45! Check out that season as it is a good one.
Yessssirrr
This was so well done, funny & interesting. I missed a season here and there, and would never remember them in order. Thank you for your hard work, research, & job well done! You're fun to listen to as well, glad I found your channel! 🥰
I am loving this channel! Also, the auctions are one of my favorite parts of Survivor. Gabon's was amazing 😂
Rumor is that they are bringing it back for season 45! What do you all think they will do to fix it?
Remove advantages from the auction, to set a precident that you shouldnt hold your money
Let them share food and money again
offer two items at once. One is a delicious food and one is a mystery box that may or not contain an advantage. Let the players bid and whoever wins gets to choose which item they want to get. If the player choose the food, he/she gets to eat it immediately. If the chosen mystery box can only be opened at the end of the whole bidding. Do this once in the middle and once in the end. This way the players won't know if the advantage was given already or not.
Hide the advantage during the auction like it appears in a random(rng) part and not as a last prize thing. Would be funny if someone buys it for 20 bucks.
Have every item covered and randomly numbered. Whoever wins the previous item gets to choose which item will be bid on next, the last item not chosen will not be bid on or revealed. Jeff should state that there could be multiple possible advantages, so people never know whether an advantage is available.
I gotta say, Mike made an absolutely stone cold move and immediately became my favorite when he did that. Good on him for backing down on it due to morals but still, if he had gone through with it it would've been one of the hardest plays in survivor history
I love it when a contestant thinks outside the box and Jeff just lets them go along with it! 💯🤣
100% agree.
My favorite auction was Taj's season. Auctions and family visits are always my favorite. Winners at War was my favorite family visit because even the players waiting to come back got visits.
This was a great video, I really enjoyed it. 😊
James has been immune since 2008
Bat soup is the vaccine!
They need to bring the auction back!! Even if it’s just watching people eat, it’s still so interesting😂
I have always heard of this show, but I just realized I have never seen a singular frame of any of these seasons until now. I think I understand why this show was so popular.
I highly recommend watching season 37. If you like that season, then you will love this show.
This was well written. I watched survivor as a kid. Only looked forward to the auctions. Thanks for the memories.
I have two memories from the auction on the first season of finnish version of Expedition Robinson. (back when we used that name instead of survivor).
They had an auction
This one really old man (If I remember correctly he was in his seventies) won a motorcycle. the motorcycle was brought back to their casmp and he was cruising along the beach with it and the younger cast was mad jealous. (He won the motorcycle to bring back home but I loved that he got to cruise around with it while still playing the game)
the other thing that happened was that this one dude bought a slingshot and marbles. He bought it as a souvenier to bring back home to his kid so he never even used it becouse he was worried he would lose the marbles. Turns out later in the episode that the immunity challenge was a slingshot challenge and he would've had an advantage if he had decided to practice using it
I actually miss this. I can't remember, but I think they got rid of the fallen comrades' walk as well to save time. I wish they would go back to some of this old stuff. Like separate the Immunity challenges and the reward challenges again. Show more of the surviving part, instead of barely showing it and just showing the strategy "scrambling" part. I'd also like to see what the other tribes are doing on their nights off of the immunity challenges when they win. Or show more of what they do when the other tribes win rewards and the others don't instead of just showing what they are doing while they win. Stuff like that.
Take me back!!!! I love Survivor 1 but I didn't manage to watch it until years after it aired...the 2nd and 3rd seaons however; I was OBSESSED! These are such sweetly nostalgic times. Crazy to think that 9/11 happened between these two seasons and the world changed forever.
Solid video topic man!
I think an easy fix is have loved letters and the clue as hidden items that can’t be switched out and put them somewhere that isn’t the very first or the very last thing bought. That way players won’t know if it’s food or an advantage and will buy it in hopes of getting it. Plus with the loved letters it prevents players from only paying $20 for it
You can tie advantages in the game with a moral dilemma: choose to either receive it or burn it for food for the entire tribe. You can also start the auction with an advantage then proceed to offer a bigger advantage down the line.
I have NO IDEA why i found this so fascinating but props.
The Eddie George auction was my favorite. It was wholesome, and it rolled into a great moment for everyone and their families
I like the idea of hiding advantages in the other items. for example, if someone wins a plate of food, once the food is gone there will be an advantage written on the plate. This will encourage bidding on all the items
I think if they bring the auction back they should have a reward challenge for money so depending on how you did in that challenge that how much you would get. This would fix the problem with everyone waiting for a advantage and is also more fun :)
This was hands down my favorite part of the show every year and I miss it 😢
Me too. I miss it.
I’d love to see a video about the most iconic/funnies one liners from the show!
Which auction is your favorite? How can Survivor fix it to make it come back and not be all about winning an advantage at the end?
Owo uwu
Tarzan saving his auction money to buy new shocks for his car is the best auction moment of all time
@@MichiganBoat Rob C said he had a few hundred left over after the auction, but Butch burning down the camp had him losing it all.
Cagayan hands down
A) up front say “hey it’s not coming”
B) hide it
C) do it first
D) just never do it but not say so outright
I met Big Tom after Africa.
He was such a nice guy.
He said the first question people always asked him was something about Ethan 😆
Havent been here for a while, honestly, Survivor Auctions are my favorite things to watch for some odd reason.
Glad to have you back!
@@OnceUponAnIsland Yeah!
so early I don't even know what to comment! But I really wish the auction didn't get broken and they would bring it back in some sort
I've always thought that they could bring it back if Jeff was willing to lie to the survivors. He just needs to open the auction with "The first item up for bid is the *only* advantage item in this auction" and then they can weed out the people clamoring for the advantage... and then in a twist at the end of the auction he can say... "Actually, I need to admit something- I lied to you all earlier. THIS item is also an advantage"
He doesn’t even need to say “I lied” he could say “that was the only advantage. This is the only idol.”
Fav vid nice job 👍
Best survivor break down on the YT
In order to fix this they need to take some ideas from Australian Survivor. If you look at the 2017 and 2018 season they had the table where you took yourself out of the auction but won everything that was up for bid, hid an advantage/clue in one of the items up for bid, and even had an overnight stay somewhere outside of camp as an item to bid on
“Russell is finding all the idols without clues anyway.” What about the clue he got where it was literally phone video with a person lifting a rock showing him exactly where it was? He had plenty of help finding that one.
i hope they would bring Survivor Auction back. great video by the way. 👍👍
I don’t see people giving Matty enough credit for the Gabon auction. He leaves with two and a half cookies and gets none of the blame for the fall-out. Underrated Survivor play 👑
Also Philippines has an auction?!?
The lack of Kat in this video is disgraceful XD
One World's auction was lowkey iconic (Probably the only iconic moment outside of the men sending themselves to tribal for like no reason)
wait, someone even wrote me?
Honestly, even when for the "wrong" reasons, Kat and Kim MADE One World. Kim for her strategic/social powerhouse gameplay, and Kat for being the lovable ditz we all love. I watch that season for purely Kim, Kat, and Tarzan. Everyone else I've essentially forgotten about or actively try to (Colton is in that second category)
Another idea for the auction's return is to hold it right before the immunity event and the bid is a delayed start in the immunity event in 5 sec increments. (ie 5, 10 , 15) So advantages come with a real cost.
great videos; i am addicted
It's back, baby!!
In order to bid on the advantage, you must win at least one previous item. Raises the stakes for all items, plus everyone gets (hopefully) yummy food!
23:06
"Did I not say guacamole?!"
-Jefra Bland
Nothing will ever beat the Cook Islands auction though ❤
I got a few ideas on how they can bring back the auction and fix that advantage situation...
- Put the advantage in one of the love letters. Whoever is lucky gets it. If it's buying your Love One for the night, that one also gives the person that bought it a present. Some of the presents are nice and cute while one of them gives them an advantage.
- Make the disgusting and creepy items more useful by putting the advantage clue in those items. It will turn those away. So by the time the last item in the auction turns out to be food instead of an advantage, that would shock those that were expecting to see an advantage at some point in the auction. And probably get creeped out when the realise that the clue turns out to be in the unappealing item they didn't bought.
- Use the two or three mystery items trade like in Amazon, however one of the items turns out to be the advantage clue. If the person either traded or not and what they didn't kept turns out to be that advantage - tough luck! It won't be available for the remainder of that auction. Add in a rule so that only one person can do the trade, no-one else can bid on the other mystery items before or after that person bougth it and either traded or not.
- Make it so only one advantage is available in the auction. Jeff announces at a certain point in the auction about the availability of the advantage in the auction. If Jeff saids that there is no more advantages at this point in the auction, it lets the survivors know that one of the items that was listed previously in that auction turns out to actually have the advantage clue in it. Jeff can also bluff and lie at that point too if the advantage is listed as an item after Jeff makes that announcement. Jeff doesn't need to do this every single time a new item shows up. You can combine this with putting the advantage clue in the disgusting and creepy items suggestion or the two or three mystery items scenario.
- And a last thing to note. Add a rule so that each survivor player must buy at least one thing from the auction. If the survivor player buys at least one item, any money they have at the end of the auction is their's to keep. If the survivor player doesn't buy a single thing at the end of the auction, they must return the money to Jeff. If the survivor player decides to forefit the auction due to lack of an advantage on offer and are not looking to buy an item or food - they do the same thing as a survivor player does when they don't buy anything and actually leaves the auction while it's still going. Keeps the flow of the game going, and they don't know that Jeff bluffed.
Season 30 has a special place in my heart because it was the first season I watched of survivor, but I hate that it caused all the survivor auctions to never return.
The way I would reintroduce the auction would be as a two-phase challenge. Picture the scene: A piggy bank is received in tree mail. The challenge exploits the double meaning of this, because Survivors will be rolling around in the mud like pigs, foraging for gold coins to put in their piggy banks. At this stage, it's not revealed to them what the coins are for. After this mud fest, Jeff announces that the coins will be used to bid on items at the auction. Because people can spend the money that they've earned, everyone will have different amounts to spend, and this would eliminate holding on to everything to instantly win an advantage.
Another idea: Have an auction with a number of items with "keep what you bought or trade it for something to benefit others" dilemmas. Maybe have Jeff say that the letters from home will "only be sold to one person", deceptively worded so that the person who wins doesn't realise that they're gaining custody of everyone's letters, with the option of selling others their letters, giving them out for free, or using them as bargaining chips. After a number of these "exposing your gameplay" items, the final item up for bids can be immunity, immediately followed by a snap tribal council. Emotions will be raw, and reasons to vote people out will be rife based on their auction conduct.
I love the piggy bank idea. I had said they should use the fire tokens from WaW for auction, and have ways of earning more. But I actually like your idea a little better.
I like the letters idea, definitely adds a strategic element to it. And for the immunity, I think it should be good only for the current vote that happens immediately.
You need to email this to every Producer and writer you can find on CBS this is a GREAT idea!!!
Great video. On an unrelated note, your thumbnail red border looks like the the red line you get under a video if you've watched it on phone so needless to say I was a very confused idiot for like a minute considering whether I have serious lapses in memory
great video
Is the auction in Philippines the only one where everyone got to eat? (even Abi got to eat and she only bought an advantage)
I miss old survivor. No more auction, no more rites of passage, no more final tribal speeches, no more intros with all the players and names.
These were my favorite. I wish they would come back.
The birth, life, death, and rebirth of the auction.
I think it would be best if advantages were announced as covered items, but some food items, letters from home, and bad items would also be covered items as well. That would be great television to see players posibly bidding $500 on covered items at only the chance of getting an advantage. It would tempt some to save their money for the safer option for the non-covered food items.
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Love and miss the Auction, also miss the “Questions About Tribe Members” types of challenges.
Fun fact! In denmark we have a show called Robinson that was made before survivor but the concept is the same. The difference in auctions recently is there is 20, 50, 150, 200, 250, 300, 400, 500 dollars. The contestants then have to, beforehand, distribute the money. So some end up having only 20 dollars and others 500.
"cheap-o deep-o's" is my least favorite scene of Survivor and least favorite quote I've ever heard in my entire life
I think they should bring back the survivor auction, but make it an entirely blind auction. Nothing they bid on is revealed until after it's bought. It would be interesting.
I've wanted them to bring back the auction for a long time!!!
i think a potential solution to the auction would be to just not have an advantage. it gets players back on their toes, setting an example that there may not always be an advantage.
i miss the Auction. we need it back along with the Mixer challenge (Amazon and All Stars, you know the one). give these gamebots 2 more breaks...i wanna remember the pre jurors