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WHAT'S GOING ON, "SURVIVOR"?

I'M WENDELL HOLLAND.

I'M 28.

I'M FROM PHILADELPHIA, P.A.

YOU HAVE TO PICK ME TO BE ON THE NEXT SEASON OF "SURVIVOR."

Jeff: WELL, WE DIDN'T PUT HIM ON BACK IN 2012, BUT HE KEPT

APPLYING, AND CLEARLY IT PAID OFF.

I GOT TO CHECK IN ON SAMANTHA.

SAMANTHA, HOLD IT UP.

HOW DID YOU DO?

WENDELL.

WE'RE 2-2.

ALL RIGHT.

LET'S SEE HOW THE JURY VOTED.

ROLL THAT FOR US, JOE.

HERE'S EVERYBODY THAT VOTED FOR DOM.

YOU GOT CHRIS, LIBBY, DESIREE, JENNA, AND MICHAEL.

AND THEN THE OTHER FIVE VOTES WERE FOR WENDELL, CHELSEA,

KELLYN, ANGELA, SEBASTIAN, AND DONATHAN.

AND IT CAME DOWN TO LAUREL.

SO WENDELL, WHEN THAT MOMENT HAPPENED, EVERYBODY ON THE JURY

SHOCKED, WE'RE ALL SHOCKED, I'M A LITTLE SHOCKED WE HAVE A TIE

VOTE.

WHEN LAUREL STARTS MAKING HER WALK, TRUE CONFESSION, HOW

CONFIDENT WERE YOU THAT THAT RELATIONSHIP YOU BUILT WITH HER

WOULD PAY OFF?

I WAS VERY CONFIDENT, BUT I KNEW THAT DOM HAD A TREMENDOUS

RELATIONSHIP WITH HER ALSO.

BUT IT DID FEEL GOOD KNOWING THAT LAUREL WAS THE ONE CASTING

THAT TIE-BREAKING VOTE.

Jeff: LAUREL, WHAT WAS IT?

THERE ARE ARGUMENTS ON EITHER SIDE.

"SURVIVOR" IS SO COMPLICATED.

THERE ARE RELATIONSHIPS.

THERE'S GAME PLAY.

WHAT WAS THE DECIDING FACTOR?

IT WAS AN IMPOSSIBLE DECISION.

THESE GUYS ARE BOTH DESERVING OF BEING THE WINNER.

THAT'S WHAT MADE IT SO HARD.

THEY PLAYED A SIMILAR STRATEGIC GAME.

THEY MADE THE SAME MOVE IN A SIMILAR WAY.

FOR ME IT CAME DOWN TO WENDELL'S SOCIAL GAME AND OUR PERSONAL

RELATIONSHIP.

Jeff: AND DOMENICK, YOU SAID IT.

IF I DO THIS WRONG, THAT URN WILL REMAIN CURSED AND I'LL

SECOND GUESS IT.

ARE YOU SECOND-GUESSING THAT FIRE, OR DO YOU JUST LIVE WITH

IT?

DOES THE GAMBLER IN YOU SAY, HEY, THAT'S THE MOVE I MADE?

I KNEW THREE SECONDS AFTER YOU SAID IT WAS A TIE IT WAS A

WRAP FOR MY.

EVERY NIGHT I SAID, WHY DIDN'T I TAKE HIM HEAD TO HEAD IN FIRE.

I WAS CONFIDENT IN MY ABILITY TO DO IT.

BUT THAT'S WHERE I FELL SHORT.

AND I THINK I PLAYED WITH FEAR THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE GAME.

AND I NEVER GOT TOO CONFIDENT.

AND THAT'S WHERE I PLAYED WELL, BUT I THINK MY INABILITY TO

REALIZE THAT I WAS BEING A LITTLE TOO OVERCONFIDENT AT THE

END AND NOT PUT MYSELF OUT THERE WITH HIM IS WHERE I DROPPED THE

BALL.

Jeff: WELL, ONE THING THAT CAME FROM THIS IS ONE OF THE

GREATEST FRIENDSHIPS I'VE EVER SEEN ON THE SHOW.

THROW THAT UP.

THERE IS AN IMAGE THAT SPEAKS TO THE LOVE AFFAIR.

LOOK AT THAT.

[LAUGHTER] IN FACT, DOM, JUST BECAUSE I

DON'T WANT YOU TO GO HOME EMPTY HANDED, A LITTLE SOMETHING YOU

CAN PUT OVER YOUR BED.

A LITTLE CONSOLATION PRIZE.

MICHAEL, IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE WE'VE HAD SOMEBODY, REALLY

ANYBODY, BUT ESPECIALLY SOMEBODY YOUR AGE THAT HAD SO MANY PEOPLE

ATTRACTED TO THE ENERGY AND YOUR MATURITY.

YOU'RE 18.

WHERE DOES THAT MATURITY COME FROM?

I ALWAYS KIND OF RAN WITH THE OLDER CROWD IN HIGH SCHOOL, AND

I EVEN GRADUATED EARLY.

SO I PROVED OUT TO L.A. ON MY 18th BIRTHDAY, I PACKED MY

CAR AND DROVE CROSS COUNTRY.

Jeff: IS THAT MOM AND DAD?

IT'S ALL MY FAMILY.

THAT'S WHERE THEY CAME FROM.

THEY RAISED ME RIGHT.

ALL THE CREDIT TO THEM.

I LOVE YOU GUYS SO MUCH.

Jeff: THERE THEY ARE.

I HAD A LOT OF KIDS COME UP TO ME AND SAY, I'M ALMOST MICHAEL'S

AGE.

GET OUT HERE.

COME PLAY.

Jeff: EXACTLY, YES.

COME OUT HERE, YOUNGSTERS.

WE WANT YOU.

AND CHRIS, YOU AND DOM WHO HAD ONE OF THE BIGGEST RIVALRIES

EVER, BUT I HEARD YOU BURIED THE HATCHET AND DID AN M.SYSTEM WALK

TOGETHER.

WE DID DO AN M.S. WALK.

I GOT TO SAY, DOM AND I'S RIVALRY WAS REAL, BUT WE HAD A

SECOND PEACE TREATY.

HE TOOK ME IN LIKE FAMILY.

WE WENT OUT TO THE M.S. WALK FOR THE NATIONAL M.S. SOCIETY.

MY MOM WAS DIAGNOSED AT 27.

I'M ON "SURVIVOR" AT 27.

I LOVE MY MOM TO DEATH, AND I ALMOST LOST HER.

TO BE OUT HERE AND SPREAD THE AWARENESS...

Jeff: YOU DID A GREAT JOB.

VERY INSPIRATIONAL.

WELL, WE COULDN'T DO THIS SEASON WITHOUT GUYS LIKE JAMES AND

ERIC.

JAMES IS STILL HUGE, AND ERIC HAS HIS LONG HAIR AGAIN.

I OWE THEM BOTH AN APOLOGY.

THAT'S NEXT.

WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.

Jeff: "SURVIVOR" REUNION WILL CONTINUE ONLY ON CBS.

Jeff: WELCOME BACK, "SURVIVOR: GHOST ISLAND" REUNION

SHOW.

SO TO DO AN IDEA LIKE GHOST ISLAND, YOU FIRST HAVE TO HAVE A

HISTORY, AND IT'S BECAUSE OF GUYS LIKE ERIC AND JAMES THAT WE

HAVE THESE EARLY DUMB MOVES THAT WE CAN DO THIS.

YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN GREAT SPORTS.

SO JAMES, YOU WERE FIRSTING YOU HAD TWO IDOLS IN YOUR POCKET.

YOU GOT VOTED OUT.

OVER THE YEARS, WAS THAT HARD WHEN EVERY TIME WE THIS A

DUMBEST MOVE LIST, YOU'RE ONE OR TWO ON THE LIST.

YEAH, IT REALLY WAS KIND OF HARD.

IT KIND OF MADE ME NOT WATCH THE SHOW ANYMORE.

IT KIND OF TRAUMATIZED ME.

Jeff: REALLY?

YEAH.

Jeff: HERE'S THE THING.

I REALIZED DURING THE SEASON, YOU FOUND TWO IDOLS.

I COMPLETELY OVERLOOKED THAT THE ENTIRE TIME, BECAUSE REALLY MUCH

LIKE ERIC, WHO WE'LL GET TO IN A SECOND, YOU WERE JUST AN EARLY

ADOPTER OF A RISKY MOVE.

YOU ROLLED THE DICE AND GOT CAUGHT.

SO HAS SENSE OF HUMOR KICKED?

ARE YOU OKAY NOW?

IT WAS FUN WHEN IT WAS GOING ON.

I DIDN'T TAKE IT THAT PERSONALLY.

Jeff: YOU HAVE GUYS LIKE MICHAEL WHO IDOLIZED YOU WHEN HE

FOUND YOUR IDOL.

100%.

I STARTED WATCHING THE SHOW WHEN I WAS EIGHT YEARS OLD, SO FOR ME

TO COME OUT AND PLAY THE GAME THAT I KNOW AND LOVE AND FIND

YOUR IDOL AND FEEL LIKE I COULD RIGHT THOSE WRONGS AND MAKE

EVERYTHING COME FULL CIRCLE, I WAS LIKE, THIS IS GREAT.

THIS IS AMAZING.

IT WAS AWESOME.

IT WAS AN HONOR.

Jeff: NOBODY WAS HAPPIER THAN JAMES WHEN THIS HAPPENED IN

SEASON 16 TEN YEARS AGO.

TAKE A LOOK.

I WANT TO GIVE INDIVIDUAL IMMUNITY TO NATALIE.

Jeff: 13th PERSON VOTED OUT AND SIXTH MEMBER OF OUR

JURY, ERIC, BRING ME YOUR TORCH.

YOU CAN SEE JAMES, THE BURDEN LIFT LIKE A LITTLE ANGEL, LIFT

RIGHT OFF HIS SHOULDERS AND OVER TO ERIC.

ERIC, PAVE RTY HAD A LINE, YOU WILL GO DOWN AS THE DUMBEST

"SURVIVOR" EVER.

JUST TO BE THERE WAS AMAZING AS MAN OF THE SHOW.

JEFF PROBST IS STANDING RIGHT THERE.

EVERY DAY WAS A GIFT MY FIRST SEASON, SO, I MEAN, THERE'S SO

MUCH TO THIS.

LIKE WITH THESE MISTAKES, THEY SHOW YOU WHO YOU ARE AS A HUMAN,

THESE HUMAN MOMENTS SHOW UP, BECAUSE EVERYBODY MAKES

MISTAKES.

OVER TIME I'VE HAD TO WORK THROUGH ALL OF THAT.

IF YOU DON'T LAUGH, YOU'RE GOING TO CRY.

THAT'S PART OF IT.

TOO.

Jeff: SO YOU'RE LAUGHING NOW.

BECAUSE JUST LIKE JAMES, I FORGET THAT ERIC MADE IT TO

FINAL FIVE, LASTED 36 DAYS BOTH TIMES HE PLAYED.

WON CHALLENGES.

YOU'RE AN ALL-STAR PLAYER.

SO WE'RE REFRAMING HISTORY RIGHT NOW.

KELLYN, JUST QUICKLY BEFORE WE GO TO THE BREAK, 7 OF THE 11

ADVANTAGES THAT WERE HAUNTED HAUNTED AGAIN.

YOU WENT TO GHOST ISLAND TWICE.

IS IT ALL JUST COINCIDENCE, OR DOES IT GET IN YOUR HEAD?

OF COURSE AT FIRST GLANCE YOU THINK IT MAY BE COINCIDENCE, BUT

WHEN I AM SCARED OF GHOST ISLAND, I DRAW THAT ROCK THAT

FIRST DAY.

YOU ALL SAW WENDELL, I'M NOT SITTING IN THAT ORANGE SEAT.

IT REALLY, WHEN YOU'RE OUT THERE IN IT, YOU CAN FEEL THE

"SURVIVOR" LURE.

IT WAS A PHENOMENAL EXPERIENCE, FOR FANS OF THE SHOW.

Jeff: IT'S ONE OF THE REASONS THIS GAME CONTINUES TO

EXCITE ME.

YOU EMBRACE IT.

THE PEOPLE WHO PLAY, THEY EMBRACE THE SHOW.

ALL RIGHT.

WHEN WE COME BACK, I HATE THAT THIS SEASON IS ENDING, BUT A NEW

ONE BEGINS AND IT'S REALLY FUN.

PLUS THE INCREDIBLE KEVIN HART.

WHY IS HE GOING TO BE HERE?

THIS IS AN INTERNATIONAL COMEDY SUPERSTAR.

HE ALSO HAPPENS TO BE THE NEWEST MEMBER OF THE CBS FAMILY WITH AN

EXCLUSIVE PREVIEW ABOUT HIS NEW SHOW "T.K.O.," TOTAL KNOCK-OUT.

I SAW HIM SHOOTING YESTERDAY.

IT WAS VERY FUNNY.

HE WILL BE HERE NEXT.

WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.

Jeff: WELL, IT'S ALWAYS HARD TO END ONE SEASON.

FORTUNATELY WE HAVE A NEW SEASON OF "SURVIVOR" COMING THIS FALL.

TAKE A LOOK.

"SURVIVOR," A GAME OF SOCIAL POLITICS THAT OFTEN CENTERS

AROUND THE STORY OF THE UNDERDOG VERSUS THE FAVORITE.

AND THIS TIME WE'RE HITTING IT HEAD-ON.

IT'S "SURVIVOR: DAVID VERSUS GOLIATH."

THE DAVIDS, TEN STRANGERS WHO SHARE ONE THING IN COMMON,

OVERCOMING ADVERSITY.

IT'S THE ONLY THING THEY'VE KNOWN.

I GREW UP IN A TRAILER.

WE HAD FOOD STAMPS.

WHEN YOU GROW UP LIKE ME, YOU NEVER FORGET WHERE YOU CAME

FROM.

YOU GOT TO BUST YOUR BUTT.

NOTHING IN THIS LIFE IS FREE.

IT DON'T COME EASY.

I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A VERY NEUROTIC PERSON, BUT I'M LUCK I

CAN ENOUGH TO NEVER HAVE HAD A FULL-ON PANIC ATTACK.

SO LET'S HOPE IT DOESN'T HAPPEN OUT HERE FOR THE FIRST TIME.

Jeff: THEY'LL TAKE ON THE GOLIATHS, TEN STRANGERS WHO ALSO

SHARE ONE THING IN COMMON, CAPITALIZING ON THEIR ADVANTAGE

AND USING IT TO SQUASH THEIR OPPONENTS.

I HAVE HAD A FAIRY TALE LIFE.

I STUDIED AT STANFORD UNIVERSITY.

I GOT MY MBA FROM YALE.

AND I'M JUST LIKE UNSTOPPABLE.

I'M FAST AS A CORVETTE, AS BIG AS A HUMMER.

MILLIONS OF WRESTLING FANS KNOW ME AS THE MAYOR OF SLAMTOWN.

I'VE BEEN CHAMPION OF EVERY ORGANIZATION I WORK FOR.

Jeff: BUT WHEN YOU'RE ABANDONED ON A DESERTED ISLAND

WITH NO IDEA WHAT TO EXPECT, IT DOESN'T MATTER WHETHER YOU WERE

BORN WITH IT OR HAD THE FIGHT FOR IT, BECAUSE EVERY GOLIATH

HAS AN ACHILLES HEEL.

I'M STUBBORN AS HELL.

IT'S A PROBLEM FOR ME, BUT IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT, TOO BAD.

EVERYTHING ABOUT ME SPEAKS POWER.

Jeff: AND EVERY DAVID A SEEK AT WEAPON.

THEY'RE GOING TO THINK I'M WEAKER THAN I AM.

THEY WILL JUST ASSUME I'M A HUGE NERD, WHICH IS NOT ENTIRELY

INCORRECT.

BUT REALLY I HAVE STUDIED THIS GAME.

I'M GOING TO SHOW I'M GOOD AT IT.

YOU MIGHT BE SURPRISED ABOUT WHAT I CAN PULL OUT.

Jeff: IT'S "SURVIVOR: DAVID VERSUS GOLIATH" COMING THIS

FALL.

IT'S ANOTHER GOOD ONE, BUT BEFORE WE'RE BACK ON THE AIR,

THERE IS A NEW SHOW PREMIERING ON CBS HOSTED BY KEVIN HART.

KEVIN, COME OUT HERE.

[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] OH, OH, OH.

OH, HELLO, HELLO, HELLO.

[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] HELLO, MAN.

WOW.

Jeff: IT'S NOT OFTEN -- WHAT?

WHAT'S UP?

WELL, I'M A LITTLE BLOWN AWAY, MAN.

I'VE BEEN WATCHING THIS SHOW FOR QUITE SOME TIME.

I THOUGHT YOU ALL WERE OUTSIDE AND YOU'RE NOT.

Jeff: VERY FEW PEOPLE KNOW IT IS THE TRUMAN SHOW.

I'M REALLY HURT.

I REALLY THOUGHT ALL THIS TIME ALL YOU GUYS WERE ON THE ISLAND,

AND YOU'RE NOT.

THIS IS... I'M HURT.

I'M REALLY HURT AND I WANT TO TALK TO YOU AFTER.

THAT'S A DIFFERENT CONVERSATION.

Jeff: WELL, I WENT OVER YESTERDAY, I CAME OVER WITH A

COUPLE LITTLE KIDS TO SEE YOUR NEW SHOW, "TKO:TOTAL KNOCKOUT."

IT IS VERY FUNNY.

WALK US THROUGH WHAT IT IS.

EXPLAIN THE SHOW, BECAUSE IT'S MADE FOR "SURVIVOR" FANS.

I WAS GOING TO SAY, YOU SHOULD RELATE TO IT BECAUSE IT'S

IN THIS WHEEL HOUSE.

WE BASICALLY COMBINE DODGEBALL AND OBSTACLE COURSES.

IT'S A SHOW FOR EVERYBODY, MOTHERS, FATHERS, BROTHERS,

SISTERS, AUNTS, UNCLES.

WHOEVER.

YOU CAN COME ON THIS SHOW AND COMPETE.

YOU CAN HAVE A GOOD TIME.

THE BEAUTY OF IT, IT'S HOSTED BY ONE OF THE TALLEST, MOST

ATTRACTIVE MEN IN SHOW BUSINESS, MYSELF.

Jeff: WELL, IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE SO MANY OF

THESE OBSTACLE COURSE SHOWS, YOU HAVE TO BE AN ELITE ATHLETE.

THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE WITH THIS.

NOT IN THIS PARTICULAR SHOW.

WE WANTED TO GO THE OPPOSITE.

WE WANT TO MAKE ROOM FOR THAT INDIVIDUAL THAT DOESN'T CONSIDER

THEMSELVES TO BE AN AMAZING ULTIMATE ATHLETE.

THIS IS A SPACE FOR YOU.

THIS IS YOUR WHEEL HOUSE.

Jeff: TAKE A LOOK.

HERE IT IS.

A LITTLE BIT OF "TKO".

T, K, GO!

OH, MY GOSH.

BOOM.

I THOUGHT HE HIT ME.

NO, YOU HIT YOURSELF.

OH, OH.

LIKE, THAT JUST ONE FOOT.

Jeff: YEAH.

IT LOOKS GOOD.

IT LOOKS GREAT.

AND LISTEN, EVERYBODY, IT DEBUTS WEDNESDAY JULY 11th AT 8:00

P.M.

MAKE SURE YOU CHECK IT OUT.

THE SHOW IS GOOD.

IT'S REALLY GOOD.

Jeff: KEVIN HART, THANK YOU.

GET OUT HERE.

GET BACK TO WORK.

I GOT TO GO TO WORK.

GOOD-BYE.

GUYS, I LOVE IT.

Jeff: WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.

Jeff: ONE MORE TIME THE AMAZING GROUP OF PLAYERS FROM

"SURVIVOR: GHOST ISLAND."

IF THIS LOOKS LIKE FUN, GO TO CBS.COM/CASTING AND APPLY, OR

YOU CAN HIT ME UP AT TWITTER @JEFFPROBST.

THE GOAL IS THIS: SOMEBODY WHO IS INSPIRED TO APPLY TONIGHT

WILL GET ON.

IF YOU WANT THE BID ON PROMISE FROM THIS SEASON,

SURVIVORAUCTIONS.COM.

PROCEEDS GO TO STAND UP TO CANCER.

THANK YOU FOR WATCHING.

THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING TO BE SO LOYAL.

WE'LL SEE YOU IN FALL FOR "SURVIVOR: DAVID VERSUS

GOLIATH."

GOOD NIGHT.

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