In a recent episode of Survivor: Fans vs. Favorites, the motivational speaker from the Fan team said that the Fans have an advantage over the Favorites, because they know how the Favorites behave, just by watching the previous seasons. The Favorites, on the other hand, have no idea how the Fans are going to behave.
I was inclined to disagree with this logic. While on the surface it seems to make sense, in reality, the Fans have no idea who the Favorites are. The Favorites, who in past seasons appeared to have one personality, may in fact have a personality completely different. That is to say, they could have been playing a role, in order to appeal to the viewers, or their fellow players. Also, the personalities that they portrayed could have been altered merely by the other player's personalities. The chemistry between the teammates could have brought out different traits in different people. As well, the challenges are probably not going to be the exact same, and it is difficult to say how people you have never met are going to react in every circumstance.
The idea of Fans vs. Favorites is interesting, but I think that it is just going to be like every other Survivor, and not that much different.
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I agree that many of the people on reality TV shows, including Survivor, play a certain "role." Despite how much we want to believe the show is just like reality, some of the show is scripted in order to try and portray each player with a stereotypical role. Also, I agree that people act differently in different social situations. I know I act one way when I'm with one group of friends and another way when I'm with my family. It just makes sense. Besides, reality shows tend to heighten the tension and escalate any source of conflict.
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