Jeff Probst Calls BIPOC Mandate “One Of The Most Positive & Significant Changes” To ‘Survivor’ – Contenders TV
deadline.comSurvivor host Jeff Probst is happy that CBS ordered the show to be more inclusive. In 2020, CBS President and CEO George Cheeks mandated the 50% of Survivor be BIPOC.
The show is one month away from filming Season 47, but Probst already has seen the impact. “That will go down as one of the most positive and significant changes ever in Survivor,” Probst said during the Contenders TV panel Saturday. “More people are applying now than ever, and it’s going up every season in every single category — African-American, East Asian, Middle Eastern, South Pacific Islander, Latino/Hispanic, Asian.
it’s the perfect illustration of what we say all the time, which is representation matters.” Speaking with the new contestants, Probst observed that representation begat more representation.
The numbers of applicants speak to growth. “Now we have people applying to be on the show saying, ‘I never saw anybody who looked like me.
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