This one's not that STRANGE, per se, but Courtney Yates was recruited when Lynne Spillman happened to be at the New York restaurant where she worked, and Spillman noticed Courtney being...Courtney...to a customer who was rude to her
Fuck Applying, I'm just gonna fly to LA, do something weird enough to get a casting director to notice me, and then act like I've never seen the show in my life. Make it on the show, and then "Guess what? Actually a superfan."
I feel like this may help a lot. Paranoia ruins peoples games, if you don't know how hard people will go, you don't get worried, you don't push people away and more importantly people don't see you as an obvious threat and can't guess your moves because you're likely not going to use commonly used tactics.
Apparently he was added to the cast super last minute as well, so I don't think he had much time to prepare. He had no idea what Survivor was and still did such an amazing job.
Jud "Fabio" told a story a few years ago on Fairplays podcast about being approached by casting when he was skateboarding and asked if he was interested in being on the show. This was however a couple years after he had already won season 21.
this is very similar to gabe from marquesas, who applied to be on a season later on (i think the amazon but i'm not sure), and made it pretty deep before casting realized he already played lol
As a tradition, all survivor super fans should get together and go to different taco stands every Wednesday in hopes of being recruited. I'm not eating because I have no self control, I'm eating because I'm chasing my dreams
Weird that ppl would question casting during Tocantins, arguably one of the greatest newbie casts in show history (imo). Side note, I think recruits are good for the game. Can't have 20 gamebots who have been absorbing Survivor strategy for 20 years, we need some people to throw off the gameplay and complicate things.
The opinion on recruits has now flipped. After the gamebot hyperbigmoveitis extravaganza that is 38-39 and 41-43, the fan opinion is that the cast needs people who haven't seen the show
This spreadsheet ends at Island of the Idols, but it makes for interesting reading: www.reddit.com/r/survivor/comments/3cdw0f/list_of_survivor_applicants_and_recruits/
Thank you for saying how good Sabrina was. She had some great stuff to offer and I would love to see her outside of Kim's shadow in a different season.
She's a great player and character, probably one of the most underrated in both categories ever in my opinion. I think she would absolutely dominate a second shot
I think the original Sabrina Thompson should be cast for a season. Or do a season where Survivors has douplebanger names. Imagine how crazy it will be.
When I first checked out this channel a year ago, I thought oh this guy is pretty good, but no way better than this channel or that one. Now this is by far my favorite survivor channel and every video is great. There's something about the delivery and presentation that's always just right. Plus the info and content is of course great. Keep it up!!
For Sierra's casting, I wonder if they had a "cute blonde" drop out three weeks before the game began, so the casting agents were given the order "just go out on the street and find a few cute blondes as replacement"
It's interesting how many last minute casting changes there has been over the years. Mike Borassi was supposed to be on Tocantins but they pulled him at the last second for health reasons and replaced him with Spencer.
@@Captain-Sum.Ting-Wong abi-maria from survivor philippines was also supposed to be in tocantins but producers said it was “unfair” because she was brazilian and it was somewhat an advantage for her since it was filmed in brazil. but it’s kinda a weird reason because peih gee was chinese and came out in survivor china.
Ozzy got recruited after his roommate didn't want to be on the show. Casting asked his roommate if he knew anyone hispanic who wanted to be on the show, and the rest is history.
I thought you were going to say Philip got recruited when he delivered mail to the casting manager. Or the casting manager looked up "department of defense specialist in charge of saving America"
I LOVED these recruiting stories and would like to see the stories behind EVERY contestant to include where they came from, what they did before survivor, and what made them decide to try out for the show. I noticed that most contestants are VERY ATTRACTIVE, and ATHLETIC, which makes perfect casting sense. For people like myself, who'd LOVE to be able to select survivor RECRUITS, these videos would be all-time favorites. I can imagine the casting director approaching Philip during one of his favorite odd activities, and then learning his biography. AUTOMATIC ACCEPTANCE! Whether or not one likes Philip, he remains one of the most memorable characters. I wonder how the FBI selected him for service? Could they also have recruited him? Imagine being his partner! My best friend in college was recruited by the FBI. If she were paired with Philip, she might have killed him! If you do more of these contestant backgrounds, Russel Hantz is another interesting character I'd love to learn about. Most are so different when "playing the game", viewers would be shocked to learn about their "off island" lives. [PS - Just wondering if any of these potential survivor contestants are given psychological tests before they become part of the cast?]
my favorite is naonka's recruiting story, she explained it on talking with t-bird and it's definitely worth a listen- she was pulled over on the side of the road in santa monica with her boyfriend, where they were hotboxing her car. she decided she wanted some fruit from the fruit stand nearby and got out to get some, while she was high. however, she was wearing flip flops, and one of them for caught on something on the boardwalk and the strap came off the sole of the shoe. two casting agents saw all of this, and approached her and asked her what time it was. she saw that they both had iphones, and said "and you DON'T know what time it is?" they laughed and gave her a card, and said to call her later. she did call them, and was basically a lock for most of casting and her interviews, etc were pretty short since they already knew they wanted her. while at the hotel, she saw a little of heroes vs villains, which was airing at the time, and thought "this looks easy" and went through with it.
I went on an audition many years ago. I realized after that I should have answered one of the questions very differently. Oh well, at least I still have the cool Surviver shirt. Someday I plan to try again and nail it ♥
I've never minded the concept of recruits, mainly because half the appeal of Survivor is the social element of different people from different walks of life and different goals forced to live together and find common ground, and you can't get that if everyone casted on the show is there because they're all superfans of the game who have auditioned for years. That's how you get a cast full of gamebots. That's not fun.
I think Sierra gets such a bad rap lol I don't get it. Was she really that annoying? I remember watching it and honestly feeling sorry for her since it was obvious she was going to get eliminated at the merge.
She was apparently pretty annoying. I don’t think this was all her fault- she was sick at the start of the game and seems to have resting sour face- but she was apparently pretty hard to live with according to multiple people. That doesn’t justify the way she was treated, though.
I felt horrible for her the whole time. Was it Coach maybe who straight lied and sent her home and she literally just cried alot and panicked . I think the Cieras ,Sierras or however they spell it who proceeded her did a great job at making us forget if she was horrible or not.
I`m a huge fan and have seen every season at least once and have seen each of the first 35 seasons at least three times. EASILY my least favorite season was Fiji, partially for the format but also because some of the players (Dreamz, Rocky and Lisi) felt contrived and/or weird. It comes as no surprise almost all of them were recruited. They almost lost me with that season.
It’s funny, several of the pre-HvV seasons where the show had supposedly “lost its way” because it was casting recruits ended up being some of the best seasons ever
Okay but wouldn’t it be really strange if I got recruited from this survivor video hahah so weird right (pls cast me random casting agent looking at this)
Did no one think it was a plot to kidnap them? If someone on tinder is like: "hey, would you like to be deserted on an island with little food", you just get another kink.
Max was for sure, but he was obviously a huge, huge fan beforehand. I believe they initially sought him out because having a guy who teaches a college-level class on Survivor was too rich a casting opportunity to ignore
I'm a huge fan, been applying for years, and this whole "recruiting" technique, just bugs me. I would love to play, I know the game... just let me play!!
I still prefer recruited players than those annoying superfans who think they deserve to win just for being superfans. Now, if you'll excuse me, I'll go Google "girl" and "dog".
Sierra really gets too much shit in my opinion. She wasn't likable to either cast or the viewer, but she did make it pretty far into the game anyway. And who would Tyson hate on? I also respect her perseverance, even though she cried a lot, I think that most people would have thrown the towel if they were faced with that much hostility on the show.
This explains so much about how Survivor seasons had some incredibly boring casts! By the time many of the seasons ended, I already couldn't remember most of the players.
Update on premergers only being able to date each other: Cristina Coria from Cook Islands just revealed in her Dalton Ross Quarantine Questionnaire that she dated Joel Klug from Borneo before she was on the show
Casting staff should recruit full-blood American Indians, Alaska Natives and Native Hawaiians. These communities are rarely represented in the media. Also, stop recruiting people from California - that state is over represented in Survivor. Recruit natives/tribal members from New Mexico, Alaska and Hawaii - those states have never been represented in 40 seasons.
Kinda weird that you took Joaquin's story he shared with ATF and not Corinne's, who called CBS, demanded to get ahold of Mark Burnett, ranted about how she should be selected for the show and pretty much Karen'd her way into getting on the cast.
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This one's not that STRANGE, per se, but Courtney Yates was recruited when Lynne Spillman happened to be at the New York restaurant where she worked, and Spillman noticed Courtney being...Courtney...to a customer who was rude to her
I can back this up! Todd came to my house and he shared the exact same story.
Wow! Awesome way to get to the show
she's iconic
Thats our courtney yates
@@thomasperkey2476why tf was Todd at your house
Imagine matching on Tinder and your match being a survivor producer that gets you on the show lol. That must have been awesome.
Probably the luckiest right swipe in history and I'm including people who got married after meeting on Tinder in that
The Bachelor/Bachelorette does the same thing. They have producers on dating apps and will literally catfish them and then get them to be on the show
Imagine not getting laid after
“ No one wants to date someone that doesn’t make the merge” ICONIC
Almost as iconic as "blindsides are fun"
@@brokenpikachu9491 Have you seen her meltdown in the car on the way to Ponderosa? It was truly epic.
Fuck Applying, I'm just gonna fly to LA, do something weird enough to get a casting director to notice me, and then act like I've never seen the show in my life. Make it on the show, and then "Guess what? Actually a superfan."
I hope you have a six pack... that will increase your odds lol
I'm convinced that Tyson wrote that blog about Sierra under a fake name
Haha yes
Omg when I saw the title I immediately thought of Naonka she mentioned on RHAP that she was recruited on the beach while hot boxing her car lmaoo
I died laughing at her story on RHAP - Casting legitimately strikes gold finding wacky characters on the beach
I love her even more. Too bad she quit.
Lmao Love how Earl had watched one season of Survivor but still managed to win dominantly
Did he even watch one? I thought he went in blind.
Earl is a beast
@@OnceUponAnIsland He said he watched Borneo at the reunion; love the channel btw
I feel like this may help a lot. Paranoia ruins peoples games, if you don't know how hard people will go, you don't get worried, you don't push people away and more importantly people don't see you as an obvious threat and can't guess your moves because you're likely not going to use commonly used tactics.
Apparently he was added to the cast super last minute as well, so I don't think he had much time to prepare. He had no idea what Survivor was and still did such an amazing job.
Jud "Fabio" told a story a few years ago on Fairplays podcast about being approached by casting when he was skateboarding and asked if he was interested in being on the show. This was however a couple years after he had already won season 21.
Wait really? 😅
this is something that would only happen to fabio lol
this is very similar to gabe from marquesas, who applied to be on a season later on (i think the amazon but i'm not sure), and made it pretty deep before casting realized he already played lol
This is a certified Fabio moment
As a tradition, all survivor super fans should get together and go to different taco stands every Wednesday in hopes of being recruited. I'm not eating because I have no self control, I'm eating because I'm chasing my dreams
Weird that ppl would question casting during Tocantins, arguably one of the greatest newbie casts in show history (imo).
Side note, I think recruits are good for the game. Can't have 20 gamebots who have been absorbing Survivor strategy for 20 years, we need some people to throw off the gameplay and complicate things.
The opinion on recruits has now flipped. After the gamebot hyperbigmoveitis extravaganza that is 38-39 and 41-43, the fan opinion is that the cast needs people who haven't seen the show
I would love solid stats on how many people were recruited and how many were not and see if this creates a correlation of good seasons to bad.
This spreadsheet ends at Island of the Idols, but it makes for interesting reading:
www.reddit.com/r/survivor/comments/3cdw0f/list_of_survivor_applicants_and_recruits/
Well does it?
Thank you for saying how good Sabrina was. She had some great stuff to offer and I would love to see her outside of Kim's shadow in a different season.
She's a great player and character, probably one of the most underrated in both categories ever in my opinion. I think she would absolutely dominate a second shot
Wouldn't mind seeing her return on Survivor Runner-ups in Season 50.
I wish she would get more recognition, but unfortunately One World is known Kim, Troyzan winning immunity, Kat saying blindsides are fun, and Colton
This is a phenomenal topic - definitely need multiple parts for this! Cannot believe Fiji had 18 recruits! :O
The other person that was suppose to be on was also recruited
It was a pretty fun cast though so I don't really mind.
The only person who wasn’t a recruit was Papa Smurf, who quit due to medical reasons.
I wish survivor casting would randomly come up to me to be on.
The best applicant story was easily Christine from South Pacific when she got on for screaming at production after the Nicaragua F9.
I think the original Sabrina Thompson should be cast for a season. Or do a season where Survivors has douplebanger names. Imagine how crazy it will be.
Hahaha I wonder if another Tyson Apostol exists lol
When I first checked out this channel a year ago, I thought oh this guy is pretty good, but no way better than this channel or that one. Now this is by far my favorite survivor channel and every video is great. There's something about the delivery and presentation that's always just right. Plus the info and content is of course great. Keep it up!!
For Sierra's casting, I wonder if they had a "cute blonde" drop out three weeks before the game began, so the casting agents were given the order "just go out on the street and find a few cute blondes as replacement"
It's interesting how many last minute casting changes there has been over the years. Mike Borassi was supposed to be on Tocantins but they pulled him at the last second for health reasons and replaced him with Spencer.
@@Captain-Sum.Ting-Wong abi-maria from survivor philippines was also supposed to be in tocantins but producers said it was “unfair” because she was brazilian and it was somewhat an advantage for her since it was filmed in brazil. but it’s kinda a weird reason because peih gee was chinese and came out in survivor china.
Ozzy got recruited after his roommate didn't want to be on the show. Casting asked his roommate if he knew anyone hispanic who wanted to be on the show, and the rest is history.
I thought you were going to say Philip got recruited when he delivered mail to the casting manager. Or the casting manager looked up "department of defense specialist in charge of saving America"
"We need to fill our 'former federal agent?' quota on this cast..."
@@IdoledOut lol
I LOVED these recruiting stories and would like to see the stories behind EVERY contestant to include where they came from, what they did before survivor, and what made them decide to try out for the show. I noticed that most contestants are VERY ATTRACTIVE, and ATHLETIC, which makes perfect casting sense. For people like myself, who'd LOVE to be able to select survivor RECRUITS, these videos would be all-time favorites.
I can imagine the casting director approaching Philip during one of his favorite odd activities, and then learning his biography. AUTOMATIC ACCEPTANCE! Whether or not one likes Philip, he remains one of the most memorable characters. I wonder how the FBI selected him for service? Could they also have recruited him? Imagine being his partner!
My best friend in college was recruited by the FBI. If she were paired with Philip, she might have killed him!
If you do more of these contestant backgrounds, Russel Hantz is another interesting character I'd love to learn about. Most are so different when "playing the game", viewers would be shocked to learn about their "off island" lives.
[PS - Just wondering if any of these potential survivor contestants are given psychological tests before they become part of the cast?]
my favorite is naonka's recruiting story, she explained it on talking with t-bird and it's definitely worth a listen- she was pulled over on the side of the road in santa monica with her boyfriend, where they were hotboxing her car. she decided she wanted some fruit from the fruit stand nearby and got out to get some, while she was high. however, she was wearing flip flops, and one of them for caught on something on the boardwalk and the strap came off the sole of the shoe. two casting agents saw all of this, and approached her and asked her what time it was. she saw that they both had iphones, and said "and you DON'T know what time it is?" they laughed and gave her a card, and said to call her later. she did call them, and was basically a lock for most of casting and her interviews, etc were pretty short since they already knew they wanted her. while at the hotel, she saw a little of heroes vs villains, which was airing at the time, and thought "this looks easy" and went through with it.
Bret getting recruited after someone in casting saw him arguing with his girlfriend might be the most off brand casting in survivor history.
That Mick fecklessness comment had me rolling lmao
You should do Top 5 longest immunity challenges is Survivor US.
I went on an audition many years ago. I realized after that I should have answered one of the questions very differently. Oh well, at least I still have the cool Surviver shirt. Someday I plan to try again and nail it ♥
Sierra was a great find though! I was rooting for her all the way throughout Tocantins. I was devo when she got voted out.
Now way Eric from 38 wasn’t recruited
Glad the burrito story got #1 here. Sierra is actually one of my all-time favourites!
LOL, I guess Tyson was wrong about her!
I've never minded the concept of recruits, mainly because half the appeal of Survivor is the social element of different people from different walks of life and different goals forced to live together and find common ground, and you can't get that if everyone casted on the show is there because they're all superfans of the game who have auditioned for years. That's how you get a cast full of gamebots. That's not fun.
I think Sierra gets such a bad rap lol I don't get it. Was she really that annoying? I remember watching it and honestly feeling sorry for her since it was obvious she was going to get eliminated at the merge.
She was apparently pretty annoying. I don’t think this was all her fault- she was sick at the start of the game and seems to have resting sour face- but she was apparently pretty hard to live with according to multiple people. That doesn’t justify the way she was treated, though.
I felt horrible for her the whole time. Was it Coach maybe who straight lied and sent her home and she literally just cried alot and panicked . I think the Cieras ,Sierras or however they spell it who proceeded her did a great job at making us forget if she was horrible or not.
I`m a huge fan and have seen every season at least once and have seen each of the first 35 seasons at least three times. EASILY my least favorite season was Fiji, partially for the format but also because some of the players (Dreamz, Rocky and Lisi) felt contrived and/or weird. It comes as no surprise almost all of them were recruited. They almost lost me with that season.
Matty from Gabon was recruited at Whole Foods
that was the most Phillip thing I've ever heard
Phillip?! That blew off my socks!
It’s funny, several of the pre-HvV seasons where the show had supposedly “lost its way” because it was casting recruits ended up being some of the best seasons ever
love your content bro keep it up.
sierra was one of my favorite players on her season
Okay but wouldn’t it be really strange if I got recruited from this survivor video hahah so weird right (pls cast me random casting agent looking at this)
Did no one think it was a plot to kidnap them? If someone on tinder is like: "hey, would you like to be deserted on an island with little food", you just get another kink.
i look forward to these videos religiously for some reason
I appreciate it - thanks for watching!
@@IdoledOut the pleasures all mine. I like all survivor channels but your sense of humor is next level. Haven’t seen a video I haven’t laughed at yet
You forgot to mention that the eventual 20th contestant on survivor Fiji was also recruited too
Joaquin was such perfect marketing bro douchebag character. I loved him.
Wasn’t max and shirin from S30 recruits?
Max was for sure, but he was obviously a huge, huge fan beforehand. I believe they initially sought him out because having a guy who teaches a college-level class on Survivor was too rich a casting opportunity to ignore
I'm a huge fan, been applying for years, and this whole "recruiting" technique, just bugs me. I would love to play, I know the game... just let me play!!
Newer casts are mostly applicants, so you've still got a shot!
i love that taj was recruited because they wanted an nfl wife and the one they got just so happened to be part of swv 💀
Did anyone know that Jonathon Penner was in Arrested Development S1 E21
Tarzan v Troyzan: Survivor's greatest rivalry.
I still prefer recruited players than those annoying superfans who think they deserve to win just for being superfans.
Now, if you'll excuse me, I'll go Google "girl" and "dog".
Sierra really gets too much shit in my opinion. She wasn't likable to either cast or the viewer, but she did make it pretty far into the game anyway. And who would Tyson hate on? I also respect her perseverance, even though she cried a lot, I think that most people would have thrown the towel if they were faced with that much hostility on the show.
7:02 is that kenny? Or liquid ken as he may be better known?
Sure is. He played in season 17, Survivor: Gabon.
Your next video should be about the next all star season should be about, the theme and the players.
I’m pretty sure it’s second chance 2
@@charlie_whetstone Well than he should make a video in who would be on second chance 2
OBSESSED WITH THIS CHANNEL
8:00 their arm swings are insync
This explains so much about how Survivor seasons had some incredibly boring casts! By the time many of the seasons ended, I already couldn't remember most of the players.
No wonder they fired that casting director.
I would really like to hear about more of these stories.
Haha mick arguing with his girlfriend perhaps about his fecklessness
"original Sabrina" and "rando" 😂
Update on premergers only being able to date each other: Cristina Coria from Cook Islands just revealed in her Dalton Ross Quarantine Questionnaire that she dated Joel Klug from Borneo before she was on the show
Love this video!
Im an East Coast kid. Is there a stigma about taco stands that Im not aware of? That seems less interesting than the Phillip entry.
I dream but as a Vermonter I can only get on Kathy style I’ll still keep trying lol
Yeah if you aren't from California it is a lot more difficult.
Sabrina Thompson is a lesson in SEO value and why you should get yourself out there.
Make a part 2
I mean with Fiji 19 were recruited, including Mellisa
SO TRUE!
Man, when I got catfished on Tinder, it was from scam artists…
This stuff infuriates me
Sierra eating tacos?
When does he ever say my name is luke
Tell the story behind the Fiji recruiting.
Reynold was recruited? Then why was he on the “fans” tribe?
Earl is surly number 1
Never mind and I guess I disagree with what I said
I didn't know Survivor was even still looking at casting tapes. I'm happy they are
Casting staff should recruit full-blood American Indians, Alaska Natives and Native Hawaiians. These communities are rarely represented in the media. Also, stop recruiting people from California - that state is over represented in Survivor. Recruit natives/tribal members from New Mexico, Alaska and Hawaii - those states have never been represented in 40 seasons.
Kinda weird that you took Joaquin's story he shared with ATF and not Corinne's, who called CBS, demanded to get ahold of Mark Burnett, ranted about how she should be selected for the show and pretty much Karen'd her way into getting on the cast.
Because that means Corrine wasn't recruited...
I actually liked taco stand girl . Tyson was so mean to her that I hated him. Never thought I’d end up liking him later on
I heard very few players come from applicants and most are recruited.
joaquin is so underrated couldve been the cool villain of the season that went far into the game
Sorry, I don't mean to offend. Niche is pronounced "neesh".
Its pronounced "Neesh" not nitch....lol
8 views!
9th
I am early
I actually really liked Cierra (spelling?) people were so mean to her it made me like her just because they were such jerks.
im sorry but why the hell the disrespect for MORGAN ..... not her fault Kass turned on them and screwed her over, she wanted to play