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ICYMI, #Survivor 50 (https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/survivor-wild-twists-50th-season-181348387.html) is officially “In the Hands of the Fans”! @jeffprobst announced last night that, for the first time, the fans will be voting on a number of “key elements,” including twists, idols, and advantages, for the upcoming milestone season.

Jeff Probst says he came up with the name and idea for Survivor 50: In the Hands of the Fans (https://ew.com/jeff-probst-reveals-survivor-50-things-fans-will-and-wont-be-voting-on-11685792)

"It started with me saying I wanted it to be a thank you to the fans because that's the whole reason we've been on so long is their loyalty of sticking with us," he tells EW. "Even if they don't love every idea, they don't quit on us. And so that was it. And honestly, I was just sitting in my office for a few days thinking, and I came up with the name In the Hands of the Fans. That's when I kind of knew what the idea was and let's let the fans be in charge. The first instinct is: Let them pick the cast. But we've done that. I wanted to do something different, and this is the riskiest idea we've done in that we're used to being in charge of the game design. But what makes it fun is it's forcing us to evolve again and say: Let's create a variety of game elements that you will vote on, and then let's just see what that mixture ends up being. Because we're more methodical. We would lay out a season and say A connects to B, connects to C, connects to D, and there's a theme and there's symmetry. We may not have that in Survivor 50. We may have some people voting for one thing that takes the game backwards, and voting for something that projects us into the future." ALSO: Jeff Probst quashes rumor that country singer Dierks Bentley is competing on Survivor (https://tvline.com/casting-news/survivor-dierks-bentley-season-49-cast-rumor-jeff-probst-1235413163/).