With season 42 of “Survivor” on the horizon, followers are anxiously anticipating the discharge of the March 9 premiere. Ever for the reason that launch of the season’s cast pictures and movies, followers have been analyzing what every of the 18 castaways need to say about their technique and likelihood within the sport.
Like 20-year-olds Xander Hastings and Liana Wallace in season 41, season 42 will embody a contestant who was born after the airing of the unique “Survivor” in the summertime of 2000 – 19-year-old Swati Goel. Being the youngest competitor on the island, Swati may have rather a lot to show if she has any hope of overcoming the stereotypes related to youthful gamers and making it far.
Here’s the whole lot you want to know:
Swati’s Real-Life Idol is Elon Musk
In her CBS bio, Swati mentioned that her private “hero” was 50-year-old entrepreneur and enterprise magnate Elon Musk. “My life’s mission is tochange the world for the higher,” Swati mentioned. “Building one thing like Tesla, which is uber profitable and in addition a boon to the setting, is my dream.”
Swati’s ambition to be a engineering entrepreneur isn’t a surprise, contemplating she is at present a Harvard scholar learning software program engineering, in response to her LinkedIn profile. Shehas additionally labored on misinformation identification on social media, and offered on the IC2S2 2020 convention in July 2020.
When it got here to which previous “Survivor” contestant she would play the sport most like, Swati responded, “A cross between Victoria Baamonde [of season 38, “Edge of Extinction”] and Chaos Kass [McQuillen].” Swati mentioned that the blindside of Aubry Bracco in episode 5 of “Edge of Extinction,” led by Victoria, was “probably the most underappreciated strikes ever, in my view.” However, Victoria nonetheless “wanted to take extra management of her sport, like Kass.”
When it got here to her gameplay, Swati mentioned that she is going to ideally play extra under-the-radar close to the start, however then let her true gameplay sprout as soon as she has established herself inside her tribe. “For me it is smart to play it secure for the primary few votes till I get a foothold,” she mentioned. “And then that is once I go loopy.”
Swati, a Superfan, Has Predicted the Twists That Await Her
In her introductory video, Swati mentioned that she believes her expertise within the Army National Guard has ready her for the weather she will likely be confronted with in Fiji. “I really feel like the essential fight coaching actually did put together me,” she defined, “as a result of my physique nonetheless remembers what ravenous and freezing from subject workouts appears like.”
Swati, like most others this season, is a superfan of the show and is worked up to be enjoying on the sport she has seen on tv her complete life. She added that she was prepared for the doubtless exuberant variety of twists and benefits that Jeff Probst and the manufacturing staff have ready for them. “My technique going into the sport is kind of undefined,” she mentioned, “principally as a result of that is season 42 – I do know one thing loopy’s gonna occur!”
The elevated variety of twists – such because the notorious “Hourglass twist,” “Do or Die” twist, or the “Knowledge Is Power” benefit, amongst others – have been famous and broadly criticized by followers, previous contestants, and contestants on the season alike, throughout season 41. They, or twists like them, are additionally virtually sure to reappear in season 42.
Host Jeff Probst, who can be an government producer of the show, mentioned in an EW interview after the finale of “Survivor 41:”
It was actually thrilling to start the subsequent period of ‘Survivor’ with a brand new, harmful, fast-paced sport that utterly caught the gamers off guard.For ‘Survivor 42,’ now we have one other actually excellent group of gamers able to tackle the best social experiment on tv.
Of course, it’s value noting that the “Survivor 42” contestants don’t know what occurred on “Survivor 41,” as the 2 seasons have been shot back-to-back. Thus, Swati could also be by accurately predicting the twists that await them.
“Survivor” airs Wednesdays 8 p.m. Eastern on CBS. Season 42 will premiere on March 9.
