The 42 Most Surprising Secrets of Survivor: Kaôh Rōng

There are a lot of things we do not know about each season of Survivor. From how things work behind the scenes to why certain moves are made, to fun stuff that is cut out of the show for inexplicable reasons. Like how many more jobs Debbie Wanner can do. This video contains 42 secrets from Survivor: Kaoh Rong. Behind the scenes of Survivor.
Credit to Sara Thakur for #40
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00:00 - Introduction
01:34 - #1
02:16 - #2
02:50 - #3
03:23 - #4
04:09 - #5
05:06 - #6
05:43 - #7
06:11 - #8
06:44 - #9
07:06 - #10
07:44 - #11
08:19 - #12
08:41 - #13
09:19 - #14
09:53 - #15
10:42 - #16
11:13 - #17
12:01 - #18
12:23 - #19
12:55 - #20
13:29 - #21
14:03 - #22
14:30 - #23
15:01 - #24
15:26 - #25
16:07 - #26
16:34 - #27
17:18 - #28
17:55 - #29
18:17 - #30
18:45 - #31
19:12 - #32
19:47 - #33
20:25 - #34
20:39 - #35
21:01 - #36
21:46 - #37
22:14 - #38
22:45 - #39
23:25 - #40
23:41 - #41
24:23 - #42

[@OnceUponAnIsland]

Aubry or Michele? Who deserved the win? Watch every secrets video I have made so far here - tinyurl.com/28ef6482

[@isabellaearnhardt6380]

I'm a strong believer that whoever won deserved the win. Because there is a lot we don't see that affect the jury

[@kobyjohnson7304]

Michele deserved to win because she got the votes. If I was personally on the jury with the footage I saw, I would have voted for Aubry.

[@tokyotourist]

Michele obviously. She had the best connections with the jury.

[@haiily]

I think both of them did

[@jayjasperjp]

The fact that Jason and Julia (both voted for Michele) have said they would've voted for Aubry if they knew how much she controlled the votes confirms Aubry should've won

[@joelmclaughlin1568]

This season was phenomenal in my opinion. I wish this vid had more Tai content, though!! He's such an fascinating character.

[@marqueemark5174]

This is a great season. The worst part of this season is all the medical evacuations. But it's still one of my favorites.

[@reginamachamer821]

Cydney is one of my all time favorite players I really hope she comes back

[@thegirlofgirls]

her or (my opinion) alecia! i hope they let her return since production definitely likes her, with her getting the hero music on her boot.

[@user-ww7ff7gu6z]

@@thegirlofgirls alecia was done so wrong

[@jonballou5982]

39 Days, 18 people, 1 chicken, 1 survivor

[@ThatOneKid410]

When the heck did they count the Chicken (Mark) as a contestant. He should of won the million than go back to Season 40 and win there as well.

[@leprem3940]

no, they knew he was too good at the game so they paid him off to not come to WaW ($600 million of course)

[@TheLoserface45]

I don’t think Mark would’ve competed in WaW due to his old age

[@TheIncredible_Panda2214]

@@TheLoserface45 mark would be an older chicken at that point

[@bustercherry6969]

Mark the chicken lasts loooooonnnnnngggggaaaaa

[@ivolcanic4401]

If I was on that jury I would've asked if I could vote for Mark

[@iandean1112]

I'm glad that Aubry and Michelle respect each other.

[@zeaferjones1404]

Well Michele respects Aubry. I'm not sure about the other way around. I hope Aubry saw Winners at War and saw that she didn't lose to some chump.

[@survivorsam7813]

I just started rewatching survivor 32. And btw like the new music very calming

[@fnafsummoners5679]

Mark for Second Chance 2

[@kellydaunis]

That's so adorable. I would vote for Mark, absolutely.

[@aperson22222]

I’m very pleased to learn that Rudy was still having an impact on the show at that late date.

[@daelynnmoore8232]

He died a couple days years ago :(

[@justinrittenhouse3496]

Survivor Kaoh Rong is an incredible season! It has many great players including the most underrated winner in Survivor history! Michele played an amazing social game, won some challenges and played her advantages correctly and wisely like the vote off a jury member. She also never told herself who she would or would not work with and she is very smart. The season also made history with the most medical evacuations ever. Finally it also has many players that I would love to see play again like Anna, Liz, Jason, Scott, Neal, Nick, Cydney and maybe Peter. Great secret video man!

[@rageofstate2695]

Agreed. Michele played a quiet and subtle but also adaptable game. She doesn't get enough credit.

[@nasecoo]

We do not want to see Anna again

[@justinrittenhouse3496]

@@nasecoo Really? You don’t want to see Anna play again? Why? She strikes me as a really good player with great potential.

[@nasecoo]

@@justinrittenhouse3496 Since her time on Survivor she’s said and done a bunch of really questionable things, which I think is putting it charitably. Her Twitter is a mess of harmful antivaxx sentiment, bigotry, and conspiratorial nonsense. Relatively recently it’s been reported she was attempting to honey trap some FBI agents, and she’s been linked to other weird spying bullshit. Aside from appearing to be a terrible person, she also doesn’t seem to be the most stable woman cutting about. Some former survivor contestants have spoken about Anna’s bizarre antics, and there are certainly things you could find if you were interested (although maybe not her worst tweets, which do get deleted). Please don’t fill a coveted second chance spot with a bonkers moron.

[@justinrittenhouse3496]

@@nasecoo I did not know this stuff. I will have to look into it. Thanks for the info.

[@TheOscar401]

Not so fun fact: Liz had to be hospitalized after being voted out due to multiple staph infections

[@TheAckeePlant]

Just finished this season the other day and loved it. I definitely felt a tad sad Aubry lost, but Rob’s post game interview with Michele that is featured in the video really showed to me just how brilliant Michele was and why everything ended how it did. It really should be required viewing. The edit really doesn’t do a good job of showing the bonds she made and why people gave her the win.

[@CrackerMilk]

Why have I set through 10 of these feature length videos about a show I haven't watched in 10 years wth

[@thegirlofgirls]

i havent watched a season in full, ever! i just love watching the videos on youtube. just through watching about all the survivor content on youtube, i pretty know the boot order of every season! (except fiji, nobody really covers that, but hey, maybe there could be a secrets video on that too?) sadly, i don't live in the u.s so there's no way for me to (legally) watch seasons, and if i try to find somewhere where i can, i usually get flooded with virus ads and stuff :(

[@leahmarie2963]

@@thegirlofgirls well theres 2 seasons on Netflix and 34 on hulu

[@marqueemark5174]

Both of you need to watch to at least one season. I really like genx vs mill and survivor Tocantins is amazing. All of the seasons are on paramount plus for under $6 a month with ads.

[@franniewaffles6093]

I recently just finshed one of my new favorites

[@paintbrush3753]

That clip where Michele says she would’ve voted for Aubry is when she was asked who she would vote between Aubry and Tai. Cydney wasn’t included in the question.

[@EJSmiddie]

6:37 “I was gunning for her for six votes” Me: you only went to six tribals

[@thegirlofgirls]

not the controverchelle culture still alive...

[@samuelvuvu6548]

I would have said that Debbie was more like Philipp Shepard than Coach

[@Maikelz93]

Where were my Tai moments? I expected hearing his voice going on :< But this come from a place of love, awesome video as always :D

[@daybloomcrow]

Lovely music choice, really adds to the atmosphere of the video!

[@silasbeebe]

i love your videos bro

[@worthplayingfor2197]

great video!

[@fefedelamuerte8169]

one of my fave seasons for sure 🔥

[@simplestory2]

I remember an interview before KR aired where Jeff spoiled the winner, he said the last season we shooted, we had this woman who won and was very similar to Parvati lol, not sure if its the same interview you showed, I remember it like a stage with audience kind of interview with a panel

[@mattviggiano]

aroundn 4:00 minutes, jeff channelling his inner john penner "im a story teller"

[@thegirlofgirls]

i really hope that alecia holden returns soon! especially since they used the hero music for her when she got eliminated, i hope that productions has the same idea as me. i think she couldve returned for game changers easily instead of caleb or someone else, but they might keep her for a second chance 2.

[@thatonecutepug3950]

Amazing :]

[@intrepidnick2939]

The "missionary style" comment made me choke on my coffee :P

[@markjackson6431]

OH HELL YEAH!!

[@trashmuffin5637]

I am honestly surprised that Survivor hasn't taken the leap sooner with teenagers especially with the somewhat success of Endurance (which was basically survivor for teens that aired in the early 2000s). I know laws have changed, but it seems totally plausible to do a teen Survivor since it already has been done. Fun Fact Jonna from The Challenge was on and won the first season of Endurance.

[@franks_fiction]

I never noticed mark the chicken being part of the title screen 😂

[@noavink1]

i feel like the asking 16 year olds thing was about not knowing when survivor would come back on the air at the time, there could've definitely been (though rare) an 18 year old next season that applied at 16

[@user-bd6hn]

yeah i had the same thought

[@caidenmagill1006]

I hope mark is still alive to

[@kellydaunis]

Me too

[@dc98424]

Are you serious? Neil and Nick’s bromance was my favorite storyline of the season!

[@zeaferjones1404]

I could see how they would clash. One guy thinks he is the best looking on the planet while the other thinks he is the smartest on the planet.

[@tannerbroyles9290]

Lol at the reference of Caleb stalking Amber on Big Brother

[@tinseltonya]

Yeah they should just have a lord of the flies season LOL

[@epicrabbit7031]

Who else thought Mark should have won?

[@reginamachamer821]

I'm assuming they bumped the season back and did Cambodia first bc they did the cast reveal at the season 30 reunion so like it makes sense to air that season next 🤷

[@kobieeee]

Links in the description for #40 I only see thanks

[@miragexl007]

Just rewatch this. Very entertaining season. One of the best I think. I remember liking Michelle in the past and still do although I don't think it What's the best outcome. She didn't do much, nice, passive.. Maybe that's why I liked her. But didn't really do much till the end, That's a game play to whether meant to or not..... And just fell into some positions haphazardly, luckily, less people paired so kind of skated till then.. unless we really didn't see much.

[@thehappyplace2131]

Can you do every idole play in every season

[@miam2772]

There was a survivor with kids. It was called “Endurance” and it aired on discovery kids. I used to be OBSESSED with it. Premise was that a group on teens and pre-teens were taken to wild/nature places like Survivor, but they were provided with sort of cabins/bunks instead of having to build shelter and they were provided food. Instead of tribes, teams were broken in groups of two with a color to refer to their teams- one boy and one girl. They would participate in similar physical challenges like survivor. There were challenges to win “pyramid pieces”, which contributed to team’s chance of getting to win the game overall in the final mission, and “temple missions”, where the winning team would decide which two teams would go to the “temple of fate” and essentially play fancy and much more dramatic Rock Paper Scissors, losers getting sent home. I was seriously obsessed with this show as a kid but I don’t know of anyone else who watched it lol.

[@lilly03]

omg I LOVED that show!

[@Paige-hf9tb]

This was my FAVORITE show as a kid. I had never seen survivor at that point but I was absolutely convinced I’d be on it one day. I was devastated that they stopped making it.

[@miam2772]

@@Paige-hf9tb yknow funnily enough, they kind of did bring it back in 2020 as a show called "karma", it was even produced by jd roth, the host of endurance. it was on HBO max but for some reason they completely took it off the service.

[@yourjuggalobrother]

why is there no vids on the newest season?

[@OnceUponAnIsland]

Patrons pick the videos

[@Hola-8693]

I watched this season with my brother and he was so angry that Michelle won because he wanted Tai to win

[@yugiwinninglex]

Didn't tai like has 0. 0001% chance to win in tribak

[@Hola-8693]

@@yugiwinninglex yeah but still lol

[@TheIncredible_Panda2214]

@@Hola-8693 reminded me of my sister as she rooted for michelle while i rooted for tai. Though I still respect michelle as a winner

[@isabellaearnhardt6380]

💖

[@Apeezys1229]

Could you do more big brother players? Like Dan, Derrick, or sumn like that?

[@OnceUponAnIsland]

Maybe. Big brother videos don't get as many views.

[@Apeezys1229]

@@OnceUponAnIsland that's weird i thought it was a popular show

[@parksy3812]

What a vid

[@alexgalvez7861]

Please do Gabon

[@OnceUponAnIsland]

The patrons pick the videos :)

[@thefamilyguy972]

He made it, but it’s patreon exclusive

[@thomasdonahue2441]

Please do a video on david in aussie survivor all stars !!!!

[@OnceUponAnIsland]

Patrons pick the videos :)

[@Colby-xd9ko]

I hope we don’t see Neal again tbh

[@OnceUponAnIsland]

I can't see them bringing him back.

[@joncross8483]

Debbie has always struck me as more of a Phillip Sheppard than a Coach

[@brandonburns2447]

Plus a in depth video on David would be great from the gen x season

[@caidenmagill1006]

If you can you should do winners at war next and if not game changers

[@OnceUponAnIsland]

The patrons get to pick which seasons :)

[@caidenmagill1006]

Ooooooh gotcha i forgot

[@ja_cow_ski]

WE COULD HAVE HAD CYDNEY ON SECOND CHANCE IM SAD

[@antoniomarcos2504]

I watched the video, and im still asking HOW aubry lost to michele

[@tmm4195]

Really? I think it’s pretty easy to see why Michele beat her.

[@benjan8578]

Lit, that jury cannot recognize a good player even if it's Infront of them

[@rickandteribedell4350]

Because she played a more social game.

[@demo2823]

​@@rickandteribedell4350 There's a difference between a social game and playing such a light game that nobody has been affected by you and got a grudge. Social game means you form alliances, get invited on others' rewards and nudge people to vote your way. She just coasted to merge in a strong tribe and then didn't make big enough moves to get voted out in the massacre this season made against anyone who did a Thing.

[@TheAckeePlant]

Watch Rob Has A Podcast’s postgame interview with Michele. It really showed me how even though Michele did get a good amount of screen time, they didn’t use it to show the bonds she made that ended up paying off for her

[@alexandrarose982]

mark the chicken making an appearance in everything

[@belle1109]

Fr? S & J tied the knot? Holy smokes...when?!!

[@cannedpineapple2702]

I liked this season a lot!! I didnt like the finale tho cos sia just took all the time.

[@kellydaunis]

I always turn the reunion off at that part, when Sia comes out.

[@rickandteribedell4350]

I thought that was weird too. Poor Aubrey! Didn't get anything.....

[@willzercher4012]

Why is their no love ones visit

[@tybos8348]

Hey

[@TheDXJC56]

Jeff raises a great point, imagine how damaging getting voted off the island of your favorite show would be to a child that's yet to really develop the social skills to understand it's just a game and not a reflection of who they are as a person, a teenage version could definitely elicit similar feelings, but the island already is a high school simulator in a lot of ways so at least they'd be more appropriate to consider if they did endeavor down the path of a younger cast

[@MrDeathbydying]

Personally, I don't think a teenager should voluntarily go through that kind of malnutrition during their formative years either.

[@silverfox2086]

I just remembered why the abuse of living animals isn't generally accepted on TV or movies after watching this season. His love of animals/nature is the only reason to admire Tai, AFAIC.

[@demo2823]

The only reason? He's a Vietnam war refugee who made himself a life in a country he didn't speak the language of, overcame his culture's perspective of homosexuality, took the fact that he was put in the Beauty tribe (most likely a jab at his homosexuality) with good humour and was an excellent idol finder.

[@user-db9vy2gh3v]

Back to back seasons filming locations is logic not a secret

[@OnceUponAnIsland]

The secret is that 31 and 32 swapped.

[@zeaferjones1404]

Michele was just watching, Nick? No wonder Michele blindsided that guy. Well, I hope he got a chance to WATCH Michele at winners at war and learn a few things.

[@franniewaffles6093]

Still mad tai didn’t get at least 1 vote he deserved the W

[@ZacPoloncarz]

My name is Zachary Poloncarz I’m 19 and I just applied to be on the show. I don’t know if this will reach anyone, but if I’m cast I will be the youngest winner in the show’s history my audition tape is on KZbin and I know that I will be the next funny kid/golden boy and if you get me to a live audition or casting call, I can show you who I really am and then when I’m cast I will be the young kid to revitalize America’s love of this show because I want America to love it just as much as I do!

[@henleydavis2234]

I thought I was accidentally watching a parody finale when Michelle won instead of Aubry. I see it as sexism, if Michelle and Aubry were men “man-Aubry” would have 100% won

[@prettylittleliars7068]

Eh fishback was much better than jt strategically (jt is a 0/10) and he lost. It's a mix of better social game on Michelle's part and bitter jurors

[@henleydavis2234]

@@prettylittleliars7068 Comparing Fischbach’s social game to Aubry’s is a joke

[@prettylittleliars7068]

@@henleydavis2234 I didnt really compared them socially just that in both instances there were better strategists that lost to poor strategists with good social game.

[@erikstrickland96]

Jury management is very important and unfortunately aubry was just not good at it

[@franniewaffles6093]

Loved Michele hated Aubrey

[@moviemaniac14]

Opposite. Michele at least sort of redeemed herself in Winners at War.

[@kat8559]

I love them both! I also love debbie, despite not loving coach quite so much lol

[@garnetBUNNIES]

@@moviemaniac14 💯

[@erikstrickland96]

Aubry had certain skills that would’ve worked in other seasons but Michelle had the right skills for this one. I also think the edit did Michelle dirty by basically making Aubry the main character and not showing the social game Michelle played.

[@brandonburns2447]

Can't wait for the gen x vs millennials

[@freshofbreathair1476]

I thought Tai had it in the bag and Michelle would be a beautiful no vote goat. It seems like the jury members all took things way too personally instead of voting on who played the best.

[@CoolGuy-hh4lg]

Just finished the season after it released on Netflix 2 days ago. Great season until end. Wanted Scot to win but was fine with Tai winning. Aubrey I thought should've won over Michelle. The whole vote was based on the fact that the jury was bitter. That's part of the game but still she wasn't very impressive and was just there for most of the time, Tai was arguably the most powerful with crossing Scot, the two idols and the extra voting power. Aubrey was smart too. Terrible ending IMO

[@benjan8578]

That's right, Michelle didn't do anything. She just made friends, not like Aubrey, she was absolutely the best player on this game, she made all of the important decisions: she kept Julia instead of Peter, she blindsided Nick, Debbie, convinced tai to not give the idol to Scot, and so much more. SHE SHOULD HAVE WON THIS SEASON, NOT FUCKING MICHELLE

[@demo2823]

Same, I adore Ty and I find it ridiculous that some people voted against him because he refused to hand the other half of the Super Idol to that one dude, I think his name was Jason but I don't care enough to check. As far as how the Super Idol works, I was certain if he had done so he would have gone as he had the next most votes. Why they think it was more honourable to give the half is beyond me, everyone should understand betrayal for the sake of your own skin. Not to mention I especially dislike the theoretical Jason for suddenly trying to catch sympathy points by talking about his boy being autistic. As an autistic person myself I didn't like someone like me being used as a tool to get sympathy money. He didn't wven say how severe the boy's autism was, or if he even had custody over him. From his stint in 'psychological warfare' I could totally see him trying to 'cure' his son who lives with the mom and he has no knowledge of how it actually affects him.

[@nickh.1110]

The editing did Michelle dirty but time has shown she is the better player. Aubry made terrible decisions where she burned alliance members left and right (Debbie vote as an example). She was always trying to play the least worst game (a term in poker). The fact that each time she goes back she does worse is testament to her being overhyped. Meanwhile Michelle kicked ass on the all winners season. Also don't forget Aubry would've been voted out of Neal hadnt been med evacd. Her entire game was on borrowed time 🤷

[@emi11iana]

I hated scot he was one of the most annoying people ive ever watched play

[@brianlehman7624]

Debbie might be my all time least favorite contestant.

[@bc5163]

I actually want LESS super fans cast. Too many of them are boring gamebots. Sorry not sorry.

[@SDallstar]

I did not like this season

[@OnceUponAnIsland]

Why is that?

[@kellydaunis]

@@OnceUponAnIsland I like this season

[@garnetBUNNIES]

@@kellydaunis same!