It’s the hit wilderness challenge show that’s spawned dozens of imitators. Now the makers of Survivor – the US game show that pits contestants against the vagaries of Mother Nature – has come clean about how green it really is. Luckily for the tropical settings that it’s famous for, Survivor scrubs up pretty well.
“What we’ve done in every location is cleared as much as 70 or 80 metric tons of trash from every beach” says series producer Mark Burnett.
“Our policy is very pro-environmental. We photograph when we begin and photograph when we finish and we leave every place better than when we arrived. Tourism is a sustainable and renewable industry, and we’ve had a huge impact on these places,” he added.
Tourism is a sustainable and renewable industry, and we’ve had a huge impact on these places
Now in its 20th series, the show has seen some memorable TV moments, including the final of the first season where a tribe member won the show by competing topless — inadvertently, of course. The new show kicks off this month and pits twenty of the most competitive contestants from the last ten years against each other.
