Jeff Probst Competes for First Time Thanks to Jimmy Fallon

Jeff Probst “Ready to Play”survivor” …or is it him?

In a new exclusive preview of the Wednesday, April 22 episode, the hosts and showrunners step in to compete in the first immunity challenge (either “Guaranteed Wrists” or “Water Weights,” depending on which season you’ve watched in the past). During this period, he must support part of his body weight in a bucket of water.

“Are you all ready to make ‘Survivor’ history?” Probst asks as the challenge begins.

As soon as he started, he said, “I’ll admit it, it’s a lot heavier than I thought.” He then revealed that his competition was actually Jimmy Fallon’s idea, which he mentioned on “The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon.”

“He knew we were doing ‘In the Hands of the Fans,’ and he was polling, so he polled the audience directly, and one of the questions was, should I be a player,” explains Probst. “It was about 90% (yes). Thank you, Jimmy. That’s why we’re here.”

Probst then asks the group to allow someone else to take over hosting duties. While Ozzy tells Christian he could be eliminated, Probst says, “Devens, you’re not going to win this. Why don’t you just give up?” Shocked, Devens shouts “Porbst!” “It’s tempting,” he admitted after a moment.

It was previously revealed that Jimmy Fallon would be one of the big names. ‘Survivor’ celebrity fans became part of the game in a twist — The previously seen Zac Brown and the upcoming Mr. With Bease.

Watch an exclusive preview below: ‘Survivor’ airs Wednesdays at 8pm ET. It airs on CBS and streams the next day on Paramount+.