The Birth, Life, and Death of the Survivor Auction

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  • @OnceUponAnIsland
    @OnceUponAnIsland  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +26

    The auction came back for season 45! - th-cam.com/video/O4F3Eo2Ow1w/w-d-xo.html

  • @snow35340
    @snow35340 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2271

    WE JUST WANT TO SEE HUNGRY PEOPLE EAT FOOD JEFF

    • @OnceUponAnIsland
      @OnceUponAnIsland  3 ปีที่แล้ว +94

      Truth

    • @intorainbowzOG
      @intorainbowzOG 3 ปีที่แล้ว +89

      And spend ridiculous amounts of money for grubs or chocolate.

    • @justinfay3011
      @justinfay3011 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      What was the worst thing about prison, Prison Mike?

    • @celesteigo231
      @celesteigo231 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      FOOD, JEFF. DON’T FORGET THE COMMA

    • @JackSimpson2077
      @JackSimpson2077 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      For some reason I read it as hungry people eat Jeff and was really concerned for a bit lol

  • @saturated3821
    @saturated3821 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2455

    I never liked the auction for strategy or any serious drama, just watching underfed people devour and hugely appreciate something they would normally think quite basic, and the lighter drama of bidding wars for chocolate cakes.

    • @nerdy_1439
      @nerdy_1439 3 ปีที่แล้ว +107

      This is what I love about the auction is about the simple meals we eat at a normal basis being treated with so much desire to a bunch of people on survivor

    • @moneyma2761
      @moneyma2761 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@SFTbeats underfed means not eating enough food

    • @r5t6y12
      @r5t6y12 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Jeff Probst: "WWWOOOWWW, 280 to Amanda for a peanut butter and jelly".........and the whole Micronesia auction crowd goes into hysterics.............HA HA HA HA HA HA HA

    • @freyjathehealer5559
      @freyjathehealer5559 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I’ve never watched survivor but seeing how they knew they could take that money home instead of bidding for hugely over priced food and then seeing all of them smiling knowing that it’s a gift of home was kind of touching.

  • @drasa6066
    @drasa6066 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1943

    They need to bring back auction. No idols, no advantages....just old fashion fun auction. Hungry people biding crazy amounts of money for food. It was always a very fun, relaxed part of Survivor that is missing now.

    • @MiKen877
      @MiKen877 3 ปีที่แล้ว +92

      I think they should tell the contestants that no advantages will be explicitly bid upon. And then you hide some advantages in some of the items. You could roll up a little scroll inside the napkin for a food item. Hide a note in the shower for whomever buys that. I think these should be clues that they find, not advantages themselves.

    • @Klynch111
      @Klynch111 2 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      @@MiKen877 what they should do is, bring back the auction but fail to tell them that they won't be getting any advantages. So the ones who do bid on covered items or food items, find advantages hidden, and those who save the cash for the end and bid on them, get left with nothing, and Jeff ends the auction suddenly and they're left confused and frustrated 😂

    • @spartan1010101
      @spartan1010101 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      food or tools for making their living situation better maybe.

    • @Lipolimtown
      @Lipolimtown ปีที่แล้ว

      And general and regulated sex as well with the well known how do I say “one time blends” thank you for this

    • @ericstewart7360
      @ericstewart7360 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      There needs to be disadvantages

  • @loganswhite6645
    @loganswhite6645 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1206

    Idk why the didnt just take the advantages out of the auction instead of punishing us all by removing it. It’s like in elementary school when the whole class gets in trouble for two people not behaving 😣

    • @cjtrules1
      @cjtrules1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      I'm just hoping they are shelving it for a long time. This video shows just how long they go between uses sometimes.

    • @bartallen8121
      @bartallen8121 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      @@cjtrules1 Quest for fire made a return for the first time since Season 8 in Season 31, so anything is possible, the Gross Food challenge that was originally a recurring challenge in the first 8 seasons only made occasional appearances in later seasons.

    • @cjtrules1
      @cjtrules1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@bartallen8121 Yep. I'm hoping they are waiting extra long to bring the auction back because players easily predicted what was going to happen. I think they are hoping the expectations and strategies that broke it in the first place become forgotten.

    • @bartallen8121
      @bartallen8121 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@cjtrules1 Good point, a good example regarding the Gross Food challenge being a staple in early seasons was Nicole from Season 7 preparing for the challenge at home in anticipation that it would happen and proceeds to do so well that they voted her out.

    • @cjtrules1
      @cjtrules1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@bartallen8121 Ooh that is a great example! I think permanently being in Fiji has killed the Gross Food challenge too.

  • @samno2088
    @samno2088 ปีที่แล้ว +198

    Penner tipping Jeff $20 is one of my favorite moments in survivor history. The whole exchange is so funny.

    • @auraguardianemerald6667
      @auraguardianemerald6667 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Yeah XD jeff sounded almost annoyed at the tip the way he said "thanks" always came across as irked for me, like its his money anyway and dudes tipping him?

  • @paigeherrmann6332
    @paigeherrmann6332 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1293

    I feel like they would benefit from just having Jeff say up front: “There will be no game advantages or idol clues in this auction. You’re bidding on food and you’re bidding on love.”
    Maybe have the person who wins the bid for letters from home get a surprise visit from their loved one, but still let people buy their letters for the same price as the winner.

    • @LegDayLas
      @LegDayLas 3 ปีที่แล้ว +60

      they already gamed the loved ones bid, so take that out too. And honestly don't tell them. I feel this would make better tv. Action ends and al the people who haven't spent anything return the money and get shafted. 1.) creates drama. 2.) establishes for future auctions that holding all your money is not a good idea.

    • @jeremyjones9473
      @jeremyjones9473 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Bidding on live seems morally problematic as it is a kin to prostitution.

    • @PhoenixT70
      @PhoenixT70 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That was such a Jeff line that I read it in his voice, did he actually say that at some point?

    • @jalyc8515
      @jalyc8515 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Yes. That was SO unfair to let Jenna get hers for one dollar after Christy paid $500 just because Jenna was a crybaby who had a temper tantrum. If Jeff was going to crumble over that trick then he should have let everyone have theirs for $1. The woman was an ACTRESS and Jeff was dumb enough to fall for her hysterics? I seriously hope Jenna was voted off the next council!

    • @tinkerer3399
      @tinkerer3399 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ... Alternatively make the food the advantage. Keep the players away from food before the auction, do a food only auction where they are not told that there are no advantages, then follow the auction with an endurance challenge where the fed players should have a sizable advantage.

  • @jaywjr2456
    @jaywjr2456 2 ปีที่แล้ว +327

    Every. Single. Time. I see Taj's eyes widen when the lightbulb goes off. "See you back at the camp!" My eyes IMMEDIATELY tear up. This is in my survivor top 25 moments.

  • @Cynicayke
    @Cynicayke 3 ปีที่แล้ว +848

    Not having an auction in Season 12 was a huge mistake. It would've been absolute insanity. Make them bid for an hour on a blackberry, or
    Shane's thinking seat.

    • @jayashdown3836
      @jayashdown3836 3 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      @@michaelsager7496 Jeff: next item, a chocolate ice cream bar
      Shane: 500.
      Jeff: Sold to Shane at 500.
      Shane: Oh my god I'm about to have a chocolate ice cream bar in one mi.. ONE MINUTE.

    • @intorainbowzOG
      @intorainbowzOG 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      They could have put the cocaine Shane found up for sale.

  • @317sportsball
    @317sportsball 3 ปีที่แล้ว +420

    Australian Survivor deserves major props for doing the auction the right way. Increasing the days played produced a greater incentive for food over a single advantage.

    • @MrBen51309
      @MrBen51309 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      The 2017 auction was insane. Most of them bid $500 on a single item, several of them even gambled $500 on food items lol.

  • @PepsiMaxiPad
    @PepsiMaxiPad 3 ปีที่แล้ว +328

    I truly think they invented the auction because they realized that they were starving the contestants to death on Australian Outback.

    • @isseisato1689
      @isseisato1689 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Was that bad I haven't seen it

    • @PepsiMaxiPad
      @PepsiMaxiPad 3 ปีที่แล้ว +59

      @@isseisato1689 Yeah they ran out of food at one point and had to give up their shelter to get some more rice. Just look at clips from final tribal to see how skinny their faces are.

    • @Mermiam
      @Mermiam 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Yeah because 4 doritos was gonna turn their malnutrition around. Don't be so silly.

  • @domskillet5744
    @domskillet5744 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1536

    I had never seen Season 2. Jeff actually just gave them 4 doritos, that's hilarious

    • @voidgamer7122
      @voidgamer7122 3 ปีที่แล้ว +81

      @@augustac FOR 60 DOLLARS

    • @shawnm7246
      @shawnm7246 3 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      @@voidgamer7122 Which is 90 dollars today.

    • @slycooperscane
      @slycooperscane 3 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      The real question is who eats Doritos with salsa.

    • @fish3977
      @fish3977 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@slycooperscane depends on the dorritos

    • @halriggs4407
      @halriggs4407 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Im up to season 12 or 13 on paramount

  • @ashleynicole7352
    @ashleynicole7352 3 ปีที่แล้ว +786

    tom and the “he’s a jew he won’t eat the ham” is one of my favorite survivor moments. too funny 😂

    • @AshleySmith19912
      @AshleySmith19912 3 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      I absolutely loved that scene and their relationship on that season. Someone else said this on a different video, but Tom and Ethan had a bromance before bromances were a thing

    • @bridantokes3189
      @bridantokes3189 3 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      It’s sad that now days people will find a way to say it’s offensive if they say something like that on the show

    • @platinumpineapple9943
      @platinumpineapple9943 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      @@bridantokes3189 no but ok

    • @tonsilis2
      @tonsilis2 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      @@platinumpineapple9943 he’s not wrong..

    • @platinumpineapple9943
      @platinumpineapple9943 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@tonsilis2 yea he is wrong quit exaggerating bullshit nobody is offended

  • @brettdupuis8793
    @brettdupuis8793 3 ปีที่แล้ว +244

    I'd love to have the auction back with no advantages. It was so fun to watch them bid on food idk why lol

    • @OnceUponAnIsland
      @OnceUponAnIsland  3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      I think it is because we get to watch these people suffering get to enjoy themselves for 10 minutes.

    • @danielhall5955
      @danielhall5955 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Maybe cause it's like watching a mukbang, you get that same effect?

    • @Eternaldarkness3166
      @Eternaldarkness3166 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It's like when you watch them step down in tough challenges when Jeff tempts them with food

    • @MetaWarlord135
      @MetaWarlord135 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Even better, they should wait until the end of the auction (or maybe the last item, if they want to avoid being too mean) to mention that there isn't going to be an advantage, just to mess with anyone who didn't realise why the auction was removed in the first place.

  • @matthewrigsby204
    @matthewrigsby204 3 ปีที่แล้ว +479

    First item is the advantage, then everyone else can bid who didnt get it

    • @OnceUponAnIsland
      @OnceUponAnIsland  3 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      Great idea! This may be my favorite one.

    • @natebrotzki6143
      @natebrotzki6143 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Do that but also have players draw from individual bags with a 1 and (number of participants) chance of drawing the advantage. That way multiple people can win but also they all could lose.

    • @carlahyche9816
      @carlahyche9816 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Advantage being the first item, but hidden

    • @JerzyLasica
      @JerzyLasica 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      worst idea. you need to show/have some mental fortitude. did you enter the competition to enjoy food or win it??

  • @HarrisonLucas
    @HarrisonLucas 3 ปีที่แล้ว +200

    My all time favorite survivor moment is when taj realizes he said see you back at camp

    • @noahs5636
      @noahs5636 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      Followed closely by Taj immediately taking up Jeff’s offer to go to exile with her husband so everyone else could get their loved ones

    • @rehaz
      @rehaz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      @@noahs5636 not before Taj almost ripping Jeff’s arm out of its socket.

    • @noahs5636
      @noahs5636 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@rehaz of course how could I forget! 😂

    • @rainybopz
      @rainybopz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Dislocated Jeff's arm

    • @ohandthefracking
      @ohandthefracking 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@rainybopz break her shoulder

  • @jackcohenourfilms6209
    @jackcohenourfilms6209 3 ปีที่แล้ว +615

    Jeff presents a sealed envelope at the start of the auction. After it is purchased, the buyer has the opportunity to trade if for another sealed envelope. Jeff explains that one has an advantage and one has a disadvantage and the envelope must remained sealed until they return to camp. At the end of the auction, he puts the second envelope up for bid, forcing players to scramble to decide if it is worth the risk of a 50/50 chance for an advantage or disadvantage.

    • @-beanhead_blobbles-3891
      @-beanhead_blobbles-3891 3 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      I’d love to watch the mental gymnastics that come with buying or not buying it- that’s an amazing idea! :D

    • @tam2237
      @tam2237 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      This is it chief

    • @frommywindow180
      @frommywindow180 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      ohh nice one

    • @firstchoice4527
      @firstchoice4527 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      i dont think its a good idea since people will automatically know whether the person got an advantage or disadvantage

    • @tiannabobo1170
      @tiannabobo1170 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@firstchoice4527 no they wouldn’t. He said it had to remain sealed

  • @sackeshi
    @sackeshi 3 ปีที่แล้ว +447

    The easy fix is to remove advantages and tell the contestants that. Also remove the loved ones letters. Just food.

    • @xcrunner319
      @xcrunner319 3 ปีที่แล้ว +63

      They dont even have to keep that change permanent... Just do one auction with no advantages or letters and suddenly people in the future will bid on food because there is no promise of advantages

    • @cjtrules1
      @cjtrules1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@xcrunner319 It would have to be in enough seasons so contestants can't predict it.

    • @cjtrules1
      @cjtrules1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      I don't think the loved ones letters is broken and don't see it needing to be removed. We've seen over and over again that if a contestant gets a choice of loved ones or letters from home for the whole tribe then they do it. It's smart social politics.

    • @Paddyvertex
      @Paddyvertex 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Well I think the "just food"-way is good. You don´t have to have advantages, letters, clues etc.
      Strategically you can do a lot with that, as seen in previous seasons. For example: if you dispense of your food, everyone else gets something. Or have someone divide the food between everyone. There are enough twists and turns that can work against you or in your favor.
      Also I think it is very important to never repeat a twist. Just do the auction every 3 seasons and always think of a new twist, so no one can predict what will happen (like shirin with the 20-dollar bid for the letters). That way, neither the fans at home nor the contestants have a clue what´s coming, so everyone can enjoy the Survivor Auction again. It is just too good, to not include in the game.

    • @bartallen8121
      @bartallen8121 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@Paddyvertex Carter was screwed at the auction, if he were to keep his baked potato, he would be perceived as selfish and could've been an easy target like John in Samoa, if he were (and did) take the bag of rice and beans, it would be seen as a social play and paints a target on him.

  • @YellowFalse
    @YellowFalse 3 ปีที่แล้ว +133

    The one Australian auction where the advantage/clue was hidden in the candy jar made auctions exciting and the solution to waiting for an advantage to show up. If the twist was there's no clear way to know when the advantage would show up, people who keep waiting will be punished and those we dared to just spend the money could get an advantage or a booby trap.

  • @mikevr29
    @mikevr29 3 ปีที่แล้ว +498

    I have the solution, make the advantage the first bidding BUT limit the amount to $250, this way even if the majority of people bet they still have money left to get food. They enjoy it, we enjoy it!

    • @bendreymann6346
      @bendreymann6346 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Nah that's too fair, Survivor shouldn't be that fair.

    • @aaronfrankum8941
      @aaronfrankum8941 3 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      @@bendreymann6346 Just get rid of the advantage bidding, that's what takes the fun out of the auction

    • @johnnysouza6147
      @johnnysouza6147 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Unfortunately the increments in which they bid can only be in 20 dollar amounts. So getting to 250 is an impossible task to say the least

    • @jjsolstice7283
      @jjsolstice7283 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Why not hide the advantage inside the food so that they would not know in the start of every bid.

    • @IveGotANaggingFear
      @IveGotANaggingFear 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@jjsolstice7283 i believe they did that one time and that's probably a better solution then just getting rid of the advantage

  • @Serraph108
    @Serraph108 3 ปีที่แล้ว +83

    The fix is obviously to just remove advantages from the auction. That's when it was purely a fun concept and that's when it worked.

  • @Heaux722
    @Heaux722 3 ปีที่แล้ว +76

    I laugh every time I hear “Ya ChEapO DePOs “ 🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @Fangblade99
    @Fangblade99 3 ปีที่แล้ว +235

    This was easily one of the best challenges to happen, its really sad it died from a meta play lmao.

    • @OnceUponAnIsland
      @OnceUponAnIsland  3 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      I think Cagayan helped kill it too.

    • @Fangblade99
      @Fangblade99 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@OnceUponAnIsland yeah 100%

    • @rima7286
      @rima7286 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      I think it was totally metaphoric of the game/show evolving from its basic premise. You had someone who studied the game so thoroughly it broke the auction never to return. Sad and impressive

  • @GamingFanactic911
    @GamingFanactic911 3 ปีที่แล้ว +112

    The Randy cookie incident is still one of the greatest moments of any auction and the whole show in general

    • @Juju2012ZA
      @Juju2012ZA 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Not a fan of Randy, really *really* disliked Sugar 😒❌❌❌

    • @Maw0
      @Maw0 ปีที่แล้ว

      Randy's boot is funny as well.

    • @jtfike
      @jtfike ปีที่แล้ว +2

      that cookie cost sugar a million dollars

    • @Maw0
      @Maw0 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jtfike Matty digested a million dollar cookie.

    • @rogerdodger1984
      @rogerdodger1984 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@Juju2012ZAno one cares what you think, Sugar ruled.

  • @noahs5636
    @noahs5636 3 ปีที่แล้ว +90

    If they ever bring the auction back, Jeff should just say upfront that there is no advantage for sale, but secretly they’ve hidden one in one of the food rewards. As for the letters from home, give some extra incentive for whoever bids on the letters first (a video message in addition to the letter, a promised visit from their loved one in person, additional loved ones letters, etc) that way people will actually bid on the letters and then they can still have anyone else buy their letter for the same price, they just wouldn’t get the additional reward for bidding on it first.

  • @reginamachamer821
    @reginamachamer821 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    The Tocantins auction episode is probably my all time fav episode of any season. Really just the scene where she gets the phone and then Jeff has to point out what he said at the end and then her iconic reaction.. but especially when she was able to give everyone their visits it was just nice to see everyone happy at the same time for once lmao

  • @CharlieBrown379
    @CharlieBrown379 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I cried multiple times in this. Survivor has been such a long lasting thing in my life that I’ve forgotten so many memorable moments.

  • @justinbuergi9867
    @justinbuergi9867 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Love that this video popped up on my feed like 2 days before Jeff actually brought it back.
    I liked the changes as it focused on food rather than saving for an unknown prize and let people really enjoy themselves…or end up with giant fish eyes

  • @ryanbrady9053
    @ryanbrady9053 3 ปีที่แล้ว +84

    Add more shots of ozzy if you wanna grow this channel. The algo loves him because it thinks he's johnny depp

    • @OnceUponAnIsland
      @OnceUponAnIsland  3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      HAHA well his story video will be super popular then.

    • @snakeking5009
      @snakeking5009 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@OnceUponAnIsland more story videos please I love them

  • @Itsmainduece1
    @Itsmainduece1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +116

    When Mike didn't bid for his letter I was like "OH SHIT"

    • @OnceUponAnIsland
      @OnceUponAnIsland  3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      OH SNAP!

    • @Itsmainduece1
      @Itsmainduece1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Like jury votes matter Mike!!

    • @B-Mag
      @B-Mag 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@Itsmainduece1 I mean he did get them in the end so

    • @philipthomas8928
      @philipthomas8928 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@OnceUponAnIsland OH SHNAP

    • @geckohecko
      @geckohecko 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      At the time, I thought it was a clever strategic move. But the fallout was instantaneous and it just goes to show that strategy isn't enough.

  • @Jinbeizamezama
    @Jinbeizamezama ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Her husband's words finally getting through her head and Taj grabbing Jeff and yelling 'SEE YOU BACK AT THE CAMP!!!' is still one of my all time favourite Survivor moments, it's just so pure and sweet. Raw joy you can feel through the screen, over a decade in the future.
    I do really hope they bring it back, because it was the highlight of a lot of seasons imo, but I understand they got sick of people meta-ing the hell out of it. Imo if they want people to stop being meta nerds about it, they should just elimminate the loved one's letters/advantages. Stick to food, creature comforts, mosquito nets, etc etc (and make it clear when the auction starts that there will be no advantages) this way people can just have some fun and have a little break from the game while enjoying some tasty stuff. Or jars of live crabs. Either way.

  • @lisahoshowsky4251
    @lisahoshowsky4251 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    I really miss the auction, a lot of my favourite parts of survivor are now missing. I kind of liked that the auction was 80% just them getting to have a “break” and it was kind of enjoyable to see the survivors so overjoyed. The bit of strategy and smart bidding was only part of it, now like 95% of the entire game is strategy which isn’t my favourite bit.
    I’d love to see it come back where everything is covered and you only get vague clues about what’s under it. Like “comfort” which could be a tarp or it could be a letter and they still do item swaps like you won A but would you like to accept B? And maybe there is no obvious advantage won but it’s hidden inside an item. Or you bid on an advantage but it turns out it’s only half and someone else won the other half and you have to figure out who and work together. It would lead to a lot of bidding wars I feel like, especially if they brought it back after that season had aired so it was a known thing.

  • @Darksaga017
    @Darksaga017 3 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    I would say, keep an advantage in the auction, but do it as a choice. For example. Whoever wins the bid, has an option of three hidden items. Once is an advantage (such as HII clue, challenge advantage, etc), one is nothing, and the third is a disadvantage (such as lose a vote, penalty vote at next tribal, sit out of next immunity challenge, etc). That way yes there is still the excitement of the advantage, but more people may be inclined to not risk it and bid on other items instead

  • @Aymungoos
    @Aymungoos 3 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    If they want to add the auction back maybe they should say there will be an advantage for sale in the auction but you have to have purchased an item already in the auction to bid for it

  • @snazzyzaddy
    @snazzyzaddy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +69

    i think itd be cool if they maybe hid an advantage on the plate of one of the food items. i mean it adds a new layer onto the auction. also maybe make it so someone has the option to keep their letter or give everyone else theirs.

    • @317sportsball
      @317sportsball 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Australian Survivor has done that. They hid an advantage inside a large jar of candy

    • @OnceUponAnIsland
      @OnceUponAnIsland  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@317sportsball Jericho!

    • @OnceUponAnIsland
      @OnceUponAnIsland  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      No wait, I was thinking of Jericho's cookie jar.

    • @317sportsball
      @317sportsball 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@OnceUponAnIsland Shonee

    • @saveeeevx
      @saveeeevx 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      yes aus survivor has effectively worked around this auction problem. our auctions are still like the original US ones, everyone bidding on the food they want

  • @cpcoultertweedles7216
    @cpcoultertweedles7216 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    In the Australian version of Survivor (not the season, the Aussie spin-off), they once had an auction with a mini challange beforehand. Everyone had two minutes to dig for white shells in a pit which ended up being their currency for the auction. In addition, there was a red shell that was essentially a veto--play it and you get the item instantly. The red shell went to an older woman who was very well liked. The auction proceeds as normal until the host offers a visit from a loved one (I feel like it was announced as the final item). Immediately everyone starts giving the older woman all their spare shells, and she tearfully reveals she had the red shell the whole time. It was a very sweet, heart-warming moment.

  • @yendub
    @yendub 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    As soon as people figured out that they could game the system, they broke it. All Jeff had to do for the final auction is: 1. Not offer up any other family letter (or set the price at all your $$) and 2. Tease, but don't offer up an advantage. Throw the players for a loop thinking A will happen, but B does instead. It will certainly keep the game more interesting.

  • @worthplayingfor2197
    @worthplayingfor2197 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    they could fix this so easily but they just threw away a hilarious and always fun moment in survivor.

  • @freddytang2128
    @freddytang2128 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    My favourite moment in auctions: Australian survivor when Luke got everything at the auction including an advantage and a spa date. “Yea boy!”

    • @MrBen51309
      @MrBen51309 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That seemed like a downright waste of food. No way could Luke finish all that!

    • @magiccitymama1620
      @magiccitymama1620 ปีที่แล้ว

      Loved this! Luke is one of our favorite players.

  • @j0sh639
    @j0sh639 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I am loving this channel! Also, the auctions are one of my favorite parts of Survivor. Gabon's was amazing 😂

  • @queenofcats9240
    @queenofcats9240 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    That moment with Jeff and Wu while Wu was eating those ribs lives rent free in my head. I was 14 when that season came out and I remember my parents and I laughing our asses off at the way they were talking and looking at each other 😂

  • @ms.andeedill280
    @ms.andeedill280 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    My favorite auction was Taj's season. Auctions and family visits are always my favorite. Winners at War was my favorite family visit because even the players waiting to come back got visits.

  • @annadrogo3154
    @annadrogo3154 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    They need to bring the auction back!! Even if it’s just watching people eat, it’s still so interesting😂

  • @justweirdout
    @justweirdout ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I gotta say, Mike made an absolutely stone cold move and immediately became my favorite when he did that. Good on him for backing down on it due to morals but still, if he had gone through with it it would've been one of the hardest plays in survivor history

  • @CoffeeBrainzz
    @CoffeeBrainzz ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I love it when a contestant thinks outside the box and Jeff just lets them go along with it! 💯🤣

    • @a016202
      @a016202 ปีที่แล้ว

      100% agree.

  • @problematic_canik
    @problematic_canik 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This was well written. I watched survivor as a kid. Only looked forward to the auctions. Thanks for the memories.

  • @OnceUponAnIsland
    @OnceUponAnIsland  9 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    The auction finally came back for Survivor 45! Check out that season as it is a good one.

    • @Gerb454
      @Gerb454 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yessssirrr

  • @OnceUponAnIsland
    @OnceUponAnIsland  ปีที่แล้ว +98

    Rumor is that they are bringing it back for season 45! What do you all think they will do to fix it?

    • @ellaquin
      @ellaquin ปีที่แล้ว +31

      Remove advantages from the auction, to set a precident that you shouldnt hold your money

    • @cammiejames6421
      @cammiejames6421 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Let them share food and money again

    • @bilogskii2216
      @bilogskii2216 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      offer two items at once. One is a delicious food and one is a mystery box that may or not contain an advantage. Let the players bid and whoever wins gets to choose which item they want to get. If the player choose the food, he/she gets to eat it immediately. If the chosen mystery box can only be opened at the end of the whole bidding. Do this once in the middle and once in the end. This way the players won't know if the advantage was given already or not.

    • @jaypeadieL611
      @jaypeadieL611 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Hide the advantage during the auction like it appears in a random(rng) part and not as a last prize thing. Would be funny if someone buys it for 20 bucks.

    • @tylerduncanson2661
      @tylerduncanson2661 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Have every item covered and randomly numbered. Whoever wins the previous item gets to choose which item will be bid on next, the last item not chosen will not be bid on or revealed. Jeff should state that there could be multiple possible advantages, so people never know whether an advantage is available.

  • @MoniB888
    @MoniB888 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This was so well done, funny & interesting. I missed a season here and there, and would never remember them in order. Thank you for your hard work, research, & job well done! You're fun to listen to as well, glad I found your channel! 🥰

  • @samsong24
    @samsong24 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Take me back!!!! I love Survivor 1 but I didn't manage to watch it until years after it aired...the 2nd and 3rd seaons however; I was OBSESSED! These are such sweetly nostalgic times. Crazy to think that 9/11 happened between these two seasons and the world changed forever.

  • @woldgamer58
    @woldgamer58 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I have always heard of this show, but I just realized I have never seen a singular frame of any of these seasons until now. I think I understand why this show was so popular.

    • @OnceUponAnIsland
      @OnceUponAnIsland  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I highly recommend watching season 37. If you like that season, then you will love this show.

  • @teekay851
    @teekay851 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I have NO IDEA why i found this so fascinating but props.

  • @apancake3159
    @apancake3159 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I think if they bring the auction back they should have a reward challenge for money so depending on how you did in that challenge that how much you would get. This would fix the problem with everyone waiting for a advantage and is also more fun :)

  • @jtfike
    @jtfike ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The Eddie George auction was my favorite. It was wholesome, and it rolled into a great moment for everyone and their families

  • @Eternaldarkness3166
    @Eternaldarkness3166 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I actually miss this. I can't remember, but I think they got rid of the fallen comrades' walk as well to save time. I wish they would go back to some of this old stuff. Like separate the Immunity challenges and the reward challenges again. Show more of the surviving part, instead of barely showing it and just showing the strategy "scrambling" part. I'd also like to see what the other tribes are doing on their nights off of the immunity challenges when they win. Or show more of what they do when the other tribes win rewards and the others don't instead of just showing what they are doing while they win. Stuff like that.

  • @Hexrampant
    @Hexrampant 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This was hands down my favorite part of the show every year and I miss it 😢

    • @tcbobb1613
      @tcbobb1613 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Me too. I miss it.

  • @airtempest8945
    @airtempest8945 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    The lack of Kat in this video is disgraceful XD
    One World's auction was lowkey iconic (Probably the only iconic moment outside of the men sending themselves to tribal for like no reason)

    • @IDKlaus
      @IDKlaus 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      wait, someone even wrote me?

    • @dwell7315
      @dwell7315 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Honestly, even when for the "wrong" reasons, Kat and Kim MADE One World. Kim for her strategic/social powerhouse gameplay, and Kat for being the lovable ditz we all love. I watch that season for purely Kim, Kat, and Tarzan. Everyone else I've essentially forgotten about or actively try to (Colton is in that second category)

  • @sophiehale4594
    @sophiehale4594 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Season 30 has a special place in my heart because it was the first season I watched of survivor, but I hate that it caused all the survivor auctions to never return.

  • @j1r1
    @j1r1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I have two memories from the auction on the first season of finnish version of Expedition Robinson. (back when we used that name instead of survivor).
    They had an auction
    This one really old man (If I remember correctly he was in his seventies) won a motorcycle. the motorcycle was brought back to their casmp and he was cruising along the beach with it and the younger cast was mad jealous. (He won the motorcycle to bring back home but I loved that he got to cruise around with it while still playing the game)
    the other thing that happened was that this one dude bought a slingshot and marbles. He bought it as a souvenier to bring back home to his kid so he never even used it becouse he was worried he would lose the marbles. Turns out later in the episode that the immunity challenge was a slingshot challenge and he would've had an advantage if he had decided to practice using it

  • @XconnorX11
    @XconnorX11 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I like the idea of hiding advantages in the other items. for example, if someone wins a plate of food, once the food is gone there will be an advantage written on the plate. This will encourage bidding on all the items

  • @BlindBiker23
    @BlindBiker23 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I think an easy fix is have loved letters and the clue as hidden items that can’t be switched out and put them somewhere that isn’t the very first or the very last thing bought. That way players won’t know if it’s food or an advantage and will buy it in hopes of getting it. Plus with the loved letters it prevents players from only paying $20 for it

  • @cherrypizza
    @cherrypizza 3 ปีที่แล้ว +84

    The way I would reintroduce the auction would be as a two-phase challenge. Picture the scene: A piggy bank is received in tree mail. The challenge exploits the double meaning of this, because Survivors will be rolling around in the mud like pigs, foraging for gold coins to put in their piggy banks. At this stage, it's not revealed to them what the coins are for. After this mud fest, Jeff announces that the coins will be used to bid on items at the auction. Because people can spend the money that they've earned, everyone will have different amounts to spend, and this would eliminate holding on to everything to instantly win an advantage.
    Another idea: Have an auction with a number of items with "keep what you bought or trade it for something to benefit others" dilemmas. Maybe have Jeff say that the letters from home will "only be sold to one person", deceptively worded so that the person who wins doesn't realise that they're gaining custody of everyone's letters, with the option of selling others their letters, giving them out for free, or using them as bargaining chips. After a number of these "exposing your gameplay" items, the final item up for bids can be immunity, immediately followed by a snap tribal council. Emotions will be raw, and reasons to vote people out will be rife based on their auction conduct.

    • @MiKen877
      @MiKen877 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I love the piggy bank idea. I had said they should use the fire tokens from WaW for auction, and have ways of earning more. But I actually like your idea a little better.
      I like the letters idea, definitely adds a strategic element to it. And for the immunity, I think it should be good only for the current vote that happens immediately.

    • @AAliyahMya
      @AAliyahMya 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You need to email this to every Producer and writer you can find on CBS this is a GREAT idea!!!

  • @EddieAFool
    @EddieAFool 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    You can tie advantages in the game with a moral dilemma: choose to either receive it or burn it for food for the entire tribe. You can also start the auction with an advantage then proceed to offer a bigger advantage down the line.

  • @missalissa06
    @missalissa06 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I met Big Tom after Africa.
    He was such a nice guy.
    He said the first question people always asked him was something about Ethan 😆

  • @MichiganBoat
    @MichiganBoat 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    so early I don't even know what to comment! But I really wish the auction didn't get broken and they would bring it back in some sort

  • @KaylaB3ar
    @KaylaB3ar 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I’d love to see a video about the most iconic/funnies one liners from the show!

  • @alexrogers
    @alexrogers 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    I've always thought that they could bring it back if Jeff was willing to lie to the survivors. He just needs to open the auction with "The first item up for bid is the *only* advantage item in this auction" and then they can weed out the people clamoring for the advantage... and then in a twist at the end of the auction he can say... "Actually, I need to admit something- I lied to you all earlier. THIS item is also an advantage"

    • @maxinesteuer1959
      @maxinesteuer1959 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      He doesn’t even need to say “I lied” he could say “that was the only advantage. This is the only idol.”

  • @danielfischer5682
    @danielfischer5682 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    It's back, baby!!

  • @markjackson6431
    @markjackson6431 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    James has been immune since 2008

  • @DragonHeartTree
    @DragonHeartTree 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love and miss the Auction, also miss the “Questions About Tribe Members” types of challenges.

  • @hunterg4167
    @hunterg4167 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    In order to fix this they need to take some ideas from Australian Survivor. If you look at the 2017 and 2018 season they had the table where you took yourself out of the auction but won everything that was up for bid, hid an advantage/clue in one of the items up for bid, and even had an overnight stay somewhere outside of camp as an item to bid on

  • @amandac5484
    @amandac5484 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    In order to bid on the advantage, you must win at least one previous item. Raises the stakes for all items, plus everyone gets (hopefully) yummy food!

  • @JustBeacon
    @JustBeacon 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    "cheap-o deep-o's" is my least favorite scene of Survivor and least favorite quote I've ever heard in my entire life

  • @SachaSacha998
    @SachaSacha998 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I really liked the Tocantins auction because of the family twist - I remember getting teary eyed with Taj and the rest - just overall happy ending

  • @beeky4475
    @beeky4475 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Another idea for the auction's return is to hold it right before the immunity event and the bid is a delayed start in the immunity event in 5 sec increments. (ie 5, 10 , 15) So advantages come with a real cost.

  • @bobc2032
    @bobc2032 ปีที่แล้ว

    Big Tom dancing after getting a beer is a top ten Survivor moment for me

  • @ArmandoMan
    @ArmandoMan 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    23:06
    "Did I not say guacamole?!"
    -Jefra Bland

  • @aldckenz
    @aldckenz ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nothing will ever beat the Cook Islands auction though ❤

  • @tylerdurden639
    @tylerdurden639 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The auction solution is simplicity itself. Put the advantage as the first item. Set the price at *ALL* your money. Then have all the players who bid draw rocks with numbers. Have the proper number of advantages equal to the players. Each advantage is for one specific *_tribal council._* If the person is voted out before their advantage kicks in, whoops!
    Then after all the advantage players are finished, put in some ridiculous items worthy of a reward victory.
    Then have the last item be for the person who has the most money remaining... Have their money increase by a significant amount each day that they remain on the island before being voted out.
    Put in strategies that reward and penalize for saving money as well as spending it. Always keep the players guessing.

  • @reginamachamer821
    @reginamachamer821 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    This was a great video, I really enjoyed it. 😊

  • @CEJRAID
    @CEJRAID 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    “Russell is finding all the idols without clues anyway.” What about the clue he got where it was literally phone video with a person lifting a rock showing him exactly where it was? He had plenty of help finding that one.

  • @Smith.S.E.
    @Smith.S.E. ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "Summins wrong with dat boi" I love it so much

  • @tylermerritt6370
    @tylermerritt6370 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I miss old survivor. No more auction, no more rites of passage, no more final tribal speeches, no more intros with all the players and names.

  • @glassdiamond2185
    @glassdiamond2185 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    These were my favorite. I wish they would come back.

  • @moviemaniac14
    @moviemaniac14 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I think it would be best if advantages were announced as covered items, but some food items, letters from home, and bad items would also be covered items as well. That would be great television to see players posibly bidding $500 on covered items at only the chance of getting an advantage. It would tempt some to save their money for the safer option for the non-covered food items.

  • @BKD_Edits
    @BKD_Edits 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Havent been here for a while, honestly, Survivor Auctions are my favorite things to watch for some odd reason.

  • @dakkyhue5800
    @dakkyhue5800 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    i think a potential solution to the auction would be to just not have an advantage. it gets players back on their toes, setting an example that there may not always be an advantage.

  • @notafrog_8540
    @notafrog_8540 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Came here to say that the auction is making a return next week!!🥳👏🏻👏🏻 (season 45)

  • @OnceUponAnIsland
    @OnceUponAnIsland  3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Which auction is your favorite? How can Survivor fix it to make it come back and not be all about winning an advantage at the end?

    • @seamino8329
      @seamino8329 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Owo uwu

    • @MichiganBoat
      @MichiganBoat 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Tarzan saving his auction money to buy new shocks for his car is the best auction moment of all time

    • @OnceUponAnIsland
      @OnceUponAnIsland  3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@MichiganBoat Rob C said he had a few hundred left over after the auction, but Butch burning down the camp had him losing it all.

    • @Itsmainduece1
      @Itsmainduece1 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Cagayan hands down

    • @owengette8089
      @owengette8089 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      A) up front say “hey it’s not coming”
      B) hide it
      C) do it first
      D) just never do it but not say so outright

  • @datjasminecat
    @datjasminecat ปีที่แล้ว

    that tocantins auction was just so sweet

  • @Anubis7169
    @Anubis7169 ปีที่แล้ว

    The mystery box could be anything! It could even be another mystery box!

  • @MaidToMyCats
    @MaidToMyCats 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I think they should bring back the survivor auction, but make it an entirely blind auction. Nothing they bid on is revealed until after it's bought. It would be interesting.

  • @zaksaturday1693
    @zaksaturday1693 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    21:50 The Monty Hall problem involves a single guaranteed good option and one option being revealed as the bad option.

  • @markjackson6431
    @markjackson6431 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    i miss the Auction. we need it back along with the Mixer challenge (Amazon and All Stars, you know the one). give these gamebots 2 more breaks...i wanna remember the pre jurors

  • @tctt185_dg
    @tctt185_dg 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I got a few ideas on how they can bring back the auction and fix that advantage situation...
    - Put the advantage in one of the love letters. Whoever is lucky gets it. If it's buying your Love One for the night, that one also gives the person that bought it a present. Some of the presents are nice and cute while one of them gives them an advantage.
    - Make the disgusting and creepy items more useful by putting the advantage clue in those items. It will turn those away. So by the time the last item in the auction turns out to be food instead of an advantage, that would shock those that were expecting to see an advantage at some point in the auction. And probably get creeped out when the realise that the clue turns out to be in the unappealing item they didn't bought.
    - Use the two or three mystery items trade like in Amazon, however one of the items turns out to be the advantage clue. If the person either traded or not and what they didn't kept turns out to be that advantage - tough luck! It won't be available for the remainder of that auction. Add in a rule so that only one person can do the trade, no-one else can bid on the other mystery items before or after that person bougth it and either traded or not.
    - Make it so only one advantage is available in the auction. Jeff announces at a certain point in the auction about the availability of the advantage in the auction. If Jeff saids that there is no more advantages at this point in the auction, it lets the survivors know that one of the items that was listed previously in that auction turns out to actually have the advantage clue in it. Jeff can also bluff and lie at that point too if the advantage is listed as an item after Jeff makes that announcement. Jeff doesn't need to do this every single time a new item shows up. You can combine this with putting the advantage clue in the disgusting and creepy items suggestion or the two or three mystery items scenario.
    - And a last thing to note. Add a rule so that each survivor player must buy at least one thing from the auction. If the survivor player buys at least one item, any money they have at the end of the auction is their's to keep. If the survivor player doesn't buy a single thing at the end of the auction, they must return the money to Jeff. If the survivor player decides to forefit the auction due to lack of an advantage on offer and are not looking to buy an item or food - they do the same thing as a survivor player does when they don't buy anything and actually leaves the auction while it's still going. Keeps the flow of the game going, and they don't know that Jeff bluffed.

  • @theluckieststingray
    @theluckieststingray ปีที่แล้ว

    Survivor could not interest me less but I am hammering this channel!! Way to make a show that makes me change channel every time the best!!!! Congrats

  • @cloudburstlia456
    @cloudburstlia456 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    They should just remove the advantage imo. I like what they did with sending someone back to camp where they could get a secret advantage. Also they could do without the love letters. It would be cool to see them incorporate more survival items as well since that only happened once.

  • @susuwanli
    @susuwanli 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I've wanted them to bring back the auction for a long time!!!

  • @zookeeps1340
    @zookeeps1340 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Taj seems so nice

  • @michaelpaulson2543
    @michaelpaulson2543 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Good video- one piece of unsolicited input: I didn’t watch this for days because of the red border on the thumbnail, it makes it look as though I already viewed it.

    • @OnceUponAnIsland
      @OnceUponAnIsland  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Good tip. Thank you.

    • @michaelpaulson2543
      @michaelpaulson2543 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@OnceUponAnIsland wow! That was quick! Keep it up, your channel is really great- It is easy to see the heart you put into it!