On Wednesday’s premiere episode of “Survivor 47,” Jeff Probst declared the start to the season’s first immunity challenge “one of the worst starts to any challenge in 47 seasons.” In that contest, the six members of Gata were one of two tribes to capsize their paddle boat in the water,

From speechwriting to Survivor! Podcaster Jon Lovett was one of the 18 castaways who competed on season 47 of the reality series, which premiered on. According to a press release ahead of the new season,

Jeff Probst teased that Jon Lovett, is a former political speech writer, is one of the ‘greatest storytellers’ to be on ‘Survivor’

“Based on how things were after the challenge, I was shocked. I thought Andy was done,” Probst says in the Season 4 premiere of On Fire, the only official Survivor aftershow and podcast. His cohosts this season are Jay Wolff and Survivor 46 alum Charlie Davis, who will also provide commentary on each episode throughout the season.

Woodbury-raised Syosset High School graduate Jon Lovett, a celebrity podcaster and former speechwriter for President Barack Obama, became the first castaway voted off “Survivor” season 47 last week — despite being what host Jeff Probst called “one of the greatest storytellers that we will ever have on” the show.

Jon Lovett, 42, an Obama speechwriter turned popular podcast host, is a co-founder of a political media company called Crooked Media, a co-host of “Pod Save America,” and a well-known liberal pundit.

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Jon Lovett, a podcaster and speechwriter who worked with former President Barack Obama, was the first person voted off during the season premiere of "Survivor 47."

People who don't typically watch Survivor were excited to follow along with Survivor 47, the 47th season of the popular reality competition, because of one contestant in particular: Jon Lovett, the former Obama speechwriter who,