If you asked a bunch of Survivor superfans who the smartest person ever to play the game is, I bet you’d hear more people say Christian Hubicki than anyone else. The robotics professor was a standout character on David vs Goliath, thanks to his analytical mind, fun confessionals and unique way of looking at the game and all its possibilities. Now, he’s finally returning for Survivor 50, and his breakdown of the biggest threats on the cast is fascinating (and not what we've heard from other castaways).
During a pregame interview before 50 officially began shooting, Christian broke down what he sees as the archetypes of each cast member. He thinks the producers essentially put everyone into four different broad groups: challenge beasts, narrators, drama types that make good television and normal relatable people with a high upside chance of winning. He thinks each group contains three men and three women, and the last group is occupied by the people he’s looking to target. Here’s a portion of the quote he gave Terry Terrones…
