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CBS Creates A Live Interactive Theme Park Production Of Survivor
March 27, 2009 08:00 AM by Paulene Hinds
If you have ever imagined yourself on the hit CBS reality TV show Survivor, well now is your chance.You don’t even have to spend 40 days in a desolate area without food or water either! CBS is bringing Survivor to the theme park stage.
CBS Consumer Products is bringing Survivor: Live to three theme parks this summer and hopes to expand to additional parks in the near future.
Eye has partnered with RWS and Associates to create the interactive show. Although Survivor exec producer Mark Burnett was consulted in the production of the theme park attraction, he was not actively involved in setting up the stage show.
“Audience involvement is key to the success of Survivor and we’ve been looking to make that tangible and real,” said Liz Kalodner, exec VP and general manager of CBS Consumer Products. “It took us a little time to create something that replicated the essence of the show.”
The half-hour Survivor: Live will show clips from the TV series and actors will take on the role of previous contestants. The audience will be divided into four tribles with volunteers from the tribles going through a series of four challenges. There will eventually be a sole winner. The Survivor: Live winner won’t actually be awarded a prize, however.
“It includes all the key elements of what’s on TV,” Liz Kalodner said. “Cooperation, competition, physical and mental challenges, immunity, tribal council, torches, a jury and an ultimate vote.”
The show will debut May 2 at Denver’s Elitch Gardens and Oklahoma City’s Frontier City. A third show will open May 23 at the Darien Lake Theme Park Resort in Darien Center, N.Y.
All three shows, which are free to park guests, will run until the end of the summer.
CBS hopes to add additional venues next year for Survivor: Live.
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