Meet the man representing Houston on Survivor’s newest season

HOUSTON — Prepare “Survivor” followers!

Season 42 of the Emmy-award profitable collection returns Wednesday night time with a two hour premiere proper right here on KHOU 11.

And this 12 months, there shall be a Houstonian on the island.

Jackson Fox, 48, is a healthcare employee who initially hails from Pasadena.

Fox says there’s one particular life expertise that is ready him for Survivor.

“A life expertise that has ready me for this, is studying to be by myself after I got here out,” Fox stated. “I am a transgender man. And I feel in case you can undergo the method of revitalizing your life and bearing all of it, I feel you’ll be able to go on Survivor and bear all of it as nicely.”

Followers of season 41 are in for a deal with with this season. Host Jeff Probst says all of final season’s twists are again, however with extra variables than earlier than.

“You are gonna be by yourself. No rice, no meals supply. The brand new Survivor is quick, it is troublesome, and it is harmful,” Probst stated. “All the massive twists we did in 41 are again in 42. It’ll be 26 days, shot at nighttime is again, and we’re gonna proceed to lean into every thing we did in ’21. However we’re gonna change sure variables to see if it modifications their choice making course of.”

The opposite twist concerned on this season of Survivor, is that seasons 41 and 42 have been shot back-to-back. That means that whereas the viewers noticed season 41, the solid hasn’t.

“So, we’re gonna actually develop the experiment,” Probst stated. “And what higher method to do it than on a devilishly harmful recreation like Survivor.”

You possibly can catch the season 42 premiere Wednesday night time at 7 p.m. proper right here on KHOU 11.

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