‘Survivor’s Jeff Probst Shares Unrecognizable Throwback Photo
What To Know
- Jeff Probst released a hard rock anthem titled “Survivor 50 Come and Get It” to celebrate Survivor’s upcoming 50th season.
- The single’s cover art is a throwback photo of Probst from the 1980s.
- Probst confirmed the photo is genuine from his days in a rock band.
AI trickery or ’80s icon? The answer is a pure treat to Survivor fans.
Survivor host and executive producer Jeff Probst recently released a tune in honor of Survivor’s 50th season titled “Survivor 50 Come and Get It.” The nearly four-minute hard rock anthem features Probst encouraging listeners to “stick their toes in the sand” and, in a sing-talk-scream voice, tells players to “come and get it” and “take what’s yours.”
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As Probst revealed to Parade that executive producer Matt van Wagenen had recorded the audio from a toast and that the screaming and whistling at the end of the song are the voices of Survivor players, including Mike White, Colby Donaldson, and Q Burdette.
A true work of art that needs to be heard to be believed, please enjoy:
While the novelty song is a fun release for those who watch the show, the true gift to Survivor fans was the accompanying cover art image with the release of the single, which was a throwback photo of Probst from the 1980s in all his glam rock glory, looking less like a reality host and more like a roadie who wandered off a Van Halen tour bus.
Featuring Probst in a featured mullet and a somewhat patchy mustache, the reality show host is wearing a blue satin bomber jacket over equally shiny wine-colored pants and a 1980 Van Halen Invasion tour shirt. With a hand on his hip, Probst owned the look as he stood confident in front of a Christmas tree bearing a Snoopy topper.
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Because of the over the top charm of the photo, many fans had a hard time believing the image was real and not AI-manufactured, but Probst confirmed that the mullet look came straight from the 1980s, no manipulation needed.
“That is me in Wichita, Kansas, when I was in a rock band,” said Probst to Parade. “And that’s why I’m channeling the old rock dreams I had when I was a teenager. That photo was like a Tuesday. That’s when I would go out into the world. That was not Halloween or anything. That’s what I wore. I was a musician. Not really, but I was portraying one. It’s trying to be David Lee Roth.”
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