Jeff Probst defends bringing back Survivor's much-hated Edge of Extinction twist, says it helped convince past winners to return

Entertainment Weekly

"Selfishly, I like Edge of Extinction,” Probst tells EW, adding: “The number one reason is that I did feel that when we called winners, that if they thought it was one and out — ‘I’m voted out and I’m done’ — their chances of saying yes were not as high as if it would be if I said ‘No matter what, you will have another shot at the prize.’”