Jess Chong, Canadian ‘Survivor,’ on her casting and what it’s truly like on the present

For Survivor Season 46 contestant Jess Chong, there was one obtrusive component of competitors that she didn’t anticipate to be lacking: dwelling and surviving on a seashore in Fiji didn’t include the trademark dramatic rating she’d turn out to be accustomed to as a fan of the present.

“The factor that was probably the most hanging about (being there) is that you just don’t hear the music whenever you’re on the market!” she informed International Information in a current interview.

“It feels such as you’re not on Survivor, it feels such as you’re in a nature documentary…. Whenever you’re strolling into Tribal Council, you’re not listening to historic voices or something like that,” she mentioned, laughing at the way it felt much less cinematic to be there, in individual, than watching from house.

Chong, who hails from Toronto however now works in California as a software program engineer, is one in every of two Canadians competing for US$1 million and title of Sole Survivor.

After years of watching the present and waffling on whether or not to just accept an invite to be a part of the long-running actuality survival sequence, she determined to chew the bullet and shortly discovered herself travelling to Fiji.

International Information sat down with Chong to debate her time on Survivor — watch within the video, prime.

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The 18 castaways will start their journey for the title of Sole Survivor on a 90-minute episode airing Wednesday, Feb. 28, at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT, on International TV.

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