Survivor Palisades All Star Interview
Vanessa: What was the most exciting thing you did?
Chloe: Starting out was exciting, I wanted to try my best and win. Also meeting the other contestants was really fun and exciting.
Vanessa: How did you get on the show?
Chloe: They reached out to me, but now people apply to the show.
Vanessa: Were any parts scary or hard?
Chloe: Some of the challenges were hard because some of the other kids were more athletically fit than I was. So it was physically challenging, and also mentally challenging as well.
Vanessa: What was the hardest challenge for you?
Chloe: There was one challenge where we had to do planks on brick blocks and I could not last very long.
Vanessa: What was mentally challenging?
Chloe: It was very challenging to figure out alliances and who you could trust. It was a challenge because I had never met the other survivors before. It was definitely challenging trying to figure out who I could make alliances with—who I could trust and who would keep our discussions private. I really had to challenge myself to rely on my social skills to form alliances and keep them strong throughout the game.
Vanessa: Did you trick anyone?
Chloe: You’ll have to wait and find out … let’s just say, I employed a lot of strategies to help advance my game!
Vanessa: Have you watched “Survivor” and if you have, is “Survivor Palisades” like the real show?
Chloe: I watched “Survivor” after I was on “Survivor Palisades” and I got very addicted to it! And it is so similar, everything down to the words that Emmett says while he is describing the challenges, the Tribal Council—everything is so similar to the real “Survivor,” it’s actually incredible.
Vanessa: What was your favorite part about being on “Survivor Palisades”?
Chloe: My favorite part about being on “Survivor” was getting to test my social skills and to see if I could make strong alliances. And, if I could, could I keep them throughout the game long enough to help me survive and be the sole survivor.
Vanessa: Is it very professional? Is there a big crew with a lot of cameras and everything, or is it just Emmett with his phone?
Chloe: No no, there are a bunch of people in the crew who are filming, around 10 people with cameras and helping orchestrate everything. Which is a lot for a show pretty much run by a kid. And Emmett was directing everyone, telling us when to go and what was going to come next, directing the other camera people and telling them what angles to shoot.
Every aspect of the show is run by Emmett. And last year for season two, they had a premiere and Emmett was completely running everything. It was amazing. Emmett was really on top of it and running everything, which was awesome.
Vanessa: So was the whole crew kids?
Chloe: Mostly yes, there were maybe one or two adults there, but mostly it was kids.
Vanessa: Wow!
Chloe: Yes, it was really awesome!
Vanessa: Thank you Chloe for taking the time for this interview!
Photo caption: Chloe Smigla