The sports connection is not lost on Fisher. This is on such a basic level. The pressure intrigues people. They have run through mazes, jumped off cliffs, solved puzzles and stumbled about blindfolded for the chance to snack on a few Doritos, gulp down a Mountain Dew or eat a meal with a bunch of cowboys. It's a real-life version of a soap opera.
People have that morbid fascination to watch someone else's business.
Whether we're capable of potentially winning a million dollars. There's no denying the skill with which producer Mark Burnett orchestrates the show. Survivor contestants start out on one of two teams and each week a player is eliminated, until the remaining contestants are thrown together and the team concept is thrown out. People start out working with each other and end up working against each other. Those who form alliances may go the furthest, but eventually even they have to face off.