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And why she'd hesitate to play again
Wednesday's premiere of Survivor: Millennials vs. Gen Xincluded something never before seen in 32 previous seasons: a complete evacuation of the cast.
Yep, that's right: within 24 hours of the castaways' arrival, a cyclone was spotted heading straight for Fiji, which prompted Jeff Probst to evacuate both tribes for their own safety. It turned out it was a smart move, as one of the shelters was completely destroyed when a tree fell on it.
After that little hiccup, the rest of the premiere proceeded as planned, with the Generation X tribe going to Tribal Council after losing the immunity challenge, and voting out Rachel Ako.
TVGuide.com chatted with Rachel to get her take on the evacuation and what she wishes she would have done differently.
TVGuide.com: What's your biggest regret about the game?
Rachel: My biggest regret is, in hindsight, it would have been best to just not volunteer or not step up. Pretty much not say anything, and just fly under the radar and kind of be a ghost for all of the first episode, actually.
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Assuming you watched the episode, what struck you most about the different strategies between the Millennials and the Gen Xers?
Rachel: Yeah I did [watch the episode]. My friends threw me a watch party. It was fun. When we were building a shelter and working hard, we knew the Millennials weren't building a shelter and they weren't gonna sleep well that night. We were like, they're not gonna have any roof on their head. It's probably just Jay doing everything by himself while the girls are walking around. Which ... was pretty close to true. However, I liked the mentality of, when we came back from the cyclone, Gen X was just devastated in thinking about how much work we had to do, whereas the Millennials were more celebrating, 'Yeah! This is unprecedented! This is great!' So I think having more of that positive mindset is a good thing.
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