Tyler Perry

'Survivor' host Jeff Probst shares stories of Tyler Perry and Jimmy Fallon getting ideas onto the show.

I am the one who said we should put it into the game, and I'm not the one who said, 'Wait a minute, we already did this two decades ago. So even though it was a fun moment and [Tony Vlachos] used it and went on to win the game, I would look back and go, that's another one that I got wrong. Back in season 12 (Survivor: Panama) and season 13 (Survivor: Cook Islands), hidden immunity idols could be played after the vote. In fact, they were so powerful that Yul Kwon rode one all the way to victory in Cook Islands — which is why starting on the following season (Survivor: Fiji), idols always had to be played before the votes were read. Dubbed by fans as the "Tyler Perry idol," this immunity idol was different from others in that it could be used after the votes were read, meaning a player did not have to guess whether they were on the chopping block and risk burning their idol if they were safe and didn't actually need it. [Survivor](https://ew.com/tv/recaps/survivor-44-recap-episode-2-carolyn) host [Jeff Probst](https://ew.com/tv/survivor-44-premiere-jeff-probst-medical-madness/) has been using his new podcast, [On Fire With Jeff Probst](https://link.chtbl.com/on-fire-with-jeff-probst-pr), to make big announcements, like [inviting a medically evacuated contestant back](https://ew.com/tv/survivor-44-premiere-medically-evacuated-bruce-perreault-invited-back/) to play again.