The 46 Most Surprising Secrets of Survivor: Cook Islands

Survivor: Cook Islands struck up a lot of controversy with its choice of splitting up tribes by race. Many dubbed it, Survivor: Race Wars. While it was an interesting creative choice by CBS, it brought with it one of the juiciest secrets video thus far.
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Billy Interview - • The Mind After the Gam...
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Penner on Seinfeld - • The Rickshaw | The Boo...
Penner on The Nanny - • Should Fran Get Back W...
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00:00 - Introduction
01:16 - #1
02:17 - #2
03:00 - #3
03:42 - #4
04:15 - #5
05:35 - #6
06:18 - #7
07:03 - #8
08:23 - #9
09:07 - #10
10:16 - #11
11:14 - #12
11:39 - #13
12:05 - #14
12:45 - #15
13:08 - #16
13:46 - #17
14:03 - #18
14:28 - #19
15:29 - #20
16:15 - #21
16:51 - #22
17:15 - #23
17:56 - #24
18:28 - #25
19:18 - #26
19:43 - #27
20:10 - #28
21:07 - #29
22:08 - #30
22:45 - #31
23:05 - #32
23:31 - #33
24:04 - #34
26:17 - #35
26:43 - #36
27:18 - #37
28:31 - #38
29:13 - #39
29:56 - #40
30:24 - #41
30:48 - #42
31:06 - #43
31:28 - #44
31:49 - #45
32:25 - #46

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  • @OnceUponAnIsland
    @OnceUponAnIsland2 жыл бұрын

    Who do you want to see play again from this cast? Watch every single secrets video here - kzread.info/head/PL-J4ldj2BdE2McwzPjDDJAuBDHZriyYOG

  • @giovanniorellana2200

    @giovanniorellana2200

    2 жыл бұрын

    Brad

  • @TheDizzleHawke

    @TheDizzleHawke

    2 жыл бұрын

    Cao Boi!

  • @teksnotdead902

    @teksnotdead902

    2 жыл бұрын

    I'd say Penner but I doubt he'd want to and in all honesty his Survivor character arc reaches a satisfying conclusion. For someone different Id say Becky.

  • @UnbreakableBloke
    @UnbreakableBloke2 жыл бұрын

    Yul Kwon is just so fantastic casting. He also influenced me on how to be diplomatic in my daily life.

  • @sizzledrizzle104
    @sizzledrizzle104 Жыл бұрын

    Nothing has surprised me more in any of these secrets videos than finding out that Penner wrote the Bye Bye Man

  • @MikeGlasses
    @MikeGlasses2 жыл бұрын

    The fact that Candice has 2 more seasons played then 80% of the cast is ridiculous when you see this cast in action

  • @hannahcochrane3459

    @hannahcochrane3459

    2 жыл бұрын

    In Candice’s defence, her and her husband weren’t originally meant to play BvW

  • @MikeGlasses

    @MikeGlasses

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@hannahcochrane3459 she replaced someone on heros vs villains as well. She’s Survivors favorite hey we need a player ASAP

  • @Furkward

    @Furkward

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yup Jenny, brad, Nate and sundra Christina.

  • @penthousewhippit

    @penthousewhippit

    Жыл бұрын

    @@hannahcochrane3459 and ironically enough, that was the only season I enjoyed watching her

  • @TheAckeePlant

    @TheAckeePlant

    10 ай бұрын

    Right? So many better people could’ve been brought back. Some people who I didn’t like at first grew on me a lot when they returned, like Amanda, but Candice is just eh

  • @willmiddleton913
    @willmiddleton9132 жыл бұрын

    Just based off the footage we see I’m not sure how much of Billy’s interview is factual. Not saying he’s lying but over the years he may have stretched some of these stories in his own memory. I mean it didn’t even take him a whole day to completely misremember his encounter with Candice.

  • @OnceUponAnIsland

    @OnceUponAnIsland

    2 жыл бұрын

    I felt the same when I rewatched the interview the second time. It is wildly entertaining, but how much is factual? I have no idea.

  • @ElvishPrinceling

    @ElvishPrinceling

    2 жыл бұрын

    That happens to most people, honestly. Memory is flawed, and easily manipulated.

  • @dragon_ninja_2186
    @dragon_ninja_21862 жыл бұрын

    6:41 “You can have black, white, uh… Chinese on the same team…” -Mike Jones All I can say is wow. Just wow. Thank you Mike for your incredible take.

  • @krazyeman4
    @krazyeman42 жыл бұрын

    This is actually my favorite season. I loved Yul and Penner and the entire story of the season

  • @GayLatinoBear
    @GayLatinoBear2 жыл бұрын

    Minor Fact: Penner wasn't just a false love interest on The Nanny, he was the one that dumped her that led to her looking for a job thus her finding the nanny job

  • @OnceUponAnIsland

    @OnceUponAnIsland

    2 жыл бұрын

    Oh, cool! I have only watched some episodes of it but never the whole show front to back.

  • @GayLatinoBear

    @GayLatinoBear

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@OnceUponAnIsland Oh yeah, it's an absolute trip to see him on the pilot (93 I believe)

  • @TheDizzleHawke
    @TheDizzleHawke2 жыл бұрын

    I watched this season in real time and don’t remember being upset about the ethnic twist because at the time I trusted Survivor to produce equitable content, and in the end I think they did.

  • @freddytang2128

    @freddytang2128

    2 жыл бұрын

    I feel like production got super lucky. Cause like Yul said, if one race ganged up on another race, this would have looked really bad

  • @sleeperagent3931

    @sleeperagent3931

    2 жыл бұрын

    I think if one race teams up or like penner wins, I don't think we get 42 seasons, so this was a massive risk with very little upside

  • @TheDizzleHawke

    @TheDizzleHawke

    2 жыл бұрын

    The tribe shuffling via swap and mutiny made ethnic based alliances virtually impossible, as people gravitate toward personalities they like. Even pre swap, there was turmoil within the tribes. Cao Boi was the odd man out in his tribe, the Hispanic tribe threw a challenge just to vote out Candice’s boyfriend, etc. After the mutiny and post merge we saw strong cross-ethnic bonds with Yul, Sundra, Ozzy and Penner. That’s one from each tribe. Can’t get more diverse than that. At the end of the day, it’s a human behavioral experiment that bears out human connections on a variety of traits that have nothing to do with ethnicity, gender, age or sexuality, like work ethic, taste in popular culture, or just “good vibes.” In Survivor, trust is paramount. It’s all about who you can trust based on your perceptions. This transcends ethnic divisions. From the very beginning, we’ve seen unlikely alliances with polar opposite personalities starting with Rudy and Hatch right up to Omar and Jonathan in 42. This season was no different in that respect.

  • @OnceUponAnIsland

    @OnceUponAnIsland

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yeah, heck Penner wanted all of the original Raro in the final 4. What a bad look that would have been.

  • @TheDizzleHawke

    @TheDizzleHawke

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@OnceUponAnIsland the tribe swap and mutinies put an end to that.

  • @lindam156
    @lindam1562 жыл бұрын

    I was like 12 when Cook Islands was on TV and as a young, black girl, I was really excited at the race twist because it was the first time the cast wasn't mostly white. Over a decade later, obviously, I think they could've done it differently, especially since they pretty much went back to having mostly white casts after it but yea, I liked it at the time.

  • @monapop

    @monapop

    2 жыл бұрын

    Jeff said it from the beginning: 80% of applicants are white. Also the show mirrors the demographic in the US. So unless the black and brown communities start applying this will remain as is.

  • @Phenrir
    @Phenrir2 жыл бұрын

    I like this season a lot. It has a special place in my heart with Vanuatu. Also, I had the opportunity of visiting the Cook Islands and it must be one of the most stunning places I have been, but the Islands are small. Living there must be difficult because you can walk around the island in a few hours.

  • @OnceUponAnIsland

    @OnceUponAnIsland

    2 жыл бұрын

    Wow!

  • @myus_0026
    @myus_00262 жыл бұрын

    These secret vids r so unique and something only you do and it’s so interesting, keep up the amazing work

  • @freddytang2128
    @freddytang21282 жыл бұрын

    I love how a fan said “the blacks, the whites, the Chinese can be on same tribe”. As if Chinese represent Asians 😂

  • @dragon_ninja_2186

    @dragon_ninja_2186

    2 жыл бұрын

    I was like, wow that also didn’t age very well.

  • @lindam156

    @lindam156

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yup… or “Indians and Asians” as if Indians aren’t Asian 🤦🏾‍♀️

  • @MoNehNeh17

    @MoNehNeh17

    Жыл бұрын

    @@lindam156 American geography classes 101

  • @sparrowhunter1671

    @sparrowhunter1671

    Жыл бұрын

    Actually that makes sense. The chineese are a subgroup of Asian people, black Americans are a subgroup of black people (there are black people all over) and white Americans are a subgroup of white people

  • @katelynmahoney4633
    @katelynmahoney46332 жыл бұрын

    I had no idea Parv was a boxer, so cool that you were able to find some footage!!

  • @lindam156

    @lindam156

    2 жыл бұрын

    I remember at the reunion, Jeff asked her about it and she responded it was mostly model boxing and not real. It was kinda sh*tty that he even asked her to clarify her boxing profession because she was "too cute to be a real boxer" 😒

  • @zeaferjones1404

    @zeaferjones1404

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@lindam156 It was very low level boxing but it was still professional boxing and she did train for it and stuff. She knows how to box pretty well and she is a beast in challenges in survivor for a reason. She trains hard.

  • @iamanapachehelicopter
    @iamanapachehelicopter2 жыл бұрын

    Yul is just honestly one of my favorite humans.

  • @spongylevel
    @spongylevel2 жыл бұрын

    Our boy is back with another secrets video about one of the best seasons

  • @henrycooper9808
    @henrycooper98082 жыл бұрын

    I think most of the interesting players have came back in the show already but cao boy would be an amazing character to come back he was an amazing player and might shake up the game again

  • @kevinkritter9548

    @kevinkritter9548

    8 ай бұрын

    Yeah same. He should have come back in Game Changers or Second Chances.

  • @davidbullock1101

    @davidbullock1101

    6 ай бұрын

    Definitely plan voodoo is a common strategy with idols in play

  • @AKMediaCollector
    @AKMediaCollector2 жыл бұрын

    This is still one of my favorite seasons of Survivor.. one of the few I’ve purchased on dvd to watch

  • @Delaretro_
    @Delaretro_2 жыл бұрын

    The headache thing by Cao Boi is actually legit

  • @kevinlohmann3185
    @kevinlohmann31852 жыл бұрын

    Clicked on this video so fast. I just knew there'd be some juicy secrets for Cook Islands

  • @LiamP589
    @LiamP5892 жыл бұрын

    I think the cast was great. If they still committed to the diverse cast and just did a school yard pick like Fiji, or a random divide it would have been much better instead of dividing races...

  • @chrissymcnamara5416
    @chrissymcnamara54162 жыл бұрын

    Didn’t realize Penner did so much acting!!! I miss him!💕💕

  • @freshofbreathair1476
    @freshofbreathair14764 ай бұрын

    They should bring the theme back but Indian Americans vs Native Americans who were both totally overlooked.

  • @ricardothompson3205
    @ricardothompson32052 жыл бұрын

    omg. i would never remember that. Penner and the nanny . That show was huge here in Brazil ad well in the past.

  • @ptderu7349
    @ptderu73492 жыл бұрын

    machinegunning out videos lately. I like it :D

  • @OnceUponAnIsland

    @OnceUponAnIsland

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks, though I always do 2 a week.

  • @Zakemaster
    @Zakemaster2 жыл бұрын

    Wait… Penner wrote the abomination that is The Bye Bye Man? Well I’ll be damned.

  • @patrickcallahan9206
    @patrickcallahan92062 жыл бұрын

    keep up these videos!!! what about cambodia and the other seasons in the 30s?

  • @OnceUponAnIsland

    @OnceUponAnIsland

    2 жыл бұрын

    The patrons pick which videos I make 😊 Edge of Extinction secrets are on there now.

  • @peterjohn5544
    @peterjohn5544 Жыл бұрын

    Penner was also on two episodes of Melrose Place, playing Matt's love interest.

  • @RedVDaveRVDTV
    @RedVDaveRVDTV Жыл бұрын

    Jonathan Penner was also in Amityville It's About Time in 1992.

  • @GamerboyOnetwo
    @GamerboyOnetwo2 жыл бұрын

    Such a great season, with such a great winner

  • @anthonyyjpv5844
    @anthonyyjpv58442 жыл бұрын

    lookin back it’s wiiiiild that they did a race war season and it’s widely regarded as a very good season.

  • @israelizzyyarrashamiaak766
    @israelizzyyarrashamiaak766 Жыл бұрын

    Ironic people felt this way when Cook Islands was airing … now people would praise this same move. If you labeled 40 tribes people would be pleased by the labels. Nuts how the world has changed just in the lifetime of survivor

  • @reginamachamer821
    @reginamachamer8212 жыл бұрын

    Omg I had no idea Penner wrote the bye bye man.. that's fcking cool omg I wanna watch it again now lol

  • @jacobadelsheimer9645
    @jacobadelsheimer96452 жыл бұрын

    I remember that madtv clip. It’s been like 3 years since I’ve seen it.

  • @SmilePlsNow
    @SmilePlsNow2 жыл бұрын

    LMAO THE BYE-BYE MAN That movie sure was a movie

  • @danconnell926
    @danconnell9262 жыл бұрын

    cao boi said Yul was shi**ing blood lol

  • @OnceUponAnIsland

    @OnceUponAnIsland

    2 жыл бұрын

    OUCH!

  • @myperspectiveisimnotblind
    @myperspectiveisimnotblind2 жыл бұрын

    33:03 survivor secret #47, Candice and Billy actually dated prior to filming

  • @OnceUponAnIsland

    @OnceUponAnIsland

    2 жыл бұрын

    Source?

  • @myperspectiveisimnotblind

    @myperspectiveisimnotblind

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@OnceUponAnIsland I was joking 😂🤣😂

  • @OnceUponAnIsland

    @OnceUponAnIsland

    2 жыл бұрын

    Billy's interview was so full of stuff I never heard before I thought maybe he said they did at some point! 🤣

  • @dylanotto949
    @dylanotto9497 ай бұрын

    The irony of a Fox program insulting Survivor for racism given how shows like Family Guy and..well Fox News itself exists is just pure gold.

  • @RIMovieCorner
    @RIMovieCorner2 жыл бұрын

    MADtv then got Jeff himself to do a segment singing a whole bunch of Survivor parody songs, which even included some jabs at that infamous twist kzread.info/dash/bejne/hq6rstycg5yqdco.html

  • @OnceUponAnIsland

    @OnceUponAnIsland

    2 жыл бұрын

    I am saving this for Fiji since they were planning on doing the twist again that season.

  • @WhistleMeThis
    @WhistleMeThis30 минут бұрын

    Flicka walked so Sugar could run

  • @rt66vintage16
    @rt66vintage16 Жыл бұрын

    I think Billy talks too much so we don't need to see him again. He was really an outcast on his tribe, but I disagree with Ozzy about throwing the challenge, that game play never works well. My favorites were Jonathan, Yul and Ozzy, of course. Thanks for your good work, OUAI.

  • @anaalfaro2093
    @anaalfaro2093 Жыл бұрын

    "throwing someone a rope" is not an insult, but I guess that depends on whether you view people who need help as an insult..

  • @radlee974
    @radlee9742 жыл бұрын

    OMG!! I remember _”The Naked Truth”!!!_ (I LOVED Tea Leoni as a kid. LOL.) Aaaand I actually remember Jonathon Penner/his character on it as well!! But I NEVER would’ve put 2 & 2 together! (I can’t imagine that I *ever* would’ve thought about _The Naked Truth_ again were it not for this video!!) Also, I’m like 99.9% certain that JP came out as gay at some point after Cook Islands aired, (I personally found him to be the hottest guy on the season, which is saying a LOT cause there were several super hot dudes there: Ozzy, Adam, Yul, Nate, and Brad were all major studs, so I _really_ paid attention to any news about JP. So it DEF caught my eye when it came out that he and I played for the same team! LOL.) sooo I’m not too sold on there being much behind him and Christina’s flirting on the island. LOL.

  • @rivendriftwood

    @rivendriftwood

    Жыл бұрын

    It's was on Janice Dickinson's modeling reality show.

  • @isabellaearnhardt6380
    @isabellaearnhardt63802 жыл бұрын

    ❤️

  • @noimkindamogus4970
    @noimkindamogus4970 Жыл бұрын

    10/10 video it had Rebecca Borman in it

  • @johann7216
    @johann72162 жыл бұрын

    So was JP still closeted during this time? LOL

  • @sunshinehwy2558
    @sunshinehwy25582 жыл бұрын

    Billy for Second Chances 2 😂

  • @kongshialee1
    @kongshialee12 жыл бұрын

    2:40 Hmong artwork in the background.

  • @briansledzzz3493
    @briansledzzz34932 жыл бұрын

    That bye bye man movie is on Netflix btw it’s a decent movie tbh

  • @OnceUponAnIsland

    @OnceUponAnIsland

    2 жыл бұрын

    I'm not big into horror movies so I will take your word for it.

  • @lemon98TV

    @lemon98TV

    2 жыл бұрын

    Is it like a ghost/ devil horror or human killer/ monster horror? I cannot deal with ghost stuff...

  • @BsBCherry
    @BsBCherry Жыл бұрын

    I'd love to Sekou get a second chance, even though it likely won't happen.

  • @MsSaby97
    @MsSaby972 жыл бұрын

    PENNER WAS IN THE NANNY?????

  • @OnceUponAnIsland

    @OnceUponAnIsland

    2 жыл бұрын

    Multiple times apparently lol

  • @MsSaby97

    @MsSaby97

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@OnceUponAnIsland yeah i remember the character! I just had no idea that was him

  • @fendiefendie

    @fendiefendie

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@MsSaby97 You're me when I realized it lol I still can't believe Danny Imperioli is Penner!

  • @matt010288
    @matt0102882 жыл бұрын

    Julie Chen Moonves* lol jk. Love these secrets videos! Thank you so much for your hard work!!!!!

  • @Kaibat1205
    @Kaibat12052 жыл бұрын

    lol Jeff Probst F3 logic is so backwards

  • @tinseltonya
    @tinseltonya2 жыл бұрын

    I think I’m the only idiot that did not realize they were divided by race. I didn’t see any Trailers or premieres. It just didn’t dawn on me until I saw your last video.

  • @OnceUponAnIsland

    @OnceUponAnIsland

    2 жыл бұрын

    Have you watched the season?

  • @tinseltonya

    @tinseltonya

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@OnceUponAnIsland Yes but I think I missed the first episode. I totally get it now but I just didn’t comprehend it at the time for some reason 🤷‍♀️

  • @reginamachamer821
    @reginamachamer8212 жыл бұрын

    Wait a minute.. I have literally no recollection of Parvati being a boxer...??? Wtf?! I could swear that they said she was like a fundraiser planner or like a charity event organizer or something along those lines.

  • @tinuviel1127
    @tinuviel11272 жыл бұрын

    Sigh, Billy Billy Billy

  • @justinpascal8332
    @justinpascal83322 жыл бұрын

    I love the video but hate the season

  • @OnceUponAnIsland

    @OnceUponAnIsland

    2 жыл бұрын

    What don't you like about Cook Islands?

  • @justinpascal8332

    @justinpascal8332

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@OnceUponAnIsland over half of this cast is forgettable, the strategy was horrible, the bottle twist felt rigged, it started making seasons have a final 3 instead of a final 2, and Billy and Candice didn’t get married

  • @CloneOhHigh
    @CloneOhHigh7 ай бұрын

    Madtv is so moronic. They wanted to portray a satirical ploy on that season's twist yet they put the most stereotypical, racially driven jokes and microaggressions about each race.

  • @Mushtaco
    @Mushtaco Жыл бұрын

    Billy is such a fibber man, or maybe he really believes everything he says?

  • @diandranyirinkwaya7770
    @diandranyirinkwaya77703 ай бұрын

    Just my opinion as a new fan I just finished wacthing this season for the first time and the race war was an ABSOLUTE NO FOR ME‼️‼️ and trust me in today’s world shit like that wouldn’t slide , the race war in that season is definitely a dark cloud over the season, the season only becomes enjoyable after the merge but that race separation was so triggered to watch 😢

  • @howdy6987
    @howdy69872 жыл бұрын

    Give it enough time and eventually the players will now today make alliances and end game packs souley based on race 🤡

  • @lindam156

    @lindam156

    2 жыл бұрын

    Players have literally done this in past seasons. It wouldn’t be new 🤷🏾‍♀️