Survivor fans are in a state of shock after the latest move by Kaleb Gebrewold, who made history as the first contestant to successfully use the series’ Shot In The Dark twist. The twist was first introduced in season 41 and hasn’t been used successfully, including one time in which a player did land on safe, but wasn’t going to get voted out anyway.

According to TV Insider, the Shot In The Dark is a move that “gives players a 1 in 6 chance to be safe in exchange for their vote at Tribal Council.” So far the move hasn’t resulted in any big shake-up. But when Gebrewold used it, he was able to successfully negate the Tribal Council to stay despite the council gunning for him to be voted out.

Part of the target on his back came from Bruce, a returning player who was nervous about how Kaleb was able to go between different groups. Bruce took Kaleb’s “social game,” as TV Insider described it, as a threat. After convincing nearly everyone to vote against Kaleb, Kaleb’s ally Emily told him what was coming his way, leading Kaleb to decide to use the new twist.

After Kaleb played the Shot in the Dark, host Jeff Probst read the parchment to see Kaleb’s fate. To Kaleb’s surprise and everyone’s shock, the parchment read “Safe.” One X user captured the moment with the caption, “The biggest in-game reaction to a Tribal Council in #Survivor history.”

The biggest in-game reaction to a Tribal Council in #Survivor history pic.twitter.com/Q7fE6d7OGv
— Mike Bloom (@AMikeBloomType) November 2, 2023

This led to the council having to choose someone else to send home, and that unfortunate person ended up being J. Maya, who was sent home after the votes came back 10-1.

Survivor alum Jesse Lopez also summed up the night with his X response, “Kaleb’s shot in the dark just led to the biggest moment in the new era of #Survivor.”

Kaleb’s shot in the dark just led to the biggest moment in the new era of #Survivor 🤯

Mine is in my kid’s toy box. I need to put some respect on it. pic.twitter.com/vA711fIySg
— Jesse Lopez (@Jesse_L_Lopez) November 2, 2023

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