Summary

• Body doubles replace contestants in Survivor for missed moments or aerial shots.
• Nudity on Survivor, like Richard Hatch's, is no longer allowed, an evolution of the show's rules.
• Contestants must follow strict wardrobe guidelines, including waterproofing checks and specific colors.

There's a lot that goes on behind the scenes during Survivor. Like, for example, body doubles are used to replace the actual contestants. This usually takes place for a missed moment, or an aerial shot.

Similar to other long-running shows, Survivor has evolved along the way. Richard Hatch might never been seen again on TV, and that's due to his controversial past playing the game. It seems like Jeff Probst and others behind the scenes are trying to fix those issues from the past, which included nudity on the show during the first seasons. We'll reveal what Probst has done to change the rule, and why fans and contestants are mutually content.

In addition, we'll reveal some of the lesser known clothing rules on the show, and other major changes that have been made to Survivor in recent years.

Jeff Probst Revealed Even A Split Second Of A Survivor Player Without Clothes Won't Make It On The Air

Richard Hatch is crying somewhere... A couple of years ago, Jeff Probst finally confirmed that nudity is no longer allowed. Back in the early 2000s when the show got under way, it was actually pretty common, as contestants were fully going through the experience. That especially held true for Richard Hatch... Nonetheless, times have changed, and Jeff Probst confirmed it won't get passed CBS, not even for half a second.

Probst tells Gold Derby that the nudity on the show made sense for its time. But things have clearly evolved today.

“It speaks to the fact that ‘Survivor’ is always of the moment because it’s fresh,” Probst stated. “Not withstanding returning players, you typically have new people playing and whatever is happening in the culture is what’s happening. No one thought anything in that first season, other than it was not that attractive to look at. But we didn’t think anything about it.”

Following the #MeToo movement, Probst confirmed that such scenes would no longer take place on the reality show.

"Today it wouldn’t get past our producers for half of a second."

It is hard to believe that when Richard Hatch returned to All-Stars, he was literally taking on challenges in the nude. However, that would lead to controversy as he rubbed himself against Sue Hawk. Probst went after Hatch at the time of the incident, while Sue herself just could not get over what had taken place. Feeling "violated and humiliated," Hawk ended up leaving the competition. Thankfully, fans have seen the last of those days on Survivor.

Jeff Probst Himself Got Upset At Contestants In The Past For Their Wardrobes

Since day one, Jeff Probst has not only been the host of Survivor, but he's in touch with everything that goes on with the show, even behind the scenes in the editing room. According to former contestant Lauren Ashley Beck, Probst was especially triggered over waterproof clothing of contestants, which was deemed as an unfair advantage. The former contestant also wasn't thrilled with the show's strict wardrobe policies.

• Lauren revealed, "They want us to suffer. Jeff got very upset and had a few choice words for said person; Jeff’s favorite word is the f-word."
• She continues, "(They) will check your clothing for waterproofing. … There’s like a waterproof spray that you can put on your clothes. This actually happened to somebody on my season; they got in huge trouble. I’m not gonna name names because I know how you girls like to tussle, but they got in trouble. They also tried to put a lining on the inside of their suit jacket."

Another former Survivor contestant, Max Dawson, admitted the show is very specific when it comes to what they're looking for in terms of clothing.

"They can be very specific, to the point of sending you to a specific store with photos of the items they want you to bring. In general, we are provided with color guidelines (for white collar it was yellow, beige, khaki, grey); prohibited items (quick dry athletic wear, zip-off pants/shorts combos, busy patterns, logos, white shirts, etc.); and the basic instructions to wear clothes that represent our walks of life."

Players are also discouraged from wearing the same color when the cameras are on.

In addition, if a crucial shot is missed, Survivor has body doubles lined up to recreate a certain scene they might've missed. It is certainly a unique experience behind the scenes, with so much more taking place behind the camera.

Survivor Made Some Major Changes To Its Rules Ahead Of Survivor 45

Similar to the change in the nudity rule, Survivor is constantly evolving in different ways. Prior to Survivor 45 last year, Probst explained why Survivor made huge rule changes. Among the changes included tribes not being able to sit out the same player in back-to-back immunity challenges.

Probst went in depth with EW explaining the needed change.

"In the early seasons of Survivor, there were always two challenges: a reward challenge and an immunity challenge. The sit-out rule was designed to force a critical decision, because if you sat out of the reward challenge, you were forced to compete in the immunity challenge. So it came down to strategy. If you really wanted to win [a] reward, you might sit out your weakest player, but if you did, that weak player would then have to run in the immunity challenge."

He continues, "And Tribal Council was always the reset, which meant it was a clean slate with the next challenge."

Probst went on to thank the Survivor fanbase for sparking the rule changes.

• "There was no dilemma. It took us longer than we should to realize our old system was broken! In fact, I think it was a fan question on our podcast, On Fire, that made us aware! Either way, we've changed it and we're back on track."

All these years later, Survivor is alive and well and getting closer to the monumental, Survivor 50.