{"id":122438,"date":"2024-02-28T01:53:13","date_gmt":"2024-02-28T01:53:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/28\/jess-chong-canadian-survivor-on-her-casting-and-what-its-actually-like-on-the-show\/"},"modified":"2024-02-28T01:53:14","modified_gmt":"2024-02-28T01:53:14","slug":"jess-chong-canadian-survivor-on-her-casting-and-what-its-really-like-on-the-present","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/28\/jess-chong-canadian-survivor-on-her-casting-and-what-its-really-like-on-the-present\/","title":{"rendered":"Jess Chong, Canadian \u2018Survivor,\u2019 on her casting and what it\u2019s really like on the present"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-article-socialshare=\"true\">\n<div id=\"article-fontSizer\" class=\"c-fontSizer\">\n<p>\n\t\t<button class=\"c-fontSizer__button c-fontSizer__button--decrease c-button c-button--details c-button--mini\" data-trackable=\"true\" data-trackaction=\"Font Sizer Decrease Font\" data-tooltip-title=\"Decrease text size\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Descrease article font dimension<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<svg class=\"c-icon  c-fontSizer__icon\" focusable=\"false\">\n\t\t<use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/assets\/dist\/icons\/out\/symbol\/svg\/sprite.symbol.svg?v=beigjoens#font-decrease\"\/>\n\t<\/svg><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t<button class=\"c-fontSizer__button c-fontSizer__button--increase c-button c-button--details c-button--mini\" data-trackable=\"true\" data-trackaction=\"Font Sizer Increase Font\" data-tooltip-title=\"Increase text size\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Increase article font dimension<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<svg class=\"c-icon  c-fontSizer__icon\" focusable=\"false\">\n\t\t<use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/assets\/dist\/icons\/out\/symbol\/svg\/sprite.symbol.svg?v=beigjoens#font-increase\"\/>\n\t<\/svg><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>For <em><a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/survivor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Survivor<\/a><\/em> Season 46 contestant Jess Chong, there was one evident factor of competitors that she didn&#8217;t anticipate to be lacking: dwelling and surviving on a seashore in Fiji didn\u2019t include the trademark dramatic rating she\u2019d develop into accustomed to as a fan of the present.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d21y75miwcfqoq.cloudfront.net\/70c8fc80\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe thing that was the most striking about (being there) is that you don\u2019t hear the music when you\u2019re out there!\u201d she advised Global News in a current interview.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt feels like you\u2019re not on <em>Survivor<\/em>, it feels like you\u2019re in a nature documentary\u2026. When you\u2019re walking into Tribal Council, you\u2019re not hearing ancient voices or anything like that,\u201d she mentioned, laughing at the way it felt much less cinematic to be there, in individual, than watching from dwelling.<\/p>\n<p>Chong, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globaltv.com\/torontonians-part-of-new-survivor-cast\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hails from Toronto<\/a> however now works in California as a software program engineer, is one among two Canadians competing for US$1 million and title of Sole Survivor.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues under commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>After years of watching the present and waffling on whether or not to simply accept an invite to be a part of the long-running actuality survival collection, she determined to chunk the bullet and shortly discovered herself travelling to Fiji.<\/p>\n<section id=\"content-dynamic-trending-stories\" class=\"l-inlineStories l-inlineStories--tile u-hide-tablet-landscape\" aria-label=\"Dynamic trending stories section\">\n<p>\n\t\t<span class=\"l-inlineStories__title c-heading c-heading--strikethrough\">Trending Now<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<ul class=\"l-inlineStories__posts c-posts c-posts--inline \">\n<li class=\"c-posts__item\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/10312716\/mom-vacation-toddler-dead-home-guilty-murder-kristel-candelario\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-posts__media \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" data-src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/CP170091322.jpg?quality=85&amp;strip=all&amp;w=336&amp;h=224&amp;crop=1\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-posts__details\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-posts__headlineText\" title=\"Mom who left toddler at home for 10 days while on holiday pleads guilty to murder\" data-title=\"\">Mom who left toddler at dwelling for 10 days whereas on vacation pleads responsible to homicide<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li class=\"c-posts__item\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/10318361\/housing-affordability-non-traditional-ownership-remax-canada\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-posts__media \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" data-src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/for-sale.jpg?quality=85&amp;strip=all&amp;w=336&amp;h=224&amp;crop=1\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-posts__details\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-posts__headlineText\" title=\"Some Canadians exploring \u2018non-traditional\u2019 ways to own a home. 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