The Survivor: Fiji promised an Exile Island crawling with snakes, two immunity idols, and a diverse and larger field of contestants-- nineteen of them, ranging "from a Harvard-educated lawyer to a once-homeless street performer."
But the big twist is in the accommodations for the two competing tribes:
"One lives the life of luxury while the other is left with virtually nothing."
It's not as controversial as dividing the contestants by race, but it does sound like a possibly compelling social experiment of haves and have nots-- if not for the surprise twist in the season of the Apprentice:
In a compelling social experiment of haves and have nots... each week, the contestants on the winning team will get to live in a luxurious mansion. But contestants on the losing team will have to sleep outside in tents in the back yard of the mansion with outdoor showers and port-a-potties, giving contestants more incentive than ever to win their tasks each week...
Burnett's also working with Steven Spielberg on the movie competition series, On The Lot. Here's an idea: why not put up half the contestants at the Beverly Hills Hotel, and let the rest sleep in their cars...