Jared Fields , Cory Wurtrnberger Sonja Flemming/CBS (2)
A possible Survivor alliance might be brewing within the Large Brother home this season.
On Monday, July 31, Cory Wurtenberger and Jared Fields had been introduced as two of the most recent 16 solid members of the fact collection. Whereas their official solid bios overlooked their connections to the CBS sister present, followers rapidly made the connections.
Jared, 25, is the son of Survivor legend Cirie Fields. Cirie competed on the competitors collection 4 instances together with 2006’s Panama, 2008’s Micronesia, 2010’s Heroes Vs. Villains and 2017’s Recreation Changers. Jared briefly appeared on Recreation Changers to point out his mother some help in the course of the cherished one’s go to.
Regardless of by no means successful Survivor, Cirie has been deemed one of many best gamers to have by no means taken residence the million-dollar prize. Earlier this yr, Cirie was topped the champion of one other present — the primary season of Peacock’s The Traitors. Following her win, Cirie completely informed Us Weekly about how she is a fan of Large Brother and thought of competing on the collection.
“I might like to go on Large Brother! I feel if I might’ve executed Large Brother first — after I say that to the Survivor folks, they are saying, ‘No, you’re supposed to return on Survivor,” she informed Us in January. “I really feel like if I’d have went on Large Brother first, arms down I might’ve gained.”
Cory, in the meantime, is the youthful brother of Survivor 42’s Zach Wurtenberger. Whereas Zach, 23, was the superfan of his respective season — which aired in 2022 — he was the primary one voted out of the sport. (Jackson Fox was the primary contestant to be eradicated from the sport attributable to a medical evacuation.)
Cirie Fields, Zach Wurtenberger Monty Brinton/CBS by way of Getty Photos; Robert Voets/CBS Leisure
Following Zach’s temporary time on the present, he opened as much as Us about his time on the island. “I have a look at the complete expertise so positively. It might be that the three days within the sport — on the very least the ultimate day within the sport — wasn’t notably probably the most enjoyable day of my life,” he defined in March 2022. “After I take into consideration attending to be at Ponderosa afterwards with folks and, like, all of the pre-game stuff, and attending to stay my dream and have all these firsts of attending to go to challenges and tribal and all of that, each single step I simply felt so grateful that I had this chance.”
Zach wasted no time sharing his help for Cory’s huge information. “Once we had been little, Survivor was all the time my dream. Cory’s was Large Brother,” he tweeted on Monday. “However at the same time as children, we knew this wasn’t actually doable. They couldn’t solid each of us. That simply doesn’t occur. I’m so, so happy with my brother.”
He went on to take a position on whether or not his brother will acknowledge Jared. He confirmed he watched Cirie’s Recreation Changers season a number of instances and was conscious of the rumors that Jared was nearly solid on Survivor’s David Vs. Goliath season.
“Needed to reply this query particularly as a result of I do know it might have big ramifications. Cory has watched Recreation Changers greater than as soon as, and he is aware of the Jared David vs. Goliath story,” he shared by way of Twitter. “My intestine says he doesn’t acknowledge him, however it’s completely doable.”
