‘Survivor 47’ preview: Rome Cooney is an E-sports commentator who wants to learn from Jeff, aka ‘the GOAT’ [WATCH]
“Survivor 47” fans, it’s time to meet Rome Cooney, a 30-year-old E-sports commentator from Phoenix, Arizona. “What I do in E-sports is what Jeff does on ‘Survivor,'” he declares in CBS’s preview video while comparing himself to longtime host Jeff Probst. “Jeff does all this shot-calling and that’s exactly what I do in the video games.” Watch Rome’s intro above at the 4:07 mark.
The sports fan notes, “I’ve been traveling all around the world. I’ve been all the way to Saudi Arabia, casting $2 million Fortnite tournaments. When I’m watching ‘Survivor,’ the second a challenge starts I’ll mute it and then I’ll start commentating over the challenge. And then I’ll rewind it and listen to how Jeff does it and see where I can improve. Because, I mean, Jeff is the GOAT [Greatest of All Time], so you gotta learn from the best.”
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Rome addresses pre-conceived notions by saying, “I feel like people’s first impressions of me are gonna be, ‘Man, this guy is loud. I don’t know if this guy’s got a lot going on upstairs.’ But guess what? I like to think that I’m smart. I took an IQ test. It was like 135. I don’t know how accurate it is, but hey, I’ll take it.”
Finally, he details, “I got a lot of things up my sleeve that a lot of these players aren’t going to be able to see just from looking at me, and so I’m going to be a very, very scary player. I truly believe I’m by far one of the biggest threats out here to win this game.”
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Rome Cooney is one of the six contestants competing on the red Lavo tribe this year, along with Aysha Welch, Genevieve Mushaluk, Kishan Patel, Solomon “Sol” Yi and Teeny Chirichillo. See the cast photos in our gallery below.
The 47th season of “Survivor” will premiere on Wednesday, September 18, 2024 with a two-hour episode, followed by 90-minute episodes thereafter. Four-time Emmy winner Jeff Probst returns to host and produce the long-running reality TV show, which films in Mamanuca Islands, Fiji. Make your predictions at Gold Derby right now to let us know who YOU think will win and who will be voted out each week.
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