Jared Fields , Cory Wurtrnberger Sonja Flemming/CBS (2)
A possible Survivor alliance might be brewing within the Huge Brother home this season.
On Monday, July 31, Cory Wurtenberger and Jared Fields had been introduced as two of the latest 16 solid members of the fact collection. Whereas their official solid bios neglected 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 assist throughout the liked one’s go to.
Regardless of by no means profitable Survivor, Cirie has been deemed one of many biggest gamers to have by no means taken dwelling the million-dollar prize. Earlier this 12 months, Cirie was topped the champion of one other present — the primary season of Peacock’s The Traitors. Following her win, Cirie solely informed Us Weekly about how she is a fan of Huge Brother and thought of competing on the collection.
“I might like to go on Huge Brother! I believe if I might’ve executed Huge Brother first — after I say that to the Survivor folks, they are saying, ‘No, you’re supposed to come back on Survivor,” she informed Us in January. “I really feel like if I’d have went on Huge Brother first, fingers down I might’ve received.”
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 resulting from a medical evacuation.)
Cirie Fields, Zach Wurtenberger Monty Brinton/CBS through Getty Photographs; 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 your complete expertise so positively. It could be that the three days within the sport — on the very least the ultimate day within the sport — wasn’t significantly essentially 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 dwell 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 assist for Cory’s large information. “Once we had been little, Survivor was at all times my dream. Cory’s was Huge Brother,” he tweeted on Monday. “However whilst youngsters, 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 invest 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.
“Wished 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 through Twitter. “My intestine says he doesn’t acknowledge him, however it’s completely doable.”