Aside from its basic structure, the Survivor game doesn’t have a ton of stringent rules. Players are allowed to negotiate with host Jeff Probst over supplies, cheat off of each other during puzzle competitions and basically govern themselves at their own camps.

Back in the good ol’ days of Survivor, the current players would walk into Tribal Council and take a seat. Then, and only then, host Jeff Probst would welcome the jury members to strut in and take their seats.

The episode, titled "Nightmare Fuel," had a shocking twist delivered to the remaining 10 players in the immunity challenge by host Jeff Probst.

The show’s creators set the parameters, they throw in some advantages and twists, and they let the players run the game from there. The rules can even be bent on occasion if the castaways want to negotiate for resources.

Have you ever wondered what happens at Tribal Council between the contestants voting and Jeff Probst actually reading the votes? Well, wonder no longer. The longtime Survivor host opened up about the process this week,

"Disgruntled players looking to settle a score" need not apply.

The Survivor auction returned in Episode 8. While it’s been back for a couple of seasons now, the Season 47 auction saw the return of live grubs for the players to chow down. Probst reveals where they source the food (both savory and unsavory) for the auction in the full episode of On Fire. Listen for free below.

Players are allowed to negotiate with host Jeff Probst over supplies, cheat off of each other during puzzle competitions and basically govern themselves at their own camps. Probst, 63, doesn't even have a problem with players blatantly lying to him during Tribal Council,

That was one of the most surprising and brutal blindsides in the history of Survivor. It reverberated so hard that it nearly knocked me off my seat at Tribal.” The Kellie blindside — which left the player dazed,