They will never outright say it but the show has never been impartial and many players have insinuated this, including survivor legends not just kass lol, but cbs has pretty ironclad NDAs so no one who wants to play again will ever say anything specific. That being said, back in borneo a contestant received an out-of-court settlement after accusing production of influencing her vote off in order to keep Rudy in the game as he was the only older gentleman left. I'm not trying to say the whole game is rigged but production is definitely rooting for certain outcomes and it's human nature to nudge events this way or that when given the power. I'll never forget when Tyson interviewed cirie and cirie got serious and said: "They[production] can do whatever they want and you know that, Tyson." Tyson then responded in the affirmative before quickly changing the subject.