YouTuber Fritz Meinecke nominated 3 Twitch streamers to participate in the 3rd season of his survival show 7 vs. Wild. Until midnight on April 30th, the nominees had time to accept. MeinMMO tells you who’s in.
What is the deal with the nominations? For the 3rd season of his survival show 7 vs. Wild, survival expert Fritz Meinecke changed some rules: Instead of individual competitors, there are now teams of two, who must endure in the wilderness for 14 days instead of 7.
Unlike in the 2nd season, people who have already participated were also invited: Twitch streamer Jens ‘Knossi’ Knossala and YouTuber Sascha Huber were nominated despite their participation in the 2nd season.
What has remained the same is the way participants are found: Meinecke publicly nominates potential candidates without having contacted them privately beforehand. They then have time to respond to the nomination. Among the fortunate nominees was also the Twitch duo Marcel ‘MontanaBlack’ Eris and Carsten ‘Elotrix’.
Now it is known who from them will be in season 3.
MontanaBlack kept it exciting
How is it with Monte? The response from Twitch streamer MontanaBlack was particularly awaited. After all, the 35-year-old is one of the biggest German streamers and many of his fans would have liked to see him in 7 vs. Wild.
At the same time, the fans did not have too much hope: MontanaBlack had boasted that he would have immediately participated in the 2nd season in the tropical climate, but viewers suspected that there wasn’t much to it.
After all, the streamer had already gotten cold feet during his nomination for Arctic Warrior, the survival show of the winner from season 2. MontanaBlack kept it exciting, torturing his fans until the last moment.
Around 8:40 PM on April 30th, even his teammate and buddy Elotrix hadn’t heard from him. Even at 10:30 PM, an hour and a half before the deadline, MontanaBlack had still not been ready to make a statement.
Shortly after, MontanaBlack let it be known through Elotrix that he would not be participating: It simply was not the right situation, one had to think about business, that would be 2 weeks of lost earnings. We’ve included the related clip here:
Update May 3rd: On Instagram, MontanaBlack explained more extensively that he “just doesn’t have the guts” to face the wilderness.
How did the fans react? Even though the cancellation was probably not surprising for most, the fans are still disappointed. In particular, the fact that the streamer seemed to avoid making an official cancellation and sent Elotrix ahead causes frustration:
Additionally, this also means that Elotrix is out: The streamer had expressed his willingness to participate but only with MontanaBlack.
Knossi and Sascha Huber want to “make history”
Who is in? If MontanaBlack and Elotrix are out, only Knossi remains to represent the Twitch faction. The 36-year-old surprised in season 2 with his perseverance and is surely the “fan favorite” for many.
Knossi and Sascha Huber also took their time with their response. After careful consideration, it was decided on the evening of April 30th: The two are in. The creator duo is definitely excited and is already creating quite a buzz, as you can see in the included clip:
How is it being received? The more disappointed the viewers were with MontanaBlack’s cancellation, the more they are now celebrating Knossi and Sascha Huber. In the chat and on Twitter, fans are showing their enthusiasm. Knossi even broke 60,000 viewers on his stream – as many as he last had in November when season 2 of 7 vs. Wild was broadcast (via sullygnome).
The reactions in which Knossi commented on the episodes of the survival show made him temporarily the most watched German streamer. It seems that participating this time will also be worthwhile for the streamer.
What happens next? After the cancellation of 3 nominated teams, Fritz Meinecke now has to fill new candidates. A good replacement for MontanaBlack would likely be his Twitch colleague Trymacs. He has long been open about how much he would like to be part of 7 vs. Wild.
After he did not receive an invitation to the 2nd season, he even quickly planned his own survival show:
Trymacs defends himself against accusations of copying 7 vs. Wild with his survival show
