A participant shared a story in their React about 7 vs. Wild that was not shown in the series. It seems there was personal contact with the organization team multiple times during the supposed total isolation period, while being exposed in Canada.
This post contains spoilers for 7 vs. Wild Season 3 Episode 7 and the winners of the series.
Who broke the rules? The winning team of Jens “Knossi” Knossalla and Sascha Huber apparently had direct contact with the organization team multiple times.
It was already known in the past that Sascha and Knossi once failed to send a “Code Green” signal, thereby triggering a deployment of 7 vs. Wild rescue services.
We have already reported extensively on this incident. Sascha Huber revealed in a React (via Reddit) that there was also personal contact with the organization team a second time.
One of the participants of Season 3 is the Twitch streamer Jens “Knossi” Knossalla. You can see more about him in our video.
Survival series actually foresees total isolation of the participants
Why is this even bad? The goal of 7 vs. Wild is for the participants to survive 14 days isolated on a deserted island. Having contact with other people significantly destroys the survival feeling of the show.
“7 vs. Wild” founder Fritz Meinecke has repeatedly pointed out that the new rules would allow participants to come into contact with the organization team if they do not strictly adhere to the rules.
In this season of 7 vs. Wild, it is planned that participants will place their SD cards with the recorded audio and video material in “dead letter boxes” on designated days: that is, in places where the SD cards can be picked up by the organization team without contact.
However, if participants wait by the letter boxes, they will inevitably come into contact with the organization team. Waiting by the mailbox is actually prohibited; the handover is supposed to happen without contact.
Knossi and Sascha caused the organization team to intervene with their questions
What did they ask? Knossi and Sascha’s team did exactly that and waited at the mailbox for the organization team. When it arrived, they asked during the pickup of the SD cards about “Red Tide.” The candidates had previously caught mollusks that seemed unusually red to them.
Because the “Ranger” who picked up the SD cards refused to provide them with a statement, Knossi threatened him and demanded information; otherwise, he would leave the show.
The candidates considered the algal bloom a threat to their lives. When the Ranger left without further information, the influencers concluded that the danger probably did not exist after all, because the Ranger would have prevented them from eating the mollusks and risking their lives.
Why did the organization team return? Apparently, the Ranger relayed the participants’ question to the organization, where alarm bells went off. About 30 minutes after the contact, a team would have been at Knossi and Sascha’s location to prevent them from consuming the mollusks, but the team had already eaten them.
According to Fritz Meinecke, there was no Red Tide on site, and the participants probably did not suffer poisoning from the mollusks.
An episode of the “Behind-The-Scenes” format is supposed to clarify this again, as Meinecke stated in a Stream (via Twitch). It remains unclear how the “Red Tide” algae situation was, though.
Should Knossi and Sascha Huber have been disqualified?
How is this being discussed? On reddit the incident is being taken very seriously:
- Some discussion participants believe that the participants should have been disqualified for making contact. If the participants didn’t know whether they could eat something or not, they should not eat it at all. The option to ask is not okay and ruins “the authenticity” of the show.
- Others, however, have understanding for the situation. Here, the fault is seen more with the organization: They should have explained to the participants before the show whether it was dangerous to eat clams or algae or not.
- A reddit user suggests that surely Knossi was not disqualified for reasons of reach: His presence probably guaranteed high view counts for the show. Also, Knossi and Sascha Huber’s spot was “one of the best.”
Do you find the questions posed to the organization team during the pickup of the SD cards justified? Or do you agree with Meinecke, who sees the survival character as dead? Feel free to let us know in the comments.
Update 25.12., 13:11: There are now additional voices in the discussion:
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