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	CHAT TRANSCRIPT Survivor Host: There are lots of great questions, so lets get to as many as we can! If you're just joining us, we're chatting live with SURVIVOR Executive Producer Mark Burnett. Mr. Burnett, welcome and thanks for spending some time to chat with us today. Are you ready for some questions? Mark Burnett: Yes! realwife: First things first: so who wins Thailand? Mark Burnett: Once again, there are two winners: CBS and Mark Burnett! vucrusader: Thank you for being here today, Mr. Burnett. I was wondering if you had a favorite season out of the six that have been filmed so far. Mark Burnett: Probably my favorite season is the one I just concluded shooting in the Amazon. The way the Amazon begins is something that will have the public talking about for a long time. I think the Amazon will spark many debates, and once you see it, you will see why it will spark so many debates. Jeff_Probst_Is_Sexy: Who puts together the ideas for the Challenges? Mark Burnett: We have an entire department of Challenge production. The same people have been working in the department for SURVIVOR, and then we have a pitch meeting to me and we pick some and get rid of some, and then after that we involve Jeff Probst and our producing team. Between all of us, we come up with a pretty good democratic decision of what the new Challenges should be. croc420: Have you or Jeff Probst ever competed in any of the Challenges created for the show? Mark Burnett: Yeah, in the early seasons we used to test the Challenges. We didn't compete against each other, but we tested the Challenges, and it was fun. Then we just got busier and busier, and have good people whose job it is to test Challenges. We call them the Dream Team. LurkerJo: How come Jeff seems like he is in such a bad mood this season? Mark Burnett: Jeff wasn't in a bad mood at all. He just felt the need to play his other role, which is, I guess, the referee role. mjs1: Mr. Burnett, who is your all-time favorite Survivor, and why? Mark Burnett: You know, I think I have a favorite one from each season. Not as a person, but just as the character they were on the show. I think Sue Hawk was a great character on SURVIVOR: PULAU TIGA, Jerri from SURVIVOR: THE AUSTRALIAN OUTBACK, Big Tom from SURVIVOR AFRICA, Boston Rob from SURVIVOR: MARQUESAS and Helen from SURVIVOR: THAILAND. mousetrap: Is there anyone you regret choosing for the show? Mark Burnett: No, I think in hindsight you cannot change characters, and any character being removed from the mix may have hurt the overall drama. newrules: Mark, Have you ever thought about more than 16 people on the two tribes? Mark Burnett: Yes, I have thought about it, and we may actually do that some time. SURVIVOR_Nut: Have you thought about having 3 tribes? Mark Burnett: I actually thought about having three tribes and four tribes.