The producers of the American reality TV show ‘Survivor’ were today handed a $13.9 million rebate cheque by Film Fiji.
This amount was 47% of their production costs and taxes after they shot the series in the Mamanucas.
The Survivor series was the first highly rated and profitable reality show on broadcast television in the US.
Survivor Co-Executive Producer Jesse Jensen says Fiji is a great place to host TV reality shows like Survivor and it has been great working with such beautiful scenery.
Jensen says the government was very honest with their deals and promises and they kept to their word.
He says they enjoyed working in Fiji.
The 33rd Survivor season will air next month and will be closely followed by the 34th season. Both seasons were filmed in Fiji.
