Jack Vita Show: Entertainment | Reality TV | Survivor | The Traitors | Big Brother | The Challenge

About Jack Vita Show: Entertainment | Reality TV | Survivor | The Traitors | Big Brother | The Challenge

Join published journalist Jack Vita each week for coverage of your favorite reality competition shows, including CBS' Survivor, Big Brother, The Amazing Race, Peacock's The Traitors, NBC's Deal or No Deal Island, and MTV's The Challenge. Featuring weekly recaps, analysis, exit interviews and longform interviews with reality TV contestants new and old! Guests include Stephenie LaGrossa, Cirie Fields and Rachel Reilly. This is the podcast feed for all entertainment content on the Jack Vita Show. For Jack's sports show, subscribe to Jack Vita Show: Sports, available wherever podcasts are found.

Publisher

Jack Vita

Category

tv & film

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

11 Jun 2024

Latest episode

21 Jul 2026

Latest episodes

108 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   21 Jul 2026

   Elissa Reilly Says Angela Murray is Crazy, Spills Tea on Rachel Reilly's Big Brother 28 Appearance

   Big Brother 15 fan favorite and Amazing Race alum Elissa Reilly Slater returns to the Jack Vita Show to chat about her sister Rachel Reilly's appearance on Big Brother 28! She also weighs in on the BB28 cast. Los Angeles Times columnist Mirjam Swanson is a long-time Big Brother fan and live feeds watcher. In part-two of her conversation with Jack on the Jack Vita Show, she shares her thoughts on Big Brother 28, with a surprise appearance coming from Elissa. In part one, she and Jack chatted about the World Cup (https://www.jackvita.com/post/how-the-world-cup-captivated-america-birthed-new-generation-soccer-fans-mirjam-swanson), and the staying power for soccer in the United States. In part two, they're diving deep into Big Brother, with help from Elissa! Elissa explains why she thinks Angela Murray is "crazy", sharing her own real-life stories. She dishes on Rachel's brief appearance on Big Brother 28, and how Rachel formed fake alliances in the few hours that she was on the show. She also puts the Big Brother 28 cast under the microscope and shares her thoughts on each player. All this, and so much more! It's a fun Big Brother chat that you will not want to miss! Check out part one of Jack and Mirjam's chat, discussing the World Cup, here (https://www.jackvita.com/post/how-the-world-cup-captivated-america-birthed-new-generation-soccer-fans-mirjam-swanson). You can follow Elissa on Instagram (@elissercise (https://www.instagram.com/elissercise/)) and check out her business Drop Method, at DropMethod.com (http://DropMethod.com). You can follow Mirjam on Twitter (@MirjamSwanson (https://x.com/MirjamSwanson)) and find her work in the LA Times (http://latimes.com/)!

2. 

   8 Jul 2026

   Why Stephenie LaGrossa Took the Fall for Jonathan, Why Jury Question was Cut from Survivor 50 Finale

   Survivor Hall of Famer Stephenie LaGrossa Kendrick returns to the Jack Vita Show (jackvita.com) for the final leg of our four-part deep dive into her time on Survivor 50! Last week (https://www.jackvita.com/post/stephenie-lagrossa-reveals-why-nobody-was-fooled-by-rick-devens-fake-immunity-idol-on-survivor-50), we chatted about the merge and Stephenie's plans for the endgame. This week, we're discussing everything else that happened after that, including Stephenie's first immunity win in over 20 years, her steal-a-vote advantage, and her eventual elimination from the Mr. Beast coin-flip. Shortly after the merge, Stephenie won the season's first individual immunity challenge. It was her second ever immunity win, and her first since the fall of 2005, when she was the runner-up on Survivor: Guatemala. Stephenie spills on her immunity win and Applebee's reward. In that same episode, Survivor's first-ever 'Blood Moon' took place. While discussing strategy after the Applebee's reward, Chrissy Hofbeck made a statement that caught flak on social media, saying that she, Stephenie and Jonathan Young were all "cut from the same cloth". What did Chrissy mean by this statement? In the next episode, Stephenie was randomly selected to go on a mission at exile island. If she could keep her hand raised above her head for an hour, she would earn an advantage, but if she failed, she would lose her vote for the next tribal council. While completing the mission, the show ran a highlight-reel of some of Stephenie's finest moments through the years on Survivor. Upon completing the mission, she faced the entire tribe, and crafted a lie that she didn't earn an advantage, but didn't lose her vote, either. Cirie Fields wasn't buying it for a second. Stephenie takes us through this moment for her, and explains why she lied to the group, but planned to tell Cirie privately, which she did. Then, the Mr. Beast episode. Stephenie explains why she considered pushing to flip the coin, but ultimately didn't. She also shares why she fell on the sword for Jonathan, instead of throwing her ally under the bus to buy herself another day. Stephenie discusses different scenarios that may have played out, had she made it past Day 19. Later, she explains her jury statement. What did she mean when she said Jonathan was "the total package"? While asking her question, she was interrupted by Dee Valladares and Tiffany Ervin. Stephenie reveals that she did in fact ask a question, but it didn't make the air. It was cut from the edit. Stephenie explains why she felt Jonathan played the best game and deserved to win the title of sole survivor. All this, and so much more, only on the Jack Vita Show! You can follow Stephenie (@steph_lagrossa_kendrick (http://instagram.com/steph_lagrossa_kendrick)) on Instagram.

3. 

   29 Jun 2026

   Stephenie LaGrossa Reveals Why Nobody Was Fooled by Rick Devens' Fake Immunity Idol on Survivor 50

   Four-time Survivor star Stephenie LaGrossa Kendrick returns to the Jack Vita Show for another episode discussing her time on Survivor 50! Today, she and Jack are discussing the early merge! Last week (https://www.jackvita.com/post/stephenie-lagrossa-reveals-aubry-nearly-out-first-survivor-she-blindsided-mike-white), we broke down the first batch of episodes from Survivor 50, leaving off at the blindside of White Lotus creator Mike White. We pick up right where we left off, discussing the fallout from Mike White's boot, including Ozzy's temper tantrum which resulted in Christian physically shaking. So, how was Stephenie able to pick up the pieces and get Ozzy and Christian to vote together at the next tribal council? She takes us behind the scenes in the final vote before the merge. Was Stephenie, or any of the contestants for that matter, thinking that a merge could actually occur with 17 people remaining? Stephenie walks us through the merge and the 'blood moon', which resulted in her losing two of her closest allies from the original Vatu tribe, Colby Donaldson and Genevieve Mushaluk. How did Stephenie respond to Cirie Fields taking Colby out? Then, Stephenie gives us an inside look at the double-boot of Coach Benjamin Wade and Chrissy Hofbeck. Coach, Chrissy, Stephenie and Jonathan Young thought they had Joe Hunter, Christian Hubicki, Ozzy and Cirie voting with them. They were sadly mistaken. At that very tribal council, Rick Devens made a show out of collecting a fake idol that he and Christian planted in the second episode. Stephenie reveals that the fake idol had no impact on that tribal council, as Devens was already safe, and she believes Devens was just playing to the cameras, trying to make good TV. Did anyone fall for Devens' fake idol? Tune in to find out! All this, and so much more, only on the Jack Vita Show! Join us next week as we walk through the endgame of Survivor 50, and Stephenie spills on her immunity win, her mission win that resulted in an adding an advantage to her bag of tricks, and her eventual boot. Would she have flipped the Mr. Beast coin? It's all here on the Jack Vita Show! You can follow Stephenie (@steph_lagrossa_kendrick (http://instagram.com/steph_lagrossa_kendrick)) on Instagram.

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

999,657

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.0 / 5

4 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

3 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 72 / 100

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Quality

98

Social presence

0

YouTube

86

Engagement

31

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