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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.
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Big Brother winner and frequent guest on the Jack Vita Show Rachel Reilly has returned to the Big Brother house! Rachel entered the house her third go-round on Big Brother, a show that brought $750,000 and her husband into her life.
Rachel's sister, Elissa Reilly, returns to the Jack Vita Show, to spill some secrets on Rachel's decision to play again! Elissa shares when she found out Rachel would be playing Big Brother again...
The Survivor 50 cast has been announced!
Wednesday morning on CBS Mornings, longtime host Jeff Probst revealed the names of 22 of the 24 players that will be competing on Survivor's semicentennial season. That same day, the S50 cast was expected to fly to Fiji, with filming to begin soon.
With Survivor 50 soon to begin filming, Jack welcomes Deal or No Deal Island contestant and day one Survivor fan Kim Mattina to the show to dis...
Each week on the Jack Vita Show, Jack sits down with the most recent eliminated contestant from NBC's Deal or No Deal Island for an exit interview. This week, Jack is joined by four-time Survivor contestant, Survivor: Micronesia winner and former cast member on Peacock's The Traitors, Parvati Shallow! Parvati chats about her time on DONDI, and reflects on her 19-year reality television career!
Parvati made her reality...
Each week on the Jack Vita Show, Jack sits down with the most recent eliminated contestant from NBC's Deal or No Deal Island for an exit interview. This week, he speaks with the ninth contestant eliminated, 37-year-old Austin native Phillip Solomon.
Phillip worked in a group of five that targeted "The Family" all season long. The original five was him, Lete, Luke, Storm and Seychelle. After the group lost Luke, ...
Each week on the Jack Vita Show, Jack sits down for an exit interview with the most recent eliminated contestant from NBC's Deal or No Deal Island. This week, he speaks with the eighth contestant eliminated, 24 year-old Wood River, Illinois native, Dickson Wong.
Dickson created an alliance on day one with four-time Survivor player Parvati Shallow and two-time Australian Survivor contestant David Genat. They called themsel...
Every single week, Deal or No Deal Island Season 1 contestant Stephanie Mitchell joins the Jack Vita Show to recap the week's episode of Deal or No Deal Island! This week, Stephanie and Jack break down the eighth episode of Deal or No Deal Island, S2 E8, "Safety in Numbers".
This week's episode saw La Shell Wooten's game come to an end. La Shell and Dickson were forced into the bottom, with David and Par...
La Shell Says Phillip Did Not Emotionally Manipulate Parvati | Deal or No Deal Island Exit Interview
Each week on the Jack Vita Show, Jack sits down for an exit interview with the most recent eliminated contestant from NBC's Deal or No Deal Island. This week, he speaks with the eighth contestant eliminated, 55 year-old social worker La Shell Wooten.
La Shell was selected to play the banker this week by four-time Survivor contestant Parvati Shallow. With three cases remaining in her game of Deal or No Deal, La Shell accepted a d...
Every single week,Deal or No Deal Island Season 1 contestant Stephanie Mitchell joins theJack Vita Show to recap the week's episode of Deal or No Deal Island! This week, Stephanie and Jack welcome Season 2 competitors, Phillip Solomon and Seychelle Cordero to the show, as they break down the sixth episode of Deal or No Deal Island, S2 E6, "Power Grab".
With this week's episode ending on a cliffhanger, there will be...
Every single week, Deal or No Deal Island Season 1 contestant Stephanie Mitchell joins the Jack Vita Show to recap the week's episode of Deal or No Deal Island! This week, Stephanie and Jack break down the fourth episode of Deal or No Deal Island, S2 E5, "Trust Fall".
Lete placed first in the excursion, giving her the power to select which contestant to play the banker at Temple. Dr. Will, Maria-Grace, C.K., Phillip a...
Each week on the Jack Vita Show, Jack sits down for an exit interview with the most recent eliminated contestant from NBC's Deal or No Deal Island. This week, he speaks with the fifth contestant eliminated, 22 year-old firefighter "MG", Maria-Grace Cook.
MG was eliminated Tuesday night, after Big Brother 2 winner Dr. Will Kirby defeated the banker and in a shocking turn of events, selected to send the Greer, South Car...
Each week on the Jack Vita Show, Jack sits down for an exit interview with the most recent eliminated contestant from NBC's Deal or No Deal Island. This week, he speaks with the fourth contestant eliminated, 25 year-old Austin native Storm Wilson.
Storm was eliminated Tuesday night, when Dickson Wong defeated the banker and banked the highest total in Deal or No Deal history. While he had promised Dr. Will that he would send C....
Every single week, Deal or No Deal Island Season 1 contestant Stephanie Mitchell joins the Jack Vita Show to recap the week's episode of Deal or No Deal Island! This week, Stephanie and Jack break down the fourth episode of Deal or No Deal Island, S2 E4, "Throw and Tell".
The intensity continues to ratchet up, as this week saw the season's first blindside. Dr. Will finished first in the excursion, giving him the p...
Every single week, Deal or No Deal Island Season 1 contestant Stephanie Mitchell joins the Jack Vita Show to recap the week's episode of Deal or No Deal Island! This week, Stephanie and Jack are joined by Season 1 contestant, Kim Mattina!
Kim made her presence known through her four episodes of DONDI S1. She was labeled "the biggest threat in the game" by Boston Rob Mariano. The threat she posed to the Survivor winner...
Every single week, Deal or No Deal Island Season 1 contestant Stephanie Mitchell joins the Jack Vita Show to recap the week's episode of Deal or No Deal Island! This week, Stephanie and Jack are joined by Season 1 runner-up Amy McCoy!
Hot off of Jack's sit-down interview with recently eliminated Syndee Peck, Amy, Steph and Jack have a LOT of thoughts on the treatment Sydnee has received from fans, cast members and editing. ...
Each week on the Jack Vita Show, Jack sits down for an exit interview with the most recent eliminated contestant from NBC's Deal or No Deal Island. This week, he speaks with the second contestant eliminated, 27 year-old Sydnee Peck.
Sydnee received the short end of the stick Tuesday night, when a tandem of C.K. and La Shell defeated the banker and selected her to be the next player to leave the Banker's Island. Courtney and...
Why Luke Olejniczak Turned Down a Juicy Offer on Deal or No Deal Island | DONDI S2 E1 Exit Interview
Each week on the Jack Vita Show, Jack sits down for an exit interview with the most recent eliminated contestant from NBC's Deal or No Deal Island. This week, he speaks with the first contestant eliminated, personal chef and Eagle River native, Luke Olejniczak.
Luke opted to go for a red case in the first excursion, hoping that he would secure immunity. He received the "swap" case, and took a $450K briefcase, instead of the highest...
Every single week, Deal or No Deal Island Season 1 contestant Stephanie Mitchell joins the Jack Vita Show to recap the week's episode of Deal or No Deal Island, Season 2!
This week, Steph and Jack break down the Season 2 premiere! Jack and Steph share their first impressions of this season's cast, which features three reality television veterans: Big Brother 2 winner Dr. Will Kirby, Survivor: Micronesia winner Parvati Shallow and ...
Deal or No Deal Island Season 1 contestants Kim Mattina and Jamil Sipes visit the Jack Vita Show, to reflect on the show's first season, in advance of Season 2's premiere later this week!
Back in May 2024, Jamil visited the show for the very first time. When Jamil was eliminated in the second episode, Jack had not yet begun doing exit interviews with the exiled cast members. Jamil joins Jack for a special, hour-long conversation, f...
All season long, Survivor: Guatemala contestant Brooke Struck and Jack Vita have been breaking down each week's episode of NBC's Deal or No Deal Island on the Jack Vita Show, and this week is no different!
Season 1 of Deal or No Deal Island has reached its conclusion, and Jordan Fowler is the show's first winner! Jordan defeated the banker and took home a $1.23 million check.
Boston Rob was eliminated from contention af...
From May 28, 2024 — In our final exit interview for Deal or No Deal Island Season 1, DONDI winner Jordan Fowler visits the Jack Vita Show for the first time!
Jordan played a masterful, under-the-radar game that had her reach the Final Four without ever having to face the banker, with her name hardly ever coming up by her competitors as a potential target. While two clear factions formed (the "Rob Mob" and the "Night ...
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