{"id":228692,"date":"2025-10-16T09:30:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T09:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/228692\/"},"modified":"2025-10-16T09:30:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T09:30:09","slug":"zohran-mamdani-debuts-survivor-themed-spot-in-latest-fan-centric-ad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/228692\/","title":{"rendered":"Zohran Mamdani Debuts ‘Survivor’ Themed Spot In Latest Fan-Centric Ad"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tUPDATED: Zohran Mamdani<\/a>\u2018s campaign is debuting another spot tied to a popular reality show franchise, this time an ad debuting on Wednesday night during CBS<\/a>\u2018 Survivor<\/a>: The Island of Redemption.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn the spot, contestants vote Andrew Cuomo<\/a>, Mamdani\u2019s chief rival, off the island, while focusing on the message of affordability.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cAndrew, New Yorkers want a Mayor who will make groceries and childcare affordable, not sell us out to their billionaire donors,\u201d says Teeny Chirichillo, part of season 47 of the show. Also featured: Brandon Donlon, Yamil \u201cYam Yam\u201d Arocho, Katurah Topps, Jacob Derwin, Stephanie Berger and Natalie Anderson.<\/p>\n

\n\tMamdani appears at the end of the spot, saying, \u201cWe\u2019re going to build a city where no one has to struggle just to survive.\u201d He then puts out a tiki torch with a coconut shell. Josh Canfield appears at the end, saying, \u201cDidn\u2019t we already vote you out?\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe ad, running in the New York market, is part of a seven figure ad buy by the campaign, per the campaign.<\/p>\n

\n\tA CBS spokesperson said, \u201cFederal law required our New York station WCBS-TV to run this candidate ad despite there not being any relationship to either Survivor or WCBS-TV.\u201d The station ran a disclaimer before the ad that read, \u201cThe Following Message Is Not Associated with Either Survivor or CBS.\u201d Per the network, CBS and producers were not consulted about the ad\u2019s concept or the participation by contestants.<\/p>\n

\n\tEarlier this month, Mamdani\u2019s campaign produced a spot<\/a> themed to ABC\u2019s The Golden Bachelor, and running during the season premiere of the series. \u201cNew York, will you accept this rose?\u201d Mamdani said at the end of the ad. Unlike the Survivor spot, the ad was not directed at Cuomo. Mamdani will face Cuomo, running as an independent, and Republican Curtis Sliwa, on Thursday night.<\/p>\n

\n\tMamdani\u2019s spots are designed to draw in fan bases from both reality series, something that campaigns have tried to reach in recent cycles. In 2020 and 2024, Wisconsin Democrats tied fundraisers to reunions of the cast of shows like Veep and movies like Princess Bride.<\/p>\n

\n\tMamdani was the surprise winner of the city\u2019s Democratic primary following a media strategy largely focused on his campaign theme of bringing costs down. He drew attention for, among other things, short-form social media video and other viral content, as well as appearances across platforms. He had his first sit down interview with Fox News earlier on Wednesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"UPDATED: Zohran Mamdani\u2018s campaign is debuting another spot tied to a popular reality show franchise, this time an…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":228693,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[10764,991,5109,88,2355,92,10766],"class_list":{"0":"post-228692","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-andrew-cuomo","9":"tag-cbs","10":"tag-electionline","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-survivor","13":"tag-tv","14":"tag-zohran-mamdani"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228692","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=228692"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228692\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/228693"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=228692"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=228692"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=228692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}