Jon Lovett, a podcaster and speechwriter who worked with former President Barack Obama, was the first person voted off during the season premiere of "Survivor 47."

On Wednesday’s premiere episode of “Survivor 47,” Jeff Probst declared the start to the season’s first immunity challenge “one of the worst starts to any challenge in 47 seasons.” In that contest, the six members of Gata were one of two tribes to capsize their paddle boat in the water,

“Based on how things were after the challenge, I was shocked. I thought Andy was done,” Probst says in the Season 4 premiere of On Fire, the only official Survivor aftershow and podcast. His cohosts this season are Jay Wolff and Survivor 46 alum Charlie Davis, who will also provide commentary on each episode throughout the season.

Jeff Probst teased that Jon Lovett, is a former political speech writer, is one of the ‘greatest storytellers’ to be on ‘Survivor’

Jon Lovett, 42, an Obama speechwriter turned popular podcast host, is a co-founder of a political media company called Crooked Media, a co-host of “Pod Save America,” and a well-known liberal pundit.