In recognition of the official beginning of Emmy nomination voting today, I’ve got something to say.

(Or, more accurately, something to write.)

Favorites; 2010’sSurvivor: Heroes vs. Villains; 2014’sSurvivor: Cagayan; and 2015’sSurvivor: Cambodia Second Chance.

even though it remains Wednesday’s most watched program on television.

Granted, it’s not like Probst’s mantle is empty.

He won the very first Reality Host Emmy in 2008.

He then won it again in 2009.

Then again in 2010.

That’s right, Probst won every year for the first four years the award was handed out.

But then something truly bizarre started happening.

Not only has Probst not won since 2011, he has not even beennominated.

Let me break it down why that is so ridiculous.

I’ve been on location forSurvivor16 times and watched Probst in action up close.

There certainly is an underappreciated art and skill to hosting a live show and Bergeron is smooth as silk.

Instead of working in a climate-controlled Hollywood studio, Probst operates out in the elements.

Has any other host had to work in a freakin' cyclone?

(See below for evidence.)

Dealing with the elements is not something Probst merely endures the nut-job actually embraces it.

“He loves being out there in the rain.

He loves doing Tribal Council in the pouring rain.

He loves to be on the side of a helicopter.

He loves to be on the top of the mast of a boat.

He loves that hectic weather and the adventure.

That’s the adventure part of an adventure show.”

(Just watch the video at the top of the post if you don’t believe him.)

You may think that is easy watching from the comfort of your couch.

And rarely if ever do other hosts have to handle the tricky social terrain that Jeff Probst does.

But when itdidhappen, there was no way around it.

It was now part of the game.

“Jeff Probst manages that near impossibility for a reality television host,” says Zeke Smith.

“He never loses a moment and he never loses his humanity.

Probst played conductor to one of the scariest nights of my life the night I was outed.

What could’ve been a tragedy and a circus became a moment that changed hearts and minds.

I credit that feat to Probst.”

(To see Probst’s classy response to this classless situation see part of the scene below.)

No note cards to be found here.

Not only that, but unlike so many other hosts, he doesnotwear an IFB earpiece.

So not only is he on an island literally, but figuratively as well.

Burnett agreed and the rest is history.