‘Survivor’ host Jeff Probst says all players will return for Season 50

Jeff Probst recently told Entertainment Weekly That they had no plans yet for the historic fiftieth season Survivor, Well, those plans are now in full swing.

during a Survivor At a Q&A with EW editor-in-chief Patrick Gomez on Saturday night at the Ovation Hollywood complex in Los Angeles, Probst announced that survivor 50 (which will begin filming around Memorial Day 2025 and air in spring 2026) will feature virtually all of the returning players.

“I just had an idea,” the host and showrunner said near the conclusion of the program.survivor 50 Coming down from the corner. The truth is, we really focus on 47 and 48, that’s what we’re going to shoot next, and then we have to shoot 49. But we know 50 is coming, so I’m curious, is there any feeling, should we have another season with 50 new players and not make it a big deal?”

After the audience shouted ‘no’, Probst asked, “Or should the players return?”

After receiving positive feedback on that option, Probst announced, “Sometimes in the spirit of putting the game in the hands of the fans, I feel like – and some people at CBS right now are saying ‘Oh my God, what? Happening?’ – I feel like we just have to commit and make this the moment where we make this decision survivor 50 Players will return. I don’t know what’s going to happen after this, but I’m sure we’re committed.”

If you don’t include Bruce Perreault – who was more important as opposed to a returning player because he was injured just a few minutes into his first season – Survivor (which is currently airing survivor 46 on CBS) is already the longest-running show of all rookie seasons since the show first started bringing players back. Survivor: All-StarIn season 8. No All-Star has returned in the entire new era that began with survivor 41, And the host previously told EW that there won’t be any returning players in seasons 47 or 48, either. now it feels like survivor 49 All will be new players also.

While Probst has officially confirmed this speculation survivor 50 (like the 40 and 20 before) will all return, they didn’t reveal what the specific theme might be, though viewers have certainly talked about several options, including another fan-voted second chance. , involves a battle of an old age versus a new age. Or a season full of runners-up (after season 40 all were winners).

It will be some time before the Season 50 theme is revealed, but fans can now continue to dream up the cast of what could ultimately be the franchise’s biggest season yet.

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