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Back in May 2000, Survivor premiered with an exciting format and a group of contestants who wowed with their gameplay. Twenty-five years and two seasons a year later, the reality series is close to its landmark 50th season. The 48th edition wrapped up recently, and season 49 is set to air later this year. But the preparations for Survivor 50 are well underway, with the cast being officially announced, and filming starts very soon. Survivor has been hosted by Jeff Probst all throughout, and the CBS series is set to raise the stakes in the iconic edition, which will air next year. Here’s the full cast.

Survivor Season 50: Cast Of Jeff Probst Hosted Reality Series

Survivor 50 will feature an interesting mix of contestants, right from the early seasons to the recent ones. Here’s which faces are back:

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Survivor has become a reality TV cornerstone on CBS, and easily one of their longest running series.

Season 50 will mark Jeff Probst twenty-five year anniversary as the host of the survivalist competition, and the network is pulling out all the stops to celebrate, including a massive cast of returning players and fan favorites.

Survivor 50: In The Hands Of The Fans

Who will be on Survivor Season 50? Keep reading to find out! Warning, Fall TV spoilers ahead…

Survivor 50 is set to air on CBS in Spring 2026, and fans have been voting online for the special anniversary season, which is appropriately dubbed “In The Hands Of The Fans.”

On Wednesday May 28, Jeff Probst appeared on Good Morning America and shared some exciting news about the 2026 premiere.

Not only will this be the largest cast of returning players since Survivor Season 40 (which aired back in 2019), but some of the names on the...

Since The Traitors began airing in the U.S. in 2023, reality television personalities from shows like Big Brother and The Bachelor have been featured on the program, but contestants from Survivor always seem to quickly become the most intimidating. Players who can navigate alliances and keep their true intentions hidden are the ones who often succeed on The Traitors, which usually makes former Survivor contestants an instant threat due to their experience of practicing deception and lying to stay in the game. Although The Traitors often choose players from older Survivor seasons, such as Rob Mariano or Stephenie Lagrossa, there are some contestants from the show's most recent season that should bring their manipulation skills to Scotland. This article will discuss the gameplay of two of the most talked-about players from Survivor Season 47 and explore why they would be ideal candidates for The Traitors.

Rafe Judkins has the unenviable task of bringing Robert Jordan's epic fantasy series The Wheel of Time to the small screen. Long before this incredible opportunity became available, Judkins was a contestant on Survivor, the long-running reality show where contestants try to outlast each other on a desert island, with someone being voted out at the end of each episode.

Judkins is trying to condense a massive 14-book series into a television show. It is a huge undertaking, but Judkins has shown toughness and resiliency before. In 2005, he was a contestant on Survivor: Guatemala. This was a landmark season for the reality show. That season, the show's 11th, was the first to introduce an immunity idol. The season also featured former Dallas Cowboys quarterback Gary Hogeboom plus two returning favorites: Stephenie Lagrossa and Bobby Jon Drinkard. Other players that season included Judd Sergeant and Jamie Newton.

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The Traitors 3 cast features four Survivor alums this winter.

Survivor fans have good reasons to watch the Peacock reality competition show again.

Previously, four-time Survivor player Cirie Fields won the first season of The Traitors US.

Cirie also appeared on Big Brother 25 after she left Scotland.

Two-time Survivor winner Sandra Diaz-Twine appeared on The Traitors US Season 2. She nearly made it to the end as well.

Stephenie Lagrossa from Survivor: Palau was also on the first season of The Traitors US, and Survivor legend Parvati Shallow was on The Traitors 2.

Who are the Survivor alums on The Traitors 3?

As we mentioned, four Survivor alums are featured in the new season of The Traitors.

Boston Rob Mariano leads the way, who won a season of Survivor, met his wife Amber Brkich on the show, and also appeared on Survivor: Winner At War.

Boston Rob was also featured on the first season...

Since The Traitors premiered, the popular reality show has featured many memorable players and Alan Cumming, who is such a beloved host that he has many new fans. One of the reasons why The Traitors is so successful that fans are looking forward to the third season is that they have recruited stars from other reality shows.

Every Survivor fan who is no longer worried about which seasons to watch first will know that Jeff Probst's show has featured many great players. With that in mind, it makes perfect sense that The Traitors' first two seasons have featured several Survivor players. However, fans may be surprised by how the Survivor players who've played The Traitors rank against each other.

Parvati Shallow Did Worse On The Traitors Than Every Other Survivor Player

In 2010, fans got to vote on who would be in the Survivor Hall of Fame's first class of inductees.

As he's mentioned many times, Jeff Probst is "very protective" over both current and past Survivor players.

With other reality television shows like The Amazing Race, The Traitors, The Challenge, The Goat, Big Brother, House Of Villains, Deal Or No Deal Island and countless others adding them to their cast lists respectively, the longtime Survivor host finally spoke out on the situation.

Jeff cannot help that Survivor castaways make great television, regardless of the show, but we would not be surprised if some jealousy came into play in light of their new endeavors ...

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This season will feature the best of the best castaways, from all across the globe.

For those who are unfamiliar, infamous Survivor villains Russell Hantz and Sandra Diaz-Twine have stayed within the Survivor family, competing on seasons of Australian Survivor in the past.

Now that it has been more than two decades since Jeff Probst hosted the first episode of Survivor, the show has aired many seasons of varying quality. After all, some Survivor seasons are considered better because they feature the show's best players or memorable moments, like the first player to be medically evacuated.

That longevity has also allowed the reality TV show to garner fans who are way past the point where they are figuring out which seasons to watch first. One of the topics that passionate Survivor fans like to debate the most is which season is the best ever. With that in mind, it is fascinating to look at what makes Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains the best season ever.

Survivor: Heroes Vs. Villains Is The Best Season Ever Because It Was Entertaining Throughout

Throughout Survivor's history, there have been many great seasons with boring parts. One perfect...

A new season of The Traitors US is about to film in Scotland.

The hit reality competition show took the world by storm, reinventing how celebrities compete on those like this one.

Everything is filmed in Scotland, with 21 people competing for a prize of up to $250,000. The twist is that some people are trying to steal the money.

Three people from the group are selected as Traitors, and they set out to eliminate everyone else through deceit and secret votes.

Everyone else is a Faithful. Their job is to eliminate the Traitors by figuring out who they are and turning the castle against them.

Two seasons have already aired, with those seasons featuring people from Big Brother, Survivor, The Bachelor, The Challenge, the Real Housewives franchise, and various other shows.

Who is on The Traitors 3 cast?

According to Inside Survivor, they know the two people representing Survivor on The Traitors 3.

Cirie Fields,...

Contestants on The Traitors do not actually sleep in the castle, but stay in an airport hotel in Inverness during filming. The show features a mix of reality TV stars and civilians competing for a cash prize of up to $250,000 in a series of challenges. The revelation about the sleeping arrangements does not take away from the entertaining and suspenseful nature of the show.

On The Traitors, the Faithfuls allegedly go to bed each night in a castle in the Scottish Highlands, wondering if they will be the next to be "murdered" by the three traitors, but Alan Cumming revealed the truth about those nerve-racking nights. The Traitors season 2 brought together reality TV stars from across the best reality TV shows, and it was a major hit. However, not everything is what it seems, and it's not just the lies that Traitors and Faithfuls tell each other in order to...

Alan Cumming is inviting a new batch of contestants to his Scottish mansion, and we finally know when the deception and backstabbing will all kick off.

Season 2 of The Traitors will begin streaming on Peacock on Friday, Jan. 12 with the first three episodes, TVLine has learned. Episodes will debut Thursdays at 9 pm ET/6 pm PT after that. The new season will also be accompanied by an official after-show, The Traitors Postmortem, which will feature “additional footage and interviews with eliminated contestants” and will be available on Peacock as well as the streamer’s YouTube channel.

Peacock has released a trailer for Season 2 as well, which you can watch above. As previously announced, the 11-episode run (plus reunion special) will feature competitive reality stars from Big Brother, The Challenge, The Real Housewives of Atlanta, Survivor, Bling Empire and more, plus a professional boxer, Michael Jordan’s son and a former member of the UK Parliament. (Get the full cast rundown here.)

For the uninitiated, the unscripted competition series sees contestants tackling a series of challenges with the objective of accumulating a large cash prize. But three of the contestants are traitors looking to steal the prize out from under the other contestants known as “the faithful.” If the faithful can work together to banish the traitors by game’s end, they will win the prize pot. But if just one traitor makes it to the end, he or she will snatch the cash.

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The cast for its debut season (which was released on Peacock as a 10-episode binge in January) included Survivor‘s Stephenie Lagrossa Kendrick and Cirie Fields, Big Brother‘s Cody Calafiore and Rachel Reilly Villegas, Below Deck‘s Kate Chastain, Real Housewives of Beverly Hills‘ Brandi Glanville and more.

Are you eagerly anticipating The Traitors’ second season? Let us know if you’ll be watching (and who you’ll be rooting for!) by dropping a comment below.

The 44th season of Survivor premiered on March 1st, captivating fans and making it one of the longest-running reality TV shows. Since 2000, Survivor has been a popular American reality TV competition on CBS with Jeff Probst as the host. It features contestants deserted on a remote island, to avoid elimination, must engage in challenges (both mental and physical) to gain rewards and immunity. In each episode, participants are voted off the island until only one wins the grand prize and becomes the “Sole Survivor.”

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Survivor‘s success lies in its unique themes, captivating characters, and thrilling challenges. While the show has 44 seasons so far, these are the ten standout seasons that fans consider the best.

The show’s core formula has remained unchanged since its debut in May 2000. Contestants are divided into tribes, forming a new society and adapting to their surroundings.

Poster for ‘The Traitors’ season 1 (Photo by: Peacock)

Peacock’s super addictive reality competition series The Traitors has been renewed for season two. Season one debuted on January 12, 2023 and quickly became Peacock’s #1 reality show. In fact, it was so popular that the streamer’s bringing the first season competitors back together for a reunion special hosted by Andy Cohen.

The reunion will stream on February 28, 2023 and will mark the first time the competitors have gotten together since season one’s finale.

Alan Cumming served as host and producer on season one, and he’ll be back to guide the Traitors and the Faithfuls through challenges in season two.

“The Traitors is an ambitious, highly addictive and spontaneous format that keeps contestants and viewers on their toes,” stated Corie Henson, EVP Entertainment Unscripted Content, NBCUniversal. “Alan Cumming is a well-dressed genius, the producers at Studio Lambert are brilliant storytellers, and...

Kate Chastain made her mark on Peacock's new reality competition show The Traitors, but the Below Deck star revealed that she got to a point where she was ready to go home. Kate was heavily suspected as a traitor throughout the game, and despite receiving votes in almost every round, she was able to make it all the way to The Traitors season 1 finale. Kate ultimately became the last person voted out but not before she stirred up some drama throughout the Scottish castle.

Below Deck's Kate Chastain's annoyance with the game and her fellow competitors reached a boiling point when Kate sabotaged a mission, throwing thousands of dollars away from the group pot. Kate told Vanity Fair, "It was clear that I was never going to see that prize money...I certainly don't love physical exertion to earn other people money." Kate also claimed that the conditions of...

Michael Davidson, one of the competitors on The Traitors, explained why the alliances among the contestants were not shown. Michael, a single dad from Oneida, Kentucky, works as a Dmv office manager. Because of his behavior on The Traitors, which he attributed to social anxiety, he became an immediate suspect for being a traitor. The reality competition series, hosted by Alan Cumming, features 20 contestants (10 celebrities and 10 non-famous people) competing for a grand prize worth up to 250,000. Seventeen of the contestants are faithfuls, while three of them are traitors. The traitors "murder" one contestant each night, as they try to avoid being banished by the group at the round table every day. Viewers expected this to lead to many alliances, but only a few were shown.

In an Instagram Reel, Michael answered what he called the most popular question that he has been getting about The Traitors, which is why the...

Cody Calafiore, Cirie Fields, and Stephenie Lagrossa are no amateurs when it comes to reality competition shows, but even they were caught off guard by the intensity of The Traitors. Cody competed on Big Brother season 16 and finished as runner-up, then returned for the All Stars season in 2020 and finished in first place. He’s also acted in films like The Maltese Holiday and Magic in Mount Holly. With a show like The Traitors, his acting skills sure came in handy.

Cirie and Stephenie know each other from their time on Survivor, and while neither has won the series, they’re some of the best players the show’s ever seen. Cirie is known by fans as the best Survivor contestant to never win the series. Luckily, The Traitors gave both women the opportunity to put their Survivor skills to the test. Unfortunately, they couldn’t spend much time working...

Cody Calafiore, Cirie Fields, and Stephenie Lagrossa are no amateurs when it comes to reality competition shows, but even they were caught off guard by the intensity of The Traitors. Cody competed on Big Brother season 16 and finished as runner-up, then returned for the All Stars season in 2020 and finished in first place. He’s also acted in films like The Maltese Holiday and Magic in Mount Holly. With a show like The Traitors, his acting skills sure came in handy.

Cirie and Stephanie know each other from their time on Survivor, and while neither has won the series, they’re some of the best players the show’s ever seen. Cirie is known by fans as the best Survivor contestant to never win the series. Luckily, The Traitors gave both women the opportunity to put their Survivor skills to the test. Unfortunately, they couldn’t spend much time working...

Survivor is back for more blindsides and bloodshed, but is anyone else experiencing a serious case of déjà vu?

In the Season 42 premiere of the CBS reality staple, some things may have changed, though a lot has stayed exactly the same. (Did we really need the secret phrases and Shot in the Dark back?) But as Probst calls this new run “another evolution in the greatest social experiment seen on television,” we’re fine with giving him the benefit of the doubt. At least for now.

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Lindsay Dolashewich will be bringing her hyper-competitive nature to “Survivor 42,” where she will be one of 18 new contestants. A registered dietician from Asbury Park, New Jersey, Lindsay is already in game mode, according to her CBS interview. This game has been on my mind forever,” she says. “I always knew I was gonna play” (watch below).

The 31-year-old describes herself as a “tough chick,” having played tackle football from the ages of nine to 15. “No one’s gonna really push me around or try to tell me what to do,” she asserts. “If I wanna do something, I’m gonna do it.” She hopes that her competitive drive will make her an asset to her tribe, though she is hoping to focus on being present in the moment and not getting too stuck in her own mind.

Meet Lindsay, a registered dietitian who plans to use her competitive and athletic...

“Survivor” contestant Cassandra Anne “Angie” Jakusz is dead at age 40 after a three-year battle with cancer. She passed away on Friday, January 8, 2021, according to her New Orleans obituary. Angie rose to fame in 2005 by starring on “Survivor: Palau,” the reality TV show’s 10th season on CBS.

Angie is now the eighth person from “Survivor” to pass away, following Jenn Lyon (2010), B.B. Andersen (2013), Caleb Bankston (2014), Dan Kay (2016), Ashley Massaro (2019), Rudy Boesch (2019), and Cliff Robinson (2020). See more info on all of these memorable players by clicking through our photo gallery above.

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“Whether she was sewing, painting, drawing, doing nail art or makeup, costuming, reading, snorkeling, scuba diving, traveling or just raising hell, she did it lovingly and with laser precision,” her family wrote in her obituary. “She is survived by her husband of nine years, Steven Calandra; her parents, Linda and Wayne Jakusz; her brother,...

“Survivor” may have its highs and lows, but those highs keep fans coming back for more. Who could have known in the summer of 2000 that a reality show about strangers stranded on an island would become one of the most enduring franchises in television history? Fans were first bewitched by that first season, later titled “Survivor: Borneo,” with its cast of colorful characters like Richard Hatch, Rudy Boesch and Sue Hawk. The series became a smash hit and go on to produce 40 seasons, two per year. Above, tour our photos of the 12 best “Survivor” seasons ranked from worst to best. (We’ll update it again after “Survivor: Winners at War” concludes in May 2020.)

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Some of the best “Survivor” seasons gave fans something new, whether it be battle of the sexes (“The Amazon”), loved ones competing against each other (“Blood vs.

Danni Boatwright just learned the hard way it’s never a good idea to go against Parvati Shallow. “I’ve never been voted out,” declared the winner of “Survivor: Guatemala” after coming up on the wrong side of the vote during Wednesday’s second episode of “Survivor: Winners at War.” “To have my torch snuffed is not a feeling that I wanted to experience,” Danni said before adding, “I still have life in this game and I’m holding onto that.”

See‘Survivor 40’ advantages: Tracking who has immunity idols, fire tokens in ‘Winners at War’ (Updated: February 19)

Danni originally played in the 11th season back in 2005 where she handily won in a 6-1 jury vote over Stephenie Lagrossa. Since she’s been away from the “Survivor” community for so long, Danni was obviously on the outs coming into Season 40, especially as she’s unfamiliar with many of the new twists...

“Survivor” superfans are currently hyped for the upcoming all-winners season, but it’s not always the case that the most popular contestant of the season is the one who wins. In fact, the audience tends to fall in love with those who just come up short of the $1 million prize, often more so than the champion. Players like Rupert Boneham, Cirie Fields and Joe Anglim will probably never win “Survivor,” no matter how many times they come back and try. Their likability is a double-edged sword — they’re genial enough to be safe through several Tribal Councils but once it gets toward the end, they’re too big of a jury threat to win. As we prepare for “Survivor: Winners at War,” here’s the ranking of our 16 favorite lovable losers we hoped would make it onto an all-winner season someday.

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On Wednesday night 20 “Survivor” champions will begin their battle for the $2 million prize that comes with being named “Sole Survivor” of Season 40, “Winners at War.” Ten of those champions are the fiercest, most competitive and dynamic players to ever win the game. The other ten are men. Vote below in our poll to determine which female “Survivor” champion you are most rooting for this season.

Of all the women on this cast, Sandra Diaz-Twine is the name you’re probably most familiar with. Going into this cycle she remains the only player to ever win twice — first in Season 7 “Pearl Islands” and again in Season 20 “Heroes vs. Villains.” Unless she pulls off the seemingly impossible and wins again, one of her competitors will join her in that double win category. It could be Parvati Shallow, who lost to Sandra by only a few votes in the Season 20 finale. Parvati entered...

With 13 options to choose from over the 37 seasons of “Survivor,” 28% of fans who voted in our recent poll have decided that Coby Archa from Season 10 is the biggest threat to be eliminated at merge of all time. In “Survivor: Palau,” Coby’s original tribe Koror won eight of the season’s first nine immunity challenges, resulting in a eight-to-one majority at the time of the merge. Despite those unprecedented numbers, Coby’s own tribe voted him out before Ulong’s Stephenie Lagrossa because of his tendency to spill tribal secrets.

What Coby’s victory in the poll shows is something that is still true of “Survivor” game play: being among the majority alliance/tribe does not grant you 100% protection. In fact, being at the bottom of a powerful alliance can sometimes leave you vulnerable and/or make you a huge threat. Large alliances will get eager to vote out their...

"Survivor: Blood vs. Water" had a crazy thing happen last episode -- the Tribal Council, fueled by Hayden's last-ditch effort to sway Ciera's vote and save himself, went all the way to a drawing of rocks after two tie votes. It was only the second time that has ever happened in "Survivor" history and it sent Katie to Redemption Island.

But is that enough to propel this season into the ranks of the best seasons ever? We'll have to see how it plays out. For now, here are the 10 best and five worst seasons of the granddaddy of reality competition shows.

The Best

No. 10: Season 4, "Marquesas"

Host Jeff Probst has said he thinks this season ranks fairly low because it was so boring, but we disagree. This season not only featured the first time rocks were drawn, but it also saw older competitors Paschal and Kathy team up with Sean,...

It’s hard to interview someone returning to play Survivor when you haven’t even seen how or what they did the first time around. That was the situation when I spoke with Malcolm Freberg in May 2012 as he was getting ready to depart for Survivor: Caramoan — Fans vs. Favorites (premiering Feb. 13 on CBS). It was only two weeks after he had finished filming Survivor: Philippines (which would not air for another four months). Luckily, I did have a few things to go on. I had met and spoken with Malcolm on location for that season, and had watched...

What’s harder than playing Survivor? Playing it twice. And what’s even harder than playing it twice? Playing it in back-to-back seasons. It used to be that people that played in consecutive seasons at least got a break of a few months. That’s how it was for Rupert Boneham, Stephenie Lagrossa, Bobby Jon Drinkard, Amanda Kimmel, and James Clement, who all went back-to-back. But when Russell Hantz did two in a row for Samoa and Heroes vs. Villains, he only received a two-and-a-half week break due to a shorter turnaround in production — which also made him the first...

Five finalists remain on "Survivor: Philippines" -- the Fab Four (Lisa, Michael Skupin, Malcolm and Denise) and .. Abi.

Going into tonight's (Dec. 12) final regular episode, the bigmouth Brazilian had two shots to stay in the game: winning immunity, or persuading two of the four to drag her along as a sacrificial goat.

Post-Tribal

The five finalists celebrate making it to Day 34, with Abi, oblivious as usual, profusely thanking the others for keeping her around. Maybe in her "culture" goats deserve respect?

In their confessionals, Lisa reiterates that she'll bring someone she can beat, no matter how "yucky" it feels to keep Abi around, while Malcolm calls Lisa's strategy an eye opener.

Skupin laughs at Abi's "ironic" reversal of fortune, saying: "I think you thought you were going to be here [in the final five], just with different people."

He also giggles about Abi's announcement "with trumpets" that she's going into the woods to get water,...

We've got a sneak peek of Wednesday night's (Oct. 17) episode of "Survivor: Philippines" for you, fans. The Kalabaw tribe gets a visit at camp, but not a welcome one.

In the clip, Jeff Probst and then the medical team are called in because Dana has a fever and her stomach is hurting on the right side, like a knifing pain that comes and goes. Medical thinks she could wait and see another 12 hours, drinking more fluids and reevaluate. But it's up to Dana.

Will she decide to see if she can tough it out? Meanwhile, this episode also features "a twist in the game" that changes tribe dynamics. We hope they aren't moving Malcolm and Denise to other tribes -- we were kind of hoping to see if they could Stephenie Lagross-it up.

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And then there were two. Malcolm Freberg and Denise Stapley are the Survivor: Philippines' last remaining members of the Matsing (blue) tribe. With Russell Swan's exit -- the first to go of the three returning vets -- the handsome bartender and the fierce sex therapist must go it alone.

Although the tribes could merge next week, don't forget that in "Survivor: Palau" the Ulong tribe lost seven immunity challenges in a row until all that remained of their tribe was Stephenie Lagrossa.

Which brings us to the first of 10 fun facts we learned from Malcolm and Denise when we interviewed them in the Philippines a day before the game began.

1. Stephenie is Denise's favorite "Survivor" contestant ever. "I really liked Stephenie," she told us, pleasantly oblivious to the fate that awaited her. "I mean, poor girl. Her tribe just kept getting picked off one by one. It...

Apologies for the lateness of this recap of "Survivor: Philippines." Our CBS station preempted it for a congressional debate and "Survivor" aired in the middle of the night. Anyway, let's find out if Matsing can finally win something.

Matsing

Malcolm, Russell and Denise seem in pretty good spirits, all things considered. They certainly are down to three very strong competitors, so in the right kind of challenge, they could definitely win.

Russell starts looking for the Idol and Denise catches him. In a rather delightful bit of editing, he talks about how he's probably walking back and forth right in front of the Idol and the camera crew is going to focus right on it and of course, that's just what they do. It's nice he has the self-awareness to at least acknowledge he's kind of a doof. Heh.

Tandang

The clue to the Idol is found in the camp...

Math was never my strongest subject. But it doesn’t take a genius to perform simple arithmetic, and by my count — not including the All Stars or Fans vs. Favorites type seasons — Survivor has now brought back nine returning players to compete alongside newbies. And only one of those nine — Stephenie Lagrossa in Survivor: Guatemala — was a woman. The rest — Bobby Jon Drinkard, Russell Hantz, Boston Rob Mariano, Ozzy Lusth, Benjamin “Coach” Wade, and now Michael Skupin, Russell Swan, and Jonathan Penner on Survivor: Philippines — have all been dudes.

What gives with the discrepancy? I went to the host himself for answers.

She may not have the flirting skills of Parvati, the humor of Cirie, or the athletic toughness of Stephenie, but Kim Spradlin is certainly making a case to be considered one of the best female contestants to ever play Survivor. There’s a lot of game left, but her mastery and manipulation has been pretty darn impressive so far. On this week’s edition of the InsideTV Podcast, Jessica Shaw and I dissect Kim’s game and whether she should be considered a future all-star. Then, ousted Jay Byars calls in to offer his take, as well as explaining whether...

A Miss USA competitor, two former NFL players, and an Iraq war veteran are among the contestants who will be playing for $1 million when Survivor: Redemption Island premieres Wednesday, February 16 on CBS. But the most famous faces competing have yet to be announced, as two former players will once again be returning to the game, bringing the total contestant count to 18. (Their identities will be revealed later in the week.) This will not be the first time that two former players have come back to lead their tribes into battle: Stephenie Lagrossa and Bobby Jon Drinkard of Survivor: Palau returned for the Guatemala season,...

Three-time Survivor contestant Stephenie Lagrossa never took the winning title despite being one of the most popular players ever to appear on the CBS reality show. But on Saturday, Lagrossa took home another title when she wed Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Kyle Kendrick: Beautiful Bride. "I never thought there was 'the one,' but now I believe it," Lagrossa tells People. "He's what I needed my whole life and I'm so glad I finally found him." The couple exchanged platinum bands by DeSimone Jewelers in an outdoor ceremony in front of 105 guests at the Silverado Resort in Napa, Calif. The bride...

‘Author Stephenie Meyer reveals how she decided on the names of her title characters and other groups in her ‘Twilight’ saga!

For Twi-hards thinking that the names Isabella (Kristen Stewart) and Edward (Robert Pattinson) were randomly selected by Twilight author Stephenie Meyer think again — they both have a huge resonance in her life!

Now Magazine reports that for her dashing vampire lead, Stephenie wanted a traditional and romantic name and came up with Edward. “Edward was a perfect choice as it belongs to two great literary romantic heroes, Mr. Rochester in Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre and Mr. Ferrars in Jane Austen’s Sense And Sensibility.”

As for Isabella, Stephenie felt she loved the character like a daughter and decided to name her after … her daughter!

The Volturri are named after the latin word for vulture, a nod to the fact that unlike the Cullen family, this group feeds on humans.

A rumor has surfaced that suggests season 22 of Survivor will be a face-off between Russell Hantz and Rob Mariano, perhaps akin to Stephenie and Bobby Jon's return for Survivor Guatemala. And recently, first-season winner Richard Hatch has said he'll return to compete soon, while Ben "Coach" Wade said he was going to Nicaragua. First, while bringing Russell and Rob back is an awful, horrific idea--next spring is way too soon for either man to...

It had a chance of becoming one of the great "Survivor" ironic twists:  In the show's second season, Colby Donaldson had one of the classic complete "Survivor" performances, combining psychical domination with universal likability and remaining so true to his word that he essentially handed the million dollars to Tina Wesson.   In "Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains," on the other hand, Colby looked tired and apathetic. He made an early alliance with Tom Westman and Stephenie Lagrossa, but watched his friends get picked off one after another. Not only was he failing in challenges, but he was so weak that somehow...

Colby Donaldson was the last Hero left standing on "Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains."

He talks to Zap2it about his lack of enthusiasm this time around, how the game has changed and how classless he thought the Dumbest Move in "Survivor" History award was.

What made you want to do Survivor again?

Good question. It is a game that I fell in love with 10 years ago. I really did. I hold a lot of nostalgia for it. When the call came in, I was stoked. I was so excited. I immediately responded with yes. Unfortunately, I just didn't have a great experience.

It really seemed like this time around your heart wasn't in it. Is that a fair assessment?

[My heart was in it] in the beginning. It was tough for me when Stephenie and Tom got voted out, not just because they were my alliance and I really like them as players and people,...

"Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains" wraps up its season with a two-hour finale on Sunday, May 16, followed by a reunion show on which we will discover who won the $1 million prize. Following Thursday night's Tribal Council, we do know that person will not be fan favorite Rupert Boneham, who was ousted in a four-to-two vote. Et: At the beginning of the season, several of the Heroes, yourself included, seemed more like Villains than Heroes. There was some attitude in the tribe. What was going on with that? Rupert Boneham: Just like my daughter said to me about the first darn episodes, "Dada, you looked a little mad." I have to say, breaking my toe in the first hour of the first day had me a little off kilter. We did not find out until I got voted out of the game, it wasn't just one bone in one toe. It...

The Voice Of Boston Rob Is Heard Over A Black Screen Boston Rob The more and more I think about it, something doesn't feel right. Something just doesn't feel right. Fade In: Ext. Fenway Park – Night The stadium lights shine onto the field filled with a large crowd of mourners, mostly dressed in red and blue. Jeff Probst ...and as we gather to pay our last respects to Boston Rob, I'd like to take a moment of silence to remember the many things he brought to the game of Survivor. He was the Godfather who left too soon in Survivor: Marquesas.

After suffering what turned out to be a torn anterior cruciate ligament in last week's reward challenge on Survivor, James Clement seemed like a dead man walking. With four immunity-challenge losses to the Villains tribe, the last thing the Heroes needed was to keep an injured player. However, thanks to his strong alliance within the tribe, James was saved and Tom Westman was eliminated. Unfortunately, even after Colby Donaldson made a speech to the Heroes tribe about his impending exit, James was the one voted out because of his knee injury. The 32-year-old Clement spoke with TVGuide.com about Colby's lackadaisical attitude, his argument with Stephenie Lagrossa and who he thinks is the "Kareem Abdul-Jabbar of Survivor."

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Voted out after Villain Tyson Apostal on this week's Survivor double elimination, former Hero (and fan favorite?) James Clement was one again removed from the game under difficult circumstances.

In an exit interview with Entertainment Weekly James talks about how another injury impacted his early exit from the show and why he's not really as angry as the show made him out to be.

On which was the worst way to have his Survivor run end: with a double immunity idol blind side, a finger injury and now a knee injury: Probably the first time, because I had control but I just wasn’t paying attention. I loved the game of Survivor and had always watched the game of Survivor, so I kinda knew having two idols was a bad thing. The finger was just craziness — it was a precaution. And the knee thing, I was playing the game and doing the best I could.

After losing the "Hero Olympics" race against a backwards-running J.T., it was curtains for James Clement. The (former?) fan favorite had a controversial run on Survivor: Heroes vs Villains, getting into wars of words with Stephenie, Tom, and Colby, as well as tossing a bag at 50-year-old Randy after a challenge. Now, after being voted off due to his leg injury, James talks about why he does not owe Stephenie an apology, the reason his mom is so upset with the editing, and which of his three unceremonious Survivor exits hurts the most. Entertainment Weekly: So, how many minutes...

"Survivor: Palau" fan favorite and winner Tom Westman didn't fare as well on "Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains." A member of the "Heroes" team, which has lost four out of five Immunity Challenges this season, he was sacrificed at this week's Tribal Council. Tom was eliminated with five out of seven votes cast against him, despite the fact that James Clement had blown out his knee during the Reward Challenge and is playing the game injured. Et: You managed to stay one week longer than the tribe wanted, thanks to the Immunity Idol. Did you really have any hope this week that the tribe would vote for someone else to leave? Tom Westman: I did. I was fighting. That noose kept getting thrown around my neck and I kept slipping out of it. I hoped I was going to pull something off. I needed Jt to make that swing and come over.

The Heroes tribe continued their long painful descent into the abyss on the most recent episode of Survivor. First they lost a player to injury, then they lost two more challenges, and then they lost their freakin' minds! Even though James hurt his leg so badly that he was basically immobile, the tribe deemed him more valuable in challenges than one of the show's all-time dominant challenge performers, Tom Westman, voting out the fireman and Palau champ. I spoke to Tom this morning about how it all went wrong, and the ousted contestant pulled no punches in his assessment of his tribemates.

"Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains" has seen the Hero tribe lose 4 out of the first 5 Immunity Challenges. Tom Westman was the latest booted contestant.

What made you want to do Survivor again?

Originally it was very easy to say no. I said no to "Fans vs. Favorites" and I said no to this initially. My wife, who was responsible for sending me out the first time, she started working on me -- "I'm afraid you'll regret it, the opportunity's not going to come around again." It's such a fun game. Just to get out and play against these people, it was an opportunity that was tough to say no to.

Were you excited to be a Hero? And then were you disappointed by the Heroes tribe?

You know, I didn't put too much stock in that labeling. If anything, I kind of cringed because you know some of these idiots are...

Before Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains kicked off, there were two contestants everyone was worried about. One was Parvati. The other was just voted off. In a bold move, J.T. flipped sides at Tribal Council and voted out the master manipulator, Cirie Fields. How does the self-proclaimed "gangsta in an Oprah suit" feel about her unlikely ouster? Did Jeff Probst go too far at Tribal in influencing the vote? What did she think of James' attack on Stephenie? And would she consider coming back a — gulp! — fourth time to play? Cirie reveals all in the interview below! I want to start...

What? Survivor again? All I care about is how feral Claire turned into Rousseau, becoming Clouseau. Oh well, it's a dirty job, especially this week, but someone has to do it, and I am definitely someone. Back at Camp Likeable, returning from an acrimonious Tribal Council, Tom, who had seen in the vote that he had overplayed an empty hand, when the tribe voted to oust Stephenie, immediately changed his tune and started making nice to James. We heard the sweet, sweet sound of Tom osculating James's butt, right where he'd bitten it earlier that evening. Have you seen James's butt? Very kissable. Meanwhile Jt, who had only had an alliance with Tom, and also had only had an alliance with James, had to make nice to Tom about his leaving Tom swinging in the breeze. Tom, needing to cultivate friends not...