‘Survivor 50’ cast revealed

Survivor normally waits until about a month before a season premieres to officially reveal its cast, but nothing is normal about what will be the landmark 50^th installment of the reality competition series.

Even though Survivor 50 will not hit TV screens until 2026, and the full cast for the season that airs before it (Survivor 49) has yet to be revealed outside of a teaser video, host and showrunner Jeff Probst announced the Survivor 50 cast on Wednesday’s episode of CBS Mornings.

The supersized cast of 24 people marks the biggest group of contestants yet, and features players going all the way back to season 1 of Survivor: Borneo (Jenna Lewis-Dougherty) as well as two as yet unnamed competitors from Survivor 49 , which just filmed a few weeks ago and will air this fall on CBS.

The cast also features two legends competing for the fifth time in Cirie Fields and Ozzy Lusth. That will tie them with Boston Rob Mariano, who played five different times (while also appearing as a non-competing mentor on a sixth season).

And non-Survivor fans will notice an otherwise famous face returning to the franchise as The White Lotus creator Mike White will be competing alongside two of his David vs. Goliath castmates (one of whom he also put onto season 2 of the HBO hit series in Angelina Keeley).

While the cast goes all the way back to the beginning, there is definitely an emphasis on the most recent seasons. Five of the players come from seasons 48 and 49, while 11 of the 24 Survivor 50 castaways are from the last five seasons, including the only two winners, Dee Valladares (Survivor 45) and Kyle Fraser (Survivor 48).

There are also no contestants who competed for the very first time between seasons 19 and 31, with the entire cast first gracing our screens either before or after Survivor’s middle era.

Realizing the full cast was going to leak anyway, CBS decided for the first time since Survivor: Cambodia — Second Chance (which featured players voted in by fans) in 2015 to announce the cast before filming began. Although viewers could not vote players in for season 50 like they did on Cambodia, they were able to vote on several key elements of the game this spring. Those closely guarded results will now be put into action when filming begins shortly on Survivor 50.

But, for now, the attention is all on the contestants, so without further ado, meet the official cast of Survivor 50, presented chronologically from their first appearance on the show. (The two mystery contestants from Survivor 49 will be added once they are officially announced.) Check out Jeff Probst’s announcement video below, along with photos of all the cast members underneath that.

Jenna Lewis-Dougherty

Survivor: Borneo (eighth place)
Survivor: All-Stars (third place)

Colby Donaldson

Survivor: The Australian Outback (second place)
Survivor: All-Stars (12th place)
Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains (fifth place)

Stephenie LaGrossa Kendrick

Survivor: Pulau (seventh place)
Survivor: Guatemala (second place)
Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains (19th place)

Cirie Fields

Survivor: Panama — Exile Island (fourth place)
Survivor: Micronesia — Fans vs. Favorites (third place)
Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains (17th place)
Survivor: Game Changers (sixth place)

Ozzy Lusth

Survivor: Cook Islands (second place)
Survivor: Micronesia — Fans vs. Favorites (ninth place)
Survivor: South Pacific (fourth place)
Survivor: Game Changers (12th place)

Benjamin “Coach” Wade

Survivor: Tocantins (fifth place)
Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains (12th place)
Survivor: South Pacific (second place)

Aubry Bracco

Survivor: Kaoh Rong (second place)
Survivor: Game Changers (fifth place)
Survivor: Edge of Extinction (16th place)

Chrissy Hofbeck

Survivor: Heroes vs. Healers vs. Hustlers (second place)

Christian Hubicki

Survivor: David vs. Goliath (seventh place)

Angelina Keeley

Survivor: David vs. Goliath (third place)

Mike White

Survivor: David vs. Goliath (second place)

Rick Devens

Survivor: Edge of Extinction (fourth place)

Jonathan Young

Survivor 42 (fourth place)

Emily Flippen

Survivor 45 (seventh place)

Dee Valladares

Survivor 45 (winner)

Quintavius “Q” Burdette

Survivor 46 (sixth place)

Charlie Davis

Survivor 46 (second place)

Tiffany Ervin

Survivor 46 (eighth place)

Genevieve Mushaluk

Survivor 47 (fifth place)

Kyle Fraser

Survivor 48 (winner)

Joe Hunter

Survivor 48 (third place)

Kamilla Karthigesu

Survivor 48 (fourth place)

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