Survivor 50 Spoilers and Speculation

[violet and green]

On the plus side, really excited to see Christian and Emily play again. I adore Coach and his Coachisms, so am thrilled he's back. Also glad to see Rick Devens again.

I am hoping that they split the tribes up in such a way that the old school players don't get picked off one by one by the new era, as that is so dispiriting to watch. 

[LadyChatts]

1 hour ago, seacliffsal said:

I don't really see this as an All-Star, Legacy, whatever they're selling it as season.  I also don't want Jeff to see this (and promote it) as a 'which is better-OG Survivor or New Survivor' showdown.  Unfortunately, I think Jeff may see this as a way to validate the 'new era' Survivor which has replaced his failed talk show.  I would love season 50 to be longer and harder than the 'new era' but don't see that happening.  And, Jeff will take every opportunity to remind us all that the 'fans' voted for the season (but, did we really? and did we get to vote for the things that really matter?).  Tribe colors is not the important voting topic that he may think it is...

Will I watch?  Absolutely!  Will I enjoy it?  That's more questionable as I ended up not enjoying season 48 even though I watched it in its entirety.  We saw see.

I already know a new era player will get the episode title with the quote "This Isn't Your Gramma's Survivor!" or "This is Our Era Now" or something else that they will feel slights to the old schoolers, when in reality the pre-40 players will be trying to figure out why their clothes look and smell so fresh and clean and amazed at the all you can eat buffet provided at every reward.  

But I do think this is Probst turning this into a new era vs old era and justifying the changes made to new era Survivor.  He probably is hoping the old era players will sign off on his madness of where he's taken the show to further shove it in the face of fans that he knows best.

I'll watch too.  I've stuck with this show through the likes of World's Apart, Island of the Idols, Thailand, and 48.  It takes a lot more to get me to tune out lol  

[Artsda]

Kyle, Joe and Kamilla again? Oh they are going to be split so fast. 

[Diana Berry]

1 hour ago, violet and green said:

On the plus side, really excited to see Christian and Emily play again. I adore Coach and his Coachisms, so am thrilled he's back. Also glad to see Rick Devens again.

I am hoping that they split the tribes up in such a way that the old school players don't get picked off one by one by the new era, as that is so dispiriting to watch. 

If you follow newer players on sm , they are all buddies with others on newer seasons.  I fear that the old timers will be picked off very fast if they don’t split teams.  Not thrilled that winners are competing. I wanted all non winners.  
 

i wish Hunter and the other Kyle had made it

[Diana Berry]

13 hours ago, blackwing said:

Apart from Kamilla, I guess there's no room for any Asians in this cast?  And in particular, no people of East Asian heritage?  Would have liked to have seen the Shii Devil again.  Or what about Yul Kwon, Peih Gee, even Woo?  What about giving Kellee Kim another chance after what she endured with Dan?  What about Austin C00n instead of Dee?

I guess Dee is needed because she checks the Hispanic box?  There are other Hispanic Survivor alumni besides Ozzy and Dee.  Notably, Abi-Maria.  We didn't need Dee again.

I think Joe S48 was a given, but why are we seeing Kyle again?  Why not James Clement, Tasha Fox, Star, Michaela Bradshaw?  I would have given Francesca a chance to avoid being first voted out, instead of Kyle.

But she is a BAD player.  At FTC she was asked a question and she again started in with "I gave up rice".  I think whoever was asking the question cut her off and said "I don't want to hear about the rice again".

Sure, she is entertaining because she is so delusionally stupid, but when there are such a limited number of slots, why can't slots be given to people who are actually good players or actually did stuff in the game?

I think Austin is dating peachy’s niece. 

[Lantern7]

Is this going to take place in the same amount of time as "New Survivor"? Twenty-six days? They might go back to 39 because there will be 24 players. Maybe the show will borrow from The Challenge and have a "Purge" or two.

[MerBearHou]

So few I’m happy to see on Survivor again.  So many I’d rather weren’t on the list.  And I really didn’t want to see *any* winners return.  I loved the idea of making Survivor 50 a big deal, but have to say I’m not looking forward to the season now.  I’ll watch because I always do and sure hope it turns out better than today’s announcement made me feel.  

[TVFan1]

I would love it if Kyle, Kamilla, and Joe were the first 3 boots of S50.

[LoveLeigh]

I am hoping the Survivor 50 winner is announced LIVE after they wrap filming the episodes and the reunion show is LIVE in a studio when the winner is announced and not a pizza party.

[violet and green]

1 hour ago, Lantern7 said:

Is this going to take place in the same amount of time as "New Survivor"? Twenty-six days? They might go back to 39 because there will be 24 players. Maybe the show will borrow from The Challenge and have a "Purge" or two.

Jeff has confirmed it won't be going back to 39 days.

[Carey]

Really, they should have just stuck with 18 players.  Generously speaking; even 16 would have been fair enough here

[surfgirl]

10 hours ago, blackwing said:

I want grander challenges.  Instead of the tired "obstacle course then puzzle".  Bring back the giant maze where they had to go through and get four tokens.  Bring back memory challenges.  Bring back the "how well do you know each other" challenge.  Bring back the trivia challenge where you have to run through the jungle and read a passage and then go back to the beach and answer questions.

Yes to all of this! And being back the eating gross shit challenge.

Right now every season is the same tired challenges with slight tweaks. Bring back OG challenges and Exile Island - I liked thst a lot. People really broke down being alone - well alone with a camera crew! 

[Soapy Goddess]

2 hours ago, TVFan1 said:

I would love it if Kyle, Kamilla, and Joe were the first 3 boots of S50.

Especially Kyle. As if One Million dollars isn't enough 🙄

[OutOfTheQuestion]

13 hours ago, blackwing said:

Whenever there is an All Star season, isn't it a concern that these people all know each other or know of each other (I imagine there's one big Survivor Alumni Snapchat) and will form alliances in advance?  I know they won't know what tribe they are on, but they can at least have "just in case" conversations.

One issue of dividing by Old School and New Era, is that I don't see a whole lot of huge muscle in Old School, whereas New Era has Joe and Jonathan.   

The thing about the "old school" players is that by now, they're.....old.  I realize that Joe is 45 and was running rings around everyone last season, but he's the outlier.  Colby's entire story back in S20 was that he was getting older and no longer the physical dynamo he was in S2, so I don't see why he's back now again at age 51.

As for the pre-gaming aspect, it's been a part of every single season with returning players.  There's no way for CBS to prevent or stop it, because they can't enforce everything these people are doing in their private lives once their season contracts are up.  Even in S40, they even acknowledged the "pregaming" aspect for the first time within the show's narrative, with Yul guessing that certain players were aligned because they'd all been on a poker show together. 

[violet and green]

21 minutes ago, OutOfTheQuestion said:

Colby's entire story back in S20 was that he was getting older and no longer the physical dynamo he was in S2, so I don't see why he's back now again at age 51.

Unlike the physical dynamo known as Cirie?!

I am glad to see a cast loaded with more contestants out of the usual age range of current survivor seasons.

Coach, Colby, Mike White, Chrissy, and Cirie - all in their fifties.

Aubry, Jenna, Stephenie, Christian, Rick Devens, and Ozzy - all late thirties to mid to late forties.

[tv echo]

Jeff Probst says last Survivor 50 cast cuts were 'brutal'
"There are so many people we could have put out there, but there are only so many people you can put on the show."
By Dalton Ross   May 28, 2025 
https://ew.com/jeff-probst-says-last-survivor-50-cast-cuts-were-brutal-11743017 

Jeff Probst Reveals How 'White Lotus' Creator Mike White Made His Return to 'Survivor'
The host and executive producer says the Emmy winner had every intention to return for Season 50 from his first time out on the island.
Mike Bloom   May 28, 2025
https://parade.com/tv/jeff-probst-the-white-lotus-mike-white-season-50 

Mike White, the Guy Behind the Most Prestigious Prestige TV Series, Can’t Stop Doing Reality Shows
The creator of ‘The White Lotus’ is doing a second season of ‘Survivor.’ He’s also competed on ‘The Amazing Race’ — twice — and even appeared on an episode of ‘The Dog Whisperer.’
By Tony Maglio   May 28, 2025
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/mike-white-on-survivor-what-it-means-white-lotus-season-4-1236231836/ 

Edited May 29 by tv echo

[suebee18]

I agree, there should be no previous winners. And nobody who’s already played 3-4 times! Probst makes it sound like EVERYONE wanted to come back, but I’m sure plenty of people said, “yeah, no thanks”. Happy to see Cristian, Charlie, … hmm, that could be it 😬

[Carey]

I think I may have loved to see Eva here.  That means I'm the only one!

[LadyChatts]

10 hours ago, TVFan1 said:

I would love it if Kyle, Kamilla, and Joe were the first 3 boots of S50.

I saw a theory about Kyle and Kamilla downplaying their alliance in exit interviews, with Kyle saying they didn’t even really seriously align until the middle of the merge and David was always his #1.  Some people think they did that to try and throw  people off so they wouldn’t have huge targets coming into the game.  I just hope we don’t get any honor and integrity crap from him and Joe.  And honestly, the more I read the final 5s exit press, the less impressive Kyle’s game seemed to be.  

1 hour ago, Carey said:

I think I may have loved to see Eva here.  That means I'm the only one!

TBH, I would have loved her in this type of environment because I think she would have gotten a harsh reality check and had to actually play the game instead of just sliding through to the end.

9 hours ago, LoveLeigh said:

I am hoping the Survivor 50 winner is announced LIVE after they wrap filming the episodes and the reunion show is LIVE in a studio when the winner is announced and not a pizza party.

This was one of the things fans got to vote on (after show or live reunion) and while I think this will be a one time only thing for this season, I have a feeling we’ll be getting a live reunion show for the first time since S38.

[laurakaye]

18 hours ago, LadyChatts said:

Some people think Carolyn (44) got black balled for going on The Traitors, as Probst has more or less said he is tired of other shows poaching Survivor contestants...

Then Carolyn should be fuming that she was possibly cut because of Traitors but Cirie and Stephenie get to come back after not only being together on Traitors but on Snake in the Grass.

12 hours ago, LadyChatts said:

I'll watch too.  I've stuck with this show through the likes of World's Apart, Island of the Idols, Thailand, and 48.  It takes a lot more to get me to tune out lol  

Sigh, same...I'm in it for the long haul, I just don't make it top appointment live tv viewing whilst eating a special Survivor dessert anymore, lol.  If I catch it two days later on Hulu I'm fine with that now, which is kind of a bummer.  This show has been a constant in my life since my now adult children were babies so I can't quit it.

6 hours ago, OutOfTheQuestion said:

The thing about the "old school" players is that by now, they're.....old.  I realize that Joe is 45 and was running rings around everyone last season, but he's the outlier.  Colby's entire story back in S20 was that he was getting older and no longer the physical dynamo he was in S2, so I don't see why he's back now again at age 51.

Big Brother, of all shows, managed to change up their challenges in the past couple of seasons to make them more equitable for everyone in the cast, and I don't know why Survivor can't do the same and get my favorite old school "older" players on the show.  We do not need to see the same challenges over and over and over again.  There is variety to be had, if only Probst would allow it.  Give me back the gross food challenge, or storytime with Jeff followed by answering questions in the woods, or smashing a ceramic likeness of someone's face, etc., that anyone could do regardless of age. 

Not like any of this whining is going to change a thing, but still.

[LadyChatts]

37 minutes ago, laurakaye said:

Big Brother, of all shows, managed to change up their challenges in the past couple of seasons to make them more equitable for everyone in the cast, and I don't know why Survivor can't do the same and get my favorite old school "older" players on the show.  We do not need to see the same challenges over and over and over again.  There is variety to be had, if only Probst would allow it.  Give me back the gross food challenge, or storytime with Jeff followed by answering questions in the woods, or smashing a ceramic likeness of someone's face, etc., that anyone could do regardless of age. 

Not like any of this whining is going to change a thing, but still.

I think this is one of the downsides to staying in Fiji all these seasons.  When Survivor visited other countries, challenges a lot of times has cultural elements to them (which is Probst’s excuse for not bringing back the gross eating challenge).  And while I get that, they still could do that challenge once in a while.  Except in modern day Survivor they’d be eating stale donuts and day old bread for this challenge.  The horror!  
 

It would be cool if 50 was a throwback to seasons past with different challenges used throughout the shows tenure.  But I think, going back to my original point, this is a downside of staying in the same place because they have all the same sets and pieces there so it’s just easier to re-use them.  I’d think that when contestants were openly saying they built exact replicas of puzzles and challenges and made their own Survivor amusement park in their backyard that would have been a clue to change things up.  But Probst?  “Now that’s dedication!”  I miss the hours-long endurance challenges, but Probst said production and himself would get bored and tired waiting so they try to speed it up.  Remember when he used to bring food out to tempt people to drop out?

I liked the challenge where Survivor gave back and the winners of the reward challenge went to a local village with supplies for an orphanage or hospital or something like that.  In some ways I wish the Fijian government would terminate Survivor’s agreement.  I know at one point there were rumblings that this was going to happen but I think they came to an agreement again.  
 

And while I know there would never be a cast that would make everyone happy or be great, I’m still so annoyed that we lost the likes of Rob C., Sean Rector and Jerri for 9 people from 45-49.  Almost half the cast is coming from these seasons.

Edited May 29 by LadyChatts

[Lantern7]

3 hours ago, Carey said:

I think I may have loved to see Eva here.  That means I'm the only one!

I don’t hate her, per se. I understand if she was seen as a brat. Even with fewer days and more rewards, the environment can make anyone tetchy. It’s just that the autism thing was getting emphasis from the editing. I keep imagining Probst waiting for her to break down, just so he could come in and pick her up.

I’m thinking she turned down an invite. Also, I’m wondering why Jerri would have been considered. What, did she figure she brought balance with Colby, where one must be there when there’s the other? As for Mike White . . . given that he’s probably loaded already (I totally forgot about The White Lotus), wouldn’t that work against him?

I’m assuming Colleen couldn’t be reached. When your one movie role is the love interest in a friggin’ Rob Schneider movie, you’d probably want to keep a low profile. At least Colleen didn’t become a profound disappointment like Elisabeth.

Edited May 29 by Lantern7

[phlebas]

So did they just not bother to ask Courtney Yates or did they call her and she told them to f*ck off?  Maybe the Dragonslayer still has a restraining order out?

It's been some time since we had iconic confessionals.  Probably since the spy shack days. 

[blackwing]

3 hours ago, Carey said:

I think I may have loved to see Eva here.  That means I'm the only one!

The contestants would have all seen Season 48.  I don't think returning players would coddle her or cater to her meltdowns or give her special treatment.  She would have a meltdown, Jeff would cream his shorts again, nobody wants to hold her hand and be linked to her like Joe was.  She probably ends up quitting once she realises that nobody is going to babysit her.

9 hours ago, surfgirl said:

Yes to all of this! And being back the eating gross shit challenge.

Right now every season is the same tired challenges with slight tweaks. Bring back OG challenges and Exile Island - I liked thst a lot. People really broke down being alone - well alone with a camera crew! 

47 minutes ago, LadyChatts said:

I think this is one of the downsides to staying in Fiji all these seasons.  When Survivor visited other countries, challenges a lot of times has cultural elements to them (which is Probst’s excuse for not bringing back the gross eating challenge).  And while I get that, they still could do that challenge once in a while.  Except in modern day Survivor they’d be eating stale donuts and day old bread for this challenge.  The horror!  

Yes, I remember Jeffy saying they stopped the gross eating challenges because he said it was disrespectful to other cultures.  Like balut, scorpions, etc.  But why can't they do it with just bugs and offal and stuff like that?  The live larvae.  Beetles.  Cockroaches.  Mouse tails.  Grasshoppers.  Cow brains.  Fish eyes.  Bull penis.  Sheep testicles.  This is Season 50, surely they can find a way to make it work.

[surfgirl]

47 minutes ago, blackwing said:

Yes, I remember Jeffy saying they stopped the gross eating challenges because he said it was disrespectful to other cultures. 

Most of the time, the behavior of contestants, and parading around in their dirty underwear is also disrespectful to other cultures, but that's never stopped Survivor before. That smells like a weak excuse to me.

I'm disappointed that they didn't invite back Boston Rahb, Sandra, and Yul, unless they did and they declined. I'd love to also see an Exile Island where they do a Boston Rob/Sandra/iconic player whomever tutorial like they did that one season, along with the same iconic players in their spy shack at the TCs, giving their two cents on what's going down. That was entertaining to me.

ETA: Now that I think about it, I wish that they'd just done one player per season for all seasons, which would be 49, plus one iconic player or someone who really got robbed during their season, to make it an even 50 players. Extend it back to the full OG season length of time and figure out ways to work in some double TCs so two people are voted out in one week, to whittle it down to the desired number of people at the end. And Mike White? WTAF?!?

Edited Thursday at 05:34 PM by surfgirl

[phlebas]

If they couldn't make the obvious fixes to the auction, the gross food challenge would defeat them easily

Edited Thursday at 07:11 PM by phlebas
typo fix

[tkc]

On 5/28/2025 at 1:35 PM, blackwing said:

Bring back the trivia challenge where you have to run through the jungle and read a passage and then go back to the beach and answer questions.

In the immortal words of the great Rudy Boesch (RIP), “I don’t know.”

[seacliffsal]

I've seen a few references about contestants trying to appeal to Mike White to be in one of his projects, etc.  I think it's really Jeff who wants to be in one of Mike's projects.  Jeff seems to be bored with the Survivor he has created from the OG Survivor (and it's all his fault).  So, he's looking to extend himself into acting via Mike White IMO.

[surfgirl]

2 hours ago, seacliffsal said:

I've seen a few references about contestants trying to appeal to Mike White to be in one of his projects, etc.  I think it's really Jeff who wants to be in one of Mike's projects.  Jeff seems to be bored with the Survivor he has created from the OG Survivor (and it's all his fault).  So, he's looking to extend himself into acting via Mike White IMO.

That would only work if there was a part for an aging Peter Pan guy with a 'need to be cool' complex who will sell out anyone for a buck to make himself look better. Wait, maybe there IS a role out there for Peachy!

[30 Helens]

15 hours ago, laurakaye said:

Big Brother, of all shows, managed to change up their challenges in the past couple of seasons to make them more equitable for everyone in the cast, and I don't know why Survivor can't do the same

Jeff thinks he’s made everything equitable by tacking on a puzzle to the end of every challenge. 

I expect the glut of players from recent seasons was a mandate to ensure casual/ new viewers would tune in, because they would be certain to recognize several of the players. Trying to remember castaways from five+ years ago makes brains hurt, and cannot possibly be expected. 

Meh. All this list does is prove how out of touch Jeff and CBS are with the real fan base. Even most of the old-school bones they threw us are disappointing. I have been a huge Cirie fan, all the way to her leaf-fearing days, but even I am like ENOUGH ALREADY. And do we really need more Ozzy? (I’m sure his real fans have already seen MORE than enough of him.) We haven’t even seen the two players from 49 yet, but I’m already prepared to hate them on principle.

[tv echo]

I have a feeling that Boston Rob is going to show up on Season 50 in some capacity, just not as a contestant.

Edited Friday at 12:26 PM by tv echo

[blackwing]

6 hours ago, 30 Helens said:

We haven’t even seen the two players from 49 yet, but I’m already prepared to hate them on principle.

I am convinced that Pink Pants from the preview is going to make it.  Because he checks two boxes that are very underrepresented in the cast... Asian and gay.  As far as I can tell, Kamilla is the only Asian (and some people would say that South Asian and East Asian aren't the same) and Mike White is possibly the only gay contestant.

Pink Pants is probably the main reason why I am cringing about Season 49.  Hopefully he isn't as annoying as he came off in the preview.

[LadyChatts]

1 hour ago, blackwing said:

I am convinced that Pink Pants from the preview is going to make it.  Because he checks two boxes that are very underrepresented in the cast... Asian and gay.  As far as I can tell, Kamilla is the only Asian (and some people would say that South Asian and East Asian aren't the same) and Mike White is possibly the only gay contestant.

Pink Pants is probably the main reason why I am cringing about Season 49.  Hopefully he isn't as annoying as he came off in the preview.

Ozzy is bi, so he’d check the box of an LGBTQIA+ contestant too.  
 

Totally agree with all your thoughts on the S49 contestant.  I don’t see why we needed two of them, either.  Hopefully both are considered early fodder if they are insufferable.  I wonder if Probst offered them a spot at the live after show so he can make a big deal about it when the S49 finale airs?  
 

Also heard that Stephenie was pre-gaming already to get Cirie out.  I’m really lost what the appeal is with Stephenie.  I watched her on The Traitors and the other reality show her and Cirie did (Snake in the Grass) and I don’t get why she’s so in demand.  And I can’t say she’s that good at playing Survivor.  

[laurakaye]

Earl, Vecepia, Todd, Penner, Jerri.  Those are the few I was really hoping to see.  The first three because I greatly missed all of them on WaW.  Penner because he talks back to Probst and I wonder how the newly zen Uncle Jeff would respond to that, and if I have to see Colby on my screen again then I want Jerri there knocking him down a few pegs, making him wonder if he's still a Hershey Bar while she ignores him.

 

[Brown44]

On 5/28/2025 at 8:54 PM, violet and green said:

It's worse. There's three. Three of them!

Who's the 3rd?

[LadyChatts]

1 hour ago, laurakaye said:

Earl, Vecepia, Todd, Penner, Jerri.  Those are the few I was really hoping to see.  The first three because I greatly missed all of them on WaW.  Penner because he talks back to Probst and I wonder how the newly zen Uncle Jeff would respond to that, and if I have to see Colby on my screen again then I want Jerri there knocking him down a few pegs, making him wonder if he's still a Hershey Bar while she ignores him.

 

Considering Jerri was at a loss why Colby was cast and not her, my guess is he’s now the discontinued chocolate bar in her eyes.  You know, Jeff said 50 wasn’t going to be about casting players with grudges so I wonder if that was part of the madness to his casting process?  Did he think Jerri his first man crush look bad?  I’ve seen some people say Colby bombed out so bad on the challenges during HvsV that he’s basically a former shell of his former self.  My feeling is as long as he can untie a bag, crawl through a muddy net, and put a puzzle together he should be fine.

[Cheyanne11]

4 hours ago, Brown44 said:

Who's the 3rd?

Kyle, Kamila, and Joe.

[Brown44]

1 hour ago, Cheyanne11 said:

Kyle, Kamila, and Joe.

JOE?!!!

[Carey]

3 hours ago, tv echo said:

I have a feeling that Boston Rob is going to show up on Season 50 in some capacity, just not as a contestant.

For a second I read that as not just as a contestant.  More on that later, maybe elsewhere, but wouldn't it be great to insert him and others into the season?

In lieu of the final tasks and that unpopular fire making thing they do to determine the 15th player out of the game, just have Boston Rob and whomever else take on the roles of the so-called "BOBS" from a rather infamous movie.  At final 5, do an interview, a rigorous one on Survivor, from the past present and future.

Afterwards, upon the opportunity for Rob to tell the folks they suck.  That's followed by Jeff putting the fire out of 2 people's torches, and viola!  You have your final three!

[tv echo]

Boston Rob reveals why he turned down Survivor 50 casting: 'I have played so many times'
By Sydney Bucksbaum   May 30, 2025
https://ew.com/why-boston-rob-mariano-turned-down-survivor-50-casting-11745839 

Quote

Boston Rob Mariano is taking full responsibility for his absence from the Survivor 50 cast list.

The five-time Survivor player and one-time winner posted a lengthy statement to his Instagram on Friday revealing why he turned down a spot on the coveted milestone season's cast list.

"Wow!!! I got all of your DM‘s and messages so so many thank you all!!" Mariano wrote. "But literally don’t be mad @survivorcbs and @jeffprobst early on they called and asked… I just felt like I have played so many times and I am truly fulfilled with my Survivor Journey."
*  *  *
"I wanted my spot to go to someone else that deserved another chance!" he wrote. "I’ve gotten so much out of Survivor. It will always be a part of who I am! I’m eternally grateful. Like I said ..It’s gonna be OK. I feel like something good is coming!!!"

Edited Saturday at 02:55 PM by tv echo

[Carey]

It's really not a big deal.  Well, it is, but as mentioned, there's nothing left to prove.  Add in the fact that the show has been watered down, it can be a turn-off for several of the past greats.

One thing I didn't see mentioned there was the fact that there's a major change in his personal life.  I believe his daughter graduated so her own life change is big enough to where I couldn't fault Rob for opting out of Season 50.

[Nashville]

2 hours ago, Carey said:

One thing I didn't see mentioned there was the fact that there's a major change in his personal life.  I believe his daughter graduated so her own life change is big enough to where I couldn't fault Rob for opting out of Season 50.

Not sure; Rob’s and Amber’s oldest daughter was born in 2009, so she’d be what… 15, 16 tops?  Or did she graduate high school early?

[Carey]

17 minutes ago, Nashville said:

Not sure; Rob’s and Amber’s oldest daughter was born in 2009, so she’d be what… 15, 16 tops?  Or did she graduate high school early?

Oh my fault.  I'm thinking of someone else.

However, I think I can see why I posted the above.  The big thing with Rob & Amber's oldest was that she got her license.  In terms of graduation, their second oldest did graduate.  From middle school, not high school.  No early commencement at this time

[kav]

On 5/30/2025 at 1:14 PM, laurakaye said:

Earl, Vecepia, Todd, Penner, Jerri.  Those are the few I was really hoping to see.  The first three because I greatly missed all of them on WaW.  Penner because he talks back to Probst and I wonder how the newly zen Uncle Jeff would respond to that, and if I have to see Colby on my screen again then I want Jerri there knocking him down a few pegs, making him wonder if he's still a Hershey Bar while she ignores him.

 

I heard Penner was on, but had to pull out because of illness/injury.

[ApprenticeFan]

Looks like the 50th season has begun filming on the day of the show's 25th anniversary (May 31, Fiji time; Fiji is 16 hours ahead of Eastern Time).

[laurakaye]

On 5/30/2025 at 7:30 PM, Brown44 said:

JOE?!!!

He's my hero.  He's your hero.  He's everyone's hero.  He should have won.  I love him.  It's my show.  

 - J. Probst

[Nashville]

On 5/31/2025 at 5:31 PM, kav said:

I heard Penner was on, but had to pull out because of illness/injury.

Well, yeah; it IS Penner, after all….  😄

[tv echo]

This writer believes that the most likely winner will be an "underdog" female castaway (like Tiffany or Jenna). I guess we'll see if he's correct next year...

Why History Says ‘Survivor 50’ Will Be Won by a Woman No One Saw Coming
By Michael Block   Jun 3, 2025
https://collider.com/survivor-50-history-points-to-underdog-winner/