It’s always a delicate balance withSurvivor.
That delicate balance has always extended to casting as well.
And that conceit remained unchanged for the first seven seasons.
The Mogo-Mogo tribe on ‘Survivor All-Stars’.Robert Voets/CBS/Getty Images
Then cameSurvivor: All-Stars.
The answer has varied.
The pace slowed somewhat after that.
Linia Wallace, Xander Hastings, Deshawn Radden, and Danny McCray at Tribal Council on the 11th episode of ‘Survivor 41’.Robert Voets/CBS
At least when it comes to returning players?
Both groups of all-new players werefun and fought hard, making for entertaining TV each and every week.
For his part, Probst gives all the credit to theSurvivorcasting team.
Jeff Probst on ‘Survivor 43’.Robert Voets/CBS
“Lynne Spillman was the first.
She was there from day one and found some of the most iconicSurvivorplayers of all time.
She’s a legend and the first inductee into the Unscripted Casting Hall of Fame.
So many of them are on our list for a second shot at some point.”
Ahhhhh… “at some point.”
But when exactly will that some point be?
So, if that is the case, whenwillwe see former contestants heading back to the island?
So ifSurvivor 44is indeed all newbies, that would match the franchise’s longest streak of shunning returnees.
Does that meanSurvivor 45will feature some past favorites?
Not necessarily, if recent history is any guide.
Based on all the evidence, it just makes too much sensenotto happen.
