Overview
- Host Jeff Probst revealed the 24 players—including multi-season legends like Cirie Fields and Ozzy Lusth—on CBS Mornings May 28.
- Emmy-winning creator Mike White returns after finishing runner-up in 2018’s David vs. Goliath, fulfilling his long-held wish to rejoin an all-returners season.
- Fans voted on game mechanics such as hidden immunity idols, the final four fire-making challenge and tribe aesthetics during Season 48 to shape this milestone season.
- Production will begin this summer in Fiji’s Mamanuca Islands, where Survivor has filmed since Season 33, with two spots reserved for Season 49 competitors yet to be revealed.
- Survivor 50 is set to premiere in early 2026 on CBS and stream on Paramount+, extending Jeff Probst’s uninterrupted hosting streak since 2000.