Overview

• Season 48 earned four 2025 Emmy nominations: Outstanding Reality Competition Program, casting, host for Jeff Probst, and cinematography.
• The post-2020 overhaul shortened the game to 26 days and added new twists, a shift Probst says helped the series be rediscovered.
• Casting director Jesse Tannenbaum refocused recruitment on layered, authentic contestants with strong identities and real-life depth.
• Producers leaned into more personal, cinematic storytelling, highlighted by a Season 48 moment with Eva Erickson and Joe Hunter that moved Probst to tears.
• Winners of the 77th Primetime Emmys will be announced on September 15, 2025.