Survivor 50: In the Hands of the Fans

Survivor 50: In the Hands of the Fans
Season 50
Presented byJeff Probst
No. of days26
No. of castaways24
LocationMamanuca Islands, Fiji
No. of episodes4
Release
Original networkCBS
Original releaseFebruary 25, 2026 (2026-02-25) –
present
Additional information
Filming datesJune 6 (2025-06-06) –
July 1, 2025 (2025-07-01)[1]
Season chronology

Survivor 50: In the Hands of the Fans is the 50th season of the American competitive reality television series Survivor. It premiered on February 25, 2026, on CBS in the United States, and it is the eighteenth consecutive season to be filmed in the Mamanuca Islands in Fiji.[2] Commemorating the show’s twenty-fifth anniversary, and celebrating the show’s fans, this season features game mechanics and production designs chosen by an online public vote which occurred during Survivor 48.

The cast was officially revealed on May 28, 2025, one week after Survivor 48's finale. During the cast reveal, 22 out of the 24 players were announced, with two other players, both from the preceding Survivor 49, remaining a mystery until December 17, 2025, following the Survivor 49 finale.[3][4] With 24 contestants, this is also the largest cast the show has had to date. In addition, Zac Brown made an appearance on the island as part of a tribal reward, while fellow musician Billie Eilish had her name attached to a special immunity idol used this season. Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon and social media personality MrBeast are also expected to be name-dropped and/or make appearances during the season, as celebrity fans who will impact the game.[5][6]

It is the fifteenth season to feature returning players, and the sixth to feature a cast consisting entirely of returning players, following Survivor: All-Stars, Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains, Survivor: Cambodia - Second Chances, Survivor: Game Changers, and Survivor: Winners at War.

Production

On December 15, 2023, Manoa Kamikamica, the Fijian Minister of Commerce, Trade, Tourism and Transport, announced that the Fijian Parliament had renewed its contract with Survivor for an additional two years.[7] On April 27, 2024, Jeff Probst announced that the 50th season would feature returning players.[8] Filming began on June 6, 2025.[9] The premiere episode ran for three hours.[10]

Before the filming of the series, the Survivor production team hosted a series of challenges for season 2 of the Amazon Prime Video reality series Beast Games, with Jeff Probst appearing as a co-host as part of the crossover. The series also featured a number of former Survivor contestants. As part of the crossover Beast Games presenter Jimmy "MrBeast" Donaldson is set to appear in an episode of Survivor 50 as a celebrity fan, introducing a twist.[11]

Public vote

On February 22, 2025, Probst announced the season as Survivor 50: In the Hands of the Fans. For the first time ever, viewers were given the opportunity to vote on game mechanics and production choices that would appear on the season. Voting began on February 26, 2025, during the premiere of Survivor 48.[12] Unlike the voting for Survivor: Cambodia, in which viewers could cast up to 20 votes per day for up to 15 days to determine the cast of that season, fans were only able to cast one vote per ballot question, and all the questions were spread out over four non-consecutive weeks during the airing of Survivor 48.[13][14][15][16]

The following questions were put to a vote by Survivor producers:

  Winner (Percentage has been included when cited)
In the Hands of the Fans vote
Date Subject matter Options References
February 26, 2025[13] Tribe colors Blue, orange, and green Orange, teal, and magenta Green, red, and yellow [17]
Rice Give them rice! (40%) Make players earn it! (60%) [18][19]
Final four fire-making Keep it Lose it
Vote reveal & reunion Do it live in Los Angeles! Keep it in Fiji! [20][21]
March 19, 2025[14] Final four challenge Pinball Wizard The Obstacle Course Simmotion
Advantages Minimal power Strategic power Dynamic power [19]
Tribe switch Yes No [22]
April 16, 2025[15] Immunity necklace Design A (a medallion) Design B (a decorative bird)
Tribe supplies Give them their camp supplies! (47%) Make them earn their camp supplies! (53%) [19]
Twists I don't like twists - keep them rare! I love twists - bring them on!
May 14, 2025[16] Idols No (20%) Yes (80%) [23]

Celebrity fans' twists

In addition to the public vote from viewers, the season also featured a number of game twists introduced by celebrity fans.[5]

Episode Introduced Twist Conceived by Effect
1 Boomerang Idol Billie Eilish This immunity idol found in the pre-merge had to be gifted to a player on another tribe. When gifted, the Idol could be used and held only by the player to whom it was gifted. If the player is voted out with the Idol, it returns to the castaway who originally found it.
4 Celebrity Reward Zac Brown The tribe who finished first in the Day Nine reward/immunity challenge won a trip to the Survivor Sanctuary to have an outing with Zac Brown, who provided a meal that he caught while spearfishing. Brown also performed a private concert for the winning tribe.

Casting

In casting this season, Probst stated, "We want a cast that represents all types of players, spanning all the eras. An array of people who have slept bled this ever-changing game design for the last 25 years. Because, really, Survivor 50 is a representation of everyone who has ever played and the fans who've been with us for the entire time."[24] In August 2024, Probst stated that the casting team started with a list of 200 previous players and had narrowed it down to 100 by that point in time.[25] When asked by Dalton Ross in October 2024 about players potentially in the casting pool taking offers for shows on other networks including Australian Survivor and The Traitors, Probst said "We've had many players call us and say, 'I only want to do Survivor again.' That also makes an impression on us. We take note of that loyalty, and we appreciate it. But we definitely don't demand it."[26] By February 2025, the list was whittled down to 50.[27] Following the cast reveal on May 28, 2025, Probst said "Casting Survivor 50 was kind of like casting the ultimate all-time movie. And you think about all the actors who are alive today that you could put in that movie, but there is only so many roles, and we wanted Fifty to be a little taste of everything. 'Cause...we've done Heroes vs. Villains, and Game Changers, and Fans vs. Favorites, and winners. We wanted to taste every flavor, every type personality, all the eras."[28]

The first 22 (out of 24) players in the cast were officially revealed by Probst on the May 28, 2025, edition of CBS Mornings. The final two cast members, both from Survivor 49 which had yet to air, would not be revealed until after that season's finale on December 17. Five-time Survivor player "Boston Rob" Mariano was one of the castaways contacted for this season, but he declined, saying that he was taking a hiatus from competitive reality shows.[29][6] Amanda Kimmel from Survivor: China, Survivor: Micronesia and Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains was similarly contacted to be on the season but declined due to scheduling issues.[30]

Contestants that were reportedly in consideration but cut include: Spencer Bledsoe from Survivor: Cagayan and Survivor: Cambodia,[31] Rob Cesternino from Survivor: The Amazon and Survivor: All-Stars,[32] Rome Cooney from Survivor 47, Tevin Davis from Survivor 46,[33][34] Jessica "Figgy" Figueroa from Survivor: Millennials vs. Gen X,[34] Abi-Maria Gomes from Survivor: Philippines and Survivor: Cambodia,[35] Jesse Lopez from Survivor 43,[34] Jerri Manthey from Survivor: The Australian Outback, Survivor: All-Stars, and Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains,[36] Jonathan Penner from Survivor: Cook Islands, Survivor: Micronesia, and Survivor: Philippines,[37] Sean Rector from Survivor: Marquesas,[32] Davie Rickenbacker from Survivor: David vs. Goliath,[38] Natalie Tenerelli from Survivor: Redemption Island, and Carolyn Wiger from Survivor 44.[31]

In the Hands of the Fans is the first season to not follow the CBS diversity initiative, since its introduction in Survivor 41, which required at least half the cast to be Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC), with only between 10-11 out of the 24 players being of a BIPOC background. This aligns with the decision by CBS to nebulously discontinue the casting diversity initiative, amid broader discussions to roll back diversity, equity, and inclusion policies in April 2025.[39] Despite the hypothetical change in policy, Jesse Tannenbaum (casting director for all of CBS's reality shows) stated, "Well, from my perspective, nothing's changed. I've always, in the back of my mind, felt we needed more diversity on these shows...I'm still shooting for having a really diverse cast because I think everybody needs to be represented."[40]

Marketing

In the lead up to the season, Fiji Airways announced that it would create an Airbus A350 Survivor 50-branded plane with its registration DQ-FAM, in conjunction with a sweepstakes that awarded fans with a trip to Fiji during this season's filming.[41]

On January 30, 2026, the series launched a national scavenger hunt with 50 immunity idols hidden in each of the 50 U.S. states with each person who finds an idol entered into a grand prize sweepstakes to attend the live finale in Los Angeles.[42]

Beginning on February 9, 2026, CBS began airing 10 reruns of classic Survivor episodes programmed as "The Road to 50." These episodes were key points in the Survivor 50 cast's journey to the season. Episodes included are from Survivor: Micronesia, Survivor: Tocantins, Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains, Survivor: South Pacific, Survivor: Heroes vs. Healers vs. Hustlers, Survivor: David vs. Goliath, Survivor: Edge of Extinction, Survivor 45, Survivor 46 and Survivor 48.[43]

Contestants

From left to right: Jenna Lewis-Dougherty, Stephenie LaGrossa Kendrick, Cirie Fields, Ozzy Lusth, Benjamin "Coach" Wade, and Mike White

22 of the 24 castaways competing on Survivor 50 were officially announced on CBS Mornings on May 28, 2025. Two remaining contestants from Survivor 49 were left unannounced and were later announced on the conclusion of the latter's finale, which was on December 17, 2025.[6][44]

In addition to the various past appearances of the contestants on Survivor and other reality shows, the series notably reunites Cirie Fields & Stephenie LaGrossa Kendrick, who competed against each other on Snake in the Grass and The Traitors, which aired in mid 2022 and early 2023, respectively.[45] Fields also competed internationally on Australian Survivor: Australia V The World.[46]

List of Survivor 50: In the Hands of the Fans contestants[17][22]
Contestant Age From Tribe Finish Shot in the Dark
Status 		Advantage(s) /
Disadvantage(s)
on hand
Original Switched Merged Placement Day
Jenna Lewis-Dougherty
Borneo & All-Stars 		47 Woodland,
California 		Cila 1st voted out Day 3 Unused
Kyle Fraser
Survivor 48 		31 Brooklyn,
New York 		Vatu Medically evacuated Day 4
Savannah Louie
Survivor 49 		31 Atlanta,
Georgia 		Cila 2nd voted out Day 6
Quintavius "Q" Burdette
Survivor 46 		31 Germantown,
Tennessee 		Vatu Vatu 3rd voted out Day 8
Mike White
David vs. Goliath 		54 Hanalei,
Hawaii 		Kalo 4th voted out Day 9
Aubry Bracco
Kaôh Rōng, Game Changers &
Edge of Extinction 		39 Hampton Falls,
New Hampshire 		Vatu Kalo Active Boomerang Idol[a]
Charlie Davis
Survivor 46 		27 Boston,
Massachusetts 		Kalo Cila Active
Rick Devens
Edge of Extinction 		41 Macon,
Georgia 		Cila Cila Active
Colby Donaldson
The Australian Outback, All-Stars &
Heroes vs. Villains 		51 Austin,
Texas 		Vatu Kalo Active Lost Vote
Tiffany Ervin
Survivor 46 		34 Los Angeles,
California 		Kalo Kalo Active
Cirie Fields
Panama, Micronesia, Heroes vs. Villains
& Game Changers 		54 Jersey City,
New Jersey 		Cila Cila Active Extra Vote
Emily Flippen
Survivor 45 		30 Laurel,
Maryland 		Cila Vatu Active
Chrissy Hofbeck
Heroes vs. Healers vs. Hustlers 		54 The Villages,
Florida 		Kalo Kalo Active
Christian Hubicki
David vs. Goliath 		39 Tallahassee,
Florida 		Cila Vatu Active
Joe Hunter
Survivor 48 		45 West Sacramento,
California 		Cila Kalo Active
Kamilla Karthigesu
Survivor 48 		31 Foster City,
California 		Kalo Cila Active
Angelina Keeley
David vs. Goliath 		35 San Diego,
California 		Vatu Vatu Active
Stephenie LaGrossa Kendrick
Palau, Guatemala & Heroes vs. Villains 		45 Dunedin,
Florida 		Vatu Vatu Active
Oscar "Ozzy" Lusth
Cook Islands, Micronesia, South Pacific
& Game Changers 		43 Guanajuato,
Mexico 		Cila Vatu Active Boomerang Idol[b]
Genevieve Mushaluk
Survivor 47 		34 Winnipeg,
Manitoba 		Vatu Kalo Active
Dee Valladares
Survivor 45 		28 Miami,
Florida 		Kalo Cila Active
Rizo Velovic
Survivor 49 		25 Yonkers,
New York 		Vatu Cila Active Boomerang Idol[b]
Benjamin "Coach" Wade
Tocantins, Heroes vs. Villains &
South Pacific 		53 Susanville,
California 		Kalo Kalo Active
Jonathan Young
Survivor 42 		32 Gulf Shores,
Alabama 		Kalo Cila Active
  1. ^ This Immunity Idol will return back to Christian if the player holding the idol does not use it and is voted out.
  2. ^ a b This Immunity Idol will return back to Genevieve if the player holding the idol does not use it and is voted out.

Season summary

Survivor 50 season summary
Episode Challenge winner(s) Eliminated
No. Title Air date Reward Immunity Tribe Player
1 "Epic Party" February 25, 2026 Vatu Kalo Cila Jenna
Vatu
None Vatu Kyle
2 "Therapy Carousel" March 4, 2026 Cila Vatu Cila Savannah
Kalo Kalo
3 "Did You Vote For a Swap?" March 11, 2026 Cila Vatu Q
Kalo
4 "Knife to the Heart" March 18, 2026 Kalo Vatu Mike
Cila
5 "Open Wounds" March 25, 2026

Episodes

See also: Lists of Survivor (American TV series) episodes
No.
overall		No. in
season		Title [47]Day(s)Rating/share
(18–49)		Original release date [48]U.S. viewers
(millions)
7151"Epic Party"Days 1–40.95/13[49]February 25, 2026 (2026-02-25)5.06[50]

The 24 returning castaways began their adventure. After Jeff welcomed the returning Survivors and discussed what it meant to return, the players selected small packages with their names on them, each containing a tribe buff, and the three tribes were revealed.

  • Marooning Challenge: One person must dig and crawl under a beam to retrieve a key. The next person will use the key to unlock paddles. Two players then unload rope from a boat, while two others paddle the boat to a platform and retrieve a locked torch before paddling back to shore. Two more players must retrieve another key from atop a tall pole and use it to unlock the torch. The first team to light their torch will win flint.

Vatu won the challenge. Each tribe had to choose a member of their tribe to go on a journey to get their tribe supply. Ozzy, Coach, and Q were selected to go.

  • Supply Challenge: Players must retrieve three bags of sticks and twine by climbing a pole, digging in the sand, and swimming out to a buoy. Once all three bags are collected, they must tie the sticks together to create a long pole and use it to retrieve a key. The player who successfully retrieves the key will win supplies for their tribe.

Ozzy knocked the key off the post first, but Coach grabbed it and won the challenge. Following the challenge, Ozzy and Q read what they believed was a reward clue, only to discover they were being sent to Exile Island for losing.

The next morning, they were told they had to agree that one of them would give up their vote to receive supplies, while the other would gain an extra vote. Ozzy convinced Q to give up his vote, allowing Q to receive his tribes supplies while Ozzy gained an extra vote.

  • Immunity Challenge: Tribes must climb up and down cargo nets, then crawl in pairs through a mud tunnel. Two players must push a cage filled with coconuts onto a platform, and two more unload them. A fifth player must toss the coconuts into a net to release a crate containing a weighted rope and ball. A sixth player must use the rope ball to activate a lever, releasing a ramp. After all tribe members climb the ramp, the final two players assemble a logo puzzle to win immunity. The first two tribes to finish win immunity, while the losing tribe must forfeit their flint.

The challenge was paused when Kyle injured himself and was unable to put weight on his foot, but he continued in the challenge. Kalo and Vatu won the challenge. At Cila, Jenna threw out Cirie's name out for the first vote. Ozzy alerted Cirie, and at Tribal Council the tribe unanimously voted out Jenna for playing too aggressively early in the game.

On Day 4, Genevieve and Stephenie found the Billie Eilish Boomerang Idol, a special immunity idol that had to be given to someone on another tribe. The recipient could not use the idol on anyone else, and if voted out while in possession of it, the idol would "boomerang" back to its finder (in this case, Genevieve, who decided to gift the idol to Ozzy).

  • Journey Challenge: Colby, Mike, and Savannah were selected for a Journey, but only two could compete. They drew rocks, and Mike lost the draw. Colby and Savannah had to build a tower one piece at a time, alternating turns until it fell. The winner would not lose a vote at Tribal Council. Colby lost his vote. After he departed, Savannah was informed that she had also won a Block-a-Vote advantage.

Although Kyle was feeling better on Day 4, Jeff and the medical team evaluated him at camp and diagnosed a likely ruptured Achilles tendon. He was medically evacuated from the game.

7162"Therapy Carousel"Days 4–60.94/12[51]March 4, 2026 (2026-03-04)4.95[51]

  • Reward Challenge: Survivors one at a time leap off a platform to smash a tile suspended above the water releasing a key. They then cross a series of balance beams and swim to the finish. After three keys are retrieved, another player dives down to retrieve two rings. The remaining players use the keys to unlock a final ring and then must toss them onto three floating targets. The first two tribes to finish win reward.

Kalo and Cila won reward. Christian finds a second Billie Eilish Boomerang Idol and gifts it to Aubry.

  • Immunity Challenge: Each tribe had three teams of two who sprinted into the jungle, one pair at a time, to retrieve three heavy snakes. Each team had to drag their snake back through an obstacle course. After all three snakes had been retrieved, three contestants used three ropes tied to a ring to maneuver a ball along a windy snake table. The first two teams to finish won immunity, while the losing tribe had to forfeit their flint.

Vatu and Kalo won Immunity. Before Tribal Council Ozzy gives his extra vote to Cirie.

At Tribal Council, Savannah was unanimously voted out with a Block-a-Vote in her pocket. As the Survivors were leaving, Christian distracts the tribe by falling to the ground allowing Rick to plant a fake immunity idol in the seating area.

7173"Did You Vote For a Swap?"Days 6–80.87/11[52]March 11, 2026 (2026-03-11)4.88[52]

On Day 7, the tribes were reshuffled. Charlie, Kamilla, Dee, Rizo and Jonathan went to Cila with Rick and Cirie. Aubry, Colby, Joe and Genevieve went to Kalo with Tiffany, Chrissy and Coach. Emily, Christian, Ozzy and Mike went to Vatu with Q, Angelina and Stephenie.

  • Reward/Immunity Challenge: A caller for each tribe directed their blindfolded tribemates around and through obstacles, searching for three rings that were used to unlock a puzzle. The caller then led the blindfolded members to the puzzle table and directed two still-blindfolded tribemate in solving the puzzle. The first two tribes to finish win immunity and a reward, four chickens for first place and one chicken for second place, while the losing tribe had to forfeit their flint.

Cila and Kalo won. At Tribal Council, Q did not have a vote, Stephenie voted for Angelina, the remaining members voted out Q.

7184"Knife to the Heart"Days 8–9TBAMarch 18, 2026 (2026-03-18)TBD

Genevieve finds the third Billie Eilish Boomerang Idol, her second overall, and gifts it to Rizo. .

  • Reward/Immunity Challenge: Survivors leap into the water and swim to a narrow platform to retrieve two suspended buckets. Sandbags are then removed from their submerged boats and the buckets used to bail the water. Letter cubes are then loaded into the boat and the boat dragged to the finish on shore where the letters are used to build a large arch puzzle. The first to correctly spell the word "Celebration" on both sides of the arch wins reward and immunity. The second tribe to finish wins only immunity, while the losing tribe had to forfeit their flint.

Kalo and Cila won Immunity. Kalo won the reward, a trip to the Survivor Sanctuary with a feast and music by Zac Brown.

At Tribal Council, Ozzy voted for Angelina, Mike and Angelina voted for Emily, and the remaining three members voted out Mike.

7195"Open Wounds"TBATBAMarch 25, 2026 (2026-03-25)TBD

Voting history

Survivor 50 voting history
Original tribes Switched tribes
Episode 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Day 3 4 6 8 9
Tribe Cila Vatu Cila Vatu Vatu
Eliminated Jenna Kyle Savannah Q Mike
Votes 7–1 Evacuated[a] 6–1 5–1 3–2–1
Voter Vote
Angelina Q Emily
Aubry
Charlie
Chrissy
Christian Jenna Savannah Q Mike
Cirie Jenna Savannah
Coach
Colby
Dee
Emily Jenna Savannah Q Mike
Genevieve
Joe Jenna Savannah
Jonathan
Kamilla
Ozzy Jenna Savannah Q Angelina
Rick Jenna Savannah
Rizo
Stephenie Angelina Mike
Tiffany
Mike Q Emily
Q None[b]
Savannah Jenna Ozzy
Kyle Evacuated
Jenna Cirie
Notes
  1. ^ No vote; Kyle was medically evacuated from the game.
  2. ^ This player lost a vote attempting to gain an advantage.

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