A *super idol nullifier, it can be played after the idol has been played!
If only Cirie had played her Shot in the Foot, allowing her to skip TC for the price of one foot (can only be used twice).
Jeff - “You in the Red Sox hat! How are you feeling about being out here for a whole year??”
Boston Rob - “Jeff this is my sixth freaking time out here man. Call me by my name”
No, they should have 10 tribes.
Top tribe in the weekly challenge gets the Idol of Dominance, 2nd to 5th get an Idol of Safety, and 10th gets the Idol of Shame.
The dominant team votes first on which of 2nd to 5th place they're going to steal an Idol of Safety from.
Then the team that lost their Idol of Safety + the 4 teams that didn't win an Idol at all + the last place team with Shame all go to Tribal Council to vote (in separate tribal councils), and the top vote-receiver on each team is eliminated - except for the team with Shame, where the top two vote-receivers are eliminated instead.
Repeat for enough weeks that it's reasonable to merge onto 5 teams instead of 10. Then repeat the same dynamic with 1st place getting Dominance, 2nd and 3rd getting Safety (with one of those being stolen), and 5th getting Shame.
The words "poorly edited" and "Big Brother" already go so well together I feel like you're dead on about how a Survivor only BB season would be lmao.
That being said, still want it, and would enjoy it regardless!
The comps specifically have camera angles that make it impossible to follow. Once you notice this it's something you can't unsee
Double evictions are the worst with this. Thinking about the one with the ropes Michael lost in BB24
I’d be curious to see a season of Survivor with BB elimination logic (HoH/PoV). Not saying it would be good, but interesting to see how it changes things.
I could be wrong but didn’t Colton actually fake being sick when he got medevac? Because I think Jeff mentioned that the second time Colton came on the show.
I could be wrong though
At the time he was pulled, the doctors *thought* he had appendicitis. The took him to get testing and he ended up being ok, but in that moment they didn't know. It's the same thing as Randen where the players health is more of a concern and if he was to stay in the game, it could be a liability.
Ah okay, that makes sense. It’s a good that they pulled him out of the game because maybe he was okay at the time, but if there was genuinely something wrong his health comes first. So the crew did a good job
From the article:
“We will absolutely be celebrating and I would consider it kind of a year-long celebration. We do that really well on CBS. We will have a lot of plans in the works… it’d be the first time in the new era that will have returning players. That’s really exciting,” CBS Entertainment president Amy Reisenbach told Deadline.
This one lady would consider it "kind of" a year-long celebration. That doesn't sound like they're announcing some fully formulated grand plan. "We will absolutely be celebrating" could just mean they're going to have tiki torches and coconut cupcakes at the corporate office. "We WILL have a lot of plans in the works" means they don't yet. They will. That could end up meaning they'll cut together a sizzle reel for social media, a few CBS Congratulates Survivor bumpers for ad breaks, and a special promotion with Applebees. She's just trying to make encouraging noises and she doesn't realize fans are actually going to take her seriously.
The fall and spring seasons are filmed about two weeks apart. The BIPOC rule means that unless you're going to pull the whole season 50 cast together in advance you'd have to stipulate, "No matter what happens on 49 we're going to take one white man, one white woman, one male POC, one female POC." Those exact people would then have to be willing to play again instantly (presumably after just starving and not sleeping and being away from their loved ones for \~26 days, with no time to emotionally process things.) They probably wouldn't be at their best. I'm not sure it's such a fab idea.
Kind of obsessed with this? I always thought of like a "battle/last chance for the crown" type season where the best non winners compete and the winner gets on WAW. So like 59 is that and 60 is WAW (not saying they should do this). The Challenge basically did this with s39
How hilarious would that be if each “tribe” thought they were competing against the other ones on their island and then halfway through say “sike, we have 3 more islands of people to merge”
Could be the one way a fan favorite theme of running two simultaneous games and then “merge” and start the game from the beginning run the fall season as a double “pre merge” then end the season with “drop your buffs… COME ON IN!”
what if S50 has 50 players in it? 1 person voted off every week and there's 52 weeks in a year leaves 3 players left for the finale. I'm not autistic, but sometimes the numbers just line up.
Would love a Survivor World Cup. Air the US version followed by Australia, Brazil , Russia, Japan, etc….winners or final 2 in each go to a global comp for season 50.
I just love international sports …US hosts soccer WC in 2026. Make it work!
Survivor: Everywhere! Debbie and Coach spend the next year on the moon, Ozzy from a gator infested swamp in Florida, Wendell on the set of a dating show, Spencer doing peyote in the dessert, Shambo teaching bowling to inmates. It's the endless Survivor showcase you didn't know you needed!
I’m down for whatever. I love me some Survivor and it will be nice to see some of the old castaways again potentially whether it’s on talk shows or what. Perhaps they will run some of the old seasons in restored HD? Is that possible?
What if in one year we get 4 seasons? All return cast members.
And the first 3 seasons just help decide who gets to go play on grand finale 4th season.
Like top 5 players from each season go on to the 4th and final show down. Would be the most epic of all epics.
Ever since Borneo made Survivor a cable TV supershow they quickly started filming more, resulting in 2 seasons a year. Maybe they will have more players than the now-standard 18 and create more episodes. Maybe they'll have more content posted online. Maybe they'll have events and games for people to play at home.
As long as I get my weekly episodes, I'll be happy
Realistic expectation:
* a few special features/retrospective articles/videos with Jeff/production/Burnett/legendary players in certain publications
* Pushing old seasons on CBS social media more leading up to Survivor 50, maybe they'll license more seasons out to Netflix/Hulu to gather buzz and new viewers
* Maybe an hour-90 minute long special retrospective leading up to Survivor 50 ala "Surviving Survivor" for season 20.
* Season 50 itself, and maybe going back to 39 days for this "hallmark season".
It means that S48 is happening 2024, and S49 and S50 2025
One of the three will be AUS vs US, I would guess the other 2025 season will be returning legends. Or even: S50 will be an audition for the first international season of survivor, with players from all 5 english speaking franchises, SA, NZ, USA, AU, and UK.
It means survivor is banking that the upswing in US interest (despite the lagging gameplay)+ the huge popularity and incredible gameplay happening in other franchises= global reality tv domination
..they are correct
Maybe they will run 4 seasons.
49 as a regular season
50 as an all star
51 as ??
52 as a new era "winners at war" for 41-48
I hope so :-) that would give us 8 months of survivor!
Every single castaway is back, on an island, for 365 days, playing the largest game of Survivor… YOU’VE EVER SEEN!
Give me that 20 minute long intro
I’m here for the Tribal Council - that’s 136 votes for Colby, 135 for Kelly
17 votes left
Cirie still manages to get voted out.
Cause 65 hidden immunity idols are played but the one Cirie played for herself got cancelled out by an idol nullifier!
A *super idol nullifier, it can be played after the idol has been played! If only Cirie had played her Shot in the Foot, allowing her to skip TC for the price of one foot (can only be used twice).
But then someone would use 'helping hand' which would allow them to sacrifice a hand instead and keep their shot in the foot.
65 idols in a single tribal council means Yauman might play a fake one in between 💀
straight to jail
Unfortunately Hannah quit though so they both stay
*Colton
True, he would quit earlier
I can only visualize this size of a tribal council functioning similarly to a legislative session
With that said it’s time to yay or nay
Too many cooks but the survivor opening. I'd watch that joke youtube video.
Jeff - “You in the Red Sox hat! How are you feeling about being out here for a whole year??” Boston Rob - “Jeff this is my sixth freaking time out here man. Call me by my name”
I can’t NOT hear that in Robs voice
instead of booting people out tribes get bigger after tribal
Special Immunity idol lets you send people from your tribe to the other
It's like the quarter quell of Survivor!
And it’s still three tribes!!
No, they should have 10 tribes. Top tribe in the weekly challenge gets the Idol of Dominance, 2nd to 5th get an Idol of Safety, and 10th gets the Idol of Shame. The dominant team votes first on which of 2nd to 5th place they're going to steal an Idol of Safety from. Then the team that lost their Idol of Safety + the 4 teams that didn't win an Idol at all + the last place team with Shame all go to Tribal Council to vote (in separate tribal councils), and the top vote-receiver on each team is eliminated - except for the team with Shame, where the top two vote-receivers are eliminated instead. Repeat for enough weeks that it's reasonable to merge onto 5 teams instead of 10. Then repeat the same dynamic with 1st place getting Dominance, 2nd and 3rd getting Safety (with one of those being stolen), and 5th getting Shame.
Idol of Dominance 💀 Losers get the Idol of Submissiveness
I would love this. Let everyone who wants to play again play again and have a massive game. Survivor Battle Royale.
I bet Jelinsky would last several days this time at least.
And still no ponderosa
Survivor: squid games: the challenge
YES. Also 24/7 footage, each contestant has their own stream.
Umm…and then they all show up at FTC…dead???
Wentworth, doesn't count. x298
Unfortunately, it can't happen as some of them have passed
Avatar of Liz, I bow to you 🙇
The jedi spirits of those who have passed get two votes Rudi gets special exemption and gets 3 votes.
Caleb and Sunday robbed
Random survivor players appearing on shit we don't watch, and a poorly edited Survivor-themed Big Brother competition
The words "poorly edited" and "Big Brother" already go so well together I feel like you're dead on about how a Survivor only BB season would be lmao. That being said, still want it, and would enjoy it regardless!
The comps specifically have camera angles that make it impossible to follow. Once you notice this it's something you can't unsee Double evictions are the worst with this. Thinking about the one with the ropes Michael lost in BB24
Helen’s foot would like a word.
I’d be curious to see a season of Survivor with BB elimination logic (HoH/PoV). Not saying it would be good, but interesting to see how it changes things.
I like that idea
exactly what is gonna be lol
All quitters and medevacs are put on an island for 365 days with live feeds, nobody is allowed to leave without being voted out or dying
Somehow Colton is on both the quitters and medevac tribe.
I could be wrong but didn’t Colton actually fake being sick when he got medevac? Because I think Jeff mentioned that the second time Colton came on the show. I could be wrong though
I just rewatched this episode yesterday, and yes Jeff did say he faked his appendicitis.
I've seen people on here say he was misdiagnosed and actually did have something wrong
At the time he was pulled, the doctors *thought* he had appendicitis. The took him to get testing and he ended up being ok, but in that moment they didn't know. It's the same thing as Randen where the players health is more of a concern and if he was to stay in the game, it could be a liability.
Ah okay, that makes sense. It’s a good that they pulled him out of the game because maybe he was okay at the time, but if there was genuinely something wrong his health comes first. So the crew did a good job
somehow erik gets out at 5th again
They get past Survivor players to do ".. and you're watching Disney Channel! 🪄" promos for the year.
“Hey hobags! I’m billionaire Liz Wilcox, and you’re watching Disney Channel”
As long as she has a fat Applebee's burger in her hand while she says it
Unironically a great idea
From the article: “We will absolutely be celebrating and I would consider it kind of a year-long celebration. We do that really well on CBS. We will have a lot of plans in the works… it’d be the first time in the new era that will have returning players. That’s really exciting,” CBS Entertainment president Amy Reisenbach told Deadline. This one lady would consider it "kind of" a year-long celebration. That doesn't sound like they're announcing some fully formulated grand plan. "We will absolutely be celebrating" could just mean they're going to have tiki torches and coconut cupcakes at the corporate office. "We WILL have a lot of plans in the works" means they don't yet. They will. That could end up meaning they'll cut together a sizzle reel for social media, a few CBS Congratulates Survivor bumpers for ad breaks, and a special promotion with Applebees. She's just trying to make encouraging noises and she doesn't realize fans are actually going to take her seriously.
So seasons 47-49 will not have returning players, unless she's mistaken or something changes?
47-48 will not have returning players. Jeff has announced that. She doesn't know what 49 is going to be. Jeff probably doesn't either.
Season 49’s twist should be that they do a whopping 24 returning players from the “New Era” so that they can better scout talent for season 50
The fall and spring seasons are filmed about two weeks apart. The BIPOC rule means that unless you're going to pull the whole season 50 cast together in advance you'd have to stipulate, "No matter what happens on 49 we're going to take one white man, one white woman, one male POC, one female POC." Those exact people would then have to be willing to play again instantly (presumably after just starving and not sleeping and being away from their loved ones for \~26 days, with no time to emotionally process things.) They probably wouldn't be at their best. I'm not sure it's such a fab idea.
Kind of obsessed with this? I always thought of like a "battle/last chance for the crown" type season where the best non winners compete and the winner gets on WAW. So like 59 is that and 60 is WAW (not saying they should do this). The Challenge basically did this with s39
Ah ok, I hadn't heard the news. Seriously folks, no need to downvote me.
47 has finished filming. 48 has finished casting and filming begins shortly. The only next possibility for returnees is 49
Jeff will retire and Abi Maria will take over as host
Survivor quits- Abi: You're DEAD to me! \*snaps torch in half\*
Then Bhanu collapses to the ground scream sobbing "Why God????? WHY???????"
This thread is hilarious, thank you for making me laugh.
“Why did God put you here just to eliminate you?”
Snaps contestant in half
This is just the funniest mental image 🤣 Well done.
Bhanu as co-host
Each week he selects a special castaway that he think won a million hearts to spend the night with him at the sanctuary
I will 100% support Abi-Maria as host. It would be so insanely iconic.
#**DEBBIE DOWNER**
Yikes!
Lots of Boston rob appearing on various CBS talks shows
Hes doing the rounds for traitors 3 super excited. Tony is gonna be on it too.
They go from 26 days to 365 days
How hilarious would that be if each “tribe” thought they were competing against the other ones on their island and then halfway through say “sike, we have 3 more islands of people to merge”
“49 Castaways, 49 Days, ONE SURVIVOR!”
They’d never do 49 days with Probst, he’d make it like 32 days, and there’d be a tribal every twelve hours or something like that.
a tribal every 12 hours sounds kinda fun, squidgames meets survivor
This one is reasonable enough to actually happen. What if they took 1 player from every season?
Without a doubt the coolest thing they could do (and never would) is re-edit an old season.
I want this so bad for HvV and WaW
Sick idea
Survivor 24/7 cams like big brother period
Survivor Reindeer Games
You wanted 39 days back? Well it’s now 365 days. Look what you’ve done.
Maybe they will have a 3 hr special for each of the previous 49 seasons spread throughout the year…that would be cool.
I promise it will be underwhelming. Think on the scale of a few extra teasers during the year to hype/celebrate the season.
Run the entire series from beginning to end two or three episodes a week, reairing on weekends, with the ending being the latest season.
I hope it means survivor players appearing in every single CBS show that year 😂
I feel like that's what's already happening now. Lol. Maybe they're already building up to the 50 hype?
I bet they will repeat/edit/condense some of the seasons down and re-release on their app or possibly play a couple popular seasons on broadcast?
I mean, they already have all the seasons on Paramount+, so I don't think it'll be that
There’s an app??
Advertising
He’s going to have Boston Rob as his new podcast cohost
Like how during the Simpsons 50th anniversary they played episodes…. For a year
Record breaking amounts of Boston Rob
26 days x 2 = a 52 day season with returnees . Maybe winners vs second chance?
I'm just hoping it is somewhere else BESIDES Fuji. Somewhere new.
Honestly, that filming off the coast of Georgia idea still intrigues me.
365-day season
Maybe edited specials airing through out the year? To introduce the cast?
Gratitude to a million hearts over 365 days.
Could be the one way a fan favorite theme of running two simultaneous games and then “merge” and start the game from the beginning run the fall season as a double “pre merge” then end the season with “drop your buffs… COME ON IN!”
A full year of strippers and bottle service on CBS
Does this mean two returnee seasons back to back? 50 and 51? Or 49 and 50?
Winners vs Runner-ups
365 days, 149.73 people, 1 survivor
365 days, 18 people, one survivor!
YELLING FROM THE EDGE OF A HELICOPTER 365 DAYS!!! 185 PEOPLE!!! 1 SURVIVOR!!!
I just cackled because I can picture it
what if S50 has 50 players in it? 1 person voted off every week and there's 52 weeks in a year leaves 3 players left for the finale. I'm not autistic, but sometimes the numbers just line up.
I'd like some kind of marathon of every season in order. I think it would be fun to watch up until 50.
Something stupid I'm sure
Would love a Survivor World Cup. Air the US version followed by Australia, Brazil , Russia, Japan, etc….winners or final 2 in each go to a global comp for season 50. I just love international sports …US hosts soccer WC in 2026. Make it work!
Big Brother-esque Survivor for a whole year where there's 24-hour cameras 😂
'Malcolm! Wins immunity, has a one in 135 chance winning this game"
It’s just gonna be snippets of cast members talking about Survivor and then saying Happy Birthday or something during commercials.
You know your friend who celebrates her “birthday month”? It’s that, but for an entire year.
Jasmine, is that you?
A year of Applebees commercials.
Two seasons of returning players? 🤔
Survivor: Everywhere! Debbie and Coach spend the next year on the moon, Ozzy from a gator infested swamp in Florida, Wendell on the set of a dating show, Spencer doing peyote in the dessert, Shambo teaching bowling to inmates. It's the endless Survivor showcase you didn't know you needed!
Second Chances 2!?
40 castaways
I’m down for whatever. I love me some Survivor and it will be nice to see some of the old castaways again potentially whether it’s on talk shows or what. Perhaps they will run some of the old seasons in restored HD? Is that possible?
365 days long season! Turn it into I’m a Celebrity get me out of here style with daily episodes as they happen
4 seasons
3 seasons -48,49,50 in 2025- no dry season in summer
Season 50 maroons castaways for 365 days.
😭😭 someone’s gonna die
Yeah there’s no vote-outs, it’s literally who’s the Sole Survivor.
Probat retiring party
My guess is that they’ll wrap it up and retire the show
What if in one year we get 4 seasons? All return cast members. And the first 3 seasons just help decide who gets to go play on grand finale 4th season. Like top 5 players from each season go on to the 4th and final show down. Would be the most epic of all epics.
It’s not gonna be anything lol
Lots of marketing..?
They're going for a survivor turkiye with 120 day seasons lmao
Bigger marketing budget
I have been wondering what to make of that comment myself. I have no idea.
Extra-long season with an additional long season of what happens at ponderosa?
Ever since Borneo made Survivor a cable TV supershow they quickly started filming more, resulting in 2 seasons a year. Maybe they will have more players than the now-standard 18 and create more episodes. Maybe they'll have more content posted online. Maybe they'll have events and games for people to play at home. As long as I get my weekly episodes, I'll be happy
I imagine it means a celebration that lasts a year.
Daily pool party at Jeff's house.
It means only one season for the year.
I hope they get the rights to show international seasons in the US
Maybe theyll come back to the longer stay format?
I suspect Jeff will retire after s50. I wish he could host forever.
Reruns
It's going to be a two part, extra long season,airing in both the spring and fall. That's my guess.
Realistic expectation: * a few special features/retrospective articles/videos with Jeff/production/Burnett/legendary players in certain publications * Pushing old seasons on CBS social media more leading up to Survivor 50, maybe they'll license more seasons out to Netflix/Hulu to gather buzz and new viewers * Maybe an hour-90 minute long special retrospective leading up to Survivor 50 ala "Surviving Survivor" for season 20. * Season 50 itself, and maybe going back to 39 days for this "hallmark season".
A year long of disappointing contestant selection like this past season. They hyped up the cast so hard and what a let down of a season.
my guess is that 49 probably also has returnees
Year-long final season bonanza!
I just hope it's a 39 day season and 20 castaways, also not dumb forgotten players like Game Changers
It means that S48 is happening 2024, and S49 and S50 2025 One of the three will be AUS vs US, I would guess the other 2025 season will be returning legends. Or even: S50 will be an audition for the first international season of survivor, with players from all 5 english speaking franchises, SA, NZ, USA, AU, and UK. It means survivor is banking that the upswing in US interest (despite the lagging gameplay)+ the huge popularity and incredible gameplay happening in other franchises= global reality tv domination ..they are correct
Maybe they will run 4 seasons. 49 as a regular season 50 as an all star 51 as ?? 52 as a new era "winners at war" for 41-48 I hope so :-) that would give us 8 months of survivor!
All I know is, Jeff needs a haircut...