Meet the Cast of Survivor 50: Who Are Fans Most Excited to See This Season?

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The biggest cast ever of returning players will be fighting for both bragging rights and money.

Ozzy Lusth, Cirie Fields and Mike White on ‘Survivor’.

Survivor normally waits until about a month before a season premieres to officially reveal its cast, but nothing is normal about what will be the landmark 50^th installment of the reality competition series.

Though Survivor 50 will not hit TV screens until Feb. 25, 2026, and the full cast for the season that aired before it (Survivor 49) had yet to be revealed outside of a teaser video at that point, host and showrunner Jeff Probst announced the Survivor 50 cast back on a May episode of CBS Mornings.

The supersized group of 24 people marks the biggest batch of contestants yet, and it features players going all the way back from season 1 of Survivor: Borneo (Jenna Lewis-Dougherty) up to Survivor 49 (newly crowned winner Savannah Louie and her partner in crime Rizo Velovic, who only had around 10 days back home in between filming on seasons.)

Colby Donaldson, Stephenie LaGrossa and Benjamin “Coach” Wade on 'Survivor' — Colby Donaldson, Stephenie LaGrossa, and Benjamin ‘Coach’ Wade on ‘Survivor’.Monty Brinton/CBS via Getty; Monty Brinton/CBS (2)

The cast also features two legends competing for the fifth time, Cirie Fields and Ozzy Lusth. That will tie them with Boston Rob Mariano, who also played the game five times (and appeared as a non-competing mentor on a sixth season).

And non-Survivor fans will notice a very famous face returning to the franchise: The White Lotus creator Mike White will compete alongside two of his David vs. Goliath castmates, including one of whom he cast for season 2 of the hit HBO series, Angelina Keeley.

While the cast hails from all the way back to the show’s beginning, there is definitely an emphasis on the most recent seasons. Five of the players come from seasons 48 and 49, while 11 of the 24 Survivor 50 castaways are from the past five seasons, including the only three winners in Dee Valladares (Survivor 45) and Kyle Fraser (Survivor 48) and Savannah.

There are also no contestants who competed for the very first time between seasons 19 and 31, with the entire cast first gracing our screens either before or after Survivor‘s middle era.

Realizing the full cast was going to leak anyway, CBS decided for the first time since 2015’s Survivor: Cambodia — Second Chance, which featured players voted in by fans, to announce the cast before filming began. Although viewers could not vote players in for season 50 like they did for Cambodia, they were able to vote on several key elements of the game throughout the spring.

But, for now, the attention is all on the contestants. So without further ado, let’s meet the official cast of Survivor 50, presented chronologically from their first appearance on the show. Check out Probst’s announcement video below, along with photos of all the cast members.

Jenna Lewis-Dougherty

Jenna Lewis on 'Survivor: All-Stars' — Jenna Lewis on ‘Survivor: All-Stars’.Monty Brinton/CBS Photo Archive via Getty

Survivor: Borneo (eighth place)
Survivor: All-Stars (third place)

Colby Donaldson

Survivor: The Australian Outback (second place)
Survivor: All-Stars (12th place)
Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains (fifth place)

Stephenie LaGrossa Kendrick

Stephenie LaGrossa on 'Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains' — Stephenie LaGrossa on ‘Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains’.Monty Brinton/CBS

Survivor: Pulau (seventh place)
Survivor: Guatemala (second place)
Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains (19th place)

Cirie Fields

Survivor: Panama — Exile Island (fourth place)
Survivor: Micronesia — Fans vs. Favorites (third place)
Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains (17th place)
Survivor: Game Changers (sixth place)

Ozzy Lusth

Survivor: Cook Islands (second place)
Survivor: Micronesia — Fans vs. Favorites (ninth place)
Survivor: South Pacific (fourth place)
Survivor: Game Changers (12th place)