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Rupert Boneham was a contestant on the Pearl Islands, All-Stars and Heroes vs. Villains seasons.

Survivor is an American reality television show, first broadcast in May 2000. Contestants are called Castaways in the show, and they compete against each other to become the "Sole Survivor" and win one million U.S. dollars. The series first aired in Template:Yi. There have been twenty-three seasons, which have been filmed on five different continents. The twenty-fourth season, Survivor: One World, is schedule to premiere on February 15, 2012.[1]

A total of 371 participants have competed, and 41 of them have competed in multiple seasons: In Template:Yi, an All-Stars edition aired, with the cast being eighteen past competitors; in Template:Yi as part of a surprise twist, two past contestants from Survivor: Palau competed again in Survivor: Guatemala; in Template:Yi, Survivor: Micronesia featured a tribe of ten returning contestants against a tribe of ten new contestants; in Template:Yi, Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains featured 20 returning contestants, including nine that were competing for the third time; and in Template:Yi, two past castaways returned for Survivor: Redemption Island and two other past castaways returned for Survivor: South Pacific. [2][3]

Contestants usually apply to be on the show, but the series has been known to recruit contestants for various seasons. For Survivor: Fiji, the producers had hoped to have a more racially diverse cast, and hoped that a more diverse group would apply after the success of the racially segregated Survivor: Cook Islands. When this did not happen, the producers turned to recruiting and in the end, only Gary Stritesky had actually submitted an application to be on the show.[4] Also for Survivor: Fiji, Mellisa McNulty, a 27-year-old talent manager from Los Angeles, would have been the twentieth contestant on the show, but dropped out and returned home the night before the show began because of panic attacks. Because of the timing and lack of alternates, her spot could not be replaced and the season only had nineteen contestants.[5] For the most part, contestants are virtually unknown prior to their Survivor appearance, but occasionally some well-known people are cast.

Contestants

  ^ Contestant played the game for a second time.
  † Contestant played the game for a third time.
  ‡ Contestant played the game for a fourth time.

Notes

^[A] Contestant's age at the time the season was filmed.

References

General
  1. ^ Dehnart, Andy (December 18, 2011). "Salani, Manono are the tribes that will live together on Survivor One World". Reality Blurred. Retrieved December 18, 2011.
  2. ^ Hughes, Jason (2009-12-31). "'Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains' Cast Revealed". AOL. Retrieved 2009-12-31.
  3. ^ "Cbs Announces 16 Of The 18 Castaways For "Survivor: Redemption Island"" (Press release). CBS. January 10, 2011. Retrieved January 10, 2011.
  4. ^ Young, Susan (2007-02-07). "New 'Survivor: Fiji' divides haves and have-nots "Survivor: Fiji"". The Oakland Tribune. ANG Newspapers. Archived from the original on 2007-11-23. Retrieved 2007-08-17.
  5. ^ Rudolph, Ileane (2007-02-07). "Survivor Bombshell: Fiji's "Babe" Reveals Why She Bailed!". TV Guide. Retrieved 2010-11-11.

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