List of Survivor contestants

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Rupert Boneham, one of the most popular castaways, was a contestant on the Pearl Islands and All-Star seasons.

This is a List of contestants who have appeared on the American television show Survivor. Contestants are called castaways by the show and they compete against each other to become the Sole Survivor and win one million dollars. The series first aired in 2000 and as of 2007, there have been fifteen seasons that have been filmed on five continents. A total of 247 different participants have competed and 30 of them have been able to compete in multiple seasons: In 2004, an All-Stars edition aired, with the cast being comprised of eighteen past competitors, in 2005 as part of a surprise twist, two past contestants from Survivor: Palau competed again in Survivor: Guatemala and Survivor: Micronesia featured a tribe of ten returning contestants against a tribe of ten new contestants.

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.^[1] 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.^[2][3] Because of the timing and lack of alternates, her spot could not be replaced and the season only had nineteen contestants.^[4] For the most part, contestants are virtually unknown prior to their Survivor appearance, but occasionally some well known people are cast.

Casting is underway for a seventeenth season, Survivor: Gabon and filming will begin in summer 2008. A Survivor 18 has also been confirmed.^[5]

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Jenna Lewis, Survivor: Borneo and Survivor: All-Stars.

Rudy Boesch, Survivor: Borneo and Survivor: All-Stars.

Jerri Manthey, Survivor: Australia and Survivor: All-Stars.

Tammy Leitner, Survivor: Marquesas.

Stephenie LaGrossa, Survivor: Palau and Survivor: Guatemala.

Danni Boatwright, winner of Survivor: Guatemala.

Dan Barry, Survivor: Panama.

Yul Kwon, winner of Survivor: Cook Islands.

Yau-Man Chan, Survivor: Fiji and Survivor: Micronesia.

Ashley Massaro, Survivor: China.

Jean-Robert Bellande, Survivor: China.

Todd Herzog, winner of Survivor: China.

     Contestant played the game for a second time.

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Note 1: Contestant's age at the time the season was filmed.

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