“Survivor” cast includes “The White Lotus” creator Mike White for milestone 50th season. See the full list.

Emmy Award-winning “The White Lotus” creator Mike White is buying and selling luxurious resort drama for tribal council technique, returning to CBS’s “Survivor”  after his breakout second-place end throughout Season 37 launched him to Hollywood stardom.

White headlines a solid of 24 returning gamers for the truth competitors’s milestone fiftieth season, host Jeff Probst introduced Wednesday on “CBS Mornings.”

Probst revealed he believed White might have gained his authentic season.

“I was there the night of the finale of Mike’s season, and I thought he was going to win the game, and I felt like he sabotaged it a little bit,” he stated. “This is the guy that writes and directs White Lotus, which studies human behavior in the most fascinating way. He gets ‘Survivor.'”

And whereas White has been busy writing the Emmy Award-winning present, he at all times saved “Survivor” at the back of his thoughts.

“Mike, after he finished playing, said, ‘I want to play again.’ And that was before ‘The White Lotus.’ Then ‘The White Lotus’ hit, and I thought, he’ll never play again. But he kept texting and saying, ‘I’m serious. If you do anything where you have returning players, I want to play again,” stated Probst.

The solid represents contestants from 19 totally different seasons, together with two gamers from the upcoming Season 49 set to premiere this fall. Season 45 winner Dee Valladares and Season 46’s Charlie Davis are among the many current alumni chosen for the anniversary season.

Veteran gamers Colby Donaldson, who competed in Seasons 2, 8 and 20, and Stephenie LaGrossa Kendrick, featured in Seasons 10, 11 and 20, will return after prolonged absences from the competitors.

“We’ve done a lot of themes: heroes, villains, game changers, fans versus favorites, all winners,” Probst stated. “We’ve never said let’s just taste a little of everything. That’s why we put this group together, is every flavor, every era, every type of personality, and then when you let the fans be in charge of all of the creative, all of the game design, it really is up in the air for the first time since Season One.”

“Survivor” premiered in Could 2000 and has grow to be one in every of tv’s longest-running actuality competitions. The fiftieth season is predicted to air in Spring 2026 on CBS and streaming on Paramount+.

“Survivor” Season 50 solid

• Jenna Lewis-Dougherty: Seasons 1 (Borneo), 8 (All-Stars)
• Colby Donaldson: Seasons 2 (The Australian Outback), 8 (All-Stars), 20 (Heroes vs. Villains)
• Stephenie LaGrossa Kendrick: Seasons 10 (Palau), 11 (Guatemala), 20 (Heroes vs. Villains)
• Cirie Fields: Seasons 12 (Panama-Exile Island), 16 (Micronesia – Followers vs. Favorites), 20 (Heroes vs. Villains), 34 (Recreation Changers)
• Ozzy Lusth: Seasons 13 (Prepare dinner Islands), 16 (Micronesia – Followers vs. Favorites), 23 (South Pacific), 34 (Recreation Changers)
• Benjamin “Coach” Wade: Seasons 18 (Tocantins – The Brazilian Highlands), 20 (Heroes vs. Villains), 23 (South Pacific)
• Aubry Bracco: Seasons 32 (Kaôh Rōng – Brains vs. Brawn vs. Magnificence), 34 (Recreation Changers), 38 (Fringe of Extinction)
• Chrissy Hofbeck: Season 35 (Heroes vs. Healers vs. Hustlers)
• Christian Hubicki: Season 37 (David vs. Goliath)
• Angelina Keeley: Season 37 (David vs. Goliath)
• Mike White: Season 37 (David vs. Goliath)
• Rick Devens: Season 38 (Fringe of Extinction)
• Jonathan Younger: Season 42
• Dee Valladares: Season 45 winner
• Emily Flippen: Season 45
• Q Burdette: Season 46
• Tiffany Ervin: Season 46
• Charlie Davis: Season 46
• Genevieve Mushaluk: Season 47
• Kamilla Karthigesu: Season 48
• Kyle Fraser: Season 48 winner
• Joseph Hunter: Season 48
• Participant #1 from Season 49 (premiering Fall 2025)
• Participant #2 from Season 49 (premiering Fall 2025)