Survivor still isn’t revealing the identities of the two Season 49 players who will be in Season 50 in 2026 . But Jeff Probst has explained why they cast them, and how it led to the 24-person cast, one of the biggest groups in the show’s history.

The Survivor 49 cast was revealed on August 20. Two of the 18 contestants impressed the Survivor crew so much, they made space for them in Season 50 as opposed to bringing in returning players fans already knew.

“What we agreed to as a group was, ‘If somebody makes a big impression, we’re going to want them on 50. So let’s go into 49 with our own state of flux,” Probst told Parade . “And what happened was two players impressed us.”

“We did not go in looking for two players,” he continues. “We didn’t go in saying, ‘If we do it, it has t

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