"Survivor: All Stars" Announces Cast

[clevfan]

"Survivor: All Stars" Announces Cast

NEW YORK (AP) -- Get ready to welcome Rudy, Richard, Tina and other favorite "Survivor" castaways for a rematch on the upcoming "Survivor: All-Stars" competition.

The chosen 18, representing all seven of CBS' past "Survivor" seasons, were announced Monday during the network's "Early Show." They face off when the hit reality-challenge series returns for its new edition after the Super Bowl telecast on Feb. 1.

The contestants are:

- Richard Hatch, winner of the original "Survivor: Pulau Tiga," along with Rudy Boesch, Sue Hawk and Jenna Lewis.

- Tina Wesson, winner of "Survivor: The Australian Outback," as well as her runner-up, Colby Donaldson, and Amber Brkich, Jerri Manthey and Alicia Calaway.

- Ethan Zohn, winner of "Survivor: Africa," plus Lex van den Berghe and Tom Buchanan.

- From "Survivor: Marquesas," Kathy Vavrick-O'Brien and Rob Mariano.

- From "Survivor: Thailand," Shii Ann Huang.

- Jenna Morasca, winner of "Survivor: The Amazon," and Rob Cesternino.

- Rupert Boneham, from "Survivor: Pearl Islands."

Breaking with tradition, the 18 contestants will be broken into three tribes, not the usual two.

For "Survivor" handicappers, the invited contestants represented little surprise. Indeed, the roster had been posted for weeks on at least one fan Web site.

"Survivor: All-Stars" will represent another return: to the Pearl Islands off Panama, where the most recent "Survivor" was set.

Host Jeff Probst, of course, returns.

The first "Survivor" premiered in May 2000, and became a surprise hit, then a national phenomenon, before Hatch took the title in the finale that aired that August. Subsequent editions have continued to attract a strong audience.

[heartman]

I'm pulling for BIG TOM!

[FENWAY]

From tv guide, Hatch naked again

[Minnow]

It looks like Rupert is wearing a bra! Does anyone know who is on what team? It looks like Rup and Rudy are on the same team?! This should be an interesting series since the faces and personalities are familiar, and there won't be much of a learning curve getting re-acquainted.

[heartman]

Chapera Tribe

Alicia outback
Amber outback
Rob Cesternino Amazon
Rob Mariano boston rob Marquesas
Big Tom Africa


Saboga Tribe

Ethan Africa
Jenna Lewis Pulau Tiga
Jerri ob
Rudy PT
Rupert Pearl
Tina OB

Mogo Mogo Tribe

Colby OB
Jenna Morasco AMAZ
Kathy Marq
Lex Africa
Richard PT
Shi Ann Thailand

[Minnow]

Thanks Heartman.. some interesting combo's there!

[FENWAY]

Good photos at link below, any books offering wagering ? Anyone know any cbs employees since this is already over and the final 2 have been determine.


Allstar survivor cbs site

[heartman]

Forgot to put Susan PT with Chapera.

[stevo]

I only watched one of these. I hate that Jerri chick.

[FENWAY]

Looks like CBS wants one of the Robs to hook up with Amber
Ethan with Jerri or Jenna L.
and Colby and Jenna M.

[clevfan]

Friday, January 16, 2004

Will Survivor survive the Internet?
Reality show's host fears for future of similar TV fare
By STEVE TILLEY
Edmonton Sun

Just as video killed the radio star, the Internet could ultimately drive a stake through the heart of reality TV.

So says Survivor host Jeff Probst, who will once again be overseeing challenges, doling out rewards and conducting Tribal Councils in Survivor: All-Stars, the eighth instalment in the reality TV series that started it all. It debuts Feb. 1 on CBS and Global immediately following the Super Bowl XXXVII broadcast.

Each successive season of Survivor has seen more and more information leaked out ahead of time, often through so-called spoiler websites on the Net. It culminated with an off-shore betting scandal that revealed Sandra Diaz-Twine would wind up the winner of Survivor: Pearl Islands before the show had even begun airing.

"The Internet and the accessibility to information has made it very difficult to do shows like Survivor," Probst told the Sun yesterday in a phone interview from his home in Los Angeles. "And it wouldn't surprise me if ultimately it led to the demise of our show at some point."

With each series filmed a few months before it goes to air, keeping a lid on twists, vote results and other secrets is proving nigh-on impossible. And it's not the contestants themselves who are doing the blabbing.

"Sooner or later you cannot combat people who betray you," Probst said. "We have a crew of 400 people, and everybody tells somebody something. I definitely believe that.

"Once you spread information like that and there's money to be made or fame to be had - 'Hey I know something you don't know, listen to this' - all we can do, honestly, is counter it with our own misinformation."

Survivor: All-Stars will see the return of 18 past contestants, including memorable characters like the original Survivor's Richard Hatch and crusty former navy SEAL Rudy Boesch, and Survivor: Pearl Islands would-be Blackbeard, Rupert Boneham.

Some All-Stars spoilers have already bubbled to the surface, suggesting that the past $1-million winners don't fare all that well, that Rupert does not emerge as the ultimate victor and that Survivor: The Amazon winner Jenna Morasca leaves the show early, due to the death of her mother.

Then again, maybe some of those tidbits have just been released into the wild by CBS's own counter-intelligence squad. Gamblers, be warned.

Said Probst: "Better make sure if you're betting, that what you're reading is right."