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Survivor fan favorites revealed for new season

by Jackie Schnoop, posted Jan 4th 2008 8:00AM

Jonny Fairplay from SurvivorSurvivor Micronesia will make its debut on February 7th. The official website hasn't appeared yet, but the cast list is out. Well, at least the names of those who are perceived to be "fan favorites" is certainly of interest to me because I don't know any of the fans. Remember, the upcoming season is a hybrid "all-stars" version pitting fan favorites from previous seasons with super-fans of the show.

What I don't get is their criteria for choosing the fan favorites. Jonny Fairplay? Give me a break!

The entire cast list after the jump ...

In addition to the very bizarre choice of Jonny "Ew" Fairplay (Survivor Pearl Islands) as a returning fan favorite, here are the rest of the favorites:

  • James Clement and Amanda Kimmel from the recently completed Survivor China.
  • Yau-Man Chan from Survivor Fiji.
  • The Survivor Cook Islands season brings us Ozzy Lusth, Parvati Shallow, and Jonathan Penner.
  • Cirie Fields from Survivor Panama.
  • Eliza Orlins and Ami Cusack from Survivor Vanuatu.
I'm really not sure how most of these were chosen. I think outright fan favorites could be James, Ozzy, Yau-Man, with a bit of Cirie because she amazed herself in her own season. According to an interview with Jeff Probst in this EW.com article, Fairplay has no chance of winning and was chosen because they needed a villain. Um. Okay.

The super fans are:
  • Michael Bortone, age 34, an actor/writer from Los Angeles originally hailing from Boston.
  • Tracy Hughes-Wolf, age 43, a commercial builder from Fredericksburg, VA.
  • Joel Anderson, age 32, a firefighter from Avondale, AZ.
  • Kathleen Sleckman, age 45, a golf course vendor from Glen Ellyn, IL.
  • Erik Reichenbach, age 22, an ice cream scooper from Ypsilanti, MI.
  • Mary Sartain, age 29, a small business owner from Emeryville, CA.
  • Chet Welch, age 48, a beauty pageant coach from Ford City, PA.
  • Natalie Bolton, age 32, a personal trainer from West Hollywood, CA (originally Houston)
  • Jason Siska, age 22, a student teacher from Fox River Grove, IL.
  • Alexis Jones, age 24, a motivational speaker from Beverly Hills (originally Austin, TX)
This will start the show off with one of the largest casts, so I think a double vote-off is a sure bet sometime during the season. Even though I'm not overly thrilled with many on the "favorites" list, I like the concept more than a straight-out All-Stars season. It looks like some of the fans are going to give the veterans a run for the money.

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Jane

But yea,,,,,,, Terry was awesome tooo

January 06 2008 at 5:08 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Jane

Ozzzy lusth is guna kick ass!! im so flippin exited!!:D:D:D:D:DD His the bestest person on earth!!
30 more daysssss!!!!!!!!!!!
WoootWooot!!!

January 06 2008 at 5:06 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Dan

There is no way they would bring back anyone has already played twice...Rupert, Sue, Stephanie, etc.

The only winner who was asked to return this season is Tom Westman, but he turned down the offer. I don't think they were interested in any other winners.

January 05 2008 at 3:03 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Lindsay

what about terry? he was awesome.
and i would love to see a lot of the winners.
are they allowed to bring back winners?
because tom and dani were great!

January 05 2008 at 11:02 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
BartmanDK

Well im looking forward to see Ozzy and Yau-Man in action again, and hope Ozzy can pull of a win this time around

January 05 2008 at 9:00 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Dan

I'm fine with Fairplay being there. I completely agree with some of the commenters... I like James, Yau-Man, etc. as much as the next viewer, but you just can't have 20 angels playing Survivor. The show needs at least a couple villains to stir things up and create some good conflict.

January 04 2008 at 2:51 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Mel

Amanda and Parvati?

Drool.

January 04 2008 at 1:41 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Brent McKee

Eliza finished fourth in Vanuatu. Strong physical player, particularly in endurance contests - she's a marthon runner - but had a reputation for changing sides quite readily. As for Ami, she's the bisexual "barrista" who appeared in Playboy in 1996 - no real need to guess why she's there.

So we have no one from Palau or Guatemala, but they give us Jonny Un-Fairplay. Great!

January 04 2008 at 1:27 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Guido

Love seeing Fairplay there .. should spice things up a bit.

I guess CBS didn't mind Ozzy's nude Playboy appearance and decided to bring him back..

January 04 2008 at 11:27 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
LC

Fairplay was an easy choice. As others here mentioned, the show needs someone to hate and this guy was custom made for that role.

Still, what would make this show an instant hit would be putting Danny Bonaduce in the same tribe with him.

January 04 2008 at 10:21 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply

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