‘Survivor: All-Stars’ dream cast: Our Top 24 ‘New Era’ contestants
When Jeff Probst declared at the start of “Survivor” Season 41 that the “New Era” could best be described as, “Drop the 4, keep the 1,” he wasn’t kidding. It’s clear the host/producer envisions the revamped version of the reality TV show that takes place post-Covid and with more diversity representation as a fresh start. That’s likely why we haven’t had any players from the first 40 seasons pop up on our TV screens in a long while. In fact, the last comeback cycle was “Winners at War,” which welcomed back 20 past champions for Season 40 in 2020.
In anticipation of the next returning players edition — Season 50, which will likely air in 2026 — Gold Derby wants to stake our claim right now by listing our Top 24 “Survivor: All-Stars — New Era” dream cast members. Scroll through our photos above (or click here for direct access) to see all of our fantasy picks. Note that we include four contestants each from Seasons 41-46, and that winners are not considered.
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Here are the four latest contestants to be added to our ever-growing list:
Charlie Davis — Season 46 – Runner-up
In what was a shocking turn of events for Charlie, he lost the million dollar prize because his strongest ally in the game was swayed to change her jury vote to someone else (Kenzie Petty). Charlie competed strongly in physical challenges and developed some of the strongest strategic maneuvering of his season not only is he primed for a second appearance, but he’s probably hungry for it, too.
SEE ‘Survivor’ winners list: All seasons
Liz Wilcox — Season 46 – 4th place
No one in series history has had a tougher time with food deprivation than Liz, who couldn’t even eat coconut due to her abundance of food allergies. Now that she’s made everyone aware that she’s not in fact a millionaire already and that saying so was just strategy, it’d be interesting to see what she’d come up with to throw people off her scent next time and who can get her to scream “I’m pissed!” just one more time.
Tiffany Nicole Ervin — Season 46 – 8th place
Among the many players on her season that went home with an idol in their pocket, Tiffany’s probably sticks out the most because she, more than anyone, knew that it was dangerous to hold on to it. Tiffany smartly asserted that having a public idol is too big of a risk and so she should use it just to get rid of it, but then didn’t and was sent home too soon. We need to see what happens when Tiffany matches her actions to her smart strategy!
Randen Montalvo — Season 46 – 16th place
It’s safe to say that Randen’s Nami tribe was a disaster even before he was pulled from the game for medical reasons, but in a different timeline where he remained in the game it isn’t hard to imagine that he may have been the glue they needed to keep them together a little bit longer. Jeff loves giving second chances to anyone pulled from the game and we think Randen showed promise in the few episodes he appeared in.
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