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* According to Jeff Probst, some players that declined to return for ''Second Chances'', including Greg Buis from ''Borneo'', Elisabeth Hasselbeck from ''The Australian Outback'', Ian Rosenberger from ''Palau'', Shambo Waters from ''Samoa'', and Jeff Kent and RC Saint-Amour from ''Phillipines''.

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* ** According to Jeff Probst, some players that declined to return for ''Second Chances'', including Greg Buis from ''Borneo'', Elisabeth Hasselbeck from ''The Australian Outback'', Ian Rosenberger from ''Palau'', Shambo Waters from ''Samoa'', and Jeff Kent and RC Saint-Amour from ''Phillipines''.
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* According to Jeff Probst, some players that declined to return for ''Second Chances'', including Greg Buis from ''Borneo'', Elisabeth Hasselbeck from ''The Australian Outback'', Ian Rosenberger from ''Palau'', Shambo Waters from ''Samoa'', and Jeff Kent and RC Saint-Amour from ''Phillipines''.
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** RetroactiveRecognition: Rafe Judkins (Guatemala) went on to establish himself as a television writer for {{Series/Chuck}} and Series/MarvelsAgentsOfShield. Ditto John Cochran (South Pacific, Caramoan) for Series/TheMillers. Chase Rice (Nicaragua) was already a NASCAR crew member but went on to have a career as a country singer post-Survivor

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** RetroactiveRecognition: Rafe Judkins (Guatemala) went on to establish himself as a television writer for {{Series/Chuck}} and Series/MarvelsAgentsOfShield.Series/AgentsOfShield. Ditto John Cochran (South Pacific, Caramoan) for Series/TheMillers. Chase Rice (Nicaragua) was already a NASCAR crew member but went on to have a career as a country singer post-Survivor
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** RetroactiveRecognition: Rafe Judkins (Guatemala) went on to establish himself as a television writer for {{Series/Chuck}} and Series/MarvelsAgentsOfShield. Ditto John Cochran (South Pacific, Caramoan) for Series/TheMillers. Chase Rice (Nicaragua) was already a NASCAR crew member but went on to have a career as a country singer post-Survivor
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***He could have aslo been voted into "Cambodia", but didn't get enough votes.
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*** ''The Witch's Coven'' (Kelly Wentworth, Ciera, and Abi-Maria in ''Cambodia'')

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*** ''The Witch's Witches Coven'' (Kelly Wentworth, Ciera, and Abi-Maria in ''Cambodia'')
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*** "The Witch's Coven" (Kelly Wentworth, Ciera, and Abi-Maria in ''Cambodia'')

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*** "The ''The Witch's Coven" Coven'' (Kelly Wentworth, Ciera, and Abi-Maria in ''Cambodia'')
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*** "The Witch's Coven" (Kelly Wentworth, Ciera, and Abi-Maria in ''Cambodia'')
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** "Idoled" is when a contestant is eliminated only because another player who has the same or higher total of votes against them uses the Hidden Immunity Idol to save themselves from elimination. So far, this has happened in ''Fiji, Micronesia, Samoa'', ''Heroes vs. Villains'', and ''Philippines''.

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** "Idoled" is when a contestant is eliminated only because another player who has the same or higher total of votes against them uses the Hidden Immunity Idol to save themselves from elimination. So far, this has happened in ''Fiji, Micronesia, Samoa'', ''Heroes vs. Villains'', ''Philippines''. ''Worlds Apart'', and ''Philippines''.''Cambodia''.
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** There are plenty of others, too. Notably, wrestler Ashley Massaro (China), former NFL coach Jimmy Johnson (Nicaragua), football players Gary Hogeboom (Guatemala) and Brad Culpepper (Blood vs. Water), baseball players Jeff Kent (Philippines) and John Rocker (San Juan del Sur), and former NBA player Cliff Robinson (Cagayan) have appeared on the show.

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** There are plenty of others, too. Notably, wrestler Ashley Massaro Wrestling/AshleyMassaro (China), former NFL coach Jimmy Johnson (Nicaragua), football players Gary Hogeboom (Guatemala) and Brad Culpepper (Blood vs. Water), baseball players Jeff Kent (Philippines) and John Rocker (San Juan del Sur), and former NBA player Cliff Robinson (Cagayan) have appeared on the show.
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*** "Matsinging," named for the tribe in ''Philippines'', is similar but refers specifically to a losing tribe in 3-tribe seasons since those seasons have different dynamics. Interestingly, those dynamics tend to put the survivors of these in favorable positions.
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** Two players have left ''San Juan del Sur'' just before filming, resulting in the "redemption island" twist being played axed altogether, and forcing the players to have a gender imbalance for the first time since Fiji. Probst confirmed this in an interview, and did not state why they had to leave. (Fans assume something similar to what happened to Craig Saint-Amour or [[Series/TheAmazingRace The Amazing Race 24]].) One of the supposed players then eventually competed in the following season.

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** Two players have left ''San Juan del Sur'' just before filming, resulting in the "redemption island" twist being played axed altogether, and forcing the players to have a gender imbalance for the first time since Fiji. Probst confirmed this in an interview, and did not state why they had to leave. (Fans assume something similar to what happened to Craig Saint-Amour or [[Series/TheAmazingRace The Amazing Race 24]].) One of the supposed players then eventually competed in the following season.season.
* The 32nd season of Survivor was apparently filmed ''before'' Season 31.
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** There are plenty of others, too. Notably, wrestler Ashley Massaro (China), former NFL coach Jimmy Johnson (Nicaragua), baseball players Gary Hogeboom (Guatemala), Jeff Kent (Philippines) and John Rocker (San Juan del Sur), and former NBA player Cliff Robinson (Cagayan) have appeared on the show.

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** There are plenty of others, too. Notably, wrestler Ashley Massaro (China), former NFL coach Jimmy Johnson (Nicaragua), baseball football players Gary Hogeboom (Guatemala), (Guatemala) and Brad Culpepper (Blood vs. Water), baseball players Jeff Kent (Philippines) and John Rocker (San Juan del Sur), and former NBA player Cliff Robinson (Cagayan) have appeared on the show.
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** Two players have left ''San Juan del Sur'' just before filming, resulting in the "redemption island" twist being played axed altogether, and forcing the players to have a gender imbalance for the first time since Fiji. Probst confirmed this in an interview, and did not state why they had to leave. (Fans assume something similar to what happened to Craig Saint-Amour or [[Series/TheAmazingRace The Amazing Race 24]]. One of the supposed players then eventually competed in the following season.

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** Two players have left ''San Juan del Sur'' just before filming, resulting in the "redemption island" twist being played axed altogether, and forcing the players to have a gender imbalance for the first time since Fiji. Probst confirmed this in an interview, and did not state why they had to leave. (Fans assume something similar to what happened to Craig Saint-Amour or [[Series/TheAmazingRace The Amazing Race 24]]. ) One of the supposed players then eventually competed in the following season.
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** "CG-I", to refer to a player with an OutOfFocus edit and seems almost digitally inserted into the show halfway through the season.

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** "CG-I", to refer to a player with an OutOfFocus edit and seems to the point that they seem almost digitally inserted into the show halfway through the season.
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** Here's a few other popular(or once popular) fan nicknames for alliances featured on the show:

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** Here's a few other popular(or popular (or once popular) fan nicknames for alliances featured on the show:

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* FanNickname: "Pagonging" is when, after tribes merge, the one with the majority systematically eliminates the other (named for the Pagong tribe of ''Borneo'', the first victim of this). As many of the players don't feel a need to ''immediately'' break the original tribal alliances upon merging, pagonging is attempted rather often. (It often leads to a BoringButPractical strategy if one thinks about it; because removing the opposing alliances at merge means you can waltz undefeated to the finals.)

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"Pagonging" is when, after tribes merge, the one with the majority systematically eliminates the other (named for the Pagong tribe of ''Borneo'', the first victim of this). As many of the players don't feel a need to ''immediately'' break the original tribal alliances upon merging, pagonging is attempted rather often. (It often leads to a BoringButPractical strategy if one thinks about it; because removing the opposing alliances at merge means you can waltz undefeated to the finals.)



** "WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs tribe", the post-shuffle Escameca in ''Worlds Apart'' due to the tribe having blue ColorMotif and TheSmurfettePrinciple being blonde and an original member of said blue tribe.



* [[AuthorExistenceFailure Player Existence Failure]]: Jennifer (Palau) and Caleb (Blood vs. Water) died of cancer and a rail accident respectively. Jennifer Lyon was given an "In memory of-" dedication after Heroes vs. Villains, and some have suspected Caleb might as well after San Juan del Sur.
** BB Andersen (Borneo) also died of a brain tumor.

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* [[AuthorExistenceFailure Player Existence Failure]]: Jennifer (Palau) and Caleb (Blood vs. Water) died of cancer and a rail accident respectively. Jennifer Lyon was given an "In memory of-" "Inmemoriam-" dedication after Heroes vs. Villains, and some have suspected Caleb might as well after San Juan del Sur.
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Villains. BB Andersen (Borneo) also died of a brain tumor.



** Two players have left ''San Juan del Sur'' just before filming, resulting in the "redemption island" twist being played axed altogether, and forcing the players to have a gender imbalance for the first time since Fiji. Probst confirmed this in an interview, and did not state why they had to leave. (Fans assume something similar to what happened to Craig Saint-Amour or [[Series/TheAmazingRace The Amazing Race 24]].

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** Two players have left ''San Juan del Sur'' just before filming, resulting in the "redemption island" twist being played axed altogether, and forcing the players to have a gender imbalance for the first time since Fiji. Probst confirmed this in an interview, and did not state why they had to leave. (Fans assume something similar to what happened to Craig Saint-Amour or [[Series/TheAmazingRace The Amazing Race 24]]. One of the supposed players then eventually competed in the following season.
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** Two players have left ''San Juan del Sur'' just before filming, resulting in the "redemption island" twist being played axed altogether, and forcing the players to have a gender imbalance for the first time since Fiji. Probst confirmed this in an interview, and did not state why they had to leave. (Fans assume something similar to what happened to Craig Saint-Amour or [[Series/TheaAmazingRace The Amazing Race 24]].

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** Two players have left ''San Juan del Sur'' just before filming, resulting in the "redemption island" twist being played axed altogether, and forcing the players to have a gender imbalance for the first time since Fiji. Probst confirmed this in an interview, and did not state why they had to leave. (Fans assume something similar to what happened to Craig Saint-Amour or [[Series/TheaAmazingRace [[Series/TheAmazingRace The Amazing Race 24]].
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** There are plenty of others, too. Notably, wrestler Ashley Massaro (China), former NFL coach Jimmy Johnson (Nicaragua), baseball players Gary Hogeboom (Guatemala) and Jeff Kent (Philippines), and former NBA player Cliff Robinson (Cagayan) have appeared on the show.

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** There are plenty of others, too. Notably, wrestler Ashley Massaro (China), former NFL coach Jimmy Johnson (Nicaragua), baseball players Gary Hogeboom (Guatemala) and (Guatemala), Jeff Kent (Philippines), (Philippines) and John Rocker (San Juan del Sur), and former NBA player Cliff Robinson (Cagayan) have appeared on the show.
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** BB Andersen (Borneo) also died of a brain tumor.
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** The "idol with special powers" in Cagayan is referred to as the "Tyler Perry idol", since the idea came from a text message from Tyler Perry to Jeff Probst.

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* [[AuthorExistenceFailure Player Existence Failure]]: Jennifer (Palau) and Caleb (Blood vs. Water) died of cancer and a rail accident respectively. Jennifer Lyon was given an "In memory of-" dedication after Heroes vs. Villains, and some have suspected Caleb might as well after San Juan del Sur.



** R.C. Saint-Amour was originally going to compete in ''Blood vs. Water'' was her father, Craig. However, just before the game started, Craig's blood pressure shot up to high, and the were unable to compete. Instead, Candice and her husband John were brought in as a last minute replacement. In fact, the season's original theme was going to be "blood tribes" vs. "water tribes" before they were pulled out and the theme was switched to "returning players vs. their families". This makes ''Blood vs. Water'' something of an ArtifactTitle.

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** ''Fiji'' is so far the only season with an odd number of players as well as the first with a gender imbalance, due to one of the players quitting and not being replaced.
** R.C. Saint-Amour was originally going to compete in ''Blood vs. Water'' was her father, Craig. However, just before the game started, Craig's blood pressure shot up to high, and the were unable to compete. Instead, Candice and her husband John were brought in as a last minute replacement. In fact, the season's original theme was going to be "blood tribes" vs. "water tribes" before they were pulled out and the theme was switched to "returning players vs. their families". This makes ''Blood vs. Water'' something of an ArtifactTitle.ArtifactTitle.
** Two players have left ''San Juan del Sur'' just before filming, resulting in the "redemption island" twist being played axed altogether, and forcing the players to have a gender imbalance for the first time since Fiji. Probst confirmed this in an interview, and did not state why they had to leave. (Fans assume something similar to what happened to Craig Saint-Amour or [[Series/TheaAmazingRace The Amazing Race 24]].
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** There are plenty of others, too. Notably, wrestler Ashley Massaro (China), former NFL coach Jimmy Johnson (Nicaragua), baseball players Gary Hogeboom (Guatemala) and Jeff Kent (Philippines), and former NBA player Cliff Robinson (Cagayan) have appeared on the show.
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* HeyItsThatGuy: Ken Hoang, the former world champion of VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Melee.
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** The hosting job for Survivor came down to Jeff Probst and [[TheAmazingRace Phil Keoghan]]. Probst got it due to his live TV work and due to an interview on Access Hollywood where he flirted with Sandra Bullock. However, if Probst hadn't been chosen, imagine what both Survivor and The Amazing Race would be like with Phil as the Survivor host.

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** The hosting job for Survivor came down to Jeff Probst and [[TheAmazingRace [[Series/TheAmazingRace Phil Keoghan]]. Probst got it due to his live TV work and due to an interview on Access Hollywood where he flirted with Sandra Bullock. However, if Probst hadn't been chosen, imagine what both Survivor and The Amazing Race would be like with Phil as the Survivor host.
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* BigNameFan: Mario Lanza, creator and owner of the extremely popular fan site [[http://www.funny115.com The Funny 115]], and writer of (among many others), the popular fanfics ''All-Star Survivor: Hawaii'', ''All-Star Survivor: Greece'' and ''All-Star Survivor: Alaska''. He's also considered to be one of the most prominent and knowledgeable experts on the show.
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* FanNickname: "Pagonging" is when, after tribes merge, the one with the majority systematically eliminates the other (named for the Pagong tribe of ''Borneo'', the first victim of this). As many of the players don't feel a need to ''immediately'' break the original tribal alliances upon merging, pagonging is attempted rather often. (It often leads to a BoringButPractical strategy if one thinks about it; because removing the opposing alliances at merge means you can waltz undefeated to the finals.)
** "Ulonging" is similar; only the tribe gets utterly destroyed ''before'' the merge by losing challenges. Named for the Ulong tribe in ''Palau'', who lost ''every single Immunity challenge''. They went down in history as the only tribe to be completely eliminated before the merge (except for Stephenie). In fact, there was no official merge in that season because of this.
** "Idoled" is when a contestant is eliminated only because another player who has the same or higher total of votes against them uses the Hidden Immunity Idol to save themselves from elimination. So far, this has happened in ''Fiji, Micronesia, Samoa'', ''Heroes vs. Villains'', and ''Philippines''.
** "Loser Lodge" is a popular term for the Ponderosa, the nearby complex at which Jury members are sequestered before the final Tribal Council.
** "Mactor" is a {{Portmanteau}} of "model" and "actor", [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin referring to the large number of models and wannabe actors who've been cast over the years]]. It's implied to mean in a cynical way that said mactor doesn't care about being on ''Survivor'' and is only on the show for the exposure (as opposed to an "applicant" who is more likely to have watched previous seasons).
** "Gamebot" is a player whose entire focus is on winning the game and maximizing their success at winning the game at the expense of everything else (such as, you know, maybe enjoying the experience, or [[ImNotHereToMakeFriends remembering that this is a social game too]]). They are differentiated from most players (who also want to win) by their total disinterest in anything that doesn't advance them further in the game. A good example of this is Amanda and Danielle during ''Heroes vs Villains'' when they went along with Colby to the home of Creator/RobertLouisStevenson on reward. Amanda even ''said'' out loud that she didn't care about the reward itself, and just wanted a clue to the next hidden immunity idol.
** Here's a few other popular(or once popular) fan nicknames for alliances featured on the show:
*** "Boran Boys Club" (Lex, Big Tom, and Ethan during ''Africa'')
*** "The Rotu 4" (John, Tammy, Robert Decanio, and Zoe during ''Marquesas'')
*** "Twigs and Sticks" (Jenna and Heidi during ''The Amazon'')
*** "The Fat Five" (Lea, Bubba, Chris, Chad, and Rory during ''Vanuatu'')
*** "Crazy Casaya" (Shane, Courtney, Danielle, Aras, Cirie, Bruce, and Bobby during ''Panama''. This is an exception in that it describes the entire tribe instead of a specific alliance.)
*** ''Aitu 4" (Yul, Sundra, Ozzy, and Becky)
*** ''Black Widow Brigade'' (Parvati, Amanda, Cirie, Natalie, and Alexis during ''Micronesia'')
*** ''The Onions'' (Marcus, Charlie, Corinne, [[ICouldaBeenAContender Jacquie]], later [[{{Turncoat}} Randy]] and Bob during ''Gabon'')
*** "The Ometepe five/six" (Andrea, Natalie, Grant, Phillip, Ashley, Rob when it's six.)
*** [[FunWithAcronyms CRABS]] ('''C'''oach, '''R'''ick, '''A'''lbert, '''B'''randon, and '''S'''ophie during ''South Pacific''.) After '''E'''dna [[SixthRanger joined]], the acronym got changed to BRACES.
*** ''Stealth R Us 2.0'' in ''Caramoan'' (Phillip, Andrea, Cochran, Dawn, Malcolm, and Corinne initally, later [[SixthRanger Sherri, Erik, and Brenda]] join after the latter two defect.)
*** ''Cool Kids Club'' in Caramoan (Reynold, Eddie, Allie, and Hope. Later it becomes Malcolm, Reynold, Eddie, Corinne, and Michael.)
*** The ''Three Amigos'' alliance in ''Caramoan'' (Malcolm, Reynold, and Eddie.)
** "CG-I", to refer to a player with an OutOfFocus edit and seems almost digitally inserted into the show halfway through the season.
** Shortly after she was voted out first ''again'', Francesca gained nicknames such as "Anti-Sandra," or "Reverse-Sandra," etc.

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The hosting job for Survivor came down to Jeff Probst and [[TheAmazingRace Phil Keoghan]]. Probst got it due to his live TV work and due to an interview on Access Hollywood where he flirted with Sandra Bullock. However, if Probst hadn't been chosen, imagine what both Survivor and The Amazing Race would be like with Phil as the Survivor host.

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The hosting job for Survivor came down to Jeff Probst and [[TheAmazingRace Phil Keoghan]]. Probst got it due to his live TV work and due to an interview on Access Hollywood where he flirted with Sandra Bullock. However, if Probst hadn't been chosen, imagine what both Survivor and The Amazing Race would be like with Phil as the Survivor host.host.
** Shane Powers was actually intended to return ''twice'', but both times, got replaced. He was intended to return in ''Micronesia'', but was replaced by Jonny Fairplay. Shane was ''also'' intended to return in ''Heroes vs. Villains'', but was replaced by Russell.
** Other people were considered to return for the show. Sandra was actually one of the people dropped at the last moment in ''Micronesia''. Tom Westman was asked to come back to ''Micronesia'', but he declined the offer.
** The original filming location intended for Season 4 was the country of Jordan, but due to a certain event in America in 2001, it was changed to Marquesas.
** Vecepia was asked to come back to ''All-Stars'', but she couldn't as she was pregnant at the time.
** Richard Hatch was supposed to be on ''Heroes vs. Villains'' as well, but he was under house arrest at the time and wasn't able to get permission from the courts to to leave the country to film it. Additionally, both Yau-Man Chan and Corinne Kaplan had to turn down coming back due to work obligations.
** ''Redemption Island'' was originally planned as Russell vs. Richard, with the tribes comprised of returning players chosen in a draft. After Richard was denied from leaving the country again, the draft idea was scrapped and Boston Rob, Russell's rival from ''Heroes vs. Villains'' was chosen as Richard's replacement.
** R.C. Saint-Amour was originally going to compete in ''Blood vs. Water'' was her father, Craig. However, just before the game started, Craig's blood pressure shot up to high, and the were unable to compete. Instead, Candice and her husband John were brought in as a last minute replacement. In fact, the season's original theme was going to be "blood tribes" vs. "water tribes" before they were pulled out and the theme was switched to "returning players vs. their families". This makes ''Blood vs. Water'' something of an ArtifactTitle.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The hosting job for Survivor came down to Jeff Probst and [[TheAmazingRace Phil Keoghan]]. Probst got it due to his live TV work and due to an interview on Access Hollywood where he flirted with Sandra Bullock. However, if Probst hadn't been chosen, imagine what both Survivor and The Amazing Race would be like with Phil as the Survivor host.

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