Survivor host Jeff Probst has been a reality television host for over 25 years, but would he ever compete on a show as a player?

When it comes to Survivor 50’s returning players, it doesn’t matter if you’re from the old or new era. Fans are being given the power to create an all-new game through several months of voting that began on Wednesday, February 26, the same day as the Season 48 premiere.

Although Survivor 48 just premiered on the 2025 TV schedule, fans are as excited as ever for the upcoming 50 th season. Longtime host Jeff Probst revealed in 2024 that the milestone season will bring back fan-favorite players,

Warning: this story contains spoilers from Wednesday's Survivor 48 premiere episode. Read at your own risk! Survivor's Jeff Probst couldn't hold back his tears when he watched early footage from the first episode of Season 48.

Survivor 48 is officially in full swing. That means a new cast of 18 castaways, plenty of social strategy and greuling challenges, and a lesson in gay pop culture for host Jeff Probst. … Wait, what was that last part?

With three new tribes hitting the beaches of Fiji for another season of Survivor this week, pain was the name of the game. During the opening challenge for Wednesday’s Season 48 premiere of the CBS reality competition series,

The show's host said the premiere was "so packed that our very first cut was very long" and the injury's aftermath didn't make the cut

When Entertainment Weekly spoke to the contestants in Fiji in the days before filming began, several of them referenced the last Survivor season they had seen before leaving, and that was Survivor 46,