Survivor 50 preview: The implications of big cast

For those of you who are currently unaware, there are a number of things that stand out at present regarding Survivor 50. What’s the biggest one? To us, it may very well be the fact that this is the biggest cast that we’ve ever seen for the CBS series. There are 24 castaways out in Fiji competing for the title, and we do tend to think that this alone is one major reason why things may be different from what we’ve seen in the past.

First and foremost, the sheer size of the cast matters when it comes to one key variable above all others: The initial tribes. One thing that we have seen across the New Era is the rather simple fact that six tribes leaves everyone vulnerable almost right away. You can argue that it forces everyone to play, but it also leaves some people at a pretty severe disadvantage a lot of the time if their tribe starts losing challenges. In theory, this could level the playing field a little bit more and that is exciting. It also opens the door to more twists.

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Obviously, one other implication here is that winning tribal immunity early on will likely be all the more important. Our general feeling at the moment here is that there will need to be more double-eliminations early on, meaning we could have situations here where only one tribe can avoid heading to Tribal Council.

If there is one big advantage to more players…

It is simply the fact that a few people are likely going to be overlooked when it comes to the edit. Having a three-hour premiere could be a great way to counter some of that, but even still, there are a lot of big personalities. Just don’t be surprised if there are some people who get forgotten about over the course of the season.

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What are you most excited to see heading into Survivor 50 with the larger cast?

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