Survivor: Everything To Know About The Season 42 Cast Reveal
18 new players are joining the Survivor season 42 cast and fans are excited to learn about each of them. This season will be similar to season 41 in terms of the shortened number of days in Fiji, as well as the faster pace of the show. Fans will have to wait and see who proves they have what it takes to become the next Sole Survivor. Here is everything to know about the season 42 cast.
It's true that Survivor season 41 was an unprecedented season, as the show was shortened, so castaways competed for 26 days, rather than 39. There were also plenty of new twists in the game. Host Jeff Probst has promised the same relentless pace in season 42, as well as a more dangerous version of the game that pushes the cast members to their limits. The series will once again feature the shared immunity idols that are activated by cast members from different tribes repeating strange phrases at the same challenge. Survivor season 42 will also split the cast into three tribes during the premiere episode.
Survivor is known for featuring cast members of different ages and professions each season, and Survivor 42 is no exception. According to their CBS bios, there is a nearly 40-year age gap between the youngest and oldest contestants this season. Swati Goel is a 19-year-old Ivy League student from California who is a Survivor superfan. Mike Turner is the oldest contestant of the season at 58 years old, and he is a retired firefighter from New Jersey. He is looking to play the game like Boston Rob Mariano, who holds the record for the most Survivor appearances. Boston Rob won season 22 of the show.
The Survivor season 42 cast comes from all across the U.S., and there are two contestants from Ontario, Canada, as well as one from Bac Lieu, Vietnam. Despite the fact that the cast has vastly different occupations, they do not appear to be grouped into tribes based on their occupations, like Survivor: Worlds Apart - White Collar vs. Blue Collar vs. No Collar. Season 42 includes data scientist Hai Giang, seminary student Maryanne Oketch, pageant coach Romeo Escobar and therapist Tori Meehan.
Some fans might be reminded of Survivor legend Ozzy Lusth when they see 29-year-old Jonathan Young. Like Ozzy, Jonathan loves being out in nature, even when he is not competing for a $1 million prize on a reality show. He also spearfishes and surfs in his free time, which is making fans think that he will likely dominate the water challenges like Ozzy did in the past. Fans will have to wait until March 9 for Survivor season 42 to begin. as new cast members try to outwit, outplay and outlast each other.