Every contestant that shows up to play Survivor thinks they have what it takes to win the game. Optimism abounds! Everything is sunshine and Fun Dip and unicorns! And then those happy-go-lucky souls are dropped off on island and reality hits.

The beloved host/showrunner has been peeling the curtain back on the official Survivor podcast On Fire with Jeff Probst. During an episode about Season 47, he revealed why his instructions before reading the votes is no longer included. As he put it:

Season 48 of “Survivor” is set to debut with a two-hour premiere episode on Wednesday, February 26, at 8 p.m., airing on CBS and streaming live on Paramount+. Following the premiere, 90-minute episodes will air weekly beginning March 5.

Shauhin Davari, a debate professor, previously said he had suspected Papini's kidnapping to be a hoax shortly after he heard the news about it.

A fire captain who lives in West Sacramento is one of the 18 castaways competing for $1 million in the upcoming season of "Survivor."

"Good Morning America" host Michael Strahan said it’s “hard to relive” Isabella’s cancer journey, which is documented in the Feb. 5 ABC special "Life Interrupted: Isabella Strahan’s Fight Against Canc

Survivor 48 will take place in the South Pacific island nation, nearly 8,000 miles away from Jersey and Virginia. Fiji's Mamanuca Islands have been the setting for the show since season 33 in 2016. The 2000 Tom Hanks movie "Cast Away" was also filmed on the islands.

It has been 29 days since Joe Lynskey was nearly murdered on New Year’s Eve. But his life was spared by a fraction of a second. “I was not meant to die that day,” Lynskey

Survivor's season 48 hopefuls include a stunt performer, a pizzeria worker and a music executive. Chek out the new cast photos and get all the info on the castaways' personal bios and backstories.

The complete Survivor 48 cast list has been revealed by CBS. The network has released bios and anecdotes from the new castaways for 2025.

Even though Helen Marks has been alive more than eight decades, she remains in the unenviable position of still searching for something idyllic of which she had been deprived. “I’m still working on a happy childhood,