Survivor Picks Its Favorites

BuzzSugar — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 15:32:42 -0800

CBS has announced the 20 contestants for Survivor: Micronesia, the whopping 16th edition of the show. This time, the network is throwing in a pretty ridiculous twist: The 20 contestants are divided into tribes of 10 former castaways and 10 superfans. The tribes will be dropped on the Rock Islands of Micronesia, where I suppose we'll see if experience with Survivor's challenges outlasts crazy fandom.

I know Survivor isn't the must-see show it once was, but if any of you were fans back in the day, I'm wondering: Are these the "favorites" you would have picked to compete in this special edition? Personally, I wish they could have brought back some really old-school contestants; nobody on this list competed before the seventh season, and most are even more recent than that. To see which favorites have signed up to be cast away again, just read more.

Yau-Man Chan (Survivor: Fiji)
James Clement (Survivor: China)
Ami Cusack (Survivor: Vanuatu)
Jonny Fairplay (Survivor: Pearl Islands)
Cirie Fields (Survivor: Panama - Exile Island)
Amanda Kimmel (Survivor: China)
Oscar "Ozzy" Lusth (Survivor: Cook Islands)
Eliza Orlins (Survivor: Vanuatu)
Jonathan Penner (Survivor: Cook Islands)
Parvati Shallow (Survivor: Cook Islands)

Photo courtesy of CBS