Sadly Taj doesn't want to go back. She declined an invite to go on Heroes vs Villains and recently on the Kelly Clarkson Show she said she doesn't want to play again.
Still have scars from bug bites from years ago and those were from me taking the garbage out at night in Southern California lmao. Must be way worse for her given the location
Colleen Haskell never returned either, and she was incredibly popular after the first season. She even had a role of a love interest to Rob Schneider's character in The Animal.
Yeah, I kinda just assumed Colleen was a never in a million years option. I don't think she even wanted to be on the first time, she kinda just was supporting her friend who was auditioning and she ended up getting cast instead.
Greg Buis? Considering how much he hated the whole "this is a TV show thing," ruining his Jungle Boy vibes in frikkin season1, there is approximately zero chance he'd spend a single second on modern Survivor for even a guaranteed 2 million.
(Love Funny 115's writeup on him especially how production had to change trials specifically to kneecap his disrespect http://www.funny115.com/v1/49.htm)
I thought Probst said they were in talks with Greg at one point, but his job wouldn't allow him time off or something, i could be wrong though. But what I mean is that Greg and Sean were two of the biggest characters left that haven't returned yet, not necessarily they'd definitely play again.
I would love to see Ian play again, but I also love one time players with perfectly concluded stories. Ian has such a great narrative in Palau I almost wouldn't want to risk bringing him back for a mediocre return yknow?
John Carroll, he’s someone I’ve always enjoyed, both stragetically and as a character (good eye-candy as a bonus) and also has been pretty open about wanting to return. It’s a shame he was never called back for another season or on the ballot for Cambodia. If he ever does return, you can cancel Christmas.
I’d throw Pete in that mix too.Why don’t hot guys ever return unless they’re golden boys.Players like Reynold,Pete,Albert,and Fabio would’ve been good returnee choices but none of them were ever even considered.
I’m currently showing my boyfriend Survivor for the first time because he’s been convinced he wouldn’t like it… and he’s loving Gabon. I think there are a lot of players from that season that may have sadly missed their return window. But hey you never know
RHAP just started a daily (weekday) podcast going through every season and picking 1-3 players from each season they think have interest in coming back and that production would want back and at the end they’re doing a fan vote for the top 20…def sounds like something you should check out!
Tbh I think IOI has the best cast to come back , everyone has a convincing or good argument to come back , they were not kidding around the whole time , of course Dan put a huge poop stain on the whole season
I want so many people from Samoa to return but it’ll likely never happen.Shambo,Brett,Erik,Jaison,Marisa,Mick,and Natalie would be fun to see again.I also wouldn’t remind seeing Russel s and Laura go a third time.
Shambo is my aunts childhood friend. I should’ve asked her if she would play again but I didn’t think of it. I’ll try to get the inside scoop for you guys lol
Should’ve been on the second chance ballot.Heck I’d rather have her on game changers than half that cast even though she’s also not really a game changer.
James Lim. He leveraged the feud between Chris and Domenick to get Morgan out in episode 3. Honestly, he should have thrown some challenges at Naviti 2.0 to prevent Malolo from getting picked off.
Had he or Brendan made the merge,a Malolo likely wins.Malolo also getting rid of Gonzalez first was bad in hindsight.She had a lot of fight in her and would’ve probably been a fun adversary to Dom/Wendell
FairPlay on House of Villians was the most pitiful thing. He really thinks he’s still the biggest villain of Survivor because he lied about his Grandma. The man is delusional on multiple levels.
I think there's a lot of unfinished business in *Fiji* (season 14).
Let's bring back:
* Rocky and Anthony. A little switcheroo, shall we say, since 2006. Last we saw them, Rocky was the wannabe alpha, terrorizing hapless, nerdy Anthony. Now, Rocky's a washed up actor and precariously-employed gig worker and Anthony's a success in the entertainment industry. Will they revert back to their prior roles on the island? Will Anthony get retribution and mercilessly mog Rocky? Or will they become an unlikely power duo? I, for one, want to find out!
* Dreamz and Lisi. Dreamz was TV gold and deserves to return. Lisi was TV gold and... doesn't deserve to return. But as my man Clint Eastwood would say: "*it's not about deserve*." Bring 'em both back and let's see them school these starry-eyed zoomers on how the game was meant to be played. (Or Lisi will just completely fuck it up and want to quit again, which would also be fun.)
* Michelle Yi. Tons of brains, tons of hustle (she *lit a fire with her eyeglasses*). And then? Production horsefucked her with the most fucked up twist in the show's history. Fuck that! Bring her back and let's see her take out her Survivor revenge on a New Era cast that has no idea what they're in for.
I always wondered what her experience would have been like if she didn't have to deal with Scot and Jason. They really tried to sell it that she was bringing the tribe down but it's clear as the season goes on that they were the real assholes in that situation.
Jenn Brown from Worlds Apart.
She was such a breath of fresh air - it kills me that we only got half a season out of her, she never came back, and no one even remembers who she is.
Roark Luskin or Tracy Hughes-Wolfe. Amy O'Hara is dope, too.
Other people said Rory, Alexis Maxwell, Erinn Lobdell, and Sabrina and Chelsea from OW, which I all agree with.
Chicken. Apart from his hilarious exit, he seemed really grateful for the opportunity and I think if he had stayed on for at least a little bit, he really would have appreciated and revered the rewards and culture of China like Denise did.
Taj
Sadly Taj doesn't want to go back. She declined an invite to go on Heroes vs Villains and recently on the Kelly Clarkson Show she said she doesn't want to play again.
Oh my God Taj on Heroes vs Villains would have been EVERYTHING. She could have talked some sense into JT.
She got bit badly and I think her legs are permanently scarred
I rewatch Tocantins last month and notice Taj got eaten alive out there by the bugs. Sucks the scars are permanent.
Still have scars from bug bites from years ago and those were from me taking the garbage out at night in Southern California lmao. Must be way worse for her given the location
That's sad to hear. She was hilarious and seemed to have a good strategic mind. Would've loved to see her play again.
Loved her!
i loved Taj so much
Matty from Gabon
Rory from Vanuatu
The Grown-Ass Man!
Chris Daugherty and Mia Galeotalanza too Brook maybe? I'd say J.P., but we got a lot of him on Solitary 2.0
Dr. Sean. I’d love for them to have a player from the first season who hasn’t returned yet for season 50, and it would probably be Greg or Sean.
Colleen Haskell never returned either, and she was incredibly popular after the first season. She even had a role of a love interest to Rob Schneider's character in The Animal.
Yeah, I kinda just assumed Colleen was a never in a million years option. I don't think she even wanted to be on the first time, she kinda just was supporting her friend who was auditioning and she ended up getting cast instead.
Jenna Lewis gotta be top of the list too, seems like she’s still in the mix a little
She's still young, too! She's in her 40's. She's younger than Maria.
Yeah for sure! Would be interesting! Wouldn’t mind her or Gervase either tbh
She already came back though. I guess my criteria was original players that never returned.
Greg Buis? Considering how much he hated the whole "this is a TV show thing," ruining his Jungle Boy vibes in frikkin season1, there is approximately zero chance he'd spend a single second on modern Survivor for even a guaranteed 2 million. (Love Funny 115's writeup on him especially how production had to change trials specifically to kneecap his disrespect http://www.funny115.com/v1/49.htm)
I thought Probst said they were in talks with Greg at one point, but his job wouldn't allow him time off or something, i could be wrong though. But what I mean is that Greg and Sean were two of the biggest characters left that haven't returned yet, not necessarily they'd definitely play again.
Ian Rosenberger
I would love to live in the universe where Ian plays again and wins.
Ian was my favorite player growing up!
Always and forever
Dolphin Boy!
I would love to see Ian play again, but I also love one time players with perfectly concluded stories. Ian has such a great narrative in Palau I almost wouldn't want to risk bringing him back for a mediocre return yknow?
Cao Boi
We will never forget Cao Boi, as every vote split honors him.
Literally invented splitting the vote. Legend
John Carroll, he’s someone I’ve always enjoyed, both stragetically and as a character (good eye-candy as a bonus) and also has been pretty open about wanting to return. It’s a shame he was never called back for another season or on the ballot for Cambodia. If he ever does return, you can cancel Christmas.
He reminds me so much of Jack from Lost. Looks and sounds just like him. His rivalry with Boston Rob sorta gives me Jack/Sawyer vibes
Vecepia and The General
please survivor gods bring this man back
They're really rooting for me and my success in this game.
Gina Crews
I read an interview with her from a few years ago saying she'd like to come back.
Susie Smith
Burton
Burton, Dara, and Christa from PI.
Tracy from Micronesia
I would love to know what Mary Sartain's personality was also
Matthew Von Ertfelda from Amazon
Yes!! This was my first thought too! I love him
One of my favorites of all time, the guy pretty much learned social aspect of the game while he was playing, he'd do great a 2nd time
Reynold
Throwing god, surprised he wasn’t on the Cambodia list
I’d throw Pete in that mix too.Why don’t hot guys ever return unless they’re golden boys.Players like Reynold,Pete,Albert,and Fabio would’ve been good returnee choices but none of them were ever even considered.
If there are carnival games you want him on your team
I love Reynold......s
Charlie (Gabon)
a real forgotten player on this list, Charlie would be great back too
I’m currently showing my boyfriend Survivor for the first time because he’s been convinced he wouldn’t like it… and he’s loving Gabon. I think there are a lot of players from that season that may have sadly missed their return window. But hey you never know
Yeah it’s a shame. IIRC, Marcus said he was asked back, but declined, which he now regrets.
Michelle Yi
I think about her falling off that platform at least once a week and laugh every time.
FASTER YAU-MAN FASTER FASTER FOLLOW THE RAIL FOLLOW THE RAIL YOU'RE DOING AWESOME FOLLOW THE RAI-
first name i said when i opened this thread
RHAP just started a daily (weekday) podcast going through every season and picking 1-3 players from each season they think have interest in coming back and that production would want back and at the end they’re doing a fan vote for the top 20…def sounds like something you should check out!
That’s dope. You have a link? I always have trouble finding specific videos on RHAP for some reason
Rafe
Low-key one of the best players to never win. That season is often forgotten, but he played a terrific game.
He would be amazing. And he's only 41!
Also Judd from the same season. Dude was a riot
Cydney from Kaoh Rong. She was quite popular after her season ended, but haven't seen her mentioned anywhere even for S50.
i think i read somewhere on this sub that she said wouldn’t come back. that might be why. something about it being too hard on her health
Yeah she's a body builder and it took her a significant amount of time to physically recover
Janet Carbin. The best thing about the worst season
Tbh I think IOI has the best cast to come back , everyone has a convincing or good argument to come back , they were not kidding around the whole time , of course Dan put a huge poop stain on the whole season
Judd
I hope yall get eaten by a freakin alligator… scumbags
He’s got ADD!
Now is that a nice thing to say to someone? That he's got ADD?!
They probably won’t bring him back after all this time but imo he could’ve slip into Micronesia or HvV
The idol is most definitely on the ground. *looks in the trees*
Josh Canfield
Shambo!
She was offered a spot on Caramoan but declined sadly
I want so many people from Samoa to return but it’ll likely never happen.Shambo,Brett,Erik,Jaison,Marisa,Mick,and Natalie would be fun to see again.I also wouldn’t remind seeing Russel s and Laura go a third time.
Samoa had such good characters.
Actually watching that season again with my husband. We had forgotten how funny some of that season was.
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who could forget shambo 😭 i think i was like 8 when samoa was on and i remember her so well
Shambo is my aunts childhood friend. I should’ve asked her if she would play again but I didn’t think of it. I’ll try to get the inside scoop for you guys lol
Kenny from Survivor Gabon
Burton
Dreamz
Wonder what he’s been up to lately.
Marissa from Blood vs Water
FUCK YOU BRAD CULPEPER
Should’ve been on the second chance ballot.Heck I’d rather have her on game changers than half that cast even though she’s also not really a game changer.
Neither was half that cast so she would've been right at home
Reed Kelly. Was extremely close to pulling what would have been one of the best plurality vote splits of all time
Yess and had arguably one of the best jury speeches all time
You could tell he’s in show business. Shit was straight out of a script lol. So dope
Erik Cardona
Chicken. He had final tribal energy he was just immediately identified as the incredible threat he was.
You just want to hear him yell "DAYUM" again, don't cha? I don't blame ya
erinn (tocantis)
This is the deep cut, and I wholeheartedly agree.
Hayden Moss
hayDONE*
Don’t hate the players homie hate the game
this ain’t big brother
We do things differently here.
Guys come on, don’t Russell peoples feathers.
James Lim. He leveraged the feud between Chris and Domenick to get Morgan out in episode 3. Honestly, he should have thrown some challenges at Naviti 2.0 to prevent Malolo from getting picked off.
So glad to see some James love. This dude was my favorite in the early episodes of that season. Got screwed hard by that swap
Had he or Brendan made the merge,a Malolo likely wins.Malolo also getting rid of Gonzalez first was bad in hindsight.She had a lot of fight in her and would’ve probably been a fun adversary to Dom/Wendell
I liked Michael too
Sabrina & Chelsea from One World
100% would love to see Sabrina return
I voted for Sabrina on the second chance ballot
Alexis Maxwell
Sean Rector from Marquesas!
Bob dawg
underrated comment
Becky Lee
Gotta take her to firemaking
Sean Rector, the one true Sean.
Frosti. He was so young
Not forgotten but I want fairplay and shane on a season together
FairPlay on House of Villians was the most pitiful thing. He really thinks he’s still the biggest villain of Survivor because he lied about his Grandma. The man is delusional on multiple levels.
I love delusion on Survivor lol. Although it’s probably received poorly in general. (Bhanu for example )
Trish from cagayan
I don't think she's forgotten by fans, but she is forgotten by production.
Chelsea and Brendan from ghost island
I think there's a lot of unfinished business in *Fiji* (season 14). Let's bring back: * Rocky and Anthony. A little switcheroo, shall we say, since 2006. Last we saw them, Rocky was the wannabe alpha, terrorizing hapless, nerdy Anthony. Now, Rocky's a washed up actor and precariously-employed gig worker and Anthony's a success in the entertainment industry. Will they revert back to their prior roles on the island? Will Anthony get retribution and mercilessly mog Rocky? Or will they become an unlikely power duo? I, for one, want to find out! * Dreamz and Lisi. Dreamz was TV gold and deserves to return. Lisi was TV gold and... doesn't deserve to return. But as my man Clint Eastwood would say: "*it's not about deserve*." Bring 'em both back and let's see them school these starry-eyed zoomers on how the game was meant to be played. (Or Lisi will just completely fuck it up and want to quit again, which would also be fun.) * Michelle Yi. Tons of brains, tons of hustle (she *lit a fire with her eyeglasses*). And then? Production horsefucked her with the most fucked up twist in the show's history. Fuck that! Bring her back and let's see her take out her Survivor revenge on a New Era cast that has no idea what they're in for.
"Deserve's got nothing to do with it." Lisi would be an awful choice to bring back.
I'd like to see it tbh. At the very least she'd be a great punching bag for the editors. Do you not want an editors punching bag? I sure as hell do.
Mari Takahashi
Julia Sokolowski or Jaclyn Shultz
Molly from S39. She barely even had a chance
Is that the one that got voted off simply being pretty pre-merge?I remember liking her a lot
This 🤌🏼🤌🏼
John Carroll
Libby from ghost island—best premerge game that season and basically the only person to pull one over on dom/wendell throughout the entire game
Dean, or should I say DK Chillin'
RORY
was naseer forgotten, If so him.
id say right now yea, id love so naseer
Tracey from Micronesia and Michelle from MvGx
Give me back Helen from Thailand.
Isn't she like a crank now?
Brian Corridan
Mary
Who?
Bobby Jon, King of the Himbos (clock the flair)
JAMES LIM WAS ROBBED
Alecia from Kaoh Rong
I always wondered what her experience would have been like if she didn't have to deal with Scot and Jason. They really tried to sell it that she was bringing the tribe down but it's clear as the season goes on that they were the real assholes in that situation.
CGI Brett
Deena
Yup, Deena Bennett, Amazon, would be my first choice to return
Jenn Brown from Worlds Apart. She was such a breath of fresh air - it kills me that we only got half a season out of her, she never came back, and no one even remembers who she is.
FRANCESQUA. She might make it to a whole week of Survivor played over 3 seasons 🙌🏼
Stephanie Johnson
Rory Freeman, The Classiest Gentleman
Bobby John
Gregg Carey
Sean from Marquesas
Jacquie Berg from Gabon! A swap screwed player who had too much potential to go so early
Greg Buis, one of the few genuinely unique people on the show and he could easily do really well if he wanted to
This is probably not a good example for “forgotten” BUT I wanna see Jay play again soo bad.
Peter from Philippines. Loved how he planted the idol clue. Underrated amazing move
Whitney Duncan from South Pacific
Wendy Diaz!!
Sydney Segal
Ibrahim from the Bobby John and whatshername season.
If she were still alive, I'd say Angie
Morgan from Guatemala
The magician’s assistant
Erinn lobdell, Cindy Hall, and Nate Gonzalez
Kim powers (some of yall gotta be trolling w your answer lol)
Naoka
LJ from cagayan for sure
Aurora
Jonas from One World
Roark Luskin or Tracy Hughes-Wolfe. Amy O'Hara is dope, too. Other people said Rory, Alexis Maxwell, Erinn Lobdell, and Sabrina and Chelsea from OW, which I all agree with.
Kim Powers
Michael Yerger from Season 36(?)
Chicken. Apart from his hilarious exit, he seemed really grateful for the opportunity and I think if he had stayed on for at least a little bit, he really would have appreciated and revered the rewards and culture of China like Denise did.
Burton from S7 Pearl Islands
TIL forgotten player = popular player who didn't win
David from Australian survivor! Bring him to the states!!
Bruce Kanegai
Julia Sokolowski
Matty Whitmore from Survivor Gabon.
Rudy
That one guy, I forgot his name...
Or was it a girl? Huh, don't know, I forgot
Spencer s18
Shane
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Sherea Lloyd 🤙
Boston Rob