The 47th season of Survivor premiered on September 18, 2024 with a two-hour episode that introduced viewers to 18 brand new castaways. CBS’s reality TV show returned to its regular 90-minute format beginning with the second episode. The youngest contestants this time around are Christine “Teeny” Chirichillo and Sam Phalen (both age 24), while the oldest person is 59-year-old Sue Smey (though she’s lying to the others about her age). This year, there was also a celebrity in the jungle: political speechwriter and “Pod Save America” host Jon Lovett. Unfortunately, Jon was the first person voted out of the game when his tribe saw him as a social threat, and his buddy Andy Rueda added fuel to the fire when he publicly came after him during an immunity challenge meltdown.

Over the course of 26 days in Mamanuca Islands, Fiji, host Jeff Probst will snuff out every single torch until only one person...