‘Survivor’ 47: Meet the 18 Castaways Competing in Twist-Packed New Season

It’s officially “Survivor” season, once again. CBS announced the new Season 47 cast on Wednesday — including one competitor many will recognize.

The new season, which kicks off with a two-hour premiere on September 18 before moving back to 90-minute weekly episodes, features “Pod Save America” co-host and former Obama speechwriter Jon Lovett, “who finds himself thrust into a world filled with a different kind of cutthroat politics,” per the press release.

Jeff Probst returns as host and showrunner for the season, which also features an ER doctor, an AI research assistant, a flight school owner and a sports reporter. As always, only one will make it to the end, taking home the $1 million prize.

This season, once again taking place in Fiji, will delve into the group as they navigate “unexpected obstacles” and “face a twist-packed season from the moment they step on the beach.” Season 47 will include extreme situations, mental and physical challenges and moral dilemmas for the 18 castaways to endure.

This season's 18 Survivors are...

Gata Tribe:
Andy - Age 31, AI Research Assistant
Anika - Age 26, Marketing Manager
Jon - Age 42 Podcast Host
Rachel - Age 34, Graphic Designer
Sam - Age 24, Sports Reporter
Sierra - Age 27, Nurse

Lavo Tribe:
Aysha - Age 32, IT Consultant
Genevieve - Age 33, Corporate Lawyer
Kishan - Age 28, ER Doctor
Rome - Age 30, E-Sports Commentator
Solomon - Age 43, Medical Device Sales
Teeny - Age 24, Freelance Writer

Tuku Tribe:
Caroline - Age 27, Strategy Consultant
Gabe - Age 26, Radio Show Host
Kyle - Age 31, Construction Worker
Sue - Age 59, Flight School Owner
Terran - Age 31, Athlete Marketing Manager
Tiyana - Age 27, Flight Attendant

“Survivor” is also available to stream on Paramount+. Meet the full cast below.

Teeny Chirichillo

Age: 24
Hometown: Manahawkin, N.J.
Current Residence: Manahawkin, N.J.
Occupation: Freelance writer

Rome Cooney

Age: 30
Hometown: Corvallis, Ore.
Current Residence: Phoenix, Ariz.
Occupation: E-Sports commentator

Anika Dhar

Age: 26
Hometown: Santa Rosa, Calif.
Current Residence: Los Angeles, Calif.
Occupation: Marketing manager

Terran “TK” Foster

Age: 31
Hometown: Prince George’s County, Md.
Current Residence: Upper Marlboro, Md.
Occupation: Athlete marketing manager

Rachel Lamont

Age: 34
Hometown: Dexter, Mich.
Current Residence: Southfield, Mich.
Occupation: Graphic designer

Jon Lovett

Age: 42
Hometown: Long Island, N.Y.
Current Residence: Los Angeles, Calif.
Occupation: Podcast host

Gabe Ortis

Age: 26
Hometown: Baltimore, Md.
Current Residence: Baltimore, Md.
Occupation: Radio show host

Kyle “Kyle Rhen” Otswald

Age: 31
Hometown: Cheyboygan, Mich.
Current Residence: Cheboygan, Mich.
Occupation: Construction worker

Kishan Patel

Age: 28
Hometown: Fullerton, Calif.
Current Residence: San Francisco, Calif.
Occupation: ER doctor

Sam Phalen

Age: 24
Hometown: Schaumburg, Ill.
Current Residence: Nashville, Tenn.
Occupation: Sports reporter

Andy Rueda

Age: 31
Hometown: Buffalo, N.Y.
Current Residence: Brooklyn, N.Y.
Occupation: AI research assistant

Sue Smey

Age: 59
Hometown: Kirkwood, N.Y.
Current Residence: Putnam Valley, N.Y.
Occupation: Flight school owner

Caroline Vidmar

Age: 27
Hometown: Palos Verdes, Calif.
Current Residence: Chicago, Ill.
Occupation: Strategy consultant

Aysha Welch

Age: 32
Hometown: DeSoto, Texas
Current Residence: Houston, Texas
Occupation: IT consultant

Sierra Wright

Age: 27
Hometown: Wilmington, Del.
Current Residence: Phoenixville, Pa.
Occupation: Nurse

Solomon “Sol” Yi

Age: 43
Hometown: Del City, Okla.
Current Residence: Norwalk, Conn.
Occupation: Medical device sales

Tiyana Hallums

Age: 27
Hometown: Aiea, Hawaii
Current Residence: Aiea, Hawaii
Occupation: Flight attendant

Edit for above -

Additional Contestant :

Genevieve Mushaluk

"I don’t know if this is a hot take — I guess it is in one sense — but I hate final four fire-making. Don’t get me wrong: I love drama and the suspense, but I think it’s given too much much weight by juries, often just because of the recency bias, and it means people we may love to see in the end get clipped at five or four after losing fire. Devastating!"


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I still can't believe Jon Lovett, who I've been listening to on podcasts for almost a decade now, is a contestant on this. Such a weird turn. And in an election year too.

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Aysha is a regular on RHAP so she should have this in bag.

RHAP?

Also I have no idea why the Hawaiian flight attendant is listed last and not in alphabetical order like all the other contestants.

Rob Has A Podcast Rob Cesternino's (Survivor season 6 and 8) podcast.

I was going to post this thread after work, but Decker beat me to it. I was busy all day at work and didn't get a chance to post the season thread. Look for a Survivor game thread soon.

Hey, I was just too excited when I saw Jon Lovett's tweet.

Why was Ayesha on Rob's podcast?

She's probably just a super fan.

Yeah, Ayesha is a regular contributor to RHAP. She pops on their Big Brother shows a lot and is usually on their Love is Blind shows. She's probably appeared talking about other shows, including Survivor I assume.

Can't wait.

The Survivor game is coming soon!

FYI:

The main post is missing Genevieve, a 33 year old Corporate Lawyer from Winnipeg, Manitoba

If anybody knows the initial tribe assignments and tribe names, please post here. Thanks.

Sorry. Blame Variety, not me.

I'll fix it now.

Since when did contestants get their own canteen and Santa-sized bag to carry around stuff in? Is this new or is this just the first season everything is color-coded? I know they've always had their own packs for items, but they've always seemed much smaller...and I don't remember contestants having their own canteens before now.

I updated Decker's first post with that info.

Andy's giving up Bhanu vibes. And like last season, I think his tribe is going to regret not voting him off sooner. I fear the ongoing story will be his tribe mates micromanaging his fragile emotional state. Getting upset because his coconut chopping isn't appreciated enough? This is a 30-something year old grown man for god's sake.

I did like the Matroska doll arrangement of locked boxes that players had to go through to get the Beware Advantage. Feels like the producers trolling the players

Welcome to modern Survivor, where Probst saying, “C’mom in guys” became so emotionally devastating to hear it had to be banned from the show after 20 years.

Packs do seem larger, maybe they are allowed to bring more things?

They have had canteens for a few seasons, and the "well" seems to contain potable water now, probably refilled by production crew. They no longer bother to boil water. I think they have had too many medicalissues.

Plus taking a tribes flint for 3 days could result in death of the tribemates..

I wish someone would tell Sam that being a reporter for sports is not the same thing as being a competitor for sports.

I realize I am now a week behind, but just watched episode 5. Anika's temper tantrum upon being blindsided was one of the worst things I've ever seen on the show. What a poor sport. Have some respect for the game!

Yeah, that was great. I love when she asked who owned this, Sam immediately was like "yo".

I'm impressed with the cast this season. So many times, we've see players let the "problem" contestants hang around for no good reason - this year, they're identifying the issues and getting those people off the show.

Yeah, Anika’s reaction was rare these days, when it’s usually like “You got me, love you all.” Animosity seemed to happen more in the old days.