Survivor: All-Stars
| Survivor: All-Stars | |
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| Presented by | Jeff Probst |
| No. of episodes | 16 |
| No. of days | 39 |
| No. of castaways | 18 |
| Winner | Amber Brkich |
| Production | |
| Location(s) | Pearl Islands, Panama |
| Filming dates | November 3 – December 11, 2003 |
| Release | |
| Original release | February 1 – May 9, 2004 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Survivor: Pearl Islands |
| Followed by | Survivor: Vanuatu |
Survivor: All-Stars is the eighth season of the American CBS competitive reality television series Survivor. It was filmed from November 3, 2003 through December 11, 2003 and premiered on February 1, 2004 after Super Bowl XXXVIII. It was set on the Pearl Islands of Panama, where the previous season Survivor: Pearl Islands had just wrapped up. Hosted by Jeff Probst, it consisted of the usual 39 days of gameplay with, for the first time, 18 competitors instead of the usual 16, and three tribes instead of the usual two.
The winner was Amber Brkich, who was declared the Sole Survivor after a victory over Rob "Boston Rob" Mariano with a 4–3 jury vote. At the end of the live reunion show, a twist called America's Tribal Council was announced. It involved the public voting to award a second million-dollar prize. Rupert Boneham won the million dollars over runners up Mariano, Colby Donaldson, and Tom Buchanan.
This season was released on DVD on September 14, 2004.
Producer Mark Burnett stated that "the casting was really, really scientific. I got a yellow legal pad and wrote down 24 names, and [then] cut down to 18. It was that quick." He confirmed that two former contestants turned down formal offers: Elisabeth Filarski Hasselbeck from The Australian Outback, who had recently taken a job as a co-host of The View, and Colleen Haskell of the show's premiere season, who "had moved on with her life" and "just genuinely didn't want to go through that again." In an interview on The Early Show, Survivor: Pearl Islands winner Sandra Diaz-Twine also confirmed that she turned down an offer to join the show, saying that she was still recovering from parasites that she received during Pearl Islands, while Survivor: Thailand winner Brian Heidik claimed that he would have returned only if he had been given a participation stipend, a condition to which the producers did not agree. Diaz-Twine would later return for the show's 20th season Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains, and again for the 34th season Survivor: Game Changers.
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