Survivor: Game Changers
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| Presented by | Jeff Probst |
| No. of days | 39 |
| No. of castaways | 20 |
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| Location(s) | Mamanuca Islands, Fiji |
| Filming dates | June 6 – July 14, 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Survivor: Millennials vs. Gen X |
Survivor: Game Changers — Mamanuca Islands is the upcoming 34th season of the American CBS competitive reality television series Survivor, featuring 20 returning castaways who were considered to be "game changers" in their respective seasons. The season is set to premiere on March 8, 2017 with a two-hour episode. This season is the third to film in Fiji after Survivor: Fiji and Survivor: Millennials vs. Gen X It is the fourth season to feature entirely returning players, following Survivor: All-Stars, Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains, and Survivor: Cambodia.
To entice players to use Hidden Immunity Idols further, this season will feature more opportunities where these idols can be found, representing a change from previous seasons. Host Jeff Probst said that with their scarcity in past seasons, these idols were typically held and never played, and they wanted to encourage their use of the idols more often as to shake up gameplay strategy.
This season features former contestants from the show that were considered "game changers", making strategies and risky moves that either did or would have significantly affected how the season played out. Host Jeff Probst said that the last several seasons of Survivor have brought forward good players of the game that has caused the game to escalate, and looking back, they identified a number of "great" players that helped drive the game in that direction. This allowed them to find players throughout the history of the show and covering a good balance of season representation with the cast.
Survivor: San Juan del Sur winner Natalie Anderson was originally cast on the season, though ultimately had to back out at the last minute, with her spot on the cast being filled by Survivor: Worlds Apart contestant Sierra Dawn Thomas.
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