This Key Element Needs to be Voted Back in by Fans for ‘Survivor 50’
Survivor 50 will be a season full of returning players, and to challenge them, the competition should return to its 39-day format.
Ahead of the premiere of Survivor 48 last week, longtime host Jeff Probst announced on social media that the show's 50th season, which will only feature returning players, will be "in the hands of the fans." So far, certain elements to the game, such as tribe colors, final four fire-making, and the option to bring the reunion show back to CBS Studios in Los Angeles, California, have been open for fan voting. Throughout the remainder of Survivor 48, more rules and stipulations will be provided for the audience to vote on, but there's one specific key element that the show needs to consider for its monumental 50th season. Since the beginning of the "New Era," the number of days that the castaways compete on the island of Fiji has been shortened from 39 to 26. Although Survivor executives and producers have benefited from editing less content, fewer days for the competition has diminished the amount of resilience it used to require to succeed in the game. Both fans and returning players would benefit from Survivor to revert to its original 39-day format.
