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January, 2026
Pre-season: Playing in back-to-back seasons
Survivor 50 Pre-season analysis
By Damnbueno | Published: January 5, 2026
With Survivor 49 now complete and Savannah and Rizo headed right back out to play in Survivor 50, Damnbueno looks at how contestants have fared historically playing in back-to-back seasons, then tries to assess the S49 alums' chances in the context of their starting tribes.
Other months/ seasons
- Survivor 50
- Survivor 49
- SurvivorAU 11: Australia v The World
- Survivor 48
- Survivor 47
- Survivor 46
- Survivor 45
- Survivor 44
- Survivor 43
- SurvivorSA 9: Return of the Outcasts
- Survivor 42
- Survivor 41
- SurvivorAU 6: Brains v Brawn
- SurvivorSA 8: Immunity Island
- Survivor 40: Winners at War
- SurvivorAU 5: All-Stars
- Survivor 39: Island of the Idols
- Survivor 38: Edge of Extinction
- Survivor 37: David vs. Goliath
- Survivor SA 6: Philippines
- Survivor NZ 2: Thailand
- Survivor 36: Ghost Island
- Survivor 35: Heroes v. Healers v. Hustlers
- Survivor NZ 1: Nicaragua
- Survivor 34: Game Changers
- Survivor 33: Millennials vs. Gen X
- Survivor 32: Kaoh Rong
- Survivor 19: Samoa (2021 rewatch)
- Survivor 17: Gabon (2020 rewatch)
- Survivor 15: China (rewatch)
- Survivor 14: Fiji (2020 rewatch)
- Survivor 12: Panama (2021-2022 rewatch)
- Survivor 10: Palau (2021 rewatch)
- Survivor 4: Marquesas (2020 rewatch)
Of general interest
Survivor seasons index
Our coverage of every Survivor season.
Contestants A-Z
Survivor cast stats and pictures, sorted by name.
Contestants by season
That one person? From that season? Ah, there they are.
Survivor record holders
Single-season and all-time Survivor individual scoring leaders.
Survivor scoring data
Full-season individual contestant performance stats.