A handful of TV shows have become so ingrained in our culture that it's hard to imagine them not airing. Survivor, like The Simpsons and Saturday Night Live, is one of them (maybe it's an "S" thing). And the train keeps rolling, as Survivor season 46 has arrived.
Survivor season 45 was one of the biggest seasons of the show, literally, as every episode was at least 90 minutes (the Survivor season 45 finale was three hours). Season 46 isn't slowing down, as once again each episode will be at least 90 minutes, with some being even longer than that.
But it's not the episode length that makes the show, it's the castaways, the challenges and the twists that do it. So for more information on all of that, read on to find out everything we know about Survivor season 46.
Survivor season 46 next episode
Survivor continues with a new episode on Wednesday, May 1.
To watch Survivor tune in live to CBS through either a traditional pay-TV provider, a TV antenna, live TV streaming service (i.e. Fubo, Hulu with Live TV, YouTube TV) or Paramount Plus with Showtime subscribers can watch it live. If you're wanting to catch it on-demand, the episode becomes available to stream to all Paramount Plus subscribers on Thursday.
Survivor season 46 cast
The Survivor season 46 cast has been revealed, with 18 new castaways set to see if they have what it takes to be the Sole Survivor this season.
Here are the remaining castaways:
- Venus Vafa
- Liz Wilcox
- Charlie Davis
- Maria Shrime Gonzalez
- Ben Katzman
- Kenzie Petty
- Tiffany Nicole Ervin
- Q Burdette
Eliminated
- David "Jelinsky" Jelinsky
- Jessica "Jess" Chong
- Randen Montalvo
- Bhanu Gopal
- Jemila "Jem" Hussain-Adams
- Moriah Gaynor
- Tim Spicer
- Soda Thompson
- Tevin Davis
- Hunter McKnight
Survivor season 46 host
One member of the Survivor season 46 cast we do know is Jeff Probst, who once again returns to host the reality series like he has since the very beginning. Throughout his tenure on the show, he has won five Emmys, four for Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality Competition Program and one for Outstanding Non-Fiction Program (before there was an Outstanding Reality Series category).
While we wait to hear more info about the actual contestants Probst will be starring alongside in season 46, the host shared some of his initial thoughts in an interview with Entertainment Weekly:
"The cast of season 46 is a really unusual collection of smart, funny, eclectic humans," says Probst. "You're going to love so many of them. You'll feel it in the opening moments of day one when we first meet everyone. There is a sense of humor and sense of fun that is going to make this group really entertaining to watch."
Survivor season 46 premise
If you are somehow unfamiliar with what Survivor is all about, let's get you caught up real quick.
Survivor is a reality competition show that sees 18 people become castaways in a remote location with no access to modern life. Split into three tribes, they must create their own shelter, acquire their own food and more as they also compete in various challenges that test them both physically and mentally.
In the first part of the season, the three tribes compete against each other in immunity challenges, with the tribe that comes in last forced to go to tribal council, where they vote one of their members out of the game. When the game gets down to about half, a merge happens, bringing the remaining players into one tribe and having things turn into an individual competition.
However, forming alliances, employing social strategies and more are also beneficial in helping to win the game, where the ultimate goal is to "outwit, outplay and outlast" in order to be the Sole Survivor and win $1 million.
Survivor season 46 trailer
As promised, here is the first look at Survivor season 46:
Survivor season 46 location
Though earlier seasons of Survivor moved around a bit, with iterations taking place in Australia, Africa and elsewhere, Survivor has found a permanent home on the islands of Fiji, where Survivor season 46 is set to take place as well.
