Survivor: All-Stars

is the eighth season of . In a change to previous installments, the contestants are returning contestants from the seven previous seasons. 
Featuring 18 of the series' most iconic castaways at the time, All-Stars started with lighthearted banter and cavalier spirits amongst its contestants, but the season quickly became embittered as the contestants betrayed friendships they had formed in the outside world for the sake of advancing their games. The season was dominated by the Chapera Alliance with the "showmance" of Amber Brkich and "Boston" Rob Mariano at its helm. After a hard-fought season that featured two quits and extensive interpersonal strife, Amber defeated Rob in a 4-3 vote to become the eighth Sole Survivor. 
To date, All-Stars has produced seven returning players (Amber Brkich, Colby Donaldson, Ethan Zohn, Jerri Manthey, Rob Mariano, Rupert Boneham, and Tina Wesson) for subsequent seasons. 
==Production==
* Producer Mark Burnett has confirmed that two people turned down formal offers to appear on the All-Stars edition of : Elisabeth Hasselbeck from , who had recently started co-hosting 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". 
* winner Sandra Diaz-Twine also confirmed that she turned down an offer to return for this season, saying that she was still recovering from parasites that she received during her season. 
* Neleh Dennis from revealed that she went through the interviewing process and was set to go but was ultimately not chosen. 
* Jenna Morasca revealed that her fellow tribemate Heidi Strobel had also turned down the offer to appear on the show. 
* Sean Rector of Marquesas has claimed that he went through the interviewing process and was set to go but was not chosen. 
* Rodger Bingham also claimed that he and Michael Skupin, both of The Australian Outback, were considered but not chosen. 
* Kelly Goldsmith of was an alternate for Jenna Morasca, and Teresa Cooper of the same season stated that she was cut and replaced by Tina Wesson. 
* Gervase Peterson of participated in casting but was not chosen.
Burnett jokingly said 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".
The pay scale for this season was significantly increased, other than for the Sole Survivor, who still received the standard $1,000,000. The first person voted out was guaranteed to take home at least $25,000 instead of the standard $2,500.
The season motif was inspired by the .
==Twists/Changes==
*All-Stars: For the first time, former castaways returned for another shot at the title of Sole Survivor.
*Expanded Cast: For the first time, the cast contained 18 contestants.
*Tribe Composition: The cast was divided into three tribes of six.
*Meager Supplies: The tribes only received a pot and machete at the start of the game.
*Tribe Absorption: Saboga, the tribe that lost the Day 13 Reward Challenge, was dissolved, with its remaining members to be absorbed by the other two tribes. Jenna L. and Rupert became members of Chapera, and Ethan and Jerri became members of Mogo Mogo.
*Kidnapping: The winning tribe from the Day 19 Reward/Immunity Challenge, Chapera, was instructed to take one member from the losing Mogo Mogo tribe to share their reward and immunity with. The selected member, Kathy, also skipped Tribal Council.
*Tribe Switch: A luck of a draw on Day 22 was supposed to mix up the tribes. However, the castaways found themselves literally switching tribes, except for Amber, who remained on Chapera.
*Pre-merge Individual Challenge: The Day 25 Reward Challenge featured an individual Reward Challenge despite the tribes still being separate. The winner, Rupert selected two members from either tribe (Amber and Jenna L.) to join him in the reward.
* Merged Tribe Composition: The merged tribe was composed of nine members.
* Two Immunity Necklaces: The first individual Immunity Challenge featured two Immunity Necklace, one for a man and one for a woman.
* Final Tribal Council Format: Two finalists faced a jury of seven. The jurors individually addressed the finalists.
==Castaways==
Contestant	Contestant 	Tribe Affiliation	Tribe Affiliation	Tribe Affiliation	Tribe Affiliation	Finish	VotesAgainst
Contestant	Contestant 	Original Tribe 	Absorbed Tribe 	Switched Tribe 	Merged Tribe 	Finish	VotesAgainst
 	Tina Wesson42, Knoxville, TN 	 	 	 	 	 	4
 	Rudy Boesch75, Virginia Beach, VA 	 	 	 	 	 	3
 	Jenna Morasca22, Bridgeville, PA 	 	 	 	 	 	0
 	Rob Cesternino25, Plainview, NY 	 	 	 	 	 	5
 	Richard Hatch42, Middletown, RI 	 	 	 	 	 	6
 	Susan Hawk42, Las Vegas, NV 	 	 	 	 	 	0
 	Colby Donaldson29, Los Angeles, CA 	 	 	 	 	 	4
 	Ethan Zohn29, New York City, NY 	 	 	 	 	 	6
 	Jerri Manthey33, Los Angeles, CA 	 	 	 	 	 	7
 	Lex van den Berghe40, Santa Cruz, CA	 	 	 	rowspan="9" 	 	7
 	48, Burlington, VT 	 	 	 	 	6 	
 	Alicia Calaway35, New York City, NY 	 	 	 	 	7 	
 	Shii Ann Huang29, New York City, NY 	 	 	 	 	5 	
 	Tom Buchanan48, Rich Valley, VA 	 	 	 	 	4 	
 	Rupert Boneham39, Indianapolis, IN 	 	 	 	 	4 	
 	Jenna Lewis26, Burbank, CA 	 	 	 	 	4 	
 	Rob Mariano27, Canton, MA 	 	 	 	Runner-Up 	1 	
 	Amber Brkich25, Beaver, PA 	 	 	 	Sole Survivor 	6 	
==Season Summary==
The eighteen returning castaways were divided into three competing tribes: Chapera, Saboga, and Mogo Mogo. Chapera proved to be a powerhouse, coming first in nearly every challenge, while Mogo Mogo routinely came in second. Saboga on the other hand went to dissension due to losing challenges. Jenna L., and Jerri were set on getting rid of the previous winners, and they managed to successfully eliminate one of the winners at their first Tribal Council. 
After Saboga's dissolution, Chapera continued to dominate in challenges mainly due to Rob M.'s leadership. On Chapera, Rob M. and his closest ally/romantic interest Amber formed a final four alliance with former Saboga members Jenna L. and Rupert, while Mogo Mogo suffered a losing streak due to Lex continually targeting the physically stronger players.
With ten players remaining, a tribe switch was held where players drew new buffs out of a pot. Each player drew a buff of the opposite tribe color except Amber. This left her in the Chapera name, but with Mogo Mogo members. When Chapera lost the next Immunity Challenge, Rob M. made a deal with Lex and asked him to save Amber, promising that he will make it up to him later in the game. Lex convinced the rest of Chapera to vote out Jerri instead of Amber. 
On Day 26, the nine remaining players were merged under the tribe name Chaboga Mogo. Rob's first order of business was to dispose of Lex and his allies. Rob M. broke his deal with Lex, and Rob M. along with his allies managed to eliminate Lex and his allies. Rob M. and Amber honored their deal with Rupert and Jenna by eliminating the other Chapera members. While it appeared that the vote would end in a 2-2 tie at the final 4, Jenna L. voted out Rupert, thinking she can't beat him in a jury vote, and fearing the infamous rock drawing tiebreaker. Rob M. won the Final Immunity Challenge, and voted out Jenna L., making himself and Amber the Final Two.
At the Final Tribal Council, most of the jury members expressed their disgust towards Rob M. for his numerous deceptions, while Amber was castigated for riding Rob's coattails. At the live show, prior to the reading of the votes, Rob M. surprisingly proposed to Amber, and she agreed to marry him. Eventually, Amber was crowned the All-Star Sole Survivor in a close 4-3 vote.
==Voting History==
==Trivia==
* All-Stars is the first season to feature returning contestants.
*With eighteen castaways in its roster, All-Stars is the first season to exceed the standard number of contestants (16).
**This is the only all-returnee season to not have a cast of 20 players.
* This is the first season to feature three starting tribes at the beginning of the season. To follow this format, the tribal Immunity Idol had to be split into two parts, to give the two winning tribes immunity.
*All-Stars is the first season to feature a duo of male and female castaways with the same first name: Rob Cesternino and Rob Mariano, and Jenna Lewis and Jenna Morasca.
*All-Stars is the first season where Jeff Probst did not meet the contestants on Day 1. It would be followed by and .
* Jenna Lewis and Rupert Boneham were part of all four tribes during their time in the game.
* For the second time, Jerri Manthey received the highest total number of votes against (she received 12 in , and received 7 along with Lex van den Berghe and Alicia Calaway this season).
* This is the first season to have more than one contestant quit.
* The final six are all returning players that played in different past seasons; the only season not represented is .
* Lex stated on Rob Has a Podcast that before Survivor: All-Stars began filming, all of the contestants were filmed having their torches snuffed to prevent spoilers.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpHrYe0ZO_0&t=2825s
* This is only season to feature returning players from  and .
* This season has the most episodes of any season, with 18.
* This is the first season to have the first person voted out of the merged tribe to be the first juror of the season. 
* Outside of , this season ties with in having the most former winners on the cast with 4: Richard Hatch, Tina Wesson, Ethan Zohn, and Jenna Morasca.
* In one episode of Battle of the Generations, a trivia question asked for the reality TV show on which "Boston" Rob Mariano and Amber Brkich became engaged.
==References==
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