User blog:Sunsummer7/Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains Casting

To cast the twentieth season contestants, they first selected 50 previous contestants. 25 were heroes, the other 25 were villains.

25 Heroes
Colby Donaldson

Rupert Boneham

J.T. Thomas

James Clement

Tom Westman

Yau-Man Chan

Tom Buchanan

Ozzy Lusth

Yul Kwon

Terry Deitz

Michael Skupin

Rudy Boesch

Cirie Fields

Stephenie LaGrossa

Amanda Kimmel

Candice Woodcock

Sugar Kiper

Colleen Haskell

Elisabeth Hasselbeck

Jenna Morasca

Taj Johnson-George

Sierra Reed

Tina Wesson

Twila Tanner

Lillian Morris

25 Villains
Russell Hantz

Rob Mariano

Coach Wade

Tyson Apostol

Randy Bailey

Richard Hatch

Jon Dalton

Shane Powers

Jonathan Penner

Brian Heidik

Ace Gordon

Jean-Robert Bellande

Rob Cesternino

Sandra Diaz-Twine

Jerri Manthey

Parvati Shallow

Danielle DiLorenzo

Courtney Yates

Corinne Kaplan

Natalie Bolton

Alicia Calaway

Shii Ann Huang

Susan Hawk

Vecepia Towery

Katie Gallagher

Contestants Cut Right Off The Bat
Colleen Haskell (would never have accepted the offer)

Elisabeth Hasselbeck (would never have accepted the offer)

Rudy Boesch (got too old for Survivor)

Heroes
Colby Donaldson (Accepted the offer.)

Rupert Boneham (Accepted the offer.)

Yau-Man Chan (Declined the offer due to work obligations.)

James Clement (Accepted the offer.)

Tom Westman (Accepted the offer.)

Cirie Fields (Accepted the offer.)

Stephenie LaGrossa (Accepted the offer.)

Jenna Morasca (Declined due to Ethan Zohn having cancer.)

Taj Johnson-George (Declined for unknown reasons.)

Sugar Kiper (Accepted the offer.)

Villains
Richard Hatch (Was unable to play due to being under arrest.)

Jon Dalton (Originally casted, but cut when Richard couldn't be there.)

Rob Mariano (Accepted the offer.)

Shane Powers (Was cut.)

Jonathan Penner (Was cut.)

Parvati Shallow (Accepted the offer.)

Corinne Kaplan (Declined due to work obligations.)

Jerri Manthey (Accepted the offer.)

Alicia Calaway (Declined for unknown reasons.)

Shii Ann Huang (Declined because she had just given birth.)

Replacements
J.T. Thomas replaced Yau-Man Chan.

Amanda Kimmel replaced Jenna Morasca.

Candice Woodcock replaced Taj Johnson-George.

Randy Bailey replaced Richard Hatch.

Tyson Apostol replaced Jon Dalton.

Russell Hantz replaced Jonathan Penner.

Coach Wade replaced Shane Powers.

Danielle DiLorenzo replaced Corinne Kaplan.

Courtney Yates replaced Alicia Calaway.

Sandra Diaz-Twine replaced Shii Ann Huang.

Heroes
Colby Donaldson

Rupert Boneham

J.T. Thomas

James Clement

Tom Westman

Cirie Fields

Stephenie LaGrossa

Amanda Kimmel

Candice Woodcock

Sugar Kiper

Villains
Russell Hantz

Rob Mariano

Coach Wade

Tyson Apostol

Randy Bailey

Parvati Shallow

Danielle DiLorenzo

Jerri Manthey

Sandra Diaz-Twine

Courtney Yates