Castaway

Castaways (also known as survivors) refer to the contestants who compete in ''Survivor. ''

About

 * The number of castaways vary from season to season.
 * The amount of castaways has ranged from 16, 18, and 20, and 19 in an odd case where a castaway had to drop out before the game started.

Trivia

 * If certain information from the outside world is urgently needed to be relayed a castaway (e.g. death of a family member), the contestant must be pulled out from the game before knowing the said information.
 * Of the 341 some castways, seventeen of them have been eliminated due to medical concerns or voluntarily ejecting themselves from the game. Two players (Jenna Morasca and Susan Hawk) quit on their second attempt at the game, while two other players (Jonathan Penner and James Clement) were medically evacuated on their second attempt.
 * Out of the seventeen castaways stated above seven have quit the game due to various reasons. They have been Osten Taylor (Pearl Islands), Jenna Morasca (All-Stars), Susan Hawk (All-Stars), Janu Tornell (Palau), Kathleen Sleckman (Micronesia, part of fans tribe), NaOnka Mixon and Kelly Shinn (both from Nicragua).
 * The ten castaways that have been medically evacuated are Michael Skupin (Australia), Bruce Kenegal (Panama), Gary Stritesky (Fiji), Jonathan Penner (Micronesia, part of Favorites tribe), James Clement (participated 3 times), Joe Dowdle (Tocantins), Mike Borassi and Russell Swann from Samoa, Kourtney Moon and Colton Cumbie from One World. There were be three evacuatees returning from the game for Season 25: Phillipines.
 * Host Jeff Probst said that the number of castaways increasing over the years is to provide "Wiggle Room", in a cast member is medivaced or quits.