Survivor: Caramoan

Survivor: Caramoan — Fans vs Favorites is the 26th installment of Survivor. This season will be the second season to feature the Fans vs. Favorites twist, originally introduced in.

Production
This season repeats the back-to-back filming seen since 2009. The Production Team filmed this season immediately after finished filming. CBS announced on January 11th, the season premiere would last for 2 hours long. However, on February 7th, CBS changed the premiere to only 90 minutes long.

A casting call happened the same way as did. Jeff stated that they would like to have Shambo Waters and Matthew Elrod back, but they're "done with Survivor" and Lisa Whelchel was considered difficult to be brought back on back-to-back seasons due to being a mother.

Twists/Changes

 * Fans versus Favorites: Similar to past season Survivor: Micronesia, this season will feature one tribe made up of die-hard Fans of the show, while the other tribe will be made up of Favorite returning players from previous seasons.
 * Returning Players: As implied by the theme, ten returning players are going to return to compete against ten new castaways.
 * Hidden Immunity Idol: Like previous seasons, at least one Hidden Immunity Idol is hidden in each tribe's camp.
 * Tribal Council at Challenge Site: Due to Brandon Hantz's rampage at camp, the Favorites decide to forfeit the challenge before the immunity challenge's instructions on Day 13. A Tribal Council vote is commenced verbally at the challenge site.
 * Tribe Swap: Three Fans are swapped into the New Bikal tribe and four Favorites are swapped into the New Gota tribe.

Trivia

 * This is the eighth season to feature returning players.
 * However, this is the first season since  to feature a returning female player.
 * This is the first season since  to feature 20 castaways.
 * 6 of the returning players came from seasons that have the Redemption Island twist (3 each from Redemption Island and South Pacific).
 * This is the fifth season to have a returning player from the season directly before it.
 * Like the original Fans vs. Favorites season, the tribe colors are purple for the Favorites and orange for the Fans.
 * This season also follows the same starting tribe colors as, , and.
 * All three returning players from are from the Ometepe tribe.
 * Francesca Hogi is the first returning castaway to be voted out first from their original season.
 * Coincidentally, she was voted out first in this season as well.
 * The font used in the "Caramoan" part of the season logo is HFF Splintered Dream.
 * This season's Tribal Council set is inspired by the Nipa Hut, a local traditional dwelling in the Philippines.
 * This is the second season where a 3-3-3 vote occurred during a Tribal Council, following Survivor: Redemption Island.
 * Coincidentally, it happened in the third episode of both seasons.
 * Gota won the same challenge twice, although the first win was by default, and the second was with different members than with the first.
 * The idols being found so far were without the help of a clue.