Survivor: Cambodia

Survivor: Cambodia, also known as Survivor: Cambodia - Second Chance, will be the 31st season of Survivor.

Development
On May 6, 2015, an announcement was made that for the first time in Survivor history, fans had the ability to vote for and assemble the cast for the next season. Through social media, fans voted for ten men and ten women from a pool of 32 former castaways, each of whom had played only once. Voting ended one hour into the finale, where all of the nominees were present at the reunion with their luggage already prepared for filming.

The final roster of 20 was revealed at the end of the show, and were flown to Cambodia immediately afterward. Filming commenced in May 31, which also marked the 15th anniversary of the series premiere.

It should be noted that this season, which will be the 32nd to be produced, will be aired as the 31st season, while the 31st season to be produced, which filmed during the original run of Worlds Apart, will be slated as the 32nd season.

Twists/Changes

 * Returning Players: 20 former contestants, all of whom have played only once and never won, returned for at a shot at redemption.
 * Public Vote: A shortlist of 32 candidates, all one-time players and no winners, was posted on CBS.com immediately following the episode, . Contestants were nominated from across 16 seasons, ranging from the first installment,, to the most recent, . Fans were allowed to vote starting from the end of the said episode until the Worlds Apart finale. At the time of the launch of the poll, two nominated contestants from Worlds Apart, Mike Holloway and Carolyn Rivera, were still in the game. Jeff Probst explained that if either one of them eventually wins their season and garnered enough votes to return, they would be ineligible to compete for this season, giving their spot to the candidate of their gender who garnered the 11th highest amount of votes. This did end up being the case, with Mike winning Worlds Apart and finishing in the top 10. The eleven who did not get enough votes were Teresa Cooper of , Shane Powers of , Natalie Tenerelli and Stephanie Valencia of , Jim Rice and Mikayla Wingle of , Sabrina Thompson and Troyzan Robertson of , Brad Culpepper of , Carolyn Rivera and Max Dawson of.

Trivia

 * This is the second season to have contestants with homophonic names, following . For  it is Kelly Wiglesworth and Kelley Wentworth.