User blog comment:Ḡwẵine Ḹٍٍkƨ Ĺiĸe Ͼềлȑềd/Returning Players My Ass/@comment-68.198.156.162-20130718024007

I completely understand where you're coming from. Even as a hardcore fan myself, I grow sick of returning players. They have lost their glamour. However, I'd like to bring up a possible cause for the recent surge in returning players season that some of you may not have considered. You see, One World (Season 24) was the last recent season which had an all new cast, but it got terrible ratings. Now, as fans we all know the lack of viewership for One World was mainly an issue of the cast. After realizing they needed to breath new life into the show, the producers turned to returning players for the next season. Philippines did fairly well in the ratings. The producers then wanted to continue riding that success. That is why they continue to bring back old players. So here's our problem everyone. The Producers have made an erroneous correlation. They believe that returning players = higher ratings. I'm sure many of us could make the case that there were more reasons to the rating success of the past two seasons than just returning players. Ultimately, it all comes down to the fact that the 'numbers' are more important than what super fans proclaim.

TL;DR

Survivor Producers have made an erroneous correlation between high ratings and returning players.