User blog:Sunsummer7/Survivor: Micronesia Casting

I've done All-Stars. I've also done Heroes vs. Villains like some of you wanted. And now... I'm doing the first FvF. The producers originally had plans for Micronesia to be a second All-Stars. They picked 20 people with 10 of each gender.

10 Male All-Stars

 * 1) Jonny Fairplay
 * 2) Yau-Man Chan
 * 3) James Clement
 * 4) Jonathan Penner
 * 5) Ozzy Lusth
 * 6) Richard Hatch
 * 7) Tom Westman
 * 8) Shane Powers
 * 9) Terry Deitz
 * 10) Yul Kwon

10 Female All-Stars

 * 1) Parvati Shallow
 * 2) Cirie Fields
 * 3) Amanda Kimmel
 * 4) Eliza Orlins
 * 5) Ami Cusack
 * 6) Sandra Diaz-Twine
 * 7) Courtney Yates
 * 8) Twila Tanner
 * 9) Colleen Haskell
 * 10) Candice Woodcock

The Change
Then the All-Stars 2 idea was scrapped and producers instead wanted to have 10 fan favorites face 10 fans of Survivor. The following "All-Stars" became back-ups.
 * 1) Shane Powers
 * 2) Terry Deitz
 * 3) Yul Kwon
 * 4) James Clement
 * 5) Jonathan Penner
 * 6) Candice Woodcock
 * 7) Colleen Haskell
 * 8) Twila Tanner
 * 9) Amanda Kimmel
 * 10) Parvati Shallow

The Planned Favorites

 * 1) Richard Hatch
 * 2) Tom Westman
 * 3) Jonny Fairplay
 * 4) Yau-Man Chan
 * 5) Ozzy Lusth
 * 6) Sandra Diaz-Twine
 * 7) Courtney Yates
 * 8) Cirie Fields
 * 9) Eliza Orlins
 * 10) Ami Cusack

Decliners, Replacements, and Cuts! Oh My!
Tom Westman and Courtney Yates declined the opportunity to play again, leaving 8 favorites. Richard Hatch ultimately could not make it after being arrested. Finally, Sandra Diaz-Twine was cut at the last minute from the cast. Jonathan replaced Richard, James replaced Tom, Parvati replaced Courtney, and Amanda replaced Sandra.

Final Cut

 * 1) Jonny Fairplay
 * 2) Jonathan Penner
 * 3) Ozzy Lusth
 * 4) Yau-Man Chan
 * 5) James Clement
 * 6) Eliza Orlins
 * 7) Ami Cusack
 * 8) Cirie Fields
 * 9) Parvati Shallow
 * 10) Amanda Kimmel