Survivor: Caramoan

Survivor: Caramoan — Fans vs Favorites will be 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 fliming seen since 2009. The Production Team filmed this season immediately after finished filming. Then announced on January 11th, the season premiere will last for 2 hours long, the first time since. Then on February 7th, CBS changed the premiere to only 90 minutes long.

Twists/Changes

 * Fans versus Favorites: Similar to past season 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 favorites returning from previous seasons
 * Returning Players: As implied by the theme, ten returning players are going to return to compete against ten new castaways.

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 contestants.
 * 6 of the returning players came from seasons that have the Redemption Island twist (3 each from Redemption Island and South Pacific).
 * Lisa Whelchel, Matt Elrod, and Shambo Waters were asked back but declined.
 * In addition, Ralph Kiser and Colton Cumbie were alternates for this season.
 * Troyzan Robertson was orginally going to be on this season but was cut in favor of Malcolm Freberg.
 * 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 follow the same starting tribe colours as.
 * All three returning players from are from the Ometepe tribe.
 * Francesca Hogi is the first contestant to be voted out first in her original season, and be brought back in a future season.
 * 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.