# "Survivor: Cagayan" cast announced. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 22, 2014, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-cagayan-cast-announced/679460 "2014-01-22T17:47:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2014, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-cagayan-cast-announced/679460/1 "2014-01-22T17:47:31Z")
All new players, No Redemption Island. Three tribes: [Brains, Beauty, Brawn](http://insidetv.ew.com/2014/01/22/survivor-cagayan-new-cast-nba-all-star-north-korea-cliff-robinson/?hpt=hp_t3). They just might have won me back. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2014, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-cagayan-cast-announced/679460/2 "2014-01-22T17:51:30Z")
No fat people or old people. They lost me years ago. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2014, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-cagayan-cast-announced/679460/3 "2014-01-22T17:54:32Z")
We’ll watch anyway. It’s like a habit. We bet on our choice before the first tribal and whoever’s choice lasts longest wins (wait for it) $5. The excitement couldn’t be cut with a machete. I keep waiting for a Criminals vs. Cripples season. ---
**Author:** ![flaming\_yawn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/cab0a1/32.png) [@flaming\_yawn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flaming_yawn)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2014, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-cagayan-cast-announced/679460/4 "2014-01-22T20:37:01Z")
fat and old…I’m in! ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2014, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-cagayan-cast-announced/679460/5 "2014-01-22T22:52:29Z")
No returnees and no Redemption Island? I’ll check it out. (Colton earned the show a complete boycott from me last season) ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2014, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-cagayan-cast-announced/679460/6 "2014-01-22T23:33:40Z")
I’m wondering whether they’re going to make some profound difference in the way they give out clues to the hidden immunity idol, seeing as how most of them got burned up because people didn’t want to be a target, and then the guy who found two of them never got a clue at all… “This is a clue to finding a HII, which will only help you if you SHUT UP ABOUT IT AND DON’T TELL ANYBODY.” ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2014, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-cagayan-cast-announced/679460/7 "2014-01-22T23:39:53Z")
Some highlights from the contestant bios: > [@](#): > > Morgan McLeod > Age: 21 > Tribe: Beauty > Current Residence: San Jose, Calif. > Occupation: Former San Francisco 49ers Cheerleader > \*\*Why I’m on Survivor: \*\*The chance to experience a once-in-a-lifetime journey and to show everyone that just because I have huge boobs and a pretty face does not mean I am dumb, it just means I look better when I am winning. > [@](#): > > Alexis Maxwell > Age: 21 > Tribe: Beauty > Current Residence: Addison, Ill. > Occupation: Student at Northwestern University > **Why I’ll ‘‘Survive’’:** … I will also use sex appeal and flirting as a means of disguising my intelligence. > [@](#): > > Jefra Bland > Age: 22 > Tribe: Beauty > Current Residence: Campbellsville, Ky. > Occupation: Miss Kentucky Teen USA > Why I’m on Survivor: … Also, to prove that pageant girls aren’t just cute faces, we are also smart. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2014, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-cagayan-cast-announced/679460/8 "2014-01-22T23:45:31Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > No returnees and no Redemption Island? I’ll check it out. (Colton earned the show a complete boycott from me last season) Same here. I’ll probably make a return for this season. Although the fact that it’s not on Hulu makes it a pain to watch for me. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2014, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-cagayan-cast-announced/679460/9 "2014-01-23T00:01:02Z")
My favorite is the model/nuclear engineer. I’m rooting for her till I have a reason not to. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2014, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-cagayan-cast-announced/679460/10 "2014-01-23T00:13:37Z")
Sounds fun. No returnees- I like that. Note that an occasional Faves show isn;t fun, but not always. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2014, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-cagayan-cast-announced/679460/11 "2014-01-23T00:18:10Z")
> [@AlsoNamedBort](#): > > Same here. I’ll probably make a return for this season. Although the fact that it’s not on Hulu makes it a pain to watch for me. They always have the full season up on [CBS.com](http://CBS.com). I see the Beauties are all going to try to out-smart each other. Probably why they didn’t make the Brains team… ---
**Author:** ![flaming\_yawn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/cab0a1/32.png) [@flaming\_yawn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flaming_yawn)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2014, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-cagayan-cast-announced/679460/12 "2014-01-23T00:40:09Z")
wasnt there a rocket scientist once who was cute to boot? — see what I did there … i crack myself up. ---
**Author:** ![Foggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foggy/32/1082_2.png) [@Foggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foggy)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2014, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-cagayan-cast-announced/679460/13 "2014-01-23T00:43:31Z")
I’ve never watch Survivor, have they ever done a show in cold climate? ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2014, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-cagayan-cast-announced/679460/14 "2014-01-23T00:47:54Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > All new players, No Redemption Island. Woo-hoo!! It’s about time. I don’t care about the other gimmick. I just don’t like retreads, and I don’t like RI. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2014, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-cagayan-cast-announced/679460/15 "2014-01-23T00:48:02Z")
> [@Foggy](#): > > I’ve never watch Survivor, have they ever done a show in cold climate? There have been a few that were so rainy (almost every episode was in the rain or just after it) that the folks were shivering and barely able to function. Damn near useless. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2014, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-cagayan-cast-announced/679460/16 "2014-01-23T01:04:08Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Woo-hoo!! It’s about time. Probst went on record as saying “We listen to our viewers.” Everybody bitched about RI, everybody semi-bitched about returning players, fucking everybody including the Pope bitched about that little bitch Colton coming back. So we _finally_ get a season of newbies, with no safety net, and a new division of tribes. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2014, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-cagayan-cast-announced/679460/17 "2014-01-23T01:07:28Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > There have been a few that were so rainy (almost every episode was in the rain or just after it) that the folks were shivering and barely able to function. Damn near useless. Yep. No food plus shivering equals zero energy to spare for gathering food or finding dry firewood. It wasn’t even that cold; they were still in the tropics, it was maybe 65, 70 degrees, but with no real shelter and no waterproof clothing, it just sucked. They’ve figured out that they need to park these people someplace which is pretty darn survivable… in the Outback season, they almost starved, so the next season, fruit was practically falling out of the trees into camp. ---
**Author:** ![Foggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foggy/32/1082_2.png) [@Foggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foggy)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2014, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-cagayan-cast-announced/679460/18 "2014-01-23T01:07:30Z")
> [@Foggy](#): > > I’ve never watch Survivor, have they ever done a show in cold climate? Never mind, I found a [list of locations.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivor_%28U.S._TV_series%29#Locations) I might watch “Survivor: Barrow, Alaska”😛 ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2014, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-cagayan-cast-announced/679460/19 "2014-01-23T01:14:07Z")
Stunt casting, however, is still in play. NBA player (and Dennis Rodman North Korean Diplomatic Outreach Exhibitionary Basketball Team member) Cliff Robinson is on this year, as well as Florida Marlins owner David Samson. The big cast photo is kind of hilarious. “Can YOU find the former NBA player?” ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2014, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-cagayan-cast-announced/679460/20 "2014-01-23T15:06:13Z")
Forget the NBA player. Find the contestant who is already a millionaire. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-cagayan-cast-announced/679460.md?page=2)