{"id":15075,"date":"2026-09-18T18:35:57","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T18:35:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foxnews.znicely.com\/?p=15075"},"modified":"2026-09-18T18:35:57","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T18:35:57","slug":"cbs-makes-a-surprise-change-to-the-format-for-season-51-of-survivor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foxnews.znicely.com\/?p=15075","title":{"rendered":"CBS makes a surprise change to the format for Season 51 of \u2018Survivor\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"mb-5 md:max-w-[750px] lg:mb-8\">\n<h1 class=\"mt-2 text-[1.625rem] font-bold leading-tight md:text-[2rem]\">CBS confirms Survivor 51 starting tribes and we have questions&#8230;<\/h1>\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"flex items-start justify-between gap-3 flex-col lg:flex-row mt-3\">\n<div class=\"flex items-start\">\n<div class=\"inline-block\">\n<div class=\"text-sm font-semibold\">Jacqueline Thomas<\/div>\n<div class=\"text-xs text-muted md:text-sm flex lg:block\">\n<div><time datetime=\"2026-09-03T02:14:25.000Z\">Thu, September 3, 2026 at 9:14 AM GMT+7<\/time><\/div>\n<div class=\"text-nowrap before:mx-1.5 before:content-[&apos;\u00b7&apos;] lg:before:mx-0 lg:before:content-none\">3 min read<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"flex items-center gap-2 mt-1 lg:mt-1.5\">\n<div class=\"relative\">\n<div id=\"add-to-google-tooltip-9b926a80-bfc8-33f7-8969-de20fb39beb1\" class=\"absolute bottom-12 z-10 flex w-64 items-start gap-2 rounded bg-always-black p-3 text-xs font-semibold tracking-wide text-always-white transition-opacity duration-200 ease-in-out left-8 opacity-0\" role=\"tooltip\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n<div>Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google.<\/div>\n<div class=\"absolute -bottom-4 left-8 -translate-x-1\/2 border-8 border-transparent border-t-always-black\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Add Yahoo on Google<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"relative inline-flex h-[40px] items-center\"><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"relative inline-block leading-none\"><button class=\"inline-flex h-10 items-center justify-center rounded-full border border-accent px-3 py-2 transition-[background-color,box-shadow] duration-200 ease-in-out hover:bg-secondary hover:shadow-elevation-3 focus:bg-secondary focus:shadow-elevation-3\" data-ylk=\"elm:cmmt_open;elmt:cmnt;g:9b926a80-bfc8-33f7-8969-de20fb39beb1;itc:1;pos:0;sec:view-cmnts-cta;slk:comments;t4:ctrl;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;comment&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;comments_open&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;comments&quot;}\"><span class=\"ml-2 font-medium text-primary\">2<\/span><\/button><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"article-byline-sentinel-0\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative overflow-hidden -mx-4 md:mx-0 md:rounded-lg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"object-cover object-center\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/lo\/mysterio\/api\/5a0e17a022622f4f0ad467f3e4f3d72aa2729d82c5b0a6e37622df67278897b3\/lightyear_networkapi\/resizefill_w912_h513%3Bquality_80%3Bformat_webp\/https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.zenfs.com%2Fen%2Fsurviving_tribal_articles_251%2Faad98fa69fc2adc7e7a7610e210aabbc.jpg\" alt=\"Survivor\" data-nimg=\"fill\" \/><button class=\"group absolute bottom-0 size-full\" aria-label=\"View larger image\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><\/button><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 line-clamp-2 pr-2.5\">\n<div><span class=\"[&amp;_p]:inline\">Cast of the CBS Original Series SURVIVOR, Season 51, scheduled to premiere Wednesday, Sept. 23 (8:00-10:00 PM, ET\/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Pictured: Top Row L-R: Angelica &#8220;Jelly&#8221; Loblack, Brady Booker, Ori-Jean Charles, Ana Sani, Eric Macksoud, Patt Cannaday, Devin Way, Linnea Capobianco, Rob Antonson. Middle Row L-R: Kristin Flickinger, Mike Pinsky, Cristian Chavez, Danny &#8220;Kilby&#8221; Kilby, Lewis Kelly, An &#8220;Thein An&#8221; Nguyen, Aaliyah Puglia. Bottom Row L-R: Sharonda Cox, Jenna Doore,<\/span><\/div>\n<p><button class=\"mt-1 bg-primary text-sm text-link ml-2 absolute bottom-0 right-0 before:content-[&apos;...&apos;]\" data-ylk=\"elm:loadmore;itc:1;sec:content-canvas;slk:more;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;expand&quot;}\">More<\/button><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"max-w-screen-sm mx-auto\">\n<div data-article-body=\"true\" data-body-type=\"bodyblocks\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">You know something is official when the\u00a0<em>Survivor<\/em>\u00a0social media accounts change their profile pic!<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">And after dropping a new teaser video this afternoon, the image representing the accounts is a split view of purple and yellow buffs, doubling down on what we saw in the\u00a0<u>sneak peek trailer<\/u>\u00a0at the end of\u00a0<em>Survivor 50<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Not only that, but this new video gives us\u00a0<em>a lot<\/em>\u00a0more information about what&#8217;s to come in the first episode. Specifically about how the tribes are going to be divided. Watch below and then keep scrolling to read our questions and predictions.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mx-0 my-5 max-w-[600px] overflow-hidden break-words rounded-lg border border-solid border-accent leading-5 text-muted\">\n<div class=\"flex break-words leading-5\">\n<div class=\"relative w-14 bg-secondary dark:bg-tertiary\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex-1 p-3 text-sm font-semibold leading-relaxed\">\n<div>This content is not available due to your privacy preferences.<\/div>\n<p>Update your settings here to see it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Now we\u00a0<u>already predicted<\/u>\u00a0that there were going to be two tribes-it wasn&#8217;t hard to do after the teaser trailer-but, the way those tribes are made up is being revealed as well&#8230;and it&#8217;s igniting a lot more questions than it&#8217;s answering.<\/p>\n<div class=\"max-md:faux-bleed mb-4 bg-accent\/2 pb-5 md:invisible md:mb-0 md:h-0 md:overflow-hidden md:pb-0\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-nowrap justify-center\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Not only do we hear the instructions from Rob Antonson, the castaway reading the production-created note about tribes, but they&#8217;re also explicitly written out as the caption of the video: &#8220;Find your name, grab your BUFF.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"mb-4 text-xl font-bold md:text-2xl\">The very first major twist of the game features a heavy hand by production.<\/h2>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">21 players, 2 tribes, but it doesn&#8217;t seem like things are going to be left up to fate. The fact that the buffs are pre-organized by player means that production is choosing who will end up on a tribe and who won&#8217;t in the beginning.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mb-4\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">And of course, we still don&#8217;t know what the\u00a0<em>actual<\/em>\u00a0twist is going to be for the player left out, but we hear Cristian Chavez read out, &#8220;One of you will not begin the game with the others.&#8221; So for someone who was initially predicting a schoolyard pick or a luck-of-the-draw situation with one player getting the odd rock out, the fact that it seems the outside player was hand-chosen by production to be the one left out just sits funny with me.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">I&#8217;m really hoping that what we see is not what we&#8217;ll get and that the twist-once officially revealed-has me jumping up and down screening on my couch, but based on the specific clues being dropped now, it doesn&#8217;t feel as exciting as we&#8217;d initially anticipated.<\/p>\n<div class=\"max-md:faux-bleed mb-4 bg-accent\/2 pb-5 md:invisible md:mb-0 md:h-0 md:overflow-hidden md:pb-0\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-nowrap justify-center\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">But I have full faith in\u00a0<em>Survivor<\/em>\u00a0and the crew that puts it together both in Fiji and back in the editing room in Los Angeles. So whatever happens, there was a lot of thought and intention put into it in order to kick off the open era the right way. The only thing that could truly disappoint me this season is if an hourglass shows up and we find out they didn&#8217;t learn anything from\u00a0<em>Survivor 41<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Though I highly doubt that won&#8217;t be the case. But, who knows? It&#8217;s the open era and everything is in play. See what goes down for yourself when\u00a0<em><u>Survivor 51<\/u><\/em>\u00a0premieres on Wednesday, September 23 on CBS and Paramount+!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CBS confirms Survivor 51 starting tribes and we have questions&#8230; Jacqueline Thomas Thu, September 3, 2026 at 9:14 AM GMT+7 3 min read Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 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