{"id":262897,"date":"2025-11-05T08:03:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T08:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/262897\/"},"modified":"2025-11-05T08:03:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T08:03:11","slug":"survivors-michael-yerger-explains-why-he-hasnt-returned-to-reality-tv-since-being-on-the-show-cbs-michael-yerger-survivor-television-celebrity-news-and-gossip-entertainment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/262897\/","title":{"rendered":"Survivor\u2019s Michael Yerger Explains Why He Hasn\u2019t Returned to Reality TV Since Being on the Show | CBS, Michael Yerger, Survivor, Television | Celebrity News and Gossip | Entertainment, Photos and Videos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/michael-yerger\/\" title=\"Michael Yerger\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Michael Yerger<\/a> is a fan-favorite contestant from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/survivor\/\" title=\"Survivor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Survivor<\/a> who has been noticeably absent from reality television in the years since.<\/p>\n<p>The 27-year-old model and content creator competed on season 36 of the CBS series, which aired in 2018. He was just 18 when he filmed the show and he came in ninth place that season.<\/p>\n<p>Many fans assumed that Michael would eventually segue into other shows, the way some contestants have moved on to appearing on The Traitors, The Challenge, and The Amazing Race. But, he hasn\u2019t done any of those shows.<\/p>\n<p>Now he\u2019s explaining why.<\/p>\n<p>Keep reading to find out more\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Michael will be waiting for an invitation back to Survivor for his reality TV return!<\/p>\n<p>\u201cnever done another show hoping that i\u2019d get the call again one day cause i\u2019m loyal to the game,\u201d Michael <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/michaeleyerger\/status\/1985506174767350165\" onclick=\"getOutboundLink(&#039;https:\/\/x.com\/michaeleyerger\/status\/1985506174767350165&#039;); return false;\" rel=\"nofollow\">said <\/a>in response to a fellow former contestant questioning why he wasn\u2019t invited back for season 50.<\/p>\n<p>Meet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2025\/05\/28\/survivor-50-cast-24-contestants-revealed-including-2-past-winners-several-fan-favorites\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the 24 returning contestants who were announced<\/a> for the 50th season. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Michael Yerger is a fan-favorite contestant from Survivor who has been noticeably absent from reality television in the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":262898,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[49,48,75,348],"class_list":["post-262897","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262897","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=262897"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262897\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/262898"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=262897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=262897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=262897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}