{"id":298818,"date":"2026-02-23T23:35:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T23:35:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/298818\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T23:35:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T23:35:10","slug":"survivor-50-call-out-biggest-threats-going-into-premiere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/298818\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Survivor 50’ Call Out Biggest Threats Going Into Premiere"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tThe players of Survivor<\/a> 50 haven\u2019t set foot on the beach yet, but many already know who they want out. As the landmark season approaches<\/a> \u2014 with its Wednesday premiere date (8 p.m. on CBS\/Paramount+) \u2014 returning contestants aren\u2019t waiting to size each other up. They\u2019re identifying threats, predicting alliances and comparing reputations.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Hollywood Reporter spoke with all 24 castaways and posed one pointed question: Which player concerns you most because their game doesn\u2019t align with yours? Their answers reveal the rivalries, suspicions and strategic fault lines forming long before the game begins.<\/p>\n

\n\t***<\/p>\n

\n\tChristian Hubicki: I have a hypothesis as to how this cast was put together and what everyone\u2019s role are on the season from a Survivor standpoint. I think there are basically four categories of players divided among the 24 people. That\u2019s six people \u2014 three men, three women. What are those four roles and what does this mean in terms of who I\u2019m targeting?\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tOne role: challenge beasts. You can think of those off the top of your head: You got you Joe, your Ozzy, your Jonathan Young. Those are your three men. You got your Tiff, your Chrissy, and your Stephenie, those are your women. Chrissy got four immunity challenge wins. These are what people are known for, in part, from their seasons.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tAnother category: witty confessionalists who are reliable narrators to tell the story. You wonder, where do I fall in these categories? That\u2019s me, Mike White<\/a>, that\u2019s Rick. You got Aubry, Kamilla and Emily Flippen for the women. So I\u2019m seeing these trios. This season is cast in trios, three tribes of eight.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tAnother category: drama. You can imagine who is drama. That\u2019s your Coach, that\u2019s your Q, that\u2019s your Angelina and, in my opinion, Jenna Lewis. And our two unknown mystery 49ers. That\u2019s where they sit. I would go so far as to say while I don\u2019t know why the Rizgod walks among us, I believe the reason is he\u2019s cocky drama. I think that\u2019s why he\u2019s here. I don\u2019t know much about Savannah, perhaps someone who will stir the pot and not take nonsense from people.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tWhich leaves the final category: the threats, the people who do not stand out in any of these other categories. They are relatable people who are very good at this game. That makes them the most dangerous and with me. Charlie is a Harvard educated lawyer who runs marathons who\u2019s charming, handsome and delightful. I stand out way too much against that.<\/p>\n

\n\tThese six \u2014 Charlie, Kyle, Colby, Genevieve, Dee, Cirie \u2014 are the people who are on this island because they are well-equipped to win. <\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\"\"<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\tCirie Fields from season 50. <\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRobert Voets\/CBS \u00a92025 CBS Broadcasting, Inc.<\/p>\n

\n\tCirie Fields: Joe and Kyle. My history has shown that alpha men are, for some reason, quick to target me and usually afraid of me. They don\u2019t have to be, but it\u2019s usually a certain type. Aras [Baskauskas] was an alpha man, but a warmer alpha man. When I played with Colby in Heroes vs Villains, he wouldn\u2019t even look in my direction. I\u2019m waving, doing back flips and everything. He would not look at me.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tMike White: It\u2019s hard to know off the bat, you have to vibe people out. But I feel that some people might feel like, \u201cWhat\u2019s this guy doing here?\u201d Or think of me as a wild card. Some people might be trophy hunting, and I\u2019d be a good head to put on the mantle. So maybe a guy like Charlie, who seems like he thinks he\u2019s the smartest guy in the room \u2014 I could see him trying to go for me.<\/p>\n

\n\tCharlie Davis: The people I\u2019m most concerned about are the old schoolers who are more about honor and integrity \u2014 they keep it simple, build an alliance and never turn on players. I think they\u2019ll be out here hunting anyone who gives them the vibe of a strategist or a nerd. People in that bunch might be Colby or Coach. Although I don\u2019t know about Coach. He might be a different brand.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\"\"<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\tCharlie Davis for season 50.<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRobert Voets\/CBS \u00a92025 CBS Broadcasting, Inc.<\/p>\n

\n\tJonathan Young: I don\u2019t know anything about Taylor Swift, I\u2019m not a Swiftie and while I think Charlie\u2019s a great game player, we don\u2019t have a lot in common. Cirie scares me because she\u2019s so good. She\u2019s like a mom out here. Everybody respects Cirie, but I think everybody fears Cirie.<\/p>\n

\n\tKyle Fraser: Charlie played a similar game to me in a lot of ways. He was a template for me and able to put his ego aside and hide in plain sight when he was clearly a great player. So he scares me because I think he can spot what I\u2019m doing. Dee is scary; she can see BS really easily. The season 49 people concern me for a different reason, I just don\u2019t have game tape on them.<\/p>\n

\n\tTiffany Ervin: Charlie probably concerns me most only because he\u2019s played with me. He\u2019s seen me play and knows how my mind works, he has intel on me. But also he\u2019s one of those people that\u2019s not a big, flashy, neon sign threat who could go undetected for a while. Q also has that same intel but doesn\u2019t approach things in the most rational way, so people may not take his word at face value the way they would Charlie\u2019s.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tDee Valladares: Rick Devens is smirking at everybody. It\u2019s too much for my liking. He co-hosted the On Fire podcast with Jeff, he was the first one. But there can only be one co-host. Bye Rick, bye Charlie. Q concerns me a little bit just because he\u2019s so chaotic. It\u2019s going to be interesting to play with him. I feel like he\u2019s going to drive me crazy, but I feel like we\u2019re going to have a lot of fun. He\u2019s kinda goofy and I want to play this game with goofy people.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tRick Devens: I hope that Aubry isn\u2019t spreading the gospel of \u201cwatch out for Rick.\u201d It\u2019s been long enough that I don\u2019t think people are thinking about me. I wouldn\u2019t be surprised if some people here hadn\u2019t watched my season. I didn\u2019t have anyone in mind coming in but there are people around Ponderosa I\u2019m not getting much of a vibe from, like Q. I\u2019m not sure Q wants to play with me or has any idea who I am. But I don\u2019t care because I kinda want to play with Q, he\u2019s my son\u2019s favorite player so that\u2019s my in.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tQuintavius \u201cQ\u201d Burdette: If you\u2019ve ever sat at the end, whether you\u2019ve won, lost or whatever, if you\u2019ve ever pleaded your case at the end, I don\u2019t want to work with you long term. I want you out of the game. You\u2019re not going to get a second shot at either winning or a shot at redemption. It\u2019s not going to happen on my watch.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tColby Donaldson: I think Kamilla played an incredible game with Kyle. She could be a huge threat in this game. Angelina, without a question, is a big threat. And believe it or not, a guy that concerns me is Q and I can\u2019t quite put my finger on it. I watched him play and there were some things he did during his season that I think make him a question mark. I\u2019m going to enjoy competing with him because he\u2019s clearly good at challenges, but I don\u2019t trust Q at all. In fact, there\u2019s no way in the world I would put myself in a position where I had to rely on him.<\/p>\n

\n\tAngelina Keeley: I\u2019ve never met him and I could be wrong but I heard through the grapevine that Colby said, \u201cAngelina, that girl seems like she\u2019s chaotic.\u201d Am I a little chaotic? Yeah, fair. But it\u2019s not a good thing to say to someone else before we come out to Fiji. It\u2019s season 50 \u2014 not season five. It\u2019s been awhile for some of these folks. So we\u2019ll see what happens.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tAubry Bracco: I\u2019m a little worried about Genevieve. I want to play like Genevieve, I have so much respect for her as a player but she scares me. She can be a little savage in the game. I also think Chrissy can be a little bit savage, like smile and stab you in the back. I\u2019m a little worried about both of them.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tJenna Lewis-Dougherty: Cirie is the biggest threat out here. Everybody in the world loves Cirie. I don\u2019t know Cirie, but I know that I like Cirie when I watch Cirie. Take Cirie out, that\u2019s gotta be number one. I would also say that Jonathan is a pretty big threat as is Joe and Kyle, who has won. Dee, another winner, is also a big threat but not as big as Kyle only because he has two people he worked with from his season.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tJoe Hunter: Genevieve combined with Aubry and Emily. I\u2019m just naming them because of how strategic they are. They\u2019re brilliant players, and Charlie too. They\u2019re all extremely strategic and that is dangerous as they know how to adapt to what\u2019s in front of them.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\"\"<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\tGenevieve Mushaluk from season 50. <\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRobert Voets\/CBS \u00a92025 CBS Broadcasting, Inc.<\/p>\n

\n\tGenevieve Mushaluk: I just saw, like we all did, season 48 where Joe in particular ran a strength and integrity alliance. I\u2019m not really known for my physical strength, and integrity is open to interpretation. Would you think of Genevieve and think, \u201cYeah, strength and integrity?\u201d Probably not. You might think resilience, you might think calculated, you might think independent. Joe didn\u2019t lead an alliance with any of those names in the title. So I\u2019m worried about maybe not meshing with him or not being a part of his plans or how he wants to play the game.<\/p>\n

\n\tEmily Flippen: A lot of the big, burly dudes concern me a little bit. We\u2019ve seen it in season 48 with the Joes of the world and the big, strong guy alliance. I look at somebody like Jonathan who\u2019s obviously physically fit and is a physical asset to his tribe. These people tend to be protected early when I\u2019m not and tend to want to keep other big threats around. So if I\u2019m on a tribe with these big, buff guys I\u2019m probably going to have a hard time not just associating with them on a physical level but on a personal level as well. I don\u2019t know if we have a lot in common and that scares me a little bit.<\/p>\n

\n\tOzzy Lusth: One of the people who concerns me the most is Joe. He seems like a really loyal standup guy, and he\u2019s a huge challenge threat. You also have Q and Kyle, who won his season. And you have Jonathan, Tiffany and Stefanie LaGrossa. She was the original, amazing physical threat. I used to have a huge crush on her. It\u2019s just insane to be playing with some of these legends, like Colby Donaldson, the original Survivor heartthrob. There are some big, big physical threats out there.<\/p>\n

\n\tBenjamin \u201cCoach\u201d Wade: I don\u2019t get a good vibe from the two season 49 players. I don\u2019t know them but I\u2019m having flashbacks of Russell [Hantz] and how he came into Heroes vs Villains and nobody knew how he played and he lied to us. I have a fear of the two new players because they know all of us, and none of us know how they play.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tChrissy Hofbeck: Who concerns me because I think his game is a lot like mine is Christian. Not only is he charming and you want to be around him but darn it, he\u2019s smart. He\u2019s a person who I think will play a similar game to me, so that worries me. I have this feeling that Ozzy just won\u2019t like me that much. Maybe that\u2019s my season 35 fears coming back, he\u2019s a cool kid and I\u2019m not a cool kid. But maybe this season isn\u2019t really full of cool kids anyway.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tKamilla Karthigesu: I think Genevieve\u2019s game will clash with mine pretty badly. She\u2019s a known flip flopper, she\u2019s good at lying and she was part of so many blindsides on her season, which is scary. I don\u2019t want another person out there good at lying because I could be lied to. Also, I\u2019m pretty sure I saw her crush a puzzle in 47, and I don\u2019t want puzzle competition.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tStephenie LaGrossa Kendrick: Kamilla concerns me a lot. She prides herself on lying and likes to lie. Although I loved Kamilla and Kyle as a viewer, great gameplay. She is one of those people that can be 20 minutes behind in a challenge and if there\u2019s a puzzle in the end, she\u2019s going to blow you away. She is going to be a huge threat.<\/p>\n

\n\tRizo Velovic: There are a lot of people in their 50s, 40s and late 30s. I have to be more cognizant of older players like Stephenie, Cirie, Jenna Lewis. I want to make sure that I don\u2019t come off as this bratty, young, cocky guy and be somebody more endearing who they want to work with because I remind them of their child. While I want to work with old school players, I think my personality fits better in the New Era and I want to make sure I don\u2019t come across as something I\u2019m not to these old school people.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tSavannah Louie: A lot of these New Era people, especially the ones who are really social, are the ones who concern me the most. You have three people from season 48 here: Kyle, Joe and Kamilla. That\u2019s a scary group. You have people like Dee and Emily and Genevieve who, while they didn\u2019t all play together, probably bonded at Survivor events. Q, Tiffany and Charlie all played together. Who knows what\u2019s going on in their DMs? A lot of the New Era people created these tight bonds, which may become alliances. I think maybe some of the old school players might be open to working with someone who\u2019s a little less certain, being me.<\/p>\n

\n\t***<\/p>\n

\n\tSurvivor 50\u00a0aires new episodes\u00a0Wednesday at 8 p.m. on CBS, streaming on Paramount+. See how the\u00a0cast<\/a>\u00a0is divided into\u00a0their tribes here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The players of Survivor 50 haven\u2019t set foot on the beach yet, but many already know who they…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":298819,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[156,3343,111,139,69,14484,437],"class_list":{"0":"post-298818","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-mike-white","10":"tag-new-zealand","11":"tag-newzealand","12":"tag-nz","13":"tag-survivor","14":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298818","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=298818"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298818\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/298819"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=298818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=298818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=298818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}