{"id":163086,"date":"2026-02-20T21:46:17","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T21:46:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/163086\/"},"modified":"2026-02-20T21:46:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T21:46:17","slug":"famu-fsu-engineering-professor-returning-to-survivor-for-milestone-season-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/163086\/","title":{"rendered":"FAMU-FSU Engineering professor returning to \u2018Survivor\u2019 for milestone season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) &#8211; CBS\u2019s premiere of the 50th season of Survivor is less than a week away, and a Tallahassee contestant is returning to the show!<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Christian Hubicki is a robotics-professor the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering. He was previously on the 37th season of the reality TV series in 2018.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">He said that on the same day he signed up to take the job in Tallahassee, he was told he\u2019d be on the show. He did not win during that season, but he\u2019s back this year with several other fan-favorites, and there\u2019s a lot of local excitement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cIt is amazing to see the people who come up to you out of the woodwork,\u201d he said. \u201cPeople at the coffee shop are like, \u2018Christian, you\u2019regoing to be on Survivor, that\u2019s cool!\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-center article-text\">More Tallahassee news:<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Watch party locations will be announced in the days ahead, and WCTV will keep you updated. You can watch the premiere of the hit CBS show next Wednesday, Feb. 25 at 8 p.m. on WCTV.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">To keep up with the latest news as it develops, follow WCTV on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WCTV.tv\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/wctvnews\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@WCTVEyewitnessNews\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/nextdoor.com\/page\/wctv\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/nextdoor.com\/page\/wctv\/\" target=\"_blank\">Nextdoor<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/nextdoor.com\/page\/wctv\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/nextdoor.com\/page\/wctv\/\" target=\"_blank\"> <\/a>and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WCTV\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">X<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WCTV\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Have a news tip or see an error? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wjhg.com\/2026\/02\/20\/famu-fsu-engineering-professor-returning-survivor-milestone-season\/mailto:news@wctv.tv?subject=Correction%20Needed\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Write to us here<\/a>. 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