This is my idea for what the theme of the upcoming Survivor 30 should be. I call it "America's All Stars" because my idea is to have America vote from the 28 previous seasons on which 20 all stars should be brought back. I believe this would make for a great all star edition since, judging from the group of players that have been brought back in recent years, the survivor casting department is obviously on crack.
So here is how it would work. Starting this summer following the finale of Survivor 28 America will be given a chance to vote on their favorite players that they would like to see return from each season starting with season 1, but for the first 16 returnees they can only vote on non winners, weather they won on that season or not. So for season 4 and 8 you could not vote for Rob and for season 23 you could not vote for John. The last four players would be chosen from the existing pool of winners.
It would start out in phases though before the final cast is selected. First the male and female from each season to receive the highest amount of votes would move on to the second phase for a total of 56 finalist. 28 males and 28 females. Of those 56 players there would be a second vote and the top 8 males and top 8 females from that vote would be the 16 non winning all starts.
I would suggest that non winners could be voted for in each season they played in and if they are the top vote getter in more than one season they automatically move on to the final cast. So for instance if Ozzy were to receive the highest number of votes for season 13 and 23 he would automatically skip the second phase and be part of the season 30 cast.
After the final 16 non winners would be voted for they would then give America the chance to vote for which 4 winners get to come back out of the 27 previous winners (remember, even though there will have been 28 seasons there will only be 27 winners because Sandra won twice). Then the 2 male winners with the highest number of votes and the 2 female winners with the highest number of votes would get to return.
This could either be done during a special primetime summer season, or it could be done online. Online would probably be better. First they could have a show reviewing each cast member starting with season one then give a number to each one for viewers to vote on. Either way, I believe having viewers participate in the selection would generate renewed interest in the show that has been slowly eroding over the past couple of years.
Although Rob and Russell have vowed never to play again, and I don't like Russell but I know a lot of people do, including the producers of Survivor, this could be a great way to get both of them back in the game. I'm sure if they knew America voted for them to come back their egos would not allow them to decline the chance and I would of kind of like to see Russell back just to watch this one trick pony get his ass handed to him again. I'm sure there would be some players who might get voted for to come back like Elizabeth, and in that case, after someone makes it through the first phase I think they should be asked if they want to move on or drop out. If they drop out then they could possibly have an alternate who got the second highest amount of votes.
I think the tribes should be divided on the first day of the game by letting the male and female winners with the highest amount of votes being captains and doing a schoolyard pick. Of course if Russell were playing he would be the last one picked which would be funny to see. I also think the season should include redemption island.
Check out my video below of one Survivor I would definitely like to see back! Also please sign my Survivor petition HERE
