Survivor Samoa Photo: CBS
Survivor has started shooting for season 19 (and possibly 20). Season 19 will take place in the Samoan Island of Upolu in the South Pacific Ocean. 18 new castaways will participate in "Survivor", Samoa, which begins airing in September on CBS.
The 20th season of “Survivor” will break with the show’s traditional shooting schedule and be filmed after “Survivor Samoa” finishes production this summer. The show’s casting director has stated that casting for season 19 and 20 was occurring simultaneously. Typically, the fall season is shot in the summer, starting in mid- to late June, while the spring season is shot in the fall, starting around Halloween.
In addition, host and producer Jeff Probst mentioned filming the seasons back-to-back in an interview with the New York Post about his new reality series "Live for the Moment." He said he “can’t even start shooting [‘Live for the Moment’] until the end of September, when I’m back from double duty on ‘Survivor.’ The earliest I could have episodes done would be January.”
With the 20th season being produced immediately after the 19th, will the show just stay in Samoa? Probably. The production has previously used the same general location in back-to-back seasons, Survivor Pearl Islands and Survivor All-Stars. And moving an 80 cargo container production to an entirely different location when taping back-to-back seasons would be difficult, although it’s probable the specific locations will change so the new season has a different look and feel.
As further evidence of the production staying in Samoa, the crew has taken over the Aggie Grey’s resort in Samoa as its base camp, as tourists bumped from the hotel revealed earlier this year. And reservations there aren’t available there until after Oct. 2, shortly after when the 20th season would probably wrap.
“This season we’re also doing back-to-back seasons because of budget cuts, and that’s just the truth. We have to do two seasons to save money, because every television show is undergoing some sort of a cut,” Probst stated to a source.
“And I think that’s going to be hard on people. It’s a long time to be away from home. We’re gone nearly four months. Six weeks was one thing; 14 weeks is another,” he said.
Survivor 19: Samoa Preview
Sources: CBS, Google Maps, New York Post
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