With Season 50 of Survivor set to characteristic returning gamers from the previous 49 installments of the present, followers are anxiously ready for the solid checklist. Rumors about who shall be headed to Fiji to take part have flooded the web for weeks, and one identify that’s been tossed round is Elisabeth Hasselbeck.
Hasselbeck was simply 23 years outdated when she got here in fourth place on Season 2 of Survivor in 2001 (the present was filmed on the finish of 2000). Now, 25 years later, there are rumors she could possibly be returning to the sport that began all of it earlier than she turned much more well-known for The View and Fox & Mates.
The rumor mill started churning after Hasselbeck did an interview with All Winners Survivor in March and spoke concerning the affect the present had on her life. “I feel Survivor was a pivotal level simply in my religion. I kind of thought I had it found out sufficient, and I feel while you’re with out your comforts … although I knew it was finite, I went there actually looking for what I used to be fabricated from,” she shared. She additionally performed coy when the topic got here up throughout one other interview just a few weeks later.
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The conservative tv persona doesn’t usually discuss her time on the present, so this, amongst different on-line buzz, had folks placing her on potential Survivor 50 solid lists. All the pieces is simply speculative to this point, however since Hasselbeck has change into a reasonably polarizing public determine, there have been a number of combined reactions amongst Survivor followers about her potential return.
“She is among the hottest contestants of all time. She’s in all probability going to be on the season,” one particular person wrote on Reddit. Another person mentioned, “She’s arguably one of the vital iconic contestants on the present.” An X consumer added, “Elisabeth Hasselbeck could be large.”
Nevertheless, these on the alternative finish of the spectrum, somebody wrote, “Completely are not looking for that screeching maniac on my TV once more,” and, “Put her on and make her be first boot YESSSSSS.” One other particular person on X mentioned, “in the event that they actually solid Elisabeth f**king Hasselbeck on Survivor 50 that’ll need to be it for me.”
A handful of Reddit commenters mentioned they “doubt” Hasselbeck would return. In spite of everything, she turned down the prospect to come back again for Survivor: All-Stars in 2003 and has largely distanced herself from the present.
Season 50 of Survivor is anticipated to premiere in February 2026. For now, there’s the remainder of Season 48 to get by, in addition to Season 49 in fall 2025.
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Survivor, Season 48, Wednesdays, 8/7c, CBS