Amid Juveria Zaheer‘s run on Jeopardy! Masters, the solid listing for Season 50 of Survivor was formally launched, that includes contestants who’ve all performed the sport earlier than. That meant there was a chance for Juveria’s brother, Omar Zaheer, to return to the seaside in Fiji for an additional shot at $1 million.
Though followers had been hoping Omar would get chosen within the casting course of, he was in the end not chosen as one of many 24 castaways for Season 50, and Juveria reacted to the information on X. “Would have liked to have seen the little bro trigger chaos on the seaside once more!” she wrote.
Omar final performed Survivor throughout Season 42 in 2022. He completed the sport in sixth place and have become a fan-favorite contestant. At remaining tribal council, he casted one of many seven votes for winner Maryanne Oketch, who beat Mike Turner and Romeo Escobar in a 7-1-0 vote (Turner obtained one vote from Jonathan Younger, who’s the one Season 42 consultant on Season 50).
With so many prior seasons to select from, the casting course of was possible powerful for CBS, and followers and former gamers alike had been left upset by a few of the decisions. A number of gamers took to social media to specific frustration over being dragged alongside within the casting course of, simply to get lower on the final minute.
Survivor 50 is the primary all-returning gamers season since Season 40, which introduced again 20 former winners to compete towards one another. Earlier than that, Season 38 had 4 returning contestants combined into the solid, and previous to that, Season 34 was an all-returning solid of “sport changers.”
In the meantime, Juveria has discovered her personal tv success on Jeopardy! She misplaced her first sport in 2023, however was invited again for that 12 months’s Second Probability match. Her win solidified her a spot within the Champions Wildcard match for a shot to make the Match of Champions, which she did, however she was eradicated within the Quarterfinal spherical.
Now, Juveria is among the 4 Semifinalists on Jeopardy! Masters, however she’s presently tied with Isaac Hirsch on the backside of the leaderboard with zero factors, behind Victoria Groce (six factors) and Yogesh Raut (two factors). The competitors continues with extra Semifinal matches on June 3.
Survivor, Season 50, Winter 2026, CBS
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