So, The Early Show has announced (officially) the cast of the Survivor All-Stars starting right after the Super Bowl on February 1st (less than three weeks away!). They will be competing in the Pearl Islands...as Jeff explained it (as a paraphrase), familiar people, familar challenges, so we should have a familiar place (and Panama was their favorite). As reported months ago, there will be three tribes (Chapera, Mogo Mogo, and Saboga), and the 18 castaways are (they haven't said who's in which tribe, but I'm sure shortly the official website will be up with the info, unless they do the "picking" on the premiere episode
:
Survivor ~ Pulau Tiga: Jenna (L), Susan, Rudy, Richard
Survivor ~ Australian Outback: Tina, Colby, Alicia, Amber, Jerri
Survivor ~ Africa: Ethan, Lex, Tom
Survivor ~ Marquesas: Kathy, Rob M.
Survivor ~ Thailand: Shii Ann
Survivor ~ Amazon: Jenna (M), Rob C.
Survivor ~ Pearl Islands: Rupert
The person who did the story explained how they picked these 18 castaways:
* Asked all previous 112 castaways are you available?
* Eliminated those who said they were not available
* Looked at those remaining, paired them up (to see where the drama would come from???) and then decided who they would ask...2 of them DID say no (I wonder which two?)
The woman also asked Jeff which Survivor's torch he was looking most forward to snuff....he said Richard's since his is the only torch he's never snuffed (wouldn't that be true of ALL the winners???)
I
cannot wait for this season to premiere....the website for All-Stars is :
http://www.cbs.com/primetime/survivor8/index.shtml 
ETA: Here is the tribal breakdown:
Chapera (Red buffs): Alicia, Amber, Rob C., Rob M., Susan, Tom
Moga Moga (Green buffs): Colby, Jenna M., Lex, Kathy, Richard, Shii Ann
Saboga (Yellow buffs): Ethan, Jenna L., Jerri, Rudy, Rupert, Tina
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