And, after the summer of 2000, the cast of Season 1's popularity spread like wildfire. Survivor contestants popped up in national commercials, starred in Hollywood films and even wrote books.

Even though Survivor 50 will not hit TV screens until 2026, and the full cast for the season that airs before it (Survivor 49) has yet to be revealed outside of a teaser video, host and showrunner ...

For example, in the summer of 2000, more than 50 million people watched the finale of Survivor: Borneo. In it, they saw the first ever final Immunity Challenge: "Hands on a Hard Idol." ...

Since her time in Borneo, Kelly got married, had a son, and got divorced. She also briefly developed a TV series called Mana with fellow Cambodia contestant Joe Anglim. Rudy Boesch Rudy Boesch ...