To cast the twentieth season contestants, they first selected 50 previous contestants. 25 were heroes, the other 25 were villains.
50 Contestants[]
25 Heroes[]
25 Villains[]
Contestants Cut Right Off The Bat[]
Colleen Haskell (would never have accepted the offer)
Elisabeth Hasselbeck (would never have accepted the offer)
Rudy Boesch (got too old for Survivor)
The Original Teams[]
Heroes[]
Colby Donaldson (Accepted the offer.)
Rupert Boneham (Accepted the offer.)
Yau-Man Chan (Declined the offer due to work obligations.)
James Clement (Accepted the offer.)
Tom Westman (Accepted the offer.)
Cirie Fields (Accepted the offer.)
Stephenie LaGrossa (Accepted the offer.)
Jenna Morasca (Declined due to Ethan Zohn having cancer.)
Taj Johnson-George (Declined for unknown reasons.)
Sugar Kiper (Accepted the offer.)
Villains[]
Richard Hatch (Was unable to play due to being under arrest.)
Jon Dalton (Originally casted, but cut when Richard couldn't be there.)
Rob Mariano (Accepted the offer.)
Shane Powers (Was cut.)
Jonathan Penner (Was cut.)
Parvati Shallow (Accepted the offer.)
Corinne Kaplan (Declined due to work obligations.)
Jerri Manthey (Accepted the offer.)
Twila Tanner (Accepted, but was cut.)
Shii Ann Huang (Declined because she had just given birth.)
Replacements[]
J.T. Thomas replaced Yau-Man Chan.
Amanda Kimmel replaced Jenna Morasca.
Candice Woodcock replaced Taj Johnson-George.
Randy Bailey replaced Richard Hatch.
Tyson Apostol replaced Jon Dalton.
Russell Hantz replaced Jonathan Penner.
Coach Wade replaced Shane Powers.
Danielle DiLorenzo replaced Corinne Kaplan.
Courtney Yates replaced Twila Tanner.
Sandra Diaz-Twine replaced Shii Ann Huang.