[Warning: The following contains MAJOR spoilers for the Survivor Season 47 Episode 6.] Ahead of Survivor Season 47’s premiere, TV Insider asked Jeff Probst if anyone from this season would be getting an invitation to come back for Survivor 50 , the next returning players season . “That’s a really good question,” he replied.
“And the answer is yes.” With a major player eliminated in Season 47 Episode 6 on Wednesday, October 23, we now have a gut feeling about who that potential returning player could be. The sixth episode of Season 47 featured the merging of the three tribes, but like past seasons in the new era, the castaways were not guaranteed a spot on the merged tribe; they had to fight for their spots instead.
The episode featured a new twist, which was that only one player would be safe from elimination and guaranteed a spot in the merged tribe. Last season and in ones before it, the group was split into two teams for the immunity challenge, and the winning team was safe from elimination and got a feast. This time, the winning team did earn a meal, but it wasn’t the official merge meal.
That team of six then competed against each other for individual immunity that would protect them when everyone went to tribal council. Genevieve found the advantage that placed her with the winning team, thus securing her a meal, but it was Kyle who won the first individual immunity and became the first official member of the merged tribe. Flash forward to tribal council �.