Returning Player seasons offer the opportunity to former contestants to play the game of Koh-Lanta again.
Origins[]
Unlike the American and Australian versions of Survivor, seasons with returning players are counted separately from all-rookie seasons and are considered special seasons. So far, three variants of these special seasons have taken place:
- All-Stars seasons feature casts comprised entirely of returning players. These seasons include Le Retour des Héros, La Revanche des Héros, La Nouvelle Édition, Le Combat des Héros and La Légende.
- Rookies vs. Veterans seasons feature a tribe of new contestants pitted against a tribe of returning players. This only occurred once in Le Choc des Héros, in which the new players were all renowned French athletes.
- Captaincy seasons feature a handful of returning players being assigned to tribes of new players. This only occurred once in L'Île des Héros, in which five former contestants started the game on a separate island to the two tribes of new players and had to earn spots in these tribes by winning challenges.
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