Survivor Season 51 cast revealed – Grey’s Anatomy actor and renowned OBGYN join show as filming wraps in Fiji
SURVIVOR fans can officially drop their buffs and raise their excitement as Season 51’s cast is already shaping up to be one of the franchise’s most eclectic groups yet.
Although Season 50 has yet to crown its Sole Survivor, which will be announced on May 20th’s live finale, the next group of castaways can already be revealed by The U.S. Sun.
Production on the upcoming season quietly wrapped in Fiji in mid-May 2026 after cameras began rolling in April, a production insider told The U.S. Sun.
The lineup is packed full of actors, attorneys, athletes, influencers, and a former alternate who has spent years trying to get on the CBS hit.
Among the new faces that a CBS insider revealed competed in Fiji this Summer is Devin Way, 33, an actor and model from Lufkin, Texas.
He previously appeared as Dr. Blake Simms on Grey’s Anatomy and also starred on Queer as Folk, The Comeback, and BET’s Sistas.
Doctor Sharonda Renee, 34, from Berea, Kentucky, graduated from St. George’s University School of Medicine in 2023 and has shown her physical fitness by completing a half marathon last year.
The renowned OBGYN has showed off her sense of adventure on social media, frequently posting snapshots from her worldwide travels as well as photos of her work.
Also joining the cast, which was first rumored by Inside Survivor but confirmed by The U.S. Sun, is Ana Sani, 34, an actress from Toronto, Ontario, Canada, who won a Canadian Screen Award in 2024 for voicing Strawberry Shortcake.
Her resume also includes roles on The Boys and voicing characters in My Little Pony.
Reality TV superfans may recognize Daniel Kilby, 28, a marketing coordinator and game studio founder from London, Ontario.
Daniel co-hosts The Winner’s Edit Survivor podcast and previously competed on Season 2 of the cult reality competition, Sequester Access, in 2018.
Then there’s Kristin Flickinger, 49, a former Pride director from Santa Barbara, California, who raised more than $20 million for HIV services and care during her advocacy career.
The Willamette University School of Law graduate has reportedly been applying to Survivor for many years before finally landing her shot.
Another longtime hopeful finally getting his chance is Cristian Chavez, 25, an HR executive from Salt Lake City, Utah, who was previously an alternate for Survivor 47.
Eric Macksoud, 34, from Sunderland, Massachusetts, brings an unexpected mix of talents to the beach with background on the swim team and later performing in local musical theater productions.
Attorney Alexis Levine, 28, from Atlanta, Georgia, joins the game after earning her degree from Emory University School of Law.
Ori Jean-Charles, 27, from Monsey, New York, enters the game with both brains and brawn.
The personal trainer and Director of Youth Services at the MLK Center previously was a linebacker for the University at Albany football team while earning a Master’s degree in Public Administration.
The cast also includes Patt Cannaday, 35, an attorney for the U.S. Navy based in Norfolk, Virginia, who formerly coached boxing for youth at risk of gang violence and boxed competitively herself in college.
One of the season’s biggest social media names is Lewis Kelly, 28, a model and content creator from Puerto Rico but originally from Dublin, Ireland.
Lewis boasts 7.2 million TikTok followers and 1.2 million Instagram followers across his various accounts, which includes one shared with his wife Andrea and his personal platform.
Meanwhile, Rob Antonson, 40, from Boston, Massachusetts, works in airport operations and hosts The Rob Show podcast focused on sports, travel, and pop culture while pursuing stand-up comedy.
Future doctor Thien An Nguyen, 25, from Fort Worth, Texas, is currently studying at Texas Christian University’s Anne Burnett Marion School of Medicine.
In 2023, she appeared in a documentary following the lives of TCU students and completed the Houston Marathon last year.
Rounding out the cast that The U.S. Sun can currently reveal is Carter Krull, 25, a farmer from Rock Rapids, Iowa, whose family owns Moon Creek Farms.
Carter previously played wide receiver and kicker for the University of Sioux Falls football team and competed in four sports during high school.
The fresh batch of castaways comes as Survivor celebrates a milestone night for the franchise.
The supersized finale of Survivor Season 50 airs tonight, May 20, on CBS, with one player set to claim the $2 million prize after weeks of blindsides, betrayals, and brutal challenges.
The finale is expected to feature an explosive final Tribal Council in Fiji and the live aftershow reunion hosted by Jeff Probst.
