questions for karen

[herbe]

karen you have an interesting cast. i have a few questions.

how were the players chosen for the all star game?
who almost made the cut for the game?
who didn't play who you would have liked to see play?
before the game began, who did you think would be the first boot?
where you surprised by the first 2 players voted off?
thank you.

[Host Karen]

I knew the cast would be made up of 20 people. The plan was to take the top 5 of each season. However, several of them couldn't play for whatever reason...for example Rafe (aka Chance). This left us with a few positions to fill. So what I did was send an email to everyone who had ever played Survivor Holidays and asked them to reply stating whether or not they'd be interested in playing if they were invited. I also asked everyone to name who they thought deserved to play in All-Stars. I took all of the information received and filled the open positions with that information plus my own observations of the individuals and their gameplay.

People that didn't play that I would have liked to see play...Rafe, Tuck, Jeff, Annette...there are probably more but those are the ones I'm thinking of right off the top of my head.

Before the game, who did I expect would be the first boot...I figured it would be Booby Shaun because he was trying to be cute with the name but I didn't figure it would go over well...which it didn't.

No, I wasn't surprised at the first two voted off. I knew that a lot of people would be surprised to see Lisa in the cast since she was the first person voted out in her season. However, I was curious whether or not everyone would have feuds with enough people that they would try to form a bond with her and give her a chance this time around. Unfortunately I don't think she was really around much or she might have had a chance. Casting her was a toss-up but worth a try, but in the end, no I'm really not surprised she was one of the first ones gone.