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2 Survivor players spotted in The White Lotus season 3 premiere

Mike White keeps bringing in Survivor players as extras in The White Lotus.
ByBryce Olin|
“The Get to Know You Game” – Eighteen new castaways will be abandoned on the breathtaking islands of Fiji, where they must battle it out for the $1 million prize. Tribes must claim victory in the first challenge of the season to earn essential camp supplies. Then, first impressions go a long way as tribemates quickly make connections and size each other up, on the two-hour season premiere of SURVIVOR, Wednesday, Feb. 26 (8:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network, and streaming on
“The Get to Know You Game” – Eighteen new castaways will be abandoned on the breathtaking islands of Fiji, where they must battle it out for the $1 million prize. Tribes must claim victory in the first challenge of the season to earn essential camp supplies. Then, first impressions go a long way as tribemates quickly make connections and size each other up, on the two-hour season premiere of SURVIVOR, Wednesday, Feb. 26 (8:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network, and streaming on

Did you catch the latestSurvivorplayers to appear as extras in The White Lotus? On Sunday, Feb. 16, eagle-eyedSurvivorfans spotted two formerSurvivor playersin the season premiere ofThe White Lotusseason 3, "Same Spirit, New Forms."

Mike White, theSurvivorsuper-fan who also createdThe White Lotus,was one of the big players fromSurvivor: David vs. Goliath,which aired on CBS in 2018. Since then, White has brought in a few of the players from his season for little Survivor cameos in one of the most popular TV shows on HBO and Max.

Natalie Cole and Carl Boudreaux are the latestSurvivorstars to make an appearance in an episode of The White Lotus. In the season premiere, Natalie and Carl are seated at a table in the Thai resort's restaurant. When Belinda (Natasha Rothwell) sits down at her table, she looks over at the couple. It's not quite a blink-and-you'll-miss-it appearance, but I'm sure non-Survivorfans would not make any sort of connection. I recognized Natalie right away, but I didn't see Carl until I hit rewind and watched again.

There was some chatter online that Natalie and Carl would be in the episode, so I do have to admit that I was looking for them.

After Natalie and Carl appeared in the season 3 premiere, the tally ofSurvivor: David vs. Goliathplayers to appear in the show jumps to five, according toEntertainment Weekly.

In the first three seasons of the show, Alec Merlino, Kara Kay, and Angelina Keeley also make an appearance inThe White Lotus.Alec is the only player to appear in multiple episodes ofThe White Lotusso far. He was on camera quite a bit in the show's first season, which was set in and filmed in Hawaii. The first season premiered in 2021.

In 2022, Kara and Angelina appeared in the second season ofThe White Lotus,which was set in and filmed in Italy.

So far, I have not heard if any otherSurvivor: David vs. Goliathplayers will be featured in any of the other episodes of the season, but we'll just have to wait and see!

According to a new report fromEntertainment Weekly, Natalie revealed that she had a conversation aboutSurvivor 50withJeff ProbstatThe White Lotus season 3 premiere. Jeff also recently revealed that they haven't mademany cast decisions about the 50th seasonyet. Will Natalie be included? My gut says no, but we'll have to wait and see.

New episodes ofThe White Lotusseason 3 air Sundays on HBO and Max. If you haven't watched yet, there's only been one episode of the season, so you have more than enough time to catch up before the second episode airs on Sunday, Feb. 23.

Stay tuned for more cameos inThe White Lotusand more news aboutSurvivor 50!

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