Survivor 50 snub draws honest reaction from the most dominant new era winner

TheSurvivor 50castleft out all but three winners from previous seasons, but in a shocking turn of events, we learned that one of the most dominant winners of the new era wasn't even asked to be part of the cast of the season.

During an appearance on theBy Order of the Faithfuls podcasthosted by Wells Adams, Dolores Catania, and Tamra Judge,Rachel LaMont, the winner ofSurvivor 47,revealed that she was a little disappointed that she wasn't asked to be a part ofSurvivor 50.

"I think I have mixed feelings about it," Rachel said. "I don't think I was ready to play on season 50. On the other hand, I wanted to be, like, asked, maybe, you know. It's like, you could have called me. I never expected to be on. Even just getting a feeler call would have been nice."

Obviously, I've known for a long time that Rachel was not part of theSurvivor 50cast, but she was one of the players who I think deserved to be included in the cast because of how great she performed onSurvivor 47.She had her back against the wall so many times in that season, and she pulled herself out of it every single time. She's an incredible social and strategic player, but don't even get me started on her ability to win important challenges. She was a beast onSurvivor 47,and she is incredible at puzzles. She literally has a puzzle company!

There's such a long list ofSurvivorplayers who deserved a spot on season 50 and didn't get picked. I don't understand how Rachel wasn't even asked to be part of the season when you had other new era winners in Dee Valladares ofSurvivor 45and Kyle Fraser ofSurvivor 48on board beforeSurvivor 49happened and they added Savannah Louie, the winner of that season.

Rachel, in my opinion, is a better player than all of those winners. It would have been so awesome to see Rachel hit the island, especially if Genevieve Mushaluk was playing. Rachel and Genevieve went toe-to-toe onSurvivor 47.It would have been awesome to see them back in the game together. They might even have worked together! We all would have benefitted from that.

Rachel did make a fair point about being ready to playSurvivor 50,though. As weheard from Savannah Louie, she wasn't really ready to play, mentally, after winningSurvivor 49.I'm sure Rachel is in a similar spot, even though it was years between seasons, while Savannah had a few weeks. To playSurvivorand win, it takes so much out of these players. You have to be willing to put everything on the line. Doing that twice is simply too much.

So, in some ways, I understand why the casting team made this decision, but I'm still shocked that Rachel didn't even get a call, which means she must have been ruled out way early.

It's even more shocking when you consider that Rachel has a relationship with Jeff Probst. Rachel is the only player, outside of Jeremy Collins, who has played Survivor multiple times already, who co-hosted theOn Fire with Jeff Probstpodcastwho didn't get invited forSurvivor 50.Dee Valladares, Rick Devens, and Charlie Davis are all part of theSurvivor 50cast.

Survivor 50 airs weekly on Wednesdays on CBS and Paramount+!

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