Standby Returning Castaways

Standby Returning Castaways are past players who were considered to return for a subsequent season, but were either not chosen or declined the offer.

Survivor: Las Vegas
intended on having a special twist involving players from the first season,, or the main series in general, playing as approved catfishes in order to test their luck as an unfamiliar face. However, the twist was later scrapped due to casting conflicts.

Survivor: Sweden
was casting one returning player per tribe. Ultimately, Drew Heuser, Jay O'Neil, and Nic Takahashi were chosen to return to the season.