Survivor contestant contract: the waivers, agreements that cast members, families sign + reality blurred

Survivor has been on the air for 10 years as of today, and to date, 301 people have participated in the series as contestants. While casting has turned to recruiting to find participants, many people, from Canadians to teenagers, repeat applicants to first-timers, are still desperate to be cast.

But in exchange for playing for $1 million and having an unparalleled experience on broadcast television’s best reality competition, contestants must sign detailed legal agreements with SEG, Mark Burnett’s Survivor Entertainment Group. Those agreements are below, as reality blurred received copies of them from someone who signed them. (Despite the timing of Friday’s interview, it is not from Coach.) They are all signed before a contestant goes to Los Angeles as a finalist for casting, meaning many people who never appeared on television have signed these. I was first sent the contract earlier this year, and mining it for newsworthy information, redacting personal information, and producing it for publication took some time. The 10-year anniversary is also the perfect opportunity to examine what it costs someone to participate in the series.

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http://www.realityblurred.com/realitytv/archives/survivor/2010_May_31_contestant_agreements