Survivor: Micronesia — Fans vs. Favorites is the sixteenth season of the American CBS competitive reality television series Survivor, being the show's third to include contestants from past seasons, after the all-returning contestant pool from Survivor: All-Stars, and Survivor: Guatemala in which two contestants from Survivor: Palau returned for a second chance. Applications were due on July 7, 2007. Around August 2007, 800 applicants were selected for an interview by CBS. Out of these 800, about 48 semi-finalists were selected to go to Los Angeles in September 2007. From these semi-finalists, 10 contestants were selected to participate in the show between late October and mid-December 2007. The full cast of 20 contestants was revealed on January 3, 2008 by Entertainment Weekly. Host Jeff Probst revealed that a list of 20 favorites was put together and then 10 of them were cut. Others included for consideration were Shane Powers, Yul Kwon, Terry Deitz, Tom Westman, and Courtney Yates, though Probst confirmed that Westman and Yates declined the opportunity. Pearl Islands winner Sandra Diaz-Twine, who initially declined to be on Survivor: All-Stars, participated in initial casting for Micronesia but was one of those cut at the last minute. The contestants were split into two tribes, fans and favorites, named Airai and Malakal respectively. Both tribes were named after locations in Palau. Wikipedia [ - ]

Survivor: Micronesia — Fans vs. Favorites is the sixteenth season of the American CBS... [ + ]