What's great about a show like Survivor is that viewers get to see different parts of the world every season. However, once we learned that seasons were constantly returning to Fiji, and might even stay there permanently, viewers had mixed emotions.

However, viewers have learned new secrets that have emerged from past seasons and their locations. Fans of the show have had mixed emotions about some of the seasons, whether somewhere more lackluster or the cast was gimmicky, but behind the scenes, contestants and the crew were trying their hardest to deal with the emotional toll of living in some of these areas of the world. Whether it was the intense heat in Cambodia or the lions living near the campsite in Africa, viewers learned that there was more to the show than what we saw.

There are numerous secrets behind the islands and locations featured on Survivor that have emerged. Now that the show has remained in Fiji, it is still fun to look back at past seasons and see just how difficult it really was to spend 39 days at these locations.

12 Host Jeff Probst Explains Why Survivor Permanently Remains On Fiji

Survivor host Jeff Probst is a huge fan of the show remaining in Fiji. In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, he stated that the world has changed since the first-ever season premiered in 2000 with political unrest, the changes in the economy and the weather playing a big factor in location. He also added that Fiji pretty much has everything producers need to film another thrilling season of the show.

11 Fiji Isn't As Dangerous As Past Locations, Making It Perfect To Produce The Show

Looking at past seasons, contestants had to endure torrential downpours, heatwaves and had to even be on the lookout for wild animals like lions and elephants making an appearance at campsites. But, Probst believes Fiji has all the elements to make a great season, which isn't exactly as dangerous. From beautiful beaches, wildlife, and sporadic storms, Fiji has everything the show needs.

Survivor: Gabon was the 17th season of the show and featured some of the best unscripted moments of the series. Gabon is located in West-Central Africa and with it being the first season to be filmed in HD, it made the location that much more beautiful. Some of the best moments of the show were elephants wandering into camp that just made for great television.

9 Contestants Had To Be On High Alert For Lions In Africa

When the show took the contestants to Kenya, viewers we not as thrilled with the location because it just seemed dry and lifeless compared to the past season which took place in the Australian Outback. However, Kenya proved to be one of the most dangerous locations for filming with lions and other wildlife surrounding contestants. Producers had to actually put up thorn fences around to help prevent lions from coming into camp.

8 Survivor: Marquesas Had One Of The Most Miserable Living Conditions For The Contestants And Jeff Probst

The Marquesas Islands in French Polynesia was a back-up location for the show, as producers planned to film in Jordan. However, after the 9/11 attacks, that location had to be squashed. Survivor: Marquesas proved to be a challenge to contestants and Jeff Probst because of pestering flies that just made everyone miserable.

7 Brazil Proved To Be One Of The Toughest Locations

Survivor was filmed twice in Brazil and it gave viewers a new location to look at other than the beach. Survivor: The Amazon took viewers to the stunning rainforests and we watched unique challenges. Being in the Brazilian rainforest also meant that contestants had to adapt to the environment differently than being on a beach and it proved to be one of the toughest locations on the show.

6 Contestants Really Aren't Roaming Around On All Parts Of The Island

On the show, we typically see the contestants roaming around the island, but that's the idea producers want viewers to think. Contestants must stay in designated areas as told by the producers. It's not only for the contestant's safety, but producers don't want them to find their living areas.

5 Wildfires And Floods Made Australia A Challenge

The second season of Survivor took viewers to The Australian Outback and the weather proved to be a challenge for the contestants. It was the first time that the show saw potential dangers including its first medical evacuation, wildfires, and a flood that destroyed camp.

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4 Contestants Had To Be Evacuated In Season 37 During A Cyclone

When contestants had to be evacuated off of the island in season 37 because of a cyclone, host Jeff Probst revealed that the contestants were separated and put on lockdown, which just made it that much worse for them. With what little they had stranded on a beach just made it more unbearable for the couple of days they were put in basic units and on a "no talking" lockdown.

3 All Seasons That Took Place In Nicaragua Had An Unfavorable Cast

Screenrant rated Nicaragua the worst Survivor location because it was terribly forgettable, the cast was gimmicky, and it was not an exciting location for such a thrilling show. And, while three of the four seasons filmed in Nicaragua had their very own themes, they could have used the countries culture and history to their advantage.

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2 Survivor Might Never Return To Cambodia After A Scary Medical Evacuation

Survivor: Kaoh Rong saw multiple evacuations because of the brutal Cambodian heat. Contestant Caleb Reynolds collapsed due to heatstroke after a reward challenge and was removed when his temperature was over 110 degrees. It's even one of Probst's scariest moments of the show.

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1 Survivor: Arabia Was Suppose To Be An Epic Season 4

Imagine seeing contestants arriving on camelback to Jordan and possibly watching the most challenging Survivor to date? Survivor: Jordan was supposed to be the show's fourth season, but 9/11 changed all of that. With mounting problems in the Middle East, producers had to think of a new location and ultimately chose Marquesas.

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