Castaway: Sole Survivor

Castaway: Sole Survivor is the original season of Castaway. There were 16 contestants, 8 male and 8 female. A viewing link to the season, complete with cast bios and an episode by episode commentary can be found here.

Pre-Season
16 people signed up for a free, all inclusive, luxury cruise. You may think, “this offer sounds too good to be true”. Unfortunately, it was. The cruise ship, along with the 16 individuals, has gone missing somewhere in the vicinity of the Pearl Islands. Some skeptics say that this whole case is a setup for some sort of reality tv program, but there is no evidence to prove this wild theory at this time.

Season
16 individuals washed up on two white sand beaches, somewhere in the vicinity of The Pearl Islands. Under the beating, tropical sun, the castaway's struggled to regain consciousness and return to their senses. They had only vague memories of the events that led to them to this deserted tropical island and the only item on their person was a ticket containing their name, age, occupation and a boarding class for a cruise ship...

A strong sense of class divide had developed among the castaways. Alliances began to form and tension between the group was somewhat artificially created. It wasn't too dissimilar to the plot of some vapid, mindless reality television show.

Trivia

 * This season used characters submitted by the brantsteele subreddit instead of an original cast, which would become the norm from season 3 onward.


 * This season is the only season not to feature Veronica, Mikoto or Darius in some capacity.
 * Instead the story is told by an unnamed journalist.