Is Survivor producer Mark Burnett seriously considering filming a future edition of the hit CBS series in Canada... or was he simply seeking to placate the local media?
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According to Burnett, a Survivor edition could be filming in Canada as quickly as Survivor 11, which would air on CBS in Fall 2005. Burnett's disclosure came in response to a question regarding one of Canadian viewers biggest gripes with the series -- its refusal to let Canadians compete in Survivor (a practice that, for the record, is pretty standard among American reality shows.)
According to Brioux, Burnett replied to the question as to whether America's northern neighbors would finally be allowed to compete with a response of "no, but we could be going to Canada for Survivor," and later suggested it could happen as soon as the program's eleventh installment.
Brioux speculates that Burnett might film a Canadian-based Survivor in a remote, rugged part of British Columbia during the bikini-friendly summer season. However, before any Canadians get too excited regarding such a possibility, it's worth noting that Burnett himself is not currently signed to produce an eleventh edition of the show -- his most current contract, signed this past winter after a bit of intentional made-for-publicity hardball drama, only runs through Survivor 10. It is however expected that CBS, which holds the rights to create additional Survivor editions without Burnett's involvement, will agree to an additional extension with Burnett by sometime next spring.
Survivor: Vanuatu, the ninth edition of the series that is currently filming on the Pacific island chain near Fiji, will air this fall.
