Why's everyone from the West Coast?

[ruffy]

This is a BIG country, but a disproportionate number of the new Survivor Samoa cast seems to be from the Pacific coast states, and several from LA. What the hey ! Remember Boston Rob? What a character. I think more sections of the good ol' USofA ought to be represented, to draw in more viewers (and they don't necessarily HAVE to all look fantastic in a bikini). Eh?

[RUDYRULES4156]

i hear ya. whats with all the CA people.

[LucyR.]

I think most of those contestants are not born in California. If you check out their birth certificates you will notice they were born someplace else.

It is a lot easier to get people from the west coast for the interviews since they do a lot of extensive interviews. It must be too expensive to get people from other states to keep coming back for interviews.

Times have changed due to the economy sp. I heard CBS is having financial problems. I also think the survivor producers find it easier to just interview people from California who are already in the area near the CBS studios.

I am just guessing why this is happening. I also noticed it.

[lesmoc]

Yes they need more boston mofo's...like me!

[pawpaw]

It because 10's of thousands of 20 somethings flock to california were casting take's place--

They look good
Don't have "real" jobs or kids so are available to take 3 months off
Are around when casting people cruise town and catch their eye

"Real" people have to travel to casting far away
Have jobs they invested years in and can't just pick up and leave
Have families
Never noticed by casting by accident because casting never goes to these rural places

[Teine o le I'a]

I would just like to state that I heard they would never cast any islanders for the Survivor Series, especially when many of them live on the West Coast! Why not? Not all Polynesians were raised on island and lived the life!