Sue Smey, Jesse Lopez, And More

Three episodes into Beast Games Season 2, and the super Survivor fan Redditors are already losing their minds. “SUENAMI?! God please let Sue Smey win Beast Games, and somehow the reward for winning is a spot on 50.” And while we don’t yet know what MrBeast and his series co-creators have in store for their splashy, highly-anticipated crossover with the iconic reality competition – besides that it will feature Jeff Probst himself – we can say that Sue, who reached the top three of Survivor 47, is currently still standing, having avoided getting X’d like so much of the initial 200-person “Strong vs. Smart” field.

Other ex-Survivor competitors who entered the Beast? Not so lucky. 

Oh, before we go any further, a fair warning: Spoilers ahoy!

So which Survivor players are on Beast Games Season 2? 

Well, we can start with Noelle Lambert, #128 on Beast and an 8th place finisher on Survivor 43. Noelle, who wears a prosthetic leg, unfortunately was not able to progress past the first Strongs challenge in Episode 1, which was a difficult rope descent/weight transfer.

What about Jared Fields, #155 on Beast? Jared’s mom is Cirie Fields, who is all over the reality landscape. She competed in five different Survivor iterations (plus the upcoming, fan-voted Survivor 50), won the first season of Traitors, and appeared with her son on Survivor: Game Changers and Big Brother 25. Alas, on Beast Games Season 2, Jared also fell victim to the first Strongs challenge.

OK, what about Jesse Lopez, #64 on Beast and a competitor on Survivor 43? Nope! Jesse also fell victim to elimination, getting caught out during an early team draft. But interestingly, Jesse’s son Gio has also been a challenger for MrBeast inside the host’s YouTube empire. It’s even part of his Insta handle. 

Damn! What about Sami Layadi, another former Survivor 43’er? Nope again. Sami was eliminated from Team Strong early on in Beast Season 2.

Tough breaks! Any other Survivor players on Beast Games Season 2?

Besides Sue Smey, who still stands with her fellow Smarts, there are no Survivor players left on Beast Games Season 2. Because while she made it to Episode 3 and the high-tension obstacle course, Survivor: Kaôh Rōng vet Cydney Gillon, #129 on Beast, did not advance. But! The competitive glare Cydney gave the cheeky MrBeast, after he criticized her pause-and-wait strategy on the course? It coulda cut glass! 

Johnny Loftus (@johnnyloftus.bsky.social) is a Chicago-based writer. A veteran of the alternative weekly trenches, his work has also appeared in Entertainment Weekly, Pitchfork, The All Music Guide, and The Village Voice.