Survivor 40: Wisconsinites who have played in the hit reality TV show

Andrea Boehlke has been a strong strategic player during her seasons playing "Survivor." She has played 103 days of "Survivor," the seventh-most all-time.

Dirk Been, a substitute teacher from Spring Green, appeared on the first season of "Survivor" in 2000. Been was the fifth castaway voted out on Day 15.

Sue Hawk, formerly of Palmyra, appeared on "Survivor: All-Stars" in 2004, four years after starring on the first season of the show. Hawk left the "All-Stars" season after 17 days following an immunity challenge in which fellow contestant and Season 1 winner Richard Hatch had inappropriate contact with her while he was nude.

Sue Hawk, left, and Kelly Wiglesworth, second right, shake hands while fellow Survivor contestants Rudy Boesch, second left, and Richard Hatch, right, look on during a live reunion of the first season of "Survivor" on Aug. 23, 2000, at CBS Studios in Hollywood Wednesday. Hawk of Palmyra delivered a final tribal council speech that lives on 20 years later when she compared Wiglesworth to a rat and told her if she was "dying of thirst I would not give you a drink of water. I would let the vultures take you and do whatever they want with you with no ill regrets."

Wisconsin native Sue Hawk was so popular after her time on "Survivor" that she co-hosted "Live with Regis" with Regis Philbin on Sept. 21, 2000. Republican presidential candidate Texas Gov. George W. Bush, who went on to become president, was their guest.

Leann Slaby of Kansasville was one of the 18 castaways competing on "Survivor: Vanuatu," the show's ninth season. The show premiered in 2004. Slaby finished seventh after lasting 30 days.

Tina Scheer of Hayward competed in "Survivor: Panama - Exile Island," the show's 12th season. The show premiered in 2006. Scheer, a lumberjill, was voted out first.

Erinn Lobdell, a hairstylist from Waukesha, was one of the 16 castaways who competed in "Survivor: Tocantins," the 18th season of the hit reality TV show, in 2009. Lobdell finished third and became the final member of the jury.

Andrea Boehlke was a student at UW-Stevens Point when she competed on "Survivor: Redemption Island" nearly a decade ago. Boehlke went on to appear on the show two more times and is among the all-time leaders in total days played.

Andrea Boehlke, of the Ometepe tribe, was 21 years old when she played "Survivor" for the first time in 2010.

Random Lake resident Andrea Boehlke, who is in on the far left in the back row, was one of 18 castaways on "Survivor: Redemption Island," the 22nd season of the hit reality TV show in 2011. Rob Mariano and Russell Hantz, not in this pictured, were also a part of this season. Boehlke finished fifth.

Andrea Boehlke, who grew up on her family farm in Random Lake, Wisconsin, has competed three times on the CBS-reality competition show "Survivor." This is her press photo from the second season she played "Survivor: Caramoan — Fans vs. Favorites," which filmed in 2012 and premiered in 2013.

Wisconsin native Andrea Boehlke was happy to be back out on "Survivor" for the second time as one of the "favorites" in the "Fans vs. Favorites" season that filmed in the Caramoan Islands in the Philippines in 2012.

Andrea Boehlke competes in the immunity challenge during the 10th episode of "Survivor: Caramoan — Fans vs. Favorites."

Random Lake native Andrea Boehlke, seen her during an episode of "Survivor: Caramoan — Fans vs. Favorites, has had a lot to smile about during her "Survivor" career. She has won three individual immunity challenges and made the jury all three times she played.

Andrea Boehlke, a 2011 graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, from left, John Cochran and Malcolm Freberg, look on at camp during the premiere episode of "Survivor: Caramoan - Fans vs. Favorites," which filmed in the Caramoan Islands in the Philippines in 2012. The 26th season of the long-running show premiered in February 2013. Boehlke advanced to Day 33, while Cochran won the season.

Andrea Boehlke, then 27 years old, was one of the 20 castaways who competed on "Survivor: Game Changers," the 34th season in the long-running reality TV competition show. The season featured all returning players who were considered "game-changers."

People Now host Andrea Boehlke, right, and Madelyn Burke pose with "Dancing With the Stars" professional dancer Derek Hough on Feb. 3, 2020 in New York. Boehlke has worked at People for four years.

Andrea Boehlke is seen on the red carpet at Entertainment Weekly’s Screen Actors Guild Award pre-SAG Awards Celebration on Jan. 18, 2020, in Los Angeles, at Chateau Marmont.