All the contestants win money for being on Survivor. Last place gets $2,500, and the prizes go up step by step to the second-place finisher’s $100,000 and the winner’s $1 million. Also, the contestants get a set amount of money (either $10,000 or $15,000, I’m not sure which) for appearing on the reunion show.
The effect of Survivor's experience on all of them, and the ones that last a while is really life changing it seems. They grow and find out a lot about their selves they did not know. Big benefits. Maturing and granting them the objective experience of seeing themselves in film.
Excellent.