User blog comment:GothGirlXenon/Belief That Underrated Characters Deserve Better/@comment-1741760-20150713104623

When Julie Giles (wonderful person) was here answering our questions about the show, she stated at one point that every character has an equal chance at returning.

It's just that with 52 contestants, with most likely many more down the road, you can't feature EVERYONE the same. Obviously there will be some characters that will become lead characters (Duncan, Heather, Courtney, Gwen, Owen, etc.) but that's because they are actually dynamic characters and are great to work with to keep the plot moving. You can't say that for every character, even though I can name a few exceptions (who quite obviously will eventually return).

Plus if you look at it, out of 52 contestants, 28 have returned. Not too shabby considering that there have only been three seasons thus far where contestants have had the chance to return.