Special 90-Minute Season Premiere, Themed “Brains vs. Brawn vs. Beauty,”

Airs Wednesday, Feb. 17

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CBS announced today the 18 castaways who will compete against each other on SURVIVOR, when the Emmy Award-winning series returns for its 32nd season with a special 90-minute premiere, Wednesday, Feb. 17 (8:00-9:30 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.   

The spring edition of SURVIVOR, filmed on the island Kaôh Rōng in Cambodia, will be themed “Brains vs. Brawn vs. Beauty.” The location offers harsh conditions and relentless weather for the castaways, presenting one of the most physically grueling seasons in the show’s history.

The groupings of the three tribes, each comprised of six castaways, possess similar characteristics that make their group unique – high IQ, muscular physique and physical looks – and test whether there is any truth to the pre-conceived notion that certain characteristics will help you win the game of SURVIVOR. All castaways will compete to outwit, outplay, outlast and ultimately be crowned Sole Survivor.   

Included on this season’s cast is an Army veteran, an emergency room doctor, a bounty hunter, a former FBI agent, a pro poker player, a superfan, a quantitative strategist and a former NBA champion.   

The battle unfolds when these three tribes compete on SURVIVOR:

“Chan Loh” Tribe - Brains

Peter Baggenstos

Age: 34

Minneapolis

ER Doctor

Aubry Bracco

Age: 29

Cambridge, Mass.

Social Media Marketer

Joseph Del Campo

Age: 72

Vero Beach, Fla.

Former FBI Agent

Neal Gottlieb

Age: 37

Sausalito, Calif.

Ice Cream Entrepreneur

Elisabeth Markham

Age: 27

Brooklyn, N.Y.

Quantitative Strategist

Debbie Wanner

Age: 49

Reading, Pa.

Chemist

The Brawn Tribe - “To Tang”

Cydney Gillon

Age: 23

Douglasville, Ga.

Body Builder

Darnell Hamilton

Age: 27

Chicago

Postal Worker

Alecia Holden

Age: 24

Dallas

Real Estate Agent

Kyle Jason

Age: 31

Detroit

Bounty Hunter

Jennifer Lanzetti

Age: 38

Salt Lake City

Contractor

Scot Pollard

Age: 40

Carmel, Ind.

Former NBA Champion

The Beauty Tribe - “Gondol”

Michele Fitzgerald

Age: 24

Freehold, N.J.

Bartender

Anna Khait

Age: 26

Brooklyn, N.Y.

Pro Poker Player

Nick Maiorano

Age: 30

Redondo Beach, Calif.

Personal Trainer

Caleb Reynolds

Age: 28

Hopkinsville, Ky.

Army Veteran/

Former “Big Brother” Contestant

Julia Sokolowski

Age: 19

Boston

College Student

Tai Trang

Age: 51

San Francisco, Calif.

Gardener

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SURVIVOR is hosted by Emmy Award-winning host Jeff Probst and produced by SEG, Inc.  Mark Burnett and Jeff Probst are executive producers.

For more detailed information on SURVIVOR and the castaways, log on to www.cbs.com/survivor.  Photos are available at www.cbspressexpress.com.

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Mallory Mason 818-655-1596  mallory.mason@cbs.com

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Timothy Kuratek 212-975-7068  tkuratek@cbs.com