“Survivor” announces 18 new castaways competing on the 43rd edition of the show

SURVIVOR introduced at the moment the 18 new castaways who will compete towards one another when the Emmy Award-winning sequence kicks off an all-reality Wednesday evening and returns for its 43rd season with a two-hour premiere, Wednesday, Sept. 21 (8:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. The sequence can also be out there to stream reside and on demand on the CBS app and Paramount+*. The show is hosted by Emmy Award winner Jeff Probst.

After 22 years on tv, 646 castaways and 639 torch snuffs, the premiere of season 43 will likely be the CBS Original sequence’ 621st episode, launching a new chapter of the groundbreaking actuality competitors. SURVIVOR continues to evolve when these 18 new gamers are stranded on the stunning islands of Fiji and should kind a society and adapt to their bodily and social environment, forcing gamers to decide on between private threat and reward, whereas navigating the advanced social sport and making an attempt to forge alliances to final one other day.

These decided castaways require robust social abilities, strategic acumen and bodily endurance. They will likely be divided into three tribes of six and face a quicker, extra excessive season from the second they step on the seaside. The ethical dilemmas and unpredictable conditions will take a look at even the strongest competitor, as meals is scarce, rewards and provides are minimal, and the psychological and bodily challenges require gamers to make unimaginable choices and alter their methods every single day.   

The people competing on season 43 are from numerous backgrounds and convey a recent perspective to this new period of the sport, with the similar final objective: to outwit, outplay and outlast. And in the finish, just one will stay to say the title of Sole Survivor and win the $1 million prize.

The following are the 18 new castaways competing this fall:

Click on every title to view the castaway’s video.

Name: Cassidy Clark
Age: 26
Hometown: Plano, Texas
Current Residence: Austin, Texas
Occupation: Designer

Name: Cody Assenmacher
Age: 35
Hometown: Preston, Iowa
Current Residence: Honolulu, Hawaii
Occupation: Elevator gross sales

Name: Dwight Moore
Age: 22
Hometown: Palo Alto, Calif.
Current Residence: Collierville, Tenn.
Occupation: Graduate pupil

Name: Elisabeth “Elie” Scott
Age: 31
Hometown: Atlanta, Ga.
Current Residence: Salt Lake City, Utah
Occupation: Clinical psychologist

Name: Geo Bustamante
Age: 36
Hometown: Miami, Fla.
Current Residence: Honolulu, Hawaii
Occupation: Project supervisor

Name: James Jones
Age: 37
Hometown: Philadelphia, Pa.
Current Residence: Philadelphia, Pa.
Occupation: Event planner

Name: Jeanine Zheng
Age: 24
Hometown: South Hamilton, Mass.
Current Residence: San Francisco, Calif.
Occupation: UX designer

Name: (*18*)
Age: 30
Hometown: Venice, Calif.
Current Residence: Durham, N.C.
Occupation: Political science PhD

Name: Justine Brennan
Age: 29
Hometown: Sunnyvale, Calif.
Current Residence: Marina Del Rey, Calif.
Occupation: Cyber safety gross sales

Name: Karla Cruz Godoy
Age: 28
Hometown: San Diego, Calif.
Current Residence: Newark, Del.
Occupation: Educational challenge supervisor

Name: Lindsay Carmine
Age: 42
Hometown: Greensboro, N.C.
Current Residence: Downingtown, Pa.
Occupation: Pediatric nurse

Name: Mike ‘Gabler’ Gabler
Age: 52
Hometown: Houston, Texas
Current Residence: Meridian, Idaho
Occupation: Heart valve specialist

Name: Morriah Young
Age: 28
Hometown: Philadelphia, Pa.
Current Residence: Philadelphia, Pa.
Occupation: Teacher

Name: Nneka Ejere
Age: 43
Hometown: Weatherford, Texas
Current Residence: Weatherford, Texas
Occupation: Pharmacist

Name: Noelle Lambert
Age: 25
Hometown: Londonderry, N.H.
Current Residence: Manchester, N.H.
Occupation: U.S. Paralympian

Name: Owen Knight
Age: 30
Hometown: Bethesda, Md.
Current Residence: New Orleans, La.
Occupation: College admissions director

Name: Ryan Medrano
Age: 25
Hometown: Savannah, Ga.
Current Residence: El Paso, Texas
Occupation: Warehouse affiliate

Name: Sami Layadi
Age: 19
Hometown: Las Vegas, Nev.
Current Residence: Las Vegas, Nev.
Occupation: Pet cremator