Reality Bites: Survivor Season 32 Preview & Cast Bios

It's here - your Survivor Season 32 Cast Bios and Season preview! Everything you need to know about the new season, which starts Wednesday, Feb. 17, with a 90-minute premiere.

Season Name: Survivor: Kaôh Rōng (aka "Koh Rong")
Location: Cambodia
Theme: Brains vs. Brawn vs. Beauty 2
Tribes: 3
Castaways: 18
Filmed: March 30 - May 7, 2015
(Note: Season 32 actually filmed before Season 31 and is airing out of order)

Season Preview:

Idol Twist: Hidden immunity idols will continue to work as they always have in the past - you find an idol, you can play it before the votes are read to save yourself or someone else. However, individual idols will now also have a "super" power. If 2 people both find a hidden immunity idol, they can combine their idols to make a dual-purpose "super idol". They can choose to play their idols AFTER the votes are read to save the person who was just voted out. The idols will fit together, as each will be shaped as one-half of a Yin-Yang symbol, with a hole and a connector on the side that allows the two idols to be slotted together, Each tribe's idol will look slightly different. The Brains tribe's idol has a crocodile, the Brawn tribe's idol has a tiger, and the Beauty tribe's idol has a snake.

This new rule means that only those who find an idol will know about the potential power. There is always a risk of sharing if you have an idol, but in this case, it's necessary in order to be played after the votes are read. If players choose to share this power with the rest of the tribe as a scare tactic, it may or may not work, as the power seems as though it could easily be made up. The ultimate power would be for a single person to find 2 individual immunities. In this case, they could play both idols after the votes are read to save themselves (or a more unlikely scenario - to save someone else).

Injuries/Evacuations: 3 total (humidity, cuts, people getting infected and then trying so hard on the challenges); there were also possible evacuations for eliminated contestants at Ponderosa

Jeff Probst is calling this "the most punishing season in Survivor history". "From the extreme of an evacuation to something as small as a really bad sunburn, every day truly posed a new risk to this group. The heat, the rain, the bugs, and the infections were a daily obstacle."

The Tribes

Brains - Chan Loh

Brawn - To Tang

Beauty - Gondol

The Castaways

Brains ("Chan Loh")


Joseph "Joe" Del Campo Age: 72 Occupation: Former FBI Agent From: Vero Beach, FL	Neal Gottlieb Age: 38 Occupation: Ice Cream Entrepreneur - Three Twins Ice Cream From: Sausalito, CA	Peter Baggenstos Age: 34 Occupation: ER Doctor From: Minneapolis, MN

Aubry Bracco Age: 29 Occupation: Social Media Marketer From: Cambridge, MA	Debbie Wanner Age: 49 Occupation: Chemist From: Reading, PA	Elisabeth "Liz" Markham Age: 27 Occupation: Quantitative Strategist From: New York, NY

Brawn ("To Tang")


Darnell Hamilton Age: 27 Occupation: Postal Worker From: Chicago, IL	Kyle Jason Age: 31 Occupation: Bounty Hunter From: Detroit, MI	Scot Pollard Age: 40 Occupation: Former NBA Champion From: Carmel, IN

Alecia Holden Age: 24 Occupation: Real Estate Agent From: Dallas, TX	Cydney Gillon Age: 23 Occupation: Body Builder From: Douglasville, GA	Jennifer Lanzetti Age: 38 Occupation: Contractor From: Salt Lake City, UT

Beauty ("Gondol")


Caleb Reynolds Age: 28 Occupation: Army Veteran From: Hopkinsville, KY Note: Big Brother 16 contestant; nickname "Beast Mode Cowboy"	Nick Maiorano Age: 30 Occupation: Personal Trainer From: Redondo Beach, CA	Tai Trang Age: 51 Occupation: Gardener From: San Francisco, CA

Anna Khait Age: 26 Occupation: Pro Poker Player From: Brooklyn, NY	Julia Sokolowski Age: 19 Occupation: College Student From: Boston, MA	Michele Fitzgerald Age: 24 Occupation: Bartender From: Freehold, NJ