BBC Survivor cast list in full as Bridgend singer joins show’s line up

The line-up for the new Survivor reboot has been printed – and it parts a contestant from Bridgend. The sequence, which first aired on ITV in 2001, returns rapidly with new host Joel Dommett – be taught more about him here.

The brand new sequence – the inaugurate date of which is yet to be announced – will peep 18 folks from the UK marooned in a tropical location, as they are divided into two tribes and await a range of challenges testing their bodily and psychological skills. Opponents will likely be voted out of their tribes at the tribal council until the 2 teams finally merge and competitors face every other head-to-head before the sole survivor wins a cash prize of £100,000.

Christopher, 36, is flying the flag for Wales. The Bridgend singer talked about that his reasoning for taking phase is to take himself out of his “consolation zone and face [his] fears”.

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Amongst those joining Christopher in the new sequence is London-based footballer Hannah, 30, who talked about that she binge-watched the sequence during lockdown which made her think that presumably she is vulnerable to be on the explain.

She talked about: “I’m incredibly aggressive and football has been a giant phase of fuelling that fireplace. Competing at a semi-expert stage has given me a taste for competitors and the drive to prevail. introduced that identical spirit to Survivor, ready to fight it out in every field.”

In the intervening time, boxer Lee, 28, who is based in Belfast and originally from Limerick, talked about that the energy he has gained thru boxing helped him to compete in different challenges. “Physically, I resolve on to retain myself in factual shape and I train usually so I maintained that before the explain,” he explained. “Due to the boxing, I in truth feel that mentally I in truth gain the energy it be crucial to gain in the challenges, to persevere and push yourself to your limits.”

Other contestants in the explain include Ashleigh, 34, from London, who talked about her training had been impacted by coeliac disease. The emblem strategist talked about: “I in truth had a gluten flare-up three weeks before the explain started which massively impacted my training. I basically sprint three occasions per week and weight train or field twice per week, however I needed to minimize unbiased sincere-looking again during my coeliac restoration so I was no longer at my high health after I started.”

Additionally taking phase is flood risk handbook Doug, 32, from the Isle of Mull, Scotland, who talked about he thought his height would attain in at hand for the explain and added: “I was hopeful I might achieve my height, I’m 6ft 4in, to factual use and abet my tribe obtain to those hard-to-attain places, obtain the shelter up, and hopefully be a helpful asset for the challenges.”

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In other places, Jess, 38, a mannequin from London, talked about the skills of living on a seaside was her “literal worst nightmare”, adding: “I was so out of my consolation zone, however I did it.”

One more contestant, entrepreneur Laurence, 29, who was born in Vienna and raised in Costa Rica, talked about that he convinced a “terrifying Austrian Schwarzenegger-peep alike” to be his coach before the explain and talked about he “nailed it by brutalising me on each day basis with cruel and outlandish kinds of exercise”. He additionally joked that he “achieved the unattainable for a Brit-lasting bigger than a day without tea, coffee or a drink”.

Barista and yoga studio cleaner Leilani, forty five, from Hertford, talked about she had no longer watched Survivor so “didn’t realise there was a psychological aspect to the sport”. She added: “I believed it was relating to living unbiased sincere-looking on the seaside and competing in bodily challenges, so I had no sport draw by any potential.”

Matthew, 21, from Cumbria, is the youngest contestant on the explain and he talked about he thought the topic would be a factual methodology to use his summer season. The hospitality employee talked about: “As the youngest participant I knew folks would underestimate me however I former that to my profit.”

In the intervening time the oldest contestant, surf faculty proprietor Pegleg, 54, from St Agnes, Cornwall, talked about he introduced an angle with him the achieve he was “merely getting on with it and no longer whining and moaning in regards to the hardship of all of it”. Talking about his incapacity, he added: “Mentally I knew I had what it takes as a lifetime of overcoming preconceived ideas of incapacity has ready me nicely. As an older one-legged guy I needed to explain I might support my gain.”

Survivor cast list in full

The full cast is as follows:

• Christopher, 36, a singer from Bridgend

• Hannah, 30, a footballer based in London

• Lee, 28, a boxer based in Belfast however born in Limerick

• Ashleigh, 34, a set aside strategist from London

• Doug, 32, a flood risk handbook from the Isle of Mull, Scotland

• Jess, 38, a mannequin from London

• Laurence, 29, an entrepreneur raised in Costa Rica however born in Vienna

• Leilani, forty five, a barista and yoga studio cleaner from Hertford

• Matthew, 21, a hospitality employee from Cumbria

• Nathan, 35, a health instructor from Manchester however born in London

• Pegleg, 54, a surf faculty proprietor from St Agnes, Cornwall

• Rachel, 40, an insurance handler from Whitstable, Kent

• Rach, 23, a non-public trainer from Glasgow

• Shai, 33, a finance risk supervisor from London

• Sabrina, forty five, a charity founder from Stroud, Gloucestershire

• Tinuke, 30, a talented roller skater

• Ren, 28, a network data scientist from London

• Richard, 36, a pension supervisor from Dalkeith in Scotland

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