http://www.cbs.com/primetime/survivor12/

only 16 contestants, better not bring back Steph for another season.

my vote for hot chick goes to either Courtney or Misty....

Couple of gymnists and a couple of soccer players.

An ex-fighter pilot and one retired astronaut.

... and Don Ho!

Can't wait to find out what the exile island is all about!

Wow, they brought back the Black contestants. I bet they go before the old people.

I'm liking Ruth Marie

Two black people! I can't believe it!

This season needs more people from California.

Also,

they should do a survivor with 15 black people and 1 white person

Looks like they did away with the hot chicks this season.

This seems to be the most "gifted" cast yet; few, if any, normal people. Bring back the used cars salesmen and farmers.

Danielle seems to be the prettiest to me, at least from her publicity photo.

Chris

The islands in the Pacific and the Caribbean are tired of Survivor.

Agreed. When do they start filming Survivor: Compton?

They could at least go to the Mediterranean or something. I'm fairly certain there is some history (and ruins) on some of those islands, but I could be mistaken.

But it will never happen, because the production costs would sky-rocket.

I wish they would be able to do a season in Jordan. That was planned for I believe the 4th season but had to be changed after 9/11. Fucking terrorists.

Name	Age	Occupation	Hometown	Sex
Aras Baskauskas	24	Yoga Instructor	Santa Monica, CA	M
Austin Carty	24	Author	High Point, NC	M
Bobby Mason	32	Attorney	Los Angeles, CA	M
Bruce Kanegal	58	Karate Instr/HS Art Teacher	Simi Valley, CA	M
Cirie Fields	35	Registered Nurse	Walterboro, SC	F
Courtney Marit	31	Performance Artist	Los Angeles, CA	F
Dan Barry	52	Retired Astronaut	South Hadley, MA	M
Danielle DiLorenzo	24	Medical Sales Rep	Pompano Beach, FL	F
Melinda Hyder	32	Singer	Sevierville, TN	F
Misty Giles	24	Engineer	Dallas, TX	F
Nick Stanbury	25	Financial Sales	Tempe, AZ	M
Ruth Marie Milliman	48	Director of Retail Leasing	Greenville, SC	F
Sally Schumann	27	Social Worker	Chicago, IL	F
Shane Powers	35	Owner, Entertainment Marketing Co.	Los Angeles, CA	M
Terry Deltz	46	Airline Pilot/Retired Fighter Pilot	Simsbury, CT	M
Tina Scheer	45	Loggin Sports Promoter/Performer	Hayward, WI	F

Melinda is from a town about an hour from here. Guess I'll root for her at the start.

Survivor: South Central

so where's the token gay guy?

One of the girls sounded OK until I read her favorites and she said she likes Dave Matthews Band. UGH!!! I don't remember which one it was.

That was Danielle. Music: Sade, Dave Matthews, Aaliya, 50 Cent

What's the matter with the Dave Matthews Band? He has a large following of devoted followers (I'm not one of them).

Chris

Still waiting for either an urban edition of Survivor (Manhattan?) or a WINTER edition, say, set in northern Canada. In January. Agreed that the tropical locales are getting tired.

Bobby sounds a little unreal. His favorites:

Board Games - Risk, Boggle, Monopoly, Magic: the Gathering

TV Shows - SURVIVOR, The Daily Show, Real Time with Bill Maher, The Tick, Deadwood, The Discovery Channel

Music - NWA, Dr. Dre, Westside Connection, Darkside Crooks, Bone Thugs-n-Harmony