SURVIVOR: CHINA debuts Thursday, September 20th at 8pm on CBS.

*UPDATED: Video intro of the Castaways

SURVIVOR: CHINA will feature a cast of 16 Americans who will begin the series amid the bustle of downtown Shanghai before moving to HuangPu Mountain’s Mi Tuo Temple for a Buddhist ceremony where they will be instructed to leave all of their worldly possessions behind. The castaways will then be marooned with the clothes on their back at two separate islands on Zhelin Lake (translation: the Land of 1,000 Lakes) located in the Jiangxi Province. They will split into two tribes, Fei Long (translation: Flying Dragon) and Zhan Hu (translation: Fighting Tiger), and will each be given a copy of Sun Tzu’s The Art of War for tribe motivation and assistance throughout the game.

SURVIVOR: CHINA will once again afford each tribe the opportunity to obtain a Hidden Immunity Idol which may save someone from elimination at a future Tribal Council. This time, two Hidden Immunity Idols will be in plain sight (one at each camp), although the castaways will not realize this at the start of the game.

**Each week, the winning tribe of the Reward Challenge will be allowed to kidnap someone from the losing tribe. The person who is kidnapped will receive a note from host Jeff Probst before departing for the enemy camp and will be instructed to give it to one member of the enemy tribe (the kidnapped victim will decide who receives it) in private. The clue will inform this person of the Hidden Immunity Idol located somewhere at their camp. This person must then decide if they wish to share the information with their tribe or keep it to themselves. The kidnapped victim will return to their original tribe at the following Immunity Challenge.

Meet The Castaways after the jump…

The Castaways:
JEAN-ROBERT BELLANDE, 36
Las Vegas (originally from Long Island, N.Y.)
Professional Poker Player

JAMES CLEMENT, 30
Lafayette, La.
Grave Digger

DAVE CRUSER, 37
Simi Valley, Calif.
Former Model

JAIME DUGAN, 22
Columbia, S.C. (originally from Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.)
Student

TODD HERZOG, 22
Pleasant Grove, Utah
Flight Attendant

ERIK HUFFMAN, 26
Nashville, Tenn. (originally from Greenville, S.C.)
Musician

AMANDA KIMMEL, 23
Los Angeles (originally from Kalispell, Mont.)
Hiking Guide

PEIH-GEE LAW, 29
Marina Del Rey, Calif. (born in Hong Kong)
Jeweler

SHEREA LLOYD, 26
Atlanta (originally from Pontiac, Mich.)
Elementary Teacher

DENISE MARTIN, 40
Douglas, Mass. (originally from Revere, Mass.)
School Lunch Lady

ASHLEY MASSARO, 28
East Northport, N.Y.
Professional WWE Wrestler

CHICKEN MORRIS, 47
Marion, Va.
Chicken Farmer

LESLIE NEASE, 38
Tega Cay, S.C.
Christian Radio Talk Show Host

AARON REISBERGER, 32
Venice, Calif. (originally from Belmont County, Ohio)
Surfing Instructor

COURTNEY YATES, 26
New York City (originally from Boston)
Waitress

FROSTI ZERNOW, 20
Chicago (originally from Traverse City, Mich.)
Parkour Athlete/Student

From Chicken George Morris to a WWE Wrester to Models, Lunch Ladies, and those wacky Parkour guys… not to mention kidnapping? SURVIVOR: CHINA sounds out of control!

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