Survival Press Kit

[via Pacific Epoch]

The next season of Survivor will be filmed in China:

"CBS has booked China as the location for the next edition of Survivor, and locked in premiere dates for two key summer reality shows—including Mark Burnett's Pirate Master. Production of U.S. entertainment projects in mainland China had been rare, due to logistical and government restrictions. But with a growing economy, China has begun a more open policy, including its active wooing to host the 2008 Beijing Olympics. While bigscreen features, such as the 2006 The Painted Veil [See: http://popchina.blogspot.com/2007/04/review-white-countess-2005-and-painted.html], forged new ground by filming completely in China, CBS's lensing of an entire series is a precedent for an American network."

Huh. That's kind of crazy. I kind of want to try out for the show. I feel like I could win, as long as there aren't any underhanded alliances like there was in the first season. And I wouldn't get picked up by the cops either after I won.

The question remains: where in China will it be filmed? After all, China's a big country. They could be put in the wilds of Tibet or the urban jungle of Beijing. Either way, things could get pretty crazy. It does seem a little odd to juxtapose a major world power against some of the tiny islands that have been home to the show in the past. In fact, according to the article, the only other time that the show was not set on an island, was the Guatemala season. I don't know; China just doesn't strike me as being in the middle of nowhere.

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