The celebrities compete in survival-themed challenges to earn extra food, supplies and luxury items, and viewers vote them off the show one by one. The last celebrity standing wins cash to be donated to his or her favorite charity. Here are the pseudo celebrities:
Heidi Montag is an American reality television personality, fashion designer, pop singer, and aspiring actress. Montag, along with Spencer Pratt, have made a joint fortune of $3 million in the last two years with the help of TV salaries, club appearances, photo shoots, and business deals.
Spencer Pratt is an American reality television personality known for his role on MTV's "The Hills." He is well known as husband of Heidi Montag and brother of Stephanie Pratt, who also appears on "The Hills."
Janice Dickinson is an American supermodel, fashion photographer, author, and agent. She opened her own modeling agency, which was documented in "The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency," after judging for four cycles on "America's Next Top Model."
John Salley is a retired professional basketball player in the NBA, actor and talk show host. Currently, he is one of the hosts of "The Best Damn Sports Show Period" on Fox Sports Network.
Lou Diamond Phillips has been seen in movies and television (Numb3rs, The George Lopez Show) but this will be his first venture into reality TV. But with his roles in action films such as Young Guns as well as his guest-starring role on 24, Phillips should be ready for the endurance challenges that will come before him on the show.
Sanjaya Malakar was a finalist on the sixth season of American Idol. He gained national attention on the series, controversially advancing to 7th place with public votes, despite being poorly received by the show's judges (particularly Simon Cowell).
Patti Blagojevich is the wife of former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich and daughter of a Chicago alderman; Patti is a licensed real estate broker and appraiser who owns her own real estate company.
Stephen Baldwin is an American actor and is the youngest of the Baldwin brothers. A veteran of reality TV, competing in reality shows like "Celebrity Mole: Hawaii" (2003), "Celebrity Mole: Yucatan" (2004) and “Celebrity Apprentice” (2008). His disturbing yet comical mind games helped him win "Celebrity Fear Factor" (2002).
Torrie Wilson is a former wrestler, fitness competitor, and model who worked for WCW and WWE. In May 2003, Wilson appeared in a pictorial and on the cover of Playboy magazine. I addition to Playboy, Wilson has also graced the cover of several other magazines, including the September 2006 cover of FHM magazine. Wilson was also number forty-three on FHM's 100 Sexiest Women in the World list in 2007.
Frangela is a Los Angeles-based comedy duo composed of African-American comedians, Frances Callier and Angela V. Shelton, both of The Second City. They are a last-minute addition.
An interesting side note: although former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich had been asked to take part in I'm a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! by NBC, a judge refused him permission to leave the country while awaiting trial on corruption charges. Wouldn’t that have been sweet?!?
Starting on June 2nd thru the 18th, the show will run Monday - Thursday (7 - 8 PM). Then, from June 22nd thru the 24th, it will air Monday - Wednesday (7 - 8 PM). I will attempt to post a recap/commentary following each show, so check back daily! Until next time…from Costa Rica.
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