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Alone (2015)

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Genre
survival competition show
Country
United States
Length
13 seasons, 133 episodes
Rated
TV-MA
Rating
7.2 of 10 from 105 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Ten people try to survive alone in the wilderness with limited gear. They film themselves and can quit anytime. The last one left wins a cash prize.

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What happens

Alone is an American survival competition series on History, formerly the History Channel. It follows the self-documented daily struggles of 10 individuals (seven paired teams in season 4) as they survive alone in the wilderness for as long as possible using a limited amount of survival equipment. With the exception of medical check-ins, the participants are isolated from each other and all other humans. They may withdraw from the competition ("tap out") at any time, or be removed due to failing a medical check-in. The contestant who remains the longest wins a grand prize of $500,000 (USD) (increased to $1 million for season 7). The seasons have been filmed across a range of remote locations, usually on first nations-controlled lands, including northern Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Nahuel Huapi National Park in Argentina, Patagonia, Northern Mongolia, Great Slave Lake in the Northwest Territories, and Chilko Lake in interior British Columbia. The series premiered on June 18, 2015. On August 19, before the finale of season 1, it was announced that the series had been renewed for a second season, which began production in the fall of 2015 on Vancouver Island, Canada. Season 2 premiered on April 21, 2016. Season 3 was filmed in the second quarter of 2016 in Patagonia, Argentina, and premiered on December 8. One day before the season 3 premiere, History announced that casting had begun for season 4. Season 4 was set in Northern Vancouver Island with a team dynamic and premiered on June 8, 2017. Season 5 was set in Northern Mongolia and allowed losers from previous seasons to return and compete. It premiered on June 14, 2018. Season 6 premiered on June 6, 2019 and featured ten all-new contestants between the ages of 31 and 55. It was set just south of the Arctic Circle on a lake in the Northwest Territories of Canada. The seventh season premiered on June 11, 2020. Participants attempted to survive for 100 days in the Arctic in order to win a $1 million prize. Season 8 was set on Chilko Lake, in British Columbia in the Coast Mountains in the Pacific Coast Range of western North America. Season 9 then took the show across the country to northern Labrador. The tenth season premiered on June 8, 2023. The eleventh season was set in the Arctic circle, in Inuvik, Northwest Territories. This was followed by the twelfth season set in the Karoo Desert in South Africa, the hottest location for the series. Spin-offs and international versions of the series have also since been made. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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