There are no camera crews following our participants in the wilderness they are legitimately, for lack of a better word, alone. Prior to Season 1, not a single participant knew there was a cash prize – much less, a $500,000 cash prize – yet they all showed up to boot camp simply because they wanted to test their skills in the wild.Ģ) Each season, participants produce thousands of hours of self-shot footage: Of those hopefuls, we never consider the people who boil water in plastic bottles or who nearly take their feet off with camp hatchets! Of the rest, 20 with exceptional and diverse skillsets are chosen to attend an intensive boot camp in upstate New York, during which they’re objectively evaluated by third party professionals, assessing their survival skills, as well as their physical and mental fortitude. Prior to each season, we receive roughly 5,000 video submissions from hopeful participants. Shawn Witt, executive producer of the series and co-president at Leftfield Pictures, offers behind-the-scenes intel.ġ) Thousands of potential participants are narrowed down to 20 for boot camp: Season 5 of History survival hit Alone premieres Thursday June 14 at 10p, and will once again feature intrepid competitors braving harsh conditions, documenting the experience themselves – no camera crews allowed.
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