Survivor

One year ago, Survivor Blood vs Water pitted loved ones against each other.

You, Brad Culpepper.

Testing the core of human emotion in a way we'd never experienced before.

My mom needs to go.

It was so compelling, we're doing it again.

Scattered below, nine pairs of loved ones

have been dropped in the jungles of Nicaragua.

To begin the adventure of a lifetime.

It's not even day one, and a game has already begun.

Each pair has been given a flint to practice making fire together.

It may be their only chance to help each other in the game.

Oh my gosh, we're for real doing this right now, this is no joke.

The game has begun.

This may be the only night you spend together.

Rely on each other and learn to make shelter and fire.

At daybreak, follow the path on your map.

Leave the flint and steal behind.

They come from all walks of life.

Oh my gosh.

Boyfriend, girlfriend, Jon and Jaclyn are already experienced winners.

She's Miss Michigan 2013, and he played football for Michigan State.

Miss Michigan turned survivor lady.

Look at me now.

We have a phenomenal relationship.

We have fun.

But it's not all

just this pretty, beautiful picture that people just love to paint.

Yeah.

I don't want people to hate us and think that we're this, like, crazy, perfect couple.

Former professional baseball player, John Rocker, was at the center of controversy 15 years ago.

I've spent the last 15 years of my life

trying to say I'm not the loud, obnoxious, boisterous kind of guy.

But media has loved over the years, you know, to

label me racist, bigot, homophobe, everything else.

How's somebody a bigot?

That's the name of a fighting word right there.

Longtime girlfriend, Julie, hopes to provide him with the support they need

to pitch a perfect game and get to the end.

I have a lot to prove because everybody may say,

look at the girl with the hair

and the boobs and, you know, and the boyfriend.

But I am very independent.

I can stand on my own two feet.

I mean, there's like a thousand crab holes down here.

Ya, I can see them.

There's one right there saying hello.

Wait, snakes don't live in holes, do they?

Baylor, we want the light of fire.

Seriously, we're going to run in the daylight.

Oh... my... dear God.

Mother, daughter, Missy and Baylor are no strangers to adversity.

It's coming down here.

Missy's three divorces have forced Baylor to take on the motherly role

in this complicated relationship.

Oh, there's five.

The divorces have definitely brought us closer.

You know, whatever happens to me affects her.

Whatever happens to her affects me.

Absolutely.

There's this bond between mother and daughter that is so unbelievable,

you can't tear it apart.

I mean, there's no stopping us.

I mean, no way.

That didn't work.

Cut a piece of hair or something.

Brothers Drew and Alec from rural Florida have always had a sibling rivalry.

Now, younger Alec would love nothing more

than to outlast his older brother in the game.

Drew and I have been going at it pretty much since I came out the womb.

I mean, I'm hoping to prove to him that I can beat him at this game.

I would love to see him beat me at this game, honestly.

I really would.

I'm going to give you a front row seat.

Is that a group effort or what?

I was the one holding the foot of the steel.

Yes, you were.

Dad, take a break.

Don't hurt yourself.

For hardworking Dale, farming is the only life he's ever known.

But growing up, daughter Kelly couldn't wait to make her own path.

Come on, Dad.

Of all the teams, we should be able to get fire faster than this.

My dad and I, we have had an up and down relationship

over the past 10 years or so.

We didn't talk for probably three or four years.

But I think Survivor will help us grow back together.

This will be something that we can share for the rest of our lives together.

We're a hot mess.

Oh my gosh, a huge crab.

Go get it.

Longtime Survivor fans and couple, Josh and Reed, perform on Broadway in New York.

Oh, you got him.

And both feel they have what it takes to survive 39 days in this jungle.

Yeah.

That little guy went out.

We both are such fans of the game.

This guy, for our first Valentine's Day, gives me flint.

I got him flint.

We're actually really comfortable being outdoors and sleeping in the dirt.

And we are now ready for it.

We are going to have you for dinner.

We did it.

They've left behind the comfort and safety of their normal world.

For 39 days, they will be left to fend for themselves.

Boston Police Officer Val and her firefighter husband, Jeremy, have an

ongoing rivalry over their jobs, despite being madly in love with each other.

I tried to get on Survivor for 10 years.

I didn't bring her out here and leave our daughters at home to lose.

I know that we're both in it to win it, so may the best profession win.

Sri Lankan twins, Nadia and Natalie, took an aggressive approach on the Amazing Race

and it failed them twice.

Now they're looking to take on their biggest adventure yet and go all the way.

And help us bring it home finally.

Third time's a charm for us.

On Amazing Race, we had all the basic needs.

You take away all the basic needs and that's survival.

We'll have sleepless nights, empty bellies.

Survival's going to be way harder than Amazing Race.

No. Nani, it was going.

Our blood is thicker than anybody else's blood out here.

I can guarantee you that.

Because the longest I think we've ever been apart without seeing each other was like two weeks.

We need help.

Father and son Louisiana firefighters

Keith and Wes share a love for their job and the outdoors.

Wes...

But while Keith is nearing retirement.

Are you kidding me?

He's not yet ready to pass the torch to his son Wes.

We lost our striker for our flint rock.

And I'm pretty sure it was him.

Man, you got to quit laying stuff in the sand.

You laid it down.

This is my time to shine.

What about my time?

Is it over with?

Your time's been gone.

Been gone?

It's showtime for me I think.

Showtime for you.

I got social aspect, physical aspect, mental aspect.

I feel like I got it all.

You're about as mentally strong as that rock.

Their relationships will be put to the ultimate test

in Survivor San Juan del Sur, Blood vs. Water.

18 Americans forced to work together while battling the elements and each other.

They must learn to adapt or they'll be voted out.

In the end, only one will remain to claim the million dollar prize.

39 days, 18 people, one survivor.

Welcome.

To Survivor San Juan del Sur, Blood vs Water.

So let's talk about last night.

You were each given Flint.

Who here had luck making fire?

Wow, quite a few of you.

Down here on the end, you guys had fire?

Yeah.

What are your names?

I'm Reed.

I'm Josh.

Were you surprised you could make fire or is this som...?

Not surprised at all?

No.

Usually people come out here and they've never tried to make fire.

Jeff, if you're going to be on Survivor, you need to know how to make fire.

That's right.

Down here in the camouflage, what are your names?

Wes.

Keith.

Father, son.

You didn't make fire?

No.

I had a problem.

The problem is we lost our striker.

We lost our striker.

It started out bad.

But we used a rock and we got our little bowl going with a rock

until our flint broke in half.

And then... it was downhill after.

I got to say, I've used flint a couple of times.

It's pretty hard to break one.

We did it.

It's a little bit happening.

Girls right here, what are your names?

Natalie and Nadia.

Sisters, clearly.

Twins.

Twins.

Just looking at the other people, who here do you think might already be in a little bit of trouble?

Well, we learned on Amazing Race not to judge books by their cover.

So it's just depending on the challenges.

There's so many factors.

And in this game, when it's so social, I feel like it's... It's anybody's game.

All right, because this is Blood vs Water, you will be competing against your loved ones.

It is time to divide up into tribes.

I felt a tug on my stomach, like, oh, no, like,

what do I say to Natalie right before she goes?

Being separate and not being able to know how a tribe is going to treat her,

it was gut-wrenching.

All right, let's see our tribes.