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February 08 – February 14, 2025
Survival by committee: Contestants’ families rule the game in ‘Extracted’ BY SARAH PASSINGHAM Surviving the challenges of everyday life is tough enough,
testants control their basic needs — building shelter, making fire
guide Haley, 26 (Long Island, New York); mortgage loan
right? Well, 12 contestants are willing to brave the elements of
and collecting food — the rest of their game is not up to them.
officer Jake, 35 (Meridian, Idaho); off-road event promoter
the Canadian wilderness for a serious payday of $250,000 in
In a remote headquarters far from the contestants’ camps
Jakoben, 25 (McComb, Mississippi); wellness coach Meagan,
the new reality competition series “Extracted,” premiering Mon-
are their loved ones, watching and dictating the game from
day, Feb. 10, on Fox.
afar. Competitors receive supplies that their designated family
30 (Mandeville, Louisiana); personal assistant Robyn, 56 (Las
Survivalists have long held our fascination when it comes to
members prepare for them while playing a strategic game of
reality television, from the boom of CBS’s “Survivor” defining
their own at HQ. The power is in the hands of the contestants’
the genre in the early 2000s, to the Canadian hit “Mantrack-
families, as only they can pull their survivalist from the game by
er,” which premiered nearly 20 years ago, to current-day series
pressing the big red extract button at HQ.
like “Alone” on History and Fox’s “Special Forces: World’s
Contestants are surveilled 24/7 by remote cameras set up
Toughest Test.” However, “Extracted” is not just your average
around their camps in addition to what they film of themselves,
game of survival of the fittest.
sometimes sharing emotional confessions of the struggle to sur-
The upcoming series adds a couple of new twists to the
vive in the great outdoors on the wall of screens in HQ. They
competition. First, the contestants vying for the grand prize are
pull on their loved ones’ heartstrings but also provide other
amateurs. No lifelong survivalists are among those trekking out
families with intel that they can use to build or destroy alliances
into the wilds of British Columbia to set up camps from scratch.
within the game.
Vegas); registered dietitian Rose, 30 (Denver); diesel mechanic Ryan H., 28 (Lincolnton, North Carolina); eBay reseller Ryan W., 41 (Conifer, Colorado); and retired law officer Woody, 50 (Grovetown, Georgia). Each competitor has brought along two loved ones they trust to help guide them to the grand prize. In HQ are Anthony’s parents, Yolanda and Tony; Ashley’s father-in-law, Scott, and fiancé, Austin; Davina’s stepdaughter Tori and sister Devin; Haley’s friends Karly and Natalie; Jake’s brothers Austin and Justin; Jakoben’s uncle Terrance and cousin David; Meagan’s friend Abby and father, Gerrad; Robyn’s daughter Faith and
“Extracted” contestants include model Anthony, 18 (Dallas
husband, Lance; Rose’s cousin Kelsey and aunt Laura; Ryan
each other, competitors battle hunger, cold and the threat of
and New York City); teacher Ashley, 38 (Granbury, Texas);
H.’s parents, Roger and Candance; Ryan W.’s wife, Sarah,
predators for a chance to win a life-changing purse. While con-
hairstylist and clown Davina, 42 (Jacksonville, Florida); river
and brother Sean; and Woody’s son Blake and nephew Collin.
Without any specialized training and completely isolated from
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