Rachel Strohl

Competitors from across the globe battle for national pride and $200,000; seven elite pairs from Australia, Brazil, Mexico and the USA enter the Olympics of Survival; over 40 days in Africa's Zululand, teams must survive apex predators, and each other.

Nine veterans are marooned on a bug-infested island with no tools or maps; they must scavenge wreckage to help them survive; insect bites ravage all camps; a large predator stalks one team; Bulent secures fire and chases a protein score.

Bulent scores an armadillo with his bare hands, but Na'im struggles to process the win using a fan blade; Andrew and Heather try to make fire, but the only sparks come from their conflict; Candice's team repurposes debris to trap a protein source.

After an emotional reunion, Na'im vows to get Rachel to day 21; a group must migrate through a croc-infested swamp; Bulent finally comes nose-to-snout with the elusive pig he's been hunting; a survivalist is forced out of the challenge.

Medics intervene when Justin tries fruit known as the Little Apple of Death; a clash about fire sparks into a raging fight between Kerra, Na'im and Bulent; Andrew and Heather question Patrick's hunt for a saltwater croc.

Bulent struggles with uninvited guests and scrambles to protect his huge meat win; a water migration tests Na'im, Kerra and Justin's raft -- and a mysterious fever puts their challenge at risk; the groups join forces to push north for extraction.