Meet the Season 25 castaways

By Minh Nguyen
Special to MSN TV

MSN TV was lucky enough to be invited to witness the start of filming for "Survivor: Philippines." We were out for an adventure as we flew into Manila, the capital of the Philippines. Once we arrived, we took a short flight to Naga, got on a bus, and then had an adventurous boat ride to the Caramoan Islands. "Survivor: Philippines" premieres Wednesday, Sept. 19, at 8 p.m. ET/PT on CBS.

We were there to talk to Jeff Probst, meet the castaways, watch the opening, do the same first challenge as the castaways, witness their first challenge and watch as the castaways settled into camp life. We also saw who got voted off first at tribal council.

This season, the cast is divided into three tribes and are joined by three returning castaways who were evacuated previously due to medical injury. Among the castaways are, of course, a few beauty pageant queens, alpha males, plenty of guys with six packs, a National League MVP and Lisa Whelchel (who played Blair on "The Facts of Life").

"Survivor: Philippines" premieres Wednesday, Sept. 19, at 8 p.m. ET/PT on CBS.

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