January 31, 2006

"SURVIVOR LIVE!," HOSTED BY ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY'S DALTON ROSS AND "SURVIVOR" ALUMNI JENNA MORASCA, RETURNS FOR ITS THIRD SEASON THIS FRIDAY, FEB. 3, AT CBS.COM

Jeff Probst to Contribute Weekly Segments Commenting On

SURVIVOR: PANAMA -- EXILE ISLAND

"Survivor" Alumna Stephenie LaGrossa Counts Down the Top 10 "Survivor" Challenges of All Time

 SURVIVOR LIVE! returns for its third season when it premieres live this Friday, Feb. 3 (2:00 PM, ET; 11:00 AM, PT) at CBS.com.   Entertainment Weekly reporter Dalton Ross and former "Survivor" Jenna Morasca ("Survivor: The Amazon" and "Survivor: All-Stars") return as hosts.

Each week, Ross and Morasca will interview the most recent cast-off to showcase and discuss the biggest moments from the Emmy Award-winning reality series, set to premiere this Thursday, Feb. 2 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. 

New to SURVIVOR LIVE! is a segment called "Probst's Thoughts" where "Survivor" host Jeff Probst will give CBS.com his candid opinions on each contestant and his overall impressions of how they measure up as a competitor.  In addition, Probst will offer funny anecdotes from the current season.

Also new this season is the "Top 10 Challenges of All Time," hosted by "Survivor" alumna Stephenie LaGrossa ("Survivor: Palau" and "Survivor: Guatemala").  Beginning this Friday, Feb. 3, CBS.com/Survivor will offer a poll that lists the Top 20 most difficult challenges in "Survivor" history.  Fans are invited to cast their vote.  After a week of voting, CBS.com will close the poll and count down the Top 10 "Survivor" Challenges in descending order.  Each episode of SURVIVOR LIVE! will have one of these Top 10 segments (for 10 consecutive weeks), and will also showcase these segments weekly on CBS.com/Survivor for viewers who may have missed the show.

SURVIVOR LIVE! streams every Friday after SURVIVOR:  PANAMA -- EXILE ISLAND (minus possible preemptions) and is archived afterward for fans to watch "On Demand" on CBS.com. 

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