STAGE TUBE: Chat With SURVIVOR: PHILIPPINES 3 Returning Contestants

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For the first time since being medically evacuated, Michael Skupin ("Survivor: Australian Outback"), Jonathan Penner ("Survivor: Cook Islands" and "Survivor Micronesia – Fans vs. Favorites") and Russell Swan ("Survivor: Samoa") return to the game in CBS's SURVIVOR: PHILIPPINES. See what they have to say about taking on the show's grueling challenges for a second time below!

Eighteen castaways will compete on SURVIVOR: PHILIPPINES when the Emmy Award-winning series returns on Wednesdays. Three of the 18 castaways are former players who were medically evacuated from the game and are returning to finish what they started. Fifteen castaways are new to the competition.

Surrounded by water, SURVIVOR: PHILIPPINES will prominently feature marine-based challenges. For the first time in eight years, castaways will be divided into three tribes named after animals in the region: Kalabaw ("Water Buffalo"), Tandang ("Rooster") and Matsing ("Monkey"). The tribes feature individuals from different backgrounds competing for the same ultimate goal: to be Sole Survivor.

Begins its 25th installment on the CBS Television Network on Sept. 19, 2012.