Overview

• The season debuts Thursday at 9 p.m. ET on Fox, with next-day streaming on Hulu and live options via Fubo and DirecTV.
• The premiere features a helicopter descent followed by carrying 800 pounds of supplies in 100-degree heat.
• Eighteen celebrities compete, including couples Jessie James and Eric Decker, Shawn Johnson East and Andrew East, plus Teresa Giudice with daughter Gia.
• Ex–special forces veterans Rudy Reyes, Jason “Foxy” Fox, Mark “Billy” Billingham and Jovon “Q” lead the course, with outlets differing on Jovon’s reported surname.
• The format has no voting eliminations; recruits leave only by quitting, failing a task, injury, or removal by the directing staff.