CBS formally introduced the forged for Season 39 (!) of the hit actuality competitors sequence “Survivor” on Monday, and two distinguished athletes have made the lower.
Former New York Rangers and Los Angeles Kings defenseman Tom Laidlaw and U.S. Olympic swimmer Elizabeth Beisel will each seem on “Survivor: Island of the Idols” which premieres this month. In reality, the pair will begin the season on the identical tribe.
Laidlaw spent seven seasons with the Rangers within the Eighties earlier than wrapping up his NHL profession with the Kings in 1990. The 60-year-old lives by the “True Grit Life-style” mantra and fervently promotes it through public talking engagements and his weekly podcast. (So, we’re certain we’ll hear about this a lot on the present.)
He’s additionally the primary Canadian-born forged member (though he at the moment resides in Greenwich, Conn.) to look on this system.
Beisel, 27, is a three-time Olympian, receiving silver and bronze medals throughout the 2012 Olympic Video games in London. The Rhode Island native is a more recent fan of the sport, in line with host Jeff Probst, who advised the Hollywood Reporter “the viewers goes to like her.”
(You’ll be able to try their forged images right here.)
Season 39 of “Survivor” premieres on Sept. 25 at 8 p.m. ET on CBS.
