They’re back! You might have heard about their adventure. But now it’s time to meet the cast of:

Survivor: Athens

28 people. 6 nights. 1 bathroom.

Who survived?

Meet the brave volunteers from the Good Works Missions Trip. During their week together, they repaired a roof, painted walls, installed drywall, insulated homes, weeded yards and made a meal for 120 people. They faced team challenges that involved fighting off bees “as big as your thumb”, diving for a spot on the bottom of the 3-level bunks beds and racing for first place in the shower line. Each day, top players earned immunity from taking the food scraps to the smelly compost bin.

Their only resources? A refrigerator that would only cool to 55 degrees, tons of Gatorade and the dream of escaping to WalMart for some air-conditioning.

The Sanctuary Survivors found their reputation had preceded them at the local Ponderosa where locals had tried to imitate the world-famous cast in photos on the wall. Meet The Sanctuary crew and find out who were the winners of the “individual challenges”. (The Sanctuary can’t be held responsible for the accuracy of the cast “bios”. All descriptions are completely fabricated and should not be taken seriously. All rights reserved.)

Meet the Survivors

Cathy:

She’s a pharmacist from Nebraska, and a world-class poker player. She spent her summers in college leading a canoe expedition through the Amazon jungle.

Individual challenge: She outlasted her fellow survivors in preparing crafts and games for a kids’ club, all while chasing a sleep-deprived 2-year-old.

Carrie D.

This language arts teacher from Oklahoma is also the five-time winner of the Kentucky Derby and the winner of the rhubarb pie baking contest at the Indiana State Fair. She uses her umbrella to fight off spiders, hawks and flying insects.

Individual challenge: Carrie defeated all of the male members of the team in the weed-pulling and uphill mowing competition with a push mower.

Tim

This PE teacher from South Carolina is also an accomplished disco dance instructor. He has a black belt in Kung Fu and won a bronze medal in the 200-yard dash at the 2000 Olympic Games.

Individual challenge: Tim outplayed his fellow survivors by fighting off a swarm of carpenter bees with a badminton racquet.

Carrie K.

Carrie is a famous country western singer from Texas. She also is an accomplished mountain climber and was the first 12-year-old to scale Mt. Kilimanjaro.

Individual challenge: Carrie outlasted the other survivors in the sunburn challenge, and also set a new world record in the Benadryl-dispensing speed challenge.

Mark

Mark is best known for his role as a lead singer of a famous boy band in the 80′s. He later became a boxing sensation in Mexico and once defeated World Heavyweight Mike Tyson.

Individual challenge: Mark outran his fellow survivors, escaping a deer on a 5 a.m. run, as well fighting off ticks while building a porch.

Whitney

Whitney is the Wisconsin State Spelling Bee champion and a world-class water skiier.

Individual challenge: Whitney outpainted her fellow survivors, even after an illness threatened to knock her out of the competition.

Randy

This high school government teacher from Arkansas was asked to return to Survivor because of his amazing negotiation skills in past years. Randy is a skate-boarding fanatic and can yodel in three languages.

Individual challenge: Randy outlasted the other survivors in the sleeping challenge. He endured a mattress on the floor piled with gear to win the challenge.

Sierra

Sierra is the Jr. Miss Apple Pie girl for the state of Michigan two years in a row. She is a well-known bungee jumper, and once jumped 300 feet off the Statue of Liberty.

Individual challenge: Sierra was able to quiet dozens of children with her peacemaking skills and used her talents in the kitchen to win the meal prep competition.

Dan and Lesa

This couple from Seattle are world-famous ballroom dance competitors. Dan creates top-secret weaponry for undercover police agents while Lesa solves crime as an investigator for a high-powered corporate attorney.

Individual challenge: Dan was the winner of the shaky-roof-building challenge, while Lesa outlasted the others in the children entertainment challenge.

Andy, Olivia and Emily

This family from Baltimore became the first father-daughter acrobatic trio to perform in the world-renowned Cirque du Soleil. They also have impressed millions with their musical skills on the harmonica, bass drum and cow bell.

Individual challenge: Andy outsnapped the other survivors in the photo-taking challenge.

Other Survivors who were not photographed during the Ponderosa expedition include: Linda, Marisa, Ty, Jake, Sam, Ben, Lily, Ally, Ryan, Steve, Joe, Julie, Karyn, Michelle and Ashley.

Want to learn more about their adventures? Tune in this week and you might find out why:

This man had to tame a butterfly…

This girl had a playing card stuck to her forehead…

This boy was hiding behind a tree…

Find out more about their real adventures when you check out the blog later this week.