early show 12 cast reveal

Cast reveal on CBS Early show.

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Harry: Get ready, Survivor fans. An exciting new season is going to kick off very soon, Survivor Panama, Exile Island, is the 12^th edition of very popular reality show as always we have an exclusive first look at the brand new cast.

Harry Smith: "In just about three weeks, you'll visit the tropical islands off the coast of Panama. And meet the 16 new castaways who will battle each other and Mother Nature for the million-dollar Survivor prize. Among the season's new twists: Exile Island, a small, desolate outpost, where at least one castaway will be banished each week, to fend for themselves for an undetermined period of time. Also, for the first time in Survivor history, the contestants will begin the competition, split into four tribes of four members each, divided along both age and gender lines."

Harry Smith: "Let's start with the 'mature' men. Say hello to Bruce Kanegai, a karate instructor from Simi Valley, California. 

Bruce: (Pre-game karate routine) "Ha!"

Harry Smith: "At age 58, he's the show's oldest participant."

Bruce (pre-game): "My approach as a strategist: I want to be the.. Mr. Miyagi... of Survivor."

Harry Smith: "Shane Powers, 35, is a marketing executive from Los Angeles. Terry Deitz, from Simsbury, Connecticut, is a former fighter pilot. He's 46."

Harry Smith: "And 52-year-old Dan Barry is a retired astronaut from South Hadley, Massachusetts."

Dan (pre-game): "I've had the opportunity to fly on three Space Shuttle missions, two to the International Space Station. And along the way, do four space walks."

Harry Smith: "Representing the women are: Cirie Fields, a registered nurse from Walterboro, South Carolina. She's 35."

Cirie (pre-game): "I want to be like, the hot mama, I want to be the hot nurse, I want to be the hot cook. I just want to be hot, really."

Harry Smith: "Also representing the state of South Carolina is 48-year-old shopping center developer Ruth Marie Milliman."

Harry Smith: "She's from Greenville. 45-year-old Tina Scheer is a logging sports performer from Hayward, Wisconsin. She's a lumberjack [and she's okay] who likes to call herself a 'lumberjill'."

Tina (pre-game): "I'm a female in a male-dominated business. And I've had, I've had to struggle, a lot."

Harry Smith: "And Melinda Hyder, age 32, is a professional singer from Sevierville, Tennessee. Now for Team Younger Men. Meet Austin Carty - he's a 24-year-old author from High Point, North Carolina."

Harry Smith: "Nick Stanbury is a financial salesman from Tempe, Arizona. He's 25. 24-year-old Aras Baskauskas, from Santa Monica, California..."

Harry Smith: "...earns his living as yoga instructor. And at age 32, Bobby Mason is a Los Angeles attorney."

Bobby (pre-game): "I'm not like some pretty-boy, soft, mushy, sensitive, caring, considerate dude. I was like, basically, I'm a modern-day caveman." [growls]

Harry Smith: "And finally, here are the younger women. Danielle DiLorenzo is 24, and a medical sales rep in Pompano Beach, Florida. Sally Schumann is a social worker in Chicago. She's 27. 24-year-old Misty Giles is an engineer from Dallas Texas. And watch out for 31-year-old Courtney Marit. Or you might get burned."

Harry Smith: "She's a fire dancer in Los Angeles."

Courtney (pre-game): "When America sees me, they may wonder what's up with my hair. But uh, they're just dreadlocks. It is clean, by the way." [Laughs].

Which one of the castaways will be able to outwit, outplay and outlast the others in the quest for the $1 million and chance to named "Sole Survivor"?

Tune in next month to find out.

And you can catch a premiere of Survivor Panama, Exile Island on thursday February 2^nd at 8/7 central