Thursday, September 27, 2001

Cast members for ‘Survivor Africa’ announced
Associated Press

A goat farmer, a dentist and a professional soccer player are among the cast members for the third “Survivor” series on CBS, set to debut Oct. 11.

CBS executives are eager to see whether the public’s appetite for the reality game will change because of the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11. The second edition earlier this year was the most popular television series of the season.

The 16 players were stranded in the Shaba National Reserve in Kenya, Africa. The cast members:

• Carl Bilancione, 46, a dentist from Winter Springs, Fla.
• Clarence Black, 24, a high school basketball coach from Detroit.
• Tom Buchanan, 46, a goat farmer from Rich Valley, Va.
• Jessie Camacho, 27, a deputy sheriff from Orlando, Fla.
• Teresa Cooper, 42, a flight attendant from Jackson, Ga.
• Silas Gaither, 23, a bartender from Germantown, Tenn., currently living in Los Angeles.
• Frank Garrison, 43, a telephone technician from Odessa, N.Y.
• Kelly Goldsmith, 22, a recent Duke University graduate from Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., working as a behavioral research analyst.
• Kim Johnson, 57, a retired school teacher from Oyster Bay, N.Y.
• Diane Ogden, 42, a mail carrier from Lincoln, Neb.
• Kim Powers, 29, a free-lance marketer from Conshohocken, Pa.
• Brandon Quinton, 25, a bartender from Dallas.
• Lindsey Richter, 27, an advertising account executive from Portland, Ore.
• Linda Spencer, 44, a career counselor from Cambridge, Mass.
• Lex van den Berghe, 38, a marketing manager from Santa Cruz, Calif.
• Ethan Zohn, 27, a former professional soccer player and now a coach from Lexington, Mass., currently living in New York.