Meet Your ‘Survivor: China’ Castaways

A grave digger, a Christian talk radio host, a chicken farmer and a WWE wrestler lead the newly announced castaways for CBS’ “Survivor: China.” The 15th installment of the Mark Burnett-produced CBS staple will … via Zap2it

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Wed, August 22nd, 2007

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