Written originally in 2006 and published in "Getting the News from Poems", these are the rules of Survivor: Beirut as based on the ABC application.
SURVIVOR: BEIRUT Survivor: Beirut (Based on the real application form for Survivor as downloaded from the ABC website)ELIGIBILITY
REQUIREMENTS
So you've seen the show and lived it between
1975 and 1990 and now want to know how to become a part of SURVIVOR Beirut II.
Here is a breakdown of the selection process:
1. If you have previously applied for SURVIVOR
and you were a finalist in the civil war, please do not reapply. Unless you
specifically notify us in writing that we should not consider your prior
application (and therefore survival) and submission in connection with an
upcoming SURVIVOR, we will be reviewing your previously submitted applications
and videotape submissions for SURVIVOR. We will not consider any new
application or submission you may submit. Second, if you have previously
applied for SURVIVOR and you were not a finalist in
because we will not be considering your previously submitted applications and
videotape submissions for upcoming SURVIVORs (Considering you will survive
Beirut II that is).
2. Written application forms are available for
downloading on this website. These forms along with the video submission must
be received at the SURVIVOR mailbox no later than Friday, June 16, 2006, at 5:00
p.m. Pacific Standard Time. Protagonists reserve the right, in their
discretion, to extend the deadline as appropriate.
3. A total of approximately 3,826,018
applicants (Approximate number of Lebanese people) will be invited to interview
sometime in late July – early August 2006 (Depending on the availability of
shelters, or the length of the combat sessions, in case of death we shall not
be held liable to any compensation) in person. Protagonists reserve the right
to change the number or the identity of the foregoing locations at any time.
All travel expenses for the interview will be the applicants’ sole expense.
4. Approximately 48 semi-finalists (the final
number of which will be determined by luck, fate, God or a combination of them)
will be invited to Bierut in September 2006 (or as otherwise scheduled by a
combination of Hizbollah, Israeli forces, United Nations, United States,
European Union countries, and ceasefire) for final interviews with the SURVIVOR
protagonists. Roundtrip economy air travel between the Rafic Hariri Beirut
International Airport and your local air raided airport and lodging will be
provided by the protagonists (In case the runways are still not working, it is
advisable to listen to the flight attendant’s safety instructions, specifically
the part about the inflatable yellow vests due to proximity to the sea).
5. The finalists (the final number of which
will be determined by again, luck, fate, God or any combination of them) will
be selected as contestants to participate in this SURVIVOR Beirut II program.
Filming is presently scheduled to occur sometime between late-October and
December 2006 (or as otherwise scheduled by the different combinations afore
mentioned) at a remote location to be announced (Well, scouting is still underway
in the southern suburbs to find a pile of rubble that would be aesthetic enough
to sustain the several days of shooting).
6. All decisions made by the protagonists are
final and not subject to review or appeal.
So now you're probably wondering what kind of
person is eligible to be selected for this once in a lifetime opportunity. Here
are the guidelines:
●
Employees, officers, directors and agents of the protagonists and/or of any of
their respective licensees, assigns, parents, affiliated and subsidiary
companies and the immediate family (spouse, mother, father, sister, brother,
daughter or son, regardless of where they live) or members of their same
households (whether related or not) of such employees, officers, directors and
agents are not eligible to be contestants on SURVIVOR or participate in this
application process.
● All
contestants must be 1 day or older at the time of application.
● All
contestants must be Lebanese citizens and be living in
● All contestants should not be
in excellent physical and in poor mental health.
● All applicants must authorize
Protagonists to conduct a background check.
● All semi-finalists will be
required to complete and timely return the Medical History Form (to be
furnished to the selected applicants).
● All semi-finalists must
undertake physical and psychological examinations and testing (to be conducted in
medical personnel selected by the Protagonists) and meet all physical and
psychological requirements that certify them as nuts.
● To receive an invitation to
be a semi-finalist, each applicant must complete and timely return the
Applicant Agreement Package (to be furnished to the selected applicants).
● All semi-finalists must have
a valid Lebanese passport.
● Applicants who are selected
as contestants cannot be candidates for public office until after the initial
broadcast of all programs in which they appear.
Beyond these basic qualifications and any additional qualifications set
forth in the Contestant Application, we are looking for a diverse group of men
and women who represent a broad cross-section of Lebanese society. Our
competitors will be in debatable physical health. Building shelter and finding
food will be much more taxing than a trip to your local hardware store or
supermarket. Our competitors will also need to be in arguable mental health so
that they will be able to cope with the extreme change in environment and the
tension of the competition.
Contestants will be selected based upon having the following traits:
● Strong-willed
● Outgoing
● Adventurous
● Physically and mentally inadept
● Adaptable to new environments (Especially able to cope with immediate
migration)
● Interesting lifestyles, backgrounds and personalities (Borderline
disorders especially encouraged)
The prize for this competition is your life but this prize money will not
come easily. Our competitors must be willing to commit to traveling and living
in a remote location for approximately seven weeks. Contestants will be filmed
up to 24 hours a day by television camera crews to be broadcast on national
television. This is reality television. They will actually be living in a
remote location, and they will actually be responsible for building their own
shelter and finding their own food.
If you are serious about this opportunity and are
willing to accept this commitment, please click below to access the application
form and answers to frequently asked questions.
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