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The fifth installment of the widely popular Survivor series was announced following the Survivor special with Bryant Gumbel. Survivor: South Central will be filmed in the heart of Compton and will offer players a thrilling chance at $1 million in pure uncut crack cocaine.

Survivor: South Central

"No other installment has had quite the same element of danger. Not only will the survivors have to outwit, outplay and outlast against the other players, they will have to avoid getting capped by locals in Broughams or being shanked by a large gang member named ‘Tiny," remarked CBS spokesman Chris Ender. "We are very excited about this location. Using Crenshaw Boulevard as a backdrop for the show, we are confident that this will be a must watch show."

Survivors will compete in many challenges including a dash from Rosecrans all the way to Atlantic Boulevard which crosses seven different gang territories within the 2 mile journey. Every three blocks, contestants will change into shirts that bear the color and tag of that neighborhood's most hated rival gang.

Teamwork will play an important role in the somewhat controversial
“initiation killing” leg of the show that establishes their tribe as a force to be reckoned with. Teams will have to decide which team member will drive a vintage ’78 Duster to the liquor store, who will keep a look out, who will take the rap if they get caught and who will be the all important trigger-man that shoots the Korean store clerk.

"We will be presenting the players with many challenges that inner-city and minority-types across America face everyday," added Mark Burnett, the show's producer. "We hope the American people not only tune in and are entertained, but learn."

Bryant Gumbel was originally slated to be the finale host, but was dropped for being “too white”. Ice-T will fill in.

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