"The First 27 Days" - In never before seen footage, one castaway reveals a guarded secret and the whole tribe suffers at the hands of Russell in the aftermath of the merge, on SURVIVOR: SAMOA, Thursday, Nov. 26 (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.

CASTAWAYS:

Castaways competing on SURVIVOR: SAMOA (in alphabetical order separated by tribes) are:

AIGA (Merged Tribe)

Dave Ball

Erik Cardona (7^th Eliminated)

Brett Clouser

John Fincher

Russell Hantz

Monica Padilla

Laura Morett (9^th Eliminated)

Jaison Robinson

Kelly Sharbaugh (8^th Eliminated)

Mick Trimming

Shannon Waters

Natalie White

FOA FOA                                                                    GALU

Betsy Bolan      (2^nd Voted Out)                                     Yasmin Giles (4^th Voted Out)

Mike Borassi    (Medical Evacuation)                            Russell Swan (Medical Evacuation)

Ben Browning   (3^rd Voted Out)                                   

Marisa Calihan (1^st Voted Out)                        

Elizabeth Kim (6^th Voted Out)                                     

Ashley Trainer (5^th Voted Out)                        

SURVIVOR: SAMOA is hosted by Emmy Award-winning host Jeff Probst and produced by SEG, Inc.  Mark Burnett is executive producer and David Burris and Leisa Francis are co-executive producers.

For more detailed information on SURVIVOR: SAMOA and the 20 castaways, log on to www.cbs.com/survivor.  If you want to follow Survivor on Twitter, go to http://twitter.com/Survivor_Tweet .  Photos available at http://www.cbs.pressexpress.com/.

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