survivor philippines celebrity showdown to premiere tonight

after two successful seasons, the curtains will open tonight for the third season of the famous reality show. this season, survivor philippines will be dubbed as survivor philippines celebrity showdown where 18 celebrity castaways will vie to be the first celebrity ultimate survivor and for the cash prize of 3 million pesos. the 18 celebrity castaways are:

1. ahron villena - winner of "you're the man!" contest from abs cbn who recently transferred to gma 7

2. aira bermudez - member of the sex bomb dancers

3. akihiro sato - brazilian japanese hunk model

4. aubrey miles - - former sexy actress

5. buwi meneses - drummer of the band parokya ni edgar

6. elma muros posadas - champion track and field athlete

7. ervic vijandre - basketball player, model and ex-boyfriend of marian rivera

8. ferds recio - veterinarian and host of born to be wild with season 1 castaway kiko rustia

9. ian batherson - starstruck finalist

10. john hall - hunk model

11. karen delos reyes - former teen actress and commercial model

12. michelle madrigal - tv and movie actress

13. mico aytona - host of ka-blog of gma 7

14. moi moricampo - personal assistant of piolo pascual, appeared in a movie recently

15. myka flores - mainstay of the comedy show bubble gang

16. pretty trizsha - stand up comedian

17. princess snell - startruck finalist

18. solenn heussaff - model and make up artist

the show will also have a new host, richard gutierrez after paolo bediones moved to tv 5.

pre-launch news says that this is the most difficult season of the show yet. there are several castaways almost called it quits. news also says that there are some body part exposures from ervic, aira and pretty trizsha.

the show will be right after the network's public affairs show 24 oras.

photo is from survivor philippines' facebook fan page.