TLDR: Will Longley, 37, known by his Iñupiaq name Panikġruaq, grew up in a traditional subsistence camp near Nome, Alaska, and now lives in Kotzebue … Read more
TLDR: Poldi Waldmann-Moloney, 24, from Hokitika on New Zealand’s West Coast, is a whitewater kayak instructor and self-taught traditional bowhunter who has harvested over 100 … Read more
TLDR: Nero Buys, 40, from regional New South Wales, served seven years in the Australian Army as a Fitter Machinist and Armourer attached to the … Read more
TLDR: Nathan Olsen, a 52-year-old CEO and wilderness therapy advocate from Buhl, Idaho, won Season 12 of Alone: Africa after surviving 34 days in the … Read more
TLDR: Alan Kay was a corrections officer from Blairsville, Georgia, when he won Season 1 of Alone in 2015, surviving 56 days on Vancouver Island … Read more
TLDR: Applying for Alone requires sending an email to the casting team with your survival background, then passing a boot camp that narrows twenty candidates … Read more
TLDR: Winning Alone on the History Channel comes with a $500,000 prize that shrinks significantly after taxes for American contestants. Most winners have struggled to … Read more
TLDR: Alone Season 13, subtitled World Championship, premiered June 17, 2026 on The History Channel and marks the franchise’s first true international format, with ten … Read more
TLDR: Alone is not scripted or staged. Contestants genuinely survive alone in the wilderness, filming themselves with their own cameras while production makes only minimal … Read more
TLDR: Alone contestants reportedly receive a weekly stipend during their time in the wilderness, though the exact amount has never been officially confirmed. The winner … Read more