*Adam—Adam Deganis is a 15-year-old native of Mississauga, Ontario, who attends Loyola Catholic Secondary School.〔〔(Kurek, Dominik. "Mississaugan Survives Reality Show." ) ''The Mississauga News.'' April 3, 2009.〕〔 Labeled as "the sportsman" on the series, his survival experiences consisted of hunting, fishing, and spending summers at his family vacation home.〔〔 A fan of ''Survivorman'', he applied to be on the series because he wanted to meet Les Stroud.〔 Deganis is an arachnophobe.〔(Laken, Elayne. "Teens Test Their Wilderness Mettle in 'Survive This'." ) ''Sudbury Star.'' April 23, 2009.〕
*Becca—Becca Mehaffey is a 17-year-old from Markham, Ontario, who has almost no outdoors experience.〔〔(Szklarski, Cassandra. "'Survivorman' Les Stroud Puts Teens Through Wilderness Trials." ) ''The Canadian Press.'' April 6, 2009.〕〔(March, Catherine Dawson. "Reality Bites." ) ''The Globe and Mail.'' May 15, 2009.〕 Her friends and family laughed at her when she applied to be on the show.〔 She was called "the princess" on the show, and practices dance in her spare time.〔〔
*Becky—Becky Tran is a 17-year-old from Newmarket, Ontario, who was labeled "the environmentalist" on the series, but whom the other participants called "BT."〔〔〔(Persico, Amanda. "Newmarket's Tran Gets Taste of Wild Life." ) ''Georgina Advocate.'' April 15, 2009.〕 Tran, who is admittedly "addicted" to her hair iron, was frightened of dirt, germs, and insects.〔
*Catarina—Catarina is a 17-year-old who was described as "the tough girl" on the series.〔
*Holden—Holden Adams is a 16-year-old who was called "the city boy" on the show.〔〔 After the show ended, he admitted that lack of sleep, hunger, and physical exhaustion often led him to rest while others did the work of finding food and building shelter.〔
*Jen—Jennifer Daub is a 16-year-old resident of Blind River, Ontario.〔〔〔(Quesnel, Shannon. "Teamwork Skills Are A Matter of Life, Death." ) ''Elliott Lake Standard.'' April 15, 2009.〕 She attends W. C. Eaket Secondary School.〔(Quesnel, Shannon. "Blind River Girl Survives Reality Television." ) ''Elliott Lake Standard.'' April 15, 2009.〕 She was labeled "the hunter" on the series because she had spent time tracking and hunting deer with her father, and was an expert rifleman,〔〔〔 all-terrain vehicle driver, and camper.〔〔 One of her older brothers learned about the show and encouraged her to apply.〔 She applied online by sending in a photo of herself with a deer she had shot and killed, and had a telephone interview and video interview before being picked for the show.〔 She was often frustrated by having to help other participants who had little outdoors experience.〔〔
*Kareem—Kareem Ali is a 17-year-old native of Toronto, Canada.〔 Given the label of "the movtivator" by the producers, he was seen as more competitive than the others.〔 He attends Bloor Collegiate Institute.
*Zac—Zac Siegel is a 14-year-old resident of Thornhill, Ontario, who attends Westmount Collegiate Institute.〔〔(McLean, Adam. "Thornhill Student Looks to Survive on New Wilderness Reality Show." ) ''Thornhill Liberal.'' April 9, 2009.〕 He applied to be on the show through a survival camp he was already enrolled at.〔 He had extensive wilderness survival skills before he joined the show, has a photographic memory, and a high-level intelligence.〔 He was extremely frustrated on the show because the other participants had so little wilderness survival skill. "In many cases I had to teach people to start a fire or build a proper shelter, collect berries, basically I spent a lot of time with those who didn't have a clue what Les was talking about," he told the press.〔 Labeled as "the camp counselor" by the producers, the others saw him as an overachiever.〔