ORLANDO -- The "Survivor" secret is out -- the cast of "Survivor: Africa" has been released, and two of the contestants are from Central Florida, according to an online source.
The Web site
surviiivor.com claims that it has sources everywhere, and that they're the first to know who's in the latest "Survivor" and perhaps more importantly, who's been gone from their "normal" lifes for quite some time.
The latest "Survivor" is set in Kenya and two of the cast members are a Winter Park dentist and an Orange County sheriff's deputy, according to the Web site.
Dr. Carl Bilancione (pictured, right), 45, has reportedly been on a long vacation, and a replacement doctor was seeing his patients. The Web site says that he's a marathon runner who is tanner and thinner than in the past and he now sports a full beard.
Orange County deputy Yesenia "Jessie" Camacho, 27, of Orlando is reportedly the other participant. She's been on administrative leave since June 30.
Camacho (pictured, below) was the 1991 Miss Puerto Rico of Orlando and enjoys rock climbing, inline skating and kickboxing.
CBS is offering few details about the show -- even to affiliates like WKMG Local 6.
The contestants could be sued if they release any details about the show, and although no one would confirm to Local 6 News that Bilancione or Camacho were contestants, no one denied it either.
A CBS spokesman said that they are not announcing the "Survivor" contestants are until mid-to-late September.
The series starts in October.
Meanwhile, Space Imaging's IKONOS satellite has taken the first high-resolution images of the secret "
Survivor: Africa" production and tribal camps. The camps are located in the Shaba National Reserve in central Kenya.
According to the Web site
Survivor Maps, the Aug. 13 satellite images show what the television viewer never sees -- the large CBS production and logistics camp that is required to produce the highly rated series.
The image, taken from 423 miles in space, shows the production compound, including mess hall, temporary production buildings, motor pool and sleeping tents nestled under acacia trees.
Also in the image is one of the contestant tribal camps that show a tribal Maasai-style village of 10 thatched huts with a circular thornbush fence, according to Survivor Maps. The production and tribal camps are about two miles apart.
Dan Bollinger, creator of Survivor Maps, has been credited with determining the location of "Survivor: Africa," which was later confirmed by CBS. Bollinger provided the geographical coordinates of the site to Space Imaging.
"Because the government of Kenya has designated a no-fly zone over the Shaba National Reserve and has closed much of the park during the production of the TV show, the only way I could truly confirm and show the size of the CBS operation, was to have an image taken from space," said Bollinger. "When I saw Space Imaging's image of the EP-3 Navy airplane on Hainan Island in the media, I immediately thought 'why couldn't they do the same over Kenya?' What I discovered is IKONOS is an eye-in-the-sky available to anyone."
"It was a real pleasure to deal with such an untraditional customer," said Mark Brender, executive director of Government Affairs and Corporate Communications for Space Imaging. "IKONOS provides speed, stealth, and global reach -- even for Survivor sleuths intent on seeing the denied."
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