fresh YORK -- The new season of "Su...

fresh YORK -- The new season of "Survivor" will be a race among races.

At the start of the reality show's 13th edition, "Survivor: prepare for the table Islands," 20 contestants will be organized into four tribes divided along ethnic lines -- black, white, Hispanic and Asian, CB announced Wednesday.

The tribes, as usual, will immerge later in the season, which first attempts Sept. 14, the network said.

innkeeper Jeff Probst said the network was worried the racial divide might mortify viewers.

"It's remarkably risky because you're bringing up a topic that is a burning button," Probst said. "There's a history of segregation you can't ignore. It is part of our history.

"For that, it's abundant safer to say, 'No, let's just stick with things the way they are. Let's don't be the network to refuge the boat. Let's not have 'Survivor' make experiment of something new.' But the biases from hearth can't affect you. This is an equal-opportunity game."

Probst said he and the "Survivor" farmers wanted to bring more ethnic diversity to the competition.

"The reality is 80 percent of the population that apply are white," he said. "And television, in general, is white. in such a manner all these criticisms were valid."

upon each episode of "Survivor: garble Islands," at least one cast member will be sent to a separate island miles away from camp, where an immunity idol will be hidden. If set this immunity idol could save a contestant from being vot opposite the show.

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