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'SOLITARY V3.0' Will Introduce A Fresh Twist
December 4, 2008

Spending time in solitary…with someone else? It might sound like a contradiction, but that's just what's happening on "Solitary v3.0," premiering Saturday, January 17 at 9p/8c. The controversial hit reality competition pushes the boundaries with new twists and turns guaranteed to test the contestants' endurance to the brink of psychological and physical collapse.

"Solitary v3.0" brings a huge, new twist, as blindfolded subjects are shocked to find that they will initially be sharing their small pod with another contestant. Will they be friend or foe? Subjects will only be reassigned to their own pods once a grueling challenge has been completed and they have earned the right to be there. As with the first two seasons, the premise of "Solitary v3.0" is simple: the last person to leave their "pod" -small, barren and completely isolated - wins bragging rights and $50,000. Along with performing grueling activities presented by their omnipresent digital taskmaster, Val, contestants also known as "subjects" have their names replaced by numbers. These nine individuals are subjected to sleep deprivation, extreme temperatures and other forms of environmental stress meant to "break" them, thus causing them to leave their pod and lose the competition.

"We wanted to make sure that our contestants weren't getting too comfortable with the format after having watched the first two seasons of the show," said Andrew Golder, producer and co-creator of 'Solitary v3.0.' "Throwing complete strangers together in a pod adds a wild card into the equation, and also makes the sense of isolation even stronger once players are truly placed in solitary."