As "Alone" enters its fourth season, the competition series shakes things up with a new twist: the contes
tants are dr
opped of
f in a
remote location
as pairs. Se
ven pairs of
family
members trave
l to a rugged
region of Brit
ish Col
umbia, wher
e they are se
parated
and drop
ped off mile
s apart
from ea
ch other. Each
player mu
st navig
ate the wil
derness
to locate
his or h
er partner. Onc
e reuni
ted, the love
d ones have
to creat
e their ow
n shelter
s and forage
for their
food whi
le overcoming r
ough weather
conditions an
d deadly p
redators. The
y have nothing
more than
the cont
ents of
their smal
l backpa
cks and 10
tools s
plit be
tween them to
help wit
h their sur
vival. They al
so have enou
gh camera gear
to rec
ord their exp
eriences becaus
e -- as in th
e past
-- there is no
camera cr
ew. The las
t duo st
anding at
the end of th
e season is d
eclared the win
ner and tak
es home th
e $500,
000 grand priz
e.　　As &amp
;amp;qu
ot;Alone&
amp;quot; ente
rs its fo
urth seas
on, the
competition
series
shakes thi
ngs up wi
t