No videogames, no Internet, no food court… no kidding! This is real.
In the tradition of the hit series Survivorman, Survive This! follows in Les Stroud’s footsteps by empowering kids to explore their connection to the wild.
Eight kids between the ages of 14 to 16 are taken into the wilderness with Les Stroud as their mentor. Chosen for their unique personalities and overall adventure readiness, these kids are vying to fulfill a self-determined goal that is both personal and inspiring. They are challenged physically, emotionally and intellectually. Each episode presents a different survival challenge – devised by Les Stround himself!
Click here for the YTV website to learn more about Survive This!

I have waited a year to my parants wishes and now i am sure. I CAN SURVIVE. I am a 15 year old who is very active and enduring i have been hoping all year to say this and now i know im ready. I can be a very great addition to the team and i am now ready. In the battlefords i dont see many forests and miss them and im ready to go back to them and to show them that we can survive without all that tech in our pocket. I CAN SURVIVE.
Hi Les I’m Jordan I’m 16 I think I can survive your show because I have wilderness experience I’m from the northwest territories. I am not scared of anything I can lift an adult male caribou. I would do anything to get on your show. Please read this.
Dear Les,
I Am Justin or a.k.a outdoors man and im 13 going on 14 I am from Niagara Falls ONT and i love you your like my hero. This is my second time writting and not to be annoying but Just want you to get my message clear that i want to be tested for survival. Ive bassically learned every thing from you and your seasons of survival and ive learned alot from my dad because he was brought up on farm land and he hunted, with dogs, he even slept out for quite some time just to prove to his father that he was WORTHY, and now that i heard that story from him i saw this show and Ive wanted to prve to my dad that i can SURVIVE and i certainly will not let you down if i get acepted into the show. I would be honoured if you wrote back even if YOU DONT WANT ME, I would love for YOU, LES STROUD to write back.
Justin
Hello my name is Mack and i am from a small town outside of Kitchener/waterloo Ontario and i am a farmboy who will do the hard work without compaint but I would love to learn to survive in the woods and to make fire with a flint and to find and capture my own food. I promise to encourage my teammates and to learn from them, and from you what i can so please Les Stroud send me an application for your AMAZING! series’ next season so i can prove to everyone and to my self that i can do it and that i can survive
So les where to start….
My name is Tarren I am 13 going on 14. I am a honour roll student and participate in a lot of school events and sports teams. I love to camp and just to be outside. I live very far north and we have cold winters so sometimes its hard to get outside but i still do it. I have seen almost every episode of all your shows. I have always wanted to do something like this and im SURE THAT I CAN DO IT! Could you please send me an application or at least write back i would love to be on your show.
- Tarren
Hi Les,
My name is Leon and I am a 14 year old boy from Calgary, Alberta.I have been watching your show and I have been interested in it for quite some time.I spend some of my days outdoors and I like to wonder off to look for adventures and explore. I play a lot of sports and if I was to describe myself i would say Determined and responsible.I would love to be on your show to prove that I can survive and to experience the extreme. I understand that the show is not easy and it takes determination. It will change my life and it will make me learn more about survival than I already know, and it will make me appreciate what I have and how to survive.I would love to get this opportunity but I know you are the only that can help me. If you think I seem like the right kind of person to be on your show please e-mail me with your answer. Thank you for taking your time read it. I would be honored if i could get an application form. Thank you and have a great day.
Hi Les!
My name is Jane Cooper and I live in Etobicoke, Ontario. I am turning 14 next week, and am an outdoorsy girl with a passion for animals! My biggest challenge would probably be eating them (I am vegetarian) but I would for survival. However, I’d love to be on your show. This would be the experience of a lifetime for me!
Thanks,
Jane
i no it might be to late,but doing this would mean a lot to me,i’m ready for a big challenge,i love big challenges,it makes me feel more confident,it would be really exciting
HEY Les
I really wanna be on your survive this show I love to go outdoors, I am a great athlete I play every sport,I’m great with others, and I go camping often I dont like campers I perfer tents because well its not as fun with a camper, it doesn’t feel like your actually camping it feels like an apartment or something.
So yea I would like to be in your next show I am 15 turning 16 soon and well I want to know how it feels to go out with no foods just a bunch of random people and tents.
hope you read this because well i want to be on your survive this show
Oh and could you message me maybe because i really think i can get through till the end.
Hello Les!
I am writing to tell you that I want to test my limits by participating in Survive This! For cons, I do not know where to register. I am a girl dynamic, very athletic and who loves challenges. I like soccer, climbing and everything related to nature. I know I’ll be able to survive and I’m a very determined and persevering girl. I hope you will read my message.
Thank you in advance for letting me live this rigorous adventure
Myriam Nadeau
hey surive this its nick your bigest fan how can i sign up
Les stroud, I’ve watched every single episode of yours numerous times. I’m a 14 year old girl from Vancouver, Canada. I know I would be a great addition to your team. I’ve talked to my mom about this and she said if you let me in then she will let me go. I’ve done Gymnastics for most part of my life so i’m very fit. I have a very strong disposition. I follow instructions and i’m a team player. I haven’t had much oppurtunity to be outdoors but if you put me to the challenge, I will persevere. I know it’s not just the physical part of surviving. It’s also the mental strength. I hope you read this and consider me as a potential candidate. Thanks for your time reading this.
hey im 14 in a couple months and i would love to be on the show. im semi outdoory and i think id be able to survive on the show. i play several sports and im tall for my age. please choose me to be on survive this
Hey im lee strickland and I wanted to ask if you would im a really big fan of your older survivor tv show I am 13.
Hi Les.
I am 13 and I live in Hamilton Ontario, I am good in the wilderness I know what to do. I love fishing i know how to put together shelter. I am mature for my age. I love hanging with new people and getting along with them, I would love to be apart of your show, I do know that I can survive till the end.
hey les,
I’m Sherrika, I wanted to know if there was any chance you would be bringing your tv show over to Australia, i am 17 but would love to be on it, I live of my computer and xbox but when I set my mind to it I can do anything and would love to be up to the challenge
hi Les, my name is Shelby and i would LOVE to be on the third season of survive this. i feel that i would very much be able to make you proud if i were to be picked for this opportunity. i am 14 years old and turning 15 this October. i would be perfect for this because i love the outdoors and seek the thrill of what the next day would bring. i have a big personality and would get along with other contestants. i’m not looking for friends or fame, i’m looking for a change to push myself to the limit and hopefully succeed.
please consider me for a spot on season three of your show, it would be an amazing opportunity. thank you, Shelby Infante
Hey Lez,
I ddont think my comment was posted, but I’m Sherrika I’m 17 soon to be 18 and live in Australia, I think it would be wicked if you could bring your show down under in Australia and would be even beter if I could go on it, I’m not a very active person and have had a troubled background but I can do anything i set my mind to and I want the privlige to be able to say that “I can survive”
thanks,
Sherrika
Hi my name is Clarke I’m 12 turning 13 and I think I can survive whatever you throw at me to bad I can’t join for another 1 and a half years by the time I can get in I will be able to survive anything. Btw survive is my middle name (not really)
Hey Les
I would love to be on the show I am very Talented. I love watching the show I know alot about the outdoors. I just turn 13 March 24. And I know I Would Be able to Survive this. So Pick Me I Will Show Everyone What I Got.
Hi Les
I really want to be on survive this, i am great athlete and i play everything possibly and i go camping allot. I work great with others and do not get home sick. i am 13 but mighty and i can do what any 16 year old can do and better. i am determined and i would love to be on your show. i know i could make it to the end.
can you also message me back because i know i can do it.
Hello Les stroud,
My name is Hayley Webster,I am 15 years old and the first time i watched your show Survive This I fell inlove with it.I’ve been watching your show Surviver man for so long and when I heard we can get the chance to do the amazing stuff you do i needed to sigh up! I live in the bush so im use to the outdoors. In my family i alway get bugged about freaking out about bugs and other stuff, but that is one of the reason why i would love to be on your show. I would love to prove to my family, friend, you and myself that i really can survive. I take everything like a gift and this would the best and my goal would be to take it all the way to the end on your show.
Thank you.
Hey Les,
I would be my absolute dream to be able to compete on survive this. I am 14 years old, I play many sports. I love to go camping and spend time in the great outdoors. I love to go quadding and hunting and do other fun stuff outdoors. I really think that I would be able to survive. I would love to be on the show to prove to my dad that I actually could survive. I would describe myself as a responsible, determined, independent(but I can also work with others), dependable person. Hopefully you see this.
Les my name is adam I am 12 right now and you are my hero and role model so i’m trying to contact you to see how to get on the show so if you can get back to me because I am worthy to get on the show and to survive but i’m not worthy of you.
I’m a 15 (16 in October) year old girl from Westport, Ontario…a little village in the middle of nowhere. I`ve lived in the country for 9 years but I was born in the city and am more of a city girl at heart…I`m artsy and love theatre,english, science and history (I am a MAJOR history nerd…I can tell you each of King Henry the VIII`s wifes in order and which ones were executed;)) I would sorta like to go on SurviveThis! for the experience and to put my scientfic knowledge to the test. I hate spiders (just to let you know)! I don`t know if I could do it…
Thanks Les (Youre AWSOME!)
Hi Les,
My name is lauren. I am from Nanaimo, British Columbia. I am 12 yrs old and i know i am not old enough to be on survive this but when i am old enough i would love to have the chance to be on the show.
Hi Les, My name is Devon and I am a 15 years old young man who lives in Port Moody BC. I love getting out into my community by volunteering and into nature. I have seen all of the episodes of survivorman and have tryed some of your methods of fire making whenever I go camping, and I go Camping alot. I am a Peer Leader for a summer weekend camp for Catching The Spirit Youth Society and a venturer scout in the 1st port moody venturers. I am canoeing the Bowron lakes July 23rd to august 1st. Many people think I can survive in the wilderness and I think so too. I am adaptable and have everlasting energy and can tough out the cold, hunger and stress.
I can survive,
Devon
Hi Les
My name is Nick, im from Grimsby,ON and I would love to be on the show,I love the outdoors, every summer I spend several weeks camping and i love every minute of it. It would be awesome if i picked me to be on the show.
Hi les
I am not sure if I am writting good because I live in Venezuela and we speak spanish but if it is because the language i think that I speak kind of good. My name is Juan Diego and I always have wanted do survive like you do and it will be a pleasure to be in your show.
hi les,
My name is cameron. I am from meaford ont. i am 14yrs old i am ready for survive this. i love to hunt,fish,camp, and try to survive with my buddys for 3 or 4 days with only a fishing pole,knife,and a tent. i love trying to survive in the bush i know im ready for survive this i will be the new surviver i will go to the end!
i like to join the the show i wont to prove to my dad that i can servive what evr u throw at me so pls read this and send me if u wont me to join up or a place i can join up so pls i like to very much to join im 14 as well so i mack the reqwiermints
Hey Les im nick in 15 and i believe i can survive iv been in some tough situations including going winter camping sleeping in a shelter made of 3 tarps it was -24 degrees. i know the definition of cold because of this experience i believe that im ready to take it up to the next level
hey Les,
Im leslie and I am 15 years old. I’m probably not as much as an outdoors person as a lot of other people posting, but I’ve got game. I’m athletic and fit enough to survive in the wild, but I’m mainly seen as a very intellectual person. I’m from simcoe ontario and would love the chance to go on the show!
hi! my name is rebecca i am 14 going on 15 i love the outdoors but i am deathly afraid of being alone in the dark i do camp i have a trailer i love my cell phone and dont think i could live without it i am a dancer i live in chatham ontario i have lots of animals except for snakes i love my laptop my ipod and all my friends call me a prima ballerina, drama queen ,spoiled, and daddys princess . but i am positive i can prove all my friends wrong i would love to be on the show and get to be able to prove myself to everyone.
Hi im Lisa and Im 14, I LOVE camping and trying new things also i know that i have what it takes to survive, i live in Adelaide, Australia, that Means Im a Aussie Girl With An i want to prove what i can do, also i play basketball, have 2 older sister both teenagers and love it when i go out on the boat, also Prove To My Sisters that i can get on the show from Australia…
ps i watched your 2 seasons over and over again
pps PICK ME ♥
Hi im Lisa and Im 14, I LOVE camping and trying new things also i know that i have what it takes to survive, i live in Adelaide, Australia, that Means Im a Aussie Girl With An i want to prove what i can do, also i play basketball, have 2 older sister both teenagers and love it when i go out on the boat, also Prove To My Sisters that i can get on the show from Australia…
ps i watched your 2 seasons over and over again
pps PICK ME 2011
Looks really cool, I’ll have to give it a watch!
Hi Les my name is Trennin Lifely i am 16 years old and i live in the mountains.When i say i live in the mountains i
am not joking, i actually like 7 kilometers up a mountain in the kootenays with no electricity unless the generator is on.
I recently say your show survive this. its spectacular. i would love to be on it but i cant seem to find were to sign up and
and every time i post here i can never see my post so i am writing again. my experience consists of reading a couple books and
i am in a aboriginal class were i learn lots, thanks for taking the time in reading my proposal.
-Trennin
Useful weblog, See you again in a little while
Hey,Les my name is justin delorey im 17 and i think i would be very good for this challenge because i come from a background of the woods and water, i think that i could survive!!.. challenge me and bring it!!
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Les,
I’ve been a fan of Survivorman for a long time, I love the show. I am a 16 year old guy from Arizona, and as I watched some of the episodes of Survive This, the idea of being a part of the show crept into my mind. I was wondering if it was possible to have the opportunity to stand next to one of the greats of wilderness survival and test my skills in survival. I’m by no means an expert and have a lot to learn if I ever want to be as great as you in this department, but I would be honored with the opportunity to learn from an experience like this.
Thanks,
Edwin Gonzalez
P.S. If you read all of that, then thanks; it’s good to see people not let fame get to their heads.
Hey, Les I have watched all of your suvivorman epiosdes and all fo your other shows.I CAN SURVIVE.I have been hunting and fishing since i was a little kid and i have always had a major passion for the wildnerness and i would love to have an oppurtouity to to learn like this
hi im 15 years old my name is sebastian kight i have bein waiting for so long just to go on this show im 15 i love fishing archery and camping im good it using a knife and starting fires. i think i have what it takes to survive thisor at least last a while in the show i do hope i can have a chance to learn new things and will wait for a reply
Dear Les Stroud, I am 17 and am very inexperienced in the outdoors. I would however wish to be part of your show to learn how to be strong and build up my survival skills. I have always dreamed of getting away from my suburban life and enjoy the wilderness. I read many many books on survival and always watch survivorman but have not ever practiced it so I would like to be on your show to see how capable I am to survive.