Created by 9 Story and Les Stroud, and commissioned by YTV, Canada, Survive This! takes a team of eight 14 to 16 year-olds into the wilderness for three weeks with Les Stroud serving as their mentor and survivor skill judge.

Les deploys his unique experience in the wild to embark on a journey where participants start off as average kids with little or no outdoor experience and transform into confident, outdoor adventurers, able to confront anything nature may throw their way.

Faced with unexpected setbacks, the eight participants vie for a chance to fulfill an individual dream they hold dear, driving them to complete the challenges in front of them, no matter what.

9 Story CEO Vince Commisso says, "This is an exciting journey for the participants and for us. It is an amazing experience collaborating with Les to to create a series that will encourage kids to challenge themselves, build physical skills and develop their minds. Survive This! gives "outdoor fun" a whole new meaning."

Survive This! is the inaugural live-action project to be produced under 9 Story‘s development deal with wilderness survival expert and filmmaker Les Stroud, which was announced in October 2007. The series will be fully delivered by March 2009.