“The world could do with a bit more of that right now.”

“We thought, why don’t we flipRivalsandExeson its head.

And EW has your exclusive sneak peek at the new season with photos from the first five episodes.

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They might separate and come back together.

One of the biggest differences from recent seasons?

The spy theme is finally gone.

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“It’s time to celebrate the cast and everything we love about the show.

It’s not trying to be anything else.

“Johnny Bananas [Devenanzio] is back, Nany [Gonzalez] is back.

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We’ve got Jordan [Wiseley], it’s amazing.

And then we’ve got a whole group of newbies who are awesome and really bring it.

And we’ve got a reappearance from Nam [Vo] that’s going to shock you all.

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Oh my God, poor Nam, I won’t say more than that.”

“The world could do with a bit more of that right now.”

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“It is not like anything that we’ve done in the past,” she says.

Every finalist said that it was the most brutal experience of their lives.”

“Not everybody makes it,” she says.

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