The History Channel’s long-running survival competition series, Alone Season 13, will premiere soon. Participants are thrown into isolated wilderness places with little equipment in order to outlast one another for a cash prize (usually $500,000).
Alone Season 13 Release Date Speculations
The forthcoming season 13 of History Channel’s enduring survival challenge, Alone, will pit players against one another for a $500,000 cash prize after being thrown into isolated wilderness areas with little equipment and no communication.
The launch date for Alone Season 13 has not yet been formally announced by the History Channel as of late January 2026. Filmed in the Great Karoo Desert of South Africa, the previous season was released on June 12, 2025, and concluded by August following a rather brief competition period. In the past, Alone has typically made its release in late spring or early summer, usually in May or June.
Industry observers are expecting that the release of Alone Season 13 sometime in mid-2026, most likely in June or July, as casting is said to have begun in early 2025 and no development updates have been released. However, the release window is still tentative till the network verifies the timeline. The franchise is renowned for keeping locations and production schedules a secret until the very end of the launch.
Alone Season 13 Expected Cast
Alone Season 13’s contestant lineup has not yet been disclosed. The upcoming season is expected to include a new set of ten survivalists, with no returning cast members from earlier seasons, keeping with the show’s traditional formula.
ITV America’s Leftfield Entertainment is in charge of casting the show, and applications are now being accepted from seasoned survivalists with expertise in long-term isolation, shelter construction, hunting, and foraging. Bushcrafters, veterans of the armed forces, wilderness guides, hunters, and outdoor professionals have all been represented in previous seasons, and this is anticipated to continue in Season 13.
All participant information is kept secret until the History Channel makes an official announcement.
Alone Season 13 Potential Plot
In Season 13, the fundamental structure of Alone is expected to stay the same. Ten competitors will be dropped one at a time into a harsh and isolated area, armed with a small number of self-selected survival supplies and a camera to record their adventure. Participants must take care of their own food, lodging, health, and mental stamina with no crew assistance and just sporadic medical assessments.
There have been no announcements made regarding the location, environment, or any format changes for Season 13. The franchise is infamous for announcing filming sites much later in the advertising cycle. After the African backdrop of Season 12, there is some online speculation that the show would return to a wilderness location in North America, but there is no official confirmation of this.
Viewers might expect that Alone Season 13 will uphold its reputation for unscripted, unvarnished survival stories until trailers or network updates are made public. More information is probably going to come out closer to the launch.
