Alone season 12
Season of television series
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The twelfth season of Alone, a.k.a. Alone: Africa, premiered on June 12, 2025. It is set in Great Karoo, a large semi-arid region in South Africa.
Location
Episodes
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original release date | U.S. viewers (millions) | |
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| 124 | 1 | "The Land of Great Thirst" | June 12, 2025 | 0.501 | |
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"I see my path, but I don't know where it leads. Not knowing where I'm going is what inspires me to travel it." - Rosalia de Castro | |||||
| 125 | 2 | "Best Laid Plans" | June 19, 2025 | 0.467 | |
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"Things are not always as they seem; the first appearance deceives many." - Phaedrus | |||||
| 126 | 3 | "Thirst Trap" | June 26, 2025 | 0.478 | |
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"We never know the worth of water till the well is dry." - Thomas Fuller | |||||
| 127 | 4 | "Finding a Foothold" | July 11, 2025 | 0.502 | |
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"Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards." - Søren Kierkegaard | |||||
| 128 | 5 | "The Tempest" | July 18, 2025 | 0.440 | |
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"When you come out of the storm, you won't be the same person who walked in." - Haruki Murakami | |||||
| 129 | 6 | "Purpose" | July 25, 2025 | 0.461 | |
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"The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why." - Mark Twain | |||||
| 130 | 7 | "Echoes of Emptiness" | August 1, 2025 | 0.444 | |
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"The universe will reward you for taking risks on its behalf." - Shakti Gawain | |||||
| 131 | 8 | "Weak Spot" | August 8, 2025 | 0.423 | |
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"What stands in the way becomes the way." - Marcus Aurelius | |||||
| 132 | 9 | "The Promised Land" | August 14, 2025 | 0.517 | |
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"Our greatest glory is not in our falling, but in rising every time we fall" - Nelson Mandela | |||||
| 133 | 10 | "No Regrats" | August 21, 2025 | 0.489 | |
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"It is never too late to be what you might have been" - Mary Ann Evans | |||||
Results
| Name[1] | Age | Gender | Hometown | Country | Status | Reason they tapped out | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nathan Olsen[a] | 52 | Male | Buhl, ID | USA | 34 days | Winner | |
| Kelsey Loper | 35 | Female | Winnett, MT | USA | 33 days | Lack of food, did not want to be medically evacuated | |
| Katie Rydge | 46 | Female | Emerald Beach, NSW | Australia | 28 days | Realised she needed to learn to let go | |
| Baha Mahmutov | 50 | Male | Wharncliff, Ontario | Canada | 19 days | Struggled to keep fire going (did not bring ferro rod) and lack of food | [3] |
| Dug North | 53 | Male | Nashua, NH | USA | 14 days | Concerned about his health after fainting | [4] |
| Douglas S. Meyer | 57 | Male | Kannapolis, NC | USA | 14 days | Struggled with wet weather, worried about father's cancer[b] | [5] |
| Will Lamb | 31 | Male | Leakey, TX | USA | 5 days (medically evacuated) | Acute colitis, bloody vomit | [6] |
| Pablo Arguelles | 55 | Male | Jacksonville, FL | USA | 5 days | Struggled to stay hydrated | [6] |
| Colton Gilman | 35 | Male | Red Lodge, MT | USA | 4 days | Depression due to lack of distractions | [7] |
| Jit Patel | 35 | Male | Anakiwa | New Zealand | 4 days | Diarrhea and vomiting | [8] |
- Brother of Alone season 10 contestant Luke Olsen
- He does not make it back home in time to see his father before his death, this episode ends with the text "In memory of Ronald Charles Meyer, Sr. March 30, 1943 - May 23, 2024".