With the full blessing of the Obama administration, 16 Chinese Muslim detainees will be moved out of the Guantanamo Bay detention center to compete on the TV reality show Survivor. The Gitmo detainees will be flown to the Pacific nation of Palau, where they will spend 3 months on the island attempting to outwit, outplay and outlast one another. The stakes are high this time: the winner will receive one million dollars and a full presidential pardon. The 15 losing contestants will be re-incarcerated at a Supermax prison in Colorado.

The show’s season, tentatively entitled Survivor: Gitmo Jailbreak, will focus on the detainees’ viciousness, craft and cunning - skills which probably got them stuck in Guantanamo in the first place. Challenges may involve such activities as paintball fights, cave construction and creating simulated explosives from household chemicals.

Security will be tight during filming of the series. Several of previous seasons’ contestants have been brought back as “celebrity” security guards, and issued rifles and ammunition for what may become a novel means of voting someone off the island if things get out of hand.

Palau President Johnson Toribiong is ecstatic over news of the filming. “This kind of publicity is a welcome shot in the arm for our sagging tourism industry,” said Toribiong, with a sly grin. “The nation of Palau is honored to host this year’s Survivor show. May the best man win!”