Meet the cast of the ‘Fear Factor’ reboot hosted by Johnny Knoxville, plus exclusive trailer

Fear Factor is back — with a Big Brother-y twist.

Entertainment Weekly can exclusively premiere the first trailer for Fear Factor: House of Fear, the new iteration of the skin-crawling reality competition series hosted by Johnny Knoxville.

"It's Fear Factor on steroids," one contestant says in the trailer.

"What did I get myself into?" another player asks.

Like the original NBC series and its subsequent MTV reboot, the new Fear Factor pits contestants against one another in a competition of terrifying stunts and nasty challenges that put both bravery and gag reflexes to the test. However, House of Fear adds a new dimension to the competition: the players all live together for the duration of the season, voting to eliminate one player from the pool at a time.

"It's a hater mentality," one contestant says as she seemingly faces elimination and calls out another player who votes for her exit. "His daughter will see him go after women the way he has in this house."

"I need to see a therapist at this point, you driving me crazy," a contestant declares.

The series will feature a number of hair-raising challenges that would nicely fit into Knoxville's Jackass universe. We see glimpses of players being dragged by a horse pulling a rope, walking between two moving semitrucks, struggling to escape massive vacuum-sealed bags, getting buried alive in concrete, balancing on a sky-high narrow beam while blindfolded, and, of course, coming face-to-face with tons of creepy-crawlies.

"The lengths we'll go just to make someone piss themself," Knoxville says joyfully at the end of the trailer.

Fear Factor: House of Fear premieres Jan. 14 at 9 p.m. ET/PT on Fox. Meet the 14 players competing to win the $200,000 prize below.

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Blake

Occupation: High School A.P. Physics Teacher
Hometown: Orlando, Fla.
Age: 36

Chelsea

Occupation: Spelling to Communicate Practitioner
Hometown: Oak Ridge, Tenn.
Age: 34

Damienne

Occupation: Salon owner
Hometown: Lawrenceville, Ga.
Age: 30

Danielle

Occupation: Aerospace engineer
Hometown: Egg Harbor Township, N.J.
Age: 41

Dida

Occupation: Soccer player
Hometown: St. Louis, Mo.
Age: 21

Ethan

Occupation: Emergency dispatcher
Hometown: East York, ON.
Age: 20

Jayleen

Occupation: Marketing
Hometown: Los Angeles, Calif.
Age: 28

Jeni

Occupation: Teacher's aid
Hometown: Loveland, Colo.
Age: 48

Kristen

Occupation: School counselor
Hometown: Tampa, Fla.
Age: 29

Lance

Occupation: Flight attendant
Hometown: Los Angeles, Calif.
Age: 31

Rob

Occupation: eBike business owner
Hometown: San Diego, Calif.
Age: 35

Rodney

Occupation: Retired N.Y.P.D. detective
Hometown: Freeport, N.Y.
Age: 59

Tyler

Occupation: Stay-at-home mom
Hometown: Sherrills Ford, N.C.
Age: 34

Zach

Occupation: Unemployed coal miner
Hometown: Benton, Ill.
Age: 33

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