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'Facts of Life' Star Joining 'Survivor' 

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Lisa Whelchel of the "Facts of Life" reunion during Paris Bennett, Mindy Cohn, Nancy McKeon, Lisa Whelchel & Joel Osteen Visit the "Today" Show - May 9, 2006 at NBC in New York, New York, United States. (Photo by Derek Storm/FilmMagic)

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CBS just announced 15 of the 18 castaways who will compete against each other in Survivor season 25, which includes Facts of Life star Lisa Whelchel!

"I pursued it," Whelchel, best known for playing Blair Warner on the beloved '80s sitcom, says about being cast on the long-running show. "I had a friend of mine make a little iPhone video and put it on my Twitter account and asked people to re-tweet it, and start a viral campaign to get me on the show."

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