Survivor: Last News

“Survivor” contestant beat a “Jeopardy!” contestant who was on a 15-game winning streak on Wednesday night’s episode. Drew Basile, 23, who came in sixth place on Season 45 of “Survivor,” dominated the match against returning champion Adriana Harmeyer, 34, and Tekla Sauter.Harmeyer, an archivist from West Lafayette, Indiana, was the odds-on favorite to win her 16th game in a row.But she couldn’t outplay Basile, a Michigan-based graduate student who is pursuing a master’s degree in English Literature at the University of Oxford in England.Basile mentioned his “Survivor” past when he introduced himself to host Ken Jennings.“It’s not my first rodeo, Ken.

to be voted off of “Survivor 48” exclusively told The Post how she felt seeing Erickson, 24, call her “fake” behind her back on the show.“One thing I have never been called in my entire [life] — I’ve been called a lot of things and it has never been fake because truthfully I need to reel back the realness sometimes, because it can get me into trouble,” Nelms said. “I am incredibly genuine and authentic, sometimes to a fault.”“And so watching that back, I was shocked. Truly shocked,” Nelms admitted, “because I had nothing but kindness towards Eva.

“Survivor 48” Wednesday night after she told Cedrek McFadden that she lost her vote on a journey. In turn, McFadden, 46, flipped the script on Roses, 33, and joined Chrissy Sarnowsky in blindsiding her out of the game.Roses exclusively spoke to The Post about her game-ending decision to trust the surgeon.“I was just trying to build a little bit of trust for coming back from tribal and trying to have one person on my side that I didn’t lie to,” Roses said. “My No 1, Thomas [Krottinger], was out.

Deal or No Deal. It’s a lot more physically taxing than the regular series, and demands contestants take part in grueling challenges in an island setting to retrieve briefcases containing cash.In the tense showdown between Genat and the banker, the reality star repeatedly refused to give up because the top case of USD $12,232,001 was still in play.There were only two cases left, the top prize and one valued at $75. Genat chose to take the deal from the banker instead of picking between the cases, scoring an eye-watering USD $5.8 million.“The offer came in at $5.8 million and I started thinking about it, and that is just so much money.

“Survivor” Season 48 star and music executive Thomas Krottinger exclusively told The Post after he was voted out that Mike White, a “Survivor” alum and the creator of the hit HBO series, actually inspired him to do the reality show.“Mike White is the reason … when I was watching everything and I got to Mike, I finally saw myself in a weird way,” Krottinger, 34, said, “I was like, ‘Oh. OK. I can go chase a dream and not ruin my entire life.’ “Looking ahead, Krottinger told The Post he wants to bring his talents as the senior vice president of A&R at Sony Music Publishing to a future season of the Emmy Award-winning show.“Put me on.

“Survivor 48” is in the history books.Wednesday night’s wild tribal council saw Mary Zheng save herself with the Shot in the Dark, leading to two tie votes between Justin Pioppi and Sai Hughley. The drama culminated with Hughley convincing Cedrek McFadden to keep her over Pioppi, who became the third person eliminated from the season.In his exclusive interview with The Post, the 30-year-old pizzeria manager revealed a shocking fact about his final tribal council.“Apparently this was the longest tribal council in the history of ‘Survivor,’ which blows my mind,” Pioppi said. “We were there for probably like 4 or 5 hours.

“Survivor 48” contestant Kevin Leung’s shoulder injury in the first challenge was much worse than what was shown on TV.The 34-year-old finance manager exclusively told The Post after his elimination that he actually dislocated his shoulder the first day on the island and thought he was going to be medically evacuated.“I actually blacked out from the entire thing, and they had to stick a medical kazoo in me,” Leung said. “So I really was like, ‘Wow, I’m done. I’m done with this whole experience.”‘Leung’s shoulder dislocation didn’t make the edit, which bummed him out once he watched the show.“It was a little sad not to be shown, but I also… I love ‘Survivor.’ The fact that I got confessionals.

“Survivor” castaway Stephanie Berger agrees with some of the online sentiment from viewers that the Season 48 tribes are not “evenly matched.”After the 38-year-old tech product lead from Brooklyn was voted out during Wednesday’s two-hour premiere, the Post asked her if she thinks her Vula tribe was outgunned physically by the two other tribes.“There are quite a few college athletes on my season, and I am not one of them,” Berger said. “To my knowledge, nor are any of the members of Vula. It is a tough tribe.”“And look, you can always make up time on the puzzle,” she continued.

Season 50.The 38-year-old reality star revealed that she’s too preoccupied with her experience on “The Traitors” to even be thinking about returning to Fiji.“I’m in Scotland still. I’m not reading all the sh-t,” she exclusively told The Post. “I have not even read the full [information].

“The Traitors” Season 3, the “Survivor” alum, 38, confirmed in an interview with The Post that Reyes, 53, swore on her grandkids during her time in the Scottish castle.“That triggered me,” Wiger said. “And again, everyone is different with how they play and what they feel is morally okay and whatever. And it’s a game.”“But being on the Traitors andbeing with the people that we’re with, I just didn’t think that people were going to go to those lengths,” Wiger added.

“Survivor” allegedly dated Sherri Papini, the California woman who was sentenced to 18 months in prison for faking her kidnapping in Sept. 2022.Shauhin Davari was announced as one of the 18 people competing on “Survivor 48,” premiering Feb. 26, by CBS on Wednesday.Davari is a 38-year-old debate professor who lives in Costa Mesa, Calif.

Sam Phalen during the tense final tribal council. The 34-year-old told The Post that she thought she lost the game while battling Phalen, 24, for the jury votes during Wednesday night’s finale. “My stomach was in knots,” said LaMont — who received 7 jury votes to Phalen’s 1 and left Fiji with the $1 million check.Read LaMont’s full interview below.New York Post: At what point at the end of the game did you think you would win?Not during final tribal.

“Survivor 47” runner-up Sam Phalen struggled going right into the aftershow after losing the jury vote against Rachel LaMont.“It’s very hard. You don’t get a ton of answers about why everything happened the way it happened,” Phalen, 24, exclusively told the Post the day after coming in second place during the finale.The sports reporter also admitted he was in “emotional turmoil” after coming up short against LaMont, 34, at the final tribal council.Read Phalen’s full interview below.New York Post: What jury votes did you think you could get heading into final tribal?Sam Phalen: I felt like I had Sierra and Kyle in my corner and would be able to get their votes. Gabe was another one that I was pretty confident withthe argument that I planned to make and the type of performance that I planned to have at final tribal, that it would be something that would win Gabe’s vote over.

“Survivor 47” is over, Teeny Chirichillo has a new perspective about their feud with Sam Phalen. The fourth-place finisher on the show told The Post the day after the finale that they “don’t hate all men.” Chirichillo, 24, also explained that their dislike for Phalen, 24, on the island was due to “inner projections.”Read Chirichillo’s full interview below.New York Post: How do you think you would’ve fared in the final 3 jury vote if you made it there?Teeny Chirichillo: Contrary to very popular belief, I don’t think I would have been a no vote finalist. I think I would have gotten Sol.

Season 47 and the $1 million prize during the CBS reality show’s two-hour finale on Wednesday night. LaMont, 34, defeated Sam Phalen and Sue Smey in the final tribal council. She received seven out of the eight jury votes.Sierra Wright, Sol Yi, Gabe Ortis, Caroline Vidmar, Andy Rueda, Genevieve Mushaluk and Teeny Chirichillo all voted for LaMont to win.Kyle Ostwald voted for Phalen to win.

“Survivor” journey. After being voted out by Rachel LaMont’s shocking idol play, the 31-year-old AI research assistant exclusively spoke to The Post about how he went from suffering a public breakdown on day three to masterminding his “Operation: Italy” scheme that nearly won him the game. “I’ve done a lot of work trying to proces exactly how that happened, why that happened, like what was going on there,” Rueda said.He also called the incident “unprecedented” and “uncharacteristic.”Read Rueda’s full interview below.

“Survivor” — and hated watching herself on it.“The whole part of watching myself on TV has been like a true nightmare,” the 33-year-old corporate lawyer exclusively told The Post after being eliminated in fifth place on Season 47. Mushaluk also told The Post how she felt about Sam Phalen ratting out her fake idol, why voting out Kishan Patel took such a toll on her emotionally, and if she would return for Season 50.Read Mushaluk’s full interview below.New York Post: How do you feel that you’re out of the game the week before the finale?The whole part of watching myself on TV has been a true nightmare. So I am very happy.

Survivor 47,” Andy Rueda flipped on his five-person alliance and devised a sneaky plan with Sam Phalen and Genevieve Mushaluk to take out Rachel LaMont. But after LaMont won immunity, the trio targeted Vidmar — and the 28-year-old strategy consultant was voted out in a shocking blindside. “The fact that what took me down was a plan that took several hours and Italian food to hatch.

“Survivor 47” star Gabe Ortis is clearing up his final words after he was eliminated. On Wednesday’s episode, it appeared that the 26-year-old radio show host called his ally Caroline Vidmar a “snake” for voting him out.And while Vidmar did betray him, Ortis exclusively told The Post that the comment was actually directed at Teeny Chirichillo.“That was the one vote that surprised me. That Teeny actually flipped,” Ortis said.Read Ortis’ full interview below.New York Post: Was it shocking that Caroline turned on you despite your three-way alliance with her and Sue?Gabe Ortis: No, just because I thought that was the best move for her game at this point.

Survivor 47.”Instead, the 43-year-old medical device salesman exclusively told The Post he thinks Mushaluk, 33, is “one of the best players” to ever compete on the reality show. “Genevieve is so smart. She is a freak of nature when it comes to strategy in this game,” Yi said.Read Yi’s full interview below.New York Post: What did you think the consensus was as you went to vote after the scramble at tribal?Sol Yi: I definitely didn’t have a consensus on anything.

“Survivor.”The 27-year-old nurse was voted out on Wednesday’s episode because of her tight bond with Sam Phalen.Before the merge, the other tribes perceived Wright and Phalen as a romantic pair — which was not the truth.Wright exclusively told The Post how her boyfriend, Justin Ammerman, reacted to the narrative about her and Phalen when he watched the show. Wright also talked about being betrayed by Andy Rueda, Rachel LaMont’s decision to play her Shot in the Dark, and more. Read Wright’s full interview below.New York Post: Before tribal, did you suspect that Lavo and Tuku were going to team up against Gata?Sierra Wright: I definitely was noticing the smaller conversations breaking up.

“Survivor 47” was a rollercoaster ride. The 27-year-old flight attendant appeared to be sitting pretty when the final 12 were split into two groups and she ended up with all of her former Tuku tribemates, with Rachel LaMont as the sole outsider.However, Sol Yi sent the Safety Without Power advantage to LaMont which allowed her to leave tribal council — forcing the Tuku 5 to turn on each other. Hallums tried to rally the votes against Gabe Ortis, but the rest of the Tukus voted her out unanimously.