Having returned to the Alex Trebek Stage for the most recent Jeopardy! Match of Champions, Drew Basile feels prepared for a Survivor reprise.
Basile beforehand competed in Survivor Season 45, through which he got here in sixth place, and now he desires to hitch the returning castaways on the CBS actuality present’s milestone fiftieth season.
“Yeah, my opinion has positively modified on Survivor 50,” the trivia champ advised Leisure Weekly. “I haven’t gotten the decision, I don’t have any concrete data, however I feel I might be an incredible choose. I feel CBS would actually profit from selecting me.”
Returning to Jeopardy! has made Basile extra assured about his Survivor probabilities, he defined to the journal.
“I’ve acquired a bit of little bit of a distinct perspective than a number of the different contestants — I’m not afraid to get imply,” he added. “You’ve acquired a whole lot of good talkers on the present nowadays, however for me, phrases are a weapon. I say the suitable phrase on Jeopardy! each time, and I win $100,000. I can positively say the suitable phrases to win one million on Survivor.”
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Basile turned the primary Survivor alum to play Jeopardy! final June, when he began an eight-game streak that earned him $129,601 in winnings. He returned for the 2025 Jeopardy! Match of Champions however acquired eradicated within the semifinals.
The 24-year-old grasp’s scholar advised EW he considers Jeopardy! and Survivor “just about on the prime” of all TV competitions, and he wouldn’t thoughts one other shot on the previous.
“Some individuals deal with Jeopardy! like a job. They examine, they observe, they get their very own buzzer system at residence, they prep,” he noticed. “If I had been going to take issues to the subsequent stage, like, say, [the] Jeopardy! Invitational, that will be the sort of system I might need to implement. I’ve already been taking a look at some issues like that, some flashcards, getting individuals to assist me. And I’m assured that if we come again, we’ll come again invincible. I didn’t beat anyone this time, however subsequent time I’ll be swinging.”
Survivor, Season 48 Premiere, Wednesday, February 26, 8/7c, CBS
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