Drew Basile speaks out after ‘terrible’ shock defeat

Drew Basile’s time on Danger! is finished. The Survivor The former NBA player finally lost on Friday, June 28, after winning seven games and qualifying for the Tournament of Champions. He won $129,601 in total, but he said his performance was “terrible” in the game that saw him leave the show.

He was eliminated after giving the wrong answer on Final Jeopardy. Basile was defeated by Cat Pisacano, who beat him by over $10,000. Basile finished with only $1,201 while Pisacano’s final score was $11,500.

Initially struggling in the first round of Jeopardy, the Survivor The star won a total of $9,600 after Double Jeopardy. It was the final Jeopardy question that cost Basile her life, who risked $8,399 in the “Outstanding American Women” category.

The question was: “In her autobiography, she recounts a ‘singular coincidence’, namely that one of her Swiss ancestors was a teacher of the deaf.” Basile guessed Gallaudet wrong. The correct answer was Hellen Keller.

Pisacano, who guessed correctly, bet $5,700 of his $5,800 to win the episode, although Basile narrowly beat Andrew Fox, who had also correctly guessed Keller.

Basile, in an interview with Weekly entertainment, talked about the direction he was thinking before the Final Jeopardy round of his final game.

“Danger is tiring. You saw it with Adriana, and you definitely saw it with me. By the end of the recording day, I was exhausted,” Basile said. “I had a terrible round of Single Jeopardy, making all kinds of mistakes… But then I had a come-to-Jesus moment in Double Jeopardy, I had really rallied. I felt like I was performing better and finally got a relatively stable position before Final Jeopardy. And the amazing thing about Final Jeopardy is that I knew the answer…I was so tired I couldn’t remember Helen Keller’s name at all.

The reality TV contestant also discussed the timing of being able to play both Survivor And Danger! the same year.

“I thought I had a good chance,” Basile told Well of his attempts to Danger! “Quiz shows are something I love, and I didn’t really have any expectations beyond that… I was lucky enough to get through the reminders. I forgot about it and about a year and a half later, I was lucky enough to get a test message, and I was like, ‘There’s no way this is real,’ especially since I had just finished Survivor…I had to pinch myself every morning… I was extremely lucky to be able to achieve both of my dreams on television, one after the other, in one year.

In the same interview, Basile explained the ways in which his time spent on Survivor prepared him to compete on Danger!

“Both are cerebral, but the way intelligence is applied is completely different. The main thing that Survivor “What perhaps prepared me was a certain ease in front of the camera. I had already had the opportunity to be on television in a high-stakes setting and I was OK with the idea that it would reflect on me in the public sphere,” he said.

Furthermore, Basil could not overstate how physically taxing this was. Survivor was.

“You lose an incredible amount of weight. You’re really in the elements,” Basile shared in the same interview. “Actually, on television, they hide the most intense survival moments, because it’s that real. At the same time, Danger was mentally demanding and rigorous in a way I hadn’t been challenged in a long time.

Basil Danger! the race has only just begun. Since Basile has won five matches in a row, he is now eligible to participate in the Tournament of Champions after the end of Season 40. There, he may have a chance to compete with Adriana Harmeyer, whom he eliminated after his own victory of 15 days. streak.

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