DANGER! champion Drew Basile shared new winning photos on Instagram with his girlfriend – who rocked a very themed look.
The Survivor alum held a watch party for his totally shocking initial victory, in which he defeated 15-day winner Adriana Harmeyer.
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Drew, 22, will spend the weekend as Jeopardy! champion – winning on Friday in an ultra-rare tiebreaker with total winnings of $53,202.
He became the defending champion in comebacks of all comebacks, defeating Adriana two games earlier.
Drew shared an Instagram post with photos of him and his girlfriend after his initial win, which went live last Wednesday.
He went to a bar in Philadelphia with his girlfriend, Mary Grace, who wore a hilariously appropriate shirt for the occasion.
Drew, an imposing six-foot-two, was all smiles and wore a Jeopardy! t-shirt from the merchandise store that said, “I’ll be cute for $200.”
They were beaming, and she wore her long brown hair down as they hugged.
In other photos, the couple, friends and her parents tuned in to watch him take down last year’s biggest winner.
He captioned the post, referencing the term for his surprising win (and his height), “Giant Giant Slayer, tn on Jeopardy.”
‘LEGEND!’
“Legend for 2,000, please!” one fan wrote in the comments.
“Bathing in Polo cologne tonight,” wrote another referring to the game’s final clue.
“The $10,000 bet = ICONIC,” wrote a third.
“Her shirt is everything,” wrote a fourth.
“Did you only go on Survivor to increase your chances of getting on Jeopardy?” joked a fifth.
“Congratulations Drew now you can put Jeopardy champion on your resume. Great game. Although still sad, the champion lost her streak,” wrote another.
Drew and Mary Grace met while he was pursuing his bachelor’s degree at the University of Pennsylvania.
He is now studying for a master’s degree in English Literature at the University of Oxford, in England – they have been together for three years.
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DREW SHOCK’S FIRST VICTORY
Drew dominated her first match against champion Adriana, 34, and Tekla Sauter.
Adriana, an archivist from West Lafayette, Indiana, was the favorite to win her 16th straight game.
So it came as a shock when Drew, the first Survivor contestant to compete on the game show, turned off her torch.
In the interview segment, Drew addressed the elephant in the studio: “It’s not my first rodeo, Ken. I had the privilege of being on Survivor recently.
“I lasted 23 out of 26 days without shelter or food, which took a bit of a toll on my mind, but I hope to be back on the Jeopardy path!”
Ken asked Drew how they compared. “Survivor is hard on the body, but Jeopardy! It’s hard on the mind, so I’ll tell you later,” he joked.
On Double Jeopardy!, the tribe talked about the moment when Drew found the second Daily Double and fearlessly bet $10,000.
He defeated the fleeing Adriana, in the most shocking of all shocks, and they awkwardly exchanged a meticulous handshake.
“As Alex Trebek used to say, we have a Giant Killer on our hands, rarely as giant as this one!” Ken Jennings, 50, told Basile. “Congratulations Drew on the big win!”
Adriana earned almost US$350,000 before being eliminated from the show; he placed sixth at Survivor 45.
Ken pointed out that Harmeyer had the 11th longest winning streak on Jeopardy! history before his loss.
He also confirmed that she will compete in the next Tournament of Champions.
Fans were shocked after witnessing the big surprise — from a Survivor alum no less — and expressed their reactions on social media.
“I’m actually a little sad that we’re losing Adriana Harmeyer from @Jeopardy after so many days,” one fan tweeted.
“Adriana Harmeyer is ALWAYS a winner for me,” wrote another person.
A third person said, “Weird sadness/geek rage about #Jeopardy today.”
“Well, I expected Drew to do well, but I didn’t think he would run away. I hope to see him get at least 4 wins and reach TOC too”, commented another.
“I like Drew! He seems like an idiot. I wonder if they asked him to stop pointing out the clues after the first break,” wrote another.
APPLYING BACK TO ‘HATERS’
Drew, who was on Survivor in 2023, was announced as Jeopardy! competitor last month.
He immediately gained enemies after Survivor aired, who dubbed him a “know-it-all.”
The Ivy League graduate student, the youngest of his season, was kicked out of the top six.
Drew would use history, philosophy, and other random topics to turn his experiences on the island and his mentality in the game into long soliloquies at Tribal Council.
“Haters called me a know-it-all,” Drew wrote on Instagram, announcing his Jeopardy! appearance. “It’s time to prove them right.”
Drew isn’t the only Jeopardy! champion with Survivor connection.
Juveria Zaheer is the older sister of Omar Zaheer, who competed on Survivor 42 in 2022.
Juveria won the Second Chance and Champions Wildcard tournament, earning $100,000.
The Survivor alum is going strong on Jeopardy!, proving that his initial victory was no fluke.
He has won two games since then and will look for four wins on Monday, June 24th.
He is one of the rare “giant killers” – or players who defeat a long-time champion and don’t immediately lose the next game.
Danger! airs at 7pm ET on ABC – check your local listings.
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