Drew Basile relishes in proving Jeopardy! fans wrong with bold claim

Survivor 45 alum Drew Basile has revealed his Jeopardy! success and claimed he enjoys proving fans wrong.

The star of the reality series set the gameshow alight with a huge seven-win streak and said he thinks his run will help to show people he is one of the smartest ever Survivor contestants - a claim he initially made on the opening scenes of his Survivor series.

He claimed his recent loss on show number eight of his Jeopardy! run sees him "knocked down in the ring" but insists it's "not a TKO" as he vows to come back fighting. Opening up on his successful run of answering questions, Drew said: "I think that makes me the second-best performing contestant on this season, so that's really something."

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He was speaking to Entertainment Weekly when he was asked about his bold claim on Survivor and whether he feels he has now proven the claim to be fact. "It was a great joy to read on Reddit and Twitter and social media people being like, 'Perhaps we were a little hasty on our dismissal of this wild claim,'" he said.

"So that was nice. I think that I was pretty good on Survivor. I think I was underestimated, but certainly Jeopardy was a match to the talents that I exemplified on Survivor."

Drew finished in sixth place out of 18 on the Survivor show, but his Jeopardy! appearance is proving more fruitful. While his run has come to an end, Drew has the opportunity to start a new streak and admits he's relishing the challenge.

He also opened up on how his time on both shows have also helped him succeed . "The main thing that Survivor might have prepared me for is a kind of comfortability in front of the camera. I did have some experience being on TV in a high stakes thing and being okay with the idea that this would reflect back on me in the public sphere," he explained.