In the countdown to the Survivor 50: In the Hands of the Fans premiere on Wednesday, February 25, Inside Survivor’s Rob Brodeur will be posting a history of stats for each of the 24 returning castaways.
Today, we are looking at Survivor: David vs. Goliath castaway, Mike White.
- Original season: David vs. Goliath (Runner-Up)
- Other reality show appearances: The Amazing Race 14 (6th place), The Amazing Race 18: Unfinished Business (10th Place)
- Age on David vs. Goliath: 47
- Age on In the Hands of the Fans: 54
- Mike competed on an all-new player season of The Amazing Race, then returned on an all-returning player season. He’s now competed on an all-new player season of Survivor and is returning on an all-returning player season.
- Rob, Amber, & Natalie A. previously did this on both The Amazing Race and Survivor.
- Mike is the oldest man in this season, and he was the oldest player in his original season.
- Mike is the 3rd player after Natalie & Nadiya to be on The Amazing Race before competing on Survivor.
- Mike is one of 15 players to be on both The Amazing Race and Survivor. The others are as follows:
- Rob & Amber: The Amazing Race 7 & 11 All-Stars
- Ethan & Jenna: The Amazing Race 19
- Natalie & Nadiya: The Amazing Race 21 & 24 All-Stars
- Keith & Whitney: The Amazing Race 25
- Corinne & Eliza, Rupert & Laura, Bret & Chris: The Amazing Race 31
- Mike is the only Amazing Race crossover player whose partner (His dad Mel) has never been on Survivor.
- Mike was the first person to win the forced final 4 firemaking challenge and not win the season.
- Ben and Wendell won the firemaking challenges and the seasons before him.
- Mike is an actor, writer, producer and director, famous for being in movies such as School of Rock & Orange County, and creating the tv series The White Lotus.
- Angelina and Christian who are also on In the Hands of the Fans appeared in cameos on The White Lotus.
- Mike has been on two blue tribes with “Kalo” in the name.
- Kalokalo, the merged tribe on David vs. Goliath.
- Kalo, his starting tribe on In the Hands of the Fans.
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