SURVIVOR DRINKING GAME: CLOSEST TO THE CROWN

Survivor Drinking Game: Closest to the Crown is the twenty-eighth season of Survivor Drinking Game. It brought 20 returning players who had previously gotten close to victory back to the game to claim the title they were so close to before. Everyone on the cast had previously placed in the top 5 or above in another season and had a serious chance of winning the game, but came just short. It ended in a tie vote between Alexa Girkout and Eric McGaw, who both recieved 7 votes each to win. Rudy Buttlar, who received 4 votes to win, broke the tie in favor of Alexa Girkout who was awarded the title of Sole Survivor.

Season Information

Season No.: 28

Location: Escondido, CA

Date(s): April 3rd-4th, 2026

No. of Days: 39

No. of Castaways: 20

Winner: Alexa Girkout

Runner(s) Up: Eric McGaw, Rudy Buttlar

Tribes: Ikarua, Voleka, Sala, Ikaleka

Castaways

Olivia Bagan, 1st Voted out - Day 1

Jordan Lee Cohen, 2nd Voted out - Day 3

Maggie Grossberg, 3rd Voted out - Day 5

Kat Rochlin, 4th Voted out - Day 9

Matt Maher, 5th Voted out - Day 12

Nick Beebower, 6th Voted out - Day 15

Casey Brennan, 7th Voted out - Day 18

Rachel Moseley, 8th Voted out - Day 18

Garrett Szafman, 9th Voted out - Day 23

Shea Jones, 10th Voted out - Day 26

Carol Trahan, 11th Voted out - Day 28

Bob Smith, 12th Voted out - Day 30

Sarah Edwards, 13th Voted out - Day 33

Carrie DiGregorio, 14th Voted out - Day 35

Michael Palermo,15th Voted out - Day 36

Hannah Connery,16th Voted out - Day 37

Ryan Romania, Eliminated - Day 38

Rudy Buttlar, 2nd Runner-Up

Eric McGaw, Runner-Up

Alexa Girkout, Sole Survivor

Trivia

• Ryan Romania made it to the final four of the game for the fourth time, something only Kate Riccio and Ali Hepps have achieved previously.

• Marks the 7th time that Ryan Romania has made it to the merge without being voted out. He has never been voted out pre-merge in any season he’s played. This is a second place record, just being Kate Riccio’s 8 times.

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