‘Survivor 47’ preview: Andy Rueda will use his ‘ability to charm and disarm’ to win the game [WATCH]
“Survivor 47” fans, it’s time to meet Andy Rueda, a 31-year-old AI research assistant from Brooklyn, New York. “I have the ability to charm and disarm. This is a social game, like, that’s really good,” he declares in CBS’s preview video. Watch Andy’s intro above at the 3:06 mark.
“I work in computer learning natural language. It’s the science of language,” he explains. “‘Survivor’ is a game of conversations, and so I’m going to be especially attuned to that social element of the game.”
More from GoldDerby
Quinn Martin ('Big Brother 26') exit interview: 'I was a liar to my core'
'America's Got Talent' episode 18 recap: Which acts topped America's vote in 'Semifinals Results'?
The New Yorker gets personal when he says, “I was really, really close to my cousin Ashley. She named me the godfather to her firstborn. A year later, we lost Ashley to domestic violence and [the kids] don’t have parental figures. I can be someone that they can look up to. What better way of showing that than following my dream? I can come back home and look at Chase and say, ‘This is how you live life.'”
As for his strategy, Andy notes, “People are looking at me and thinking that I am another [Austin Li Coon from Season 45]: solid, dependable, but ultimately beatable. If people see that in me, I can capitalize on that and just play like a snake.”
SEE‘Survivor’ deaths: Full list of castaways we’ve lost
Andy Rueda is one of the six contestants competing on the yellow Gata tribe this year, along with Anika Dhar, Jon Lovett, Rachel LaMont, Sam Phalen and Sierra Wright. See the cast photos in our gallery below.
The 47th season of “Survivor” will premiere on Wednesday, September 18, 2024 with a two-hour episode, followed by 90-minute episodes thereafter. Four-time Emmy winner Jeff Probst returns to host and produce the long-running reality TV show, which films in Mamanuca Islands, Fiji. Make your predictions at Gold Derby right now to let us know who YOU think will win and who will be voted out each week.
SIGN UP for Gold Derby’s free newsletter with latest predictions
Best of GoldDerby
Sign up for Gold Derby's Newsletter. For the latest news, follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.