Chris Underwood
The voted-out challenge stud who spent most of his season on the Edge and still walked off with the title.
Sole Survivor
- Won Survivor 38: Edge of Extinction (2019) after 39 days.
Known for
Chris carried a struggling Manu tribe in challenges, but his loyalty to Wardog sank him. When David and Rick Devens floated a Kelley blindside and told him to keep quiet, Chris tipped off Wardog anyway, and the vote swung onto him. He chose the Edge of Extinction, lost the first re-entry duel to Rick after being saddled with a knot-untying disadvantage, and spent the next weeks living with the future jury.
Then he won the final duel on Day 35 and sprinted. He handed half of his two-part idol to Rick, coaxed Lauren into playing her idol on him, and teamed with Rick to blindside her. After winning the Final Immunity Challenge, he gambled: he gave the necklace away and took on Rick at fire himself. He won, and a jury that had watched him up close on the Edge rewarded the nerve 9-4-0.
Background: Survivor Wiki
The season they played
- 1Survivor 38: Edge of Extinctionreturned to the gameage 25, Greenville, South Carolina1st of 18 · 39 days
Photo and logos: CBS
Seasons played, finishing positions, day counts, jury status, ages and hometowns come from the contestant table in each season's Wikipedia article, cross-checked against the series overview before publication.
Sources (3)
- “Survivor: Edge of Extinction,” Wikipedia, accessed September 28, 2026, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivor:_Edge_of_Extinction.
- “List of Survivor (American TV series) episodes,” Wikipedia, accessed September 25, 2026, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Survivor_(American_TV_series)_episodes.
- “Chris Underwood,” Survivor Wiki, accessed September 28, 2026, https://survivor.fandom.com/wiki/Chris_Underwood.