Rick Devens
The grinning agent of chaos who treated every idol hunt, fake or real, like a heist.
Big Brother 28 champion
In October 2026 he won Big Brother 28 on a 6–1 jury vote over Taylor Brown and was also named America's Favorite Houseguest, the first Survivor player ever to win Big Brother.
Known for
Rick paired up with David Wright on Edge of Extinction's Manu tribe, then got blindsided after the swap and chose the Edge over going home. He won the re-entry duel at the merge and came back swinging. With the whole tribe gunning for him, he won immunity four times, found idol after idol, planted fakes to send rivals digging, and even played an idol on Gavin Whitson to take out Lauren O'Connell. Only a fire-making loss to Chris Underwood kept him out of the finals, and the reunion handed him the Sia Prize.
In the Hands of the Fans, he formed a Cila trio with Christian Hubicki and Emily Flippen, and the two men planted a fake idol at Tribal Council while clashing with Joe Hunter. After the merge Rick waved that fake at Tribal to scramble a vote, which only grew his target. At the final 10 he volunteered for the MrBeast coin flip, called it right, stayed safe, earned an idol and doubled the prize. Losing Emily at a Split Tribal left him alone, and a failed Shot in the Dark ended his run.
Background: Survivor Wiki
Season by season
4Survivor 38: Edge of Extinctionreturned to the gameage 33, Macon, Georgia4th of 18 · 38 days · jury- 7Survivor 50: In the Hands of the Fansage 41, Macon, Georgia7th of 24 · 22 days · jurySurvivor 50 profile, moments and fantasy scores →
Photos and logos: CBS
Where they rank
- 33rdMost times on the jury2 juries
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 (4)
- “Survivor: Edge of Extinction,” Wikipedia, accessed September 28, 2026, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivor:_Edge_of_Extinction.
- “Survivor 50: In the Hands of the Fans,” Wikipedia, accessed September 28, 2026, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivor_50:_In_the_Hands_of_the_Fans.
- “List of Survivor (American TV series) episodes,” Wikipedia, accessed September 25, 2026, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Survivor_(American_TV_series)_episodes.
- “Rick Devens,” Survivor Wiki, accessed September 28, 2026, https://survivor.fandom.com/wiki/Rick_Devens.