{"id":2510585,"date":"2026-07-21T07:35:36","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T07:35:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2510585"},"modified":"2026-07-21T07:35:36","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T07:35:36","slug":"rachel-reilly-shares-her-unique-preparation-tips-for-survivor-after-big-brother-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/rachel-reilly-shares-her-unique-preparation-tips-for-survivor-after-big-brother-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Rachel Reilly Shares Her Unique Preparation Tips for &#8216;Survivor&#8217; After Big Brother Win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Rachel Reilly<\/strong> may be the first person to complete the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/parade.com\/tv\/cbs-fall-schedule-2025-2026\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">CBS<\/a> reality trifecta: <em><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/parade.com\/tv\/survivor-season-50-2026\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Survivor<\/a><\/em>, <em><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/parade.com\/tv\/big-brother-season-28-2026\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Big Brother<\/a><\/em>, and <em>The <\/em><em><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/parade.com\/tag\/the-amazing-race\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Amazing Race<\/a><\/em>!<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with <em><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/how-big-brothers-rachel-reilly-is-preparing-for-survivor\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Us Weekly<\/a><\/em> published on Monday, July 20, the <em>Big Brother<\/em> champion shared <em>Survivor<\/em> is her &#8220;dream&#8221; and that she talks about it all the time with her husband, fellow <em>Big Brother<\/em> and <em>Amazing Race<\/em> alum <strong>Brendon Villegas<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Brendon is in the process of teaching me how to get a really good fire going,\u201d Reilly said. \u201cWhat else did you say you\u2019re going to work on with me?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Villegas replied, \u201cEating one handful of rice a day. Building a shelter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Although Reilly is confident in her abilities, her husband is more skeptical.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOK, let\u2019s see,\u201d Villegas said with a laugh. \u201cHey, we\u2019re in Alabama. We got plenty of stuff to practice with out here. Surviving mosquitoes for 10 minutes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED: <\/strong><strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/parade.com\/news\/big-brother-legend-rachel-reilly-reveals-applying-survivor\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Rachel Reilly Reveals She\u2019s Applying for \u2018Survivor\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Back in the fall, Reilly <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/parade.com\/news\/big-brother-legend-rachel-reilly-reveals-applying-survivor\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">shared<\/a> via her Instagram Story that she was working on her application for the long-running reality series.<\/p>\n<p>If given a spot, Reilly would become the first person to complete the\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/parade.com\/tv\/cbs-fall-schedule-2025-2026\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">CBS<\/a>\u00a0reality trifecta. So far, she\u2019s competed on three seasons of\u00a0<em>Big Brother<\/em>\u2014winning one\u2014and three seasons on\u00a0<em>The Amazing Race<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>While being interviewed by\u00a0<em>Entertainment Tonight<\/em>\u00a0on the\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/parade.com\/tv\/emmys-2025\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Emmy Awards<\/a>\u00a0red carpet in September, <em>Survivor<\/em> host <strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/parade.com\/celebrities\/survivor-jeff-probst-net-worth\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Jeff Probst<\/a><\/strong> was told about Reilly\u2019s interest in going on the\u00a0show and becoming the first person to complete the trifecta.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, first she\u2019s got to apply,\u201d Probst said. \u201cI mean, come on, she\u2019s got to want it bad enough to send in a little two minute video and say, \u2018Here\u2019s why I should be on.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s no secret passageway to getting on Survivor,\u201d he continued. \u201cI think she\u2019s got a shot.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED:\u00a0<\/strong><strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/parade.com\/news\/jeff-probst-reveals-big-brother-legend-first-complete-cbs-reality-trifecta\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Jeff Probst Reveals Rachel Reilly Could Be First to Complete CBS Reality Trifecta<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The push for Reilly to star on\u00a0<em>Survivor<\/em>\u00a0came after she was shockingly eliminated from\u00a0<em>Big Brother<\/em><em>27<\/em>\u00a0last year due to the highly controversial \u201cWhite Locust\u201d twist. Fans and former houseguests found the twist to be unfair as it sent the\u00a0reality tv\u00a0legend home without an eviction vote.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, Reilly became the first member of the\u00a0<em>Big Brother 27<\/em>\u00a0jury, ultimately voting for ally\u00a0<strong>Ashley Hollis<\/strong>\u00a0to win the game. She later made a cameo during the premiere of <em>Big Brother 28<\/em>, where she was pushed by a velociraptor into a volcano in a now-viral moment.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfac<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/parade.com\/newsletters\/daily?utm_source=article&amp;utm_medium=top\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>SIGN UP for Parade\u2019s Daily newsletter to get the latest pop culture news &amp; celebrity interviews delivered right to your inbox<\/strong><\/a>\ud83c\udfac<\/p>\n<p><em>This story was originally published by <\/em><em><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/parade.com\/news\/big-brother-legend-rachel-reilly-reveals-preparing-survivor\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Parade<\/a><\/em><em> on Jul 20, 2026, where it first appeared in the <\/em><em><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/parade.com\/news\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">News<\/a><\/em><em> section. 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In an interview with Us Weekly published on Monday, July 20, the Big Brother champion shared Survivor is her &#8220;dream&#8221; and that she talks about it all the time with her husband, fellow Big Brother [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2199148,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2510585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Melissa-Gilbert-Celebrates-Dick-Van-Dykes-100th-Birthday-With-Throwback.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2510585","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2510585"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2510585\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2510586,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2510585\/revisions\/2510586"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2199148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2510585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2510585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2510585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}