‘Deal or No Deal Island’ champ on ‘incredible’ $5.8 million record win, and why he ‘related’ to new Banker Chrissy Teigen
Welcome to Reality Derby, our weekly deep dive into all things reality TV, hosted by Gold Derby senior editors Marcus James Dixon and Denton Davidson.
Joining us this week is David Genat, the winner of Deal or No Deal Island Season 2, who set a new game-show record for American television by winning $5.8 million during the March 25 finale. The self-proclaimed "Golden God" was already well-known to fans of Australian Survivor, having won All Stars and played on Champions v Contenders, before he joined up with the NBC competition. Watch our video interview above.
"It's incredible," David says about his history-making performance. "When I started this journey of doing reality shows and you're playing for big money, I never dreamed that I would play for this amount of money and get a chance to win this amount of money. It's so far beyond the scope of what I envisage to myself. So it's been really,...
Joining us this week is David Genat, the winner of Deal or No Deal Island Season 2, who set a new game-show record for American television by winning $5.8 million during the March 25 finale. The self-proclaimed "Golden God" was already well-known to fans of Australian Survivor, having won All Stars and played on Champions v Contenders, before he joined up with the NBC competition. Watch our video interview above.
"It's incredible," David says about his history-making performance. "When I started this journey of doing reality shows and you're playing for big money, I never dreamed that I would play for this amount of money and get a chance to win this amount of money. It's so far beyond the scope of what I envisage to myself. So it's been really,...
- 3/26/2025
- by Marcus James Dixon
- Gold Derby
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