Ariana Grande‘s brother Frankie Grande has always had a knack for flair, and his newly uncovered Survivor audition tape is no exception.
On Wednesday (March 4), the reality star revealed that he’d “dug into the archives” to find his old self-made audition video in honor of the competition show’s current 50th season. Noting that it was filmed “three noses ago” — a playful reference to his various rhinoplasties — Grande added that while he didn’t get a part on Survivor, he “ended up booking a stay at the Big Brother house instead.”
The tape opens with a shirtless Frankie doing a Kubrick stare down the barrel of the camera before busting a groove with the city of Los Angeles sprawling behind him. He then shows off his breakdancing, diving, gymnastic and tree-climbing skills to prove he has what it takes to compete in Survivor‘s famously tough stakes.
“I’m fully trained for it, because I was in the Broadway show Mamma Mia!,” he says at one point while explaining why he thought he was going to be the “next” winner of the show. “Clearly, there are a lot of similarities between Broadway and Survivor.”
Though Survivor didn’t pan out for Grande, the entertainer has accomplished much in the years (and noses) since he filmed his tape. As Frankie mentioned, he would star on Big Brother 16 in 2014. In 2025, he started releasing music, dropping the album Hotel Rock Bottom — featuring his little sis on a remix of the title track — that June.
“This song is so personal to me, and having her on it makes it even more meaningful,” he wrote of Ari joining forces with him on “Hotel Rock Bottom” in July.
Check out Frankie’s Survivor tape below.
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