CLOVIS, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - The 49th season of Survivor will air on Wednesday and is set to feature contestants all all ages and walks of life, one of whom just happens to have been born and raised in the Central Valley.

47-year-old Nate Moore says he was born and raised in Clovis and has been a Survivor superfan since he was 21, when the show first premiered in 2000.

"The summer that Survivor premiered, I had just graduated from UCLA - and all of my friends were gone, I started my first job, and the only thing I looked forward to in the week was Survivor," Moore said.

Moore says he applied before to be on the show but "then life happened," and the goal of appearing on Survivor seemed like more of a dream.

"I got married, I had kids, I didn't think it was ever going to happen for me,"

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