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Following his appearance on, he chose to adopt the name Wyatt Nash (his middle name plus Nash for his birth city, Nashville) as his stage name.
Following his appearance on, he chose to adopt the name Wyatt Nash (his middle name plus Nash for his birth city, Nashville) as his stage name.
Under his birth name, he was a contestant on the 22nd season of the American competitive reality television series, Survivor. Most recently, Nash has appeared as Nigel Wright on the American Broadcasting Company Family series, Pretty Little Liars, and the upcoming Lifetime television adaptation of V. C. Andrews"s Petals on the Wind, portraying the character of Christopher. As Matt Elrod, he was one of the season"s 16 new contestants.
He began the game on the Ometepe tribe alongside seven other new contestants and Survivor veteran Rob Mariano.
Elrod was initially part of Mariano"s majority alliance. On Day 6, Elrod was voted off by his alliance, sending him to Redemption Island where he had to compete in challenges in order to return to the game.
After defeating six consecutive opponents, Elrod returned to the game on Day 19, joining the newly-merged Murlonio tribe with six former Ometepe members and five former Zapatera members. The minority Zapatera alliance courted Elrod and Boehlke to join them to eliminate Mariano.
After Elrod told Mariano about the Zapateras" offer, Mariano and his alliance—Boehlke included—voted against Elrod, and he was sent back to Redemption Island.
Elrod was offer to return for Survivor"s 26th season, Survivor: Caramoan, but declined. Following his appearance on Survivor, Elrod (now known as Wyatt Nash) appeared in the Nick at Nite drama Hollywood Heights as recurring character Cameron. On February 24, 2014, it was announced that Nash was cast as Christopher in the upcoming Lifetime television adaptation of V. C. Andrews"s Petals on the Wind.
However, Mariano noticed Elrod bonding with fellow alliance member Andrea Boehlke. After Elrod shook hands with members of the rival Zapatera tribe following a challenge, Mariano plotted to eliminate Elrod.