Who Is Matt Corradino from Alone Season 8? What Happened

Spoiler note: this covers Matt Corradino's result on Alone season 8.

Matt Corradino, 42 and from St. Croix in the US Virgin Islands, competed on Alone season 8, filmed at Chilko Lake in British Columbia. He placed seventh, lasting 22 days before tapping out due to homesickness for his family. His full contestant record is on his contestant page.

Background

Corradino's casting background lists him as the co-owner and operator of Caribbean Earth Skills, a wilderness survival school based at Mt. Victory Camp on St. Croix, along with training at Tom Brown Jr.'s Tracker School, one of the more well-known survival education programs in the US. That is a genuinely relevant credential for a show built around wilderness survival, and reporting confirms he and his wife had already been running the eco-camp and survival school for close to a decade by the time season 8 aired, having taken it over in 2012.

What happened on the island

Chilko Lake put Corradino in a cold-water, mountainous environment that is a significant contrast to the tropical setting of his home survival school. Twenty-two days is a respectable middle-of-the-pack run for the season, and his exit was a voluntary tap-out rather than a medical evacuation or injury. Our data records the specific reason as homesickness for his family, one of the most commonly cited reasons for a voluntary exit across the franchise, and one that tends to affect experienced survival instructors just as often as contestants with no formal background at all.

It is worth noting that formal survival credentials, whether from a well-known school like Tracker School or from running one's own program, do not reliably predict how long a contestant lasts. Skill sets learned and taught in a controlled setting still have to hold up against weeks of genuine isolation, weather, and hunger, and homesickness has ended runs for both trained instructors and first-timers alike throughout the show's history.

Where he is now

Corradino's post-show life has stayed closely tied to the same survival school he ran before the show. He and his wife, Carmen, continue to run Caribbean Earth Skills together at Mt. Victory Camp, offering classes to adults, children, and school groups, along with group workshops and camps through the broader Mt. Victory Camp business. Reporting describes it as a genuine family operation, with their children involved as well. It is a straightforward and well-documented case: unlike contestants whose post-show path is hard to trace, Corradino's business was public and operating both before and after his appearance, which makes his "now" essentially a continuation of what he was already doing. Anyone new to the franchise and wondering how tap-outs, medical checks, and item limits actually work can check our FAQ for the basics that apply to every contestant regardless of background.

The wider picture

Corradino is one of a recurring type of Alone contestant: someone who ran a survival school or wilderness program before casting and used the show as a credibility boost rather than a career pivot. For the rest of the season 8 cast and how the season unfolded, our season 8 hub has the full roster, and our winners page covers the complete result, including winner Clay Hayes. If you want the broader rules around how tap-outs and placements are scored, our alone rules page is worth reading alongside any individual contestant profile.