>> Probst: FROM DAY ONE, THE
PACE HAS BEEN RELENTLESS.
THEY'VE SURVIVED ON VERY LITTLE
FOOD.
THEY'VE HAD TO NAVIGATE THE MOST
DANGEROUS TWIST WE'VE EVER PUT
IN THE GAME.
THEY'RE ON FUMES.
BUT THIS IS "SURVIVOR," AND
EVERY EPIC BATTLE NEEDS THAT ONE
FINAL PUSH.
THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF THEIRS.
ONCE AGAIN, THEY'RE STARTING
OVER-- NEW ISLAND, NO FOOD,
NO SHELTER.
THERE WILL BE TWO IMMUNITY
CHALLENGES, TWO TRIBAL COUNCILS,
ONE FIRE-MAKING SHOWDOWN.
AND WE HAVE ONE LAST TWIST THAT
THEY WILL NEVER SEE COMING.
SUMMER OF 2000, 21 YEARS AGO,
WE'RE GOING TO READ THE VOTES
AND ANNOUNCE THE WINNER OF
"SURVIVOR" RIGHT HERE ON
LOCATION.
THEN, WE'RE GOING TO DO A
"SURVIVOR" AFTER-SHOW AND KEEP
EVERYBODY THERE TO TALK ABOUT
THE SEASON WHILE THEY'RE STILL
THERE THEY ARE, THE FINAL FIVE--
DESHAWN, XANDER, ERIKA, RICARD
AND HEATHER.
THREE OF THEM WILL GET TO THE
END AND HAVE A CHANCE TO PLEAD
THEIR CASE ABOUT WHY THEY
DESERVE THE TITLE OF "SOLE
SURVIVOR" AND THE $1 MILLION
THAT GOES ALONG WITH IT.
THIS IS THE FINALE OF "SURVIVOR
41."
>> THIS IS MY WILDEST DREAMS.
I CAN SEE MYSELF WINNING IF I
CAN JUST CONQUER THIS LAST PART
OF IT.
>> THIS IS HERE RIGHT NOW.
I JUST GOT TO FIGHT TO THE
BITTER END.
>> I HAVE KEPT PULLING MYSELF UP
AND PULLING MYSELF UP.
AND, I WANT TO BE THE OLDEST
FEMALE TO WIN "SURVIVOR."
>> I BELIEVE 100% I COULD WIN
THIS GAME.
>> THE GAME'S GOING TO GET
REALLY INTENSE.
IT'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF
SCRAMBLING.
IT'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF BROKEN
PROMISES.
IT'S GOING TO BE A WILD FINISH.
♪ ♪ ♪
>> FINAL FIVE.
LET'S GO.
>> CONGRATULATIONS, GUYS.
JEFF THROWS US ANOTHER
CURVEBALL, AND IT'S STARTING
OVER ON A NEW BEACH AND GETTING
THE BARE MINIMUM SUPPLIES.
WHERE ARE MY PANTS?
WE GOT TO START OVER, AND, OOH,
THAT'S PERFECT FOR ME BECAUSE I
DON'T NEED FOOD, I DON'T NEED
SLEEP.
YEAH, I'LL EAT MY OWN
ADRENALINE.
THE OTHER PEOPLE OUT HERE, I
WANT THEM WEAK, I WANT THEM
STARVING.
THEY'RE GOING TO BE CRUMBLING AS
I RISE TO THE TOP.
>> THERE ARE DIFFERENT BUGS ON
THIS ISLAND THAN OUR OLD ISLAND.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> LISTEN, ERIKA, WE SHOULD
TALK.
>> I-- I...
>> I'M SORRY.
>> I'M NOT READY TO TALK TO YOU
RIGHT NOW.
>> NO?
>> BUT YOU'RE WELCOME FOR BEING
HERE.
>> OH!
BOLD STATEMENT.
AND I LOVE YOU, GIRL.
IT WAS JUST HAIL MARY ON MY
PART.
I HAD TO DO WHAT I HAD TO DO.
>> I MEAN, I'M SURPRISED I WAS
THE TARGET OF THE HAIL MARY.
>> I MEAN, TRIBAL WAS ANOTHER
MESS, MAN, THANKS TO-- TO YOUR
BOY.
I HAD TO CAUSE SOME CHAOS
TONIGHT, SO I DECIDED TO BLOW UP
ERIKA'S SPOT, AND THAT'S EXACTLY
WHAT HAPPENED.
I'M SAYING IT IN FRONT OF
EVERYBODY SO YOU KNOW IT'S THE
TRUTH, BUT ERIKA WILL NOT BE
TAKING YOU TO THE END, HEATHER.
SHE TOLD ME AT THE WATER WELL.
LIKE, "I CAN'T BRING HEATHER
TO THE END OF THE GAME BECAUSE
IF I DO, SHE MIGHT STEAL SOME OF
MY VOTES."
>> I'VE ALWAYS JUST COULDN'T
UNDERSTAND WHY I COULDN'T 100%
TRUST YOU, AND NOW I KNOW.
>> HEATHER WAS A LITTLE BIT
THROWN OFF BY THAT, AND ERIKA
WAS PISSED.
RIGHTFULLY SO.
BUT, I MEAN, WHAT CAN I DO?
YOU GUYS ARE ON THE TOP, I'M ON
THE BOTTOM, AND I'M TRYING TO
BRING YOU DOWN TO MY LEVEL.
IT'S ROUGH ON THE BOTTOM, DUDE.
IT'S A ROUGH ROAD.
GIVE PEOPLE A SHOVE.
AND THAT-- THAT WAS THE GOAL,
WAS TO SHAKE THE TABLE A LITTLE
BIT BECAUSE IT COULD MAYBE CAUSE
A RIFT IN Y'ALL'S LITTLE
FOURSOME ALLIANCE.
AND I THINK IT MIGHT HAVE.
>> I WAS NOT EXPECTING THAT.
>> YEAH, NOT ONE BIT.
THAT'S WHY I'M, LIKE, I CAN'T
EVEN TALK TO HIM.
I KNEW HE SAYS IT'S NOT
PERSONAL, BUT, LIKE, IT WAS.
>> IT REALLY WAS.
>> IT WAS PERSONAL.
IT WAS SO STUPID.
DANNY WENT HOME, WHICH WAS
COMPLETELY MY DECISION, BUT I'M
NEVER GOING TO TRUST DESHAWN
AGAIN.
UGH.
IT JUST, LIKE, DRIVES ME CRAZY
BECAUSE I DID SO MUCH WORK TO
TRY TO PROTECT HIM TODAY, AND
THEN HE JUST, LIKE, POOPED ALL
OVER IT.
>> YOU'RE GOING TO BE FINAL
FOUR...
>> MM-HMM.
>> ...AND NOT HIM BECAUSE YOU
MADE A GOOD MOVE.
>> MM-HMM.
>> BUT HE WANTS TO EMBARRASS
YOU.
>> AS LONG AS I'M STILL IN IT,
I STILL GOT A SHOT.
WHAT'S IMPORTANT IS HOW, LIKE,
YOU BOUNCE BACK.
>> SO, LITERALLY, HE HAS TO GO.
LIKE, HE...
>> HE JUST, LIKE...
>> LIKE, HE CAN'T BE HERE.
>> IT JUST, LIKE, DOESN'T MAKE
ANY SENSE TO ME WHEN I'M, LIKE,
I'VE LITERALLY TRIED TO, LIKE,
PROTECT HIM SO MANY TIMES.
>> DESHAWN THINKS HE MADE SOME
BIG MOVE, BUT ALL HE WAS DOING
WAS MAKING IT MORE IMPOSSIBLE
FOR ANYBODY TO WORK WITH HIM IF
HE WAS THE ONE THAT STAYED.
IT WAS PERFECT!
>> I KNOW.
IT'S...
>> AND NOW, LOOK WHO'S ON THE
BOTTOM?
HIM.
>> IT'S-- I KNOW.
>> I REALLY WANT DESHAWN TO
CONTINUE TO BE THE FOCUS SO,
FIRST OF ALL, I'M NOT, AND
IN FINAL FOUR AT ALL.
>> ALL RIGHT!
>> WELCOME TO THE "SURVIVOR"
FINAL FIVE SHOW...
>> NO.
>> ...WITH YOUR HOST, DESHAWN
RADDEN.
RICARD, HOW DOES IT FEEL TO BE
THE LAST STANDING MEMBER OF UA?
>> UM, NOT THAT IMPRESSIVE SINCE
I ALWAYS KNEW I WOULD BE.
>> OOH!
OKAY, SO, THIS GUY-- HE'S A
BEAST, AND HE KNEW IT FROM THE
BEGINNING.
ALL RIGHT, RICARD.
I MEAN, LISTEN, WE'VE WATCHED
ALL SEASON LONG.
WE THINK YOU'RE A GREAT PLAYER.
I'VE BEEN AMPLIFYING RICARD
AS THIS HUGE TARGET THE ENTIRE
SEASON FOR A REASON-- FOR THIS
VERY MOMENT, ACTUALLY.
AND HE HAS PLAYED A REALLY GOOD
GAME.
AND MAYBE THESE PEOPLE ARE SMART
ENOUGH TO HAVE SEEN RICARD AS A
THREAT ANYWAY, SO I DIDN'T HAVE
TO DO ALL OF THAT.
WE WANT TO SEE YOU WINNING.
WE'RE ROOTING FOR YOU.
OBVIOUSLY, THERE'S SOME OTHER
PLAYERS IN THE GAME WHO PROBABLY
AREN'T ROOTING FOR YOU.
COMPETITIONS, AND SO, IF HE
DOESN'T WIN THE NEXT IMMUNITY
CHALLENGE, RICARD HAS TO GO.
THIS GOES.
ANY LAST WORDS FOR-- FOR THE
SHOW?
>> ALL RIGHT.
WE LOVE YOU.
GOOD LUCK, BUDDY.
OH, THAT WAS DOPE.
>> HOW ARE YOU DOING TODAY?
>> FINE.
>> SO, ON THE SCALE OF ONE TO
TEN, HOW PISSED ARE YOU AT ME?
>> THANKS TO DESHAWN, NOW
HEATHER'S, LIKE, SO UPSET WITH
ME.
LIKE, DOESN'T WANT TO TALK TO
ME.
BUT FOR ME, IT'S REASONABLE FOR
EVERYBODY TO START THINKING
ABOUT WHO THEY NEED TO SIT
BESIDE AT THE END.
SO, I'M SURPRISED THAT SHE'S SO,
LIKE, PERSONALLY HURT BY IT.
AND IT SUCKS THAT, LIKE, SHE
DOESN'T EVEN WANT TO HAVE A
CONVERSATION ABOUT IT.
JUST USING, LIKE, A FORUM LIKE
THAT TO JUST, LIKE, TRY TO MAKE,
LIKE, A FOOL OUT OF ME LIKE
THAT.
LIKE, THAT-- THAT HURTS.
FOR ME, THAT, LIKE, CHANGES
OUR RELATIONSHIP.
>> AND THAT WAS NOT MY INTENT.
I DIDN'T MEAN TO MAKE YOU FEEL
THAT WAY.
MY THOUGHT PROCESS IS, I'M ON
TH BOTTOM.
>> RIGHT.
AND I REALLY DID WANT TO KEEP
YOU BECAUSE I REALLY DID THINK
THERE WAS, LIKE, POTENTIAL FOR
US.
>> IF YOU DECIDE TO SEND ME
HOME, WRITING'S ON THE WALL WITH
THAT ONE.
IF YOU DECIDE THAT I CAN BE
USED, WHATEVER YOU WANT, I'M--
I'M HERE.
AND IF YOU DON'T WANT ANY OF IT,
I UNDERSTAND THAT, TOO.
IT IS WHAT IT IS.
LIKE, I GET IT.
>> DESHAWN SUNK HIS GAME.
I KNOW THAT HE'S ON THE BOTTOM.
HE'S TRYING TO GRASP AT STRAWS,
BUT HE'S JUST THROWING GRENADES
AND SEEING WHAT YOU CAN BREAK
UP, AND JUST, LIKE, BLOWING MY
GAME.
THE CRAZY THING IS, I WAS ALSO
HOPING TO, LIKE, KEEP HIM
AROUND.
NOW, LIKE, I DON'T SEE HOW WE'RE
SUPPOSED TO, LIKE, MOVE FORWARD
HERE.
>> OH, THIS LOOKS INTERESTING!
OH!
OH.
WHAT?!
>> OH, I'M DOWN.
>> GUYS, WE HAVE TREE MAIL.
IT'S CRAZY, BUT THERE-- THERE'S
ONE FOR EVERY PERSON.
>> MORE CHAOS.
>> XANDER.
>> CHAOS IN AN ENVELOPE.
>> HEATHER.
>> RIGHT.
>> OH!
LET'S GO FOR IT.
ALL RIGHT!
>> WOW.
THE CLUE SAYS, "SOLVE THE PHRASE
TO FIND THE ADVANTAGE.
FIRST, YOU MUST UNSCRAMBLE THE
WORDS, THEN DECIPHER THE PHRASE.
YOU CANNOT SEARCH FOR THE
ADVANTAGE UNTIL YOU HAVE
CORRECTLY SOLVED THE ENTIRE
PHRASE."
IT'S GOING TO BE TOUGH BECAUSE
WE DON'T KNOW THIS PLACE.
I LITERALLY DON'T EVEN KNOW
WHERE I'M SUPPOSED TO PEE HERE.
>> EVERYBODY'S HARD AT WORK,
FIGURING OUT HOW TO DESCRAMBLE
THESE WORDS, BECAUSE WHOEVER
GETS THIS ADVANTAGE LIKELY HAS A
SHOT OF WINNING $1 MILLION.
>> IN MY HEAD, I HAD STARTED
UNSCRAMBLING THE WORDS WHILE
READING IT.
I JUST LOVE PUZZLES!
LOOK, I HAVE WON FOUR INDIVIDUAL
CHALLENGES.
I LOVE THIS KIND OF STUFF
BECAUSE I'M GREAT AT PUZZLES.
>> GOT IT.
>> THE FINAL PHRASE IS:
I'M THINKING, THEY DANCE BY THE
OCEAN, THEY DANCE IN THE WIND.
IT'S A MILLION-DOLLAR EGG HUNT
RIGHT NOW.
>> ALL OF A SUDDEN, XANDER GETS
IT, RICARD GETS IT, DESHAWN GETS
IT.
LIKE, IN AN INSTANT, I'M IN LAST
PLACE.
YEAH.
>> TRULY ALL THAT'S GOING
THROUGH MY MIND IS, DON'T LET
DESHAWN GET IT.
THAT IS ALL I CARE ABOUT BECAUSE
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ADVANTAGE
IS.
ITCOULD BE AN IDOL, IT COULD BE
A TWIST AT TRIBAL COUNCIL.
I FEEL LIKE WE ALL KNEW WE
NEEDED TO BEAT DESHAWN.
>> THE GOAL HERE IS JUST TO MAKE
SURE THAT RICARD DOESN'T FIND
THIS ADVANTAGE.
DANCING TREES, DANCING TREES.
>> OF COURSE I'M THE LAST ONE TO
GET THE PHRASE.
"YOUR TREASURE HANGS WHERE THE
TREES LOVED TO DANCE."
WHERE ARE THEY DANCING?
OH, MY GOSH!
I HATE DOING SCAVENGER HUNTS!
>> I LOVE THIS.
IT'S A LOT LIKE A CROSS COUNTRY
OR TRACK RACE.
EVERYBODY'S FEELING PAIN OUT
THERE, BUT, WHEN YOU LOOK OVER
AND YOU SEE THE GRIMACE OF YOUR
OPPONENT, IT FUELS YOU.
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS PUSH A
LITTLE BIT HARDER THAN THAT.
>> ( GASPS )
"CONGRATULATIONS!
IN A SEASON WHERE YOU'VE HAD
TO EARN EVERYTHING, YOU'LL HAVE
A SLIGHT ADVANTAGE IN TODAY'S
IMMUNITY CHALLENGE.
IT'S NOT A LOT, BUT IT MAY
BE ALL YOU NEED.
GOOD LUCK."
I CAN'T BELIEVE I FOUND THE LAST
ADVANTAGE IN THIS CRAZY, CRAZY
GAME.
MY GOD, MAYBE THIS IS, LIKE,
THE-- THE LUCKY BREAK I'VE BEEN
LOOKING FOR.
OH, MY GOD.
ALL OF THE CHALLENGES HAVE
BEEN SO CLOSELY MATCHED, SO
EVERY SECOND COUNTS.
EVEN IF I CAN HAVE, LIKE, AN
INCH OF AN ADVANTAGE, I'LL TAKE
IT.
>> I FOUND IN THIS TREE WITH,
LIKE, WEIRD BRANCHES.
I LOVE THAT DESHAWN'S STILL OUT
THERE, SEARCHING FOR AN
ADVANTAGE.
>> DAMN TREASURE AT?
WHAT THE HELL?
>> LET HIM GET TIRED?
>> IT WEAKENS DESHAWN GOING INTO
IMMUNITY TODAY.
>> THIS IS GOING TO DRIVE ME
INSANE.
>> AND, ALSO, LIKE, THERE'S NO
WAY I'M GOING TO PASS UP THIS
OPPORTUNITY FOR A LITTLE SWEET
REVENGE.
>> JEFF, DON'T YOU KNOW THERE'S
TREES EVERYWHERE ON THIS ISLAND?
COME ON, JEFF.
>> Probst: COME ON IN!
>> HI, JEFF.
>> Probst: SHE'S STILL SMILING
ON DAY 24.
>> TRYING MY BEST.
>> Probst: THE FINAL FIVE.
COME ON, THAT'S GOT TO FEEL
GOOD.
STARTING OVER OR NOT, YOU ARE
STILL IN THIS GAME.
TODAY'S IMMUNITY CHALLENGE?
>> YEAH.
>> Probst: FOR THE THIRD TIME,
RICARD, I GOT TO TAKE IT BACK.
THANK YOU.
>> AND JEFF, I HAVE SOMETHING.
>> Probst: OH!
SHARE!
>> THIS MORNING, I FOUND THIS
ENVELOPE THAT SAID, "FINAL
ADVANTAGE."
CAN I READ WHAT'S IN IT?
>> Probst: READ IT!
>> "CONGRATULATIONS!
IN A SEASON YOU HAVE HAD TO EARN
EVERYTHING, YOU WILL HAVE A
SLIGHT ADVANTAGE IN TODAY'S
IMMUNITY CHALLENGE.
IT'S NOT A LOT, BUT IT MAY BE
ALL YOU NEED.
GOOD LUCK."
>> Probst: NICE!
WELL DONE.
I'LL EXPLAIN THAT AFTER I
EXPLAIN THE CHALLENGE.
SO, LET'S GET TO TODAY'S
CHALLENGE BECAUSE, ONCE AGAIN,
IMMUNITY IS BACK UP FOR GRABS.
FOR TODAY'S CHALLENGE, YOU'RE
GOING TO COLLECT A SERIES OF
ROPE RUNGS AND USE THEM TO BUILD
A LADDER.
YOU'LL THEN MANEUVER A BAG OF
PUZZLE PIECES UP A SECOND
LADDER.
WHEN YOU GET TO THE TOP, YOU'LL
USE THOSE PIECES TO SOLVE A 75-
PIECE "SURVIVOR" PUZZLE.
FIRST TO FINISH WINS IMMUNITY,
IS GUARANTEED A SPOT IN THE
FINAL FOUR.
LOSERS: TRIBAL COUNCIL WHERE
SOMEBODY'S DREAM OF WINNING
"SURVIVOR 41" WILL COME TO AN
END.
IN ADDITION, PLAYING FOR REWARD.
WANT TO KNOW WHAT YOU'RE PLAYING
FOR?
>> WHOA.
>> YEAH.
>> Probst: STEAK.
>> OOH!
>> Probst: STEAK, VEGGIES,
BREAD, AND WINE.
>> OH, MY GOD.
>> WOW.
>> OOH.
>> OH, MY GOD.
>> Probst: BIG FUEL TO GET
THROUGH THESE LAST FEW DAYS.
ALL RIGHT, LET'S GET TO YOUR
ADVANTAGE.
ERIKA, YOU WILL START WITH FOUR
RUNGS ON EACH OF THE LADDERS
ALREADY COMPLETED.
>> OKAY.
>> WOW.
>> Probst: SOUND GOOD?
>> GREAT.
AWESOME.
>> Probst: ALL RIGHT, WE'LL DRAW
FOR SPOTS.
WE'LL GET STARTED.
>> LET'S DO IT.
>> Probst: HERE WE GO!
>> Probst: ALL RIGHT, HERE WE GO
FOR A GUARANTEED SPOT IN THE
FINAL FOUR AND A REWARD THAT
MIGHT HELP YOU GET TO THREE.
SURVIVORS, READY.
GO!
FIRST PHASE OF THIS CHALLENGE
IS, YOU'VE GOT TO COLLECT ALL
OF YOUR ROPE RUNGS.
ERIKA HAS A BIG HEAD START
BECAUSE FOUR OF HER ROPE RUNGS
ARE ALREADY OFF.
THEY'RE ON THE LADDER.
EVERYBODY ELSE HAS GOT TO GET
ALL SEVEN.
SO, IT'S ERIKA OUT IN THE EARLY
LEAD.
ERIKA HAS HER THREE.
SHE'S OFF TO BUILD HER FIRST
LADDER.
RICARD WHACKING AT 'EM.
DESHAWN DOING A NICE JOB.
THERE GOES XANDER.
IT IS HEATHER IN LAST, A
FAMILIAR SPOT.
BUT WHAT IS ALSO FAMILIAR IS,
HEATHER NEVER STOPS TRYING.
HAVING HER FIRST FOUR ROPE RUNGS
ALREADY UP THERE.
BUT HERE COMES RICARD.
NOW XANDER.
HEATHER'S GOT ALL SEVEN DOWN.
NOW, SHE'S GOT TO COLLECT THEM.
DESHAWN WORKING ON HIS LAST TWO.
ONCE YOU BUILD THAT, ERIKA, GET
ON UP AND START WORKING ON YOUR
SECOND LADDER.
RUNG, XANDER WITH ANOTHER ROPE
RUNG, AND ANOTHER ADVANTAGE FOR
ERIKA.
THE FIRST FOUR RUNGS OF HER
SECOND LADDER ARE ALSO ALREADY
COMPLETED.
HERE COMES DESHAWN, AND HERE
COMES HEATHER.
WE GOT A CHALLENGE!
IT IS ERIKA ALL ALONE UP HERE
ON THE SECOND STAGE.
XANDER HAS GOT TO GO BACK.
HE IS ONE RUNG SHORT.
HE LEFT ONE HANGING, A
POTENTIALLY FATAL MISTAKE ON DAY
24 AND FINAL FIVE.
NOW XANDER'S GOT TO REALLY WORK
TO GET BACK IN THIS.
HERE COMES RICARD.
HE HAS WON THREE INDIVIDUAL
IMMUNITY CHALLENGES, LOVE TO WIN
A FOURTH.
ERIKA IS WHIPPING THROUGH THIS.
SHE WILL GET TO THE PUZZLE
FIRST.
QUESTION IS, WILL HER ADVANTAGE
BE ENOUGH?
IT'S ERIKA UP TOP.
SHE CAN START WORKING ON THAT
PUZZLE.
XANDER MADE QUICK WORK OF THAT
MISTAKE.
HE'S BACK IN IT NOW.
HERE COMES DESHAWN.
EVERYBODY MOVING.
ERIKA, ALL ALONE WORKING ON THAT
PUZZLE.
RICARD TRYING TO GET UP HERE.
RICARD'S GOOD.
HEATHER NOW REACHING THE SECOND
STAGE.
THAT-AWAY, HEATHER.
REPRESENT!
KIDS WILL BE PROUD WATCHING MOM
DESHAWN IS UP.
THERE, HE'S GOT IT!
XANDER RIGHT ON THAT LAST PIECE.
XANDER HAS HIS.
IT IS A MIGHTY BIG PUZZLE, SO
YOU WANT TO GET HERE BECAUSE YOU
WILL BE IN IT.
HEATHER HAS HERS.
HEATHER NOW GOING TO BE IN ON
THE PUZZLE.
ALL FIVE NOW WORKING ON THE
PUZZLE.
IT IS HEATHER, RICARD, ERIKA,
DESHAWN AND XANDER FIGHTING TO
STAY IN A MILLION-DOLLAR GAME.
YOU WIN THIS CHALLENGE, YOU ARE
GUARANTEED A SPOT IN THE FINAL
FOUR.
THIS IS A HUGE CHALLENGE TO WIN.
ERIKA HAS BEEN ON FIRE THIS
ENTIRE CHALLENGE.
SHE EARNED AN ADVANTAGE THIS
MORNING.
SHE PUT THAT ADVANTAGE TO QUICK
WORK, AND SHE HAS BEEN ATTACKING
THE PUZZLE.
RIGHT NEXT TO HER IS RICARD,
WORKING EQUALLY FAST, TRYING TO
CATCH UP.
DESHAWN IS FIGHTING TO STAY IN
THIS.
XANDER TAKING A DIFFERENT
APPROACH, BUILDING HIS PUZZLE
VERTICALLY.
HEATHER HAS A LOT OF PIECES
IN THE PUZZLE AREA, BUT VERY FEW
OF THEM ARE TOGETHER.
>> VERY FEW.
>> Probst: YOU GOT TO STAY
FOCUSED ON YOUR GAME AND HOPE
THAT SOMEBODY HITS A ROADBLOCK
BECAUSE IT HAPPENS-- THEY GET
STUCK OR THERE'S ONE PIECE IN
THE WRONG SPOT.
ERIKA WITH ANOTHER PIECE.
SHE CAN SEE IT COMING TOGETHER.
XANDER'S NOW PUT HIS PUZZLE
FLAT, AND NOW WE CAN SEE HIS
PROGRESS.
IT'S PRETTY GOOD.
EVERYBODY'S IN IT RIGHT NOW
EXCEPT FOR HEATHER.
RICARD WITH ANOTHER PIECE AND
ANOTHER PIECE AND ANOTHER PIECE.
THE PACE HAS PICKED UP!
IT'S ERIKA AND RICARD SIDE BY
SIDE RIGHT NOW.
ERIKA'S STILL IN THE LEAD, BUT
RICARD IS MAKING A GO OF IT.
ERIKA WITH ANOTHER PIECE, RICARD
TRYING TO PUT ANOTHER PIECE.
ERIKA IS DOWN TO A HANDFUL OF
PIECES.
ERIKA DOWN TO TWO PIECES LEFT.
FOR THE WIN.
>> JEFF, JEFF!
>> Probst: ERIKA WINS INDIVIDUAL
IMMUNITY, GUARANTEED A SPOT
IN THE FINAL FOUR!
( APPLAUSE )
>> THANKS, GUYS.
OH, MY GOD.
IF I DIDN'T WIN THIS ONE, I
WOULD HAVE DIED.
( LAUGHS )
( APPLAUSE )
STILL A DREAM COME TRUE.
>> Probst: YEAH?
WHAT A DAY FOR YOU.
YOU START THE MORNING BY EARNING
AN ADVANTAGE.
THEN, YOU PUT THAT ADVANTAGE TO
THE BEST USE YOU CAN BY WINNING
YOU ARE GUARANTEED A SPOT IN THE
FINAL FOUR, WHICH MEANS AT THE
VERY LEAST YOU GET A CHANCE TO
MAKE FIRE TO GET TO THREE.
THIS IS A BIG SPOT TO BE IN.
IN ADDITION, YOU'VE WON STEAK,
VEGGIES, BREAD, AND WINE BACK AT
CAMP.
>> WOW.
WOW.
>> Probst: FOR TWO.
>> OH, MY GOSH.
>> Probst: YOU HAVE A BIG
DECISION BECAUSE YOU ARE EITHER
GOING TO CHOOSE SOMEBODY WHO YOU
ARE WINING AND DINING BEFORE
YOU SEND THEM TO THE JURY,
HOPING TO BUY A VOTE; OR YOU ARE
FUELING YOUR COMPETITION, HOPING
TO BUY SOME LOYALTY.
WHO IS GOING TO JOIN YOU FOR
THIS MEAL?
>> I MEAN, WE HAD A TOUGH TRIBAL
COUNCIL, SO I HAVE TO PICK
HEATHER.
>> Probst: HEATHER.
>> YEAH.
>> Probst: COME ON OVER.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I LOVE YOU, MAMA.
>> Probst: ALL RIGHT, AFTERNOON
MEAL FOR YOU TWO.
CONGRATULATIONS.
YOU ARE SAFE AND GUARANTEED A
SPOT IN THE FINAL FOUR.
AS FOR THE REST OF YOU, AFTER 24
DAYS, ONE OF YOUR DREAMS OF
WINNING "SURVIVOR 41" WILL COME
TO AN END.
GRAB YOUR STUFF, HEAD BACK, SEE
YOU TONIGHT AT TRIBAL.
CONGRATS.
>> THANKS, JEFF.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I WAS HOPING THAT I COULD
WIN, BUT, I MEAN, HEY, I'VE GOT
THE IDOL, SO I DON'T HAVE TO
WORRY.
AND I DON'T CARE IF ERIKA AND
HEATHER HATE EACH OTHER, OR IF
DESHAWN AND ERIKA HATE EACH
OTHER.
IT DOESN'T MATTER BECAUSE
RICARD'S NOT IMMUNE.
HE'S AN OPEN TARGET.
IT'S A NO-BRAINER THAT WE'RE
GOING TO TRY AND GET TARGET
NUMERO UNO OUT.
♪♪
>> OH, MY GOSH!
THIS IS, LIKE, A REAL MEAL!
OH, MY GOSH.
AND LISTEN, I WANTED TO TALK TO
YOU ABOUT, LIKE, ALL THE STUFF
THAT WENT DOWN YESTERDAY.
WHEN I SAW HOW HURT YOU WERE,
THAT'S, LIKE, WHAT REALLY HURT
ME, BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE OUR
UNLIKELY FRIENDSHIP IS, LIKE,
ONE OF THE-- THE GREATEST GIFTS
THAT I GOT FROM BEING OUT HERE.
SO, I WOULD HAVE BEEN, LIKE, SO
UPSET IF, LIKE, I MESSED THAT
UP.
>> WHAT HURT ME WAS THE WAY
DESHAWN DISPLAYED IT ALL TO
EVERYBODY.
>> MM-HMM.
I-- I JUST-- I'M REALLY SORRY
FOR, LIKE...
>> NO.
NO HARSH FEELINGS WITH YOU.
NO.
YOU DIDN'T.
>> IF I, LIKE, FOR HURTING YOU
OR ANYTHING.
>> YOU DIDN'T.
BUT FOR HIM TO DO THAT TO YOU
HURT ME.
I DIDN'T LIKE ANYTHING ABOUT
TRIBAL LAST NIGHT, AND TODAY I
WOKE UP BROKEN.
AND HAVING LUNCH WITH A GOOD
FRIEND REALLY CHANGED THAT
AROUND FOR ME.
>> I NEVER THOUGHT THAT I'D HAVE
SOMEONE THAT I COULD, LIKE...
THAT I COULD TRUST.
>> IT MAKES ME THINK HOW LONELY
THIS GAME WOULD BE WITHOUT YOU.
>> MM-HMM.
CHEERS.
>> TO THE TWO GIRLS LEFT.
>> WE DID IT!
>> I DIDN'T REALIZE I'D MEET
SUCH GOOD PEOPLE THAT I AM
LOOKING FORWARD TO STAYING
FRIENDS WITH WHEN THIS GAME IS
OVER.
I GUESS PEOPLE DIDN'T SEE US AS
STRONG BECAUSE I'M THE OLD LADY
AND YOU'RE THE LITTLE, TINY
GIRL.
>> MM-HMM.
>> MM.
AND WE HAVE JUST CARRIED EACH
OTHER THROUGH.
OF COURSE, I'D LIKE TO SEE ME
GO TO THE END INSTEAD OF HER,
BUT WE RESPECT EACH OTHER'S
GAME.
I'M IN HEAVEN.
>> OH, MY GOSH.
HEATHER, I-- IF WE CAN GET TO
BOTH OF US PLEADING OUR CASE...
>> HERE WE ARE.
>> I-- I THINK THAT, LIKE, IF
RICARD WASN'T SUCH A THREAT, I
WOULD LOVE TO GO TO THE END WITH
HIM BECAUSE I ACTUALLY LOVE HIM.
I ACTUALLY TRUST HIM.
I KNOW HE HAD OUR BACKS.
>> BUT, TRUTH: I'D RATHER HIM GO
AND WIN THAN DESHAWN WIN AND
PLAY INTO DESHAWN'S GAME.
>> WE CAN'T GO WITH DESHAWN.
WE CAN'T GO WITH DESHAWN.
AND I'M PISSED AT DESHAWN.
>> I AM, TOO.
>> IT'S ALMOST POETIC HOW
HEATHER AND I HAVE GROWN FROM
PEOPLE THAT WERE DISREGARDED TO
PEOPLE WHO ARE NOW CALLING THE
SHOTS.
>> CHEERS.
>> LOVE YOU.
>> DITTO.
>> I DON'T MIND BEING A LITTLE
TIPSY FOR TRIBAL.
TONIGHT, XANDER IS SAFE BECAUSE
HE HAS AN IDOL, AND TONIGHT
WOULD BE THE LAST OPPORTUNITY
FOR XANDER TO PLAY IT.
>> NICE!
>> SO, THE CHOPPING BLOCK IS
BETWEEN RICARD-- SOMEONE WHO I
REALLY RESPECT BUT WHO I THINK
COULD BEAT ME IN THE END--
VERSUS DESHAWN, WHO IS SOMEONE
WHO REALLY PISSED ME OFF.
>> WHAT'S YOUR PLAN?
WE'RE JUST WRITING DOWN EACH
OTHER'S NAMES?
SEE WHO WINS?
>> GUESS THAT'S ALL WE CAN DO.
I HAVE TO WRITE YOUR NAME DOWN,
AFTER ALL THAT.
( CHUCKLES )
RICARD'S A BIG THREAT.
I'VE SAID IT ABOUT 3,000 TIMES.
I HAVE NO MORE SALIVA LEFT IN MY
MOUTH TO SPEAK ABOUT RICARD AND
HOW BIG OF A THREAT HE IS.
>> OH!
>> WE HAD A GOOD TIME.
>> I'M HAPPY FOR Y'ALL.
>> WE'RE AT FIVE.
THERE'S NO LOYALTY.
IT'S WHO CAN YOU BEAT AT THE
END, AND RICARD'S NOT ONE OF
THOSE PEOPLE.
AND IF THEY DECIDE TO VOTE ME
OUT, SHAME ON THEM BECAUSE
THEY'RE NOT GOING TO WIN AT THE
END.
>> OKAY, WHEN THIS...
OH!
( ERIKA GASPS )
OH, MY GOD.
>> WELL, WE'RE VOTING FOR EACH
OTHER.
>> YOU AND DESHAWN ARE VOTING
FOR EACH OTHER?
>> YEAH.
SO, WHAT ARE YOU...
YOU CAN BE HONEST WITH ME.
>> YEAH.
>> AM I GOING HOME?
DO YOU THINK?
>> I DON'T KNOW.
I MEAN, I THINK IT'S PRETTY
CLEAR, I HATE DESHAWN.
>> MM-HMM.
>> I DON'T KNOW.
>> IT FLOORED ME.
I'M READING ERIKA'S FACE AND
READING THE FACT THAT SHE'S
SAYING SHE'S CONFLICTED AND SHE
DOESN'T KNOW WHAT SHE'S GOING TO
DO, WHICH SHOULDN'T BE THE CASE
AT ALL.
>> YOU'VE BEEN, LIKE, A BADASS
ALLY, BUT IT'S, LIKE-- I'M SURE
YOU CAN APPRECIATE IT-- IT'S,
LIKE, A ROUGH DECISION FOR US.
>> YEAH.
WHAT!
WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?
DESHAWN TORE HER APART AT TRIBAL
YESTERDAY, BUT SHE'S SAYING
SHE'S ON THE FENCE?
IT MAKES ME SICK TO MY STOMACH!
I'M A DAY AND A HALF AWAY FROM
WINNING.
I DON'T WANT TO LEAVE THIS GAME.
I AM NOT GIVING UP.
I'M NOT AT ALL.
I'M STILL GOING TO THROW OUT ALL
THE LITTLE THINGS I CAN, WHICH
I'VE BEEN DOING.
SO, WHAT DO YOU THINK?
HE'S A LIABILITY.
BUT YOU KNOW YOU'RE A HUGE
THREAT.
I THINK YOU'LL WIN IF YOU GO TO
THE END.
>> BUT I FEEL LIKE DESHAWN'S
GOING TO WIN THIS.
>> YOU CAN PROMISE IT BY VOTING
HIM OUT TONIGHT, HEATHER.
( BOTH CHUCKLE )
>> I'M HEARING YOU, BUT IT IS
>> I REALLY COULD SEE IT GOING
EITHER WAY.
I ASSUME YOU WILL VOTE WITH ME.
>> YEAH.
>> AND, BECAUSE HE REALLY, LIKE,
SCREWED HER OVER LAST NIGHT.
>> SHE'S-- SHE'S ANGRY AT HIM.
YEAH.
>> I'M SURE YOU CAN UNDERSTAND
THE DILEMMA I FACE.
>> 1,000%.
>> IN MY HEAD, I KNOW WHAT I
SHOULD DO, BUT IT'S ALSO, LIKE,
HARD BECAUSE IT'S, LIKE, A
TRUSTED ALLY.
>> YOU WOULDN'T BE FULLY TO
BLAME TO VOTE ME OUT BECAUSE OF
HOW YOU FEEL LIKE I DID YOU.
BUT, AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU
HAVE A BETTER CHANCE AGAINST ME
THAN HIM.
>> OF COURSE, IT MAKES SENSE TO
GET RID OF RICARD TONIGHT.
HE'S, BY FAR, THE BIGGEST THREAT
TO WIN THE GAME.
DESHAWN IS DEFINITELY NOT AS BIG
OF A THREAT TO WIN, BUT, AFTER
LAST TRIBAL COUNCIL, I JUST
CAN'T TRUST DESHAWN.
>> IF I WIN THE LAST IMMUNITY
CHALLENGE, I WILL BRING YOU TO
THE END.
>> OKAY.
>> AND THAT'S THE TRUTH.
>> IF YOU WIN TOMORROW, WHO ARE
YOU GOING TO TAKE WITH YOU?
>> IF YOU SAVE ME, I TOLD YOU
THIS ENTIRE TIME I WAS GOING TO
TAKE YOU.
>> I'VE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO WORK
WITH HIM.
HE ALWAYS JUST THROWS
UNNECESSARY FIREWORKS.
SOMEONE LIKE THAT DOESN'T REALLY
DESERVE TO GO FARTHER, IN MY
>> DID YOU SAY-- DID THEY SAY
THEY'RE VOTING FOR DESHAWN?
>> I THINK THEY ARE KIND OF ON
THE FENCE?
>> NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS, MAN,
THREE MORE DAYS AND WE GET TO
SEE OUR FAMILIES.
AM I STILL GOING TO GET TO VISIT
AS UNCLE XANDER?
>> TWO BABIES.
>> TWO BABIES?
>> NO WAY.
OH, MY GOD!
CONGRATULATIONS, MAN!
>> THANKS.
LITTLE BOY.
>> THAT'S SO COOL!
>> YEAH.
( SNIFFLES )
HERE, I DON'T KNOW, BUT I'M
EXCITED TO FIND OUT.
I GAVE UP A LOT TO BE HERE,
WHICH EVERYBODY DOES.
BUT I GAVE UP, LIKE, A LIFE
MOMENT, POTENTIALLY, TO BE
HERE-- LIKE, A HUGE ONE, THE
TO WIN THIS GAME.
I WANTED TO MAKE IT WORTH IT,
COMING OUT HERE.
>> YOU DID!
I MEAN...
>> YEAH, I DO-- I THINK I DID.
>> RICARD'S AN OBVIOUS VOTE.
HE'S THE BIG THREAT HERE, BUT
WE'VE DEVELOPED THIS REALLY
STRONG BOND OVER THE GAME, AND
IT DOES TUG AT MY HEARTSTRINGS.
I-- I REALLY JUST HATE TO SEE
HIM IN SUCH PAIN.
LIKE...
>> STILL A CHANCE I'M STAYING.
>> YEAH.
I'M DEFINITELY DEBATING, YOU
KNOW, WHETHER I WANT TO STICK
WITH MY HEART AND KEEP THE GUY
WHO I LOVE AROUND.
AND IF EVERYBODY'S VOTING FOR
RICARD, THEN I'M THE ONLY ONE
THAT CAN SAVE HIM.
>> YOU LOOK INTENSE.
>> BECAUSE IT'S, LIKE, I COULD
SAVE YOU WITH THE IDOL.
>> THAT WOULD-- THEY WOULD LOSE
THEIR MINDS.
CAN YOU IMAGINE?
THEY'D BE SO SHOCKED.
>> I KNOW.
I DON'T WANT TO GO HOME WITH A
SOUVENIR, SO I'LL PROBABLY PLAY
IT ANYWAY.
BUT THERE'S A POSSIBILITY THAT I
COULD REALLY CHANGE UP THE GAME
BY PLAYING IT FOR RICARD, KEEP
RICARD BECAUSE HE'S SOMEONE
THAT'S LOYAL TO ME.
IF ANYTHING, THAT WOULD MAKE IT
LOOK LIKE I'M THE ONE
CONTROLLING THE VOTE.
>> YOU WOULD PUT ANOTHER THING
ON YOUR RESUME.
( CHUCKLES )
>> THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO
KNOW IS THAT, LIKE, YOU KNOW,
I'M STILL UNDECIDED RIGHT NOW.
>> OF COURSE.
>> RIGHT, LIKE, I JUST GOT TO
FIGURE OUT WHAT'S BEST FOR MY
GAME.
AND, GOING INTO TONIGHT'S
TRIBAL, IF I WANT TO SAVE HIM, I
CAN.
AND I THINK IT WOULD MAKE A BIG
STATEMENT.
>> AS LONG AS YOU'RE NOT
CHANGING YOUR MIND ON ME.
>> BUT DO I WANT TO MAKE THAT
$1,000,000 GAMBLE THAT I WOULD
BEAT HIM IN A FINAL TRIBAL?
IT'S HARD TO SAY.
THIS IS MY SHOWCASE TO THE JURY.
THIS IS WHEN I FINALLY SEND MY
MESSAGE THAT I'M THE ONE WHO'S
TAKING THE REINS IN THIS GAME.
>> Probst: ALL RIGHT.
SO, DESHAWN, LAST TRIBAL
COUNCIL, YOU SAID, "NEED TO
TAKE OUT RICARD.
KEEPS WINNING."
TODAY, ERIKA WINS, AND RICARD'S
VULNERABLE.
SO, WERE YOU AT CAMP, GOING, "WE
GOT TO TAKE OUT RICARD BECAUSE
HE'S GOING TO KEEP WINNING"?
>> I MEAN, SO THAT WAS THE
PREMISE OF LAST TRIBAL COUNCIL,
TO KIND OF PLANT THAT SEED.
SO, I DIDN'T HAVE TO SAY A LOT
OF THAT.
I THINK EVERYBODY HERE WAS KIND
OF ON THE SAME PAGE WITH THAT,
AND BECAUSE THE SEED WAS ALREADY
PLANTED.
>> Probst: XANDER, THAT FEELS
LIKE IT'S DONE, ACCORDING TO
DESHAWN.
>> I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT.
I CAN ATTEST TO THE FACT THAT
I WAS SITTING IN THE MIDDLE OF
DESHAWN AND RICARD, AND IT
FELT A LOT LIKE HIGH NOON IN THE
WILD WEST.
AND, YOU KNOW, DRAW!
I WAS LIKE THE TUMBLEWEED
BOUNCING AWKWARDLY IN THE
MIDDLE.
AND THEY BOTH KNOW THEY'RE ON
THE CHOPPING BLOCK FOR DIFFERENT
REASONS, SO THEY WERE GUNNING
FOR EACH OTHER.
>> Probst: SO, HEATHER, XANDER
DESCRIBES IT AS HIGH NOON.
THE WILD, WILD WEST.
WERE YOU OPEN TO HEARING BOTH
THEIR STORIES?
>> OH, ABSOLUTELY.
I'M OPEN TO LISTENING TO
EVERYTHING.
I MEAN, THE MORE INFORMATION YOU
HAVE, THE MORE CHOICES.
YEAH.
>> Probst: HOW ABOUT YOU, ERIKA?
>> YEAH, WE'RE AT THAT POINT IN
THE GAME NOW WHERE IT'S, LIKE,
THINGS THAT NORMALLY WOULD BE
A COMPLIMENT IN REAL LIFE--
LIKE, OH, SOMEONE IS A TRUSTED
ALLY-- COULD BE, LIKE, A BAD
THING ON "SURVIVOR."
AND THINGS THAT COULD BE A BAD
THING IN REAL LIFE-- LIKE
SOMEBODY CANNOT BE TRUSTED--
COULD BE A GOOD THING ON
"SURVIVOR."
IT'S KIND OF LIKE WHAT'S GOOD
AND BAD GET FLIPPED AROUND,
AND ANY DECISION IS A TOUGH ONE.
>> Probst: SO, RICARD, YOU HAVE
BEEN THE TOPIC QUITE A FEW TIMES
ABOUT "HE'S GOING TO WIN IF HE
GETS TO THE END," AND HERE YOU
ARE NOW, VULNERABLE.
ALL IT TAKES IS THREE OF THESE
PEOPLE TO VOTE FOR YOU, AND IT'S
OVER.
>> WELL, I THINK I'VE PLAYED A
REALLY GOOD GAME.
IT'S HARD, YOU KNOW?
WE GET BACK TO CAMP LAST NIGHT,
THEY ARE RATTLED.
SHE'S ALMOST IN TEARS FROM WHAT
HE SAID AT TRIBAL.
IT'S REALLY HARD.
AND I JUST FEEL LIKE, TO DO SO
WELL IN THE GAME, IT'S JUST...
I'VE BEEN STRUGGLING, AND NOBODY
EVEN KNOWS IT.
AND IT'S JUST-- IT'S-- IT'S
REALLY HARD.
>> Probst: YOU'VE BEEN
STRUGGLING WITH THINGS IN THE
GAME THAT PEOPLE DON'T KNOW
ABOUT?
>> LAST YEAR, MY HUSBAND AND I,
WE HAD-- GOT PREGNANT AGAIN,
AND I DIDN'T KNOW IF IT WAS
GOING TO BE OKAY AND EVERYTHING
WAS GOING TO BE FINE.
AND "SURVIVOR" KEPT GETTING
PUSHED BACK, AND COVID AND
EVERYTHING.
AND THEN, I FINALLY GET THE
CALL, AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO
DO BECAUSE IT'S, LIKE, MY DREAM
TO BE HERE, BUT MY BABY IS DUE
NEXT WEEK.
LIKE, I DIDN'T WANT TO TELL
ANYONE BECAUSE WHAT WOULD THEY
THINK OF ME?
LIKE, "OH, YOU'RE LEAVING."
LIKE, MY BABY, LITERALLY, COULD
ALREADY BE BORN RIGHT NOW, AND I
DON'T KNOW.
I'VE BEEN REALLY STRUGGLING.
AND I'M STILL SO PROUD OF MYSELF
THAT I MADE IT THIS FAR, AND I
DID A REALLY DAMN GOOD JOB.
FOR YOU?
BECAUSE YOU ARE SIMILAR TO
RICARD IN THAT YOU'RE VERY
HONEST AND OPEN WITH YOUR
EMOTIONS, AND YOU WILL SAY WHEN
YOU'RE HURTING OR WHEN YOU'RE
FRUSTRATED.
AND RICARD IS HAVING THAT MOMENT
RIGHT NOW.
HE'S BEING VERY OPEN.
"I DON'T LIKE THIS, IT HURTS MY
HEART."
>> YEAH, I MEAN, I DEFINITELY
UNDERSTAND RICARD.
I THINK RICARD AND I HAVE HAD A
VERY TUMULTUOUS "FRENEMY-SHIP,"
I GUESS YOU'D CALL IT, OUT HERE.
AND HE SEES MY HEART, I THINK,
WHEN WE TALK.
AND I SEE HIS.
I KNOW HE'S A GOOD DUDE.
I CAN HEAR THE HURT IN HIS
VOICE, AND I FEEL BAD.
BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY,
THAT'S MY FRIEND, AND I WISH HIM
THE BEST OF LUCK.
>> Probst: XANDER, IF A GROUP OF
PEOPLE HAVE ENOUGH NUMBERS AND
THEY WANT TO GET RID OF YOU, YOU
CAN'T STOP THEM UNLESS YOU HAVE
AN IDOL OR THE NECKLACE.
HOW DO YOU RECONCILE THAT IN
TERMS OF, "BUT THAT'S THE WAY IT
GOES-- WE HAVE THE NUMBERS, YOU
ARE GOING HOME, AND YOU CAN'T
STOP IT"?
>> YEAH, I MEAN, RICARD'S FOUGHT
SO HARD THIS ENTIRE GAME, AND
HE'S JUST BEEN PEGGED AS THIS
GUY WHO'S IN CHARGE AND, YOU
KNOW, CHOOSING WHO'S GOING HOME.
BUT RICARD AND I TALK BECAUSE
WE'VE GROWN SO CLOSE OVER THESE
DAYS.
>> BROMANCE!
>> IT, YEAH-- TH-- THERE'S A BIT
OF A BROMANCE.
IT'S KIND OF GREAT.
I LOVE IT!
( LAUGHS )
REALLY HARD TO KNOW THAT PEOPLE
HAVE JUST PUT HIM IN THIS
POSITION WHERE HE'S GOT HIS BACK
AGAINST THE WALL AND THERE'S
NOTHING THAT HE CAN DO.
AND I FEEL FOR HIM.
>> CAN I JUST SAY ONE LITTLE
THING WHICH IS FUNNY TO ME?
EVERYONE'S SAYING, "RICARD RUNS
THE SHOW."
IF I WAS RUNNING THE SHOW,
WOULD BE IN FINAL FOUR.
I THINK DESHAWN'S GOING TO GET
MORE VOTES THAN ANY OF THE THREE
OF THEM.
>> NOW, ERIKA, IT'S RICARD WHO'S
GOT THE GUNS OUT, SAYING, "I GOT
NOTHING TO LOSE."
THE TRUTH BOMBS.
>> LIKE, I-- I DON'T BLAME HIM
FOR HAVING THE GUNS OUT, BUT
BECAUSE PERCEPTION IS SO
IMPORTANT AND BECAUSE OF THE
PERCEPTION THAT PEOPLE HAVE
WHEN IT COMES TO RICARD,
UNFORTUNATELY, LIKE, THAT'S A--
A BIG CONSIDERATION OF THE GAME.
>> Probst: SO, RICARD, WHY DON'T
YOU WRITE THE LAST PARAGRAPH?
BECAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU CAME
OUT HERE WITH A LOT OF EMOTION
THAT YOU HAD TO KEEP BOTTLED UP,
AND THAT YOU'VE LEARNED THINGS
ABOUT YOURSELF AND YOU'RE GOING
TO GO HOME TO BE A DIFFERENT
PERSON THAN WHEN YOU CAME OUT
HERE.
>> YEAH.
I JUST DIDN'T THINK I WOULD DO
SO WELL.
I DID NOT THINK THAT I WAS
CAPABLE.
AND I'M ACTUALLY, LIKE, REALLY,
KICK-ASS AT "SURVIVOR."
( CHUCKLES )
>> YES.
YEAH.
>> Probst: AND, RICARD, I CAN
SEE THE PRIDE YOU HAVE IN
YOURSELF.
AND IT'S COOL TO WITNESS BECAUSE
EVEN YOU ARE FINDING MOMENTS OF
VULNERABILITY WHERE YOU WANT TO
SHARE A LITTLE MORE ABOUT WHO
YOU ARE.
THAT'S BECAUSE OF WHAT YOU'VE
PUT YOURSELF THROUGH.
THAT'S BECAUSE YOU DID DECIDE TO
SOMETHING IN YOU SAID, "I NEED
THIS.
I'M GOING TO BE A DAD.
I'M GOING TO BE A BETTER HUSBAND
AS A RESULT OF THIS BECAUSE I
NEED IT."
AND HERE YOU ARE.
IF YOU DON'T WIN, IT CAN STILL
BE A VICTORY.
IT MAY NOT BE ABOUT THE
$1,000,000.
IT MAY BE ABOUT THIS MOMENT
OKAY ENOUGH, PAT YOURSELF ON THE
BACK A LITTLE BIT.
>> IT IS WEIRD, BUT, TODAY,
GENUINELY, I HAD A MOMENT OF, I
LITERALLY CAN BE ONE OF THE
"SURVIVOR" GREATS, ONE OF THE
GREATEST PLAYERS IN THIS GAME,
WITHOUT BEING A WINNER.
AND I ACTUALLY DO FULLY BELIEVE
I AM.
>> Probst: OH, SOME OF OUR BEST
PLAYERS WILL NEVER WIN THE GAME.
IT'S JUST THE WAY IT GOES.
I APPRECIATE YOUR VULNERABILITY.
AND THIS IS A RARE CHANCE
FOR ME BECAUSE USUALLY I FEEL
LIKE THERE'S A BLINDSIDE COMING
AND THAT YOU'RE PUTTING ON A
SHOW AND IT'S GOING TO BE
SOMEBODY ELSE.
I DON'T FEEL THAT TONIGHT.
COULD BE WRONG, BUT...
SHALL WE GET TO THE VOTE?
ALL RIGHT, IT IS TIME TO VOTE.
RICARD, YOU'RE UP.
♪ ♪ ♪
I'LL GO TALLY THE VOTES.
IF ANYBODY HAS AN ADVANTAGE OR
AN IDOL AND YOU WANT TO PLAY IT,
NOW WOULD BE THE TIME TO DO SO.
>> YEAH, JEFF.
>> OH, OH, OH.
>> TODAY MARKS THE 20th DAY OF
ME HAVING IT AND THE LAST TIME I
CAN PLAY IT.
I FIGURED I'D DO IT SOME JUSTICE
SINCE IT SAVED ME A COUPLE TIMES
AND EVEN SAVED A COUPLE OF MY
FRIENDS ALONG THE WAY.
SO, I DON'T NEED TO USE IT, BUT
I ALSO DON'T NEED A SOUVENIR.
>> Probst: PLAYING THIS FOR
YOURSELF?
>> YEAH.
>> Probst: THANKS, XANDER.
THIS IS A HIDDEN IMMUNITY IDOL.
ANY VOTES CAST FOR XANDER WILL
NOT COUNT.
I'LL READ THE VOTES.
FIRST VOTE: DESHAWN.
RICARD.
ONE VOTE, DESHAWN; ONE VOTE,
RICARD.
TWO VOTES, RICARD; ONE VOTE,
DESHAWN.
14th PERSON VOTED OUT AND THE
SEVENTH MEMBER OF OUR JURY:
RICARD.
THAT'S THREE, THAT'S ENOUGH.
NEED TO BRING ME YOUR TORCH.
GOOD JOB, RICARD.
>> BYE, RICARD.
>> RICARD.
>> GOOD GAME, DUDE.
>> GOOD LUCK.
GOOD GAME.
>> GOOD LUCK.
>> ( GROANS )
>> Probst: RICARD, THE TRIBE HAS
SPOKEN.
TIME FOR YOU TO GO.
>> STRONG WORK, MAN.
TAKE CARE.
>> BYE, RICARD.
>> BYE.
>> BYE, RICARD.
>> DANG, DANG, DANG.
>> Probst: GRAB YOUR TORCHES,
HEAD BACK TO CAMP.
GOOD NIGHT.
>> THANKS, JEFF.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANKS, JEFF.
>> I THINK THIS EXPERIENCE
WAS PRETTY KICK-ASS.
LIKE, I DID A PHENOMENAL JOB,
I MADE REALLY GOOD FRIENDS, AND
I AM NOT LEAVING WITH ANY
REGRETS.
AND I DON'T HAVE TO WALK OUT OF
THIS WISHING I HAD DONE
SOMETHING DIFFERENTLY.
IT'S GOING TO BE GREAT WATCHING
THIS WITH MY HUSBAND AND MY TWO
KIDS.
IT REALLY HASN'T EVEN SUNK IN
THAT I'M ABOUT TO HAVE ANOTHER
BABY AND THE FACT THAT I'M JUST
GOING TO BE A "SURVIVOR" DAD.
AND THAT'S JUST REALLY, REALLY
AMAZING AND GREAT.
>> FINAL FOUR, DUDE!
>> FINAL FOUR.
>> ONE OF THEM WILL WIN THE
TITLE OF "SOLE SURVIVOR."
>> OH, MY GOD, STOP!
WHENEVER IN OUR LIVES ARE WE
GOING TO HAVE A 25% CHANCE
AT $1 MILLION?
>> OH, MY GOSH.
KNOWING THAT I'M IN THE TOP FOUR
IS, LIKE, SO SURREAL BECAUSE
IT'S NOT NECESSARILY, LIKE, A
VOTE THAT CAN TAKE ME OUT.
WOW, GUYS.
CONGRATS.
>> OH, MY GOD.
>> SERIOUSLY.
>> AT THE VERY LEAST, I KNOW I
CAN COMPETE IN FIRE.
AND I MADE FIRE WHILE I WAS ON
EXILE.
SO, BEING IN THE TOP THREE IS,
LIKE, SO MUCH WITHIN MY GRASP.
>> ARE Y'ALL OKAY HERE?
>> I'M FINE WHEREVER.
>> BUT, HONESTLY, LIKE, I JUST
WANT TO GET A GOOD NIGHT'S SLEEP
SO THAT WHATEVER GETS THROWN AT
ME TOMORROW, I'M READY FOR IT.
>> MM-HMM.
GOOD NIGHT, FINAL FOUR.
( WIND RUMBLING )
>> RAINING IS, LIKE, REALLY NOT
GOOD.
>> YEAH, IT'S SPRINKLING.
I MEAN, THERE'S JUST THIS ONE
CLOUD.
( LOUD THUNDERCLAPS )
( ROLLING THUNDER )
>> IT'S POURING RAIN, I'M
SOAKING WET, I'M COLD, I'M
HUNGRY, BUT, HEY, I DON'T CARE.
I FEEL LIKE A ROCK STAR, MAN.
LIKE, "HELLO, FIJI!
ARE YOU READY TO ROCK!
ONE, TWO, ONE, TWO, THREE,
FOUR!"
( CRACKLING THUNDER )
EVERYONE ELSE IS SUFFERING, AND
THE EMPATHETIC PERSON IN ME
WANTS TO FEEL FOR THESE PEOPLE.
THE GAMER IN ME, THE TRUE
COMPETITOR, IS LIKE, "IF THEY'RE
GOING TO BREAK?
HELL, YEAH!
BRING IT ON.
IS THIS ALL YOU'VE GOT?"
( LOUD THUNDERCLAPS )
( WIND HOWLING )
( INSECTS TRILLING )
>> OH, MAN.
>> OH, IT WAS SO BAD.
>> OH, MY GOSH.
OKAY, WELL, WE MADE IT THROUGH.
>> THAT WAS THE WORST.
( HEATHER LAUGHS )
>> WE MADE IT.
>> STILL SHAKING.
STILL SHAKING.
>> YEAH.
DAY 24'S SLEEP WAS THE HARDEST
SLEEP.
WHO WOULD HAVE THUNK IT?
LIKE, WE WERE SO CLOSE.
JUST SITTING HERE SHIVERING ALL
FREAKING NIGHT WITH NO SHELTER,
NO TARP, JUST RAIN.
MAYBE MOTHER NATURE, LAST NIGHT,
WAS TRYING TO SLAP US ACROSS THE
FACE AND SAY, "LISTEN, DON'T
SLEEP, DON'T TAKE YOUR FOOT OFF
THE GAS, KEEP GOING."
LIKE, I'M LITERALLY AT THE END
OF THE RACE, AND I CAN SEE
MYSELF WINNING IF I CAN JUST
CONQUER THIS LAST PART OF IT.
( KNIFE TAPPING )
>> YEP.
>> BUT THE PROBLEM IS, I'VE
TRIED TO MAKE FIRE WITH FLINT.
I HAVE FAILED MISERABLY EVERY
SINGLE TIME.
SO, I'M HOPING I DON'T END UP AT
THE FIRE-MAKING CHALLENGE
BECAUSE IT COULD BE KIND OF
EMBARRASSING IF I CAN'T MAKE
FIRE.
>> GOT IT, GOT IT.
>> BUT I CAN'T FOCUS MY
ATTENTION ON THAT.
I JUST NEED TO WIN THE FREAKING
CHALLENGE, AND THAT'S IT.
>> Probst: COME ON IN!
>> YOU AGAIN.
>> Probst: I'M WAITING FOR IT.
>> HI.
>> OH!
I DIDN'T THINK I'D SEE YOU
TODAY.
>> YEAH.
HI.
>> Probst: THANKS, HEATHER.
I'VE GOTTEN USED TO THE HI's.
>> OH.
>> Probst: THAT NEVER HAPPENS.
>> ARE YOU GOING TO MISS US WHEN
IT'S OVER?
>> Probst: YES!
>> GOOD.
>> Probst: TELL ME ABOUT LAST
NIGHT.
I KNOW IT RAINED WHERE I WAS.
LOT.
>> WE ALL GOT HIT.
YOU COULDN'T NOT GET HIT.
AND WE, OBVIOUSLY, DIDN'T HAVE A
SHELTER OR A TARP, SO WE WERE
JUST KIND OF, LIKE, TRYING TO
STAY WARM.
AND, HONESTLY, IT WAS OKAY
BECAUSE WE KNEW IT WAS THE LAST
TWO OF NIGHTS, AND IT'S JUST A
PART OF THE EXPERIENCE.
>> YEAH.
>> Probst: A LITTLE BIT OF A
BADGE OF HONOR?
>> YEAH, YEAH.
>> DEFINITELY, DEFINITELY.
>> Probst: ALL RIGHT, READY TO
GET TO YOUR FINAL IMMUNITY
>> YEAH.
>> YUP.
>> LET'S DO IT.
>> Probst: FIRST THINGS FIRST,
ERKA.
TAKE BACK THE NECKLACE.
THANK YOU.
FOR THE LAST TIME, IMMUNITY IS
BACK UP FOR GRABS.
FOR TODAY'S CHALLENGE, YOU'RE
GOING TO NAVIGATE ACROSS A
CURVED WALKWAY WHILE STACKING
BLOCKS ON A WOBBLY PLATFORM.
FIRST PERSON TO STACK ALL THEIR
BLOCKS AND SPELL "FINAL 3"
IS IN THE FINAL THREE.
YOU WILL GET A CHANCE TO PLEAD
YOUR CASE TO THE JURY ABOUT WHY
YOU DESERVE THE TITLE OF "SOLE
COMES WITH IT.
IN ADDITION, YOU HAVE POWER.
YOU WILL DECIDE WHICH PERSON
SITS NEXT TO YOU IN THAT SECOND
SPOT AND WHO YOU FORCE TO MAKE
FIRE FOR THAT THIRD AND FINAL
SPOT.
BIG POWER, BIG DECISIONS.
FIRST, YOU GOT TO WIN.
WE'LL DRAW FOR SPOTS AND GET IT
GOING.
HERE WE GO.
>> OKAY.
>> Probst: HERE WE GO.
FINAL IMMUNITY CHALLENGE OF THE
SEASON GUARANTEES YOU A SPOT IN
THE FINAL THREE, THE PLACE YOU
WANT TO BE.
SURVIVORS, READY.
GO.
OUT OF THE GATE, YOU CAN MOVE
QUICKLY, PUTTING THAT FIRST
BLOCK.
YOU'RE GOING TO BE SPELLING
"FINAL 3" FROM THE BOTTOM TO THE
TOP.
THE LONGER THIS CHALLENGE GOES,
THE PACE WILL SLOW DOWN
DRAMATICALLY.
AN IDEA OF HOW THIS WORKS.
XANDER DROPS, TOO.
THAT'S PART OF IT.
YOU'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THAT
BALANCE OF TENSION ON THE ROPE
VERSUS HOW FAST YOUR FEET ARE
MOVING BECAUSE YOU WANT BOTH.
YOU WANT TO MOVE QUICKLY, BUT
YOU WANT TO MOVE WITH SOME
CERTAINTY THAT YOU ARE KEEPING A
BALANCE POINT.
WITH EVERY BLOCK YOU ADD,
OBVIOUSLY, IT GETS MUCH MORE
DIFFICULT BECAUSE THAT STACK
STARTS TO GROW, AND THAT BALANCE
BECOMES REALLY IMPORTANT.
SO, YOU COULD MAKE A LOT OF
PROGRESS AND HAVE ONE LITTLE
SLIPUP, AND YOU'RE BACK
SO, A BIG DECISION IN THIS
CHALLENGE IS, WHAT DO YOU FAVOR?
PACE, WHERE YOU'RE MOVING
A LITTLE FASTER, LITTLE RISKIER?
OR DO YOU SLOW IT DOWN AND HOPE
SOMEBODY ELSE DROPS AND YOU TRY
TO GET THROUGH THIS ENTIRE
CHALLENGE WITHOUT EVER DROPPING?
HEATHER LOSES EVERYTHING.
SHE'S GOT TO START OVER.
THAT MEANS YOU GOT TO TAKE ALL
THE BLOCKS BACK, GRAB THE FIRST
ONE, HEAD BACK OUT.
HERE COMES DESHAWN WITH HIS
THIRD BLOCK.
DESHAWN IS IN IT.
HERE COMES XANDER HEADING BACK
WITH HIS FOURTH LETTER, THE "N."
ERIKA READY TO REACH FOR THAT
FOURTH BLOCK.
SHE'S GOT TO KEEP AN EYE ON WHAT
SHE'S BUILT SO FAR.
YOU GOT TO BE CLOSE ENOUGH TO
REACH IT WITHOUT TIPPING IT.
XANDER PLACES THE "N."
HE HAS FOUR.
XANDER'S NOW IN THE LEAD.
HERE COMES ERIKA WITH HER FOURTH
LETTER.
IT IS POSSIBLE TO DO THIS ENTIRE
CHALLENGE AND NEVER DROP, BUT IT
REQUIRES PRECISION.
YOU CANNOT MAKE A MISTAKE.
DESHAWN DROPS.
HE'S GOT TO START AGAIN.
THERE COMES XANDER WITH HIS
FIFTH BLOCK.
ERIKA'S STILL HEADING BACK FOR
HER FIFTH BLOCK, SO XANDER IS
INCREASING HIS LEAD RIGHT NOW.
XANDER NOW HEADING BACK FOR HIS
SIXTH AND FINAL BLOCK.
THIS IS WHERE IT GETS VERY
DANGEROUS.
HE'S GOT A LOT OF TIME.
HE DOESN'T HAVE TO PANIC,
KNOWING HE HAS A ONE-BLOCK LEAD.
AND ERIKA DROPS, AND THAT OPENS
THE DOOR FOR XANDER TO CONTROL
THE ENTIRE PACE OF THIS
CHALLENGE RIGHT NOW.
A HUGE MISTAKE BY ERIKA.
AND NOW HEATHER DROPS.
SHE'S GOT TO START AGAIN.
IS DESHAWN, WITH ONLY TWO
LETTERS.
THIS IS XANDER'S CHALLENGE TO
WIN, BUT HE'S GOT TO WIN IT.
XANDER NOW HEADING BACK OUT WITH
HIS SIXTH AND FINAL BLOCK.
YOU CAN SEE HEATHER'S PACE
MOVING FASTER NOW.
ERIKA TRYING TO GET BACK IN IT.
EVERYBODY IS HOPING THAT XANDER
DROPS BECAUSE THAT IS THEIR ONLY
SHOT.
XANDER PLACES THE LAST LETTER.
HE HAS SPELLED "FINAL 3."
NOW, HE JUST HAS TO GET BACK TO
THE FINISH.
ERIKA, MOVING QUICKLY NOW,
PLACES HER THIRD BLOCK.
DESHAWN COMING BACK WITH HIS
FOURTH BLOCK.
ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN IN THIS
CHALLENGE.
YOU GOT TO KEEP FIGHTING AS IF
YOU GOT A SHOT.
IT DOESN'T TAKE MUCH WITH SIX
BLOCKS TO LOSE IT ALL.
THIS COULD BE A MILLION-DOLLAR
CHALLENGE.
>> OH, MY GOD.
>> Probst: HEATHER DROPS.
GOT TO START OVER.
IT'S ERIKA WITH FOUR, DESHAWN
WITH FOUR, XANDER WITH ALL SIX,
AND HE IS ABOUT TWO FEET AWAY
FROM EARNING A SPOT IN THE FINAL
THREE.
GOT TO HAVE BOTH FEET BEHIND
THAT TAPE.
CAN HE GET THOSE LAST FEW STEPS?
HEATHER PLACES HER SECOND BLOCK.
ERIKA HEADING BACK FOR HER
FIFTH.
DESHAWN HEADING BACK FOR HIS
FIFTH.
XANDER CLOSE TO THAT PAINT.
HE'S GOT ONE FOOT HALFWAY OVER
THE LINE.
VERY CLOSE.
THE FIRST FOOT IS OVER.
JUST GOT TO GET THAT SECOND FOOT
OVER.
HALF AN INCH BACK.
XANDER DOES IT!
XANDER EARNS IMMUNITY!
HE'S GOT A GUARANTEED SPOT IN
THE FINAL THREE!
( APPLAUSE )
WILL HAVE A SHOT AT PLEADING HIS
CASE TO THE JURY...
>> GOOD JOB.
>> Probst: ...ABOUT WHY HE
SURVIVOR" AND THE $1 MILLION
THAT GOES ALONG WITH IT.
AND HE HAS POWER TONIGHT
AT TRIBAL.
GREAT PERFORMANCE.
WOW!
XANDER, COME ON OVER.
( APPLAUSE )
>> IT FEELS LIKE I'VE BEEN
HOLDING MY BREATH THIS ENTIRE
GAME, AND I JUST GOT TO TAKE
THAT FIRST BREATH OF AIR, YOU
KNOW?
IT'S-- IT'S, LIKE, BREATHING.
JUST, I-- OH, MAN, I DON'T EVEN
KNOW, LIKE-- THIS IS JUST
SUCH AN UNREAL MOMENT.
YOU'RE PUTTING THE NECKLACE
AROUND ME AT FINAL FOUR, AND--
AND THAT'S JUST, LIKE, THE
CRAZIEST SENTENCE I'VE EVER
SAID.
LIKE, WAY CRAZIER THAN THE
BUTTERFLY THING.
( LAUGHTER )
NOW THAT THE CHALLENGES
ARE DONE, LET'S HAVE THIS MOMENT
BECAUSE YOU'RE 20.
YOU WERE JUST A TEENAGER
YESTERDAY.
WERE THE KID AT HOME GOING, "ONE
DAY, WHEN I'M OLD ENOUGH, I'M
GOING TO BE ON 'SURVIVOR.'"
AND HERE YOU ARE, AND NOW YOU
HAVE A SHOT TO WIN THIS GAME.
CAN YOU STILL SEE THAT LITTLE
KID?
>> I MEAN, YEAH, I CAN SEE THAT
LITTLE KID.
AND HE WASN'T EVEN THE KID WHO
WAS LIKE, "I'M GOING TO BE ON
'SURVIVOR' ONE DAY."
HE WAS THE KID WHO WAS LIKE, "I
COULD NEVER BE ON 'SURVIVOR.'"
AND I WISH I COULD GO BACK IN
TIME AND GIVE HIM A BIG HUG AND
TELL HIM, "THINGS ARE GOING TO
BE FINE.
YOU KNOW, IF YOU WORK HARD, YOU
CAN GET IT.
>> Probst: YOU GOT IT.
YOU ARE GUARANTEED A SPOT.
YEAH, BRO!
GIVE ME A HUG!
>> YEAH!
>> Probst: YEAH!
I LOVE IT.
>> YEAH.
>> Probst: CONGRATULATIONS.
I CAN FEEL HOW BIG THIS IS FOR
YOU, AND IT'S FUN TO BE A PART
OF IT.
YOU'VE ACCOMPLISHED THE GOAL
ALMOST ALL THE WAY.
ONE THING LEFT TO DO: WIN.
GRAB YOUR STUFF, HEAD BACK TO
CAMP.
SEE YOU TONIGHT AT TRIBAL
COUNCIL WHERE SOMEBODY WILL BE
SAFE AND SOMEBODY WILL BE MAKING
FIRE.
>> GOT IT.
THANK YOU.
>> THANKS, JEFF.
>> CONGRATULATIONS.
>> YOU DID GOOD.
>> THANKS.
>> I'M REALLY HAPPY FOR XANDER,
BUT, AT THE SAME TIME, IT IS A
BIT OF A HEARTBREAKER FOR ME
BECAUSE I REALLY, REALLY WANTED
TO WIN THIS ONE SO I COULD
CONTROL MY FATE.
BUT XANDER WON, AND I'M NERVOUS
BECAUSE HE'S BEEN A BIT OF A
WILD CARD.
SO, I REALLY DON'T KNOW HOW THIS
ONE'S GOING TO GO.
( BIRDS SQUAWKING )
>> THANKS, GUYS.
>> IT'S MAJOR, BRO.
>> GOOD JOB.
YOU GOT THE WISH, XANDER.
>> FINAL IMMUNITY CHALLENGE.
I PULLED IT OFF.
FROM A GAME STANDPOINT, THIS
MEANS THAT I'VE GOTTEN TO THE
FINAL THREE AND THAT I'VE GOT MY
CHANCE AT THE MILLION.
BUT ON A MUCH MORE PERSONAL
LEVEL, HAVING THIS NECKLACE
AROUND ME IS BIGGER THAN THAT.
I'VE ALWAYS LOVED ANYTHING ABOUT
PUSHING MYSELF IN COMPETITION
BECAUSE WHEN I WAS GROWING UP, I
WAS INSECURE.
I WAS CHUBBY.
I WAS NOT PROUD OF WHO I WAS,
BUT I WANTED TO CHANGE.
I WANTED TO BE THE VERSION OF
MYSELF THAT I DREAMED OF.
SO, IN NINTH GRADE, I DECIDED
THAT I WOULD GO OUT FOR THE
CROSS COUNTRY TEAM.
AT FIRST, EVERYBODY SAW ME AS
THE CHUBBY KID WHO WANTED TO
LOSE WEIGHT ON THE TEAM.
BUT AFTER THREE RACES, I HAD
DROPPED TWO MINUTES AND KNOCKED
SOMEONE OFF THE TOP 50 BOARD.
I WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE
NATIONALS, AND WE BECAME THE
BEST TEAM IN FLORIDA HISTORY.
AND I LEARNED THAT THROUGH
HARD WORK AND DISCIPLINE,
THERE'S NOTHING YOU CAN'T DO.
SO, TO HAVE THIS NECKLACE AROUND
ME MEANS THAT I GOT THERE, THAT
I'M THAT MAN THAT I DREAMED I
COULD BE.
WE MADE THE WHOLE SEASON IN,
LIKE, THE HARDEST SEASON OF ALL
TIME.
>> I KNOW.
>> CRAZY.
WELL, I DON'T WANT TO BE THE
FIRST ONE, BUT, XANDER, I JUST
WANTED TO TALK AND SEE WHERE
YOUR HEAD'S AT SO I CAN PREPARE
MY MIND FOR WHATEVER'S COMING.
>> YEAH, IT MAKES SENSE.
>> AND I'LL GO NEXT.
>> LET'S DO SOME INDIVIDUAL
TALKS.
>> TONIGHT, XANDER IS 1,000%
IN THE FINAL THREE.
AND SO, NOW, THE MAJOR TOPIC IS,
WHO ARE YOU GOING TO BRING IN
AND WHO'S DOING FIRE?
I'VE TRIED TO MAKE FIRE EARLY
ON, AND I STRUGGLED A LOT.
AND SO, I'M HOPING AND PRAYING I
DON'T HAVE TO MAKE THIS FREAKING
FIRE.
>> I WANT TO HEAR YOUR PITCH.
LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHY SHOULD I
KEEP YOU AROUND?
>> OH, THANKS, DUDE.
>> YEAH.
>> OKAY, SO, I WOULD SAY THAT
YOU STAND A REALLY GOOD CHANCE
OF WINNING, BUT I THINK THAT YOU
KIND OF WOULD DECREASE YOUR
CHANCES JUST A BIT IF YOU
BROUGHT ERIKA TO THE END.
SHE WOULD BE A TOUGH PERSON TO
BEAT.
>> THIS DECISION IS ABOUT
PERCEPTION.
I HAVE THE POWER TO SHOW THE
JURY HOW I'M PLAYING MY GAME
AND SHOW THEM THAT ALL MY
DECISIONS WERE CALCULATED.
I'M A SMART PERSON, AND THEY
NEED TO KNOW THAT.
>> I'M WILLING TO MAKE FIRE,
AND IF I CAN'T, I GO HOME, AND I
GO HOME HAPPY.
>> I DON'T THINK SO.
AT THE SAME TIME, INTUITION IS
SOMETHING THAT'S POWERFUL AND
OFTEN OVERLOOKED.
SO, WHATEVER MY HEART RESTS ON
AND MY HEAD AGREES WITH IS
SOMETHING THAT I WANT TO GO
WITH.
>> IF YOU THINK THAT IT'S BETTER
TO THROW ME IN, I'LL GO IN.
IF YOU THINK YOU WANT TO TAKE
ME, I THINK THERE'S, LIKE, MERIT
TO YOU TAKING ME.
>> OKAY.
I THINK YOU CAN GO BACK UP
BECAUSE I THINK I'VE MADE MY
MIND.
>> OH, REALLY?
>> YEAH.
I'M TAKING YOU.
>> YOU'RE TAKE-- ARE YOU
KIDDING?
WHAT?
>> YEAH, YEAH.
>> OH, MY GOD.
REALLY?
>> YEAH, YEAH, YOU'RE GOOD.
>> THAT WAS NOT WHAT I WAS
EXPECTING AT ALL.
I THOUGHT I WAS 100% GOING INTO
FIRE WITH DESHAWN, SO I WAS
SHOCKED.
BUT INSIDE, I'M LIKE, "WAIT, DO
I SUCK?
AM I BEATABLE?
LIKE, WHY DOES HE WANT TO TAKE
ME?"
THE END AND AT LEAST PLEAD MY
CASE, THEN I'LL TAKE IT.
>> YOU MIGHT WANT TO PRACTICE
JUST IN CASE.
LIKE...
>> YEAH.
OH, YEAH, YEAH.
>> NO, I'LL RESPECT THE-- THE
PROCESS AND PRACTICE.
>> YEAH.
>> I THINK ERIKA HAS BUILT A
GOOD RESUME, SO, WHY WOULD I
GIVE HER THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE
A FLASHY, FIRE-MAKING MOVE
AT THE END?
SHE'S THE ONLY PERSON HERE WHO
I KNOW FOR SURE CAN MAKE FIRE
BECAUSE SHE DID IT SO MANY TIMES
IN EXILE.
SO, I WAS SAYING THAT I THINK
YOU AND HEATHER ARE GOING TO
FACE OFF.
>> OKAY.
FOR SURE.
>> YEAH, BUT I-- I TOLD ERIKA TO
ALSO PRACTICE JUST BECAUSE IT'S
A HUGE DECISION AND, YOU KNOW?
>> OKAY.
BEING IN THE FIRE-MAKING
CHALLENGE WAS THE LAST THING
I WANTED TO DO.
BUT, ALL SEASON LONG, WE'VE GOT
INGRAINED IN OUR HEAD, YOU'RE
GOING TO HAVE TO WORK FOR
EVERYTHING.
AND SO, ME HAVING TO EARN THIS
SPOT AT THE FINAL TRIBAL COUNCIL
IS, LIKE, PICTURE-PERFECT FOR
THIS SEASON.
SO, GIVE ME A KNIFE, GIVE ME A
FLINT, AND LET ME GO TO WORK.
LIKE, LET ME FIGURE OUT HOW THE
HELL I'M GOING TO PULL THIS OUT,
AND I'M NOT GOING TO STOP UNTIL
I DO BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT
HEATHER CAN PULL OUT OF HER
POCKET.
SHE MAY GO OUT THERE WITH A
FREAKING PIECE OF FLINT AND--
AND KNIFE AND STRIKE IT ONE
TIME, AND-- AND POOF!
>> I CAME INTO THIS GAME AS AN
ABSOLUTE UNDERDOG, THE UNDERDOG
OF ALL UNDERDOGS.
BUT I WORKED HARD TO GET HERE,
AND MY SOCIAL GAME HAS BEEN
REALLY GOOD.
HERE WE GO.
AND NOW, I'M GOING TO EARN MY
SPOT IN THE TOP THREE BY WINNING
THIS FIRE-MAKING CHALLENGE.
IT'S HAPPENING.
>> THERE YOU GO.
>> YOU GOT IT.
THAT WAS, LIKE, SIX SECONDS.
>> WOW.
>> I'D LOVE TO SEE HEATHER IN
THE END BECAUSE SHE'S GOING TO
TALK ABOUT THE EXACT SAME THINGS
THAT ERIKA IS GOING TO BRING UP,
BECAUSE THEY WORKED TOGETHER
THIS ENTIRE GAME.
SO, TO HAVE HER COME OUT ON TOP
WOULD TAKE OUT DESHAWN.
IT'LL MAKE ERIKA JUST LOOK WEAK.
YEAH!
AND IF THAT HAPPENS, I DON'T SEE
HOW I COULDN'T WIN.
>> OH!
I'M DEFINITELY FRUSTRATED.
I CAN GET SPARKS WITH THE FLINT
AND-- AND THE KNIFE
CONSISTENTLY.
LIKE, MY SPARK GAME IS CRAZY.
BUT THERE'S NO HEIGHT ON MY
FIRE, AND IT'S REALLY
FRUSTRATING ME BECAUSE IT'S LIKE
ME DOING A SIX-INCH FIRE IS NOT
GOING TO GET THE JOB DONE.
ALL THESE STICKS, AND NOTHING
CAN-- ARE YOU JOKING?
IS THIS A JOKE?
FOR ME, THIS FIRE-MAKING
CHALLENGE MEANS THE WORLD.
I SEE THE MILLION DOLLARS.
I CAN, LIKE, ALMOST REACH OUT
AND TOUCH IT.
BUT IF I CAN'T START A FIRE,
I'LL NEVER HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY
TO GRAB WHAT'S RIGHTFULLY MINE.
SO, IT SUCKS.
>> IT TOOK ME A LONG TIME ON
EXILE.
A LONG TIME.
>> OH, MAN!
I THOUGHT, SINCE SHE SPENT SO
MUCH TIME ON EXILE, THAT SHE
KNEW HOW TO MAKE FIRE!
WHAT THE HELL!
SHE CAN'T MAKE FIRE?
OH, MY GOD!
IT'S LIKE, "WHAT?"
AW, MAN!
I-- OH!
SHE'S JUST ADVERTISING THE FACT
THAT I COULD TAKE HER OUT AND
MAKE A BIG MOVE!
>> THANK YOU.
IS THIS A PLOY?
IS SHE JUST DOING THIS TO, LIKE,
TEMPT ME?
I THOUGHT EVERYTHING WAS FIGURED
OUT, BUT I CANNOT BELIEVE SHE
MAKE FIRE.
ALWAYS SAID, UNTIL SHE CAME UP
AND STARTED PRACTICING, AND SHE
CAN'T DO IT.
SO, I CAN EASILY STEP DOWN AND
JUST DO THE FIRE AND GET HER
OUT.
AFTER A WHOLE DAY OF SOLID
DECISION-MAKING AND FEELING
CONFIDENT, SUDDENLY, I GO BACK
TO BEING THAT KID WHO'S NOT
CONFIDENT IN HIMELF AND SO
UNSURE OF HIMSELF.
>> IN THIS SITUATION, ALL YOU
CAN DO IS STRESS.
I EITHER LIVE WITH THE REGRET
OF KNOWING THAT I COULD HAVE
DONE MORE, OR I LEAVE IT ALL OUT
THERE AND IT'S POSSIBLE THAT I
GET SENT HOME PACKING.
IT'S TRICKY, BUT, OF COURSE,
IT'S GOING TO BE.
IT'S A MILLION-DOLLAR DECISION.
>> Probst: SO, XANDER, ARE YOU
AWARE, AS YOU'RE WALKING UP,
THAT THE JURY IS GOING TO BE
CRANING THEIR NECKS TO SEE WHO
HAS THE INDIVIDUAL IMMUNITY
NECKLACE?
>> YEAH, OF COURSE.
I MEAN, FROM A STRATEGIC POINT
OF VIEW, THIS MEANS THAT I GET
TO MAKE A MAKE-OR-BREAK DECISION
THAT DETERMINES A LOT IN THIS
GAME.
>> Probst: SO, DESHAWN, WHAT DID
YOU SEE GO DOWN?
BECAUSE NOW, EVERYBODY'S GOT TO
WANT TO TALK TO HIM AND PITCH
THEIR CASE.
WHAT DID YOU WANT TO HAVE
HAPPEN?
>> MY IDEAL FINAL THREE WOULD
HAVE BEEN TO SIT NEXT TO XANDER
AND HEATHER AT THE END.
SO, MY RECOMMENDATION TO XANDER
WAS, "HEY, THROW ERIKA INTO
FIRE, AND LET THE BEST MAN OR
WOMAN WIN."
UNFORTUNATELY, I DIDN'T WIN THE
NECKLACE, SO I HAVE TO ROCK WITH
WHATEVER HE HAS PLANNED TONIGHT.
>> Probst: HOW ABOUT YOU,
HEATHER?
>> OUR CONVERSATION WAS A LITTLE
DIFFERENT.
IT WAS, "THROW ME INTO FIRE-
MAKING BECAUSE I'M UP FOR THE
CHALLENGE.
SO, NO HARD FEELINGS.
WHATEVER YOU GOT TO DO, I'M
READY."
>> Probst: XANDER, WERE YOU
SURPRISED BY ANY OF THE THREE IN
TERMS OF THEIR APPROACH OR THEIR
ATTITUDE?
>> NOT REALLY.
I MEAN, THEY'VE GOT THEIR OWN
BIASES IN IT, AND I WASN'T
PAYING TOO MUCH ATTENTION
BECAUSE I'VE ALREADY BEEN TRYING
TO MAKE MY DECISION BEFORE IT
EVEN HAPPENED.
AND A LOT OF THAT ACTUALLY
STEMS FROM DESHAWN OVER HERE.
HIS TRUTH BOMB REALLY TOLD ME A
LOT.
WHEN HE CRITICIZED ERIKA'S GAME,
THE JURY SEEMED TO APPLAUD AND
AGREE WITH HIM, SO THAT'S
SOMETHING THAT I TOOK TO NOTE.
>> Probst: AND SO, XANDER,
YOU'RE SAYING, "I'M LOOKING AND
TRYING TO GET PERCEPTIONS OF
WHAT I'M HEARING AND WHAT I'VE
BEEN HEARING OVER THE DAYS,"
WHICH IS A VERY SMART MOVE
BECAUSE THIS IS A GAME OF
AND THE JURY TOMORROW NIGHT IS
GOING TO TAKE THEIR PERCEPTIONS
AND PUT THEM SMACK DAB ON TOP OF
YOU WITH MILLION-DOLLAR VOTES.
THAT'S WHY THAT POSITION YOU'RE
IN IS POWERFUL BUT ALSO RISKY.
>> EXACTLY.
SO, IT SEEMS THAT THE JURY
DOESN'T RESPECT ERIKA'S GAME,
AND THEY DON'T RESPECT HEATHER'S
GAME.
AND I GET IT.
THEY'VE PLAYED VERY SIMILAR
GAMES.
BUT I FEEL LIKE HEATHER IS
SOMEONE THAT THEY'VE PINNED AS
THIS GOAT, YOU KNOW, THIS PERSON
WHO'S BEEN DRAGGED TO THE END.
THEY DON'T RESPECT HOW SHE'S
PLAYED.
BUT I DON'T THINK HEATHER'S
A GOAT.
I DISAGREE COMPLETELY.
I THINK THAT SHE'S SOMEONE WHO
DEFIES WHAT PEOPLE PIN HER TO
THE STEREOTYPE OF BEING THE OLD,
FRAIL LADY, WHEN SHE'S ACTUALLY
SO STRONG AND SHE'S GOT THIS
YOUTHFUL VIGOR TO HER.
AND I THINK THAT SHE MIGHT PROVE
PEOPLE WRONG, THAT SHE'S A
BADASS.
>> Probst: ERIKA, ONE OF THE
TOUGHEST THINGS ABOUT BEING IN
THE SPOT XANDER IS IN IS THAT
THE JURY, EVEN UNINTENTIONALLY,
CAN GIVE A SIGNAL THAT MIGHT BE
TRUE, MIGHT NOT BE TRUE.
>> OH, OF COURSE.
I THINK THAT EVEN THOUGH WE
CAN'T TALK TO THE JURY, LIKE,
THERE IS STILL INFORMATION WE
CAN GET FROM HOW THEY REACT.
BUT IN THE END, LIKE, "HEY, YOU
WON.
I RESPECT WHATEVER DECISION YOU
MAKE.
IF YOU TAKE ME, YOU TAKE ME.
IF NOT, I'LL DO MY BEST TO MAKE
FIRE."
>> Probst: ALL RIGHT, SO,
XANDER, THE QUESTION IS, WHO ARE
YOU GOING TO TAKE WITH YOU TO
THE FINAL THREE IN THAT SECOND
SPOT, AND WHICH OTHER TWO
REMAINING PLAYERS WILL HAVE TO
BATTLE FOR FIRE?
>> I'M TAKING ERIKA WITH ME, AND
DESHAWN AND HEATHER ARE GOING TO
FACE OFF IN FIRE.
>> Probst: SO, WE HAVE OUR
DECISION.
ERIKA, YOU'RE GOING TO THE FINAL
THREE.
>> I RESPECT THE DECISION.
AND WHAT MAKES "SURVIVOR" SO
COMPLICATED IS, XANDER IS GIVING
ME GOOD NEWS, BUT, AT THE SAME,
TIME, I'M LIKE, "OH, BUT THEN,
IF HE WANTS TO BRING ME, THAT'S
PROBABLY BAD NEWS FOR HOW PEOPLE
PERCEIVE ME."
EXCITED FOR TOMORROW TO SIT
BESIDE YOU AND TO BE ABLE TO
PLEAD MY CASE.
>> Probst: QUESTION LEFT IS,
WHO WILL BE IN THAT THIRD SPOT?
>> GOOD LUCK.
>> Probst: WILL IT BE DESHAWN,
OR WILL IT BE HEATHER?
>> Probst: ALL RIGHT, DESHAWN,
HEATHER, I WISH YOU BOTH LUCK.
>> ALL RIGHT.
>> Probst: TAKE YOUR SPOTS.
DESHAWN, YOU CAN TAKE THE BLUE.
HEATHER, YOU CAN TAKE YELLOW.
>> OKAY.
>> Probst: YOU BOTH HAVE THE
SAME EXACT SUPPLIES.
YOU HAVE TO MAKE A FIRE THAT
BURNS LONG ENOUGH AND HIGH
ENOUGH TO BURN THROUGH THE ROPE
AND RAISE THE FLAG.
>> ( SIGHS )
>> Probst: ARE YOU BOTH READY?
>> I THINK SO.
>> Probst: THIS CHALLENGE IS ON.
HEATHER'S GOING RIGHT FOR THE
FLAME, TRYING TO GET THAT HUSK
TO BURN.
DESHAWN IS GETTING A BIG PILE OF
MAGNESIUM, TRYING TO USE THAT TO
SPARK.
DESHAWN HAS A LITTLE BIT OF
FLAME.
TRYING TO NURSE IT.
TRYING TO GET A STICK TO CATCH,
WHICH WOULD HELP.
DESHAWN'S GOT A FLAME GOING.
THIS IS A KEY MOMENT FOR DESHAWN
IF HE CAN KEEP THAT FLAME GOING
AND GET IT TO TAKE HOLD.
HEATHER STILL TRYING TO GET A
FLAME.
DESHAWN'S FLAME IS STARTING TO
GROW.
THAT'S A GOOD SIGN.
DESHAWN IS DOING A VERY NICE
JOB.
HEATHER CONTINUES TO FIGHT, AS
SHE HAS FOR 25 DAYS-- OFTEN IN
DEAD LAST BUT NEVER GIVING UP.
DESHAWN'S STARTING TO BURN A
LITTLE TALLER NOW.
HE'S GOT A TIME ADVANTAGE
BECAUSE HEATHER HAS YET TO GET
ANY FLAME.
HEATHER HAS A BABY FLAME.
( SHAN GASPS )
>> Probst: SHE'S NOW IN IT.
( SHAN GASPS )
SOMETHING GOING.
GOT TWO FIRES.
HEATHER, STICK BY STICK, IS
NURTURING HER FLAME.
DESHAWN IN DANGER OF LOSING HIS.
CAN HE GET IT BACK?
CAN HE BREATHE LIFE BACK INTO
THAT FIRE?
A FIRE PARAMEDIC.
IT MIGHT BE OUT.
DESHAWN HAS A LOT OF STICKS.
HEATHER'S FIRE NOW IS BURNING
VERY SOLID.
DESHAWN LOOKING, SEARCHING
THROUGH THE RUBBLE, IS GOING TO
HAVE TO START AGAIN AND GET
SOMETHING GOING.
NOW IT'S DESHAWN WHO FEELS THE
PANIC AS HEATHER ONCE AGAIN
CLOSE TO BEING COUNTED OUT
OF A CHALLENGE, AND ONCE AGAIN
HANGING IN THERE.
>> ( whispering ): OH, MY GOD.
>> Probst: HEATHER'S FLAME IS
GETTING TALLER.
DESHAWN HAS A FLAME AGAIN.
HE'S GOT TO MOVE QUICKLY NOW
BECAUSE HEATHER HAS A LEGIT
FIRE.
HEATHER'S FLAME IS NOW STARTING
TO HIT THE ROPE FOR THE FIRST
TIME-- LITTLE BY LITTLE, BURNING
OFF SOME OF THAT ROPE.
HEATHER'S GOT A GREAT FIRE.
DESHAWN IS TRYING TO GET BACK IN
THIS.
HEATHER IS GETTING CLOSER AND
CLOSER TO THE FINAL THREE,
BUILDING A FIRE HER KIDS WOULD
BE PROUD OF.
DESHAWN TRYING, TRYING TO GET
BACK.
YOU CAN SEE THE FIBERS OF THE
ROPE BURNING, LITTLE BY LITTLE.
DESHAWN IS OUT OF IT RIGHT NOW.
AND SUDDENLY, HEATHER'S FLAME
STARTS TO DISSIPATE.
>> OH.
>> Probst: JUST LIKE THAT, IT IS
SEVERAL INCHES BELOW THE ROPE.
NOW IT'S SPARKING UP AND DOWN,
BUT IT'S NOT AS CONSISTENT.
DESHAWN HAS A FLAME.
DESHAWN TRYING TO BUILD
SOMETHING NOW.
CAN HE GET BACK IN IT?
DID HE LEARN ANYTHING FROM HIS
HEATHER'S BACK NOW WITH A FORCE,
THAT FIRE STARTING TO BURN
HIGHER AGAIN, STARTING TO BURN
THAT ROPE AGAIN.
DESHAWN'S IS GOING HIGHER!
DESHAWN'S BACK IN THIS.
>> OH, MY GOD.
>> Probst: HIS FLAME IS NOW
STARTING TO BURN HIGH ENOUGH
THAT IT'S GETTING CLOSE TO THAT
ROPE.
HEATHER CONTINUES TO BURN
THROUGH THAT ROPE.
THERE CAN'T BE A LOT LEFT.
NOW DESHAWN IS BURNING HIS ROPE.
BOTH PLAYERS ARE BURNING THEIR
ROPE, BOTH FIRES ARE BURNING.
ONE OF THE BEST FIRE-MAKING
SHOWDOWNS WE'VE EVER SEEN.
THAT FIRE IS RIGHT ON THAT ROPE
RIGHT NOW, BURNING, BURNING,
BURNING THROUGH THE FIBERS.
>> YES!
LET'S GO!
( INDISTINCT SHOUTING )
DESHAWN!
>> OH, MY GOD!
>> OH, MY GOSH!
OH, MY GOSH.
>> Probst: WOW.
( SHRIEKING )
OH, MY GOSH.
>> Probst: AND SECONDS LATER,
HEATHER'S POPS.
>> OH, MY GOODNESS.
( APPLAUSE )
>> WOW.
>> THANK YOU.
>> GOOD JOB, HEATHER.
>> LOVE YOU.
>> Probst: WOW.
>> OH, MY GOD.
>> WOW.
BEST FIRE-MAKING EVER.
>> BEST FIRE-MAKING EVER.
>> EVER, EVER, EVER.
>> GOOD JOB!
>> WOW!
BEST FIRE-MAKING EVER.
>> OH, MY GOSH, MY HEART IS
RACING.
>> HOLY COW!
>> Probst: WOW.
>> THAT WAS AMAZING.
>> YEAH.
>> Probst: I DON'T KNOW WHERE TO
START.
DESHAWN, YOU NEVER GAVE UP.
>> YES.
>> Probst: HERS POPPED RIGHT
AFTER YOURS.
>> YEAH.
>> Probst: IT TOOK EVERY SINGLE
THING YOU HAD.
>> I-- LIKE, I KNEW THERE WAS A
REASON WHY I CAME OUT HERE TO
PLAY THIS GAME, AND LIKE, I
THOUGHT I WAS DOWN.
BUT THIS IS A MOMENT, A LESSON:
NEVER FREAKING STOP.
NO MATTER WHAT FACET OF LIFE
YOU'RE IN, DON'T STOP, BRO.
LIKE, MENTAL HEALTH-WISE AND,
LIKE, JUST GETTING TO THE SPACE
WHERE I'M AT RIGHT NOW, LIKE,
THERE'S MOMENTS IN IT, A LOT OF
TIMES IN MY LIFE, WHERE I JUST
DON'T BELIEVE IN MYSELF.
AND NOW, I FEEL A LOT MORE
CONFIDENT BECAUSE OF THIS.
AND THIS IS AMAZING, DAWG.
LIKE, I'M SPEECHLESS.
LIKE, I CAN'T.
I'M SPEECHLESS.
>> Probst: HEATHER, YOU DIDN'T
GET TO THE FINAL THREE, BUT THAT
WAS AN ADMIRABLE EFFORT.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Probst: YOU LOST BY THREE
SECONDS?
IT IS OVER NOW.
>> YEAH.
>> Probst: YOU WILL BECOME THE
EIGHTH AND FINAL MEMBER OF THE
JURY.
WHAT IS THIS EXPERIENCE?
>> I GOT TO THIS POINT, AND I'M
PROUD OF MYSELF, AND I OVERCAME
A LOT OF FEARS MOST PEOPLE DON'T
KNOW ABOUT.
I ALMOST DROWNED WHEN I WAS
YOUNGER, AND I DIDN'T GET IN THE
WATER FOR 35 YEARS.
AND SO, WHEN THESE CHALLENGES
CAME UP WHERE I HAD TO RUN AND
JUMP OFF THIS, YOU KNOW, GIANT
STRUCTURE INTO THE WATER, I WAS
PETRIFIED.
BUT WHEN I DID IT, I FEEL LIKE I
GREW ANOTHER INCH THAT DAY.
SO, THIS PUSHED ME WAY BEYOND MY
COMFORT ZONE, AND I WAS PROUD OF
HOW I'VE PROGRESSED, AND I'M
THANKFUL FOR THIS JOURNEY.
YEAH, IT'S BEEN GREAT.
>> Probst: ALL RIGHT, HEATHER.
>> I KNOW.
THAT-- THAT THING.
I GOT TO GO GET IT.
ALL RIGHT.
>> Probst: YOU GOT TO GO GET IT.
>> I GOT IT.
GOOD LUCK, YOU GUYS.
IT'S BEEN A BLAST.
>> THANKS.
LOVE YOU MUCH.
>> LOVE YOU, MAMA.
>> THANK YOU FOR THIS JOURNEY.
>> LOVE YOU.
>> WE'LL SEE YOU ON THE OTHER
SIDE.
>> YOU GOT IT, MY FRIEND.
YOU GOT IT.
>> Probst: HEATHER, THE TRIBE
HAS SPOKEN.
TIME FOR YOU TO GO.
( APPLAUSE )
>> LOVE YOU.
>> BYE, GUYS.
>> Probst: OKAY.
DESHAWN, ERIKA, XANDER, YOU'VE
GONE AS FAR AS YOU CAN GO IN THE
GAME.
YOU MADE IT TO THE FINAL THREE.
NOW, THE POWER SHIFTS OVER HERE.
THESE SEVEN, PLUS HEATHER, WHO
WILL BE JOINING THE JURY, WILL
NOW HOLD THE POWER OF THE GAME.
TOMORROW NIGHT, THEY WILL DECIDE
SURVIVOR" AND THE $1 MILLION
THAT GOES ALONG WITH IT.
YOU HAVE ONE MORE NIGHT OUT HERE
IN FIJI.
IT MAY RAIN, IT MAY NOT.
TRY TO ENJOY IT.
>> DOESN'T MATTER.
>> Probst: TRY TO GET SOME
SLEEP.
AND I'LL SEE YOU BACK HERE
TOMORROW NIGHT FOR THE FINAL
TRIBAL COUNCIL.
CONGRATULATIONS.
GRAB YOUR TORCHES.
GOOD NIGHT.
>> THANKS, JEFF.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I WAS SO CLOSE.
ALSO SO PROUD THAT I'VE MADE IT
I GOT TO SEE HOW ALL OF THIS
WORKS AND BE A PART OF SOMETHING
THAT I'VE LOVED FOR 20 YEARS.
I HOPE I INSPIRE SOME PEOPLE TO
TRY SOMETHING NEW AND OUTSIDE
THEIR COMFORT ZONE BECAUSE THE
REWARD IS SO GREAT.
INDESCRIBABLE.
THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
>> BEAUTIFUL DAY.
>> OUR LAST SUNRISE.
>> ARMS OUT, YOU GUYS.
ARMS OUT!
SOAKING IT UP.
YES.
>> WE DID IT.
>> YES.
>> BEING IN THE FINAL THREE IS
JUST BEAUTIFUL.
I'M SO GRATEFUL.
THERE'S NO DOUBT THAT THIS IS
THE HARDEST SEASON OF
"SURVIVOR," EVER.
I THINK I'VE LOST, LIKE, 20 OR
30 POUNDS.
I-- THESE USED TO BE MUSCLES.
THIS IS-- WHAT IS THIS?
LOVED EVERY MOMENT.
( EXCITED CHATTER )
( OVERLAPPING CHATTER )
>> OH, MY GOD!
>> MY STORY'S BEEN AN UNDERDOG
STORY.
I HAD TO WORK MY ASS OFF!
I WAS ON THE BOTTOM, AND I GOT
MYSELF HERE.
"CONGRATULATIONS!
YOU FOUND A THREE-WAY SHARED
IMMUNITY."
I FOUND AN IDOL.
I HAD AN ADVANTAGE.
I RISKED MY VOTE.
I DIDN'T HAVE A VOTE FOR A
THE WAY UP UNTIL THE MERGE.
( APPLAUSE )
INDIVIDUAL IMMUNITY!
HUGE EFFORT!
CHALLENGES.
I GOT TO CHOOSE WHO GOES TO
FIRE.
I MADE JEFF LAUGH.
I CRIED.
EVERY SINGLE CHECKPOINT ON THE
"SURVIVOR" BUCKET LIST IS
CHECKED.
EXCEPT FOR ONE.
IT'S WINNING THE $1 MILLION AND
THE TITLE OF "SOLE SURVIVOR."
>> TO BE ABLE TO GRILL BACON
ON THE LAST DAY...
>> IF I WIN THIS GAME, I WOULD
BE THE YOUNGEST WINNER OF ALL-
TIME.
THIS IS MY CHANCE TO BE ONE OF
THE GREATS, SO I'VE GOT TO GIVE
EVERY INCH, EVERY FIBER OF MY
BODY TO MAKE SURE THAT I CAN
SECURE THE WIN.
>> THIS IS THE BEST BREAKFAST
I'VE EVER HAD.
>> I FINALLY FEEL MY STOMACH.
>> I KNOW!
I FEEL, LIKE, A BIT MORE ALIVE.
I PLAYED A HELL OF A GAME, BUT I
GET UNDERESTIMATED BECAUSE OF,
LIKE, HOW I LOOK AND MY SIZE.
BUT INSIDE, LIKE, I KNOW THAT
I'M A FIERCE COMPETITOR, A LION
THAT DRESSED LIKE A LAMB.
NOW, I HAVE TO BE ROARING.
IT'S TIME TO SHOW EVERYONE THAT
I ACTUALLY HAVE TEETH BECAUSE I
KNOW I HAVE WHAT IT TAKES TO
WIN.
>> Probst: ERIKA WINS INDIVIDUAL
IMMUNITY.
>> I WON TWO CHALLENGES, AND I
FLIPPED THE GAME WHEN I BROKE
THE HOURGLASS.
I'M PLAYING FOR ME.
AND, BEHIND THE SCENES, I
CREATED THE ALLIANCE THAT
DOMINATED THE ENDGAME, AND I WAS
ALWAYS MAKING SURE THAT THE
BIGGEST THREAT TO ME
WENT HOME.
SO, NOW IS THE TIME FOR THE
LITTLE FILIPINO IMMIGRANT, THE
CANADIAN CITIZEN TO TAKE OFF
THAT LAMB COSTUME AND FIGHT FOR
THE WORK THAT I'VE DONE.
NO MATTER WHAT GETS THROWN AT ME
TONIGHT, I HAVE EVERYTHING IT
TAKES TO WIN.
>> I FEEL LIKE I'VE GROWN BY
BEING HERE.
SO, EVEN THOUGH TONIGHT'S NOT MY
NIGHT, LIKE, I FEEL GOOD ABOUT
WHAT I'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO.
SO, I'M HAPPY.
I CAN'T BELIEVE I'VE SURVIVED
ONE OF THE CRAZIEST SEASONS OF
"SURVIVOR."
BUT I DIDN'T ONLY SURVIVE;
LIKE, I THRIVED.
THIS IS "SURVIVOR," BUT I FEEL
LIKE A THRIVER.
>> YEAH, NO, I GOT YOU.
I GOT YOU.
>> WAY TO GO, BROTHER!
LIKE, COME ON!
>> MY SOCIAL SKILLS GOT ME HERE.
THIS JOURNEY TAUGHT ME SO MUCH
ABOUT MYSELF AND RESILIENCE AND
CONFIDENCE, AND WHO I AM AS A
PERSON.
I DIDN'T WIN IMMUNITY, I DIDN'T
FIND ADVANTAGES, BUT I ACTUALLY
WORKED MY ASS OFF TO BE HERE.
>> OH, MY GOD!
>> Probst: DESHAWN GOT FLAME.
YOU ARE SAFE, MY FRIEND.
>> OH, MY GOD.
WINNING THE GAME WOULD BE EPIC
TO ME.
THE MONEY WOULD LITERALLY CHANGE
MY LIFE, SO I GOT TO KEEP MY
FOOT ON THE GAS.
>> I DON'T REALLY GET NERVOUS.
>> I'M A LITTLE NERVOUS.
( CHUCKLES )
THREE.
EVERYBODY HAS A CHANCE TO WIN
THE $1 MILLION.
THIS SEASON HAS BEEN A BATTLE
FROM THE VERY BEGINNING.
IT WOULD BE SHAMEFUL IF IT
DIDN'T END THAT WAY.
I'M EXCITED FOR IT, AND I'M
READY TO DO WHAT I GOT TO DO.
GIVE ME THE BELT.
I WANT TO BE THE CHAMP.
>> Probst: ALL RIGHT!
HERE WE ARE, THE LAST DAY OF
"SURVIVOR 41."
DESHAWN, ERIKA, XANDER, YOU DID
WHAT YOU HOPE TO ACCOMPLISH WHEN
YOU DREAM OF PLAYING THIS GAME:
PUT YOURSELF INTO A POSITION TO
WIN.
THIS IS THE LAST PHASE.
THE LAST STAGE OF THE GAME IS,
YOU'VE GOT TO CLAIM YOUR
VICTORY.
WHAT'S UNIQUE ABOUT "SURVIVOR"
IS, A GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT YOU
HELPED TO VOTE OUT ARE THE ONES
IN CONTROL.
SO, TONIGHT, THEY'RE GOING TO
INTERROGATE YOU BECAUSE THEY'RE
MAKING A MILLION-DOLLAR VOTE.
SO, THEY'RE GOING TO ASK YOU
QUESTIONS AT TIMES MAY SEEM
TOUGH.
THEY MAY PUSH YOU AROUND A
LITTLE BIT.
THEY'RE TRYING TO GET YOU
TO STAND UP AND PROVE TO THEM
WHY YOU DESERVE THE TITLE OF
MILLION THAT GOES ALONG WITH IT.
SO, I'M GOING TO GIVE EVERYBODY
A MINUTE, COMPOSE THEMSELVES.
JURY WILL GET READY WITH THEIR
QUESTIONS.
FINAL THREE, YOU GET READY TO
ANSWER.
AND THEN, WE WILL GO.
>> Probst: ALL RIGHT, IT'S TIME
TO GET TO OUR FINAL TRIBAL
COUNCIL Q&A FROM THE JURY.
WHO WANTS TO GET US STARTED?
EVVIE, HAND UP.
I LOVE IT!
>> IF YOU DON'T MIND.
>> Probst: GO FOR IT.
>> ALL RIGHT, SO I JUST
WANT TO START BY SAYING HUGE
OF YOU.
I THINK WE ALL CAN ATTEST THAT
THIS IS ONE OF THE TOUGHEST
SEASONS "SURVIVOR'S" EVER HAD,
AND THE THREE OF YOU ARE SITTING
HERE AT THE VERY, VERY END.
SO, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU
SHOULD BE EXTREMELY PROUD OF.
AND GIVEN, YOU KNOW, THE
BEAUTIFUL DIVERSITY THAT
BROUGHT THIS CAST TOGETHER, THIS
IS JUST A BEAUTIFUL FINAL THREE
THAT REFLECTS THAT.
HOWEVER, THE FLIP SIDE OF THIS
BEING A WONDERFUL FINAL THREE
IS THAT EACH OF YOU IS UP
AGAINST TWO PEOPLE THAT HAVE A
VERY GOOD SHOT OF GETTING SOME
VOTES TONIGHT.
SO, GOOD LUCK.
KEEP MAKING ME PROUD.
IT'S ALL YOU.
>> Probst: THANKS FOR GETTING US
STARTED, EVVIE.
DANNY, WEIGH IN ON THIS.
WHERE ARE YOU RIGHT NOW?
KNOWS NOW THAT I HAVE A HISTORY
OF-- OF BEING A PROFESSIONAL
ATHLETE, SO I TEND TO BREAK
THINGS DOWN, ESPECIALLY COMPLEX
GAMES AND COMPETITIONS, INTO
PHASES OR QUARTERS.
AND "SURVIVOR'S" NO DIFFERENT.
THIS GAME CAN BE BROKEN DOWN
INTO PRE-MERGE, POST-MERGE,
FINAL EIGHT.
WHEN YOU DO THAT, YOU ALLOW
YOURSELF TO HAVE A GAME PLAN.
SO, I'D REALLY LIKE TO HEAR YOU
EXPLAIN YOUR GAME PLAN COMING
INTO THE GAME, AND HOW YOU'VE
ADAPTED IT TO GET HERE.
LET'S START WITH XANDER.
>> SO, GOING INTO THIS GAME,
I KNOW A LOT OF FANS LIKE TO SAY
THEY WANT TO PLAY A TONY-STYLE
GAME, OR THEY WANT TO PLAY A
SPENCER-STYLE GAME.
I REALLY WANTED TO PLAY A
XANDER-STYLE GAME.
I WANTED TO DO SOMETHING
DIFFERENT, AND GO WITH MY GUT,
TAKE BIG RISKS.
AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I DID.
AND GOING INTO QUARTER ONE,
I KNEW THAT FROM MY BACKGROUND
IN ATHLETICS, IN RUNNING
CROSS COUNTRY AND TRACK, I KNOW
THAT TEAM DYNAMIC IS STRONG.
SO, IN YASE, I WANTED TO BE THE
WORKHORSE FOR THE TRIBE.
I WANTED TO SHARE ADVANTAGES.
I WANTED TO SAY THAT WE COULD
WORK TOGETHER AND STAY STRONG.
SO, THAT WAS QUARTER ONE, WAS
TEAM DYNAMIC.
AND...
( CHUCKLES )
WE WERE DOWN IN NUMBERS.
EVERYBODY KNEW I HAD AN IDOL,
BECAUSE I HAD TO SAY THE
BUTTERFLY THING, AND A LOT
OF PEOPLE KNEW ABOUT THE
EXTRA VOTE.
I WAS THE LONE SOLDIER.
SO I MARKET MYSELF.
I SAY, "I'M A NUMBER.
YOU CAN USE ME.
PLEASE."
STARTED CRUMBLING, THE SIDE
THAT I FELT MOST COMFORTABLE
WITH WAS GOING WITH RICARD.
SO, THIRD QUARTER: FINAL EIGHT.
THIS WAS THE PHASE OF MY GAME
THAT WAS KEEPING RICARD AS A
SHIELD.
HE WAS THE ONLY PERSON THAT
EVERYBODY WAS SO VEHEMENT ABOUT
GETTING OUT INSTEAD OF ME.
BUT IT WAS A GAMBLE, AND I HAD
TO TURN ON HIM EVENTUALLY, EVEN
THOUGH I LOVED HIM, BECAUSE I
HAD AN IDOL AND I KNEW I WAS
SAFE TO GET TO THE END.
>> GOT YOU.
THANKS-- THANKS, MAN.
>> AND ALSO, XANDER, YOU STEPPED
FORWARD TO GET RICE POST-MERGE
FOR THE ENTIRE TRIBE.
AND ALSO, THE REWARD CHALLENGE,
YOU SWAPPED THE SPOT WITH ERIKA.
>> YEAH.
>> I FELT THAT-- THAT WAS YOUR
SOCIAL ASPECT OF THE GAME.
IN-- IN ADDITION TO THAT,
ONE DAY, I WAS REALLY THINKING
ABOUT MY FAMILY AND EVERYTHING.
THEN, YOU CAME AND TOLD ME,
"IF YOU NEED TO HUG IT OUT,
BROTHER, I'M THERE FOR YOU."
THAT WAS SO KIND.
YOU-- YOU HAVE VERY KIND HEART.
YOU ARE VERY SOCIAL THERE.
I'M PROUD OF YOU FOR THAT.
>> THANK YOU, NASEER.
>> MY BUDDY DESHAWN, YOUR GAME
PLAN TO GET YOU TO THIS POINT?
>> YEAH, SO, COMING INTO
"SURVIVOR," LIKE, I'M A
HUGE FAN, SO I KNOW THAT
THE FOUNDATION OF "SURVIVOR" IS
THE SOCIAL GAME.
IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW MANY
COMPETITIONS YOU WIN, IT
DOESN'T MATTER HOW MANY
ADVANTAGES YOU FIND.
AND SO, FIRST HALF, FIRST
QUARTER OF MY GAME, IT WAS ABOUT
BUILDING THOSE RELATIONSHIPS.
SO, I TALKED TO PEOPLE LIKE
HEATHER, AND WE BECAME REALLY,
REALLY CLOSE.
I TALKED TO PEOPLE LIKE ERIKA.
WE BECAME CLOSE.
NASEER AND I WERE LIKE BROTHERS
BY THE END OF THE JOURNEY.
SO, MOVING ON TO THE SECOND
QUARTER OF THE GAME WHERE WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT POST-MERGE, LIKE,
I SOON FOUND OUT THAT I WAS ON
THE BLOCK, WHICH CLUED ME IN
THAT I WAS PROBABLY A BIG THREAT
IN THIS GAME.
AND SO, IT'S AMAZING THAT I'M
SITTING HERE, BUT IT'S BECAUSE
OF THOSE RELATIONSHIPS FROM THE
FIRST HALF.
AND I FEEL LIKE I'VE PLAYED A
PIVOTAL ROLE IN BEING THE GLUE
OF PEOPLE TO VOTE TOGETHER, YOU
KNOW-- JUST KEEPING THAT
CAMARADERIE ALIVE, ALWAYS
SHUTTING DOWN NEGATIVITY, FOR
SURE.
AND, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE GOING TO
TALK ABOUT THE LAST QUARTER OF
THE GAME, THAT'S WHAT YOU CALL
SOCIAL CAPITAL.
AND THAT, IN THIS GAME, IS
INVALUABLE.
SO, FOR ME, I KNOW IT'S GOING TO
BE TOUGH TO GET TO THE END, AND
THAT'S HOW I DID IT.
>> THANK YOU.
>> MAY I INTERJECT SOMETHING IN
REGARDS TO KEEPING EVERYBODY
TOGETHER AND CAMARADERIE WITH
LUVU?
>> MM-HMM.
>> THAT SOUNDS NICE.
>> CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHY THE FIRST
DAY OF THE MERGE...
>> MM-HMM.
>> ...YOUR INTENTION WAS TO PULL
ALL OF US ASIDE AND SAY HOW SHE
NEEDS TO GO; SYDNEY SHOULD LEAVE
SO THAT DANNY WOULDN'T KNOW WHAT
TO DO WITH HIS GAME; THAT YOU
DIDN'T REALLY HAVE A DEEP
CONNECTION WITH HEATHER, YOU
WERE JUST TRYING TO BE NICE TO
HER?
BASICALLY, YOU THREW EVERYONE
REALLY TIE INTO WHAT YOU JUST
SAID?
>> SO, I REALLY RESPECT YOUR
QUESTION A LOT, BUT I DON'T
THINK THAT EVERYTHING THAT YOU
MENTIONED THERE WAS TRUE.
WHAT I CAN DEFINITELY SAY IS
THAT I DID SEE ERIKA AS A BIG
THREAT FROM THE VERY BEGINNING.
THAT'S TRUE.
DANNY, I ACTUALLY DEFINITELY
REMEMBER SAYING, LIKE, HE HASN'T
HAD MUCH OF A GAME, AND HE
WANTED TO PLAY THE GAME A LITTLE
BIT MORE SLOW.
BUT FOR ME, MY TRUEST
HONEST HERE-- I NEVER WANTED
DANNY OUT OF THE GAME.
I NEVER ACTUALLY WANTED HEATHER
OUT OF THE GAME.
DID I WANT ERIKA OUT OF THE
GAME?
I KIND OF DID.
SO, IF THOSE COMMENTS CAME OUT,
I 1,000% APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.
AND THAT'S JUST THE TRUTH.
>> AND THEN, ER-- ERIKA,
PLEASE.
>> OH, YEAH!
I MEAN, I HAD A LOT OF
EXPECTATIONS ON HOW THIS SEASON
WAS GOING TO GO FOR ME.
AND I THOUGHT, I'M GOING TO COME
IN, BE A SWEET LAMB, JOIN THE
BOTTOM OF THE MAJORITY ALLIANCE,
VOTE WITH THEM FOR THE FIRST
VOTE, AND THEN SLOWLY START TO
WORK MY WAY UP.
BUT THE BLESSING AND THE CURSE
OF LUVU IS WE KEPT WINNING, SO
WE NEVER HAD TO VOTE.
AND ELIMINATING PEOPLE, BUT WE
WERE STARTING TO SEE
RELATIONSHIPS SHIFT.
AND WHEN IT CAME TO HEATHER AND
I, WE BECAME THE UNLIKELY
DYNAMIC DUO THAT DECIDED, YOU
KNOW, "LET'S GO KICK ASS AT THE
MERGE."
AND, OF COURSE, I DON'T EVEN GO
TO THE MERGE; I GO LIVE ALONE ON
EXILE, AND SOCIALLY I'M DOWN AND
OUT OF THE GAME.
I COME BACK, I FLIP OVER THE
GAME, AND WHAT I REALLY NOTICED
WAS THE OPPORTUNITY WITH THE
PEOPLE WHO WERE EITHER ON THE
BOTTOM, FELT LIKE THEY WERE ON
THE OUTS.
SO, I STARTED SOCIALLY TO SOW MY
SEEDS WITH THOSE PEOPLE AND
BUILD RELATIONSHIPS WITH THEM
NOW SO THAT I CAN REAP THIS
HARVEST LATER IN THE GAME,
MAYBE UNNOTICED.
I THINK SOME PEOPLE NOTICED.
I KNOW SHAN NOTICED, AND THAT'S
WHY I REALLY WANTED TO TAKE OUT
SHAN.
AND THEN, I FOUND MYSELF IN THE
MAJORITY ALLIANCE THAT DOMINATED
THE LATE STAGE OF THE GAME.
WHEN I LOOKED AT THE FINAL SIX,
I KNEW, NO MATTER WHAT
COMBINATION OF FINAL FIVE, I HAD
SET MYSELF UP WITH ENOUGH
POTENTIAL ALLIES TO KNOW THAT I
HAD A SHOT TO SIT IN THE FINAL
THREE.
>> GOT YOU.
THANK YOU.
>> ERIKA, YOU HAD A VERY
FANTASTIC GAME.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I ADORE YOU.
I REALLY TRUST YOU.
AND WHAT'S UNFORTUNATE IS, YOU
LACKED THAT SOCIAL GAME WITH
MOST OF THE JURY, AND SO THEY
DON'T FEEL THE SAME WAY I DO.
AND I'M JUST LIKE, "OH, I WISH
YOU COULD ALL SEE IT!"
>> I KNOW, I KNOW, I KNOW.
>> YOU KNOW, IT'S UNFORTUNATE.
BUT THERE IS SOMETHING TO BE
SAID ABOUT HAVING A RELATIONSHIP
WITH EVERYBODY, LIKE DESHAWN
DID, BECAUSE THAT ALSO MADE IT
EASIER FOR HIM TO BETRAY
EVERYBODY.
SO, DID YOU CHOOSE TO ONLY HAVE
RELATIONSHIPS WITH CERTAIN
INDIVIDUALS?
CAN YOU JUST EXPLAIN THAT?
>> THIS IS A GREAT DISCUSSION
BECAUSE, FOR ME, WHAT KIND OF
DRIVES ME CRAZY WATCHING
"SURVIVOR" IS THE PERCEPTION
THAT HAVING A STRONG SOCIAL
GAME IS FEELING LIKE YOU HAVE
STRONG TIES WITH EVERYONE.
BUT I THINK THAT HAVING A-- A
STRONG COMMAND OF THE SOCIAL
GAME IS KNOWING WHERE YOU STAND
AND WHAT YOU'RE CAPABLE OF
DOING.
SO, I KNEW I WANTED TO BE KIND
TO EVERYBODY, BUT I KNOW THAT I
DO BETTER IN ONE-ON-ONE
CONNECTIONS AND, LIKE, SMALLER
CONNECTIONS.
SO, I'M NOT THE TYPE OF PERSON
WHO'S GOING TO BE BEST FRIENDS
WITH ALL OF YOU, EVEN THOUGH
I THINK IT COULD HAPPEN.
FACETIME.
AND I THINK A BIG PART OF MY
SOCIAL GAME IS MY RELATIONSHIP
WITH HEATHER.
I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE SAW MY
RELATIONSHIP WITH HEATHER, I WAS
LIKE-- I WAS THE BRAINS OF THE
OPERATION, OR HEATHER WAS JUST,
LIKE, AN EXTRA VOTE THAT I
DRAGGED AROUND.
BUT THAT WAS NOT TRUE.
HOW THIS DUO COULD WORK TOGETHER
EVEN WHEN THERE IS A PUBLIC
ATTEMPT TO TRY TO SPLIT US UP,
OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE TRUTH
BOMB.
IT'S WILD TO ME THAT WE WERE A
KNOWN PAIR, AND WE STILL WERE
ABLE TO MAKE IT INTO THE TOP
FOUR, WHICH IS SO RARE.
I WISH I GOT TO KNOW MORE
PEOPLE, BUT I KNEW SOCIALLY,
LIKE, WHAT I WAS CAPABLE OF IN
THIS GAME, AND I PLAYED WITHIN
THAT.
>> WELL, THANK YOU, AND I HOPE
YOU'RE ABLE TO PROVE YOUR GAME
TO THIS JURY.
>> I HAVE A QUESTION FOR XANDER.
WHAT WAS YOUR PERCEPTION OF
WHERE YOU STOOD WITH YASE GOING
INTO THE MERGE, AND HOW DID THAT
SPEAK TO YOUR OVERALL SOCIAL
GAME?
>> GOING INTO THE MERGE, I WAS
GOING TO LOOK LIKE SOMEONE WHO
IS MAYBE AN YASE-TYPE, SOMEONE
WOULD BE GOOD AT CHALLENGES
AND THOSE PEOPLE, THEY JUST
DON'T MAKE IT FAR.
BUT WE SANG IN THE RAIN
TOGETHER.
IT WAS-- IT WAS CUTE.
( LAUGHS )
YOU GUYS WOULD KEEP ME AROUND.
AND I-- I GENUINELY DID WANT TO
PROTECT YOU GUYS.
IT'S JUST, AT A CERTAIN POINT,
IT WAS SO DETRIMENTAL TO MY GAME
THAT I HAD TO ADAPT.
AND YEAH, IT HURT, BUT THERE WAS
NOTHING I COULD DO AT THAT
POINT.
MY HANDS WERE TIED.
>> BUT MORE SPECIFICALLY, I
WANTED TO ASK, WAS THERE A POINT
IN THE GAME WHERE YOU HAD A GOOD
READ IN TERMS OF SOCIAL
AWARENESS WHERE YOU USE THAT TO
YOUR ADVANTAGE TO MAKE A MOVE IN
THE GAME?
>> YEAH.
I WOULD SAY--
I WOULD SAY MY SOCIAL
AWARENESS...
>> LIKE, AN EXAMPLE OF SOCIAL
AWARENESS IS, I KNEW ABOUT YOUR
ADVANTAGE THE MINUTE THAT YOU
HAD IT, BUT YOU ASSUMED THAT I
DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT, AND I USED
THAT TO MY ADVANTAGE IN THE
GAME.
SO, I'M ASKING, WAS THERE EVER A
MOMENT LIKE THAT FOR YOU?
AND IF NOT, THAT'S COOL, TOO.
>> YEAH, YEAH, SO DURING THE
TIFFANY VOTE, I WAS FED
DIFFERENT STORIES.
SUDDENLY, IT WAS HEATHER.
SUDDENLY, IT WAS NASEER.
AND SO, THAT'S HOW I WAS ABLE TO
FIGURE OUT I WAS LIKELY GETTING
DUPED AND THAT I WOULD HAVE TO
PLAY MY IDOL.
>> SO, YOU WERE-- YOU WERE
READING THE ROOM?
>> YES.
>> THANK YOU.
>> YEAH, YEAH.
>> A QUESTION RELATED TO THAT.
AN AMAZING THING FOR YOUR GAME
WAS THAT YOU WERE ABLE TO HOLD
ONTO THAT IDOL EVEN THOUGH
EVERYONE KNEW ABOUT IT POST-
MERGE.
WAS THAT, YOU KNOW, LUCK?
OR WAS THAT YOUR SOCIAL GAME WAS
GOOD ENOUGH THAT YOU ACTUALLY
KNEW FROM PEOPLE THAT YOU DIDN'T
NEED TO PLAY IT EACH TIME?
>> I THINK IT WAS A MIXTURE OF
BOTH.
I WANTED TO PLAY THIS GAME A
LITTLE PARANOID BECAUSE THE
PARANOID PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS
THINKING OF EVERY OPTION.
SO, WHEN I WENT INTO EVERY
TRIBAL COUNCIL, I WAS NERVOUS AS
HELL, YOU KNOW.
DO I PLAY IT?
DO I NOT PLAY IT?
WAS STRONG ENOUGH TO THE POINT
WHEREWHEN HE SAID, "PLAY YOUR
IDOL," HE MEANT THAT PEOPLE WERE
VOTING FOR ME.
BUT I KNEW THAT WITH THE CHAOS
OF TRIBAL, PEOPLE WOULDN'T HAVE
THE UNITY TO TAKE ME OUT.
SO, A MIX OF BOTH.
>> XANDER, WE HAD A REALLY SOLID
I'VE NEVER HAD THIS, LIKE,
BROMANCE WHERE I WAS LIKE, "OH,
MY GOD, THIS IS UNCLE XANDER!
HE'S GOING TO BE MEETING MY
DAUGHTER.
THIS IS AMAZING."
LIKE, WE WERE TIGHT.
IDEA OF VOTING ME OUT IN A
STRATEGIC LIGHT, BUT WHAT
DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME IS,
YOU TAKE OUT THE NUMBER ONE
THREAT, ME, BUT THE NUMBER TWO
THREAT, ERIKA, IS HERE.
AND I KNOW, AT SOME POINT,
PEOPLE ARE GOING TO ASK YOU
ABOUT THE FIRE-MAKING DECISION
BECAUSE IT'S ALL-- IT'S CRAZY.
I'M NOT GETTING INTO THAT,
NECESSARILY.
I'M JUST CONFUSED.
WERE YOU ALWAYS LYING TO ME?
WAS THAT A FAKE RELATIONSHIP?
THOSE TWO THINGS DON'T GO
TOGETHER.
>> OUR RELATIONSHIP WAS
COMPLETELY REAL.
LIKE, I LOVE PEOPLE, AND I LOVE
TO MAKE THESE CONNECTIONS.
AND OUR CONNECTION WAS
BUT YOU WOULD HAVE WON AGAINST
ANYONE, AND...
>> SO, WHY DID YOU KEEP HER?
>> I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION
THAT ERIKA WASN'T THE BIGGEST
BECAUSE THAT WAS WHAT DESHAWN
SAID DURING HIS TRUTH BOMB, AND
I FELT LIKE THE JURY REACTED
POSITIVELY TO IT.
AND THAT COULD BE A FALLACY IN
MY GAME, SO I-- I'M WILLING TO
ADMIT THAT.
>> I-- I WOULD INTERJECT.
I SAID TO XANDER ON THE LAST
DAY, "THE ONLY PERSON THAT'S
LEFT HERE THAT COULD POSSIBLY
TAKE YOUR GAME AWAY FROM YOU IS
MY FRIEND ERIKA," AND YOU CHOSE
TO TAKE HER WITH YOU.
EXPLAIN WHY THIS WAS BENEFITING
YOUR GAME, TAKING HER BESIDE
>> I AGREE WITH YOU IN THE SENSE
THAT SHE'S SOMEONE WHO'S VERY
STRATEGIC, BUT I FEEL LIKE
I'VE GOT AN EDGE ON HER BECAUSE
I'VE HAD A MORE WHOLESALE GAME.
SO, I DIDN'T GIVE HER THE
OPPORTUNITY TO BEAT SOMEONE IN
FIRE BECAUSE IF SHE BEAT SOMEONE
IN FIRE, I THINK THAT WOULD HAVE
TIPPED THE BALANCE IN HER FAVOR.
SO, I DIDN'T TAKE THAT CHANCE.
>> OKAY.
>> HMM.
>> THAT'S A GOOD ANSWER.
>> SO, MY QUESTION'S FOR YOU,
DESHAWN.
>> YEAH.
>> I FELT LIKE YOU LISTED A FEW
DIFFERENT MOVES WHICH SOUND LIKE
IT'S STRATEGIC...
>> YEAH.
>> ...BUT IT FELT MORE LIKE
TEMPER TANTRUMS.
>> HMM.
>> LIKE, THERE WAS A LOT OF
EMOTION INVOLVED.
>> MM-HMM.
>> AND EMOTION IS NOT A BAD
THING AT ALL.
>> YEAH.
>> IT'S VERY POWERFUL.
>> YEAH.
>> BUT IF I LOOK AT EVERY TURN
WHERE YOU HAD AN EMOTIONAL
BREAKDOWN, I HAD TO COME TO YOU
AND, LIKE, FIGURE OUT HOW I
COULD TALK TO YOU BECAUSE I
WANTED THIS FOUR-WAY ALLIANCE,
YOU KNOW, TO WORK WITH,
YOU KNOW, MYSELF, YOU AND LIANA
AND DANIEL.
>> YEAH.
>> AND, AT EVERY TURN WHERE WE
HAD THESE CONVERSATIONS, YOU RE-
LOCKED US IN WITH THIS SOCIAL
MOVEMENT THAT WAS REALLY
IMPORTANT TO US, THAT'S
HAPPENING IN THE REAL WORLD.
AND WE WERE ALL WANTING TO BRING
HOME A WIN FOR THE BLACK
COMMUNITY, RIGHT?
>> YEAH.
>> AND I FELT LIKE THAT HIJACKED
ME EMOTIONALLY A LOT OF THE
TIMES BECAUSE I WAS REALLY
WHERE I WAS GOING TO PUT MY
GAME.
I WOULD HAVE COME IN FOURTH FOR
ALL THREE OF YOU TO TAKE ONE,
TWO, AND THREE, YOU KNOW.
AND I SAID THAT TO YOU TIME AND
TIME AGAIN.
>> MM-HMM.
>> IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR MY
VOTE TONIGHT TO KNOW WHAT
HAPPENED.
WERE YOU CAPITALIZING ON A
SOCIAL MOVEMENT BACK HOME AND
USING THAT TO HIJACK ME AND
MAYBE THE OTHER PEOPLE IN OUR
ALLIANCE?
OR WERE YOU SERIOUS ABOUT THAT?
BECAUSE THAT FEELS LIKE, TO ME,
OUT OF BOUNDS.
>> I JUST WANT TO MAKE IT VERY,
VERY CLEAR RIGHT NOW: I DON'T
EVEN CARE ABOUT HOW THIS-- GIVE
ME THIRD.
I WOULD NEVER, EVER SELL OUT MY
PEOPLE FOR A GAME.
THAT WAS NEVER MY INTENTIONS,
EVER.
POINT OF, YOU KNOW, WERE THE
MOVES THAT HAPPENED AT TRIBAL
EMOTIONAL?
>> NOT EMOTIONAL.
NOT EMOTIONAL.
TEMPER TANTRUMS, SULKING, AND
POUTING, YEAH.
>> RIGHT, RIGHT, RIGHT.
YEAH, SO I HAVE TO ACCEPT THAT
THAT'S THE WAY IT WAS PERCEIVED,
BUT I WORE MY HEART ON MY
SLEEVE.
AND SO, IF I FELT LIKE PEOPLE
WEREN'T LISTENING, THAT'S THE
WAY I RESPONDED.
AND I'M YOUNG.
I HAVE TO ADMIT, I HAVE A LOT TO
LEARN.
SO, THAT'S JUST THAT.
IT DOES HURT MY HEART A LITTLE
BIT THAT IT WOULD EVEN BE
CONSIDERED THAT I WILL USE A
SOCIAL MOVEMENT IN THIS GAME,
BUT I UNDERSTAND FROM YOUR
VANTAGE POINT HOW YOU FEEL.
YOU AND I HAVE A VERY PERSONAL
RELATIONSHIP.
I THINK OF YOU AS MY SISTER.
AND THAT'S WHY I WAS SO
EMOTIONAL AT TRIBAL COUNCIL.
LIKE, I WAS HURTING SHAN.
TRIBAL COUNCILS HAVE TO VOTE YOU
OUT, AND ALL I CAN DO IS
APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.
IT-- IT IS SOMETHING I HAVE TO
BEAR THE WEIGHT OF.
LIKE, I FEEL-- I WOULD NEVER
HAVE DONE THAT.
IT WAS HARD, SHAN, SO I'M
SORRY.
>> RIGHT, IT'S ALL FORGIVEN, FOR
SURE.
AND I-- I'M SUPER PROUD OF YOU
FOR SITTING THERE TONIGHT, AND I
THINK THAT YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE
TONS OF PEOPLE PROUD.
SO...
>> THANK YOU.
>> ...CONGRATULATIONS ON FINAL
THREE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Probst: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
>> YEAH.
SO, I REALLY JUST WANTED TO TAKE
A CHANCE TO ADDRESS ERIKA FOR A
SECOND.
FROM A COMPETITOR, AND
COMPETITIVELY SPEAKING, I THINK
YOU DID ABSOLUTELY AMAZING IN
THE INDIVIDUAL IMMUNITY
CHALLENGES AND THE PUZZLES.
AND INTENTIONALLY OR
UNINTENTIONALLY, YOU ALLOWED
PEOPLE TO UNDERESTIMATE YOU AND
NOT SEE WHAT YOU WERE REALLY
CAPABLE OF DOING.
>> DANNY!
COMING THROUGH!
I MEAN, THE REALITY IS, I'VE
SPENT, LIKE, ALMOST TEN YEARS,
LIKE, GOING INTO BOARDROOMS;
PEOPLE TREAT ME LIKE THE INTERN,
BUT I'M REALLY THE ONE WHO'S
RUNNING THE MEETING.
AGAIN, I WAS NEVER OUT IN FRONT,
BUT I WAS NEVER QUITE AT THE
BOTTOM.
AND AT EVERY TRIBAL COUNCIL I
WENT TO, I WAS ON THE RIGHT SIDE
OF THE VOTE.
SO, I WASN'T SURE WHAT THE PATH
FOR ME WAS GOING TO BE TO THE
KNEW IF I GOT THERE I'D BE A
DARK HORSE.
>> AND I-- I SAY THAT BECAUSE I
ENVY YOU BECAUSE YOU PLAYED THE
GAME THAT I REALLY WANTED TO
PLAY AND-- AND TRIED TO.
SO, CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU.
>> YEAH, ME, TOO.
>> ME, TOO.
>> XANDER, I HAVE ONE QUESTION
FOR YOU: DO YOU HAVE AN IDOL?
( LAUGHTER )
>> YEAH, REALLY.
>> GOOD JOB!
>> EVERYONE DID A GOOD JOB.
>> VERY TOUGH DECISION.
( APPLAUSE )
NICE JOB.
I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A MINUTE
NOW TO THINK ABOUT YOUR VOTE.
AND WHEN WE COME BACK FOR THE
LAST TIME, WE WILL VOTE.
>> OKAY, AFTER 26
INTENSE-- INTENSE DAYS OF GAME
PLAY IT IS TIME FOR OUR JURY OF
EIGHT TO CAST THEIR MILLION
DOLLAR VOTES AND DECIDE WHO WINS
SEASON 41, DESHAWN, ERIKA OR
XANDER.
FOR THE LAST TIME IT IS SOMETIME
TO VOTE.
TIFFANY, YOU'RE UP.
>> I YOU PLAYED A GREAT GAME,
YOU DID IT.
>> YOUR GAME WAS MORE
INTENTIONAL, MORE RISK-TAKING,
AND GOOD LUCK.
>> I WILL GO THE GET THE VOTES.
>> I CAN'T BELIEVE IT'S OVER.
>> ALL RIGHT, WELL, THE THEME OF
THIS SEASON REALLY DID
BECOME-- FIRST TIME WE EVER
PLAYED 26 DAYS FORCED A
RELENTLESS PACE AND ALSO WE
INTRODUCED THE MOST DANGEROUS
TWIST WE HAVE EVER DONE.
SO A LITTLE HISTORY CHECK, THE
ONLY TIME WE HAVE EVER DONE THIS
WAS THE LAST TIME WE DID IT
WHICH WAS THE THE SUMMER OF 2
THOUSAND WHEN-- 2000 WHEN WE
READ THE VOTES AND ANNOUNCED
RICHARD HATCH AS THE FIRST
WINNER, I THINK IT ST TIME TO DO
IT AGAIN 21 YEARS LATER.
WE ARE GOING TO ANNOUNCE THE
WINNER OF SURVIVOR 41 RIGHT NOW.
ARE YOU READY?
I'M NOT JOKING.
>> WOW.
>> WHAT?
>> ALL RIGHT, THESE ARE VOTES
FOR A WINNER.
HERE WE GO.
FIRST VOTE ERIKA.
DESHAWN, ONE VOTE ERIKA ONE VOTE
DESHAWN.
ERIKA.
TWO VOTES ERIKA ONE VOTE DESHAWN
ERIKA THREE VOTES ERIKA ONE VOTE
DESHAWN.
ERIKA FOUR VOTES ERIKA ONE VOTE
DESHAWN.
, THE WINNER OF SURVIVOR 41,
ERIKA.
ALL THE REST ARE YOURS AS WELL.
OUR FIRST CANADIAN WINNER, ERIKA
CONGRATULATIONS.
I'M GOOD FOR THE MONEY, BUT
LOOK, THIS IS AN AWKWARD MOMENT,
ISN'T IT.
>> YEAH.
>> LIKE WE'RE RIGHT HERE, THERE
ARE USUALLY THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE
YELLING.
LET'S MAKE A LITTLE MORE
HISTORY.
LET'S DO SOMETHING WE'VE NEVER
DONE BEFORE, LET'S KEEP
SHOOTING.
LET'S BRING IT IN.
LET'S BRING IN SOME-- LET'S
BRING IN OUR CAMPAIGN, WE'LL DO
SOMETHING WE HAVE NEVER DONE
BEFORE, WE ARE GOING TO CALL IT
IT THE SURVIVOR AFTERSHOW AND
WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS RIGHT NOW
HERE IN THE MOST RAW WAY
POSSIBLE.
LET'S MOVE THE CAMERA OPERATORS,
READJUST SOME OF THE THINGS
INCLUDING YOU COMING OVER AND
CONGRATULATING THE THREE YOU PUT
THROUGH THE GRILL.
I HAVE WANTED TO DO THIS FROM
ALMOST THE BEGINNING.
BECAUSE THIS IS AS ABOUT AS RAW
AS YOU CAN GET, LET'S LIGHT UP
THE TORCHES, WE WILL BE HERE FOR
AWHILE.
MOVE A FEW CAMERAS.
THINK OF IT TASK THE LAST NIGHT
OF SURVIVOR SUMMER CAMP, IT IS
THE SURVIVOR 41 AFTERSHOW, GIVE
US TWO MINUTES AND WE'LL BE
RIGHT BACK.
LET ME GET SOME CHAMPAGNE.
>> ALL RIGHT, SO WE'VE NEVER
DONE THIS BEFORE.
THE CHAMPAGNE IS REAL, ANY TIME
YOU NEED MORE PIZZA YOU LET ME
KNOW.
THIS IS THE, WHAT WOULD NORMALLY
BE THE REUNION SHOW.
BECAUSE AS MUCH FUN AS IT IS TO
IT BE BACK IN LOS ANGELES AND
THE LIGHTS AND BIG CROWD AND
YOUR FAMILY AND ALL THAT HOOPLA,
WHAT IT MISSES IS THE IMMEDIATE
SEE AND THE TRUTH.
SO LET'S JUST TALK, AND IF YOU
WANT SOMETHING ELSE TO DRINK, WE
HAVE A TEAM OVER HERE TO BRING
IT TO YOU, AND SOME CHAMPAGNE.
>> WHILE WE ARE DOING THIS,
ERIKA, I WANT TO START WITH YOU,
WHATEVER YOU NEED YOU JUST ASK,
WE'LL GET IT.
THERE WAS AN INTERESTING THEME
THAT IN YOUR CAREER THAT YOU
WOULD GO INTO A ROOM AND NOBODY
WOULD EVER GUESS THAT YOU WERE
THE ONE IN CHARGE.
>> YEAH.
>> THAT BECOMES A SKILL IN A
GAME LIKE SURVIVOR.
WHERE YOU WERE ABLE EVEN WITH
YOUR EGO TO SAY I DON'T HAVE TO
HAVE THEM THINK I AM IN CHARGE.
I JUST NEED A PATH TO IT THE
END.
HOW MUCH OF THAT GOING IN WAS
SOMETHING YOU KNEW YOU COULD
COUNT ON?
>> THE WAY THAT I LEFT REALLY
AFFECTS THE WAY PEOPLE TREAT
MEOWS OF THE GAME, WHENEVER I GO
TO THE AIRPORT BY MYSELF EVEN
THOUGH I AM A FREQUENT TRAVELER
PEOPLE ASK ME IF I AM AN
UNACCOMPANIED MINE ERR AND HAVE
I TO GO THROUGH ALL THE EXTRA
STEPS BECAUSE I'M A KID.
SO I KNEW THAT WAS SOMETHING
THAT I HAD UP MY SLEEVE.
AND THE OTHER THING IS THAT
YEAH, I HAD NO EGO ABOUT HOW I
WOULD PLAY IT.
I KNEW THAT IT MADE MORE SENSE
FOR HEATHER TO TALK TO SOMEONE,
SHE COULD DO IT.
I DON'T NEED TO HAVE THE FULL
CREDIT FOR ANYTHING.
AND I KNEW THAT THE PATH TO THE
END, IT DIDN'T HAVE TO BE
PRETTY.
I THINK TIFFANY MIGHT TALK TO
THAT, IT DIDN'T HAVE TO BE
PRETTY, I JUST HAD TO GET HERE,
I DIDN'T HAVE TO LOOK LIKE THE
ONE IN CHARGE, I JUST NEEDED THE
CHANCE TO PROVE MY CASE.
>> ONE OF THE THINGS THEY DON'T
KNOW IS THAT I VISITED YOU WHEN
YOU WERE OUT ALONE ON THAT
ISLAND, I WAS THE ONE THAT
DELIVERED THE TWIST THAT DANNY
ADORED SO MUCH.
AND I GOT TO SAY, WHEN I SAW YOU
OUT THERE, I ASKED YOU HOW IT
WAS.
AND YOU SAID YOU KNOW, THE FIRST
TIME WAS KIND OF TOUGH, I WAS
ALONE, IT'S WET, HARD TO LIVE ON
AN ISLAND, BUT I SEPTEMBER
STRIKING THE FLINT AND KEPT
SAYING I AM GOING TO GET FIRE,
WHAT I SAW WHEN I SAW YOU WAS A
DIFFERENT PERSON THAN THE FIRST
HALF OF THE GAME.
YOU LOOKED LIKE YOU BELONGED ON
THAT ISLAND.
>> OH, 100 PERCENT.
LIKE BEING ON EKES IL-- EXILE
FELT LIKE THE TURNING POINT OF
MY GAME, TWO DAYS BEFORE I WAS
ON EXILE I HAD A BREAKDOWN, I
WAS ON THE WINNING SHALL LOSING
SIDE YOU WOULD THINK EVERYTHING
WAS GREAT AND I WAS CRYING AND
THINKING HOW WILL I WIN THIS
GAME, I HAVEN'T HAD TO VOTE FOR
ANYONE, HOW WILL I HAVE THE CRED
AT THE END OF THE GAME.
AND THEN WHEN I HAD TO FACE MY
GREATEST FEAR, ONE NIGHT ALONE
ON EXILE AND REALIZING THAT I
COULD DO IT, LIKE THE REST OF
THE GAME WAS TOTALLY POSSIBLE.
AND I WAS LOOKING AT MY FIRE
THAT TOOK ME NEARLY TWO HOURS TO
BUILT, SO MAYBE XANDER SHOULD
HAVE SET ME A INTO FIERKS I
DON'T THINK I WOULD HAVE THAT
MOMENT, I REALIZED IT WAS GOING
TO BE HARD BUT AS LONG AS I KEEP
GOING I KNOW I HAVE WHAT IT
TAKES TO GET TO THE END.
>> WELL DONE, CONGRATULATIONS.
>> THANK YOU.
>> TO OUR FIRST CANADA WINNER.
>> TO ERIKA.
>> THAT IS A LOT OF MONEY IN
CANADA, SO THANK YOU.
>> SO XANDER, I WANT TO TALK TO
YOU.
BECAUSE IT IS A VERY HARD GAME
TO PLAY, YOU ARE VERY YOUNG TO
GET HERE.
THAT WAS THE THEME THE JURY,
MOST OF WHOM ARE OLDER PICKED UP
ON IS IF THERE WAS SOMETHING YOU
WERE MISSING, IT WAS A SOCIAL
AWARENESS TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS
HAPPENING IN THE GAME THAT YOU
ARE NOT SEEING.
SO WHEN YOU HEAR THAT, WHAT IS
YOUR TAKE ON IT?
>> YEAH, I MEAN HONESTLY, I'M
VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THE WHOLE
EXPERIENCE.
IT'S BEEN LIKE A TRIP.
I DID EVERYTHING THAT I WANTED
TO DO.
I ACCOMPLISHED SO MUCH.
AND I DIDN'T WANT IT TO BE
SOMETHING THAT WAS EASY.
I DIDN'T WANT IT TO BE-- IT
WASN'T ABOUT THE WIN FOR ME.
IT WAS ABOUT BEING ABLE TO COME
OUT HERE AND STRUGGLE AND GET
THIS EXPERIENCE.
YEAH, I DID SO MANY THINGS.
I MADE YOU LAUGH.
I WON A CHALLENGE.
I FOUND AN IDOL.
A RISKED MY VOTE, I HAD AN EXTRA
VOTE.
I MADE IT TO THE FINAL THREE AND
YEAH, I MEAN I'M SO PROUD.
I THINK GOING IN THAT NO MATTER
WHAT HAPPENED, I WOULD BE SO
PROUD OF MYSELF.
AND NOT GETTING ANY VOTES, AS
MUCH AS I KNEW ERIKA WAS A
THREAT, AND I WAS TRYING TO
UNDERPLAY THAT, I DIDN'T SEE
EXACTLY HOW MUCH PEOPLE
RESPECTED HER GAME PLAY. SO
THAT WAS COMPLETELY ON ME.
AND NOW I GET TO TAKE THIS
INFORMATION, I GET TO GROW FROM
IT, AND LEARN.
AND I LOVE THAT I'M NOT, YOU
KNOW, A COMPLETE PERSON, THAT I
DO HAVE MORE THINKS-- THINGS TO
WORK ON.
> AND WHAT IS INTERESTING ABOUT
YOUR STORY IS YOU SAID SO
CLEARLY, I WASN'T THE KID THAT
WATCHED SURVIVOR AND DREAMED OF
BEING ON.
I WAS THE KID WHO LAMENTED I
WOULD NEVER BE ON BECAUSE I
DIDN'T HAVE WHAT IT TAKES.
WHAT DID YOU LEARN THAT YOU CAN
CONNECT BACK TO THAT LITTLE KID
TO SAY I HAD IT ALL ALONG.
>> I MEAN I WISH I COULD GO BACK
AND TIME AND TELL HIM THAT THE
ONLY LIMITS THAT EXIST IN THIS
WORLD ARE THE LIMITS YOU PLACE
ON YOURSELF.
DON'T LISTEN TO WHAT ANYBODY
SAYS BECAUSE YOU CAN DO
ANYTHING.
JUST WANT IT, IF IT IS HARD AND
YOU FIGHT FOR WHAT YOU WANT,
THEN YOU CAN ACHIEVE IT.
>> WELL, HUGE CONGRATULATIONS TO
YOU TO GET THIS DEEP IN THE
GAME.
AND DESHAWN, THE STORY WITH YOU
WAS BEING TEMPERMENTAL,
EMOTIONAL, REACTION, WHATEVER
YOU WANT TO CALL IT, SHAN,
DANNY, A LOT OF PEOPLE BROUGHT
IT UP.
DID THAT SURPRISE YOU?
>> I THINK IT DID SURPRISE ME.
I THINK MAYBE I HAD A HUGE
PERCEPTION OF MYSELF OUTSIDE OF
THIS, MAYBE SURVIVOR BROUGHT OUT
THAT.
IN THE REAL WORLD I DIDN'T SEE
MYSELF LIKE THAT.
BUT THIS IS ALL DOCUMENTED.
EVERYTHING HAS BEEN RECORDED.
AND YOU KNOW, WHEN MULTIPLE
PEOPLE ARE TELLING YOU
SOMETHING, THERE MUST BE TRUTH
TO THAT.
SO I AM REALLY EXCITED FOR AN
OPPORTUNITY TO REFLECT AND GROW
FROM THIS EXPERIENCE.
I THANK YOU YOU GUYS FOR BEING
WILLING TO EDUCATE ME ON THE
PERSON THAT I AM.
AND IT IS JUST LIKE NO, YOU
STILL GOT SOME ROOM TO GROW,
MAN.
SO I AM EXCITED TO DO THAT.
>> AND I WANT TO BE CLEAR, I DID
NOT GET THE IMPRESSION THAT THEY
THOUGHT YOU WERE A DISASTER.
IT WAS JUST ONE ELEMENT OF YOUR
PERSONALITY.
I FOUND YOU THIS ENTIRE TIME TO
BE REALLY LIKABLE, FUNNY AND YOU
MADE IT DEEP INTO THIS GAME.
YOU GOT A VOTE, GETTING ANY
VOTES IS AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT.
AND FOR ME YOUR TURNING POINT
SEEMED TO BE THE FIRE MAKING
CHALLENGE.
WHEN YOU WERE OUT OF IT, I MEAN
HEATHER WAS SECONDS AWAY FROM
WINNING.
I WAS WATCHING YOU.
YOU NEVER ONCE LOOKED OVER.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU EVER LOOKED
AT HER FLAME.
YOU JUST KEPT TRYING IT TO
RESUSCITATE A DEAD FIRE AND YOU
DID.
>> YEAH.
>> I KNOW IT'S JUST MAKING A
LITTLE FIRE BUT IT SEEMED TO
REPRESENT A LOT TO TU.
>> YEAH, NO, THAT WAS A MAJOR
MOMENT, I MEAN, AND AT A CERTAIN
POINT IN THE GAME AFTER I
STARTED, LIKE I WAS ON THE
BOTTOM.
AND I HAD THE DO OR DIE THING
HAPPEN AND SO THERE WAS GOING TO
IT BE FLEET CHANCES OF ME MAKING
IT TO THE END.
SO THE CHANCE I COULD COME MAKE
A FIRE, MY LAST OPPORTUNITY TO
DO OR DO, PUT UP OR SHUT UP, YOU
KNOW, I COMPLETED THE TASK.
IT IT WAS AMAZING.
DEFLG SOMETHING I WILL NEVER
FORGET IT DEFINITELY REMINDED ME
TO NEVER QUIT, NEVER GIVE UP ON
MYSELF AND KEEP LOOKING FORWARD.
SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT MIGHT
LOOK LIKE BUT I AM SO HAPPY TO
BE HERE AND SO THANKFUL THAT I
HAD THIS OPPORTUNITY.
IT WAS AMAZING.
AND THANK YOU-- JUST THANK YOU
GUYS FOR EVERYTHING.
APPRECIATE IT.
>> KUDOS.
>> YOUR FIRE MAKING CHALLENGE.
>> DOES ANYBODY NEED PIZZA OR
CHAMPAGNE.
>> I WILL TAKE ANYTHING.
>> LET'S BRING IN SOME MORE.
LET'S GET SOME REFILLS IN HERE.
QUICK BREAK, WE'LL BE RIGHT
BACK.
7.
>> UP NEXT, PLAYERS SHARE THEIR
REACTIONS TO THE BEWARE
ADVANTAGE AND LIANA RECOUNTS THE
KNOWLEDGE OF POWER ADVANTAGE
THAT BACK FIRED.
PLUS LATER YOUR FIRST LOOK AT
SURVIVOR 42.
>> ALL RIGHT, WE ARE BECOME WITH
SURVIVOR 41 AFTERSHOW, LET'S
TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS
THAT MADE THIS SEASON UNIQUE.
IF WE LOOK AT THE BIG THINGS IT
WOULD BE 26 DAYS WHICH I'M SURE
IN THE BEGINNING SOME OF YOU
WERE LIKE OH, THAT DOESN'T FEEL
LIKE A FULL SEASON.
IS ANYBODY FEELING LIKE YOU DID
NOT GET A FULL SEASON.
>> NO!
>> NOPE.
>> NO.
>> BECAUSE WE OFFSET THE 26 DAYS
BY TRYING TO APPROXIMATE WHAT A
39 DAY MIGHT FEEL LIKE.
AND THE FIRST THING WE DID WAS
SAID NO FOOD.
AND THEN WE PUT THESE NEW TWISTS
IN.
SO LET'S START WITH THE BEWARE
ADVANTAGES.
BECAUSE I KNOW YOU FOUND AN
IDOL, SHAN FOUND ONE AND NASSEER
FOUND ONE.
WHEN YOU FIRST FIND THIS NEW
ADVANTAGE AND IT SAYS ON THE
OUTSIDE YOU BETTER WANT THIS IF
YOU OPEN IT, WAS THERE ANY HESS
TABLING FROM YOU XANDER.
>> NO, THIS IS MY SURVIVOR
EXPERIENCE.
AND I GET TO BE THE FIRST PERSON
TO UNFOLD THIS CLOTH AND FIGURE
OUT WHAT THE TWIST IS.
I HAVE GOT TO TAKE THAT.
>> HOW ABOUT YOU SHAN.
>> IT WAS FOR SURE HESITATION,
LIKE I LEFT THAT RIGHT WHERE IT
WAS.
I ACTUALLY HAD THE INFORMATION
ABOUT WHAT IT WAS BEFORE HAND
BECAUSE SOMEONE WHO THOUGHT I
WAS THEIR NUMBER ONE SHARED A
LOT OF INFORMATION WITH ME.
AND THEN THEY GAFER ELED IT OUT.
AND SO I KNEW WHAT WAS IN IT
WITHOUT HAVING TO OPEN IT.
SO I DEFINITELY WENT BACK AND
FORTH FOR AWHILE.
BUT THEN LIKE I WAS LIKE I JUST
WANT IT.
AND THEN GENIE FOUND IT AND TOLD
ME SHE FOUND IT.
>> RICARD AND I WENT AND LOOKED
AT IT AND CON VINES-- CONVINCED
GENIE NOT TO OPEN IT, AND WHEN
NO ONE WAS LOOKING I KIND WENT
AND OPENED IT.
I WAS HOPING THAT ENOUGH LUVU
WOULD FIND THEIRS AND THEY DID.
>> NASEER, THE PHRASES WERE
FUNNY SO WHEN YOU HAD TO SAY IT
AND YOU ARE NOT SURE THAT
EVERYONE KNOWS WHAT IS
HAPPENING, HOW DO YOU FIGURE OUT
HOW TO DO THAT.
>> FIRST THING FIRST, WOW, I HAD
TO MEMORIZE THE PHRASES.
>> WHICH ONE WAS YOUR PHRASE.
>> SO I AM AS CONFUSED AS A GOAT
ON-- SO I'M LIKE, SO I HAD MY--
I WOULD SAY I TAKE A COUPLE
COCONUTS WITH ME, GO SIT DOWN
AND, YOU KNOW, REPEATING AGAIN,
TRYING TO REMEMBER.
BUT IT TOOK ME AT LEAST LIKE 50
TO 60 TIMES.
>> REALLY?
>> YEAH.
AGAIN, YOU KNOW THAT ENGLISH IS
NOT MY FIRST LANGUAGE.
AND I'M PROUD TO SAY I LEARNED
ENGLISH WATCHING SURVIVOR.
>> I LOVE THAT.
>> AWESOME.
>> SO TO LEARN A NEW PHRASE FROM
SURVIVOR, IT IT IS EVEN MORE
EXCITING, YOU KNOW.
>> WHAT A GREAT PHRASE.
>> LET'S GET SOME REFILLS IN
HERE.
>> THIS IS SO CRAZY.
>> ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GETTING A
LITTLE MORE REFRESHED.
TIFFANY, AS WE DO THIS, QUESTION
FOR YOU, DOES EVERYONE KNOW
ABOUT THE KNIFE CAKE.
>> XANDER DOES NO.
>> WHEN YOU DO THAT WHAT WE LIKE
ABOUT PLANNING A NIGHT SNEAK IS
THE MISSION IMPOSSIBLE OF IT
ALL.
WHICH IS YOU HAVE TO GET OUT OF
CAMP.
>> YEAH.
>> YOU ARE AWAY FROM CAMP, YOU
HAVE TO GET BACK TO CAMP.
WHICH IS THE SCARIEST PART, IS
ST LEAVING, BEING GONE, COMING
BACK.
>> HE DIDN'T KNOW, AT THAT
MOMENT, THAT I HAD GOTTEN THAT
ADVANTAGE.
AND LIANA AND EVVIE KNEW I HAD
TO DO IT.
SO THE MOST DANGEROUS PART WAS
COMING BACK BECAUSE IT STARTED
TO LOOK LIKE IT WAS GOING TO
RAIN.
AND THAT IS THE ONLY TIME THAT
XANDER WOULD HAVE WOKEN UP.
IT IT IT WAS SUPER STRESSFUL BUT
IT WAS REALLY FUN, IT WAS FUN.
>> EVVIE, LET'S TALK ABOUT ONE
OF THE BIG MOVES OF THE SEASON
WAS LIANA HAD THE KNOWLEDGE OF
POWER.
>> SHE SURE DID, YES.
>> YOU ARE ALLOWED TO ASK ONE
PLAYER THE FOLLOWING TWO
QUESTIONS, DO YOU HAVE AN
ADVANTAGE, DO YOU HAVE AN IDOL.
>> LIANA WENT ON THE JOURNEY AND
WE STHOWT SHE GAVE AN ADVANTAGE
TO SHAN BUT IT TURNED OUT SHE
HAD RECEIVED THE KNOWLEDGE OF
POWER VAC, AND SHAN REVEALED TO
TIFFANY WHO THEN TOLD ME THAT
LIANA HAD AN ADVANTAGE.
SO THEN I WILLA-- LIANA FELT
COMPELLED TO TELL ME SHE DOES
HAVE AN ADVANTAGE, AND WE SAT
DOWN AND SHE SHOWED MY THE PAPER
AND I COULD READ HOW IT WORKED.
SO IT BECAME WHREER THAT LIANA
WAS NO LONGER WITH US AND XANDER
HAD BEEN FELLING PEOPLE I'M
GOING TO PLAY MY IDOL FOR EFI.
>> SO WHEN YOU ARE TRYING TO
FORMULATE A PLAN, DO YOU HAVE TO
SAY HEY, MEET ME BY THE TREE, I
HAVE AN IDEA.
>> THE AMAZING THING WITH YASE
IS WE HAD BEEN WORKING TOGETHER
FOR SO LONG THAT QUICKLY I
FLASHED TO TIFFANY, WE HAVE TO
THREUS THE IDOL.
SHE SAYS WE HAVE TO MOVE THE
IDOL SO WE RUN INTO THE WOODS,
XANDER GRABS HIS BACK, REALLY
QUICKLY WE SHOVE EVERYTHING
DOWN, AND PUT THE FAKE IDOL IN
HIS CROTCH RIGHT AS LIANA SHOWS
UP.
>> IT IT WAS CHAOS.
>> YOU HAVE TO PROTECT THIS.
>> DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT.
>> FOR SURE.
>> 100 PERCENT.
>> OKAY.
>> AND THE TIMING COULD NOT HAVE
BEEN MORE PER SPECT BECAUSE SHE
FELT SHE WALKED IN OP HIM
PUTTING THE REAL IDOL IN HIS
PANTS, SHE REALLY BELIEVED THAT
WE STILL TRUSTED HER EVEN THOUGH
WE REALLY DIDN'T AND REALLY SAW
THE WRITING ON THE WALL.
AND GOT TO GIVE IT TO XANDER, HE
ACTED THE HELL OUT OF THAT.
AND TO BE HONEST, YOU KNOW, IT
WAS A REALLY SCARY MOMENT
BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY I
STILL ALMOST WENT HOME BUT TO
KNOW THAT WE HAD THIS ADVANTAGE,
WE USED OUR RELATIONSHIP, OUR
KNOWLEDGE THAT WE WERE SHARING
AS A GROUP TO REALLY THWART THE
FIRST TIME EVER THAT THIS
AVANTAGE WAS PLAYED, IT IT IT
WAS AN AMAZING MOMENT.
>> XANDER, WHEN YOU WATCH A
MOMENT LIKE THAT AS AN AUDIENCE
MEMBER, YOU FORGET YOU ARE
WATCHING REAL PEOPLE.
ST KIND OF STARTS TO FEEL LIKE A
DRAMA THAT YOU ARE WATCHING.
BUT WHERE IS THE HEARTBEAT,
WHERE IS THE ADRENALINE RUSH
BECAUSE AS EFI DESCRIBED IT,
LIANA IS SECONDS AWAY FROM
SHOWING UP.
>> IT IS SUCH A RUSH THAT YOU
HAVE TO FORMULATE THIS PLAN AND
FIGURE OUT EXACTLY WHAT TO DO
BASED OFF OF INFORMATION THAT
I'M NOT EVEN SURE IS TRUE.
AND I DON'T KNOW WHO TO TRUST
BUT WE'RE JUST GOING TO GO FOR
IT ANYWAY AND SNAP, SHE'S HERE
SO WE JUST GOT TO DO IT.
SO I GUESS WE'VE GOT A PLAN.
>> AND LIANA WHEN YOU ARE
SITTING AT TRIBAL AND READY TO
MAKE THIS BIG MOVE AND FLIP THE
GAME UPSIDE DOWN, WALK ME
THROUGH WHAT YOU WERE FEELING
AND THEN HOW IT FELT WHEN YOU
REALIZED YOU HAD BEEN HAD.
>> YEAH, SO IT IT WAS A REALLY
BIG DEAL THAT I EVEN GOT THE
ADVANTAGE IN THE FIRST PLACE.
AND I GOT IT, I'M LIKE WOW, THE
KNOWLEDGE OF POWER ADVANTAGE,
LIKE THAT SOUNDS LIKE MY ENTIRE
EXPERIENCE BEING AT YASE BECAUSE
THIS WHOLE TIME THE GUY IS LIKE
I'M THE ONLY ONE NOT IN IT, I
KNEW IT THE WHOLE TIME SO THIS
IS GREAT, THIS IS LIKE THE
PERFECT ADVANTAGE FOR ME, THE
MOST POWERFUL EVER.
SO I TOLD EVVIE THE ADVANTAGE,
AND I KNEW IT WAS SUPER RISKY
GOING IN, I GO TO SHAN, I REALLY
THINK THEY MOVED IT.
I'M NOT SO SURE, AND I SAID
SOMETHING WAS OFF, LIKE MY
SPIEDY SENSES WERE GOING.
THIS IS A RISKY GAME, HE WASN'T
TO MAKE THIS BIG MOVE, I AM JUST
GOING TO TRUST NIE SELF.
>> I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION FOR
ONE PLAYER.
DO YOU HAVE AN IDOL XANDER.
>> NO, BUT YOU CAN HAVE THE
STICK.
>> IT BLEW UP IN MY FACE BUT
ALSO IT WAS ALSO ONE OF THE
PROUDEST MOMENTS IN TERMS OF THE
GAME FOR ME IN TERMS OF HOW I
RESPONDED.
>> DID YOU HANDLE IT REALLY
WELL.
>> YEAH, THAT IS WHAT IS SO
BEAUTIFUL ABOUT SURVIVOR FOR ME,
AND THIS EXPERIENCE IS THAT I
FELL ON MY FACE.
>> SORRY.
>> I LIKE FACE PLANTED FOR SURE
BUT LIKE HONESTLY, IN MY, I FEEL
LIKE I'M REALLY A PES MIST A LOT
OF TIME AND DON'T REALLY BELIEVE
IN MYSELF.
I DON'T KNOW HOW TO TALK TO
PEOPLE AFTER THAT BECAUSE THEY
SAW ME FALL ON MY FACE, I AM
KIND OF WORTHLESS, YOU KNOW, AND
THERE WERE THESE VOICES IN MY
HEAD OF SAYING LIKE IT'S OKAY TO
FAIL.
LIKE IT'S OKAY TO FAIL.
AND HONESTLY, LIKE THAT WAS THE
PROUDEST MOMENT FOR ME BECAUSE
IT COULD HAVE GONE SO DIFFERENT
IN MY MIND.
LIKE I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHO THIS
PERSON IS RIGHT NOW THAT KIND OF
JUST GOT BACK UP AND IS LIKE,
YOU KNOW, TRYING TO PICK UP THE
PIECES.
AND SO IT IT WAS JUST REALLY
SPECIAL FOR ME BEING LIANA AFTER
THAT MOMENT.
>> DO YOU THINK THAT IS
PERMANENT?
>> I HOPE SO, YEAH, I WANT IT TO
BE.
AND THAT IS THE THING, LIKE I
THINK LEAVING THIS GAME I AM AN
ENTIRELY NEW PERSON.
I FEEL LIKE I WAS KIND OF
REBORN.
I DO IF I DO FAIL, LIKE JUST
COME BACK TO THIS MOMENT, WHERE
THERE IS THIS VOICE IN YOUR
HEADLINING I DID BUT YOU CAN GET
BACK UP LIANA.
AND IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT
NIBBLES THINKS T ST ABOUT THE
VOICE THAT IN IN YOUR HEAD, THAT
IT IS OKAY T IS OKAY.
AND AS LONG AS YOU ARE THINKING
YOU GO GET THROUGH IT, YOU
REQUEST GET THROUGH ANYTHING.
I WAS SO PROUD THE NEXT MORNING,
TALKING TO I WAS LIKE I KNOW
THA WAS HECIAL BUT THAT IS THE
MOVE THAT I THOUGHT WAS BEST FOR
ME AT THAT TIME.
IT ST KIND OF LIKE OWNING THAT
MOMENT.
AND HONE-- HONESTLY, THAT WAS MY
PROUDEST MOMENT IN THIS GAME.
>> AND HOW IRONIC IS KNOWLEDGE
IS POWER IS WHAT GOT YOU.
>> CAN I GET A SLICE OF PIZZA BY
THE WAY.
IN A MOMENTS WE'LL TAKE A BREAK
AND BE RIGHT BACK.
LET ME HAVE A SLICE OF THAT.
>> UP NEXT EVVIE, RICARD AND
DANNY SHARE HOW THEIR SURVIVOR
EXPERIENCE CHANGED THEIR LIFE.
>> ALL RIGHT SO WE'RE HERE IN
THE JUNG EF-- JUNGLE OF
FINNINGI, WE JUST FINISHED
SURVIVOR 41 WHY ERIKA WAS
AWARDED A MILLION DOLLARS, SHE
HASN'T GOT IT YET, I'M GOOD FOR
IT.
I JUST WANT TO HIT ON A COUPLE
OF THINGS, NAS EAR, HOW DO YOU
EXPLAIN WHAT IT IS LIKE TO LIVE
WITH A GROUP OF THESE PEOPLE IN
THE REAL JUNGLE IN FIJI.
>> BEING ON SURVIVOR IS MY DREAM
FOR TEN YEARS, SO I THINK I
REALLY ENJOYED IT IT.
AND APPRECIATE EVERY SINGLE
MOMENT OF THIS EXPERIENCE.
IT IS, I WOULD SAY, IT IT IS ONE
TIME-- HOW CAN.
>> ONCE IN A LIFETIME.
>> ONCE IN A LIFETIME
EXPERIENCE, THERE WERE NO
SURVIVOR PLAYERS OR CASTAWAYS
VIEW LIFE ON THE ISLAND THE WAY
I DID.
>> YOU ARE GETTING A LOT OF
AGREEMENT.
>> OH MY GOD.
>> FOOD.
>> I AM LIKE THAT IS WHAT I
WANT.
>> WE HAD SOME VEGGIES FROM THE
FIELD, WE HAD EVERYTHING WHAT WE
NEED.
>> THERE WE GO.
>> YES.
>> I WAS SO PROUD OF MYSELF CUZ
OF LIKE BACK HOME 18 YEARS,
ALMOST 18 YEAR LIVE IN SRI
LANKA, I AM BACK TO THAT AGE
AGAIN, YOU KNOW, WHEN I WAS
SEVEN YEARS OLD, WEARING MY
SLINGSHOT, NO SHIRT, WEARING A
SARONG, GOING AROUND, HUNTING
BIRDS AND CLIMBING COCONUT
TREES.
AND I EF ME MOMENT.
>> DID YOU REALLY.
>> OF COURSE, I ACHIEVED MY
DREAMK I DID EVEN THOUGH I I DID
NOT WIN I'M HAPPY FOR ERIKA AND
THE WAY SHE PLAYED.
I'M HERE TO INSPIRE KIDS GROWING
UP IN SOLITARY.
>> POVERTIEER.
>> AND ALSO KIDS THAT GROWING UP
IN SMALL VILLAGES THAT THEY
DON'T HAVE ENOUGH SUPPORT OR-- I
WANT TO BRING OUT THIS MESSAGE,
NEVER GIVE UP ON YOUR DREAM.
NO MATTER WHAT, OR, AND WHERE
YOU LIVE, WHAT TYPE OF CULTURE
YOU HAVE, YOU CAN STILL ACHIEVE
YOUR DREAM.
>> BEAUTIFUL, LOVE THAT.
>> AND I DID IT.
AND I AM PROUD OF IT TWNS
CONGRATULATIONS.
>> THANK YOU.
>> EVVIE, HOW DO YOU DESCRIBE
THIS EXPERIENCE?
>> EVERYONE TOLD ME THIS IS
GOING TO IT BE A LIFE CHANGING
EXPERIENCE AND I CAME IN
THINKING YOU KNOW WHAT, I FEEL
OF COURSE THAT THERE IS ALWAYS
GROWTH IN YOUR LIFE BUT THAT I
ENTERED THIS GAME FEELING LIKE
PRETTY FULLY GROWN AND FEELING
PRETTY CONFIDENT IN WHO I AM.
I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I
PUT OUT, A LOT OF CONFIDENCE
ABOUT WHO I AM BECAUSE I HAVE
HAD GROWTH IN MY LIFE, YOU KNOW.
BUT FOR REAL I NEVER EXPECTED TO
VIEW ANYTHING IN ANY CHALLENGE
AND THE FACT THAT I WAS ABLE,
FOR TWO DAYS USE THE REWARD
CHALLENGE AND WIN AN IMMUNITY
CHALLENGE, THAT WAS LIFE
CHANGING FOR ME.
IT REALLY MADE ME FEEL AWESOME T
IS A LIFE CHANGING EXPERIENCE
EVEN IF YOU ARE STUBBORN LIKE ME
AND THINK YOU CAN'T GROW, YOU
ABSOLUTELY CAN AND THIS IS THE
PLACE TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.
>> RICARD, RAWEST MOMENT FOR
YOU.
BECAUSE EVEN NOW I CAN TELL YOU
ARE STILL WORKING HROUGH ALL OF
THIS VOTE OUT THING.
>> YEAH, I MEAN I AM STRUGGLING.
I HAD AN IMAGE OF MY HEAD OF
WHAT MY JOURNEY WAS GOING TO IT
BE.
I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO IT BE
WINNING TODAY, LIKE GENUINELY.
I FELT IT IN MY WHOLE HEART.
BUT SHOW EVEN THOUGH THE END
POINT WAS VERY DISAPPOINTING FOR
ME AND I'M WORKING THROUGH IT,
IT WAS BIGGER AND MORE BEAUTIFUL
AND INTENSE AND I'M MORE PROUD
OF MYSELF THAN I THOUGHT WAS
POSSIBLE EVEN THOUGH I DIDN'T
ACHIEVE MY GOAL.
LIKE I DID AWESOME.
SHAN AND I DID AWESOME.
WE WERE LIKE A POWER COUPLE THIS
WHOLE DAMN TIME.
AND IT IS AMAZING TO ME, LIKE
WHAT I AM CAPABLE.
>> I WAS GOING TO SAY I WOULD
LIKE TO SAY TOO.
>> DANNY.
>> JUST BECAUSE I THINK I GOT A
LITTLE BIT OF SOMETHING
DIFFERENT OUT HERE THAN POSSIBLY
EVERYBODY ELSE.
I CAME OUT HERE THINKING THAT I
JUST WANTED TO COMPETE, TRY TO
FIND SOMETHING TO COMPETE AT AND
WIN.
AND I ACTUALLY CAME OUT HERE AND
FOUND OUT THAT I HAD A 25 YEAR
OLD DEMON THAT I THOUGHT I WAS
USING TO PROPEL ME FORWARD IN
COMPETITIONS, AND LIFE.
AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN I FUND
OUT THAT IT WAS SOMETHING THAT I
NEEDED TO RELEASE.
>> HAVE YOU SHARED WHAT THAT
DEMON IS OR MAYBE YOU DON'T WANT
TO.
>> MY DAD PASSED WHEN I WAS
EIGHT.
AND WE HAD THIS, I HAVE THIS
HISTORY WITH CAR ACCIDENTS.
AND AS AN EIGHT YEAR OLD BOY I
DIDN'T UNDERSTAND HOW HE
COULDN'T BE STILL ALIVE.
FOR MY ENTIRE LIFE I WAS UPSET
AND I WAS MAD AT EVERYBODY WHO
HAD THEIR DAD THERE.
THEN I STARTED TO BECOME A
CHANGE IN ASHAMEDDED AT MYSELF
FOR THINKING THAT WAY SO LONG.
MAY 4th WAS THE 25th
ANNIVERSARY OF HIM PASSING AND
WE WERE ALL OUT HERE.
AND IT WAS, IT WAS HARD.
BUT THEY KEPT ME LAUGHING.
AND I REALLY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY
TO SIT BACK AND THINK THAT THIS
HAS BEEN HOLDING ME BACK, NOT
PROPELLING ME FORWARD.
AND I LET IT GO AND AMAZINGLY I
TOLD DESHAWN, I ADDED MY DAD, I
WANT THE TO THE I WANT TO MAKE
YOU PROUD LIST AS I'M HOLDING
THAT THING.
AND HE GAVE ME JUST ENOUGH TIME
TO WIN THAT CHALLENGE.
>> THE CARD DROPSSCH RICARD
DROPS, XANDER DROPS, DANNY WINS,
HIS FIRST INDIVIDUAL IMMUNITY,
SAFE TONIGHT AT TRIBAL COUNSEL.
>> THAT IS WHY I DROPPED TO MY
KNEES AND SHED TEARS BECAUSE I
JUST FELT SOMETHING KNEW, I AM
VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE
EXPERIENCE.
I THINK I GOT EVERYTHING I
NEEDED OUT OF HERE AND I THINK A
LOT OF YOU HELPED ME GET THROUGH
SOME OF THAT.
AND I AM JUST HAPPY AND
GRATEFUL.
THINGS ARE GOING TO CHANGE FOR
ME WHEN I GET BACK SO.
>> WOW, THANK YOU FOR SHARING
TAT.
TAKE A QUICK BREAK, WE'LL BE
RIGHT BACK.
>> UP NEXT, YOUR FIRST LOOK AT
SURVIVOR 42.
>> SO IF YOU ARE JUST TUNING IN
RANDOMLY, THIS IS SURVIVOR,
SURVIVOR 41, WE'RE DOING OUR
AFTER SHOW IN THE JUNGLES OF
FIJI.
ALSO JUST WANT TO ANSWER THE
QUESTION, IF YOU ARE WONDERING
WHERE DO YOU GET PIZZA WE MAKE
IT IT, SUE MADE THIS, REALLY
GOOD, RIGHT.
>> YEAH.
>> HAVE WE MISSED ANYTHING?
BECAUSE THIS IS REALLY SORT OF
AN IMPROMPTU CONVERSATION.
AND THE IDEA WAS TO JUST SHARE,
HAVE A LITTLE CHAMPAGNE AND EFI,
YES.
>> I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY I
THINK THROUGHOUT TH GAME THERE
IS A LOT OF TALK ABOUT AGE.
AND I THINK I WAS SUPER GUILTY
OF IT SOMETIMES SAYS A-W, THESE
KIDS O ON MY TRIBE, THESE TWO 20
YEAR OLDS, BUT WHEN WE LOOK AT,
WE HAD TWO OF THE YOUNGEST
PEOPLE TO EVER PLAY AND TWO
OLDER WOMEN WHO WERE WERE OFTEN
TARGETEDS ALIKE WEAK, I JUST
THINK IT PROVED LIKE EVERYONE
CAN PLAY THIS GAME.
AND THE TWO YOUNGEST KIDS WERE
SOMETIMES THE MOST MATURE,
BRILLIANT PEOPLE SAYING THE MOST
MATURE BRILLIANT THINGS AND THE
TWO OLDER WOMEN WERE SOMETIMES
THE TOUGHEST PEOPLE OUT HERE.
AND I WAS JUST REFLECTING THAT
IF I WAS 20, I COULD NEVER LOOK
LIKE YOU GUYS AND IF I WAS IN
MY, LATER DAYS, I WOULD NEVER
LOOK LIKE YOU GUYS.
>> LATER DAYS.
>> AND I'M JUST REALLY PROUD OF
EVERYONE OUT HERE, YOU GUYS ARE
ALL AMAZING.
>> LATER DAYS WANTS TO SAY
SOMETHING.
>> 52,52.
>> I'M SORRY.
>> INSIDE 28, OUTSIDE 52.
THANK YOU.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> I GOT TO SAY, HAVING BEEN
HERE EVERY SINGLE DAY OF EVERY
SINGLE SEASON, THE REASON WE'RE
ALL STILL OUT HERE 21 YEARS IN
IS BECAUSE OF THIS.
AND WHAT WE DO AT THE END OF THE
SEASON THAT WE NEVER TELEVISE IS
WE DO THIS.
WE DON'T SIT DOWN AND TALK BUT
WE BRING IN CHAMPAGNE AND WE
BRING IN PIZZA AND WE BRING IN
OUR CREW BECAUSE OUR CREW NEVER
TALKS TO ANYBODY.
BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT YOU TO
DEVELOP RELATIONSHIPS.
WE WANT IT TO BE WITH YOU.
AND I'M LOOKING AT THIS GROUP,
GENUINELY FEEL LIKE YOU
REINVENTED THE GAME.
AND I WASN'T THE ONE THAT CAME
UP WITH DROP THE FOUR, KEEP THE
ONE, YOU TOOK IT, ADOPTED IT,
BIRTHED IT, DAWNED A NEW ERA.
I JUST WANT TO SAY PERSONALLY
THANK YOU.
BECAUSE TO LIANA'S POINT,
DANNY'S POINT, DESHAWN, RICARD,
ALL OF YOU SHARED THESE REALLY
PERSONAL THINGS, AND WHEN WE'RE
WATCHING AT HOME AND I WATCH
JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELSE, I GET
MOVED BY YOUR STORIES.
I GET INSPIRED BY YOUR STORIES.
I GET ENTERTAINED BY YOUR
STORIES AND SOMETIMES I LEARN BY
YOUR STORIES.
SO THANK YOU FOR SHARING.
AND WE'RE NOW GOING TO SEND YOU
HOME.
WE'RE GOING TO STAY HERE AND
BRING IN ANOTHER GROUP OF
PLAYERS AND SHOOT SURVIVOR 42.
AND I WILL GIVE YOU A LITTLE
CLUE, THERE ARE A FEW THINGS IN
YOUR SEASON THAT WE'RE GOING TO
KEEP AND WE'RE GOING TO ADJUST A
LITTLE BIT, KIND OF EXTEND THE
EXPERIMENT AND SEE HOW THEY
REACT.
ALL RIGHT, HERE IS YOUR FIRST
SNEAK PEEK AT SURVIVOR 42.
>> FOR OUR 42nd SEASON, THE
GREATEST SOCIAL EXPERIMENT ON
TELEVISION CONTINUES.
AT 18 NEW PLAYERS TAKE ON THE
MOST DANGEROUS VERSION OF
SURVIVOR EVER SEEN.
ING WITH BNS A FIREFIGHTER
PREPARES TO YOU ALWAYS EXPECT
THE UNEXPECTED.
I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE CHALLENGE.
>> I'M A SMART BUSINESS WOMAN.
I HAVE TAKEN DOWN VERY SMART
BUSINESSMEN.
>> I HAVE A WORLD RECORD IN
PULLUPS WITH A HUNDRED POUNDS ON
MY BACK, BUT THERE IS A MILLION
WORLD RECORDS.
BUT THERE IS ONE SURVIVOR.
>> HOW WILL THEY HANDLE RISKY
BEWARE ADVANTAGES.
>> YOU MUST SAY A SECRET PHRASE.
>> POTATOES HAVE SKIN, HAVE I
SKIN AND I AM POTATOE.
>> CRAZY TWISTS.
>> THERE IS ALWAYS SOMETHING.
>> NO FOOD.
>> I'M STARVING.
>> AND A RELENTLESS PACE THAT
WILL PUSH THEM TO THEIR LIMITS.
>> WE HAVE TO TERN EVERYTHING.
>> THIS GAME IS SO, SO HARD.
>> WHAT DID I GET MYSELF INTO.
>> IT IS SURVIVOR, 42.
PREMIERS NEXT SPRING.
>> ALL RIGHT, SO ON BEHALF OF
EVERYTHING THAT HAS PLAYED, THIS
IS IT T SURVIVOR 41.
SURVIVOR 42 WILL BE ON IN THE
SPRNG AND WE WILL SEE YOU THEN.
GOOD NIGHT, EVERYONE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> COME ON.
>> IF YOU WANT TO BID ON PROPS
FROM THIS SEASON OF SURVIVOR GO
TO SURVIVOR AUCTIONS.COM,
PROCEEDS GO TO STAND UP TO
CANCER.
WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR, APPLY
TO BE ON SURVIVOR.