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36 days ago, 16 Americans began the adventure of a lifetime.

They were abandoned in the heart of wild Africa and forced to work

together to build a new world while competing against each other for the

of sole survivor and $1 million.

As two separate tribes, Samburu and Buran, they faced extreme challenges.

Get that down, get that down.

They battled each other. It don't matter, we're all making it. You can't

decision. Tommy, Tommy, I had to open it for her. And they confronted the

dangers of an exotic land.

As alliances hit a fevered pitch, a new twist to the game sent them

real.

Since

that

time, emotions have run high.

Some friendships held.

I didn't vote for a friend of mine, and that makes me the happiest person on the

face of the earth.

While others crumbled. I was set up by somebody who I thought was my friend.

After the merge, on day 20, tempers flared when Lex received a mystery vote

tribal council.

I will not live with this fake.

I'm sorry. Someone voted against you, Mr. Ego. Deal with it. My gut tells me

that you stabbed me in the back, and you're playing both sides. Good

But through it all, they have continued to play the game.

And they have experienced the culture in

unforgettable ways.

It was a day I will never, ever forget.

This just shows me that there's more to life than just what's around the corner

at the house.

Last week, Lex won immunity.

And before tribal council, Teresa was desperate.

I know that I'm going to be the next one to go unless I can think of something

real quick.

To save herself, she played her final card.

She confessed to Lex that she was the one who cast the vote that sent him on

witch hunt. She said, you know, when you got that one mystery vote, who at the

time I thought might be Kelly, I was the one that cast that vote for you.

But in her confession, Teresa also implicated Tom in hopes of getting him

out.

When I came over to the tribe, a little birdie whispered something in my ear.

Did Tom tell you not to trust me?

Teresa's plan to get Tom ousted didn't work. At tribal council, the ex -Faron

members remained true to each other, and Teresa was the 12th person voted out of

the tribe.

Only four remain.

Tonight they will compete in their final immunity challenges.

Two will continue on to face the jury. One will outlast all the rest and become

the sole survivor.

Final four.

Final four.

It's been quite an experience.

We're in the home stretch, and emotions are just all over the map.

I mean, this game goes over a 39 -day period, and the whole thing is like a

giant puzzle.

And sometimes when one person says something to you, like what T -Bird said

me before tribal council, all of a sudden, some of the loose puzzle pieces,

find the spot that they fit in.

Yesterday, right before tribal council, Teresa came clean that back when we were

voting off Clarence, she was the one that voted that second vote for Lex that

upset Lex so much in the beginning.

And Teresa also said Tommy had been lobbying to get Lex voted off.

And that was very upsetting to Lex.

Mama Cat had been approached a couple times by Tom, who had told her, you

if you happen to vote for Lex on any of these tribal councils, that's totally

okay by me.

In his mind, he can't write the vote down, but if someone else does, that's

okay.

I mean, I will know tomorrow, because I am going to take Tom, and he and I are

going to have a man -to -man talk, just the two of us, and I am going to make

him shake on it.

On his son's name. And if he won't do that, then I know what the truth is.

All right.

I'm not naively going to let myself be led to slaughter.

I've worked too hard.

What's up, Kimmy?

Nothing's changed.

Same place, same old, same old.

Today is day 37.

It's exactly five weeks today that we've been out here, and that's a long time.

Day 37.

Amazing, huh?

I can't believe it.

The four of us left are all probably more surprised than the next about the

that we're still here.

I couldn't have imagined it being as crazy as it is. It's good, it's bad,

bitter, it's sweet.

Men are going off to work.

But more now than ever, our brains are focused on, well, is there anyone trying

to burn me?

I

felt

that there was a really good chance that Tom had pulled a bit of treachery when

it came to him and me.

And what I need to do is confront Tom with it and just find out what's true.

What are you going to fess up to it?

Tom, I want to talk.

Hey, bro. I heard some stuff yesterday that made me really unhappy.

And I need to talk to you about it because I believe in having everything

out in the open. Okay, you put her out here.

When we came back from Samburu, did you tell T -Bird that she couldn't trust me?

That I was not to be trusted?

Absolutely not.

No question.

No ifs, no ifs, no ands about it. What kind of question is that to ask this far

down in a game?

Hell, as far as I know, I don't think I did.

But if I did, Lex has been the man to watch.

Hell, he's been winning the immunities and everything else.

That's the reason he's getting all the votes.

If you're going to run in the front of the pack with a white horse, you're

to be shot at.

Also, did you ever tell Kim that she should vote for me? That you would never

vote for me because we made a pact that she should vote for me? I told her,

yeah. Yeah.

Why'd you do that? Because in the game, if she wanted the other players, I had

no control.

Why would you tell her to vote for me when we made a pact?

Why dig up bones?

Not digging up bones. This is your current event.

That's kind of like over at San Bruno.

You were the first one to say, well, don't vote for me. No, I didn't say

Tom, at all.

I thought it was only fair and right for me to say that none of us had votes

against us. And I talked to you about it before I talked to Brandon about it.

And you said that was the fair thing to do. I feel like you saved your ass.

No, that's not.

You know what? Well, I'll tell you right now. You're wrong.

Tom and I, there have been a couple of situations in the past that have arisen

that we haven't quite seen eye to eye on.

And I guess Tom had the impression that.

I wasn't really working quite with him or for him, but against him. All right,

now let me ask you this. Lex, all I had to do is vote one time and get you off.

Anytime I wanted. I know that.

Anytime I wanted. All I had to do was go like this. L -E -X. Yeah. Down there at

that cart. And you know what I did? You know what? I could have done the same

thing. That's right.

Tom, I want to go back to camp with you, and I swear it.

But I don't want you walking back there thinking that the only reason I'm still

in the game is by your good graces. I'm not here because anybody carried me

along. No one carried me here.

You're responsible because you're here. I'm responsible because I'm here. It's

not because Big Tom did Lex a favor that I'm here. I haven't saved you. We've

covered each other. Right. And the thing about Lex, we've got three more days,

and I'm not going to fall out in three days.

All right.

The thing between me and Lex is basically a case of paranoia and

But my alliance with Lex and Ethan has not, you know, has not quivered.

I don't have to.

You're not going to shake on the fact that you... I don't have to make another

alliance. Today is the day we're going to go vote. And I don't want you to feel

like it. You're obligated to me.

I can't forget about what Tom has done for me in the past.

We could thank each other.

equally for still being here so i would not feel right about cutting him off at

the knees because on a couple of occasions he's fallen from grace you

know the handshake's a big deal though he's all i already shook your hand once

don't need to shake it again i said all right we're taking a gamble bringing

tom in yes we are but i mean are you willing at this point to dissolve the

original pact No, I'm not. Okay.

And I'm not either.

Last night and this morning were some tough and trying times, so we decided to

take some time, go up to Borax, and just sort of zen out for a while.

What a view.

Isn't it incredible?

When you go up to Borax, it's so peaceful.

And we can also get a look down at our boma, which kind of gives you a

perspective on things. And you just can't help but think about stuff.

We've been living in that little circle for 36 days.

This has been the ultimate adventure for me.

Every little bit of myself, my being, has been touched in some little way.

It really says the remoteness of the whole thing.

To walk away with that million takes a lot of luck.

and so far i've been pretty lucky i'm just extremely happy that i've made it

this far so i'm gonna suck it in a little bit and enjoy it three more days

can't see this anymore take it all in cowboys it feels great to be the last

woman standing i may make it to the final three but i have to do that in my

power i have not won an immunity challenge yet i haven't won a reward

either That's not to say that it can't happen, and nobody would be happier than

me if I could pull it off and buy myself another day or two here.

Playing the game for me at this point has become all about winning.

Damn it, I am going to walk away with that prize.

And I am here for one thing and one thing only, to take that million dollars

to run with it. It's mine.

Torch with the message.

Oh, wow.

Names of dogs, college degrees, I hope you paid attention.

You may just be the next to go if your memory lacks retention.

What's your name again?

We're going to have to answer questions about ourselves or about past members of

Motomaji, you know, people that are on the jury right now, and whoever gets the

most questions right, then...

They get immunity.

What's Frank's other kid's name? Hunter Sage. I don't know.

That's another mental game.

I'm not that strong in that game.

It'll be tough on me.

Hunter Sage. I have no idea.

One thing that I'm worried about is if I get a question wrong.

About one of the jurors that, you know, I supposedly closed with, it could play

a little bit on the jurors if they just think you went through the motion

pretending to ask an important question without really listening to the answers.

I think Kim's going to be strong. She is.

It's bones to bones tonight, isn't it? Yep.

I think Kim has got the best chance at winning this challenge. She's got a

really good mind for facts. She's got really good retention, and she takes a

genuine interest in everybody.

You ready, lad?

Okay, guys.

What's up, Big Tom?

How are you?

Hey, Kim.

We'll now bring in the members of our jury.

Tonight's immunity challenge is called Fallen Comrades.

We're going to reveal how much you guys have learned about your fellow tribe

members. You've had a lot of conversations. How much listening have

done? We're holding it at Tribal Council because ultimately, this is a game

about relationships.

And the final vote will come down to the relationships you have formed with the

members of the jury. It'll be followed by a Tribal Council where the 13th

will be voted out. I'm going to ask you eight questions about the original tribe

mates you spent time with over the last 36 days.

Whoever has the most right, At the end of the competition, wins immunity.

First thing, Lex.

Take this back.

Before I ask the questions, I want to make sure you know the rules. I'll ask

the question, write down your answer.

Don't reveal until I tell you to.

First question.

What rank did Frank reach in the Army?

What rank did Frank reach in the Army?

Everybody reveal.

Kim says second lieutenant.

Ethan says sergeant. Lex says colonel. Tom says lieutenant private.

Correct answer, staff sergeant.

Nobody gets it right.

Move on to the next question.

Which survivor listed manipulating men on their application as one of their

favorite hobbies?

Which survivor listed manipulating men on their application as one of their

favorite hobbies?

Everybody reveal.

Kim says Kelly.

Ethan says Kelly.

Lex says Kelly. Big Tom says Kelly. Everybody's right.

Next question.

Who was the first to hit a target in the archery competition?

Who was the first survivor to hit a target in the archery competition?

Everybody reveal.

Kim says Clarence.

Ethan says Kim Powers.

Lex says Clarence.

Big Tom says Lindsey.

Correct answer, Lindsey. Big Tom on the board with two.

Fourth question.

Whose children are these and what are their names?

Pass that around.

Whose children?

are in the photograph you're looking at, and what are their names?

Everybody reveal.

Kim says, Teresa's, Ellie and Tyler.

Ethan says, Teresa's, Ellie and Tyler.

Lex, Ellie and Tyler.

Big Tom, Ellie and Tyler.

Everybody right. Everybody scores again.

After four questions, Tom in the lead with three. Everybody else has two.

Fifth question.

In which city and state is Jesse a deputy sheriff?

In which city and state is Jesse a deputy sheriff?

Everybody reveal.

Kim says Orlando, Florida. Ethan, Orlando, Florida.

Lex, Orlando, Florida.

Big Tom, Orlando, Florida. Everybody right. Everybody scores again.

Sixth question.

Which survivor has a tattoo of a black widow spider and for an extra point,

where is it?

Which survivor has a tattoo of a black widow spider and for an extra point,

Where is it located?

Everybody reveal.

Kim says Brandon on his back.

Ethan says Brandon on his left ankle.

Lex says Brandon on his back.

Big Tom says Brandon on his butt. Correct answer is Brandon on his back.

Ethan and Big Tom get one.

Lex and Kim get two.

Here's where we're at after six questions.

Big Tom, Lex, and Kim all have five. Ethan has four.

Question number seven.

Who are Sage Hunter and Jocelyn Rose?

Who are Sage Hunter and Jocelyn Rose?

Everybody reveal.

Kim says Frank's children.

Ethan, Frank's kids. Lex, Frank's kids. Big Tom, Frank's kids. Everybody write.

Going into the last question, Kim, Lex, Big Tom, all have six.

Ethan has five.

Which female survivor does not have anything pierced, including her ears?

Which female survivor does not have anything pierced, including her ears?

Keep this last answer very private.

If you're going to take a guess, make one now.

All right, on this reveal, I need you guys to do it one at a time. Wait until

tell you.

Start with you, Kim.

Kim wrote Kelly.

That's correct.

That gives you seven right.

Ethan, show me what you had.

Linda is wrong.

You're out of the game.

Lex.

Lindsey, you're wrong.

You're out of the game. Big Tom, this is what it comes down to.

You have Jesse. You're wrong.

Game is over.

Kim, congratulations.

Well earned.

Slide it on. It's the first time you've had it.

Enjoy it.

Congratulations. Thank you.

So, Kim, you're immune from the vote tonight.

Guaranteed yourself a spot in the final three.

You also have assured yourself that you'll take part in tomorrow's final

immunity challenge, which means you will have participated in every single

challenge we've had.

Great achievement.

Congratulations.

Thank you.

Time now to vote.

Obviously, the only person you can't vote for is Kim.

The other three of you, a fair game.

Somebody's going home. Let's find out.

Kim, you're up first.

Sorry, buddy. It was great fun. You started playing that manipulating game,

setting one person up against the other.

It just doesn't cut it with me.

is the exact thing. I didn't want that to happen.

It's not personal. It's every man for himself.

And I have no prayer beating you against the jury.

I respect you more than anything in the world.

You carried me all the way.

And I thank you for that.

It's been a hell of a bunch of fun.

We have to get that always a big thing.

I wouldn't have done it again tonight, but I'm one guy to maintain it.

So, best of luck.

It's been fun.

One extra guy to run.

I'll go tally the votes.

Once the votes are read, the decision is final. The person will be asked to

leave the tribal council area immediately.

Are we the votes?

First vote.

Tom.

Lex.

One vote Tom, one vote Lex.

Two votes Tom.

Last vote.

Big Tom, I'm going to bring you a torch.

Enjoy it.

Enjoy it.

Big Tom.

Goodbye, dear. Thank you. Time to smoke.

Bye.

Come down to this.

Three people. One immunity challenge left. Win, you're in the final two.

Get a good night's sleep. You're going to need it.

Bring it back to camp.

Well, well.

Look at old Big Tom there.

It's been a journey.

I do want to say a special thanks to Lex, Ethan, for making our

wines with me and being man enough to stay with our line.

Without y 'all, I couldn't have made it this far.

Hey, love, peace, and higher grace.

Big Tom will talk to you later.

I was up pretty much all night with

Which is diarrhea that I was cramping up pretty bad this morning. Couldn't

really hold down water. It's just one of those things.

You went 12 or 13 times last night? At least.

I just didn't stop.

The game of Survivor never takes a time out. It's the real deal. You come out

here for 39 days, and if at any point during those 39 days, you're not 100 %

your game, or something happens to you, that's just tough.

It is a road trip. Just follow the move.

predict anything in this game. That's why it's an amazing game.

You know, twists and turns and you can't control it and that makes it exciting

and frustrating and new. You know, you can't predict anything.

This morning, you will participate in a final rite of passage.

This is a chance to think about what it took to get to day 38.

This is a Samburu ritual, so we will follow their lead, always walking north,

fires on east and west, never looking back.

It begins with a blessing from the elders, who will beckon the spirits with

their sticks, asking them to forgive you for any wrongdoings you may have done

to others.

and you should also focus on what you need to get through these last two days.

Continuing north, you'll follow a trail of staffs representing your fellow

survivors. This is a chance for you to reflect on the impact the former tribe

members have had on your life and the impact you've had on their life.

You'll then come upon a group of Samburu tribe members who will lead you through

a ceremonial cleansing, which represents new life, your new life.

A mixture of goat fat and blood will be washed over your body and you'll then be

asked to celebrate your rebirth.

This is for you. I encourage you to give yourself over to the experience.

It's yours.

Begin.

I'm 42.

This is a chance of a lifetime for me. I've done something that I wanted to do

and that just makes my life better.

That's really what counts to me.

very hard out here.

Harder than I ever expected it to be. And I think I've accomplished enough

by being here.

I do have a charmed and wonderful life and I appreciate it more since I've been

out here. Because the little things that you take for granted, like turning on

that faucet of water, crawling in that bed at night, don't happen here in

Africa.

Mother Africa is just this wonderful, wonderful place.

I've grown.

I've learned. It was an amazing adventure.

I planned on winning the whole thing, obviously. I mean, you come here to win,

and, you know, it was an unbelievable experience, unbelievable game.

I'd play the game tomorrow. I'd play it next year.

I'm an athlete. I love to compete, but I'd much rather do it in a civilized

environment where I'm not battling manipulation and backstabbing. This game

serious, emotional rollercoaster ride.

I'd kind of assume the leadership role for, like... Day one, the incident with

Diane kind of like threw me down to the bottom. I went from like the CEO of the

company to the janitor.

I can't help but be myself.

It was hard for me not to have friends in different places and that kind of

screwed me. But hey, I made it past the hard part with the boulders and whatnot.

And for a skinny girl, you know, it's a big deal.

The funniest thing, you know, I'm going to miss the most is the challenges. I

have come in like.

Second or third on all the challenges, me. I mean, I won that one with Frank

that was like the most physical one we've had. And, you know, nobody will

take me for granted again.

Not only is the game a challenge to me physically and mentally for my

competitive spirit, but just being out here in this isolation under these

conditions is also therapeutic.

The game hasn't really ever been about the money for me. It's been about coming

out here and doing something like this, which is just an amazing experience.

When you take a step back, you're like, wow, I mean, who gets this kind of

opportunity in their life?

Out here, you can't be as vocal as you might be back home, because if you are,

you might not be here long, and that's just part of the game.

I have met 16 of the greatest individuals that I've ever met in my

them I like more than others. They were all unique kind of people, and damn,

what a ride.

What is it? What is it?

What is it?

This is your final immunity challenge.

It comes down to one quality, willpower.

How badly do you want this? This is your final endurance test.

Put one hand on the idol, each foot on its dump.

Once you commit your hand and your feet, you can't move them. The last person

left standing goes to the final two, and just as importantly, decides who goes

with them to that final vote.

Take your positions. Wait for my go.

Guys, just remember, keep your feet on the wood and be careful with your hands.

Don't lose contact with the idol. Don't lose your concentration.

Game is on.

Well, the good news is you guys have lasted an hour. The bad news is it's

a .m. The sun hasn't even begun to heat up yet.

Stay strong. Remember, keep your feet on the logs, your hand on the idle.

You guys have come a long way.

Another update for you.

Two hours.

It's got to feel like a lot longer. The sun is as hot as it has ever been.

Draw on whatever you have left.

Put a hand on that item.

Nathan, your foot came off.

After two hours, 26 minutes. You're out of the game.

You're nuts doing this.

I should be old enough to know better.

No matter what you guys are feeling, keep going, all right?

Because it doesn't feel good to let go.

Give it everything you got.

Don't leave anything up there.

All right?

Thanks.

Worked my butt off to get right here, and I go and I blow it on such a silly

little mistake.

I just lost concentration. My back foot came up, and that's the killer.

I can never, ever get to that spot again.

It feels horrible.

It feels horrible.

Still in the game.

I pretend I'm someplace else.

Where are you?

Flying on a beach.

Roasting in the sun with a planter's punch at my side.

What do you figure, six, seven, eight more hours of this?

People look strong, but Lexis, they're just as strong.

Neither of them will give up because they want the choice to bring whoever

want to the final two.

Belly's gonna, you know. Huh?

My belly's gonna.

You've got the worst of it all, right? Yeah, it's just, it's just drained.

Lex had problems with his stomach all night last night. He was up like ten

going to the bathroom.

I'm sure he's dehydrated. Well, the sun is ridiculous right now.

It's hot.

You're out. Three hours, 21 minutes.

Kim, you have immunity.

The final immunity challenge was not luck, was not being nice, was not any of

the things that I had done so far. That was something that came out of me,

inside of me, a determination that I haven't seen in me, maybe ever.

your wildest dreams, you know, things like this happen. It doesn't ever really

happen to you, but it shows that dreams come true.

Never thought I'd see this again.

Never thought I'd see it ever. You've got a little streak going on.

Never thought I'd see it ever.

I'm very stunned now that I'm in the final two when I can remember thinking

first night here, oh my God, I'm going to be the first one voted off.

Lex, Ethan, go.

I'm glad the three of us are here.

No? Thank you. I'm glad we're here, too.

It's a good group. We had a pretty good bond right from the beginning. We all

needed each other to get here, that's for sure. Yeah, that's for sure.

You know, what will be weighing heavy on our minds and on our hearts today is

wondering which one of us is out of the game tonight and which one of us is

going to be here until the very end, until the final two.

Only one of us can stay.

And that's all up to Mama Cat.

Regardless of what happens, I was proud to play the game with you, and I was

proud to have an alliance with you.

I mean, really.

I mean, I worked out really well.

My destiny is definitely in someone else's hand, and it's a scary feeling.

I've never been in that situation before, and I feel very vulnerable.

You know, my stomach's in knots. I don't know, you know, what to think. I mean,

I could be going home tonight.

I could, you know, I could be here tomorrow.

I understand because you wouldn't have to have it relaxed and try and make a

decision for you.

It's a hard decision just anyway, you know, making two when there are three.

You've got a really, really hard job ahead of you. I'm just trying to think

all kinds of things that would make me be able to make a decision easier.

I mean, I love you both equally, absolutely equally.

I know.

It's just horrible. I mean, it's not just the biggest decision here. It's

probably one of the biggest decisions of my life.

You're in a tough, tough, tough situation.

When you won today, that was a bittersweet victory, but it also comes

great reward.

Deciding who I'm going to vote off tonight would be more of a strategic

I thought one of the two of them would be more easily beatable than the other.

And I wish that nobody had to feel bad about it.

That's the double -edged sword of winning this immunity, that I have to do

something that will pain me and it will pain the person that I don't bring with

me to the final two.

There's nothing fun about that.

Now bring in the six members of our jury.

And then there were three.

Long day today. Started very, very early.

Let's talk about the immunity challenge.

Kim, today, in an absolute test of willpower, you, a 56 -year -old grandma,

took on two young, fit, able -bodied guys and you kicked their ass.

You earned that immunity.

Tell me about it today.

It was strictly just...

Stamina and guts going on, and there was something inside of me making me stay.

It went beyond the game. It was something that I needed to do for me to

that I could do something, to will myself to do something that I really

think I was capable of.

Ethan, what was it like for you? It was tough, obviously. It was very tough for

me.

I thought I would have done better, and I thought I would have been stronger.

It's going to bug me for a while. It's going to take a long time to be able to

get over that.

Lex, you two were fighting it, hung on as long as you could. What finally

happened? It boiled down to a physical problem. I finally did not have the

strength to stand anymore, and my mind and my will and my pride would have had

me up there another three hours.

But my body wasn't ready to deliver, and it didn't. And the strongest person

won.

Here's where we're at.

Can't vote for Kim. She has immunity.

The rules clearly state you can't vote for yourself, which means, Lex, you can

only vote for Ethan. Ethan, you can only vote for Lex.

No need for you guys to vote. Your votes nullify each other.

Therefore, the only person who will vote tonight is Kim.

Obviously, Kim, lots of reasons why you might pick one guy over another.

The only question I have for you is, do you want to hear from these guys as to

why they think they should stay, or have you already made up your mind?

I actually haven't made up my mind yet.

Probably the most bittersweet thing that's ever happened to me. I just feel

bad that I can't choose both of them. I almost wish that one of them had the

immunity and I didn't even have to make this decision.

If they have anything they'd like to say, I'd love to hear it.

Lex, anything you want to say?

I want you to vote. Vote your heart.

And don't look back and don't regret anything, because it'll be all right,

that's fine.

How about you, Ethan?

Do... What makes you feel good inside?

Okay,

Kim, and this is the last time you will have any control over this game.

After 38 days of being in control, after tonight's vote, all the power goes to

the six members we already have in our jury and the seventh that you're about

add.

Time to write down a name.

You're up.

This is probably the hardest thing I've ever had to do.

You're an incredible competitor.

A great friend.

If I could come up with a wonderful reason, I'd love to give it to you.

I know we'll always be friends.

I'll go tally the vote.

Once the vote is read, the decision is final. The person will be asked to leave

the Chapel Council area immediately.

I'll read the vote.

The 14th person voted out of the tribe.

Travis, welcome.

The power

is

now completely in the hands of the jury.

You guys have tonight and tomorrow to think about what you're going to say to

convince seven people you just voted out of this game to turn around and vote

for you and reward you with a million dollars.

And now back to camp.

See you tomorrow.

I can honestly say I spent 38 days here. I played as hard as I could. I played

straight and honest and true.

And, Mama Cat, I don't have any ill feelings.

I've got no problem with the vote that you cast tonight. You had to vote for

somebody. It was a tough call.

I'm sure he's really upset.

I did the right thing. And I really did the right thing.

No regrets.

It's hard to think no more nights.

No, it's not.

Final two, day 39.

I can't believe I'm even saying the words.

Yesterday I was concerned about having to vote off one of the two guys, and

today I can just really relish being at the end here with Ethan and the final

day. I'm just beside myself that I'm here.

Yeah, it's huge, Ethan. It's huge.

We've been waiting a long time for this.

Today is a very good day.

I'm just feeling relief, a sense of joy, a sense of gratitude for Kim for

choosing me.

I really couldn't be here with a better person. I'm very excited about that. I

mean that, you know, sincerely.

As the time drew closer to decide who to bring to the final two with me, the

decision became harder and harder. But I feel that Lex thought he deserved it.

I'm not so sure that Ethan felt he deserved it. And maybe...

Ultimately, that's what made the decision easier for me. I only won two

challenges. People might think, well, he just got lucky and fell into this. You

know, you don't get here just by being a nice guy. You've got to do a lot of

things right.

I mean, there are things that you would do anyway, just in your life. You know,

you are who you are when you come here.

That's what got you here. I think that's what got you here, and that's what gets

you through.

Kim, we have to cross off our days.

Don't you think this whole thing will go down as one of the ultimate experiences

in your entire life?

Yeah. I thought that would never happen to me. Yeah.

Whatever. 38.

Goodbye.

Go for it.

Put your initials down there and wear it. I'll put mine.

Good, huh?

Good.

You like?

I like. Well done.

Okay.

Tonight

at

Tribal Council, you know, I think it's going to be a one -vote jury.

I see myself getting the guy vote, Lex and Tom and Frank.

And I see Kim getting the girl votes, which is Kelly, Little Kim, and Teresa.

And Brandon is going to be maybe the swing vote.

Stay in peace now.

But take one last look because you're never going to be in this spot again.

I'm hoping it's not. I mean, hopefully, you know, Tom will lighten it up a bit

and maybe.

But Lex is going to ask a deep question.

Yeah. So they're going to be deep and they're going to be heavy.

I guess the experience

tonight, it will probably be tense.

It's a big deal to now.

have to decide which person is the one that deserves to win, and not only win

the money, but deserves to win the game. And to me, that's really important.

You might say they were an unlikely pair to make it this far.

If you were placing best at the beginning of the game, you'd probably

Kim might have gone early because she was oldest, and you might have thought

weakest. And Ethan, you might have thought, might go far because he's going

hide under the radar for a while, but at some point in time, he's just not going

to... have bonded with people.

So it's interesting that an introvert and the oldest person in the tribe are

last two left.

No one ends up in the final two by luck or coincidence.

You can end up maybe in the final four by being lucky, but when you're in the

final two, that's on your own valor and that's on your own merit.

What's going to be really interesting about tonight's tribal council is that

look at the seven members of the jury, and they are all over the map. They run

the gamut. You've got all different kinds of people with different opinions

the final two, and it is still anyone's game.

Tonight's tribal council for me will be bittersweet. Number one, the game is

over.

Number two, I didn't get as far as I would have liked to have gone, which

have been first or second, ideally first.

Also bittersweet because the two people that I'm trying to make a decision on

are two people that I respect and genuinely like a lot.

Of course, the whole game's been pretty difficult, so why should it change now?

There's a lot of revenge involved in tonight for me. Not so much revenge as

satisfaction because I don't really care for one of the people that are up there

tonight.

And ultimately, I'm going to get to vote against them. So I think that's pretty

much the ultimate satisfaction for not really liking somebody.

But the fact that they made it 39 days with so many of us who have really big

personalities, you have to give them credit.

I mean, anybody who made it 39 days, you have to give them credit.

There is loyalty in this game.

That loyalty that will catapult you up, that scene with these two people that

are in the final, they had a loyalty to each other.

But even in this game, everything gets cut loose at the end because there can

only be one survivor.

As far as making a decision on who to vote for, I made it in 2 .9 seconds.

As soon as I got voted off, that night going out of tribal council, I said to

myself, Seth?

I know who I want to vote for or anything, so my question tonight, it'll

a serious question. They're going to scratch your head and say, what kind of

stupid question does he have?

And I want them just to laugh and think, how stupid is old Tom Buchanan?

I don't know what approach I'm going to take tonight.

I would like to see them squirm.

I'm the source loser out there, and I'll be the first one to admit it.

Kelly voted off debacle, which it was.

Because I didn't vote for stupid Lex, but that's fine.

I can't wait. I hope I get in there and they're quaking in their little Reeboks.

I just want to see fireworks because I've been sitting there for a really

time. And I just like to watch things happen.

I want to go now!

Ready to bring in the jury? I am.

Welcome, Ethan, Kim.

Welcome, jury, to the final tribal council.

Tonight there are two...

significant differences from any other tribal council.

First one is, you two won't vote.

Tonight, only the jury votes.

And the other very big difference, tonight, you want to see your name on

piece of paper.

The jury is no longer voting against somebody. Tonight, the jury is voting

winner. We're going to start by giving both of you a chance to address the

State your case.

Why should the seven that you've already voted out turn around and vote for you?

Kim, start with you.

I can't ask you guys to vote for me. I think that when you're out here with

somebody for 39 days, 24 -7, I'm not sure I've ever experienced anything like

that before in my life, not even with my family. So it would be very hard for me

at this point to tell you something that you don't think I am already.

The only thing I can tell you is that by being older than every single one of

you, all of you made me feel young. You all made me feel important.

Without exception, each one of you has helped me be the best that I can be.

And so I'm leaving here like a winner big time.

Ethan.

Well, when I first arrived here, I set some goals for myself.

Obviously, to last as long as I can. But more importantly, to go home with my

integrity and to kind of prove that...

Good, honest people can get far in the game. The game consumes so much of

everyone, and sometimes it clouds people's personality. It clouds the way

act. It clouds the way you treat other people. So it was important for me to

achieve those goals.

And if you knew me from day one, if you knew me from the switch, if you knew me

from the merge, it's important just to, you know, look at the whole picture and

got to vote what's in your heart.

That's all I have to say.

Okay, Jerry, I want you to take some time to think about what Ethan and Kim

just said.

Because in a moment, you're going to each ask them a question that will help

decide who will be the sole survivor.

Okay,

Jerry, here's your chance to address the final two.

And here's how it's going to work.

You guys can ask a question and or make a statement.

When you're done, have a seat.

We'll move on to the next jury member.

Brandon, get us going.

It's kind of funny tonight because I honestly do not know whose name I'm

to write down.

Honestly, don't. I didn't know either one of you until the merge.

And in the eight or seven or eight days we spent together, I'm not sure how well

I got to know either one of you.

So then I started thinking, who got to know me and liked me the best?

And I realized, neither one of you liked me enough to keep me around three days

longer than Frank, so you couldn't like me that much.

So what I want to know is, if the two of you weren't sitting there, out of the

seven of us, which person would you most like to see sitting there, and why?

Ethan. The person I would like to see sitting next to me the most would be

Lex was confident. He had extreme will. He won so many challenges. And if

I could beat Lex at one of the hardest games around, it would be one of the

greatest accomplishments that I could accomplish.

Kim.

I would definitely agree that, I mean, I'd have to go with Lex.

as supportive of me as anybody here.

I mean, even at one point I said, you know, I can't believe I messed up this

challenge. You know, I don't have any excuses.

And he said, like, yes, you do. You have 56 excuses.

And I thought that was very thoughtful, you know, that he would say that. And he

meant it with all sincerity.

The second part of my question was, I wanted to know who you thought deserved

sit up there the least out of the seven of us. Just tell me the name. You don't

even have to say why.

You. That's tough.

I guess... I guess Tommy, and it's only because

I felt that he was, at the end, maybe not so in favor of women, but that's

a feeling that I had at the end. I mean, I think he's cool because he's a guy's

guy, but that's maybe... If I have to pick a reason, that would be the reason.

Sorry, Tom.

All right.

Lex, once you get back home, what is the first selfless act that you are going

to perform?

The first unselfish, selfless act. The first act of charity that I am

going to do is to look into this project that we all want to do as survivors,

the Wamba Project.

When I heard that 33 million people have AIDS, but 22 million of those, two

-thirds, are here in Africa, where we are, it's something that I feel really

strongly about doing.

Ethan. When me and you went on our trip to Wamba, that very last second where I

was playing hacky sack with all those little kids, that kind of touched me,

myself with that would be to give my time to some sort of inner city soccer

league where I can...

Look at these kids, these diamonds in the rough, and, you know, get them to

start a league. Because the smiles on those kids' faces when I started playing

soccer, you know, that inspired me a little bit.

Okay, thanks.

Frank.

Evening, Kim.

Ethan. Congratulations so far on your achievements.

When we set foot on this continent, the first thing we were educated and warned

about was Africa's Big Five.

the rhino, the cape buffalo, the elephant, the lion, and the leopard.

If 16 new contestants were placed before you and you had to personally advise

them on how to outwit, outplay, and outlast, I want you to name me the big

characteristics that those individuals would have to possess to be the ultimate

survivor. Ethan.

I would think you need willpower, you need strength, you need integrity.

You need intelligence

and a

little bit of luck.

Kim? I think you need respect, thoughtfulness,

flexibility, love, and

understanding.

Thank you.

Kelly.

Hi, guys. I'm going to say hi. I haven't talked to you in a while.

I've had 15 days to sit here and think about who was going to be across from me

on this big night.

And to be totally honest, I had hoped to see you guys on this side of things

with me.

But it could have been worse.

Tim, I was surprised and...

I'm disappointed by your conduct my last few days at camp, but

you did do some great things, too.

You gave me something that I've been wanting for a while now, and that was

giving Lex the chance to do his own walk of shame, so thank you for that.

Though you totally sold me out, I admire you for everything you've done, but...

I hope you know that part of your success tonight comes at my expense.

If you think you did this with high integrity, don't flatter yourself.

On the other hand, we have Ethan.

You know, I've had to sit there for a long time, and I've listened to what

said, and this game's about relationships, and I certainly didn't

make one with me. I don't know about everybody else.

Hence my dilemma.

I thought a lot about it.

If you need a little help, you've got to pick a number between 1 and 1 ,000.

Tim.

3.

Ethan.

888.

Thank you. Very proud of you both.

Tim Powers.

When I played the game, I learned something about myself from people like

and Frank that I would never, ever have the opportunity to learn from. And it

was more about myself than it was about them. It was things that they showed me.

So my question to you guys is, who on the jury did you learn the most about

yourself from?

And who on the jury did you learn the least about yourself and why?

Kim.

Strangely enough.

I think I learned the most about myself from you. I mean, you know, it wasn't

that you were with the tribe with me for so long. It wasn't that you were

particularly supportive of me, but you had the guts to call off a wedding

that I don't know that I could have done.

I think that in all my years, I would just maybe keep doing what was expected

me. And for you to have learned that at such a young age, I wasn't too old to

learn it. And then the next thing was when you sort of got...

dealt a blow by one of your tribe members and when you took your whatever

of time to get over it your immediate reaction after that was was that it was

very very important to you to want to get back and be friends with that person

so you may not forget but you you were a forgiver and i think that that's that's

huge so i mean i i learned an amazing amount from you the second half of the

question um

Tom, I'm not picking on you, buddy, but I had a lot of laughs with you, and I

liked that, but it wasn't that I learned a whole lot.

I mean, I had a great time, but I didn't learn a lot.

I think I learned the most about myself from Teresa.

I felt a bond with Teresa because she's almost like my safe place in this

game, and I felt...

extremely comfortable with her and her willpower and her desire to win her

desire to be here was just such an inspiration to me and something i strive

be like and something i'll carry away from this forever forever and the person

i learned the least about from would be probably kelly

um it seems that i didn't take enough time to get to know kelly And

I'm sure she's a great girl, and I'm sure I could learn a lot of things from

her. But it was a mistake that I didn't spend as much time with her as I could

have.

Big Tom, you're next.

First of all, I want to congratulate both of you for making it this far and

just getting there because it was a great accomplishment.

So I've got to ask a question, and I will.

In camp, I lost a little bit of weight, and it was because of the mush.

Ethan, if a hyena came through camp and ate our mush, and then after he ate

it, he turned around and licked his hind end, did he do it because that was the

animal instinct or because to get the taste of the mush out of his mouth?

What do you think?

Well, if I know, if I was a hyena and I had eaten that mush,

it would probably be to clean his hind end because I didn't

mind the taste of that mush as much as you did.

Okay. Kim, you cooked that mush, so it might be double standard for you,

but do you understand? I mean, did you hear the question?

I did hear it. Okay, what's your rebuttal? I'm answering the same

Yeah.

I would have to say that the hyena, you know, was just cleaning his hind

end. I mean, the mush was the only thing he had to eat, and I would think that

maybe, you know, he needed it to survive. And when you get hungry enough

what you have to eat, and taste is one of the first luxuries that goes out the

window.

And thank y 'all, and congratulations again on both of you.

Teresa. Well, that's a tough act to follow.

What I'd like to ask you is, even trying to play with integrity, I know

there are times when you have to say something about somebody that you wish

could take back.

So if you could take back anything you said about any of the jurors.

What would it be, and who was it said about?

I'm not so sure it was something that I said, but it was something that I did.

I didn't sell Kelly out, but I didn't know enough to go to her defense.

There was a vote that was cast that I really didn't think was a vote of hers,

but...

I misjudged that it was somebody else, and it was somebody else, but it all

occurred so fast that, and I'm not making excuses because there is no

it. I was wrong not to at least look into it better, but that's the one thing

regret of all of this more than anything that I've done here.

On a similar line, when that same vote was cast, the snitchery vote that

everyone was talking about, I had thought that vote came from Frank.

And I sat on it for a while and I definitely mentioned my concerns that it

from Frank and that we got to take care of this right away.

And luckily I didn't because it turns out that it wasn't Frank and I would

made the wrong decision. But I feel bad about, you know, accusing someone so

quickly without, you know, going in and finding more detail about things.

I congratulate you both. I think you both deserve to be there, and I'm crazy

about both of you, so good luck.

Okay, jury, you have a big decision to make.

You're about to reward somebody with a million dollars and the title of

survivor.

I'll give you a minute to think about that decision.

Okay, jury, time for the final vote.

I just want to remind you, tonight you are not voting against somebody. You are

voting for somebody.

The person you feel most deserving of the title and the money.

Or perhaps in the case of a couple of you, the lesser of two evils. Either

you are voting for a winner.

Brandon, you're up first.

This is a pretty funny game because I came here. I mean, my question was

just a way for me to get one last jab at Frank.

I totally was going to vote for Ethan without even thinking about it.

But you know what?

Ethan was so stupid, he slammed me on my own question.

So you don't slam somebody on their own question and say you would be the least

likely to pick that person and then expect them to vote for you.

Kemp's just as deserving as Ethan, and it's kind of cool that a 56 -year -old

woman did really well, so... And she didn't slam me on my own question.

Dumb Ethan. So stupid.

This was just an unbelievably hard decision for me to make, and I have to

that I came in here tonight thinking that I would be voting for Ethan. I

realized that both you and Ethan were absolutely amazing competitors in very

different ways, and I was extremely impressed with both of you, and it was a

very hard decision for me.

Kim, you impressed me so much.

You're 56 years old, and you are a really strong woman.

For whatever reason, I think he deserved to win.

Just like the Indian woman in my hometown that stuck a knife in my back.

Everything goes around, comes around.

And Kim, you lost two or three challenges, and I felt sorry for you.

decided we'd keep the weakest one.

And you was the weakest one, and you rode men, Ethan and Alexis Cotell, to

where you are.

But you're not Dorothy, and you can't click them shoes and do something

miraculous this time.

Because your fate has caught up with you. No, I'm not whispering like you

me every morning. Tonight it's my turn to tell you. Shh, I'm hushing you.

Shut up. You're done.

Ethan, the best man is one.

The weak one, the drug off.

I don't care if it is here.

Well deserved.

Benjamin, isn't there something you wanted to tell me?

Oh, yes, Mrs. Robinson. Thank you very much for the opportunity. No, no,

Benjamin. The room number.

568.

Graduate was my favorite movie.

Congratulations.

last time in Africa, I'll go tally the votes.

39 days, long time.

39 days out here in Africa in what has been without question the most

physically demanding and mentally challenging environment Survivor has

taken place in.

Life changing.

But, as Lex said, you don't get to this spot by accident or by coincidence.

You get here because you earned it. No matter how you break it down, no matter

how you justify it or apologize for it, you're here, they're not.

So, now that the votes have been cast, nothing you can do to help yourself or

hurt yourself.

Kim, before I read these, anything you want to maybe admit to that

you wouldn't want to admit it to during the game because it might have affected

the vote, but that now that everything's done, you're willing to give up?

I guess the truth must be known. I was probably really scared out there a lot

the time.

I may not have covered it as well as I thought.

And I think I was scared of failing, scared of letting myself

down, scared of letting you think that maybe I didn't deserve to be there. And

then at some point, that kind of all changed for me.

When? Do you recall? Was there a moment when you got power or what?

I'm not so sure I got power, but in that last immunity,

I felt like I needed to prove that I deserved to be there, that I could do it

my own, that none of you guys needed to carry me or it was because of my great

cooking, you know, or whatever, that I was still there.

And somehow I just held on, and I felt that I needed

to do that just to prove it.

Were you proving it to them or were you proving it to yourself?

I guess I'd like to think I was proving it to them, but I think for me and what

I'll take away for the rest of my life is that I did prove it to me.

Ethan, after enduring a certainly tough final travel council where you were

evaluated and maybe even felt attacked at certain times, anything about what

went on, whether it be a question or a comment or anything that surprised you

tonight?

Yeah.

I was surprised with Kelly.

For someone so smart, so knowledgeable about the game, I was surprised that it

came down to the fact that she was the number to determine who was going to

That surprised me a little bit.

Frustrate you after spending 39 days in a hut made of elephant dung? Yeah. We

all worked hard. Everyone worked hard to get where we are.

It's a little bit silly to come down to something as simple as...

Silly, but is it fair? If that's the deciding vote, and it comes down to you

picking a number between 1 and 1 ,000, you going to be okay with that?

I guess I have to be, don't I?

Yeah, I guess you do. All right, let's get to the vote.

Here's what's at stake for the winner.

Chevy Avalanche truck.

Same truck, in fact, that Lex used to deliver the HIV test kits out to Wamba

Hospital.

The title of survival.

Bragging rights, which, when you're a type A, like the 16 of you guys, that's

worth something.

Finally, a million bucks, which is $900 ,000 more than the runner -up gets.

So keep in mind, as I read these votes, if your name is on the ballot, that is a

good thing.

That is a vote for you to win.

There are seven votes. It takes four to win.

I'll read the votes.

First vote.

Kim.

Ethan. One vote each.

Kim.

Ethan.

Two votes Ethan, two votes Kim.

Three votes, Ethan.

Ethan, you need just one more.

The winner of Survivor Africa.