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Tonight, all 16 competitors are out of Africa and live with us in Los Angeles,

the first time they've all been together since their days in Kenya. We have an

audience of fans, friends, and family this evening, particularly joyful, the

family of Ethan, our ultimate survivor and million-dollar winner.

Congratulations. Thanks. Congratulations.

The floor is yours. You want to give a big shout out to Diane and mom and your

brothers? Hi, guys. Thanks for coming.

Thanks for coming.

They're real happy. They're really happy. They're flying home first class.

I'm the favorite son.

What do you think the difference was?

Oh, man.

I don't know. You know, everyone, even though I'm up here the winter, you know,

I couldn't have gotten here without everyone else. And the difference, a

little bit of luck involved and making,

lasting alliances and sticking to your alliances and sticking to your your gut

and I'm not your gut sorry yeah exactly but just

having faith in others when when there were so many times when things could

have gone different directions and you know we stayed true and I think that's

what got me to the end let me come back to you in a moment but just in case some

reminders are needed let me do a few reintroductions With us tonight in the

order they left Africa are poster worker Diane Ogden, Deputy Sheriff Jesse

Camacho, dentist Carl Belacchione, and the Harvard-based hugger Linda Spencer.

Bartender Silas Gaither was the first one booted out after the surprising

tribal switch.

Then came Lindsay Richter.

You haven't seen all of her until you've seen her audition tape, which you will

see a bit later.

Don't look at me. You made it.

Lindsay was followed by the bean lover, Clarence Black.

Then the members of the jury.

First juror, first whatever.

Kelly Goldsmith.

The ever flamboyant, Brandon Quinton.

His movie date, Frank Garrison.

Then Lil' Kim, Kim Powers.

And the T-Bird, Teresa Cooper.

And, of course, our final four.

The goat farmer, known as Big Tom, Tom Buchanan.

Grandmaster Lex.

And Vandenberg.

Big Kim, Kim Johnson.

And Ethan Zorn, now millionaire.

So what do you think the difference was? That you had the most respect that you

did as mom said, that you could play it with integrity and come home and not be

ashamed of what you'd done?

I think that had a lot to do with it. But, you know, I think a lot of people

played that way. And I think it's a very important part of the game.

You know, you don't have to be evil and backstabbing and a villain to do well in

this game. You can be yourself. You can play yourself. You can play fair. You

can try as hard as you can and just hope for the best.

Kim, why'd you decide to do a one-on-one with Ethan rather than Lex?

As I said, it probably was the hardest decision that I've ever had to make

because I really, really respected and cared about them both. I mean, when

you're out there as many hours as we were together, you get to know people

pretty well.

And I guess what it finally came down to was I don't really think that I

could have won against either one of them.

And so I had to make a decision.

I felt that Lex had won so many things already, and not, I mean, obviously not

the million, sorry, Don.

But I guess what it finally came down to is if I couldn't win it, who did I next

feel deserved it the most?

And you didn't think you could prevail against Lex? No, I did not. You know

why? Because honestly, and I know what we've seen, but Lex was

very well liked.

among all of us. A lot of the comments that he made that seemed negative were

not made to us. They were made without our being able to hear it. And so I

think that... Kelly may disagree with you a little bit.

But Kelly's one vote.

I mean, I really... I mean, I could name four people right now that I know would

have voted for Lex instead of me.

So I think maybe instead of a 5-2, it might have been a 4-3. You know, I don't

know. But I didn't feel any more confident.

Lex, you said at the end, I've worked so hard to get this far.

In retrospect, was your undoing being out in front too much?

You know, I didn't know any other way to play the game. I mean, all of us went

out there. We're all competitors.

When you're put in this competition, sure, you can think, well, maybe I

should pull back or I should hold back here.

But out there, the only thing I knew was how to just push as hard as I could, try

to kick ass as much as I could.

And to win, I mean, that was, whether it might have been strategically not the

best move, the only thing I could think of out there to do, the only thing I

could do was to go out there to win, and to win as much as possible, and to win

everything.

Thomas, is it satisfying to have come so close, or frustrating for the same

reason?

Well, it's frustrating.

I'd rather won. I'd rather be over that million dollars.

He's going back first class, and I'm going to walk.

Was there a moment when you thought, after you made the final four, that,

hey, I can win this thing? Did you think you could?

I sure did.

Obviously, a mental challenge wasn't what I was hoping for.

You know, I'm a goat farmer, not a rocket scientist.

But, you know, honestly, you know, I felt real good, and we had a strong

alliance. It proved all the way through.

Ethan, Lex, and me. And I felt real confident.

And, you know, but the chips fell where they may, and I can live with it. Let me

go to the jurors.

Did you all have your minds made up before the speeches? Well, not you,

Brandon.

Obviously. I did. I actually did. I was totally going to vote for Ethan. There

was no question in my mind. And just because he dissed you on your own

question? Yeah, I just wanted to poke a little bit at Frank and tell him I was

mad that, you know, he beat me out by three days.

Then, you know, Ethan's like, you don't deserve it. I was like, how can I vote

for that?

And Kelly, the number?

Help me out. Come on. You know, and to be honest, Ethan's right. I didn't want

to put in the mental effort. I didn't think they deserved it. They voted my

butt out and I said, you take this. Pick a number.

And that's how you came up with it? Yeah, I just knew that it would make

them squirm a little bit.

Yeah?

Frank, Kim, T-Bird, what did you want to hear them say at the end? Or was your

mind pretty made up?

I think for me, my mind had been made up a long prior, you know, earlier weeks.

And I'd also talk to Ethan, and I said, Ethan, if it can't be me, then you're my

man. So didn't I tell you that early on?

So I knew way ahead.

Yeah. Kim, you said it was a hard vote for you, right? Real hard.

Ultimately, what swung it?

I loved Kim Jae's answer. I don't know. It was really sweet.

You know, it was a very hard decision, but Kim impressed me. She is 56 years

old, and she was out there just kicking some serious butt.

And, you know, I'm 30, and it was really hard on me. And to see her as a female,

she's a role model.

She's a role model.

And Frank, for you, what was the determining factor? Why Ethan? Why not

Kim? My mind was made up. I meant Ethan all the way. As a soccer player, his

interest in working with children, you know, helping them come up through

there, I just made up my mind. It was just a common denominator there, and it

was a quick vote.

Silas, I remember saying early on in this game that the game was 90% luck, 10

% skill.

Having prevailed, what equation would you give it?

It's not 90% luck. I don't think that.

I think there is a lot of luck involved.

The whole switcheroo thing, I was unlucky for some people, like Silas.

He was a fish out of water once he came over to us, and that could have been any

one of us. And it was just unlucky for him, and in that sense, luck is a huge

part of the game. Did the best player win?

I think so. Kim?

Did the best player win?

I think so.

Lex? I do.

Tom?

I thought I was the best, but... If

I can't win, I'll... Yeah. Okay. Well, but

really, I had an alliance with Lex and Ethan.

Yeah. And if it wasn't me, I wanted to be... All right, well, let me sell

something. When we come back, we'll talk about alliances, and we'll talk of

friends and enemies, mate.

in the heat of competition. Stay with us. Our Survivor Africa reunion

continues live from Los Angeles right after this.

The floor is yours.

I thought I was going to be a star, what I are.

Instead of I are, I ain't.

Well, you are.

It's a lot of fun. Yeah? A lot of fun. I met 15 different great friends, and I

don't know what else I could ask for. Well, you know, we kind of slugged this

section, friends and enemies, and I know there are no enemies here.

But you made an interesting comment, Ethan, when you said out there you're...

You're always surrounded by people, but you felt so alone.

I did. Is that because you couldn't trust anybody?

Well, there's always, no matter how tight our lines was, no matter how good

friends you are with everyone, there's always that little bit in the back of

your mind where, you know, these people could be playing me, you know, they

could turn on me at any minute, so you can never fully, I never felt I could

fully trust anyone. Yeah. Because, you know, ultimately everyone wants to win.

You're the last one standing. Diane, you were the first one off.

Is that embarrassing?

Oh, yeah, no.

I mean, I was kind of relieved to go first, you know, being sick.

It was too hard for me, and it didn't really bother me.

If you hadn't taken the map, you think you would have lasted longer?

Yeah. I think it was the water that, you know, that got dumped. Yeah.

You were the first one to faint.

Jessie, you were the first one to lose. But I won. Yeah!

To lose your breakfast.

Why? Because you were unprepared?

You know what? I'm not really sure.

I started drinking the water from the gore as soon as we got on the bus, and

my stomach was just not taking it right. Yeah. But, yeah, I puked. Oh, well. You

know, that's life.

What were you going to say, Silas? In Diane's, you know, defense, I mean, y

'all, she was picked out of, like, 50,000 people, so I wouldn't say that

was... you know disappointing at all i'm very proud of diana okay

all right

but but diane's plight brings us to the first cringe moment of the series which

was the beam okay tom if i had a gun i'd shoot you

did i steal your range isn't that a little over the top

Hell yeah!

That wasn't my luxury item.

Other than Tom, I'd say not. Man, you know, that was just a comment out there.

If he didn't shoot him, I would have cut his throat. Yeah, maybe.

Clarence, why'd you take it so well? I mean, I'll be honest with you. There are

a lot of folks sitting at home going, yo, I would not take that.

Hey, man, that was crazy. You know, because I'm just thinking, man, I'm

hungry. Like, I lost all ability to think rationally after that. You know,

all I could think, all I could see was my... I was just a victim of hunger.

I was just starving.

So, you know, I ate it and it wasn't until I was sitting there and these

people was yelling at me. And honestly, the reason I didn't go off is because I

was thinking about food.

Like, I just ate them beans and I wanted more, man. But I couldn't believe

everybody was that mad. Like, I ain't seen white people that mad since OJ got

acquitted.

probably men clearance after that we work hand in hand after you know

clearance took it like a man and you know I don't know it but to walk away

from here after what you know after having hard feelings and all the

comments were made being clearance is probably as tight as anybody on the show

so it doesn't Frank can you say the same thing we're good friends yeah we're

friendly

That antipathy was pretty real, yeah?

I mean, I'd rather be gone in three days than have anybody think I sided with

Frank. And I was.

And I was gone in three days. But, yeah, it was real out there. You know, when

you spend that much time with somebody that is so different from you and you

hate them so much.

Hate's a strong word, isn't it? No, it's good. It's a good word, though.

Yeah, it's a real word when you're out there.

And, you know, then I came home, and he put his daughters on the phone. And, you

know, then you see him for real people. But out there, no, I couldn't stand him.

He wasn't the only one, but just one of many I didn't like out there.

Frank, he used the word hate. I mean, how would you characterize your feelings

for Brandon out there?

Brandon's just another human being. I coexisted with him. I don't agree with

his lifestyle, but, you know.

Yeah, but he wasn't asking you about his lifestyle.

No, but I mean, he just existed. Besides, there was no hunting allowed

there, so I couldn't do anything about it.

Did you dislike him intensely, as intensely as he disliked you?

Not at all. We just needed to keep our distance and space.

Yeah.

People were assuming that. Well, I mean, look, Carl was up there nodding his head

behind you because Carl and Linda had problems with, and T-Bird too, had

problems with your whole tribe was split. Had I not taken Frank to the

waterhole for a break, he would have killed him.

You know, you guys, you had a split along generational lines. You were the

Geritol gang, right?

You're aware that Kim said you guys could have handled it better, that as

the older people...

You should have found a way to work together.

Linda? We were trying, but I tell you, there was a line that split so quickly

right away, and that was our downfall.

And that's why there are no Samboro people sitting in the front row.

She's right. T-Bird, should you have handled it better? Brian, I was going to

say, we tried to pull it together, and then when the tribes were swapped and we

went over to Buran, then once we got Brandon and Kim and Frank...

There was still a division that we tried our best to pull together.

So I think the tribal elders, we like to say tribal elders instead of the

tarantulas.

We did our best to try to pull it together.

Yeah. Lindsay, why were you so nasty to them?

Excuse me. Can we address this to all of us? Okay. Silas, too. Why were you so

nasty to them? You know what? What really, I mean, you know, there's so

many different stories of what happened out there. But what really happened is I

think. people just didn't really understand what was going on most of the

time. And things just kind of happened so fast. And you thought you were doing

the right thing one minute. And then the next minute, you were questioning it.

And for me, I mean, not to mention the emotional outbursts and the whining, I

just think I panicked a lot. And I became paranoid. And I just wanted to

stick with the people who I felt like were going to protect me.

And then it just turned nasty.

And nobody wanted it to. And nobody meant for it to happen. It just did. And

there was just no turning back.

intentional by any means.

But it was, you know, you couldn't change it. There was no way to go back.

It was too far into it. Is there anybody here who didn't have an alliance of some

sort and didn't try for one?

Jesse,

you didn't?

I've never watched Survivors. My first time actually was watching a full

Survivor. So I was totally unprepared. Six days adios, I'm a ghost. You didn't

try for one either, huh? No, it's like, it's a funny thing because after I stole

that food, just nobody liked me for a little while.

I wanted you to keep me away.

Hey, look, we're going to disappear for a moment. When we come back, we'll talk

about the hardships of Africa.

But first, as we get into a break, let's head to New York City, where I'm told

every Thursday a group of Ethan's friends gather to watch Survivor and

cheer him on. Tonight they're gathered at a bar, and they are cheering.

The Survivor stuff, I think I can do it.

You want me to be on Survivor.

Lens, we watched the original upstairs.

What were you thinking?

I was painted.

You're asking me why I did it? Yeah, it's all right.

To be honest, I had no idea how to get on a show like this. I never really

watched it. I didn't know what the videos were like. And my friends and I

got together, and they said, you know, you're a great athlete. Let's show all

your athletic endeavors, what you do, snowboard, mountain bike, you know. And

three days before it was due, I said, that's lame. They're not going to care

if I mountain bike. So my friend Hannah took out her body paints and painted

flowers on me and said, you know, you've got to shock them. You've got to stand

out. And I guess it worked. Yeah, it did.

Fair to say that Africa was harder than you thought it was going to be?

Oh, absolutely.

Would that apply to everybody here?

Yeah?

I mean, I'm an athlete. I compete regularly in a tough sport, and nothing

can prepare you for this.

I'm looking at a quote of, and Lex, it was you, who said, not a single one of

us came here thinking the danger was going to be real.

Well, I mean, we didn't. You know, I remember telling some of my friends

before I left,

No, they didn't they knew that I had applied for the show and I said, you

know that survivor It's like reality TV, you know half of its reality half its TV

But I think all of us were universally shocked to find out that the animal

danger was completely real and this those challenges I mean, you know, we

all came out there thing. Oh, these are gonna be fun games They're gonna be

like, you know a little Olympic Games or whatever, you know when we did that

boulder challenge that thing was so damn heavy and when we started pushing it and

that thing started rolling on our legs and Like you know if one of us falls and

this thing rolls over our head It will crush my head like a walnut it we could

we could die out here. I mean it's It sounds so dramatic, but God the

challenges were nuts the um You could see right. Oh, they're there take it

just to him out The the game was was so brutally hard and when

I came home the first thing I told all my friends was You know when I when I

was able to talk about it was It was so much harder. You guys have no idea. And

as a Survivor fan before I went on the show, I mean, we used to watch and say,

this is hard, but it's TV.

It's just television.

It's hard. And the threats were real. I mean, Kim, you were crying you heard

those lions outside the boma, yeah?

Yes, I was.

Yeah. You could see them. I mean, you could see their eyes, and you could see

their breath. But I'm sure most people believe that if that lion had gotten

within three feet of that fence, there'd have been a Mark Burnett rocket coming

through.

And, um... Mark Burnett was sleeping very soundly in his tent. And that lion

was... And there had been a big hole in the ground where the lion was. Not true?

That lion was three feet from us. I mean, it was Ethan and I, the picket

fence, and the lion. And that's for real. And that's pretty scary.

And, you know, I don't know what anybody would have done if that lion decided to

jump the boom off. I don't know. But I can tell you, from our perspective...

There was no one else around but me and Ethan and the lion. And then, of course,

Big Tom to the rescue. But it was scary. It was very scary.

Always Big Tom to the rescue. Always Big Tom. I think we have a question for Big

Tom up here. I'll bring it up. This question is for Big Tom. How's your

boil?

Brand new.

I'm in good shape now.

It's busted, gone, forgot about.

It was ugly. It was disgusting.

The bull? Yeah.

But let's talk a little bit about some of the hardships you went through. I

mean, it wasn't just the harshness of the environment, but also, Kel, I mean,

how difficult was it that there was no relief from it? There was no place where

you can go to water and just hang out. There was no place to just take a walk

and be by yourself.

It was really intense. It was a 24-hour-a-day game. You couldn't even

really afford to sleep because people were up talking about you all night. You

had to be on your toes constantly.

And, yeah, it was a wild ride, but I think we all definitely enjoyed it.

Yeah.

Frank, I saw where you said that if this had been in Chile, you wouldn't have

gone. I mean, the allure was.

Africa was definitely the allure, but like everybody here would agree, it was

tough. And day two.

I know, speaking for my tribe, we were struggling. I mean, it was 100 degrees.

We had no water. We just got fire.

And it was all real.

CBS wasn't there handing out water bottles to us. Did you think they would

be? Absolutely not.

Guy in front of you called it vegetarian survivor.

He thought it was pretty easy. Frank? Yeah.

He thought it was easy? I don't think he thought it was easy.

It was challenging. It was very challenging.

You disagree, Frank?

Frank?

The part for me was the mental part of it, the people part of it. The people

part of it. I disagree with Lex. The animals were there. I didn't care about

the animals. I didn't care about the heat. No, because you were out there

talking to the elephants.

But the people, the stress on the people because you just couldn't blow my fuse

or do something. Did you really think you could talk to that elephant?

Absolutely. You can communicate with anything if you try hard. Really?

You had it going, huh? Speaking of relief, go 39 days with no toilet paper.

Just no relief.

Want to repeat that for me? 39 days without?

Toilet paper.

Yeah? That's my relief.

Really? I mean, tough.

I mean, everything, everybody thinks it was holiday in when, you know, just

simple little everyday things you take for granted, just brushing your teeth,

or toiletries, or just...

Everyday things, it's a challenge.

There's not only hardship, but the place is somewhat magical.

And you two got a taste of it when you did the goat bartering, right? Yeah. I

mean, it's a cultural experience that's got to rank high on your list, yeah?

Definitely.

Unbelievable.

You know, you might be surprised to learn that we did a little research on

this.

and about what a goat is really worth in Kenya. No, this is the truth.

As I recall, you got, what, $1,600 for the two of them?

$1,800?

I don't know. Around there.

You'll be happy to know that when we inquired, a goat is worth between $700

and $900.

You got top dollar.

You got top dollar. But the French fries that we bought, those aren't worth,

like, $1,200.

We paid $1,400 for those. French fries and a couple drinks.

He had a topper of experience, though, when you went to Wambaugh Hospital,

yeah? That was, I mean, it sounds so cliché, but it was really life-changing.

I mean, when we were watching it, watching the episode last week, I don't

know how many times my phone rang. It was off the hook when I got the truck.

And I was so excited, but I got to see that hospital. I mean, it was just, it

was really, I mean, it really opened my eyes.

To get that experience and to see it from the inside out and to meet to meet

somebody The doctor that the good Italian doctor there who is really

literally a living saint I mean that can that can't you can't help but have that

change you and it's special to two of your cast members both of whom Linda and

T-Bird lost a brother to AIDS It had to be a very special moment In

fact once I was voted out and I had an opportunity to travel around with this

healthcare clinic that focused on AIDS awareness and family planning. So I was

fortunate enough to have close to two weeks of traveling around with nurses

who were caring for sick people.

So it was very special. And in fact, I saw when he was driving off in the

ambulance, you had tears in your eyes, T-Bird.

You were crying. You really wanted that.

Well, no, actually, when they lifted up the back of the truck and the first box

I saw, it said HIV test kits.

All of a sudden, I knew, you know...

what it was and where they were going and it was actually tears that were of

joy because I knew that they were going to be put to good use and they needed to

be there and of course that Lex was the one that got to go you know unlike his

reputation through all this he's very sensitive wonderful guy and to think

that he was going to be representing us if it couldn't be me once again it was

it was perfect that he went you know what's so sweet that's the first thing

she told me when I got back she said I'm so happy you were able to do it and she

was she truly those those tears were tears of joy that people were being

helped

as

we take a break here as we take a break watch this big time let's check in a

party going on in tom's hometown rich valley virginia

on Survivor, and let me tell you why.

On the application, you asked if we had any body art or tattoos, and I do. I

have a small red rose tattoo, but you'll have to put me on the show to find out

where it is.

It's under this bubble somewhere.

Oh, Kim, there's wet, wet woes. Where is it?

Big Tom knows.

I kiss, but I don't tell.

The question is, does Sandy know Big Tom knows?

Yeah, we talked about it last night.

She's not too upset with me. Okay.

Everything's all right.

Go ahead. I'm sorry. Don't let me stop you.

I said no.

But she said you had to be on the show, so I can't tell anybody.

Okay. How conscious when you're out there are you of how you're being

portrayed?

I mean, is it an omnipresent thing, or do you think about it just every now and

then? Silas?

Boy, that's an interesting question.

You know, you're really not. You're out there, at least from my point of view.

I was out there like Lex to play the game and to win the game, like Teresa.

I mean, there's only one winner, you know, and you're out there to win. This

isn't a team game.

And I think that, you know, you do different things to, you know, try to...

form an alliance. Yeah, but when you say stuff, do stuff. Are you aware of how

it's being perceived back home and how it's going to haunt you when you leave

there? No. Cameras are on you 24-7.

I was definitely aware.

You were aware.

I disagree.

As long as we were, those cameras become so normal that you forget that they are

there. You totally forget that they're there. And if you get real hungry, it

don't matter. You don't need to eat.

If you get really upset, it don't matter.

Brandon, you were aware of them, huh?

No, I wasn't. You were. I totally, after like the first three days, I totally

started forgetting that they were there.

I would notice more when the still photographer was around because his

camera made a noise. And Monty's, well, anyway, it like made this clicking noise

and I'd always jerk and I would recognize that. But, yeah, I mean,

you're there so long that it's like second nature. But you weren't there.

You told me to make a statement.

What was it? You know, I just hate, I hate 20-something gay people on TV right

now. I don't ever see myself.

I see these really promiscuous people and and I don't know they're caught up

in this whole party scene and that's not me and I don't know I thought it would

be nice for somebody to see you know you can be kind of flamboyant and have a

good time and you know go out and not be all of those people and caught up in

that lifestyle I didn't succeed with proving that point but instead I just

looked like a raven bitch but that's okay too

And Kelly, you said you went there because you didn't want to be viewed as

the sexy one like Jerry or the sweet one like Elizabeth or the dumb one like

Amber. I mean, you wanted to be viewed as the smart one. No, it wasn't that I

wanted to be viewed as the smart one. I just... I've done a lot of research on

gender in the media and the way women are portrayed, and oftentimes they fall

into one of two roles, either the villain, like Jerry kind of came off,

or, you know, the innocent ingenue, like Elizabeth.

And my only goal was to play it like a real person, to just go out there, use

whatever skills I had, which were few and far between, and, you know, use my

intellect if I could, just hang around and have a good time.

Yeah. Lindsay, you were disappointed in how you came off, right?

Yeah, I was a little. You know, I can't say I was disappointed.

At first, it was a little hard to take because, you know, I really didn't think

I was mean or evil or did anything that would come across as bad.

But I definitely had my moments out there. I was up and down and all around.

I was emotional. I said things I shouldn't have.

You know, it was shocking at first because I made a lot of really good

friends. And I just didn't think that I could ever be portrayed as being the

villain. But, you know, I was emotional out there. And emotions can get the best

of you. And they got the best of me.

I laugh at it.

It's okay.

It's all right. Just let it all out. It's all right.

We started this section talking about a tattoo. I'm going to finish talking

about a tattoo. What's the fascination?

God, I think much of the chagrin of my mom and dad, I started wanting them when

I was like five or six years old.

I waited a while, but now I just can't seem to stop.

Yeah? And if River comes to you and says, Dad, I want to get one. He can get

one as soon as he's 18.

Oh, we have an age limit.

That's the law.

Okay. If I had gotten half of my tattoos before I was 18, I'd probably be covered

with, you know, I'd have an Iron Maiden rocker on my chest, and, you know, I'd

have a bunch of stuff I probably don't want.

Barney, if I'd started at six.

No, no, no, no.

Captain Kangaroo, a big Captain Kangaroo on my chest. They look good. They look

good. Coming up, we're going to talk of images and perceptions and how often

both can be at odds with reality.

But first, Big Tom gets his big break. Go ahead. Give us a sample. You gave us

a sample of Musical Talent Africa.

If you missed it, here he is with an encore. Big Tom, floor is yours.

Oh, God.

Oh, God. Hey, bartender, fix me a patio. Big Tom will love everybody.

Open the windows, close the doors, throw out the curtains, burn me in the back,

girl.

In the gym, hours on the court, cardiovascular,

pumping iron, all stay number one.

You know what, stand up for a second. I

was telling her earlier, now I've done all of these, you've got the best abs

anybody ever had on the show. Give us a shot.

Give us a shot.

Oh, yeah?

Oh, yeah. Kim's got better abs? Yes. Really?

Kim's better.

Good job.

Kim? Show them off, baby. That's all right. Thank you. No?

Look, before we...

Before we proceed, let's do a preview. Having tested competitors in the African

wilderness, the Australian outback, and the South China Sea, survivors on the

move again, revving up for a fourth season of surprises.

Jeff Probst has the first look at what the next set of survivors will face in a

place both exotic and dangerous and about as far from civilization as one

can get.

Soon, 16 new strangers will be abandoned in the middle of the most remote place

on Earth, the Marquesas, part of Tahiti's mystical islands in the South

Pacific, thousands of miles from the nearest continent.

It is a place of rugged beauty, with magnificent waterfalls, towering banyan

trees, and a backyard home to some of the most exotic and dangerous sea life

in the world.

This island, with a history steeped in superstition, and violence will be their

home for 39 days and for the first time these survivors will be given no rations

whatsoever no food no water no fire with only the barest of essentials

they must fend for themselves utilizing the resources of the land and their own

survival skills it is a difficult but not impossible task everything they need

to survive is on the island

Their success will depend upon their ability to work together to create a new

society while battling the elements and each other.

It is the ultimate challenge.

Outwit, outplay, outlast until only one remains and emerges as the sole

survivor.

Survivor Marquesas, given the chance, who'd go?

Oh, yeah.

Come on. You'd do it all again?

Wait, wait, wait. They don't get their own food.

You'd do it all again?

Let me ask you something. Does it help to have watched before? I mean, I ask

that because Brandon, Kelly, Linda, arguably you three were the biggest

Survivor fans of all going into this. You see where we ended up. That's why

I'm asking. How much does it help?

It doesn't help. It doesn't help at all. Nothing can help if you've got Brandon

out there.

No way. The least you know, the better. I mean, I think that, you know, the over

-planning, the constant, like, you know, racking your brain, like, what am I

going to do? You know, building strategies.

It kills you.

I mean, it totally kills you. I think going into it just kind of relaxed and

like, ah, whatever, you know, kind of flying under the radar. I think that's

the best way to do it. With all due respect, let me hear from the front row

on this.

Does it help? I think it helps. I watched the other survivors, not

religiously, but I watched them, and it definitely helped me figure out which

way to go. Maybe you watched Rudy, right?

And then you figured out just how to do it correctly, right?

There's Rudy with us today.

Nice seeing you, Rudy.

We're going to come on back in just a little bit and close up here. First,

we'll take a break as our Survivor Africa reunion continues live from Los

Angeles.

And you and your band got a new recording contract, yeah? That's right.

My band Lucky Dog just got a record deal.

How tough is it going to be now to return to normal life? Or do you still

get stopped at the supermarket and everything else?

Yeah? It's wonderful.

Really? You like it? It's a blast. It's so much fun. I mean, people still get so

excited. It's just so much fun. If you're a people person...

It's, you know, it's a dream come true. If you're not a people person, oh, it's

a nightmare. And you made friends to last a lifetime. Ethan, you had the

first word. You get the last.

How are you going to spend the money?

Well, I owe my brothers probably about 27 years worth of birthday presents, so

I think I'm going to start there.

Yeah. But I'd like to, you know, I'd like to do something good. Have a dream

come true.

Yeah, it's a dream come true. Congratulations.

Guys, congratulations to all of you. Diane, Jesse, Carl, Linda, Silas,

Lindsay.

Clarence, T-Bird, Kim, Frank, Brandon, Kelly, Big Tom, Lex, Kim J.,

and Ethan.

Congratulations, guys.

I'm Bryant Gumbel. The tribe has spoken. Good night.