JEFF PROBST: 39 days ago, 16 Americans began the adventure of a lifetime.
We have a map.
I guess we're starting here.
JEFF: They were abandoned in the Australian Outback,
cut off from their jobs,
their loved ones and all contact
with civilization.
Their goal?
Work together to build a new world
but compete against each other
to become the sole survivor and win one million dollars.
Kucha! ELISABETH: Oh, my God!
Kucha, Kucha! JEFF: As two separate tribes,
Kucha and Ogakor, they strategized.
JEFF V.: We're just trying
to figure out who probably is Ogakor's weak link.
JERRI: If we slip anything out,
we're done.
JEFF: They formed alliances.
ALICIA: The truth of the matter is,
I feel like you're the only one
that I really trust at this point.
JERRI: It's not like you're making
a deal with the devil here.
JEFF: And battled for immunity
so they would not have to vote
one of their own
out of the tribe.
The tribe has spoken.
Three members from Ogakor and two from Kucha met
their untimely end in the first 15 days.
( Michael screaming )
( groaning )
He's burnt pretty bad there.
Oh, my... Oh, my God.
ALICIA: Keep your hands in the water.
JEFF: On day 17, Michael from Kucha
was forced to leave when he fell into the fire
and severely burned his hands.
MICHAEL: Kucha!
You guys know what to do.
JEFF: His evacuation left the tribes with five members each.
On day 20 came the merge, and a new tribe,
Barramundi, was born.
Since that time, the tribe mates have been forced
to reconsider old alliances and evaluate new friendships.
It's a whole new game,
new people, new set of rules.
ELISABETH: If you want to keep playing this game,
you better get a little more ruthless.
TINA: I want the good guys to win.
JEFF: They have been pushed to the physical brink.
My hair is falling out.
My hair! JEFF: They've endured
overwhelming hunger...
This is the least amount of rice we've ever had.
No wonder we're all so weak and tired.
JEFF: ...and the harsh conditions
of an unforgiving land.
( thunder rumbling )
KEITH: That was the most miserable night
in my entire life.
JEFF: They have made sacrifices...
Shelter versus food.
It's one or the other.
Your tarps and that Texas flag.
...and faced the emotional toll of their experience.
Is that a little tear in your eye?
RODGER: Yes, it is.
JEFF: But through it all,
they have continued to play the game.
There's nothing fair
about this-- it's about winning.
Yes! If you come out holding the immunity,
then your position is set.
If you don't come out holding your immunity,
you better have your bags packed
when you go to Tribal Council.
Go!
Last time, Colby again dominated the challenges.
Yeah!
JEFF: First, he won a new car and a visit
from his mother as a reward.
Oh, my God.
JEFF: Then he won immunity
for the fourth consecutive time.
This has had a permanent home here for awhile.
Just been... been pretty fortunate.
JEFF: So the remaining members of Barramundi headed off
to Tribal Council, and in a difficult decision,
Elisabeth was voted out.
Only three are left.
Tonight, they will compete in one final immunity challenge.
Two will continue on to face the jury.
One will outlast all the rest and become the sole survivor.
♪ ♪
( birds chirping )
KEITH: This morning is homestretch.
There's only three of us left, and, uh... we have three days.
This is what the 42 days is all about.
It's about these last three days.
I mean, everything else becomes just...
a product to get to this point.
COLBY: I had the best night's sleep
I've had in 39 nights last night.
Solid night's sleep.
You know, whenever you go
to bed, and you lay there
for so long, and you think
about a lot of stuff?
I don't remember having one thought
after I went to lie down.
I mean, I was asleep that quick.
The temperature was good, I guess,
'cause I didn't wake up cold at all.
Right, and we have no rain, so we're getting lucky.
COLBY: The environment and the elements here
have probably been the most dominant player in this game.
You've got the 17th player here, and it's the environment,
because it's the one dropping you
to your knees, kicking you in the butt.
And every time you feel like you're getting up,
you get knocked down again.
Either the heat or the lack of food
or the-the flooding, the rains...
Something's going to be...
You know, you're going to get a curve ball no matter what.
Let's see, do we have two days?
Yeah. Three days-- Friday, Saturday, Sunday.
Six meals.
Yeah, we're in... we're... We'll make it.
We got... Six meals at half
a cup a meal-- no problem.
Plus, we got peanut butter.
Not much of it, either.
It's exciting... We're living on the edge
in our rations.
Whether you want to admit it
or not, you deteriorate.
In 40 days,
Day 40 is ten times harder than Day 20 was.
No question about it.
Because you're weaker, because you're tired,
because you're-you're sick
of dealing with everything you've had to deal with.
And you've still got to play the game.
You've still got to think about what's-what's at hand,
and that's, you know, surviving the people long enough
to get in a position to win.
TINA: On Day 40,
being here... becomes this overwhelming surprise.
I cannot believe that I'm here.
Even though I'm a competitor
and I came here with the idea of winning challenges,
of having an adventure,
of doing well, I never thought I could get this far.
As this game is coming to an end,
I think that I have... evolved, that who I started
out as in this game is not who I've ended up as.
I have developed more into a strategist, and it worked
to get me from 16 to three.
COLBY: Trusting people in this game will get you in trouble.
And even quicker, it'll get you gone,
and that's-that's because it's a game.
And in a way, that's where it parallels life,
but in a way, that's where it differs from life for me,
because the only person I've been truly 100% honest to
in this game is myself,
and in real life, I'm not that way.
I'm an honest person.
But I'm playing to win a million dollars here,
and so if you trust somebody, it's your own fault.
You're a fool for not playing the game.
This will be one of our last tree mails.
Yep.
We won't be getting too many more.
TINA: Wow.
Whoa, look at this. Sweet!
Holy cow. What is...?
COLBY: It looks like paint, paintbrushes.
TINA: "After so many days, it is almost the last.
"And now it is time to reflect on the past.
TINA/COLBY: "Carve your own idol..."
TINA: "...as a gift to the land.
From the 16 survivors, now just three of you stand."
Oh, wow. We get to carve it...
From a little... . ..and paint it.
Like a little totem, a little idol. Yes.
Cool thing, Colby.
COLBY: Man, this is going to be all sorts of fun.
Good.
Wow...
COLBY: When we first got the tree mail...
and-and reading through it, and it said,
"Giving back to the land,"
I was intimidated by that.
TINA: Oh, wow, look at this.
Beads and trinkets.
Hmm, we'll have to think about this.
At first, I didn't know how.
I didn't know how to approach that whole statement,
and it took a-a-a lot of time
today to remember how much I've taken from the land.
We've used it for our shelter.
We've used it to stick food in our belly.
And at first, I didn't get the big picture,
but when you do stop and think about it for a while
and really put your mind to it,
you realize that you've been given a lot.
KEITH: When we had a chance to work on the idols,
it was an all-day process, so you had
a lot of reflection time.
You thought about, uh,
crossing the river for the first time.
You thought about eating your first fish,
loved ones back home.
It was a healing process, actually.
It helped put closure to everything.
TINA: For me, personally,
I'm proud of the fact that I'm a woman and I'm here
in the final three with two men.
And so, I wanted my idol to be feminine in her own way.
COLBY: While I was working on that totem,
whether it was painting or carving
or-or stringing beads or whatever,
I was reflecting and think about...
thinking about what the last 40 days have meant to me.
I struggled with it at first, trying to figure out
what I was supposed to do or needed to do,
and then I thought, 'You know, it's mine.'
And it took me a while to-to grasp that,
to think that, you know, there's not any rules.
Just like this game, there were no rules.
No holds barred, play it how you want
and see what happens.
( bird screeching )
( insects chirping )
COLBY: Six weeks.
See, six weeks sounds
so much longer than 42 days to me.
Mm-hmm. It seems like three weeks,
doesn't it? KEITH: 41 days ago, guys,
we crossed this river right here.
TINA: Whew! Loaded to the brim.
KEITH: Yeah.
( sighs ) COLBY: Mm-hmm.
KEITH: And we didn't know each other.
TINA: I remember us talking
all night long, you know,
and being so excited and thinking about...
I remember thinking, "God, we've got so long to go,
you know, we've got a long road ahead of us."
It's been a hell of a ride.
Mm-hmm.
It's been a long, long journey,
and everything surrounding this game
is one big emotional pull, and now, you've only got
three days left, and the people
that you've shared life with 24-7
for the past 42 days is going to be over.
KEITH: Tonight is the last night for one of us
to be sleeping here.
Tonight is the last night for somebody.
It is kind of weird to think about...
...not being here tomorrow night, isn't it?
Oh, I mean, it kills me.
It's like...
I mean, I'm ready to go home and see my family,
but I'm just...
I don't want to leave this place.
COLBY: I agree. You know,
I really love Australia.
I really love the outback.
COLBY: Well, and the hardest thing
for me, I think, with the possibility
of leaving is it's hard for me to grasp
checking out of the game before it's over.
Mmm.
And I've never even thought about that until just now.
And that's what
tomorrow night is for somebody.
TINA: It's not like
you voluntarily are checking out,
you know? COLBY: That's what I'm saying.
I mean, that's the reality.
But damn it,
I'll take it like a man.
( Tina laughs ) KEITH: Yes.
I won't like it, but I'll take it like a man.
KEITH: We all will.
TINA: I'm not.
I'm going to have a hissy fit
and just cry and bawl and hissy fit is what I'm going to do.
COLBY: It's going to be weird
sitting in Tribal Council
just three chairs right there, too.
KEITH: Ooh, is it ever.
'Cause it's only one vote.
TINA: Oh! Right.
Three of us don't vote. It's just immunity.
KEITH: Right.
COLBY: Walks up, puts his name
in the bucket and comes back. TINA: That's not gonna...
that's not gonna be a fun place to be, either.
No... The immunity man or woman or...
COLBY: Nope.
KEITH: Oh, that's right.
COLBY: One person. That's it.
KEITH: We have an immunity challenge coming up--
the most important immunity challenge that any of us...
any of us will play.
The winner basically gets
to walk up and cast a vote.
At this stage of the game,
we all feel vulnerable, because at that stage,
it's not a voting bloc.
It's who you want to be in the finals with.
Who do you want the jury to look at sitting next to you
to potentially choose you over them to give you the money?
That's what it's about now.
Tough call.
TINA: This last morning, you know,
everything seems like the last for the three of us,
and it's just... I know it's a game,
but still it's sad, you know?
It's not just a game coming to an end,
but it's the game coming to an end
and the three of us leaving each other's company.
KEITH: The last 24 hours has kind of been
a little bittersweet.
One of us is leaving tonight.
One of us saw the sunset
for the last time, and the sunrise
this morning for the last time.
One of us had the last meal with us together, so it was...
It's kind of, uh, you know, it's, it's strange,
it's bittersweet, it's sad.
I want you to know that these are made
with a great deal of love and passion for you guys.
This is not just your normal breakfast.
TINA: And I just want you to know
they're eaten with a great deal of love and passion.
From the bottom of this chef's heart
to you guys' stomach.
TINA: Thank you.
Mm-hmm.
Oh, that one's warm.
COLBY: I don't want to think
about leaving tonight.
It's a very real possibility.
This whole experience has been full of firsts
and lasts, every day.
But that's just one facet I don't like dwelling on.
KEITH: What do we have there, Colby?
Madame...
"And now it is time
"to pack up your gear.
"The ridge of the river
"is the course you will steer.
"You will pass by the torches of the survivors cut adrift.
"When you reach the end,
you will offer your gift."
KEITH: The tree mail gave instructions
on where we should go with the totem that we created,
and we're going to
walk past the torches
of all the survivors that went before us.
And at the end of the walk,
we're going to offer the gift up that we made.
TINA: Every now and then, you get a glimpse of closure
and you get a glimpse of the impact,
and you get a glimpse of how significant it is
that you've gotten this far.
And I can already feel it starting to rise.
You know, I can already feel the...
anxiety of some sort in my chest,
and a warm fuzzy, you know, coming on.
And I don't think
this is going to be easy.
I think this is going to be, you know,
one of those times
of saying good-bye.
And I don't know why saying good-bye is so hard.
You know, my gosh, we've been put through the wringer.
I don't know why it should be so hard,
but, uh... it's hard to say good-bye.
COLBY: I think the three of us
are very emotionally attached to each other right now.
And if the word "love" comes out of your mouth,
then that's the emotion
you're feeling at that time, you know?
I don't love the two of them
like I love my family, not yet.
I haven't known them long enough.
But you still share a bond
that I guess you could call love, I mean,
'cause you'd have to love some of these people
to put up with them in the context
that we have for 42 days.
KEITH: I think that it seems somewhat apropos
for this situation, you know?
That we'd walk past individuals that left before us.
One of us will be leaving tonight,
and there'll be two left, so I'm actually...
I'm looking forward to it.
I guess it's kind of a saying good-bye process.
♪ ♪
JEFF: Hey, guys.
One of the things I've gathered
from chatting with you guys for 41 days
is that this has been a life-changing experience
for the three of you.
And part of that growth comes
from examining the past.
That was the purpose of the walk you just took--
the chance to think
about your former tribe members,
how they played the game, what
you learned from them.
Now, I want to give you a chance
to reflect on your time here in the outback--
how you've played the game--
the highs, the lows--
and what you'll take back home with you from this experience.
This is the last waterfall
before Tribal Council--
a fitting spot to think about the time
you've spent out here.
So, what I'd like you to do
is take the idols with you
that you've created over the last couple of days,
find a quiet spot, and just reflect
on your time here in the outback.
And then when you're ready, come back to this spot,
and then offer your idols
by tossing them in the river.
This is a chance for you guys to give something back
to a land that has given so much to you.
When you're finished,
you'll make the trek together to Tribal Council
for the final immunity challenge,
and I'll be waiting for you there.
Enjoy this time.
All right.
KEITH: The time that I've spent here
has been a cleansing process.
I am 40 years old, I got two wonderful kids,
and have had-- like any other individual
that's 40 years old--
have had failures and successes and highs and lows.
In the last five days, I've realized
this really is not about the money,
and it shouldn't be.
You should walk away from this with something
that's far more valuable than money, and I will.
I don't think that I have
the opportunity to win the money.
I don't think I'll be at that level.
I mean, I'm close, but I don't think
I'll be of the last two, and it's totally fine with me.
I'm so enriched by everything I've gained
from this process and this experience.
I feel really great about it.
I feel very content.
TINA: I've got to share the past 42 days
with a lot of people
who are extremely close to their family.
And I think that, you know,
I've been guilty of living my life
and, uh, trying to be this strong individual
who didn't really need anybody and, um...
and ver... fiercely independent.
And I think for the first time in my life,
the outback has taught me the value
of how much your family means to you,
and that you really do need each other.
And whenever I get home, I want to go back
and for the first time
really nurture my family.
COLBY: That's what being here for 42 days has done for us--
it's made us realize what we take for granted at home,
and all those things in our daily living
when we're in our comfort zone
that we don't appreciate
because we're so used to having them.
Well, we've been out here for 42 days,
now we appreciate those things back home.
Now we appreciate those people that we've taken for granted
and the little things they say,
the way they say our name, and all those cool things
that you can't wait to get back to.
And that's what making these idols was about--
so that we appreciate and remember why we were here.
Hey, guys.
Go ahead and have a seat.
Just hold your tablets.
We'll now bring in the jury.
I'll start by asking you
to pass down the immunity necklace, Colby.
Well, welcome to Tribal Council
in a slightly different set of circumstances.
You guys have just completed a day
that was really a rite of passage--
a chance to remember your former tribe mates.
Now, the final immunity challenge
will test how well you know the folks
you've spent the last 41 days with.
It's called "Fallen Comrades."
I'm going to ask you a series of questions
about those people you voted out of the tribe,
six of which
are sitting right across from you.
There'll be 12 questions
about your former tribe mates.
Whoever has the most
correct answers
wins immunity, guarantees themselves
a spot in the Final Two,
and the right to choose the person
that sits next to them.
So, you're going to write your answers
in big, bold letters on your tablet,
hold it up to your chest until I tell you to,
and then turn it around.
Question number one: Which former survivor
would be the one to tell you
to "work your magic"?
Okay, turn them around, please.
Everybody says Alicia.
Everybody's right.
It was Alicia.
Question number two.
What town is Rodger from?
Everybody reveal.
Critteden. Crittenden.
Criton. All right, you were there.
Everybody's right.
I couldn't spell "Crittenden."
Question number three.
According to their
Survivor applications,
who was the only member of the Barramundi Tribe
with a master's degree?
Everybody reveal.
Nick, Nick and Jeff.
Everybody's wrong. It's Rodger.
Had a master's of arts
in industrial education.
He never told us that.
JEFF: Nobody scores on that one.
Question number four.
Who spent 12 years living in Germany?
Reveal.
Jerri, Jerri, Jerri.
Everybody's right.
We're still tied at three each.
Question number five.
It's a visual question.
Who is this person?
Okay, everybody ready? Reveal.
Kenny, Elisabeth's brother and Johnny.
Kenny is Elisabeth's brother.
Colby and Tina are both right.
Colby and Tina, you're both at four.
Keith, you're at three.
Question number six.
What two survivors
have tattoos of Chinese characters?
Okay, reveal.
Keith says Alicia and Amber.
Tina says Alicia and Nick.
Colby, Jeff and Kimmi.
Nobody's right. It was Alicia and Jeff Varner.
Question number seven.
Jeff and Alicia also wear jewelry on the same
part of their body.
What is it,
and where do they wear it?
Okay, everybody reveal.
Colby says thumb ring.
Tina, ring on the toe, and Keith says
bracelet and foot anklet.
Colby's right. Thumb rings.
They both wear.
Colby moves into the lead with five.
Tina, you're at four. Keith, still at three.
Five questions left.
Question number eight.
Whose shorts are these?
Everybody reveal.
Jeff, Nick and Kel.
Correct answer-- Nick.
Tina now has five,
along with Colby.
Keith, you're still at three.
Four questions left.
What is Elisabeth's boyfriend's name?
Everybody reveal.
Tim, Tim, Tim. Everybody's right.
Three questions left.
Colby and Tina are tied.
Keith, you're down two.
Question ten.
It's a follow-up question.
What college did they both attend?
Everybody reveal.
Colby says Boston College.
Tina, Boston College.
Keith, Boston University-- Boston University
not correct, it's Boston College.
Colby and Tina both score.
Colby, you have seven.
Tina, you've got seven.
Keith, you only have four. You're down three.
Just two questions left.
No need for you to answer any more.
Colby, Tina, it's down to you two.
Question number eleven.
Who said on their Survivor application
that they would like to be stranded with President Clinton
or the Pope, because
they're the most likely to be rescued?
( laughs )
Everybody reveal. Jeff and Alicia.
Neither one is right.
Nick is the correct answer. Here we are--
the final question.
Colby, you've got seven.
Tina, you've got seven.
This is it.
One of you gets it right and the other doesn't,
immunity, going to the Final Two.
Who stated on their Survivor application form
that their proudest accomplishment
was being on the Dean's list in college
for five semesters?
For immunity, reveal your answers.
Tina says Nick.
Colby says Amber.
Correct answer...
Amber.
Yeah!
Colby continues his streak.
You've just won immunity.
Here's where we're at.
It's time for the final vote.
Keith and Tina can't vote for themselves.
Tina has to vote for Keith.
Keith has to vote for Tina.
Their votes nullify each other.
You're the only person who's going to vote.
You are voting out one person from the tribe,
and more importantly, you are deciding
who's going to go to the Final Two with you.
So you're going to go up there, cast that very important vote,
put it in the box and bring the box
back with you to me.
It's time to vote, Colby.
Once the vote is read,
the decision is final.
The person voted out of the tribe
will be asked to leave
the Tribal Council area immediately.
Somebody who has played this game for 41 days
is about to be voted out of the tribe.
I'll read the vote.
The 14th person voted out of the tribe...
..is Keith.
It has been an honor, guys.
I love you.
( indistinct talking )
Good job.
Keith, the tribe has spoken.
Long day for you guys.
Tonight'll be the last night you spend under these stars.
Tomorrow, an even bigger day.
Final Tribal Council,
a final vote that will determine
which one of you leaves here
with a million dollars and the title
of Survivor: The Australian Outback.
Try to get a good night's sleep. You're going to need it.
You can head back to camp.
KEITH: It was an absolute honor
to play this game with these participants.
My time here spent in the Outback
really gave me an opportunity to look at life
from the past, present and the future.
It was a great, great opportunity,
and I've learned so much about myself because of it.
TINA: Usually, when we've left Tribal Council,
there's been a wide range of emotion,
such as Mad Dog.
When we voted her off, that was a sad day at the Ogakor camp.
And there were other times that we came back to camp
where it just felt awkward.
We really loved Elisabeth, and it just felt awkward
almost not having her presence there.
And there's been some times
when we came back from camp, and we were a little happy.
Golly, Tina, this is our last night, girl.
We can afford to burn those candles out if we want to.
I know it-- no longer do we have
to worry, you know, "How long will that last?"
Last night, coming into camp, just me and Colby,
I have to say that it was sheer exhilaration.
We can burn that, some of our shelter stuff...
I mean, seriously,
like this twine-- we don't need it, do we?
Nope.
It burns good.
Burn it, baby.
I accomplished something that I wanted to do,
and that was to make it to last two.
I still feel that I can't comprehend this.
It'll be a few days before...
Oh, sure.
...to even let it soak in.
COLBY: Returning from Tribal Council
was the best feeling I've had in 42 days.
It was a victorious feeling.
16 of us started, and, and we were the two that beat 'em all.
What else can we burn?
What else?
Poor Keith.
This would be his favoritest thing to do.
This last immunity, I was a nervous wreck.
Had Keith won,
I'm not sure whether or not
he would have voted for me to stay with him.
( Colby whistling )
Ooh, that's a good fire, Colby.
COLBY: I think, when it came down to it, more than likely,
he would've kept Tina on board and gotten rid of me,
so I needed to keep immunity from Keith.
That was my only objective last night.
You're a sore loser.
That's what I'm realizing.
You don't like losing.
I hate losing.
When's the last time you won something?
Reward challenge.
It's the last time I've won.
COLBY: Keith might've been the only way
Tina and I could've gotten here.
And trust me,
we tried every way possible to figure out
how we could vote Keith off instead of Rodger,
but sometimes, you've got to bring along people
that you don't necessarily want to.
TINA: I don't think Keith could've
made it this far on his own accord.
You know, we kind of pulled Keith along.
We needed a third as part of an alliance
to have a majority vote,
and we've kept Keith around for that reason.
He got us where we needed to be. Yep.
And he didn't win a million dollars.
That's the best part about it.
No matter what happens,
Keith Famie didn't win a million bucks.
I don't think Keith earned the right to sit in a position
of one of the Final Two in this game.
I don't think he played the game in a fashion
or well enough to deserve that spot.
TINA: All my jobs
have always been minimum wage jobs,
except for when I was a flight attendant,
and so I've never felt like I've been
a contributing factor financially.
You know, however much money it is,
I've contributed to the family financial situation,
and it just makes me feel so good.
And you earned it, you worked hard for it, you know?
Good night, my friend.
( Colby groans )
Good morning.
Mm, you're warm.
COLBY: It's a great day.
I mean, and it is only going to get better
each hour that-that goes by,
and we realize we're one step closer to tonight.
I mean, it's awesome.
Mission accomplished.
I mean, we've done everything we can.
TINA: I felt joy. I felt peace.
I began to feel closure for the first time.
I want to spend the day taking some visual pictures,
capturing those to take 'em home with me.
COLBY: You can see over everything.
This is the appropriate place for Tina and I to be.
The highest peak that we could see or climb to from our camp.
Getting as high as we can and literally feeling like
you're on top of the world in more ways than one.
They're everywhere up here.
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven...
And here's some more. . ..eight, nine, ten.
TINA: God, they're fast, aren't they?
COLBY: That I'm going to miss--
just kangaroos running wild.
TINA: I look at Colby.
He came here for one thing-- to win a million dollars.
He didn't come here to make friends.
He didn't come here for any other reason,
and his actions show that.
He speaks it. He lives it. He's wide open.
COLBY: In the game of Survivor, you've got to switch hats a lot.
You got to wear a white hat part of the time,
and sometimes you got to put on the black hat,
and that's the only way you can do good at this game.
You got to be the bad guy sometimes.
You've got to be a little bit selfish,
but hopefully, in the end,
you wore a white hat more of the time
than you did a black hat.
Tina has played the game better than anyone else.
She hasn't flown under the radar.
However, she hasn't ruffled any feathers.
She's stayed on course the entire time.
I think she knew where she wanted to be
and how she was gonna get there much earlier than I did.
41 days-- I've realized
that it is life's subtleties that I cherish the most,
and that's it.
That's pretty heavy, Colby.
You did some thinking on that little perch.
I did.
TINA: How are we gonna do the flag?
I was gonna say either
winner gets it...
I say... Well, yeah.
Or we play for it.
COLBY: No, I say winner gets it.
TINA: Okay.
TINA: I think
it's important for Colby and I to break down the camp,
kind of as a tribute.
( bird squawking )
TINA: That bark worked pretty good,
didn't it, Colby?
COLBY: It really did.
Shelter turned out... pretty effective.
TINA: The shelter-- it was built with no food in our system,
very, very weak bodies.
That day, building
that shelter was very, very tough.
And to take it down now
is almost like saying,
"It was worth it, because look where I am.
"I'm one of the two.
It was worth it."
COLBY: The day this structure went up
was the worst I had ever seen Tina.
It was her all-time low
in the 42 days we've been here.
TINA: I was not only
physically low.
I was mentally pretty low, going...
COLBY: You were done, mentally.
I thought, "How many more days do I have to do this?"
Because I was worried it wasn't gonna get any better.
That was your worst day.
COLBY: Winning this game means so much to me,
and is so important to me
because of the level of difficulty.
Because it's been so tough to get to this point.
And it has taken so much out of me--
physically, emotionally, mentally.
But that's why it means so much to win this game--
'cause I have so much invested in it.
TINA: What it boils down to is
did I come here for 42 days to starve,
to live in the type
of environment that I've lived in,
to make those type of sacrifices,
to give somebody like Elisabeth a million dollars.
Or did I come here to play this game
and me deserve the million dollars?
COLBY: I've been selfish in the way I've played.
However, I'm choosing to go into the finals with Tina,
and that's not a selfish move,
'cause if I was 100% selfish,
I would choose to go in with Keith.
I feel certain I probably could have won against Keith.
I don't even know that I have a 50-50 shot against Tina.
( bird screeching )
( screeching )
We'll never walk
this road again.
Nope.
You ready?
TINA: Let's go.
Let's go. Oh.
It's been great.
Unbelievable.
Thank you. For everything.
( Colby mumbles, animals chittering )
Thank you.
Rock and roll.
Make tracks.
Don't look back.
RODGER: Well, this is day 42.
The jury is meeting tonight to decide on the Final Two, and
whoever the winner is, I'll certainly go up
and shake their hand and, uh...
and, uh, give 'em... give 'em, uh, congratulations,
'cause this-this game is not an easy game to play out here.
I would hope that whoever wins has played the game
as morally and as ethically
as is physically possible
to have done out here in the outback.
And to tell you the truth, I have not made up my mind yet
who I'm voting for.
ALICIA: You know that this night is gonna come,
and, uh, it all comes down to this.
I have a few questions lined up,
and, uh, I can't wait to hear the responses.
Which of those two is still on their toes,
still thinking, still focused, still has a clear head
after everything they've been through.
And I can't wait to see who that person is.
AMBER: I'm not really liking the feeling at all,
the fact that I, uh, have the chance right now
to give a million dollars to somebody.
I just... I-I hate the feeling, you know.
I want the million dollars.
It's come down
to two very difficult people to choose between.
KEITH: Everything they've worked for is coming down to tonight.
That's a big deal.
That's a lot to think about as they make their way
walking to Tribal Council.
If you look at Colby, it's obvious
that a very, uh, strong,
competitive, athletic individual
that knows how to get along with people
can go very far in this game.
When I look at Tina, it teaches me
that an individual doesn't have to be the strongest
to go this far.
She won no immunities, she won only one reward,
but she just didn't give up, so
there's one that didn't win anything,
there's one that won almost everything.
The common thread is to believe in yourself,
take things day by day, and don't give up.
NICK: The strange part about this game is that
you try to build friendships and-and relationships
and, uh, and still play the game and be successful,
and, uh, it's hard to know whether anybody is genuine.
Colby is much, uh, more intelligent
than I thought he was.
He's definitely been more
of a thinker in this game than I thought.
Tina I saw as this kind of innocent person
just going along with the game, and now
I definitely see her as more of a mastermind.
You know, I think she's been thinking
since day one what she needed to do, and she's done it well.
I'm in a position of power again, and I like it.
So, I'm ready to go and vote.
The two people that are in the running
for a million bucks right now are the two people
who backstabbed me
about three different separate times.
I want them
to be forced to look into what they've become
in this game, versus who they claim to be
in their real lives.
ELISABETH: I would have thought that Colby's competitive nature
would have lead him
to be voting for Tina last Council.
And be up against Keith.
He'd have a much cleaner shot, it would seem.
Do I think the best person can win?
I think there's always that possibility.
Will the best person win?
Well, that's
in the hands of...
a bunch of people who think they are the best one.
So, that's the tricky part.
Now bring in the final Tribal Council jury.
( sighs )
42 days, and it comes down to this:
one final Tribal Council.
You guys have endured floods,
out-of-control wildfires,
incredible heat, very cold nights,
and severe hunger.
But you're sitting here as the Final Two
because you have mastered
human relationships.
There's no other way you could end up here.
But those who were voted out,
our jury, are now in control of your fate.
And if the manner in which they were voted out
was harsh,
payback could be swift and sweet.
That's where we're at tonight.
There will be one final vote.
Before we get to that vote, we're going to have an exchange.
Here's how it'll work.
We'll start with opening comments
from the two of you
to the jury,
addressing why you deserve the million dollars.
The jury then, one by one, will ask a question
to you.
When they're finished, you'll get a chance
to have a closing comment.
Then we'll do the vote.
Before we start,
I just want to poll the jury.
Has anybody here shared
any information with anyone else
in the jury about
who they're voting for tonight?
No. Absolutely not.
ALL: No.
All right, Tina, the floor is yours.
Strategy played a big part in getting here.
The strategy for Survivor is
outwit, outplay, outlast.
I'm not gonna sit here and tell you
why you should vote for me.
I will say
the one thing that I hope that you don't do
is that you don't cast your vote
based on that you got your feelings hurt.
I think it's poor sportsmanship,
and I don't think that it relays
who the true survivor is.
It just shows that you got your feelings hurt.
So, it's up to you guys from here on out.
It's been a pleasure and a joy.
I know whenever I go home, I go home to a husband
who treats me like a princess and who I worship and adore,
and two children
who I'm so happy to be their mom.
And that's worth more to me than a million dollars.
I wish that for all of you.
Colby, the floor is yours.
( sighs )
Well, I guess we're supposed to...
make a spiel here about why
we deserve the million dollars,
or why I deserve it over Tina,
and I don't... I don't know that I do.
You've got to be a jack of all trades,
but not necessarily a master of any,
and-and that's an old saying that goes way back.
I don't think I was necessarily the best at anything,
and I don't think I... I-I beat Tina in strategy,
or any elements of the game, but I...
I feel like I did them all pretty good.
And that's why I'm here.
JEFF: All right,
jury, take a moment.
Collect your thoughts.
You're gonna each have the opportunity
to ask Tina and Colby a question
that will help you decide
who will be the sole survivor.
All right, I'll turn it over to the jury.
You're free to ask Colby and Tina anything you want.
Rodger, we'll start with you.
Well, Tina, Colby, a big night for both of you,
I know.
There's been some times
when you have not always told the truth,
had to lie on occasions.
That's part of the strategy of playing the game.
I'd like
for both of you maybe to give me a couple of instances
where you did not tell the truth,
and then, do you feel that you have played the game
as ethically as you possibly could have?
Wow.
Tina, we'll start with you.
TINA: Okay.
I think as far as not telling the truth,
for me personally would come in to play
whenever someone would come to me,
like let's say Amber, because Amber was the one who
usually would come to us before every Tribal Council
and say, "Okay, who are we voting for?"
And at the point that it was Amber's time to go,
I don't... we didn't tell Amber and say,
"Okay, Amber, you're the one who's going out tonight."
So, that would be an incidence of when the truth wasn't told.
And as far as ethically is concerned,
in playing this game,
I don't think you can win it by saying, "Well,
"you know, that's a nice person.
I don't want to vote that person off."
I think you have
to have more of a strategic mind.
But I don't feel like that was unethical by any means.
And so by my definition, I feel like I've played ethically.
Colby?
Dishonesty.
I have one...
moment that came to mind was
when I told Jerri if we went into the merge
with the upper hand as far as voting
and we took over,
that she and-and Amber
and I would take this thing on, and...
and that didn't happen.
And-And that was one...
one point of dishonesty there
'cause I told her that.
And as far as-as ethics go,
if being dishonest
makes me less ethical,
then-then maybe I had a struggle with ethics on this thing.
Amber.
Well, here we are.
Um, my question is,
what three things got you to this point?
And if you were to win the million dollars,
what are the first three things
you're going to do with that million dollars?
JEFF: Colby, we'll start with you.
Uh, first was... would be the refusal
at any point
to ever mentally check out of the game.
Meaning, just keeping my head
in it the entire time.
Strategizing from day one on till-till day 42.
Second thing, water.
I mean, that was the only thing that...
that kept me from getting hunger pains
was fooling my... fooling my stomach
into thinking it was full by
filling it with water.
Um, three.
Taking time out to enjoy.
I mean, you could have gone mad...
You could have gone mad in this game
if you didn't every now and then
realize where you were
and how lucky we were to be here.
And the first three things I'd spend it on.
Uh, I'd love to buy a Harley Davidson,
would die to have one of those.
Two, uh, my dad has restored an antique
office building that he's going to have to sell
because of financial reasons,
and I would love to
buy that building
without him knowing I purchased it,
and-and give it back to him.
And also, financially, take care of my mom.
Those three things.
Tina?
TINA: The three things that
got me here was strategy.
I think Colby.
I think he had a...
a big part.
I mean, last night he could have voted me off,
but he didn't, so
Colby definitely got me here.
And the third, I'd say, heart slash God.
And the three things I would like to do
with the million, the first three things is,
pay off my house, pay off my best friend's house,
and Elisabeth gave me a fantastic idea
about setting up a fund, putting money in that fund,
and the interest that it draws,
spend it one time a year for a family that's in need.
And I thought that was one of the best ideas
I've ever heard.
Okay.
Elisabeth.
The theme of deserving
has woven its way into many Councils.
If you had the power to give
five of the jury members here
before you this million dollar prize,
what are the names-- no explanation--
what are the names of the two
that you would exclude from that prize?
JEFF: Tina, we'll start with you.
( Colby scoffs )
Jerri and Rodger.
JEFF: Colby?
Jerri...
and Keith.
JEFF: Keith.
Well, guys,
I've played this game with you for 41 days.
I know
how political it is
and how political it-it becomes, and
I also know that manipulation comes into play.
Each of you give me
an instance where you used manipulation
to get you where you're at
right now.
JEFF: Colby.
COLBY: Um...
when Tina and I, on the way to Tribal Council,
decided to vote Mitchell off
and break an alliance,
thus, manipulating the whole setting
to first get the team to the merge
stronger, thus getting me farther in the game.
JEFF: Tina.
TINA: I would say the exact same thing.
Like Colby, I knew that if we made the decision
to vote you off and keep Mitchell, that
it made our team weaker.
You can call it
manipulation if you want to.
I prefer to call it strategy.
Alicia.
Uh, it's nice to see you guys,
and I want to congratulate you both on a job well done.
A lot of things have happened.
I'm sure there's a lot of things
that you both probably would like to forget
and a lot of things you never want to forget.
And in light of that,
I have a two-part question for you.
What I want to know is, what one particular thing
are you personally most proud of,
and on the flip side of that,
least proud of, personally?
Tina.
TINA: I think I am most proud
of maybe the role I've played here.
There are some things that I did...
as a tribe member that I felt like were extremely giving,
such as giving Keith
the immunity challenge
when we were standing on those poles.
My least proud moment...
would be probably every Tribal Council.
Whenever I had to vote somebody off,
I never felt good about doing that.
COLBY: Uh... least proud moment
is probably... today, for the first time realizing
how little respect I've shown
this land where we are.
I mean, my head has been in the game so much,
I realized today how little I've stopped
to smell the roses, and I wasn't very proud of that,
because it's taking it
for granted, um...
My most proud moment was just a very...
a very simple... few seconds when I won
an immunity challenge,
filling the water buckets up, simply because
I was in dead last at the beginning
of that challenge, and I remember telling myself,
"If you dig deep on this,
"if you dig as deep as you can go,
you can pull this thing out,"
and that was a proud moment for me.
Thank you.
Nick.
NICK: First I want to say I think you guys
have both played a hell of a game,
and, uh... I have a lot of respect for both of you.
After you guys gave me the boot, um, there was a lot of talk
in the following Tribal Councils
about people deserving to be around,
which is interesting to me, because,
had it not been for a very unfortunate accident,
then in all likelihood, neither of you two
would be sitting here right now.
So my question is this: if Mike had never had
his accident, who would be sitting in your place--
which two people-- and why?
JEFF: Colby. And this is
going to sound like a lot of schmooze,
but one of those two people I think would be you.
And I don't know what happened before the merge,
but I know when we came together,
you had the mental game going
and were ready to take it on to the end.
Uh, and...
seeing the way Mike helped you guys out
in just about every... every, uh... challenge
we faced y'all in, I mean,
I don't know the guy, but I'd say he had
a pretty good shot at being in the end, too.
I mean, obviously,
we'll never know, but I'd think
if we went into the merge different,
and you guys had the upper hand,
I'd say it was probably going to be you two guys.
JEFF: Tina.
TINA: Because I didn't
really get a chance to know you all that well
and to get the dynamics
of what went on,
I really can't answer that question.
I do think
that the way that you all described him
and some of the actions that he took,
there's probably no doubt in my mind that Mike would be
one of the people sitting up here.
Jerri.
During the course of this game,
you have had to make and break promises.
You've had to manipulate.
I want to allow you to...
clear your conscience...
by bringing up any moments
during the course of this game
that you might have felt some sense of guilt,
remorse or regret for something you might've done
to another person.
JEFF: Tina.
I think one of the things,
or the thing that I feel worst about
was the day that we came back to the Ogakor Tribe,
and Kel had been accused
of eating the beef jerky.
And someone said, "Well, check his bag,"
and I was standing there by his bag
and opening up the bag
to look in there to see if we saw
beef jerky wrappers.
Afterwards, I thought,
"Oh, I wish I hadn't been standing there,
and I wish that hadn't been me."
And so, that's the one thing that I feel worst about.
Colby.
I think guilt-guilty would be the word
that... that I would use
f-for a couple of instances.
I feel guilty about,
um... Rodger and Elisabeth.
I wish there was a way strategically
that we could've played differently.
And Alicia.
You know, there were a lot of reasons
for voting off a lot of people,
but Alicia was the first one out of all of y'all to go,
and it was simply based
on her being a physical threat,
and I think... I think that's shallow as hell,
and I feel guilty about that,
but I don't... I don't have any regrets.
I feel guilty about a lot of things, but...
but I don't have any regrets.
JEFF: I'm going to give you guys both a chance
to address them one last time.
Colby, last words.
Not a lack of respect to anyone, but I... I don't have any.
Tina, last words.
When you play backgammon like we played countless games
of backgammon together,
you don't go into backgammon and say,
"Okay, I'm going to leave this man open."
You know you have
to cover that man.
That's the strategy.
And it's the same thing with this game.
There was never anything personal
about voting anybody off.
There was a strategy.
And that's all it is.
JEFF: All right.
You've had a chance to ask your questions,
gather your information.
Now it's in your hands, so take
a moment to consider
whether it's going to be Colby or Tina
who leaves the outback one million dollars richer.
It's now time
for our final vote.
Normally, at Tribal Council,
you're voting against someone.
You're voting somebody out of the tribe.
Tonight, it's flip-flopped.
Tonight, you are voting for somebody.
You guys are going to be writing down
the name of the person you think
deserves the million dollars.
Rodger, we'll start with you.
This was a very, very, very tough decision for me.
I like both people.
I think they both have played the game extremely well.
I do, however, think that Colby probably played
the game a little harder.
I just think he has turned out to be
the ultimate survivor in this... in this game.
ALICIA: Let me just say
that in the game of life, Colby would be the one
I would probably most likely gravitate to,
but this is the game of Survivor,
and I think Tina is more deserving
because she has really played this game.
It wasn't winning seven or eight challenges
that got her here.
It was strategy and using her head.
She's a smart woman, and I think she deserves it.
AMBER: Tina, you've come 42 days.
You haven't received a vote yet,
but you won't be receiving your first vote from me.
Uh, Colby gets my vote tonight.
I feel that Colby's been more straightforward with me
and, uh, played the game better.
So, Colby,
you win this.
Congratulations, buddy.
JERRI: It's been very clear to me
from the very beginning that Tina,
you have been the mastermind
behind all of the strategies that have taken place,
and your greatest strategy of all
was getting Colby to pick you over Keith
to be sitting where you're sitting right now,
so I can't help but have a great sense of respect for that.
JEFF: I'll go get the votes.
Inside this container are seven votes.
It's a culmination of 42 days
in the outback.
For one of you, the votes inside this container
represent $100,000 prize,
but for the other person, the votes inside here represent
a million-dollar prize and the title
of Survivor: The Australian Outback.
I know you've waited a long time
for this moment...
and you're going to wait a little longer.
These votes will be sealed and revealed live
when we return to the United States.
I'll see all of you there. So long.
( helicopter whirring )
( cheering and applause )
We're not worthy.
Well, this is pretty cool, huh?
( Colby whooping, Tina laughing )
We are a far cry
from the world we left behind
so long ago-- the Australian Outback.
Beautiful, but very harsh terrain,
great wildlife, and just truly an organic nature
for the 42 days you guys spent out there.
To this very surreal
and yet still authentic, new Survivor world,
where a very dramatic
conclusion is going to play out
to a great game.
You guys have waited a long time.
We're going to get to the votes
in mere moments, I promise you.
But... I got to ask.
You've had a long time to think about
this night.
I'm imagining a lot of anxiousness,
maybe one or two sleepless nights
of anticipation.
Now that we're here at this moment of truth,
what is coursing
through your body and your brain?
Colby, you just took a sort of a deep breath there.
What's this feel like?
I think that's the first breath I've taken in two hours. Uh-oh.
( laughter )
I don't... I... Jeff, I don't know.
I don't know that I can put it
into words right now,
but I'm anxious.
This is... this is the way it should be.
How about you, Tina? You were...
The whole time out there,
you were very calm, close to the chest.
You, you look that way now.
You're very subdued.
I'm very emotional.
We've been watching backstage and just crying.
And I feel so close to everybody here,
and I think
that's one thing
that's so special between all of us
is that no matter what happens tonight,
we leave a close- knit group.
You know, one of the great things
I think, anyway, about Survivor
is that it offers you perspective.
I mean, how often
do you get a chance
where you get to have
16 strangers together
who are going to ultimately
give you their opinion-- what they think about you,
how you play, how you interact socially,
who you are as a person.
And then you get to watch it play out,
learn what they think about you, and also view yourself
and maybe gain some new insight into your own
self-perception.
Had we read these votes in Australia,
moments after the jury cast them,
you'd have no chance for reflection.
It'd happen immediately.
You've had a lot of time for reflection.
As you watch that final day
and the final Tribal Council play out,
any second- guessing going on
about how you played it?
Any Monday morning quarterbacking--
"I wish I'd have..."? Tina?
Not for me.
I think that there's so many things
that come into playing this game.
Part of it's luck,
part of it's strategy, you know?
So, there are so many things
that could have happened
that would have swung the other way,
and I would not be sitting here.
And I feel like, as far as I'm concerned,
I did what I could to get here.
And the rest of it was luck.
How about you, Colby?
Well,
I... It was no shocker
that I didn't get Jerri's vote on that,
but I realize now I should have
sucked up to Alicia a little more.
That one threw me by surprise.
Uh...
But no.
I'm just... man, let's get it on.
I'm excited.
( audience laughter )
JEFF: You guys, Keith made an interesting point.
He said, "You know, you both bring
such different strategies and strengths to this,
and yet you find yourself,
both of you, in the final two."
And I really sensed,
especially in the last day, a true camaraderie.
Bond still strong between you guys
as you sit here knowing only one is going to win?
Incredible. Absolutely.
And man, that's the neat thing.
I don't care how many Survivors you have,
you'll never be able to predict
who the winner's going to be,
because there are so many dynamics involved.
And it doesn't matter how dominant you are,
either physically or strategically,
it doesn't matter when it all plays out.
That's what matters.
I mean that's... there are so many elements,
and that's what's fun.
That's what's exciting about this.
JEFF: Let's get to the vote. Let's do it.
Jury, I just want to make sure
nobody in the jury
has revealed to anyone else
the vote you made that night.
You don't know, you don't know.
Seven votes inside here-- that means that
in a moment, somebody's going
to leave this stage with, among other things,
a Pontiac Aztec-- which, Colby, would be a matching one for you
to go with the first one you won out there.
Also, the last
remaining item
from Camp Barramundi-- the Survivor flag.
You guys made a deal when you said, you know what?
Winner takes it.
A great reminder
of the high highs and the very low lows,
and I'm happy to report it still has just enough aroma
that it will take you right back there.
You'll also leave the stage
with a check in the amount of $1 million.
Runner-up gets 100 grand.
And maybe, now looking back
on the last 42 days-- maybe the most coveted thing--
the winner earns the title
of Survivor: the Australian Outback,
and well-deserved.
So,
with that,
seven votes.
Takes four to win.
Remember, in this final vote, you want your name
on this parchment.
The jury did not vote somebody out.
They voted
for a winner.
Take a deep breath.
Let's read the votes.
Mmm. This is good.
( laughter )
First vote.
Tina.
Two votes Tina.
It takes four votes
to win.
Third vote...
Colby.
Two votes Tina, one vote Colby.
Colby.
That's two votes Tina, two votes Colby.
( laughter )
Three votes Colby, two votes Tina.
One more vote, Colby,
and it's yours.
( laughter )
Told you!
JEFF: It doesn't get any better than this.
Three votes Tina.
Three votes Colby.
In true Survivor tradition,
it comes down to one
final vote.
The winner of Survivor: The Australian Outback...
( screaming and applause ) Yeah! Yeah!
( cheering and applause )
Come here!
Whoo! Yeah!
( Survivor theme playing )
Thank you, Jeff.
Oh, my gosh.
Come on over, guys.
I'll give this to you, Tina.
( cheering and applause )