Gillian Secret Scene
Gillian shows Susie the secret to getting rid of body odors while living in the wild.
Gillian (rubbing charcoal under her armpits): Charcoal absorbs odors. I'm thinking of chewing some as well.
Susie: I guess it can't hurt.
Gillian: This has been a quest for me to get on Survivor. I am so thrilled to be in Africa, I can't even describe what is the most magnificent feeling.
(Gillian puts charcoal in her mouth, and Susie follows; then they spit it out and laugh)
Gillian: It's (African word) and (word) means a relationship between people. It shows you have a common bond with other people. It's through this bond that you discover yourself.
(Susie and Gillian breathe on each other to test if the charcoal worked, then they high-five)
Gillian: I have learned I'm an adventuresome granny. I'm a wife, I'm a mother, I'm a nurse, I'm an idiot to try so many crazy things, but I love it!
(Gillian paddles out on her own to look at the various wildlife)
Gillian: The magic of Africa is indescribable. The people who go to Africa says Africa gets into you, and it will never get out. It can't get out.
Tribal Council Voting
Find out what each of Gillian's tribe members had to say as they cast their votes.
Dan ("Jillian"): Gillian, you're a sweet woman, but I think this is the way the group's going. For all I know it could be me. I can be disruptive. Nevertheless, that's who I'm going with.
Ken ("Jillian" and a face with a tongue sticking out): Gillian, you make look like a nice, innocent old granny, but underneath that mask is something different.
GC ("Jill"): My vote is for Gillian. We're just hoping to make this a stronger tribe. You're a great woman and I'm sorry that you have to leave.
Gillian (Kenny): My vote is for Kenny because I basically feel he doesn't get a clue a lot of the time. I don't know if he's as strong as he thinks he is. So good luck Kenny.
Matty ("Jillian"): Gillian, I love your attitude, I love your energy, but you haven't been able to fit into this tribe the way you needed to. Sorry. Good luck.
Randy ("Jil"): Sorry. I wish I wasn't you, but it is.
Crystal (Gillian): Right now, this is a physical game and I'm sorry, you just don't have it. It was great knowing you, but you've gotta go.
Susie (Gillian): Hey Gillian. I'm just voting with the tribe. For all I know I could be blindsided right now. Thanks for all the tips.
Gillian's Final Words
See what Gillian had to say after her tribe unanimously voted her out of the game.
"Here I am. Second booted. Bummer. All I can say it's been an amazing experience to be a part of this incredible game of Survivor and the magic of Africa made me wait 8 years and 15 consecutive applications to bring me into the game and here's hoping maybe the magic of Africa will dig deep and there will be osme sort of brilliant Survivor twist and it will bring me back into the game. I'm still not done with wanting to play it. I'm sort of bummed that my ability to or should I say I was encouraged to speak my piece about a few things, which was dumb. I should have just continued flying low under the radar. I guess it doesn't work to speak your mind when you know you really shouldn't. That was a bit of a bummer right there. It was a great experience and I thoroughly enjoyed being back in Africa playing this absolutely amazing and incredible game and I thank everybody for giving me that opportunity. I wish the tribe good luck because I think they're gonna need it. They're terribly scattered and let's hope they pull it together because otherwise they're going to be one after the other. Good luck to all of them. Hopefully they can pull it through and start seeing some difference. If they considered me a disruptive force, and that's the biggest part about it, I'm sorry to hear that, then maybe that'll improve things for them and good luck to them."
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"One thing I think I would change is my initial pick was part of my beginning of the end, because as I saw who was coming into the team and I saw we were a very electic, varied group, I saw myself as not fitting into the team very much. Except for maybe Dan or Randy maybe, and the others certainly to a certain extent. We had some OK times and worked together and all that, but all of the group, I just felt like it wasn't a good mix for me. That's probably where I started my doom."
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"Picking Crystal in the beginning might have been what moved the line down into this very varied group because she obviously picked somebody and then it went down the row from there as people picked people. I had originally thought I would go with one of the athletic guys as we were being introduced. I was very tempted to go with one of them. I went with Crystal instead because I'm weaker on the ground than I am in other things, balance, water, puzzles, questions, things like that. I thought it would be a good idea to have a counterpart for me and the fact that she's an athlete and obviously that she has drive and determination that that would be great. She's like a gazelle on the plains with her athletic ability. I thought that would be a good counterpart in challenges that would need a good runner, then a good puzzler, and something else. I think that would be the difference I would do. Maybe if I'd picked one of the young, good looking guys, we might have gone down that road, one of Kota, or cookie cutter clan, as we call them because they're all so similar."
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"There's a HUGE part of me that wished I could have won Survivor Africa. I'm praying for the magic of Africa to have a brilliant twist to bring me back into the game. I don't know that it's over yet. I won't think that until it's over and we're all going home and I didn't get back or I did get back. Absolutely I would have loved to have been the sole survivor for Africa. I thought maybe it had been a kind of destiny, that's why it had been waiting so long to get me on. It must be some reason why I hadn't got on yet and it was waiting for Africa and I was gonna win in Africa and be the oldest winner yet. I guess not at this point, but I'm not going to give up hope, I'm going to pray to Africa for a brilliant Survivor twist."
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"Thanks everybody for giving me this opportunity, I've certainly added it to my amazing awesome events in my life. I have an amazing, awesome life in the first place and Survivor has been a great opportunity. I've been trying to get on for 8 years and now I'm sitting on a rock saying goodbye for now but maybe not for the whole game."
Gillian the Day After
A longtime fan of 'Survivor,' Gillian discusses her regrets of leaving the game early and how grateful she is for having the opportunity to play it.
"The main difference between when you're sitting at home watching the game on the couch, and then playing the game, is huge, because you see everything that's been going on the whole time, you see what's coming before, during, and after. Watching it at home, I think, 'Oh my God, such an idiot! Why did they do that?' Then when you're suddenly in that position and you're thinking to yourself, 'Boy I was an idiot, why did I do that?' you know what came before, during, and after, and a lot of times it just plays out that way. It's hugely different. Knowing how I played the game, I know I'm going to be yelling at myself. Or some of my family's going to be yelling, 'What the hell, Mom!? What did you do that for?' Some of it did play out that way, totally unexpectedly. I found very quickly in the game the real me couldn't come out, there wasn't any possibility for that. I think my family and friends will first of all maybe not recognize me, because the 8 years I've been playing my 8 year game to get on Survivor, people have said, 'My God, you'll be perfect!' It kind of turns out that it wasn't just perfect, there were other factors that played into it. It just didn't play out that way. I don't know if I'll have to defend myself, I might have to explain some of the things that led up to some of the events and very sadly I didn't get to play the actual game of Survivor for more than 6 days I did, but the whole experience for me has been an absolutely amazing thing, it's exactly what I hoped it would be, except for, and I hate to say it, being part of the Fong tribe. I just absolutely hated it. I stood on that mat and I saw it forming and I thought, 'You're screwed.'"
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"Within 10 minutes of talking and through the first afternoon and evening I just felt like there was no connection. There should be somewhat of a bond, which there was, because we were a tribe, but there was no bond. We were like clockwork mice, everybody was running and talking, and the stuff that was being talked about, and the lack of interest in anything. I would try and say, the first evening there were wonderful monkey sounds in the forest, and everybody was sitting around talking smack about Survivor, and talking smack about each other, which I don't like anyway. So I thought, you can't distance yourself, because there goes another nail in your coffin. I just hung around but I couldn't be a part of it. Any time I did try to be myself, be enthusiastic about whatever, that part of me was there. The enthusiasm, the interest, trying to pump everybody up and getting everybody going for whatever and trying to pretend they were a great tribe and we could do it. Yeah right."
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"I've worked in I don't know how many different jobs as a nurse. I've moved 18 times. I've lived in 4 different states in the States. I've lived in South Africa. I've traveled a lot. That was really a big surprise to me, because I usually do so well with people of different interests and ages. That was one of the biggest surprises. I couldn't believe this was happening. All I could say to myself was no one was being themselves so maybe this is what's happening."
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"I think Survivor has ranked really, really high in all my experiences for a variety of reasons. I have had crazy, great, fun, awesome experiences. I've been a very lucky...I don't believe in luck because I think you make your own experiences. I've been very blessed with everything that's happened in my life. I so badly wanted to be part of Survivor because I knew it was just the most amazing game. I have watched the games, the challenges, and I don't just watch them, I study them. I knew what I could and couldn't do over the past 8 years, I've had to modify some of the things over the past 8 years. Yeah, it's been...to be a part of it, just being in awe. It isn't the greatest experience in my life, my family is the greatest experience of my life, but it's certainly way up there. For being a part of it, being chosen and given the privilege and the honor out of so many thousands of people who apply and millions who would like to, to actually have made it. That to me is such an awesome, awesome experience just to have got here. I so hope - and I'm sure part of it was the African connection - I so hope what I did for this game was to bring the spirit of Africa to it."
'GC' After Losing Another Challenge
A defeated 'GC' recounts his tribe's performance at the immunity challenge.
"It's frustrating because every reward we could have won, we really needed."
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"The tribe that I was put on just happens to be a little bit slower, a little bit older than the other tribe. There's really nothing we can do about it right now, but as I see it, we're not going to be winning too many more challenges, or any challenges, with this group we've got."
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"I think the day this whole game started when we first picked tribes, I think the first few decisions of the tribe I'm on were not very good decisions. I think they were based on maybe just because they were female, I don't think it was based on strategy, building a strong team so you can win a challenge. By the time I was picked there was only one guy to pick, and that was Kenny. I had no choice but to pick him."
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"I don't think the Fong tribe has a problem making decisions. Everyone's got an opinion about what they want to do. I think we come up with good decisions, we had a strategy, we had a plan we stuck to. It didn't work."
Dan on Exile Island
Dan reveals Kota's reasons for sending him to Exile Island. Did they make the right move?
"I don't understand why they chose me. They said it was because I was a stronger player, the leader, the guy who was always motivating the Fong tribe. I sort of felt like that from the background at tribal camp, but I think Kota made 2 mistakes with that. My tribe's already in shambles, already in dismay, people bickering all the time. They've already lined up who's going when and where at Tribal Council. They're just playing the game without thinking about the rules. Who cares about that? They chose me as the leader to come here and I think that was stupid too because why would you choose a strong player to come and maybe get even stronger by finding the immunity idol. I don't get that. Even if I don't find the idol, I'm going to pretty much use the information on the clue to my advantage."
Dan in the Garden of Eden
Dan gets philosophical when he must choose between an apple or a clue to the hidden immunity idol on Exile Island.
"I kinda view it as the apple is the temptation but the game itself is the Garden of Eden."
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"I chose clue right away, no questions asked, but I took a walk out to the gazebo and saw the apple there and yeah it was very representative of the Garden of Eden itself. Obviously there's that temptation and the symbolism of eating the apple you're going to be out of the Garden of Eden."
"I think finding the idol would keep me in the Garden of Eden but if I ate that apple and don't find the idol then I'd have to eventually leave the game. For me it was a little bit different there because Eve ate the apple and got basically voted out. Really the idol for me is kind of a savior at this point."
Corinne's Alliance
Although she hates pretty much everyone around camp, Corinne finds a tight alliance with Marcus, Jacquie, and Charlie.
"Everything goes well when you don't have a Tribal Council to contend with. The great thing is I feel like my alliance is extremely smart, and they're really willing to work together. We're all assigned different people to try to be in cahoots with. We're never going to let any more than 3 of us be anywhere at a time so it will always be 6 people together so no more than 3 can go off at a time. We're trying to keep the level of paranoia down, especially since we don't have a Tribal. By telling everyone we're just looking to win, let's not think about anything. The reason I aligned with these people is because I feel like they're really trustworthy. I know that's only 4 and that leaves 5 out but that's only a short-term thing."
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"Everybody kind of gets on my nerves except the people in my alliance, honestly. I find everyone to be really annoying at times, some more than others, but everyone's annoying. If I was gonna have to be with 3 other people for a long period of time, those were the only 3 people I'd wanna be with. Marcus is really benign, everyone likes him, I think he's like a good guy, he's smart, he's trustworthy. I like people that genuinely want to be here. I want to be here for the money, not the experience, but it's nice to be around someone who is here for the experience because it makes me appreciate it more. Like last night, Marcus, Charlie and I went to look at the stars in the middle of Savannah. That was really awesme. I probably wouldn't have thought to do that if Marcus wasn't around. Charlie's more like me, and Jacquie's more like Marcus."
Kota's Idol Shrine
Where does Kota keep their sacred immunity idol? Bob explains how their daily ritual may be helping them win challenges.
Bob (kneeling beside the idol): This is our little idol we've won twice now. We're really excited about it. This morning we got up - we won fishing gear yesterday - and we were so bummed. The nest were empty, the trap here was empty, we didn't have anything on the poles, and our worms were bad. While we were sitting here sulking we checked the other trap and caught a catfish in the trap that was over in the stream and the fishes that were in the lake, I never can remember the name of it. We threw it into breakfast and we had rice, fish, beans, and so when we cooked it up we brought a little piece over to our idol just so he'll come back and visit us. Just trying to be nice to him.
Ken Fears He May Get Blindsided
With the threat of Fang's second Tribal Council underway, paranoia gets the best of Ken.
Ken (to GC): There's a possibility I could be going. Susie told me Gillian's plotting against me right now. Apparently she has Dan and Randy on her side...
GC: But check this out. Dan's not here. She can be saying that all she wants. You think Dan wants to keep Jill over you? Dan knows she didn't help with the last challenge. I think if they said that that's a big surprise to me, but at the same time I don't think they have the numbers to do it.
Ken: It would be a big blindside tonight if they did because if Crystal did take me out. Crystal's been extra nice to me lately, it's kind of weird. She's been talking to me a lot and she didn't do that the first 2 days. Today she was like oh I'm gonna take my homeboy Kenny to go to the stream. Sometimes you have a feeling. That's why I was telling you today I had a feeling that Gillian doesn't like me, Randy doesn't like me. The old people are plotting together, and if they can get Sue over, I could be going. I'm just telling you in advance. Like you said, if it's your time, it's your time, I don't mind, but I was just telling you.
GC: I think it's good bro. For real.
Ken (shakes GC's hand): Alright.
Jacqui Flirts With Marcus
Watch as Jacquie admits to Marcus that she wouldn't mind snuggling up next to him at night
Marcus: I would love it if it were me, you, and Charlie at the end.
Jacquie: Me too. Corinne would be heartbroken.
Marcus: Well, she can be fourth.
Jacquie: OK.
Marcus: I'm cool with everything, the only thing I told Corinne I'm kind of nervous about is romantic perception, which always kind of paints a target on your back.
Jacquie: For some reason I think she's fully in love with you, but it doesn't come off like you guys are coupling up. She totally is.
Marcus: No way.
Jacquie: She totally is for sure.
Marcus: There's no way.
Jacquie: For sure for sure for sure!
Marcus: I don't see that being possible because...
Jacquie: She even hates it when I talk to you. She's always glaring at me. I swear. I think in her mind, things could be a different picture.
Marcus: That's why I don't sleep at night because I'm like Corinne's on the left, Jacquie's on the right...
Jacquie: I was like oh, you're so much better cover than Ace, then Corinne's got her arm like wrapped around, because you accidentally grabbed her hand, dammit! (laughs)
Sugar's Jungle Expedition
Sugar's trek through the jungles of Gabon raises her fears of lurking wildlife.
"The other night we went for a little expedition because we were feeling so good, our tummies were full, and we wanted to I guess take a little romantical walk somewhere. The boys wanted to go looking for elephants and stuff, and gorillas, and go into the jungle. The girls were like, 'That's probably not a good idea.' When we got to the jungle, the girls turned around, then they turned around, cause they probably realized that wasn't so smart. Since we can hear them sometimes at night, and panthers, and we don't really have a door on our thing, not that that would matter too much."
"Boys went into the woods for a second, then ran out screaming, just to play with us. I totally want to play a trick on somebody. If I could lift that statue over by treemail, which I don't think I can, but maybe Jacquie can help me."
"How funny would it be to put that big tribal thing in front of the door while everybody's sleeping and then be like, 'OH MY GOD!' (laughs) That'd be awesome."
"So anyway, I wanted to be the first practical joker, but those guys got us. That was pretty funny."
Randy and Crystal Play in a Stream
Randy and Crystal devise a plan for building a 'tub' at their camp.
(Randy throws water on Crystal)
Crystal: It's cold, it's cold!
Randy: Go down to your neck, you'll be fine.
(Randy sits in a different part of the stream; one of the guys asks them if it's warmer than the pond)
Randy: Oh yeah, 10 degrees warmer than the pond.
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Randy: I'm gonna drink until I pee. Tell me when the water gets warm, Crystal.
Crystal: When you pee, it's flowing my way!
Randy: I'm not an idiot. Why do you think I'm up here?
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Randy: If this was by camp, we could dig out an area inside it. It wouldn't be a hot tub, it'd be a cold tub.
Crystal: It'd be a tub. I'm gonna use this sand to scrub.
(a guy, maybe Dan, says that's a good idea)
Randy (scrubbing): It's a great idea.
Crystal: Yeah, my nails are getting cleaner.
Matty's Nightmare
After losing back-to-back immunity challenges, Matty's future looks pretty grim.
"Camp really hasn't changed that much without GC being a leader. This camp for some reason, we're just a giant group of misfits. Nobody wants to really take charge, nobody wants to be the leader, everyone wants to do their own thing. It's a pretty big disaster in our camp. Our sleeping arrangements are a nightmare, the fire situation's a nightmare, the food situations...we could go through our rice within a week the way we're going. Nobody has any idea what the hell they're doing. I'm not saying I do, but like I said before, we're the Bad News Bears. We're a giant mess. I don't know how that's gonna change but either it's gonna change or we're all gonna get eliminated quickly."
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"Somebody told me at the beginning of this one day at a time, and there's never been anything more true than that statement since I've been out here. Basically one minute at a time. If I start projecting 30 days down the line, or tomorrow, I basically go into anxiety-land, and it's not a pleasant way to spend your time out here. I've just gotta stay in the present, not project, not reflect, and just stay in the right now."
Marcus on Yoga
Ace leads the Kota tribe in a pre-challenge Yoga exercise. Find out what Marcus had to say about it.
"The yoga is awesome. I'm not one of those doctors that doesn't believe in the positive value of Eastern ideas and medicine. I am a complete idiot when it comes to those things because I'm not flexible and I think it's kind of frou-frou, but I think it really bonded our team. It's something I want to learn about so I try and be open-minded about it. Obviously I was cracking a couple of jokes during the yoga thing, that just made me fall over, which was even funnier. Some of it's just comical because we're in a jungle in our underwear, everyone's doing hula hoop movements, and it feels like we're in a club, kind of bouncing around. It's hysterical. Then you've got Ace with his soothing, calming voice. I thought he was going to start levititating in the middle of the thing. We had a good time with it. Frankly, when you take it seriously a little bit, you really do get more focused and energized. Whatever works. That's my attitude. And it's definitely worked so far."
Ace Makes Ginger Rice
Kota's chef gets creative with the discovery of ginger roots around camp.
"I'm preparing the ginger so we'll have ginger rice for lunch. (to the others) If you guys want to pick some young ferns, we'll throw those in too, so we'll have a sweet bitterness. (they ask which ferns, and he points them out)
(Bob puts his hand next to the cutting area so the rice won't fly off, and asks Ace about the preparations, which basically takes up the rest of the clip)
Jacquie's Secret Crush
Which of her tribe mates could be Jacquie's future husband? Watch now and find out.
"Marcus is adorable. All my friends back home will be like, 'Oh, there's Jacquie's future husband, because he's like my dream guy."
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"I'm very, very picky. I don't come across a guy I really like very often, cause I have a huge laundry list of things, and he kind of matches all of them. Every day we go out for a canoe ride, not to talk about anything, just to get to know each other and chill. He's awesome to talk to. He was telling me his and I was telling him mine. I don't know, someone who's real and
genuine and honest, and someone who's really fun and I smile at. A genius, supersmart, super-adventerous. Anyone who goes on Survivor is going to be adventurous."
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"It's really hard sometimes because I'm trying really hard to not have a target on my back. As soon as you go away too often with one person, everyone's staring you down. As soon as you get back, they'll be like, 'So where did you guys do? What did you talk about? Can I come with you next time?' Although I'd love to go and hang out with him all the time, I can't, because everyone would be watching."
Gillian shows Susie the secret to getting rid of body odors while living in the wild.
Gillian (rubbing charcoal under her armpits): Charcoal absorbs odors. I'm thinking of chewing some as well.
Susie: I guess it can't hurt.
Gillian: This has been a quest for me to get on Survivor. I am so thrilled to be in Africa, I can't even describe what is the most magnificent feeling.
(Gillian puts charcoal in her mouth, and Susie follows; then they spit it out and laugh)
Gillian: It's (African word) and (word) means a relationship between people. It shows you have a common bond with other people. It's through this bond that you discover yourself.
(Susie and Gillian breathe on each other to test if the charcoal worked, then they high-five)
Gillian: I have learned I'm an adventuresome granny. I'm a wife, I'm a mother, I'm a nurse, I'm an idiot to try so many crazy things, but I love it!
(Gillian paddles out on her own to look at the various wildlife)
Gillian: The magic of Africa is indescribable. The people who go to Africa says Africa gets into you, and it will never get out. It can't get out.
Tribal Council Voting
Find out what each of Gillian's tribe members had to say as they cast their votes.
Dan ("Jillian"): Gillian, you're a sweet woman, but I think this is the way the group's going. For all I know it could be me. I can be disruptive. Nevertheless, that's who I'm going with.
Ken ("Jillian" and a face with a tongue sticking out): Gillian, you make look like a nice, innocent old granny, but underneath that mask is something different.
GC ("Jill"): My vote is for Gillian. We're just hoping to make this a stronger tribe. You're a great woman and I'm sorry that you have to leave.
Gillian (Kenny): My vote is for Kenny because I basically feel he doesn't get a clue a lot of the time. I don't know if he's as strong as he thinks he is. So good luck Kenny.
Matty ("Jillian"): Gillian, I love your attitude, I love your energy, but you haven't been able to fit into this tribe the way you needed to. Sorry. Good luck.
Randy ("Jil"): Sorry. I wish I wasn't you, but it is.
Crystal (Gillian): Right now, this is a physical game and I'm sorry, you just don't have it. It was great knowing you, but you've gotta go.
Susie (Gillian): Hey Gillian. I'm just voting with the tribe. For all I know I could be blindsided right now. Thanks for all the tips.
Gillian's Final Words
See what Gillian had to say after her tribe unanimously voted her out of the game.
"Here I am. Second booted. Bummer. All I can say it's been an amazing experience to be a part of this incredible game of Survivor and the magic of Africa made me wait 8 years and 15 consecutive applications to bring me into the game and here's hoping maybe the magic of Africa will dig deep and there will be osme sort of brilliant Survivor twist and it will bring me back into the game. I'm still not done with wanting to play it. I'm sort of bummed that my ability to or should I say I was encouraged to speak my piece about a few things, which was dumb. I should have just continued flying low under the radar. I guess it doesn't work to speak your mind when you know you really shouldn't. That was a bit of a bummer right there. It was a great experience and I thoroughly enjoyed being back in Africa playing this absolutely amazing and incredible game and I thank everybody for giving me that opportunity. I wish the tribe good luck because I think they're gonna need it. They're terribly scattered and let's hope they pull it together because otherwise they're going to be one after the other. Good luck to all of them. Hopefully they can pull it through and start seeing some difference. If they considered me a disruptive force, and that's the biggest part about it, I'm sorry to hear that, then maybe that'll improve things for them and good luck to them."
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"One thing I think I would change is my initial pick was part of my beginning of the end, because as I saw who was coming into the team and I saw we were a very electic, varied group, I saw myself as not fitting into the team very much. Except for maybe Dan or Randy maybe, and the others certainly to a certain extent. We had some OK times and worked together and all that, but all of the group, I just felt like it wasn't a good mix for me. That's probably where I started my doom."
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"Picking Crystal in the beginning might have been what moved the line down into this very varied group because she obviously picked somebody and then it went down the row from there as people picked people. I had originally thought I would go with one of the athletic guys as we were being introduced. I was very tempted to go with one of them. I went with Crystal instead because I'm weaker on the ground than I am in other things, balance, water, puzzles, questions, things like that. I thought it would be a good idea to have a counterpart for me and the fact that she's an athlete and obviously that she has drive and determination that that would be great. She's like a gazelle on the plains with her athletic ability. I thought that would be a good counterpart in challenges that would need a good runner, then a good puzzler, and something else. I think that would be the difference I would do. Maybe if I'd picked one of the young, good looking guys, we might have gone down that road, one of Kota, or cookie cutter clan, as we call them because they're all so similar."
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"There's a HUGE part of me that wished I could have won Survivor Africa. I'm praying for the magic of Africa to have a brilliant twist to bring me back into the game. I don't know that it's over yet. I won't think that until it's over and we're all going home and I didn't get back or I did get back. Absolutely I would have loved to have been the sole survivor for Africa. I thought maybe it had been a kind of destiny, that's why it had been waiting so long to get me on. It must be some reason why I hadn't got on yet and it was waiting for Africa and I was gonna win in Africa and be the oldest winner yet. I guess not at this point, but I'm not going to give up hope, I'm going to pray to Africa for a brilliant Survivor twist."
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"Thanks everybody for giving me this opportunity, I've certainly added it to my amazing awesome events in my life. I have an amazing, awesome life in the first place and Survivor has been a great opportunity. I've been trying to get on for 8 years and now I'm sitting on a rock saying goodbye for now but maybe not for the whole game."
Gillian the Day After
A longtime fan of 'Survivor,' Gillian discusses her regrets of leaving the game early and how grateful she is for having the opportunity to play it.
"The main difference between when you're sitting at home watching the game on the couch, and then playing the game, is huge, because you see everything that's been going on the whole time, you see what's coming before, during, and after. Watching it at home, I think, 'Oh my God, such an idiot! Why did they do that?' Then when you're suddenly in that position and you're thinking to yourself, 'Boy I was an idiot, why did I do that?' you know what came before, during, and after, and a lot of times it just plays out that way. It's hugely different. Knowing how I played the game, I know I'm going to be yelling at myself. Or some of my family's going to be yelling, 'What the hell, Mom!? What did you do that for?' Some of it did play out that way, totally unexpectedly. I found very quickly in the game the real me couldn't come out, there wasn't any possibility for that. I think my family and friends will first of all maybe not recognize me, because the 8 years I've been playing my 8 year game to get on Survivor, people have said, 'My God, you'll be perfect!' It kind of turns out that it wasn't just perfect, there were other factors that played into it. It just didn't play out that way. I don't know if I'll have to defend myself, I might have to explain some of the things that led up to some of the events and very sadly I didn't get to play the actual game of Survivor for more than 6 days I did, but the whole experience for me has been an absolutely amazing thing, it's exactly what I hoped it would be, except for, and I hate to say it, being part of the Fong tribe. I just absolutely hated it. I stood on that mat and I saw it forming and I thought, 'You're screwed.'"
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"Within 10 minutes of talking and through the first afternoon and evening I just felt like there was no connection. There should be somewhat of a bond, which there was, because we were a tribe, but there was no bond. We were like clockwork mice, everybody was running and talking, and the stuff that was being talked about, and the lack of interest in anything. I would try and say, the first evening there were wonderful monkey sounds in the forest, and everybody was sitting around talking smack about Survivor, and talking smack about each other, which I don't like anyway. So I thought, you can't distance yourself, because there goes another nail in your coffin. I just hung around but I couldn't be a part of it. Any time I did try to be myself, be enthusiastic about whatever, that part of me was there. The enthusiasm, the interest, trying to pump everybody up and getting everybody going for whatever and trying to pretend they were a great tribe and we could do it. Yeah right."
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"I've worked in I don't know how many different jobs as a nurse. I've moved 18 times. I've lived in 4 different states in the States. I've lived in South Africa. I've traveled a lot. That was really a big surprise to me, because I usually do so well with people of different interests and ages. That was one of the biggest surprises. I couldn't believe this was happening. All I could say to myself was no one was being themselves so maybe this is what's happening."
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"I think Survivor has ranked really, really high in all my experiences for a variety of reasons. I have had crazy, great, fun, awesome experiences. I've been a very lucky...I don't believe in luck because I think you make your own experiences. I've been very blessed with everything that's happened in my life. I so badly wanted to be part of Survivor because I knew it was just the most amazing game. I have watched the games, the challenges, and I don't just watch them, I study them. I knew what I could and couldn't do over the past 8 years, I've had to modify some of the things over the past 8 years. Yeah, it's been...to be a part of it, just being in awe. It isn't the greatest experience in my life, my family is the greatest experience of my life, but it's certainly way up there. For being a part of it, being chosen and given the privilege and the honor out of so many thousands of people who apply and millions who would like to, to actually have made it. That to me is such an awesome, awesome experience just to have got here. I so hope - and I'm sure part of it was the African connection - I so hope what I did for this game was to bring the spirit of Africa to it."
'GC' After Losing Another Challenge
A defeated 'GC' recounts his tribe's performance at the immunity challenge.
"It's frustrating because every reward we could have won, we really needed."
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"The tribe that I was put on just happens to be a little bit slower, a little bit older than the other tribe. There's really nothing we can do about it right now, but as I see it, we're not going to be winning too many more challenges, or any challenges, with this group we've got."
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"I think the day this whole game started when we first picked tribes, I think the first few decisions of the tribe I'm on were not very good decisions. I think they were based on maybe just because they were female, I don't think it was based on strategy, building a strong team so you can win a challenge. By the time I was picked there was only one guy to pick, and that was Kenny. I had no choice but to pick him."
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"I don't think the Fong tribe has a problem making decisions. Everyone's got an opinion about what they want to do. I think we come up with good decisions, we had a strategy, we had a plan we stuck to. It didn't work."
Dan on Exile Island
Dan reveals Kota's reasons for sending him to Exile Island. Did they make the right move?
"I don't understand why they chose me. They said it was because I was a stronger player, the leader, the guy who was always motivating the Fong tribe. I sort of felt like that from the background at tribal camp, but I think Kota made 2 mistakes with that. My tribe's already in shambles, already in dismay, people bickering all the time. They've already lined up who's going when and where at Tribal Council. They're just playing the game without thinking about the rules. Who cares about that? They chose me as the leader to come here and I think that was stupid too because why would you choose a strong player to come and maybe get even stronger by finding the immunity idol. I don't get that. Even if I don't find the idol, I'm going to pretty much use the information on the clue to my advantage."
Dan in the Garden of Eden
Dan gets philosophical when he must choose between an apple or a clue to the hidden immunity idol on Exile Island.
"I kinda view it as the apple is the temptation but the game itself is the Garden of Eden."
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"I chose clue right away, no questions asked, but I took a walk out to the gazebo and saw the apple there and yeah it was very representative of the Garden of Eden itself. Obviously there's that temptation and the symbolism of eating the apple you're going to be out of the Garden of Eden."
"I think finding the idol would keep me in the Garden of Eden but if I ate that apple and don't find the idol then I'd have to eventually leave the game. For me it was a little bit different there because Eve ate the apple and got basically voted out. Really the idol for me is kind of a savior at this point."
Corinne's Alliance
Although she hates pretty much everyone around camp, Corinne finds a tight alliance with Marcus, Jacquie, and Charlie.
"Everything goes well when you don't have a Tribal Council to contend with. The great thing is I feel like my alliance is extremely smart, and they're really willing to work together. We're all assigned different people to try to be in cahoots with. We're never going to let any more than 3 of us be anywhere at a time so it will always be 6 people together so no more than 3 can go off at a time. We're trying to keep the level of paranoia down, especially since we don't have a Tribal. By telling everyone we're just looking to win, let's not think about anything. The reason I aligned with these people is because I feel like they're really trustworthy. I know that's only 4 and that leaves 5 out but that's only a short-term thing."
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"Everybody kind of gets on my nerves except the people in my alliance, honestly. I find everyone to be really annoying at times, some more than others, but everyone's annoying. If I was gonna have to be with 3 other people for a long period of time, those were the only 3 people I'd wanna be with. Marcus is really benign, everyone likes him, I think he's like a good guy, he's smart, he's trustworthy. I like people that genuinely want to be here. I want to be here for the money, not the experience, but it's nice to be around someone who is here for the experience because it makes me appreciate it more. Like last night, Marcus, Charlie and I went to look at the stars in the middle of Savannah. That was really awesme. I probably wouldn't have thought to do that if Marcus wasn't around. Charlie's more like me, and Jacquie's more like Marcus."
Kota's Idol Shrine
Where does Kota keep their sacred immunity idol? Bob explains how their daily ritual may be helping them win challenges.
Bob (kneeling beside the idol): This is our little idol we've won twice now. We're really excited about it. This morning we got up - we won fishing gear yesterday - and we were so bummed. The nest were empty, the trap here was empty, we didn't have anything on the poles, and our worms were bad. While we were sitting here sulking we checked the other trap and caught a catfish in the trap that was over in the stream and the fishes that were in the lake, I never can remember the name of it. We threw it into breakfast and we had rice, fish, beans, and so when we cooked it up we brought a little piece over to our idol just so he'll come back and visit us. Just trying to be nice to him.
Ken Fears He May Get Blindsided
With the threat of Fang's second Tribal Council underway, paranoia gets the best of Ken.
Ken (to GC): There's a possibility I could be going. Susie told me Gillian's plotting against me right now. Apparently she has Dan and Randy on her side...
GC: But check this out. Dan's not here. She can be saying that all she wants. You think Dan wants to keep Jill over you? Dan knows she didn't help with the last challenge. I think if they said that that's a big surprise to me, but at the same time I don't think they have the numbers to do it.
Ken: It would be a big blindside tonight if they did because if Crystal did take me out. Crystal's been extra nice to me lately, it's kind of weird. She's been talking to me a lot and she didn't do that the first 2 days. Today she was like oh I'm gonna take my homeboy Kenny to go to the stream. Sometimes you have a feeling. That's why I was telling you today I had a feeling that Gillian doesn't like me, Randy doesn't like me. The old people are plotting together, and if they can get Sue over, I could be going. I'm just telling you in advance. Like you said, if it's your time, it's your time, I don't mind, but I was just telling you.
GC: I think it's good bro. For real.
Ken (shakes GC's hand): Alright.
Jacqui Flirts With Marcus
Watch as Jacquie admits to Marcus that she wouldn't mind snuggling up next to him at night
Marcus: I would love it if it were me, you, and Charlie at the end.
Jacquie: Me too. Corinne would be heartbroken.
Marcus: Well, she can be fourth.
Jacquie: OK.
Marcus: I'm cool with everything, the only thing I told Corinne I'm kind of nervous about is romantic perception, which always kind of paints a target on your back.
Jacquie: For some reason I think she's fully in love with you, but it doesn't come off like you guys are coupling up. She totally is.
Marcus: No way.
Jacquie: She totally is for sure.
Marcus: There's no way.
Jacquie: For sure for sure for sure!
Marcus: I don't see that being possible because...
Jacquie: She even hates it when I talk to you. She's always glaring at me. I swear. I think in her mind, things could be a different picture.
Marcus: That's why I don't sleep at night because I'm like Corinne's on the left, Jacquie's on the right...
Jacquie: I was like oh, you're so much better cover than Ace, then Corinne's got her arm like wrapped around, because you accidentally grabbed her hand, dammit! (laughs)
Sugar's Jungle Expedition
Sugar's trek through the jungles of Gabon raises her fears of lurking wildlife.
"The other night we went for a little expedition because we were feeling so good, our tummies were full, and we wanted to I guess take a little romantical walk somewhere. The boys wanted to go looking for elephants and stuff, and gorillas, and go into the jungle. The girls were like, 'That's probably not a good idea.' When we got to the jungle, the girls turned around, then they turned around, cause they probably realized that wasn't so smart. Since we can hear them sometimes at night, and panthers, and we don't really have a door on our thing, not that that would matter too much."
"Boys went into the woods for a second, then ran out screaming, just to play with us. I totally want to play a trick on somebody. If I could lift that statue over by treemail, which I don't think I can, but maybe Jacquie can help me."
"How funny would it be to put that big tribal thing in front of the door while everybody's sleeping and then be like, 'OH MY GOD!' (laughs) That'd be awesome."
"So anyway, I wanted to be the first practical joker, but those guys got us. That was pretty funny."
Randy and Crystal Play in a Stream
Randy and Crystal devise a plan for building a 'tub' at their camp.
(Randy throws water on Crystal)
Crystal: It's cold, it's cold!
Randy: Go down to your neck, you'll be fine.
(Randy sits in a different part of the stream; one of the guys asks them if it's warmer than the pond)
Randy: Oh yeah, 10 degrees warmer than the pond.
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Randy: I'm gonna drink until I pee. Tell me when the water gets warm, Crystal.
Crystal: When you pee, it's flowing my way!
Randy: I'm not an idiot. Why do you think I'm up here?
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Randy: If this was by camp, we could dig out an area inside it. It wouldn't be a hot tub, it'd be a cold tub.
Crystal: It'd be a tub. I'm gonna use this sand to scrub.
(a guy, maybe Dan, says that's a good idea)
Randy (scrubbing): It's a great idea.
Crystal: Yeah, my nails are getting cleaner.
Matty's Nightmare
After losing back-to-back immunity challenges, Matty's future looks pretty grim.
"Camp really hasn't changed that much without GC being a leader. This camp for some reason, we're just a giant group of misfits. Nobody wants to really take charge, nobody wants to be the leader, everyone wants to do their own thing. It's a pretty big disaster in our camp. Our sleeping arrangements are a nightmare, the fire situation's a nightmare, the food situations...we could go through our rice within a week the way we're going. Nobody has any idea what the hell they're doing. I'm not saying I do, but like I said before, we're the Bad News Bears. We're a giant mess. I don't know how that's gonna change but either it's gonna change or we're all gonna get eliminated quickly."
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"Somebody told me at the beginning of this one day at a time, and there's never been anything more true than that statement since I've been out here. Basically one minute at a time. If I start projecting 30 days down the line, or tomorrow, I basically go into anxiety-land, and it's not a pleasant way to spend your time out here. I've just gotta stay in the present, not project, not reflect, and just stay in the right now."
Marcus on Yoga
Ace leads the Kota tribe in a pre-challenge Yoga exercise. Find out what Marcus had to say about it.
"The yoga is awesome. I'm not one of those doctors that doesn't believe in the positive value of Eastern ideas and medicine. I am a complete idiot when it comes to those things because I'm not flexible and I think it's kind of frou-frou, but I think it really bonded our team. It's something I want to learn about so I try and be open-minded about it. Obviously I was cracking a couple of jokes during the yoga thing, that just made me fall over, which was even funnier. Some of it's just comical because we're in a jungle in our underwear, everyone's doing hula hoop movements, and it feels like we're in a club, kind of bouncing around. It's hysterical. Then you've got Ace with his soothing, calming voice. I thought he was going to start levititating in the middle of the thing. We had a good time with it. Frankly, when you take it seriously a little bit, you really do get more focused and energized. Whatever works. That's my attitude. And it's definitely worked so far."
Ace Makes Ginger Rice
Kota's chef gets creative with the discovery of ginger roots around camp.
"I'm preparing the ginger so we'll have ginger rice for lunch. (to the others) If you guys want to pick some young ferns, we'll throw those in too, so we'll have a sweet bitterness. (they ask which ferns, and he points them out)
(Bob puts his hand next to the cutting area so the rice won't fly off, and asks Ace about the preparations, which basically takes up the rest of the clip)
Jacquie's Secret Crush
Which of her tribe mates could be Jacquie's future husband? Watch now and find out.
"Marcus is adorable. All my friends back home will be like, 'Oh, there's Jacquie's future husband, because he's like my dream guy."
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"I'm very, very picky. I don't come across a guy I really like very often, cause I have a huge laundry list of things, and he kind of matches all of them. Every day we go out for a canoe ride, not to talk about anything, just to get to know each other and chill. He's awesome to talk to. He was telling me his and I was telling him mine. I don't know, someone who's real and
genuine and honest, and someone who's really fun and I smile at. A genius, supersmart, super-adventerous. Anyone who goes on Survivor is going to be adventurous."
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"It's really hard sometimes because I'm trying really hard to not have a target on my back. As soon as you go away too often with one person, everyone's staring you down. As soon as you get back, they'll be like, 'So where did you guys do? What did you talk about? Can I come with you next time?' Although I'd love to go and hang out with him all the time, I can't, because everyone would be watching."
