Welcome to finale night for Survivor 48.
It's been a fun season of Survivor-- a lot of humor.
Been a competitive season.
Six different players won individual challenges.
It's also been an emotional season.
And that's really been the big theme this season,
is how those early relationships
that were formed between strangers
became deeply emotional and interconnected
and survived Tribal after Tribal after Tribal.
Because, typically,
it's the discovery of a tight relationship
that gets you voted out.
This season, it's been the opposite.
It's not having one that got you voted out.
But as we saw at the last Tribal Council,
there is always a reckoning on Survivor.
It was inevitable there would be blood,
because in order to win this game,
you got to get to four to have a shot,
you got to get to three to plead your case.
So there will be more blood tonight,
because there has to be.
And it will be personal, because it is.
All right, our final five:
Mitch, Kyle, Kamilla,
Joe and Eva.
They'll compete in two immunity challenges.
We'll have two Tribal Councils
and then one fire-making showdown.
Then the final three will get a chance to plead their case
about why they deserve the title of Sole Survivor
and the million dollars that goes along with it.
And then we will crown a winner of Survivor 48
and immediately go into the aftershow.
It's a big night here in Fiji.
Let's get to it.
It's the finale of Survivor 48.
JOE: This is it.
It's electric.
It's adrenaline, fear, anticipation.
And it's happening right now.
PROBST: Previously on Survivor...
KYLE: All right, bear with me.
- Yeah. - But I think I have an idea.
Yeah.
This plan is absolutely wild.
We're gonna frame Shauhin tonight.
Yes, yes, yes.
KYLE: A move like this--
it's a little harebrained, but...
I think that we can pull it off.
I check in with Kamilla. She was like,
"Shauhin showed me the idol."
And he basically is claiming he has an idol?
Yeah.
Wow.
KAMILLA: If we can pull this off,
it'll be huge.
So is there any chance that this is bull...?
Who can we actually trust?
KYLE: I'd be lying if I say
you don't feel a little bit paranoid every time
[fading, echoing]: somebody breaks off
and has a one-on-one. The scary thing is
is do emotions cloud what's going on,
are emotions blinding you as to what's going on?
[regular volume]: There's so many different things that can happen
with whoever you played with.
SHAUHIN: If you weren't paranoid
enough, you'd go home.
[fading, echoing]: If you're too paranoid, you go home.
Yeah, walking that fine line between paranoia and trust
with people who are great players.
[regular volume]: You just got to come back
to the thing that got you here--
those foundational relationships.
Thirteenth person voted out and the sixth member of our jury:
Shauhin.
The tribe has spoken.
♪
EVA: Well, final five.
Final five.
[Eva sighs]
- MITCH: Thank y'all so much. - EVA: Yep. Always.
- [sighs] - Thanks, y'all.
- Of course.
I'm happy you're still here, man.
KYLE: My plan was to send Shauhin home, so...
the game of chicken between me and him is finally over.
It was a really tough move to pull off.
And it felt nice
to put on my acting hat with Kamilla.
We got away with a pretty good heist.
I set it up, and-and she dunked.
You know, it was an alley-oop.
That's a really tough one.
- Yeah. - That's a really tough one.
You guys have been there since day one with him.
JOE: Exactly.
I'm just-- I'm glad we bo-- we made it through, though.
- JOE: Yeah. - That's... great work.
JOE: Appreciate you.
KYLE: The most important part here is
we got Joe and Eva to vote out their number three.
But I wanted to come out of this vote
with the best possible working relationship
with Eva and Joe,
because now we're in a position where I have
all the options to get to the final four.
I think we made the right call
to make sure that we can
- make it to that end together. - Right.
I do trust Kyle.
It's, like, you wonder, in the back of your brain,
"Did we both just get duped
- by somebody that was working us," you know? - No.
I think that Kyle wants to be with you and me.
And that this next vote, we vote out Kamilla.
It feels amazing to have made final five,
because I have an idol.
I'm for sure gonna be in the final four.
So that's an even better feeling.
But I want to make sure
that my allies are safe, too.
So I want to look out for Joe and I want to look out for Kyle.
I can't believe he didn't go fact-check with Shauhin
and be like, "Hey, did you say this to Kamilla?"
'Cause that's what he should have done.
Yeah. Thanks for
listening to my crazy-ass ideas, though.
No, it was a great idea. I loved it.
- We brainstorm well together. - Yeah.
That was a great idea.
Got to show off my acting skills again.
[laughs]
KAMILLA: I didn't realize how good I am at lying.
Because this isn't
my first time lying to people straight to their face
to get them to, like, believe me.
And, like, every time, it work.
Joe believed my lies. Eva believed my lies.
And at Tribal Council, Shauhin didn't feel scared at all.
So I do think I deserve an Emmy.
Nobody knows that we are, like,
working this closely together. It's crazy.
We are so good.
I am here to fully own every single
lie I've told.
Because that's the way I came out to play this game.
But I'm not gonna say anything until Final Tribal Council.
♪
JOE: Oh, look at that coming through.
- KAMILLA: Yeah. - Ooh.
JOE: Day 24, huh?
- KYLE: Final five. - That's crazy.
KYLE: Final five.
JOE: I'm so proud.
I'm so happy to make the final five.
I really didn't think I'd make it this far.
I'm proud for dads. I'm proud for older dudes.
I'm proud. I'm proud.
This is the fourth quarter.
It's like the game right before the Super Bowl,
and we're away, playing Green Bay.
It's cold, I'm tired, but you survive.
And you go, "Okay.
"I got to strap on these pads now,
and now it's time to play."
Oh, fun, fun, fun.
This morning, we look around
for tree mail, and there's no tree mail.
Instead, we see
our names on these little podiums
and that puzzle lock.
We're like, "Oh, damn. The game begins."
"An advantage for today's challenge is up for grabs.
"Inside each of your puzzle locks is a key.
"The symbols around camp hold the clues
"that will help you crack the code.
"First person to enter
"the correct word into their puzzle lock
"and retrieve their key earns the advantage.
Good luck."
On the animal signs around cam,
there are clues to help us unlock our puzzle locks.
And then it says "go," and we all start sprinting off.
KAMILLA: People run off to the symbols again.
And we realize
there's something new on these symbols.
There's these little
dots on each of the symbols.
And, immediately, I'm like,
"Okay. This corresponds
to letters of the alphabet."
KYLE: There's obviously really high stakes here.
Winning immunity at this point of the game means
that you are guaranteed a shot in the final four,
which means that you
have a strong chance to at least make your case
at Final Tribal. That's everything.
A, B, C, D, E.
D, E.
MITCH: I need this,
because these next few Tribal Councils
are gonna get messy.
Hearts are going to be broken.
This game forces you
to dig deep and be
mentally and emotionally resilient.
The Mitch
who showed up on day one
is nothing
compared to the Mitch who is sitting here on day 24.
And I'm excited to show
what I have in the tank.
KAMILLA: People don't think I have what it takes
to get the advantage.
But my strategy coming in
was to, like, take advantage
of the fact that other people will underestimate me.
I have been lying to everyone
at every single point in this game
but I haven't been sent home yet.
It's gotten me pretty far.
You can lie and deceive.
You just can't get caught.
Oh, frick.
KYLE: Right now, I'm in such a tight group with people
who all think that I'm working with them.
Uh...
KYLE: It never hurts to ask question.
Closed mouths don't get fed, so...
"Mitch, what was that?" And thn
he hesitates for a second and then he tells you.
And then, next thing you know,
you got the letter that you need.
Yeah, what are you...
I-I have... there's two that are five, so those are E's.
Okay, you have two fives?
Or Eva, when I'm standing at the puzzle lock.
I-I got all the letters she has.
She just tells me there's another "E." And then,
next thing you know, I got all the letters.
So I know that there's an S, an R, two E's, a U and a C.
So, immediately, my mind goes to "rescue."
And I'm like, "I got it."
Click, click, click, click, click, click, pow.
Bam.
I thought I had it.
Let's run.
[mutters]
I've played a ton of Scrabble with my mom
in my life. That's something that
we really bond and do together.
And so, I was just thinking, I was like, "Come on, Mom."
And rearranging 'em, rearranging 'em,
and then it clicked, and I was like, "Secure."
That is definitely a Survivor word.
That's got to be it.
Got it.
- What was it? - "Secure."
- Yes!
Ah!
I feel ecstatic.
I knew something good was gonna happen today.
"Congratulations. You were able to secure
an advantage in today's immunity challenge."
- That's it. - Good job, Eva.
EVA: I have had so many advantages in this game.
I have a hidden immunity idol.
I have a Safety without Power
that I let expire without using.
And now I have this final five
challenge advantage, too.
I feel on top of this upcoming challenge,
and I feel on top of this game.
♪
Come on in.
How are you doing, sir?
- PROBST: I'm doing great. - Good.
Day 24.
Survivor 48.
We're down to five.
We started with 18.
[chuckles]
PROBST: All right. Shall we get to it?
- KYLE: Yeah. - KAMILLA: Yes, sir.
All right. First things first, Joe.
For the fourth time...
Thanks, Jeff.
- ...I got to take it back. - [chuckles]
Once again, immunity is back up for grabs.
For today's challenge,
you're gonna race up and over a steep ramp
and through a muddy net.
You'll then throw a ball at a target
and maneuver it through a long cage.
Once the ball is free,
you'll toss it into a basket,
revealing numbers.
You'll use those numbers to retrieve a key.
You'll then race to the top of a steep ramp.
Use that key to unlock the pieces
to solve a Survivor fire puzzle.
First person to finish...
wins immunity.
Guaranteed a spot in the final four, which means
you can't be voted out of this game.
At the very least, you're making fire for a shot
to get to the end.
In addition, you're playing for a reward.
- [gasps] - Want to know what you're playing for?
- Yes, yes, yes. - PROBST: It's what you want right now.
It's fuel. The winner will be taken
to the sanctuary,
where good things happen, for pasta.
[all gasp]
Bolognese pasta, pesto pasta and chocolate cake
- for dessert. - [gasps]
Losers, Tribal Council,
where somebody will be
the 14th person voted out,
become the seventh member of our jury.
Your dream of winning this game
will come to an end.
Two other pieces of business.
Joe, you're sitting on the edge of history.
In our previous 47 seasons
and 700 people who've played this game,
only six have ever won five individual
immunity challenges. You win today,
you join that group.
Also this morning, there was a scramble for an advantage
in today's challenge.
How did that go?
Eva got it.
- All right, Eva, congratulations. - [chuckles]
Your advantage in this challenge is at the halfway point.
You don't have to toss your bal into the basket
to reveal your number.
You just place the ball in the basket,
you'll get your number.
Should save you a fair amount of time.
Big stakes in Survivor 48.
Let's draw for spots.
We'll get it on. Here we go.
All right.
For immunity
and a guaranteed spot in the final four.
Survivors ready?
Go!
Everything you've got up and over that ramp.
[grunting]
Now you're through the muddy net.
It's twisting.
You've got to turn to get through it.
Come on, come on.
PROBST: Just keep rotating. Counterclockwise.
EVA: Come on.
Joe quickly working through the mud.
Kamilla struggling a bit.
Keep digging, Kamilla.
KAMILLA: I went the wrong way, didn't I?
PROBST: It's Joe out first.
[pants]
PROBST: Start tossing that ball.
You got to get it through that target.
Joe misses.
Here comes Mitch.
Mitch with one toss.
It's now Mitch in the lead.
Joe right behind him.
It's Joe and Mitch, side by side,
working on those sandbags.
You got to get all those sandbags out,
then your ball.
- [grunts] - Kyle's through.
- Eva very close. - [grunts]
PROBST: Kyle trying to get the ball through the target.
- Oh, my God. - PROBST: Kyle misses.
- [grunts] - PROBST: Eva's out now. Everybody but Kamilla.
Do not stop, Kamilla. Keep digging.
Figure this out.
Keep turning your body. That's how you untwist it.
Kyle's ball goes through.
Kyle trying to stay in this.
- Here goes Eva. - [groans]
- PROBST: Eva just misses. - Come on.
Joe at the end. He's got all his sandbags.
He's gonna start tossing them out now.
Mitch is right on his tail.
Joe's got all his sandbags.
Now he's going back for the ball.
Joe broke his down into pieces.
Mitch is doing it at the same time.
So is Kyle.
Here comes Kamilla.
Dead last once again, but
still fighting, as always.
Let's go, Kamilla.
It is Joe in the lead.
Then Mitch and Kyle.
Then Eva.
- Then Kamilla. - [grunts]
PROBST: Keep fighting. You're still in this.
Joe's free.
Moves on to the next stage of this challenge.
Nice little toss. That won't do it.
He's got to chase the ball down now.
Aah!
Eva got a lot of mud in the eyes.
Ain't nothing easy on Survivor.
Joe with a baby toss.
That'll do it.
Numbers get revealed.
Joe can move on.
Joe extends his lead right now.
Everybody's got different numbers.
Those numbers will open the combination lock.
When you have it right,
it'll release your key.
Eva still trying to land that ball in her target.
[grunts]
PROBST: Eva lands hers.
Come on.
PROBST: Mitch has his ball free. Let's go, Mitch.
No slowing down on Survivor.
Mitch in and out.
Got to go back.
Mitch lands his ball. He's got his numbers.
Twenty-six, 32, 71.
You have three numbers. What order do they go in?
That's what you're trying to figure out.
Joe's got the right combo.
He can now untie the knots to release his key.
Kyle has his numbers.
He's in this.
Eva still working on the sandbags.
Kamilla still digging to get that ball through the target.
[Kamilla grunts]
PROBST: Joe with his key.
He's gonna be first to the puzzle.
Joe with a big lead.
Immunity on the line.
You want to get one more day in this game.
Here goes Kamilla.
Kamilla has her ball through the target.
Kamilla's in it now.
Still a lot of challenge left.
Mitch has his.
Kyle has his combination.
He can start untying his knot.
Mitch has been in this from the go.
It is Joe and Mitch right now.
Eva's through with her ball.
There's the advantage.
Now Eva's in it.
A lot of time made up right there for Eva.
She is right back in this challenge now.
That's what that advantage was about.
Got Joe on the puzzle.
Mitch on the puzzle.
Kyle trying to get back in it.
[groans]
PROBST: It is a fire puzzle.
You got to keep digging, and you got to keep
your thoughts in control.
It's a long challenge.
Eva has it.
Eva untying the knots to her key.
And now it's just Kamilla.
Kamilla now has her ball out.
Let's go, Kamilla.
With her first toss, she lands it!
Kamilla's gonna stay in this challenge.
Eighteen, 43, 55.
Everybody got a shot now.
Here comes Eva.
She's pulling herself up.
We're gonna have a challenge. Everybody's gonna be in this.
It looks so easy at home.
How difficult can a puzzle be?
Pretty difficult on day 24 of Survivor,
when you're exhausted mentally, physically, emotionally.
So far,
no pieces for anyone.
Kamilla has her key.
Untie those knots and get up here.
That is why you never slow down.
You never give up on yourself.
Eva with the first piece in the puzzle.
Look at that.
Here comes Kamilla.
She's in it.
Everybody working on the puzzle now
for a shot at four in Survivor 48.
Right here.
Guaranteed you won't be voted out of this game.
There's another piece for Eva.
Kyle-- does he have his first piece?
Kamilla looking for that first piece.
She has it.
Kamilla, you are in this.
Mitch with his first piece.
Everybody's won individual immunity except Mitch.
Eva with another piece, extending her lead.
Kamilla with a second piece.
Kamilla got here dead last
and she is fully in this right now.
Joe got here first.
Joe does not have a single piece.
What a remarkable turn of events.
It would be Kamilla's second
individual immunity win.
It would be Eva's second.
It would be Joe's record-tying fifth.
He's a long way away from that.
Eva with another piece.
Kamilla with another piece.
Now very close between Eva and Kamilla.
They're in the lead.
Everybody else chasing them now.
Kamilla with another piece.
It is Kamilla now in the lead over Eva.
Wow.
The two women are leading right now.
Joe trying to get in it.
Kyle and Mitch at the bottom.
Mitch desperate for any kind of clue.
It is now Kamilla,
who got here last, extending her lead.
Eva with another piece.
She's not giving up.
It is Kamilla with another piece.
Everybody chasing Kamilla.
Kamilla is not slowing down.
She was absolutely dead last
till we got here.
The last person to get to the puzzle
now firmly in the lead.
Piece by piece, Kamilla is securing her future
tonight at Tribal Council.
She's gonna have the individual immunity necklace.
It would be her second individual immunity win
and guarantee her a spot in the final four.
- Jeff! - Kamilla wins
individual immunity in a massive comeback
on day 24,
- Survivor 48. - Good job.
- Thank you. - EVA: Wow, Kamilla, great job.
PROBST: What an effort.
Kamilla pulled it out.
Kamilla, come on over.
[applause]
For the second time on Survivor 48,
immunity is yours.
Let's go.
PROBST: With this necklace,
it means tonight at Tribal, you are safe.
That means you will not be voted out of this game.
Yeah. Oh, my God.
Yeah. No one can vote me out.
Let's talk about the family.
- [laughs] - The family who you say had no faith in you.
Yeah, they said I'd be voted out first,
and now I'm not being voted out at all.
PROBST: All right, so, here's what's gonna happen.
This afternoon, you're gonna go to the sanctuary for fuel--
the fuel that will give you what you need
for the final immunity challenge.
And you're gonna take one of these four with you.
Walk me through what you're thinking
before you tell me who it's gonna be.
KAMILLA: Yeah. So I know this person
is very hungry right now.
We've talked about pasta nonstop for the last couple of days.
She's smiling 'cause she knows it's her.
[chuckling]
Eva.
Eva, come on over.
- Thank you so much, Kamilla. - KAMILLA: Yeah.
You didn't give up out there. You did not give up out there.
EVA: Thanks.
PROBST: All right. Kamilla, Eva,
enjoy your afternoon at the sanctuary.
Head on out. You'll return to camp before Tribal Council.
- KAMILLA: Let's go get some food. - EVA: Yeah.
- Thanks, Kamilla. - Go get some food.
- Enjoy it. Enjoy it. - KAMILLA: Good job, guys. We will.
Thanks.
All right. Kyle, Mitch, Joe, got nothing for you.
Grab your stuff, head back to camp.
See you tonight at Tribal Council,
where somebody will be the 14th person voted out
and the seventh member of our jury.
KAMILLA: That is the biggest comeback I've ever done in, like,
anything in my life.
I have my second individual immunity necklace,
which is crazy 'cause I didn't even think
I'd wear it once.
And so this one is for Mom and Dad.
Their baby's not getting voted out of this game.
♪
You got a little something on your face, bro.
Shut up.
Coming back from the challenge,
there was nothing we could do
other than just l...
just l-laugh about
how ridiculous all three of us looked.
- KYLE: Mmm, mmm, mmm. - JOE: Damn.
Bro, I'm writing your name down tonight.
- That's fine. - [laughing]
I'm gonna get in the ocean.
- MITCH: Yeah, let's just go to the ocean. - KYLE: All right.
At this point in the game,
if I never see mud again,
it'll be too soon.
KYLE: Come on in.
JOE: Sitting down like a little kid.
No dignity left.
[Joe laughs]
KYLE: No freaking dignity left.
No self-respect.
KYLE: No, sir.
JOE: Low tide. Who cares?
[laughs]
We're little kids in a kiddie pool trying to clean off
ten pounds of mud.
But at the end of the day, we earned this.
We earned the right to dive in that mud.
MITCH: Tonight, Joe is vulnerable.
And for the first time,
me and
Kamilla and Kyle
are on the right side of the numbers.
If all three of us put down his name, he goes hom.
Yeah.
We have to-to take the shot.
KYLE: Mitch sells me that we need
to write down Joe's name, no matter what happens.
He thinks
it's our only shot
to get the biggest threat out of this game.
Plus, in Mitch's mind, we have the numbers.
Do you think something might go down?
No.
I don't think anything will go down.
- Okay. - I don't.
I mean, obviously, Eva's gonna play her idol.
- Okay. - Like, you know, what else could happen?
'Cause we got three.
Yeah, 100%.
KYLE: On the other hand, I have Joe.
And I think Joe's plan
all along has been to sort of send out Mitch.
He could get a lot of votes at the end of the game.
He has no blood on his hands.
And so Mitch is a very scary person to have in this game.
So you kind of have to weigh
Joe, who's a huge threat for a couple different reasons,
and Mitch, who's a huge threat for a couple different reasons.
And I really have to sort of sit with it and think.
♪
EVA: Thank you so much for bringing me.
- Of course. We've been talking about food nonstop. - This is amazing.
[chuckles]
I can't believe your parents would have said
that you wouldn't do well.
Here you are. You're killing it.
They're gonna watch every single episode and be like,
"Is this the one where our baby goes home?
Is this the one where our baby gets voted out?"
Your baby's never getting voted out.
- Never. - [laughs]
- That is so cool. No one can vote you out. - Mm-hmm.
Yeah.
It's crazy because I'm at the last reward of this season.
And I'm wearing the immunity necklace.
I never expected that I would get there on my own.
Like, I won that challenge.
And I brought myself there.
And so it's an insane feeling,
knowing that no one has written my name this game
and no one will be able to write my name
until they vote for me at final Tribal Council.
Can't believe it.
- We're going to final four. - Yeah.
- You with your necklace, me with my idol. - Mm-hmm.
- Yeah. - The two girls left.
- [laughs] - Oh, my God. Yeah.
EVA: Tonight's vote is super easy.
It's Mitch.
So I'm trusting that everyone is doing that.
And the thing is, if they're not, I'm not at risk.
I'm playing my idol. It's the last day to use it.
I'm so excited.
And it-- Like, it'll be so-- We just-- Mitch gone.
- Mm-hmm. - And then it'll be a really fun group.
Yeah.
This vote is huge.
And so
I have a big decision to make tonight.
KYLE: What's up, pasta ladies?
KAMILLA: Wearing the immunity necklace,
you kind of feel like you can sort of dictate
where the vote's going.
So I feel like I have this power.
There are many reasons to take out Joe.
He is dominating this game.
He's dominating the challenges.
But, also, Mitch and Kyle are a threat to my jury votes,
because if people want to vote Civa,
the votes are gonna get split between us.
And while I know that Kyle
is the biggest threat to my game,
I don't want to send Kyle home today
and then have me go home tomorrow
and have neither of us sitting at Final Tribal Council.
Because I, for some reason,
have decided to play this game for the both of us.
And it's crazy
because I never thought I'd be playing the game this way.
I thought I could separate the logic from, like,
the heart and the emotion in this game.
And I can't.
I think,
after that
massive move with all the lying yesterday,
I'm not concerned about Joe and Eva.
KYLE: I'm not, either.
To me, it seems easy on Mitch, but I-- you know,
I could have blind spots.
I think Mitch would be good
- because he will help us get jury votes. - Yeah.
- He's a jury vote for either of us. - Yeah.
Yeah, I think Mitch tonight.
Tonight is about getting me and Kyle
closer to that final three.
And the decision
I'm making tonight
guarantees that.
I feel like if I sit next to you at final three, you win.
- There's no... I, one... - I'm telling you.
Everybody loves you, Mitch.
Girl, out of what world everyone...
- Everyone loves you, Mitch. - There's no way.
I think that
I-I'm the easiest person
out of the four of us to...
to-to...
to beat.
Kamilla tells me that she
doesn't want to sit next to me
at final four, and...
...it's absolutely devastating.
Kamilla just told me she's not...
she's gonna vote me out tonight, so...
Yeah.
You know it's because we like you so much.
And I know that's terrible to hear.
MITCH: I knew that
at some point,
I might go home.
It is true that, you know, it's out of mad respect, though.
MITCH: But
to be this close to the end and
not get to pitch
why I deserve the million dollars
is tough.
KYLE: What are you feeling right now?
MITCH: It just sucks.
But "You're just too likable."
[laughs softly]
[laughing]: Like, the wor-- the wor--
the worst reason to get voted out.
Ugh. I can't...
I know, bro. I kn-I know.
I should have made a move.
I just...
...thought I had y'all fooled a little bit.
Coming out here, I think
the biggest fears I had was
that my stutter would
hurt me out here,
that it would be challenging
to build relationships
with people.
But I was able to overcome tha.
It just goes to show you
that regardless of what
other people believe
you're capable of doing,
none of that truly matters.
It just matters what you beliee
you're able to do.
♪
We'll now bring in the members of our jury.
Okay, let's start with today's immunity challenge.
Kamilla, you get your second individual immunity win.
It was not without a lot of effort.
You were dead last
- getting to the puzzle. - KAMILLA: Yeah,
and in that challenge today,
when I was stuck in that horrendous mud net,
there was this voice that was inside of me,
and it was just saying, "Keep going, keep going, keep going."
And eventually, that voice got louder
than the voice that was telling me,
"You're gonna lose this."
And that got me the immunity win at the end of the day.
And hopefully, that'll show me
to drown out the bad voice inside my head
and listen more to, like, the positive voice.
PROBST: All right, so, one of the themes
this season has been these big emotional bonds.
And yet, at a certain point,
as we saw in the last Tribal Council,
it starts becoming personal because it has to.
So, Kyle, what's it been like at camp
with only five people?
Things were definitely a little bit more direct today.
I think that people knew whose name we'd be writing down.
Everyone was honest and open with one another.
That doesn't mean that it's an easy vote
by any means whatsoever.
Who's the name?
Uh, i-it was Mitch.
Joe, you concur? Everybody talked about this?
JOE: Yeah, Jeff, we thought about
how much respect we have for each other,
and just thought instead of
play games or run around trying to cause deception,
just say, "Hey, this is what's going down," and just
leaving it at that, almost as a way of just
trying to show the most respect as you can to a human.
PROBST: Mitch, what's that like to experience?
Because it's very direct,
can't be easy to hear.
It's heartbreaking.
I felt like I was in a good place
with people I trusted.
And whenever your two people
who you've been playing with this the whole time
look you in the face and say, like,
"I'm sorry, but I can't
take you any farther,"
um... [laughs]
it sucks,
but I get it.
Like, it's a game for a million dollars,
and both of these people
have to do
what is the best move for them
to not only make it there,
but to have a shot at winning.
And I don't have, like,
any regrets.
And, like,
that's enough.
That's enough.
Last words from you, Mitch,
or are we good, should we vote?
Let's go.
PROBST: All right,
it is time to vote. Mitch, you're up.
♪
Love you so much, man.
It has been so great playing this game with you.
I mean, your personality is just electric,
it lights up the room.
And it's been such an honor to play this game with you.
I'll go tally the votes.
If anybody has an advantage or an idol
and you want to play it, tonight is the last night you can do so.
EVA: Jeff.
About time I played this sucker, eh?
Thank you.
This is a hidden immunity idol.
Any votes cast for Eva
will not count.
All right, I'll read the votes.
First vote: Mitch.
Kyle. One vote Mitch, one vote Kyle.
[chuckling]
Mitch. Two votes Mitch, one vote Kyle.
Fourteenth person voted out
and the seventh member of our jury:
Mitch. That's three.
That's enough. Need to bring me your torch.
Sure. Hey.
Bro, come here.
Compete as hard as you can, okay?
- Enjoy a margarita. - Okay.
Have fun, all right? Have fun.
Have fun, okay?
You're an amazing dude, played an amazing game.
Mitch, the tribe has spoken.
- Time for you to go. - Thanks, Jeff.
- Bye, Mitch. - Bye.
♪
Congratulations. You've made it to the final four.
Tomorrow, you'll compete in your final immunity challenge.
Grab your torches, head back to camp. Good night.
Every expectation and hope and dream
I had about this experience
was blown out of the water.
I am so proud of myself.
I played a heck of a game, and you can't be too upset
about making it to day 24.
♪
- [Eva whoops] - KYLE: Final four, baby!
- [whoops] - Let's go!
Yes! Oh, we did it!
KYLE: We freakin' did it! I know.
- EVA: Oh! - KAMILLA: Oh, my god.
KYLE: I mean, I just can't believe i.
Making final four is just unreal.
And the crazy thing is,
what you have is two groups of two
that have played
very different games.
On one hand, you have Kamilla and myself,
a very undercover duo.
It's required a ton of deception,
and nobody knows that we're even close at all.
EVA: I'm super pumped about it.
KYLE: Then you have Joe and Eva,
a very, very public duo.
Everybody has known that they've been together
since, like, the beginning of this game.
So it's been two different stories,
and I think now they're coming together in a really cool way.
And honestly, I think any one of us could win this game.
EVA: Good. It's a beautiful sunrise.
Look at that.
JOE: Yup.
It's our last challenge. We've just got to have fun.
EVA: Mm-hmm.
EVA: This last immunity challenge is huge
because I want the power to decide
who I sit next to in the final three.
If I win, I'm taking Joe,
which I'm sure a lot of people would think is a dumb decision.
He's my biggest competitor.
But we've been together since day one, and
I think I have a very unique story to tell
about my life and my role in this game.
So, I don't think that it will hurt me
by having him next to me.
- EVA: Oh, here it comes. - KAMILLA: There it is.
- JOE: There it is. - KYLE: Oh, my God. - EVA: It's peeking.
Oh, look at that.
- I know-- Not to get corny, but it has been, like, - Yeah.
- so much fun playing with you. - Yeah.
I'm gonna be honest with you, Kyle.
I think my best shot is
if we don't sit next to each other in final three.
Because our jury votes, I think, are gonna be split between...
- They're gonna be split? - Yeah.
So...
Yeah, I understand.
- Yeah. - I understand.
KAMILLA: This morning, I realie
I can't be sitting next to Kyle at final three.
Like, that will cost me this game.
We've made pretty much all of our moves together,
and I feel like
the votes are gonna get split between us.
So, if I win,
I've decided to put Joe up against Kyle
at making fire,
because my best shot of winning a million dollars
is for Kyle to be on the jury.
I completely understand.
- I've been thinking the same thing. - Yeah.
- I'm glad you said it. - Yeah.
KYLE: Me and Kamilla
have been together since day one,
and she's like a sister to me.
But we have played
pretty much the exact same game.
So, I think going with Joe and Eva
to the final three
is exactly what I need to do.
Let me ask you an honest question.
- If you win the challenge... - Yeah.
who you picking to sit next to you
and who you picking to do fire?
'Cause I don't want to make fire.
- I'm, like... - Yeah.
- You work too hard to get here to just lose it... - You...
Oh, ...
- That's what I'm saying. - On a spark.
JOE: Today's challenge--
it's the biggest one of the season,
'cause if you win, you're going to the final thre,
and you decide who's going with you.
If I win, I'm absolutely picking Eva, period, end of story.
She's my number one.
But if not, I've tried to maneuver myself
to avoid making fire at all costs.
'Cause it could just be an off day.
So my goal is to win,
but if Kyle wins,
honestly, I hope he picks me.
I think I might actually bring you.
That is what I want, like, looking you in the eye,
like, I swear on my life.
- I appreciate you. - Yeah, of course.
More than you'll ever know.
KYLE: This is the most important challenge of the season,
and I-I got to pull it out.
I worked my ass off to get to this point,
so I don't want to screw it up.
I need to be the one making that decision.
Otherwise, my fate is in other people's hands.
Come on in!
- No! - [Eva laughs]
- No! - PROBST: I like seeing
those smiling faces
when you know what the challenge is.
It's a classic.
Oh, yeah.
What's up, Jeff?
Welcome to day 25,
Survivor 48.
This is it. Your final challenge.
How's that feel, Kyle?
I mean, it feels incredible.
I can't even... It's surreal.
Uh, this challenge-- like, I've wanted
to do this ever since I saw the show.
I feel like a little kid right now,
just ready to go, but there's...
The stakes are so high. I don't know how to explain it.
PROBST: How about you, Kamilla?
When you see a classic challenge,
what does it stir up inside you as a Survivor fan?
I mean, yeah, this is typically the final challenge,
and I know people are excited because it's a classic.
But for me, I'm just, like,
I wish I got to do the one they did in 46
that had a puzzle instead.
Like, this is a very scary challenge, because
if you're not on it for one split second,
or if you mess up your left and right,
which I constantly do, you're out.
It's so easy to drop in this challenge, and so
it's-it's really high stakes.
Just for fun, let's tell that with the new Kamilla.
Frick. Uh...
you know what? Anyone can drop out.
If I think I can drop out at any moment,
so can any of these three.
And so I do have a chance at this.
I don't need to be that scared.
It's a scary challenge, but not just for me.
- It's scary for everyone here. - Sounds a lot better.
- Yeah. - All right. Shall we get to it?
- [all voicing assent] - First things first, Kamilla.
Got to take back the necklace for the second time.
- Thank you. - Thank you.
Once again, for the last time,
immunity is back up for grabs.
As discussed, this is a Survivor classic.
It's called Simmotion. Here's how it works.
You're gonna have one hand tied behind your back.
On my go, you're gonna drop a ball down a chute.
It's gonna spiral to the botto.
You'll catch it, put it back i.
At regular intervals, we will add more balls,
making it more difficult.
If at any point, your ball drops...
...you're out.
Last person left standing wins immunity,
guarantees themselves a spot
in the final three.
You will get a chance to plead your case to the jury
about why you deserve the title of Sole Survivor
and the million dollars that goes with it.
You also have a lot of power
because you decide who you put in that second seat
and you decide who you force to go earn
that third seat by making fire.
There is a lot at stake.
Everybody here has won an individual challenge.
Anybody here can win this challenge.
We'll draw for spots, we'll get it on.
Ooh.
Here we go.
All right,
our final immunity challenge.
Here we go.
Everybody grab your first ball
and I'll you count in.
In three,
two, one,
drop,
and this challenge is on.
This is your warm-up period,
just one ball to kind of get used
to the pacing,
how long it takes, get used to the idea
that it's gonna rotate when it drops once on the right,
then it'll be on the left.
Then it'll be back to the right.
So now it will come out on your left side.
Now it's gonna come out on your right side, so you're gonna
constantly be going left-right, left-right, left-right.
I'll give you warning when we're gonna add
that second ball.
Just start imagining where you'd want to drop it.
The spacing is critical
in this challenge.
All right, you've got 15 seconds
to drop a second ball.
Use all that time, use a little of that time.
- It's up to you. - A...
PROBST: But you just got to drop it within 15 seconds.
And everybody has.
We now have two balls moving.
The sound you don't want to hear is the sound
of that billiard ball hitting wood.
That means you didn't catch it,
and you're out.
Twenty-five days of Survivor.
Joe sitting on the edge of a record.
If he wins here, he'll join an elite group at five.
It would be Kamilla's third individual immunity win.
Not a lot of women have three wins.
It would be Kyle and Eva's second win.
But the result is the same for everybody.
You're guaranteed a spot in the final three.
Don't let that hypnotic sound
lull you to sleep.
[rhythmic, rumbling whooshing]
The sound of that ball
spiraling down is an obstacle.
Stay focused.
Focus, focus, focus.
All right, you have 15 seconds
to drop a third ball.
Joe's dropped. Kamilla drops.
Kyle drops. Eva drops.
We're up to three now.
Now it's intense.
Keep digging.
Total focus.
Stay engaged.
Everything riding right here
on this beautifully-designed, hypnotic game.
Stay on it.
Do not drift.
Oh.
Eva drops.
Eva's out. We're down to three.
...
It is Kyle, Kamilla and Joe.
There is no wiggle room in this challenge.
Eva's shot at controlling her destiny
is gone.
She will not be in charge tonight. Who will?
Keep digging, keep concentrating.
Right-left, right-left.
Eyes on the prize.
Balls are coming faster.
Got to respond more quickly.
You're doing great.
Keep focusing right now on this.
Intense concentration required.
That ball will sneak up on you and drop.
Start thinking about a fourth ball.
I'll give you warning.
All right, you have 15 seconds
to place a fourth ball.
Kamilla drops hers.
Joe drops his.
Kyle drops his. It's on.
Now it's really hot.
Five is the most we've ever gotten to.
You're at four.
Kamilla drops. She's out.
It's Kyle and Joe battling for the final immunity.
Joe drops. He's out.
Kyle wins immunity,
- Let's go! - guaranteed a spot
- Let's go! - in the final three.
- KAMILLA: Good job, man. - Wow. What a battle.
PROBST: Kyle wins his second
individual immunity necklace.
Biggest one of the season.
Guaranteed a spot in the final three.
The dream.
Wow.
Kyle, come on over.
- Go, Kyle. - PROBST: That's the smile.
Congratulations. This is it.
This is what the kid dreams about,
is "I can make it to the final three."
You are in the final three. This guarantees that.
So, just share with me what that feeling is.
Yeah, I mean, uh, right now,
I can't just help but think about the entire game.
I was just ready to come out here
and play this game that I love
with the people that I've grown to love over the last 25 days.
I mean, you can't ask for-for anything else.
Whether I win or not, I mean,
this has been the best experience of my ... life.
Love hearing that.
Well, congratulations. You are in three.
You get a shot tomorrow night
at the Final Tribal Council to plead your case
about why you deserve the title of Sole Survivor
and the million dollars that goes with it.
You also have a lot of power,
because tonight, you're gonna choose
one person and put them in that second seat.
Then you're gonna force two other people
to duke it out in a fire-making challenge
to earn that third seat.
It's a lot of power, big decisions.
Could be a million-dollar decision you're about to make.
Grab your stuff,
head back to camp, and I will see you tonight
at Tribal Council for our fire-making showdown.
Congratulations.
- Thank you, Jeff. - Well played, Kyle.
♪
KYLE: So many times, on so many challenges,
I've been so close.
And the one challenge with the most pressure,
I beat some of the biggest competitors
I think this game's ever seen.
And now, my game's entirely in my own hands.
Did not drop the ball this time. No, I did not.
♪
- EVA: Yeah, great job. - KAMILLA: Yeah, good job, Kyle.
KAMILLA: Time to practice.
KYLE: Won immunity today.
It just feels great.
This necklace gives me the opportunity
to sit in front of the jury and argue my case.
Gives me a guaranteed shot at a million dollars.
All get to do our little square dance with Kyle?
Yeah, I was gonna see if, Joe, you had a quick moment.
KYLE: My plan going into
the immunity challenge is, if I won, I would take Joe.
Sort of make good on my word there.
And right now,
I'm gonna keep my promise
because I think it's the right thing to do
and I also think it's the best thing for my game.
A fire victory is a victory, and that-that counts.
That's a tally on your Survivor résumé. I don't want
to give Joe any more momentum than-than he's had.
I want the momentum.
A promise is a promise. Like, I meant that.
I want to sit next to you.
No matter what happens tomorrow,
you are my brother, you are my friend,
like, for the rest of my life, and, uh,
I'm just thankful to have you in my life.
Just wanted to tell you that straight-up, man.
JOE: Final three.
I actually made it to the final three.
It's a dream come true. It's as far as you can get.
It's all in your hands now.
And I would have never thought in a million years
I'm one of those three.
I, uh... I thank you
and my kids thank you for this... opportunity.
- [sniffles] So... - Of course.
[sniffles] Thank you, Kyle.
There was no doubt in my mind
the moment that necklace touched my neck.
And I didn't expect to be wearing it today.
Nah. I'm super proud of you, dude.
I poured my heart and soul into Kyle
and really tried to let him feel the fact
that I care about him as a person.
I do believe he sees that, and that's why he's picking me.
'Cause he knows that I genuinely care about him.
- KYLE: Well, uh... - Where's your head at?
I wanted to talk to you.
So, I don't think you knew this, but I promised Joe,
you know, if I... if I won that final four,
I would-I would take Joe.
So, I want to make sure I keep that promise.
Obviously, I want you to win.
- You know I love you. - Thanks. [laughs]
I'm sorry that, like, I wanted you...
I didn't want you to have to, like, go through some sort of,
- like, spiel. - Yeah, no. I mean,
I had promised Joe I would take him, too, if I won it.
So, it's... I knew it was gonna...
Like, I figured it would be me making it.
If that's why I go out, that's how I'm gonna go out.
Kyle promised
he would take Joe with him if he won the fire-making.
And it just... it's crushing.
But knowing that my game is on the line,
I'm not gonna psych myself out.
I'm gonna go in and I'm gonna...
I'm gonna build a-a killer fire.
- I know that you're gonna crush this thing. - [laughs]
And I actually, legitimately mean that.
Thanks. Yeah.
- Here, come here. - I'll get ready.
- I'm sorry. - No, I understand.
I know. It's okay.
KYLE: I want Eva to win tonight.
I'll just... I'll just be blunt about it.
I am so scared of going up against Kamilla
at the end of this thing.
She is a serious threat to my game.
We played pretty much the exact same game.
So, I don't want her stepping on my toes
in that Final Tribal Council.
And I need her to go.
I can't... I wish I could bring her, but I can't.
I have absolutely no idea what you could do.
And I... I think I'm not gonna make the mistake
- of underestimating you. - Mm-hmm.
Kyle and I both agree
that only one of us can sit at final three.
I-I know that for both of us,
doesn't make sense to sit next to each other.
So, here I am
making fire at final four.
I'm very proud of myself
that the reason I'm being put
to make fire is 'cause I'm a threat to someone's game.
This is, like, way further in the game
than I ever would have expecte.
I didn't even expect to win one individual immunity,
but I'm out here, I won two.
And so, if
I pull out a fire win
against Eva, I still have a solid chance
at beating out Kyle and Joe, that Final Tribal Council.
Oh, no.
I was too slow. I grabbed the wrong edge of this.
This fire gets me
one step closer to winning that million dollars,
which will change my family's life.
There is still hope.
I know I can pull it out.
I can do this.
Ow. God ...
[panting]
[sighs]
I do not want to make fire at all.
Sure, I went
in the backyard of my apartment
and made a fire every day leading up to this.
But that's nothing compared
to making a fire under pressur,
knowing that my game is on the line.
[groans]
[knife scraping rapidly]
And I just keep trying and trying and trying.
[sighs]
And I can't do it.
And I just am getting more and more frustrated.
Catch. Come on.
[crying]
Just was building on all this pressure,
and just the intensity of
needing to do this and not being able to
and the frustration.
It was just, like, crushing me.
[crying, mumbling]
[sobbing]
[Eva sobbing in the distance]
It's not... it's not wrong to put her in this position, is it?
I think we might need to go check on her.
Okay.
I'm gonna bring her some husks.
Just think about... just think...
Okay. Just...
When you-when you look at her,
like, think about what...
how she's doing and stuff like that.
KYLE: Eva is having a really difficult time right now.
Um, I really heard her
in pain in the jungle.
I know that there are more layers to...
to this than... than the game.
[sniffles]
Eva is incredibly strong.
She has overcome things out here,
but it's hard to hear somebody
go through something like that
and to know that you have a part to play in it.
Uh, what I thought was going to be an easy decision
and what I... what I treated as an easy decision
is-is anything but that.
I think this is the...
most difficult
but important decision I will ever make in my entire life.
It might be time for me to step up
and take care of Kamilla mysel,
which I think I can do.
But again, people have underestimated Kamilla
this entire game.
I haven't.
And because of that, it makes it even scarier
to go against her.
Yeah, this, uh... this is... this is hard.
I-I'm not a coward, either, though,
and I'm not... and I'm not afraid
to put myself into fire if that's what needs to happen.
[Eva sobbing, grunting]
You okay?
[shouts]
[crying, whimpering]
It was devastating to see her that upset.
I just kept saying, "It's okay. Breathe.
It's okay. I'm here for you."
And then, immediately, I felt her start to calm down.
The harder I squeezed, the calmer she got.
And
it made me feel like I needed to protect her.
No. No.
Joe, this is my thing. I have to do it.
I'm going to get it.
Please.
No. No, I'm gonna do it.
I'm gonna get it.
- I'm gonna do it. I know that I can. - Okay. Okay.
EVA: Joe is the most amazing human.
Like, he just is so selfless.
And he's like,
"I will step in, I'll do the fire."
I say, "No. No way in hell
am I letting you build a fire instead of me."
This has to be me. I have to learn to do it mysel.
I have to do this.
Can I get a few things just to help you for a minute,
and then just sit with you for a minute while you try, please?
Yeah, but you can't do it.
I'm gonna do it. You can help me prepare.
JOE: My gut does not want to put her in a spot
where she can be hurt, but
the other side of that coin is she needs this
to prove to herself that she can do it
and show others that are similar to her
that she can do it.
So now it's time to get to work.
Can I help you with the magnesium?
So, you go like this.
Hold it here, handle flat,
long scrapes.
So it goes everywhere.
EVA: Joe is the best fire teacher I could possibly have.
He sets me up with the right tools for the job.
He shows me how to do it, and we start practicing.
- You go... - [sharp exhale]
Yes.
EVA: I'm so lucky that I had his hep
because it's making me feel
more confident in myself,
and giving myself actual belief that maybe I can do this.
JOE: Yes! Grab your paper.
Grab your paper.
It's all right, it's all right.
More paper.
Blow.
I can do it.
All right, we just keep doing this.
- I can do it. - Yeah, you can.
And just like that,
boom, she starts making fire.
EVA: Look at that.
JOE: She just had the biggest smile on her face.
That's all you ever want
from somebody you care about.
Thank you so much for helping me.
- Let's go again. - We're gonna...
I'm gonna get it. [laughs]
- Let's go again. - Yeah.
JOE: I can't wait for her to kill it tonight.
She will.
I got no doubt.
She'll be sitting right next to me.
KAMILLA: I am exhausted.
It takes so much out of you
to make fire.
That was so fast.
I made a couple
of fires, but they're taking so long.
So I really think it's a mental thing for me right now.
Bro, please.
There are points where I got frustrated.
I'm like, "Why is it not working?
Is it my flint? Is it this?"
And I start blaming all these external things.
That is definitely the old Kamilla.
The new Kamilla was like,
"Clearly I am doing something wrong.
"I need to figure out
what am I doing wrong."
"Oh.
"This is what I was doing wrong? Great.
Don't do it anymore. Do the new thing."
And so, I was able to learn, thanks to the new Kamilla.
This new side of me is, like, not letting my brain waste time
beating myself up.
New Kamilla is...
hopeful of so many things going my way tonight.
I know the steps,
I know what works, I know what doesn't.
I just got to remember it when I'm there.
Yeah. I'm scared of you.
I'm scared of you!
KAMILLA: No matter what happens, it's gonna be a battle.
But this battle is gonna be, like, for myself.
Can I stay cool?
Can I not give up?
That's the battle
for me tonight.
Old Kamilla-- I'm leaving her on this island.
She's not coming to final four fire-making with me.
I'm leaving her here.
I'm ready, I'm prepared.
I'm gonna give
everything I have into this fire.
♪
We'll now bring in the members of our jury.
All right, let's get into it.
First, a review of the day.
You had your final immunity challenge--
Simmotion, Survivor classic.
Dropping balls, they're spinning around.
We got to four balls.
Eva, you were out,
then Kamilla was out, then Joe was out.
Kyle, you win your second individual immunity.
It guarantees you a spot
tomorrow night, right here, as one of the final three.
Have you had a little time to reflect on how big of a moment
that was for the little kid who's been dreaming about it
- for so many years? - Yeah.
You know, Jeff, I thought more
about what we talked about today, and it just...
I just reflected on my journey here.
Like, I have fallen short,
quite literally, a lot of times in this game,
and I've had my victories.
I don't want to be overdramatic,
but this last one just felt great.
In this game, it's been a roller coaster
of emotions for me, but
to come out on top when I felt as if I'm so close
in so many of these challenges,
I mean, it just meant the world to me.
PROBST: So you go back to the beach.
With that necklace, there has to be a little bit of relief.
There are no more challenges.
There's nothing left for you to do other than start
preparing for tomorrow night.
So, walk me through it. What happens--
do people approach you or do you approach them?
I think I sort of kicked it off.
I kind of came in today knowing where my mind was,
and I-I wanted to give everyone the respect they deserved.
If I was somebody else on the other side of that position,
I would want to know that, "Hey, I'm making fire tonight.
"Give me the chance to practice. Give me the chance
- to do what I got to do." - PROBST: Wow.
So, it sounds like you've made your decision,
but let's be official. Give me the layout.
Who are you bringing with you to the final three?
So, you know, from a strategy perspective,
or just thinking about the game,
um, you know, I-I promised Joe if we got to this position,
um, I would be bringing him to the end.
Um, ultimately, that-that is where my mind was
when it came to this decision.
PROBST: Joe, congratulations.
- You got a seat at the final three. - JOE: Yeah, Jeff.
It's overwhelming.
Uh, Kyle was just a straight-up guy about it.
You know, just honest.
I felt it was heart-to-heart, and he's a man of his word.
But it's kind of crazy, Jeff.
PROBST: So, Kyle, you're bringing Joe.
- He gets the second seat. - KYLE: Mm-hmm.
Kamilla and Eva are gonna battle it out
in a fire-making showdown.
PROBST: Kamilla, you're nodding
like you knew that was coming.
KAMILLA: Yeah. Me and Kyle
both know it's best for our games to not be sitting
next to each other at Final Tribal Council.
And so, Kyle told me straight.
He's like, "Hey, you're gonna be making fire."
So, Eva, how did it go today? Walk me through it.
Did you and Kamilla both find a space and start practicing?
EVA: Um, yeah.
I prepared so much with the coconut and everything,
and I was just like, "Okay, I've got this down.
I can do it that way." And now, I thought
that we were gonna have coconuts and, just, like,
the same stuff that I was practicing with,
and now seeing that it's not makes me really scared.
- [laughs] - JOE: You got it,
- you got it, it's the same. - EVA: Yeah.
- Yeah, that's true. I mean, I'll get it. - You got this.
EVA: I can do it. I practiced so much today.
- I'm good. I'm ready. - Yeah.
- I'm gonna get it. - PROBST: All right.
Take your spots at your fire-making stations.
Decide which one you want.
- Yup. You can have purple. - Okay.
PROBST: All right, I'm gonna give you both a minute
to settle in,
get your head focused, and then we will go.
Okay.
All right, we are ready for the Survivor 48
fire-making showdown.
You each have the exact same kit.
Your job is to make a fire that burns hot enough
and high enough to burn through that rope
and raise your flag.
The first person to do it earns that third seat
and will face the jury tomorrow.
The loser: out of the game, becomes
the eighth and final member of the jury.
Kamilla, you good?
- Yeah. - PROBST: All right.
- Eva, you good? - Yup.
Let's begin.
It's on.
You need three things to make fire.
You need heat,
which you're gonna get from striking that flint
and getting a spark.
You need fuel,
something to burn, which can
either be that hessian
or it can be the magnesium
that you're both scraping right now.
And then once you get a flame, third element is oxygen.
Your fire needs to breathe.
Kamilla's first to try to get something going.
Got a lot of spark.
That's what you need. That's the heat.
Eva's now going for it,
trying to get something to catch.
KAMILLA: Oh, my God. My leg is...
I'm shaking. Oh...
PROBST: Eva's got a little bit of a flame.
She's gonna try to get it to catch
with more of that hessian.
The good news about the hessian:
it ignites quickly.
The bad news: it burns away just as quickly.
I'm shaking.
- Why? - PROBST: And that oxygen is key.
You can smother your fire.
But what Eva's doing really well
is placing sticks
and trying to get them to catch
'cause they will burn longer.
Kamilla continues to try to get something going.
I can't even do this?
- PROBST: Trying to get in this. - ...
I made this at camp, man.
PROBST: Eva doing a really nice job to build her fire.
One stick at a time.
Keeping that fire going is key.
Got to let it breathe
and nurture it slowly.
And it could be earning her a spot in the final three.
That flame's starting
to touch that rope.
But she's not there yet, Kamilla.
My hands are not working.
Everything is cramping. My legs are cramping.
PROBST: Eva's got a nice fire.
That is a great base.
Potentially a million-dollar fire
you are making right now.
Why? Why, why, why?
PROBST: No flame at all for Kamilla.
Eva's flame is growing now, more.
That is a solid flame right now.
The flame is right on that rope.
25 days of Survivor,
and the dream could end right here for Kamilla
and could be extended for Eva.
Kamilla fighting to stay in this
with everything she has.
Why won't the damn magnesium light?
PROBST: Eva's flame is starting
to burn through that rope.
PROBST: Kamilla, you still got a shot.
That flame is dancing now away from the rope,
blowing sideways.
Eva's fire drops under the rope.
EVA: Why won't it go...
- It won't go up, guys. - JOE: Calm down, calm down.
PROBST: Kamilla taking a long time with that magnesium.
Yes, I am, because I can't catch a flame.
Eva's fire did not burn through the rope.
Oh, my God, what am I doing wrong?
PROBST: Door's open for Kamilla
as Eva slowly rebuilds what was an inferno,
now more like a campfire.
- What am I doing wrong?! - JOE: Nothing.
- Nothing, nothing, nothing. - Oh, my God.
Nothing wrong.
Easy, easy, easy.
Please... freaking... work.
It won't go up. Not gonna...
- It's not gonna work. - JOE: It will work.
Calm, calm.
- Calm, calm. - Girl, you're doing so much better than me.
You're gonna catch me because my fire won't burn straight.
Bro, I can't even catch a flame.
PROBST: Kamilla, in the middle
of a million-dollar fire-making challenge,
is encouraging Eva to stay calm.
That's Survivor 48.
- There you go. - Easy,
- easy, easy, easy. - Yep.
PROBST: Eva now blowing it into place on that rope,
and it's working.
Kamilla has a bit of a flame.
Can she nurture it into something?
No, I can't.
PROBST: Kamilla had a flame, but it's quickly gone.
Eva's flame is back
and burning very high again.
That rope doesn't have a lot left.
Kamilla still fighting to get in this.
Eva getting closer and closer
to a spot in the final three
of Survivor 48.
Kamilla cannot get any fire going.
Nope, I cannot.
- PROBST: There it is! - Aah! Yes!
- PROBST: It's over! - Oh, my God.
KAMILLA: Good job.
- PROBST: Eva has won - Good job.
- the fire-making showdown and earned - Oh, my God.
her spot
at the Final Tribal Council
as the third member of the final three.
Kamilla gave it a great effort.
Could not get any flame at all.
Disappointing end.
Well, let's start with the congratulations.
Eva, well done. You clearly
fought through a lot of things you were battling,
but the result was,
all the practice did pay off
- Yeah. - and you have earned yourself a spot
in the final three.
- Congratulations. - Thank you.
What will Mom and Dad say about that?
They'll be so proud of me.
I mean, after they see this entire day...
I mean, I was at my lowest I've...
Like, everyone had seen me have...
struggling with my autism before,
but it was nothing like what happened today,
because I felt like I had no shot
of doing what I just did.
And Joe came and he helped me calm down,
and we got to work.
Having Joe and Kyle just keep telling me that I could,
and... and even Kamilla giving me encouragement
when we're competitors.
I appreciate the hell out of it.
This was really,
really, really hard, but I did it.
I'm so... I'm so proud of myself.
You should be, and you're in the final three
as a result.
Kamilla,
what is the biggest personal takeaway?
Because you've been so open
about "I'm not good enough,"
and "I'm my most negative thinker."
But what I just witnessed tonight
was such a positive person.
In the middle of your own panic,
you still had enough compassion to look next door and say,
"Eva's struggling. Let me help her a little bit."
So what's the emotion about?
[crying]
[sniffles]
Mm.
Your question was some... something
about my biggest personal takeaway,
and I've been very open about the confidence stuff.
And how I have this voice in my head that's always like,
"Dude, you suck, you suck, you suck, you suck."
[sniffles] But then,
there is this other voice in my head that's been
becoming louder and louder and louder
as I've been playing Survivor and as the days go on.
And it was just like, "You know what? Chill."
Like...
I'm just glad that I had the chance to make fire
and I didn't get voted out.
No one wrote my name down.
Me having to sit in that position meant
that someone thought I was a threat to their game.
I never expected that.
So, even if I sucked at fire, I'm proud of the game I played.
And I had a blast playing.
I-I really had fun with my... with the game I played.
And that's the best feeling in the world.
PROBST: All right, Kamilla,
you become the eighth and final member of our jury.
You need to grab your torch.
It was fun. It was real fun, guys.
- Okay? Deal? - Yes.
- Vodka for you, tequila for you. - Thank you for everything.
And a beer for you.
- Yes. - Yes.
And a margarita for Mitch.
EVA: You're amazing, Kamilla.
GG's, guys.
[Eva laughs]
[sighs]
Kamilla, the tribe has spoken.
Time for you to go.
Bye, guys.
Bye, Kamilla.
I'm having drinks for all three of you.
Frick.
Eva, Kyle, Joe, congratulations.
You made it to the final three.
It is a massive accomplishment.
But tomorrow night, the power in the game shifts
to the jury. Eight people
you had a hand in voting out will decide
who wins Survivor 48.
They're gonna be asking you questions.
They're gonna be looking for you to claim your victory.
You have one more night here in Fiji.
Try to get some sleep because you're gonna need it.
Grab your torches, head back to camp. Good night.
♪
KYLE: The last day.
The last frickin' day.
- Day 26. - Oh, we did it.
- Oh, my gosh. - We did it. - Gosh.
We did it, you guys.
- EVA: Yes. - Straight up.
KYLE: Oh, man.
- EVA: There is a boat coming for us. - KYLE: Yes.
- EVA: There is a boat! - KYLE: Yes!
Aah! Let's go!
- KYLE: Yes. - EVA: Bring me some food!
- Oh, man. Come on, baby. - Yes!
Waking up with Joe and Eva sort of by my side--
- it was awesome. - JOE: Wow.
KYLE: It's kind of corny to say,
but I think that the bonds in this season
run really deep.
I can't believe I didn't know you 26 days ago,
and now I can't imagine my life without you guys.
KYLE: This story, this adventure-- it's led all the way
up to this moment, and it's just time
to, like, see this thing through
all the way to the end.
- Cheers, guys. - [whoops] Final three. - Cheers.
But you never know what a jury's gonna do.
My motto coming into this game was "people first."
The reason I was able to dictate and finesse most of these votes
is because of the relationships that I built
at the beginning and throughout the entirety of this game.
It allowed me
to see this game from an overhead view.
I had an idea, I had a pulse
on what everyone was thinking throughout the entire game,
and I think that matters.
If the jury doesn't know it ye,
then they have to know it tonight.
I was in control.
SHAUHIN: Kyle probably played
the most strategic game out here.
He aligned himself with the right people
at the right time and was willing to turn on those people
when he absolutely had to and not a moment too early.
KAMILLA: He has super deep connections with everyone.
He's a damn good liar,
and he's a good strategist.
He can win.
He just needs to present his game clearly tonight,
because the rest of the jurors don't know his game.
MITCH: He used relationships
to his advantage.
He needs to own the cutthroat game
he truly played, and if not,
then I'm not voting for him.
This is our first reward together.
Yeah. This one is my favorite,
because I get to be here with both of you guys.
Heck yeah.
EVA: This season has shown me so many things
about myself that I never expected.
I went through some
very intense mental times.
And I battled through that
in the most depriving situation
I could possibly be in.
It's come at a great emotional toll,
but it's also brought me great friends, great happiness,
and it's brought me to the end.
So, if there's anything that I have contributed
to season 48, it is heart.
MARY: Eva has done something
that I've never really seen anybody do on Survivor,
which is just wholeheartedly
trust people.
Sometimes she wholeheartedly trusted the wrong people
who fed her lies,
but I think that Eva
was incredibly courageous.
CEDREK: She was a physical beast,
and she aligned herself
with people that had her best interest
at advancing in this game.
KAMILLA: She might be one of the smartet people out here.
She just didn't show it.
Maybe
she did things to lower her threat level.
And if she can reveal to the jury that
that was part of her game and own it,
she could win a million dollars tonight.
Well, I figured, while we're chilling,
there's something I haven't told you guys.
All the stuff I said about reffing is true.
I am a hockey ref, but that's my side hustle.
I didn't transfer from Georgia Tech.
I graduated in only three years.
And I immediately went into my PhD at Brown,
where I'm getting my PhD in engineering
- and fluid and thermal science. - [laughs]
I'm a fellow at the National Science Foundation.
I do research for the Navy.
[laughs]
It's been so hard trying to talk about teaching
with you and Mitch, when you guys are like, "Oh,
you're becoming a teacher, too." And I was like,
"I picked that as a cover story
'cause I figured nobody was gonna know about teaching."
So, on that note...
[laughs]
I did teach for two years.
But afterwards, I went
to law school, and I've been a lawyer
- for the past four years. - You're a lawyer!
- Oh my God. [laughs] - So I did... I did do that.
[laughing loudly]
What the hell?!
You're a lawyer
and this one's a-- basically a doctor?
- So, what-what are you? - EVA: What are you?
I'm just a ... fire captain.
That's what I am.
JOE: When I came into this game, I said
I wanted to play an honorable, straight-up,
kind of this loyal, honest gam.
I truly believe that I have,
because I refuse to do certain things
that compromise the man I am.
You know, I wasn't willing
to just do things to build a résumé.
I wasn't willing to just
stab somebody in the back
to shock and awe a potential juror
that might say, "Wow, that's so impressive
"that you were scandalous
in that moment."
And to pull that off and make the final three--
that feels really good.
CHRISSY: Joe is a stand-up guy.
Strong competitor. I mean, challenges-- wow.
DAVID: Challenges are my favorite part of Survivor.
I loved competing.
I have to give credit where credit is due,
and he was doing really well with the challenges, but
Joe broke a lot of promises.
He had me believe that we were gonna go to the end together.
Maybe that was foolish on my part
and great gameplay on his.
As long as he says that that was part
of his plan the whole time,
he might get my vote today.
STAR: Joe is 45, and you would think
he's 20-something, the way he played this game.
His name was only written down, like, one time.
I think Joe deserves to win because
he took the game and dominated.
How are you guys feeling?
- I'm excited. - JOE: Same.
KYLE: Tonight's gonna be a fight, dude.
A good fight.
EVA: I'm gonna battle like hell against Joe and Kyle.
And I want to win this money.
I want to win this thing. I want to be the Sole Survivor.
JOE: The power is in each one of our hands, equally.
So I'm absolutely
going to bring everything I have.
KYLE: I'm so excited to literally
use the lawyer skills that I've been hiding
to talk to the jury.
I am going to make sure
that they want to give me that million dollar.
KAMILLA: Final Tribal is going
to be chaotic.
DAVID: I don't think we've seen a final three
like this, where we have
such a dominant physical group.
Any person could win this game.
CHRISSY: I would hope they battle.
I mean, this is for a freakin'
million dollars.
MITCH: The finalists are going
to have to really
own their moves.
STAR: I'm listening for the truth.
MARY: You may not have needed
to be honest with us during the game,
but tonight
you need to be honest with us.
SHAUHIN: Who played
the best game of Survivor?
Who outwitted, who outplayed, who outlasted?
This person who's gonna get a million dollars
and the title is gonna have to earn it.
All right.
Welcome to your Final Tribal Council.
Joe, Eva, Kyle,
you made it to the final three.
This is as good as you can do in this game.
It's a massive accomplishment to get here.
Now the power shifts
from this side of Tribal to this side.
Eight people that you had a hand in voting out
are gonna be looking for information tonight.
They're asking you questions to help them make
the biggest decision of the season:
who's gonna win Survivor 48.
Tonight is not the time to be shy
about what you did well or to run from your mistakes.
You've got to own your game
and claim your victory.
I'm gonna give the jury a moment,
and then we'll start our Final Tribal Council.
♪
PROBST: All right, it is time to begin
our Final Tribal Council.
Joe, Eva, Kyle, here we go.
Cedrek, get us started.
First of all, congratulations to the three of you.
Watching you guys do this has truly been an honor.
Each of us, I think, came in with either one
or several weaknesses.
What was that weakness that you played this game with
and how did you work to minimize
those weaknesses to further
propel your game to where you are right now?
- And Eva, we can start first with you. - Awesome.
I would like to first say
that I don't believe that this is a weakness,
but it does cause weaknesses in myself.
My autism is something that I carried into this game.
I get extremely overwhelmed
and have these episodes,
which you all were able to witness.
So, I chose an ally that I felt I could trust
to never lie to me.
Additionally, if I just showed this openness
and truthfulness to others, it was often
reflected back at me in return.
And so, I appreciate all of you respecting me
and seeing me for who I am,
despite that there are these challenges that I face.
Thank you.
Joe, you go next.
JOE: Oh, yeah. Honestly,
a huge weakness of mine is
that I tend to wear my emotion on my sleeve.
And that's something that, coming into this game,
I was petrified of,
because it could give someone a false impression of me.
And how that changed for me is
instead of looking at that as a weakness,
I was really able to harness that
and turn that into empathy
and try to build strong alliances
that would help me navigate pivotal points in this game
and allow me to make strategic moves
at the appropriate time.
Thank you. Kyle.
Yeah, I think a glaring weakness of mine,
coming into this game, was overconfidence.
Literally, on day one,
I, uh, volunteered for something
when I had a stuntman on my tribe.
I overestimated the challenge entirely.
Immediately after that, when I had a chance to earn it back,
I lost a head-to-head battle against a guy
who just dislocated his shoulder.
But I think that, in a way, that was a blessing,
because I had to pivot.
Socially, I knew I was going to have to play a more social game.
Strategically, I knew I was going to have to play
a more strategic game.
So my weakness is overconfidence.
I sometimes think it's my superpower,
but it forced me to pivot in this game multiple times.
- CEDREK: Thank you. - PROBST: Mitch.
MITCH: Okay, first of all,
congratulations on making it
to this point in the game.
So, this season,
a lot of the Tribal Council votes
were based on
deep, meaningful,
real relationships.
So how did you leverage
these relationships
to propel
your game
forward?
Right. For me, I came into this game
not expecting the social game to be
so important to me.
And so, of course,
then I must bring myself to talking about Joe.
Within the first day of knowing Joe,
I knew that he was going to be
there for me through the game.
And that relationship was so strong
that when he saw me in a situation
that involved my autism,
he went across those tribal lines, and he helped me.
He didn't care about his game.
He cared about me as a person.
And I believe that we are one of the strongest duos
to ever exist in Survivor history, 100%.
I think that you're dead-on,
that you created a social bond,
and you also insulated yourself
with your social game,
which I do think surprises people
for someone who is neurodivergent,
- has autism, is on the spectrum. - Yeah.
SHAUHIN: I don't think that people saw that coming from you.
- And I think it is very impressive in your game. - I didn't see it coming.
- SHAUHIN: For sure. - CHRISSY: I have a question, though.
- So, yous guys are tight, obviously. - EVA: Mm-hmm.
But only one of you can win the million dollars.
So you got to go at each other.
Like, so is this the point where you betray each other?
Like, I don't understand the whole
"We're so tight. We're this."
But one of you's only getting the million.
I don't think we have to betray each other
to say how our games
- are different. - You do.
'Cause only one of yous can win.
EVA: But we are battling it out respectfully.
JOE: And I want to be clear to everybody.
I did not want to address that issue at all,
throughout this entire game.
And I thought, I'm not gonna leverage it against any of you.
I'm not gonna use it as, "We're this duo taking you out."
It's something that came up that I feel like I needed
to do, personally, outside of gameplay,
that I'm gonna to leave off to the side.
And if it got into this situation like we are right now,
I am not gonna take direct jabs at her,
but I am darn sure gonna try to win
for my own personal reasons and try
to win you on my game.
On my game.
If she does a better job than me, then she wins.
That's all. To answer your question.
PROBST: Star.
Hello, beautiful,
trifling-ass bitches.
Congratulations on being at the last
day of Survivor-- 26. I really
want y'all to know that your families will be proud.
I'm proud of you guys.
Now to get started with my question.
What I want to know is exactly what undercover moves,
possible betrayals or even secret moves
that we don't know that you did.
Tell me something to wow me because my mind is not made up,
and I honestly would like to know
what is it that we don't know?
Tell me something new.
Who do you want?
- I definitely want to start with you. - EVA: With me?
Okay. Awesome.
First off, something that everybody knows
is that I had a hidden immunity idol from Star.
Thank you.
But what you guys didn't know that I had
is an advantage I never played.
I've been holding on to a Safety without Power
that I got from a secret advantage mission
in the middle of the night.
So, the move that I'm about to say I made with this
is actually no move, because to me,
it mattered more that I got my alliance through a vote
than just securing my safety
for one more Tribal.
So this is something I was holding on to,
and I never actually ended up playing it.
Kyle?
Um, I think that,
you know, I don't mean to...
Let's just get it out all into the open.
One thing that I haven't shared with all of you
is that I-I've spent months of my life incarcerated.
Because of how I grew up, the people I grew up around,
I often tried to be overconfident
and show off socially,
and that landed me in jail a couple times,
because of nonviolent misdemeanors related to alcohol
and my social situations, um...
But I turned my life around.
I became a teacher, um...
I then went to the University of Michigan for law school,
and I got a legal degree to go and help people
who were in situations like me.
So, yeah, I get down on myself and I get back up.
And that's how I've carried about in my life.
And that's exactly how I've moved forward in this game.
CHRISSY: I have a question.
So, are you a teacher or a lawyer right now?
So, I am-I am currently a lawyer.
I've been a lawyer practicing in New York
- for the last four years. - CHRISSY: Wow.
Wow. You just blew my mind.
- [laughs] - You want your mind blown again?
CHRISSY: Yes.
What do you guys think I do for a living?
You're not a student that plays hockey with boys?
I... So, I am a hockey official,
and I'm super proud of that,
but my main career--
I graduated in only three years with my bachelor's in physics,
and then I immediately started my PhD in engineering
and fluid and thermal science at Brown University.
- Wow. Good for you. - EVA: So I study vortex-induced vibrations.
- [mouths] - I do research in collaboration with the Navy.
I'm a fellow with the National Science Foundation.
- I'm very accomplished. - All right.
EVA: So that is something that I kept hidden in this game.
I was like, "I'm just gonna be the jock girl."
I'm like, "Oh, I can never do puzzles or math."
I'm good at both of those things.
So, I don't know who blows your mind more, but...
I'm just a dumb fireman, still.
For anyone that wants to know.
[Eva laughs]
CHRISSY: Thanks, guys.
Well, that kind of leads into the question
that I wanted to ask.
So, you guys
have been sending people to the jury.
So, my question tonight:
what do you think is the jury's perception of you?
And are we wrong?
EVA: For me, I definitely knew
that, coming into this,
a lot of you guys were going to believe that
I was just Joe's plus-one.
And I know we are the strongest duo in this game,
but I think you guys were underestimating
how big of a role I have in that duo.
I'd like to say that we were a collaboration,
and together we made our moves as one.
DAVID: You can say what you wish,
but at the end of the day, they're just words.
We don't know if you're telling the truth right now.
I want clear examples that proves what you're saying.
Yeah. For sure. So, back to the Shauhin vote, then.
We were given information that he had come up with a plan
to knock me out of the game.
So, I come to Joe, of course,
and I come with this logical perspective,
looking at what is Shauhin's best interest in this game.
And to win this game, he needed to split Joe and I up.
And so Joe and I had talked this out together,
and, no, he hadn't made this move yet,
but we knew it was coming.
And so it was the time that we needed to address this issue.
So, just to push back on that a little bit,
my vote that night was not for you, Eva.
I voted for Mitch.
Your best move was absolutely to get rid of me,
because I thought my best move
was to sit next to you two at the final.
So, r-respect for the move.
I have no problem with the move,
but I never made the move to get rid of you.
- EVA: Fair enough, but - Yeah.
I think it is important that...
- Go ahead. - EVA: Yeah, go ahead, Kamilla.
So, I just wanted to clarify.
You're saying that this is a strategic move
that you did, right?
- Getting him out? - Correct.
Kyle, can I have, um...
your perspective on the Shauhin vote
- and what went down? - KYLE: Yeah.
So, Shauhin felt me out during the loved one's visit,
and he brought up a plan
of potentially getting out Eva or Joe.
That's the truth.
But I couldn't tell if Shauhin actually
wanted to carry out the plan
or if he was trying to get me caught up in a plan
to get me out of this game. That's the truth.
So, I wanted to make a move against Shauhin,
and I leveraged the only thing I had in this game
that no one knew about,
which is my relationship with Kamilla.
I worked with Kamilla hand-in-hand
throughout the entirety of this game.
Ooh!
And I have to disagree with Eva and Joe
that they are the best duo in this game.
I think that they are the most public duo
and I think that they're a very strong duo, but I think
that Kamilla and I were the best duo in this game.
I mean, I was doing a lot of stuff in the shadows
with Kamilla. So, I told
Joe and I told Eva about Shauhin's plan
to get them out, but I planted a lie in the story,
which is that Shauhin had showed Kamilla
that he found the idol on new Vula.
And because no one knew that I was working with Kamilla,
she told them that he did show Kamilla the idol.
I had to make that lie
because I needed to have Kamilla sitting in the final four.
And I also needed to show to everyone on the jury
that their perception was not the reality.
I do think the perception was that Joe was the muscle,
Eva was the heart, and Shauhin was the brains.
And I took out the brains of this operation because I had to.
You would have figured out
that Kamilla and I were working together,
and we would have never actually
been able to move forward in this game.
So, as soon as you gave me the bullet, I had to load it.
And, uh, that's what I did.
PROBST: David.
Knock, knock.
- Who's there? - Who's there?
Not me.
Good job, guys.
Oh, my God. I got so tired of frowning.
- Ah. So much better. Hi. - SHAUHIN: The relief.
- The relief. - How are you?
Sorry if I scared you.
Yeah, you did. You scared me so much.
Oh, my God. You seem so happy.
- Look at Joe. - EVA: Oh, my God.
A lawyer, a doctor and you're acting?
- EVA: Oh, my God. - Jeff.
- Like... - DAVID: Oh, my God.
Okay, I can relax now. Thank God.
Okay, so, um...
Challenges, all right?
They're the reason why I came here.
I wanted to compete and I wanted to win as many challenges
as I could.
Every single one of you
won an individual immunity challenge.
How did that help your game
and how did you use that necklace to your advantage?
Let's start with Joe.
So, I was fortunate enough to be put in a position
where not winning one, not winning two,
not winning three, but winning four.
So, how I simply used that was
when we had the strong alliance crew,
I'm like, "Well,
"I'm the one you want to keep, then, 'cause I'm gonna
keep banging out all these immunity challenges."
And then, there's Jeff saying, "Hey,
you're one away from tying the record."
If I'm not gonna say right now
that that doesn't climb in somebody's head
when we're at the very end, it absolutely does.
And one last thing, if I could add to that,
you know, when people are 20 years younger than you,
15 years younger than you,
45 years old out here, and nine months ago,
complete reconstruction surgery of my ACL, both meniscus
and was in a cast.
So, coming out here and doing that,
and trying to use it as intimidation,
was definitely a factor just to sprinkle that on top.
Kyle.
So, no one cared about me, physically, in this game.
The only thing that people commented about me physically
was that I had a bubble butt.
You know? I know I'm caked up.
I'm gonna have to call one of Cedrek's friends
to get it fixed.
But, um, but when it mattered,
and the challenge that decided
who had the ability to sit here,
guess who won? Me.
And, uh, I am so glad that I got the chance
to compete against every single one of you.
I had fun.
PROBST: Eva.
EVA: Well, to me,
I had come into this game wanting to play
a super physical game, and I had these high hopes.
Like, we'd watched Maria, who was an old woman,
almost break the female record.
Hey, hey, hey, hey.
She is nowhere near as fit as you, Chrissy.
I have so much faith in you.
More than her.
And I loved that I was competing against people who were
better than me, so we could battle it out.
Yeah, you're huge.
Like, Joe and David were literal superheroes.
And to get up on that pole and compete against you guys
and beat you, I was like,
"Not only can I run with the big dogs out here,
"but I am one of the big dogs.
I got to wear the collar."
So I had this positive attitude,
like, "I'm still a big dog
'cause I beat you guys."
[laughs]
All right, Joe, Eva, Kyle, I'll give you one last chance
to address them. Short and sweet.
Hit it hard. Make your case.
Who wants to go?
Um, I have joked to myself throughout this game
that I'm the best average guy that you'll ever meet.
I'm kind of athletic,
kind of funny, kind of good-looking.
- Um, and... - Kind of good looking. - SHAUHIN: Kind of?
Yeah, it's a humblebrag.
Uh, I think that this game gave me a chance
to show what a well-rounded person can do.
I won challenges.
I built relationships that matter a lot to me.
I-I played the game with those relationships.
Um, I rode the middle hard in this game.
And when people tried to sound the whistle
and push me out of it,
I pushed them out,
and I rode the middle to the very end of this game.
Um, I caught a pretty yellow fish. I...
I had-I had a lot of fun playing this game
because it allowed me to succeed in so many facets.
I ask you that you let me be the representative of this season
because I think a lot of you have played good games,
but I am so proud of the game that I played
and I thank you for letting me play it with you.
So, at the end of the day, I just hope that you realize,
like, when it comes to this game,
you know, being a 45-year-old dad,
coming into this game as viewed as a threat,
winning the most challenges,
make the relationships that I need to make,
only have my name written down once
and get yourself all the way to the end
with those massive targets on your back.
I may not be a lawyer.
I may not be a doctor.
I'm just a fireman.
I spend my life taking care of other people.
And for once, I want the opportunity
to take care of my kids for the rest of their lives.
Thank you.
We've been saying this whole season
that 48 is an unprecedented season.
I believe that you should select an unprecedented winner.
We've had lawyers play the middle before and win.
We've had challenge threats play a well-rounded game and win,
but you have never seen a player that is like me.
I was not afraid to show who I am.
I played very black and white,
but that's because I'm loyal,
and I wanted to play with who I am.
And I know that I carried more wood
than anyone ever has on Survivor.
Yeah, you did.
I made Jeff cry.
Like, this unprecedented season should be represented
by someone who embodies what this season is.
And so I believe that you should vote for me.
Jury, I got to say, it was a great Final Tribal Council.
Well done.
Great interrogation.
Joe, Eva, Kyle, they have the information they need
to now make the biggest decision of the game.
So, jury, I'm gonna
give you a moment to take it all in,
and then we will vote
for the winner of Survivor 48.
♪
All right, it is time to bring
Survivor 48 to a close.
This is the only night you want to see your name.
These are votes for a winner.
For the last time this season, it is time to vote.
David, you're up.
♪
You made any 45-year-old
look exactly how I want to be.
You played this game well.
This is for your family.
This is for your kids. I get it.
♪
You played a game
in which you were true to yourself.
You played with your heart.
And you played in a way
that I haven't seen anybody play before.
So, it has to be you.
I said I wanted to vote for the most well-rounded player,
and that is you.
I also said if I'm not winning this game, it better be you.
I hope I'm right.
Oh, man.
[sighs]
I'll go get the votes.
[Star whoops]
- CHRISSY: Do it, Jeff. - [Star whoops]
Yeah.
[indistinct chatter]
Well, we started this season
26 days ago.
You played three very different games,
but it got you here.
The question is did it earn you a million dollars?
There can only be one winner.
The jury has made their decision.
I'm gonna read the votes.
♪
First vote: Joe.
Eva.
One vote Joe, one vote Eva.
Kyle.
We're tied.
One vote Joe, one vote Eva, one vote Kyle.
[mouthing]
Eva.
That's two votes Eva, one vote Joe, one vote Kyle.
Kyle.
We're tied again. Two votes Eva, two votes Kyle,
one vote Joe.
Kyle.
That's three votes Kyle, two votes Eva,
one vote Joe.
[mouthing]
The winner of Survivor 48:
Kyle.
[cheering, whooping, applause]
CHRISSY: Yeah!
- [whoops] - PROBST: There it is.
We have a winner for Survivor 48.
- Kyle, - [cheering loudly]
- in a magnificent season-- - [excited chatter]
come on over-- has just won
- a million dollars from his jury. - STAR: Yeah!
I loved this season. I hope you did, too.
Great players.
Great gameplay.
Lots of compelling stories.
Very excited now to get everybody together
and talk about everything that went on this season.
We're gonna bring out some pizza.
We've got some champagne.
And we're gonna do the Survivor 48 aftershow
right after this.
- [indistinct chatter] - Let me hug that winner.
Congratulations, dude.
Well-earned.
KYLE: Oh, my God.
[cheering, whooping]
PROBST: Up next...
Kyle just won our 48th season.
[cheering, whooping]
- Even I was looking at the jury going, - [laughs]
"Get over it. You got voted out."
[laughing]
I just made a decision that, no matter what happens,
we're in this together.
Here's your first look at Survivor 49.
♪
All right, welcome
to the Survivor 48 aftershow,
where Kyle has just won our 48th season,
- [cheering] - earned a million dollars
to take home to his fiancée
and start this new life.
Boy, is she gonna be happy.
It is very rare that all players
in the final three get votes.
So, congratulations again, Joe, Eva and Kyle.
I'm just curious.
I want to do a poll. Who voted for Joe?
Cedrek, why?
CEDREK: Well, first of all,
I related to him talking about his family
and his kids. So, he sold me on that.
- And also, he-he owned everything tonight. - Yes.
- I mean, he... - He did.
And I walked in here not knowing who I was voting for, literally.
- Really? - CEDREK: I did not know who I was--
It could have been anyone's.
And, I mean, he just did a great job tonight.
All of them did,
but, you know, I think, for those reasons, I voted for Joe.
All right, who voted for Eva?
- Star and Mary. - [whoops]
- Yay. - Mary, shocker.
I would have been happy to vote for any of them,
but the reason I did Eva was because,
for me, I value someone who plays in a way
that is true to themselves.
And Eva did that through and through.
Eva also showed me that she was hella strategic.
I was like, "She's a lot more intellectual
than she gives herself credit for."
Okay. No ... She's getting her PhD.
How about you, Star? What was it about Eva's story?
Um, it was yesterday, actually,
for me, seeing Eva in fire.
She powered up. She came through.
She had her opponent saying, "Girl, you got this.
- You can do this." - You killed it.
STAR: And that had me like, "Oh."
I said, "You know what, girl?
"You are very much getting this vote
because you wowed me."
PROBST: Star, I'm gonna say, too,
you were a spark plug this season.
- Yes. - Mm-hmm.
- PROBST: You really were, because - Mm-hmm.
you have such a great sense of humor
and you can sort of just sit back and make jokes,
but you were clearly very aware
of what was going on,
- so congratulations to you. - Very much so. Thank you.
So, everybody else voted for Kyle.
Let me just see, though,
a show of hands, so we can see who all that was.
Kyle, when you look around and you see
those arms in the air, what's the feeling?
Uh, I mean, I-I can't even describe it, Jeff.
It means the world to me. Um...
I mean, I...
PROBST: I'll come back to you.
I'll let this settle in, 'cause I realize it just happened.
- T-Thank you. - PROBST: We're in real time right now.
You're trying to put a little pizza down.
- Yeah. Yeah. - PROBST: So here's a question.
If Kamilla's in that final three,
has she got a shot to win?
- Oh, she gets every vote here. - Oh, yeah. She would've got...
- Oh, yeah. - All across the board.
If Kamilla was in that final three,
- Kamilla wins the whole game. - Yeah. - For sure.
Kamilla represents everything that is Survivor, period.
- SHAUHIN: Absolutely. - CHRISSY: Yep.
PROBST: How does that feel, Kamilla?
Because it does seem like a win for Kyle is,
in some way, a victory for you as well.
Me and Kyle were very proud of our game,
and we wanted it to be represented at final three.
So if both of us made it to final four,
we were guaranteed
that one of us would take that winning game to final three.
And it wasn't me, it was Kyle.
I want to dive into these
two different relationships,
starting with Kyle and Kamilla.
You were playing, like, a spy game.
I mean, I witnessed, in the fourth episode,
some of the best acting I've ever seen on Survivor,
when you played as though it was over,
- SHAUHIN: Mm-hmm. - which kept Thomas feeling safe.
- SHAUHIN: Mm-hmm. - And he didn't play his Steal a Vote that night.
- He had a Steal a Vote? - Steal a Vote? Steal a Vote?
- PROBST: Steal a Vote. - KAMILLA: Okay. - Wow.
Good thing I gave you that...
gave you my extra vote.
- PROBST: It was a great move. - KYLE: Yeah, Jeff.
We were both moles.
And we were both playing this game on both sides,
collecting information.
And-and when we had two minutes in passing conversations,
because people sounded the alarm on us,
we'd say, "This, this, that. Boom, boom, bang."
And then we'd go our separate ways.
Maybe I'd get to talk to her once every other day.
We could, like, exchange, like, ten words,
and then know what the plan is.
PROBST: All right, let's go to the other pair relationship,
Joe and Eva.
- Yours was very public. - Mm-hmm.
What's the downside of that?
You know, when you come into this game,
and someone presents something like that to you
out of the gate, you don't have time to think about
all the strategy and what you're gonna do next,
because I'm the type of person that...
That was a real situation.
And so I just made a decision
that, no matter what happens--
no matter what--
we're in this together.
And-and to be honest,
why I am so rejoiceful now
is what no one can take away
is she gave me an opportunity,
in front of the world, to show who I really am.
To show who I really am.
Beautiful way to take that opportunity
- and frame it. - MARY: Cheers to that, Joe.
PROBST: Shauhin, you're a great example
of you have to play Survivor to win.
You can't play to not lose.
So, as you sit here now,
what's your feeling about your season?
Yeah, I came here to play an awesome game of Survivor,
and I wanted to have a blast playing this game.
And part of my gameplay was to make it fun to play with me.
And part of the problem with that
is when it's fun to play with you,
people see that everybody's playing with you.
And when that happens, you become the threat.
And if I got taken out because of that,
then cool, I'm happy with that.
That's the game that I came to play.
And it's the way that I play every game
that I play in my life.
If you're gonna go, you might as well win.
You might as well try and win.
PROBST: All right, we're gonna take a quick break.
When we come back,
I think we should talk to Eva.
I want to hear a little bit more about what you're feeling
after everything you went through this season.
It's the Survivor 48 aftershow.
- Take a break. We'll be back for a little more right after this. - [whooping]
PROBST: Up next...
Let's talk about the night sneak.
Everybody knows I have an idol.
Like, I want to have something that nobody knows about.
You knew I left?
PROBST: So, David, this is what I want to talk about with you.
- DAVID: All right. - Milk,
milk, milk.
Here's your first look at Survivor 49.
♪
[indistinct chatter]
Welcome back to the Survivor 48
aftershow.
Well, once again, idols and advantages
- were a big part of this season. - Ooh. Ooh.
Eva, you had a knapsack
- of advantages this season. - EVA: I had so many.
PROBST: You had so many, but the one
I'm most curious about is the night sneak.
Did you think about how you were gonna get out of camp?
Did you have an ally?
This was actually the one thing that I did by myself.
Um, I, like, waited
until I was hearing Mitch sleep-talking.
And... [laughs]
And I was like, "Okay, like, I'll get up, and I'll go
to a hammock when I get back."
Because then if people are like,
"Where's Eva?" then I could just be like, "Oh, I moved
- my sleeping spot." So... - PROBST: Wait, I-I'm hearing...
Joe and Shauhin are saying, "No, this is not how it went down."
- JOE: Suddenly... - You knew I left?
Suddenly, Shauhin sprints over to me.
- He goes, "Hey." Grabs my face and goes, - Actually?
"Eva's gone."
SHAUHIN: I woke up in the middle of the night,
and I see this shadowy figure.
And I realize
it's little ol' Eva.
JOE: I'm laying there asleep
and here comes Shauhin, a bearded man,
standing over top of me.
And he's like, "Shh."
And he whispers in my ear,
"Eva's gone."
But I'm not worried at all.
Shh.
PROBST: So wait, Shauhin. So you're saying
you saw her sneak out, and...
EVA: I told you the next day.
- I know. - [Eva laughs] - JOE: First of all,
I did tell him in the moment,
- I'm like, "Chill. It's fine." - SHAUHIN: Mm-hmm.
I just wanted to make sure that I knew what it was
before I told anyone I was gonna go do it.
PROBST: Okay, Star, walk me through--
You... [chuckles] You know
- what I'm gonna ask you about. - STAR: I know what
you're about to ask me, and I'm waiting for it.
- Go ahead. - The Beware Advantage.
I didn't know it was the Beware Advantage.
Had I known, I still would have took it, but...
I didn't know it was the Beware Advantage.
And then I opened it up, and I'm like, "A puzzle lock?
What is this?"
So now, at this point, I go to Joe,
"This is what I found."
Joe immediately goes, "Yeah, I can't help you with that."
And so then I'm like,
- "Shauhin, Shauhin." - Hey. Got to be transparent.
"He's a professor. He knows. Go to the professor."
And yet, we literally thought the "V" was an "L."
Had we known the "V" was an "L," honestly,
there's nothing silent about me,
I still wouldn't have gotten the word.
- No. - But...
The word was "silent."
- STAR: The word was "silent." - Right.
And I put everything but "silent."
Mary, you were on the bottom as well,
and it led to another big moment
involving advantages and idols,
when for only the second time
- since the Shot in the Dark has been around, - DAVID: Yes.
you played it, you got it, and it turns out you needed it.
So, Mary, what do you think's gonna happen tonight?
Oh, I think all the votes will be cast for me.
And then what happens next will,
I don't know, be a surprise. I don't want to ruin it.
Mary, you are...
...safe.
MARY: Yes.
When I went in there, and I was picking,
picking the scrolls, I closed my eyes.
- I took my time. - Mm-hmm.
I felt the energy.
- And sure enough... - And sure enough.
- Great move. - ...it saved my life.
PROBST: All right, there's so much I want to talk about tonight.
But first, David, you were so funny tonight,
because even I
was looking at the jury going...
"What is wrong with him?
"Get... get over it.
You got voted out."
DAVID: I couldn't make it easy on you guys.
I wanted you to at least feel it a little bit,
because I felt it when I got voted out.
PROBST: So, David, this is what I want to talk about with you.
Milk, milk, milk.
I heard there's a way you're supposed to drink milk.
So, Steven, we have-we have one of our esteemed...
KAMILLA: Oh, my God.
- [excited chatter] - Yes! No way!
STAR: Forget the champagne, baby!
I want to toss this out!
Look at these grown-ass men.
- Oh, my God. - PROBST: Okay.
So, thank you, Steven.
What I heard, 'cause I'm not on the beach,
is that you don't just drink milk like this.
- Oh, no, no, no, no. - PROBST: Yeah.
Where your elbow is is inherently tied
to your masculinity or femininity, right?
- Whoa. - DAVID: It's true.
- [Chrissy laughs] - DAVID: So, you're 90 degrees,
like, perfectly masculine,
- and down here is perfectly feminine. - Ah.
So, usually, you know, again, 45-degree angle.
You're telling me I've been drinking milk wrong
- my whole life. - DAVID: Absolutely.
Like, like, take a drink, naturally. What do you--
Let's see how-- let's see how you look.
After what you just said, I drink like this.
[laughing]
- Cheers. - PROBST: All right, we're gonna take a quick break.
It's the Survivor 48 aftershow.
More in a moment.
[whooping, chatter]
PROBST: Up next...
You were amazing this season
because you let us witness you
literally fight through it.
I was willing to fight for myself
and come back from being at the lowest possible point
in this game.
Kyle, you got a million dollars. You're gonna get married.
KYLE: I mean, this game has pushed me to my limits
every single day, but it's exactly what I wanted.
Here's your first look at Survivor 49.
♪
Welcome back to the Survivor 48 aftershow.
All right, so, Eva, let's talk about you.
You were amazing this season.
It wasn't because you have autism.
It was because you let us witness you fight through it.
And in doing so, will these experiences
help you manage it better?
Yeah, it definitely is,
and it-it was a lot coming out here,
and I got so lucky to have Joe,
who was willing to be there by my side and be support.
And further than that, every single person
was nothing but supportive of me.
And I was willing to fight for myself
and come back from being at the lowest possible point
in this game. So, I am proud that I did that.
I am proud to show what autism is like for me.
- And it's different for everyone who has autism. - Right.
EVA: But I think that this will change the way
that many people who are on the spectrum,
the parents of people on the spectrum,
think about autism.
Well said.
- MARY: Yeah. - KYLE: Definitely.
PROBST: Kamilla, one of the things
that happened out here with you
is you were also very open about negative thinking.
Is that gonna make a mark for you?
Will it change?
KAMILLA: One hundred percent.
Like, part of me playing this game,
I realized like, "Wow, this negative thinking is horrible."
But, also, I realized
when other people say negative things about me, it fuels me.
- Wow. Huh. - KAMILLA: And so I'm excited to see how it
grows beyond Survivor.
Love that.
Mitch, I think you're gonna have a lot of people going,
"Wow, the guy can play the game. He's one
of my favorite Survivor players."
So as you sit here now,
what's your feeling about your season?
MITCH: The biggest thing that I wanted to show
was that regardless of what your struggles
or obstacles may be,
you have to be comfortable
being uncomfortable.
Is this gonna change your life at all when you go home?
I think, like, walking away
from this experience being like,
"Hey, like, I am more than capable of, like,
"going out and building
"genuine relationships
with complete strangers."
So are we talking, like, dating?
- Hey, who knows? - [laughing]
- Yes. - Yes!
[cheering, whooping]
- PROBST: You're single... - Ready to mingle.
- and ready to mingle. - Yes, sir.
Yes, sir.
PROBST: All right, I want to pop around with some questions,
just to see what you all think about each other. Kyle,
of the group,
who's gonna be the most likely
to really engage with that passionate Survivor fan
that wants to tell you how much you suck?
Oh, I think it's gonna be Shauhin.
- PROBST: Shauhin. - SHAUHIN: You know what?
The ones that don't think I'm great, I can ignore.
I have so much ego that it's just like, "Whatever.
Shut up. You come out here and do it."
But I'll probably engage with the ones that don't think
- they're great. - Yeah.
That's the ones that I'll go after.
Joe, who's most likely to throw
the first group Survivor party?
- Joe. - Oh, Mitch.
- Mitch. - PROBST: Mitch.
JOE: Mitch is humble,
but let me tell you,
that is a wild badger underneath that,
under those jorts.
EVA: Dude, he throws down. We know it.
PROBST: All right, I've given you some time, Kyle.
You end up in a final three with people who all got votes.
So this was not a slam dunk you were gonna win,
but you pulled it out.
You got a million dollar. You're gonna get married.
- Yeah. - What's the feeling now?
KYLE: It's incredible.
I mean, this game has pushed me to my limits
every single day,
but it's exactly what I wanted.
You know, Mitch said it best.
This game makes you uncomfortable,
and I can't tell you how great uncomfortable feels.
I am so happy to represent this season.
I just can't thank you all enough.
This game is the frickin' best.
Thank you for letting me ride the big wave, man.
Oh, I'm glad you were all out here, and as sad as it is...
- No. - Don't say it!
- Don't do it! Don't do it, Jeff! - [overlapping shouting]
MARY: Stop!
When we come back,
your first look at Survivor 49.
- ♪ - [cheering, whooping]
All right, welcome back to the Survivor 48 aftershow.
I want to thank all of you
and the players who didn't make the jury.
They were a part of this season.
As I've said many times,
it was a great season of Survivor.
This is the end of this season.
Fortunately, there is another one.
Here's your first look at Survivor 49.
♪
MAN: Survivor feels like a culmination of my entire lif.
Everything has led me to this moment.
WOMAN: Being a journalist is freakin' cutthroat.
I can easily pulverize all of these suckers. [laughs]
WOMAN 2: I kind of want to play this game like it's a mermaid.
You know, lure people in with my words.
And before they know it...
...they're drowning.
RIZZO: My name is Rizzo, but...
I go by the man, the myth, the legend.
R-I-Z-G-O-D. RizGod, baby.
WOMAN 3: It was not hard leaving my family at home.
As a mother of a five
and a four-year-old, this is vacation.
MAN 2: I work on Capitol Hill,
and I think that has prepared me for Survivor,
because one of my favorite pastimes is kissing butt.
MAN 3: As a law enforcement officer,
I run to the chaos.
And Survivor is chaos.
MAN 4: My parents laughed at my face
when I applied to be on Survivor, but...
Surprise, I'm on Survivor!
[cackles]
MAN 5: I feel like this is when Survivor
turns into a horror movie.
MAN 6: They're going one by one by one
back home.
Survivor 49 will be in the fall.
If you want to bid on props from this season,
with these players, you can do so.
Proceeds benefit Stand Up To Cancer.
And if you want to be on Survivor,
what do you have to do?
Apply!
PROBST: You got to apply.
We'll see you in the fall for Survivor 49.
All right, let's sign the wall.
Let's do it!
[cheering]
PROBST: All right, Kyle, you're up first.
You get the honors.
- I got a lot of markers, though. - Thank you, Jeff.
PROBST: Come on, folks.
[indistinct chatter]
PROBST: Kyle, you signed like you have an autograph.
I knew I'd be famous one day.
♪
[singing Survivor theme]
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