JONATHAN LAPAGLIA: A monumental battle...
..25 years in the making...
..nears its epic conclusion.
PARVATI: There's something about this season of Survivor
that tops any other season of Survivor
I've ever played or ever seen.
CIRIE: These Aussies have been tough.
They are gritty. They are players.
LUKE: This game had a lot of kings, a lot of champions, a lot of gods.
But there can only be one.
The King of the Jungle, baby.
Everything comes down to this.
A historic final showdown.
Two Australians.
Two Americans.
But only one can be crowned...
..the greatest Survivor player...
..of all time.
PARVATI: To be here feels like a complete full-circle moment for me.
15 years ago, I lost Heroes Vs Villains in Samoa.
I made it to the end,
and then was robbed of my win by a bitter jury.
And I was devastated by that loss.
I came back here to win this game,
to reclaim the crown that was meant to be mine.
And I think I've played the most flawless game of Survivor
that I've ever played.
I have not received one single vote this entire game.
And it just seems like divine cosmic intervention
that I still have my Survivor soul mate in the game with me.
Don't you believe it? (LAUGHS)
Oh! Parv.
Are you serious?
You don't get second chances like this.
So we're going to be sitting there holding hands
with the final two in our stumps.
I know. I know.
Hello, world.
Have you been practising your speech?
You're gonna charm the whole jury.
I know you're gonna make me work so hard.
(LAUGHS)
I'm well known in the world of Survivor
as the best player to never have won.
So I would just love for this time
everything to come to fruition.
Parvati and myself sit in the final three as planned.
And I have just as much opportunity to win this as Parvati.
But if we let Luke get to the final three,
Luke I think would be impressive in front of the jury.
I mean, we're taking Janine to three.
Of course. Yeah.
Right? Yeah.
With Luke, I would never, um, do the wrong thing by him
unless it was either him or me.
So I'm hoping that Janine sees it the way we see it.
And Luke doesn't win that final immunity challenge.
Luke and I have come a long way in this game.
And where we are now, we had a plan to get here.
Can I have a quick chat, J? Sure.
Promise me you will let me go to fire if we lose.
OK.
Luke is depending on me to vote Cirie to give him a chance at fire.
But I'm weighing up my game,
because if I vote with Cirie and Parvati,
I'm sitting at the end.
And if I get to the final three, and I'm putting a speech forward...
..I'm going to kill it.
I got a special bond with Samoa now.
I feel like I've got to live the island life.
It's crazy.
You know, I was in this exact same position,
uh, five years ago,
and final four, and I lost.
It's a full-circle moment for myself.
But I'm overwhelmed with a different type of emotion this time.
It's been a journey. Either way, I win, I lose, doesn't matter.
I'm happy that I've gone as far as I can
because my game has had a harder path.
I've had to fight from the bottom.
I've been blindsided a few times and voted wrong.
Sarah. Oh, my God.
At times I didn't know what the hell was going on.
Oh! (LAUGHS)
But I'm playing a different game this time.
My whole game is based on relationships,
not about creating crazy moves.
And I've really, really got to rely on this last 15 days
that my connection with Janine I have built so strong
that she feels indebted to me...
..to at least let me have my say.
I'll be home soon with my kids.
Things will be good, but until now,
I'm just gonna have to enjoy the game.
But the only way for me to secure a final three 100%
is to win today's challenge.
So, if it's a torture chamber...
..I'm gonna have to just dig deep and fight tooth and nail to the end.
PARVATI: Today, for me, this challenge is do or die.
I know that if I don't have the necklace around my neck...
Arrgh!
..it's probably going to be me sent packing.
So I need it for myself.
But I also need to be able to keep Cirie here too.
Oh, my Lord.
Come on in. What is this?
It looks like some sort of sacrificial...
Medieval torture chamber.
Y'all are dark in Australia.
Yeah, you better believe it.
Far out. In the sun, too.
Alright, well, congratulations.
You have survived some of the most intense and hard-boiled gameplay
we've ever seen.
And tomorrow night, one of you will be crowned Sole Survivor
and the greatest of all time.
But the only thing standing between you and that final tribal
is this little torture rack.
Are you gonna light that on fire while we're standing under it?
Yeah, you know it.
(LAUGHS) Cirie! Man.
Are you ready to get to your final immunity challenge?
Why not? Alright, Janine. Hand it over.
Yeah. There you go.
For the last time, immunity is back up for grabs.
For today's challenge...
..you're going to stand on narrow pegs
while holding on to heavy weights.
At various intervals. you'll move to narrower pegs,
making it more difficult.
At any point you step off, drop a weight...
..you're out of the challenge.
Last person left standing wins immunity
and a guaranteed spot at that final tribal
where you will have a chance to pitch to the jury
why you deserve the title of Sole Survivor
and the quarter of a million that goes with it.
Let's draw for spots. Let's get to it.
I know you can't wait.
Oh, this is real torture. Yeah, this is real torture.
Oh!
Alright, here we go. Everyone, assume the position.
Grab your weights.
Step on the first set of pegs.
Oh, my God.
Alright, here we go.
For final immunity.
This challenge is now on.
Wow. This is gonna be a nightmare.
It's all come down to this.
Whoever can stand on a peg the longest.
Now we're left two Aussies, two Americans.
Who's gonna take that crown?
Oh, my God. Luke testing those ropes.
Trying to figure out how much weight is there.
Everyone has 20% of your body weight.
Oh, my God.
There is no comfortable position in this challenge.
You're gonna start to feel the weight of those sandbags.
Those pegs are going to start grinding into the soles of your feet.
Those pegs are going to feel like daggers in your feet now.
Cirie clearly not comfortable.
(GROANS)
A little slip from Cirie.
She tries to readjust.
Nice save.
(YELPS) Jonathan.
Oh, my God!
Whew!
Cirie loses balance, she falls backwards.
Good job, Cirie. I can't feel my foot.
And after 30 minutes, she steps off the pegs.
Oh.
No shot at immunity.
Sorry, Parv. You did your best.
Felt like two hours.
Oh.
Alright.
We're an hour into this challenge. Let's turn up the heat.
We're gonna move on to the next set of pegs.
Great.
These are a lot smaller.
Oh, my God.
Here we go. Five.
Four.
Three.
Two.
One.
Everyone's made the transition. Pegs a lot smaller now.
Janine dancing around on her pegs now.
Whoa. Oh!
And after an hour and 15, Janine drops off the pegs.
What happened, Janine?
I leant forward on one arm and then that counterbalanced.
Oh. She's out of the challenge.
No shot at immunity.
Now we have a showdown between Luke and Parvati.
They played idols for each other last night.
Oh, my God.
Are they going to show each other such mercy today?
Parvati, ramrod straight.
Oh. Oh!
Luke doing everything he can to push through.
Ahh!
Every part of his foot on fire.
Ah!
LUKE: Ah!
So, here we are.
And it's come down to this -
one American versus one Australian.
Ahh!
Yeah.
Most important challenge of the season.
Ahh!
Step off that peg, you're out.
Arrgh.
Luke doing everything he can to push through.
Oh, my God.
Meanwhile...
..Parvati like a statue.
Luke, it'd be so easy just to step off and end the pain now.
What's keeping you going?
Walking in with that necklace.
What's keeping you up there, Parv?
This is my challenge.
That's my necklace.
(LUKE GRUNTS)
Arrgh!
Oh, my God.
Been at it for an hour, 30 minutes.
Luke has been a hot mess for quite a while, but he's still in it.
Ah.
I'm always a hot mess. But how many times have I dug deep?
Yeah, 100%.
Alright. In a moment, we're going to transition to the final peg.
The fun one. Oh, my God.
Remember, this is a live transition.
Here we go. Five.
Four.
Three.
Two.
One.
There it is.
Both successfully make the transition.
Oh, my Lord.
Ah! That peg is so sharp now.
Oh!
Uh... Oh!
Uhh!
Oh...
Oh, oh!
Oh. (BLEEP!)
Luke really struggling to keep his balance.
I can't even (BLEEP).
Arrgh!
So much pain.
Trying to fight through it.
That peg is like a hot poker into the sole of your foot.
Oh.
Parvati shaking now.
Luke all the way forward.
Shaking. Grimacing. Grunting.
Arrgh!
After an hour and 48, Luke is out and Parvati wins final immunity.
Oh, yeah. Thank you.
My legs are shaking.
Oh, my God. Oh, my God.
I so want to cry.
I know, I know. Oh, my God.
Oh...
Oh.
Oh...
You OK? Are you OK?
Oh, Parv.
Oh, sweetie. (SOBS)
You did so well. You're a machine.
Oh, my God.
That last one.
Oh, my God. Oh!
Oh.
(SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY) Yeah.
Good job. Were you in trouble?
Were you bad or good there?
I was gonna survive as long as it needed.
That last peg... That was very sharp.
Parvati, come on over.
Oh, my God. Here it is.
Most important immunity is yours.
How's that feel? It feels so good.
Yeah? Yeah.
I want to be in that final. I want to win this game.
And it means so much to me.
And I've never won the final immunity.
Well, there it is.
This is a first for me. Fantastic.
Well, you've guaranteed yourself a spot at final tribal.
You're going to have a chance to plead your case.
As for the rest of you, Tribal Council tonight,
where one of you will become the seventh and final member of our jury.
Well done, everyone. Head back to camp.
I'll see you tonight.
Amazing.
Well, we're back. Yeah, we are back.
There's a bit of smoke in the fire.
Yeah.
This is going to be
such a weird scramble. Yeah.
It's like the most disgusting scramble
that it is that you can get.
I won the final immunity challenge, and I'm sitting in the final three,
guaranteed.
Now I'm gonna do everything I can to get Cirie to final three.
I want her there at the end with me.
Yes.
Sure, sure.
This was the only challenge I needed to win.
The only one. All set.
Breakfast. Wow. Oh, my God.
But if Luke gets there...
..then he's gonna be really hard to beat.
I agree.
I know Luke is gonna take it from any of us if we go there.
Luke is a big threat in front of the jury.
It's in Janine's best interest to work with us
if she wants to sit in the final three, guaranteed.
We split the vote
and Janine doesn't vote for him and he goes to fire, you're gone.
So, I was like, I don't want that to happen.
So, I want to make sure that Janine is 100%.
I know going into this Tribal Council,
if Cirie has to do fire against Luke, Cirie's gonna lose.
So we need to get it locked in.
Me and you, J. Come here.
It's been a pleasure knowing and playing with you.
And could I cash in that favour?
Anytime I could cash in that favour?
I said to you 14 days ago... Yeah.
It stays. Yeah.
I have a good feeling that Parvati and Cirie want me out of this game.
So tonight I feel like I've only got one option -
myself and Janine voting Cirie, and we go to a tie.
That means me and Cirie go to fire.
Well, yeah, I'm writing down Cirie.
So, if you write down Cirie and I seen that second Cirie,
I know I've got that little chance of fire, you know.
Yeah.
You know, I didn't tell her about my idol.
There's been mistakes made.
But last night I gave Janine my necklace, protecting her.
And Janine did promise me she would take me to final three.
So I'm praying to God.
I'm praying that she feels this way still.
So, I'm gonna vote that tonight.
Obviously, it's up to you to do your magic
if you want to do it, you know?
But I, um...I'm putting all my eggs in your basket.
Janine.
Let's go chat. Alright, let's go chat.
It's so close to the end. Mmm.
Oh, this is so... I know. It's too bad.
It's too bad. I know.
I do trust Janine. And Janine, Mrs Shark Tank, knows deals.
And she knows that this is a smart deal
for her to go to a final three.
I know Luke is going to push you hard
because he knows if he makes fire between any of us, he'll win.
But listen, Luke is the only man still left in this game.
If Luke sits next to Christ himself,
he's going to win. Anyone.
If Luke sits there, we're just handing him a cheque. Right?
We're handing him the game.
Forget about the cheque. We're handing him the title.
We're handed him the days that we've been out here
pushing and struggling and staying in it.
And that's what it's about.
There is so many mixed emotions.
The pros of letting Luke go to fire is that I've stuck to my word.
I said I was going to do it and I did it.
The cons is my chances of winning Sole Survivor
are seriously diminished.
I'll be thrilled for us three ladies to sit in the final three.
So, that's it for me.
I don't want to let Luke down.
But ultimately, I have to think about what's good for me too.
CIRIE: I'll be thrilled for us three ladies to sit in the final three.
So that's it for me.
So, I have a choice. Right.
My choice is to go with you guys, which I want to anyway. Right?
I want to anyway. Right? Oh, that's amazing.
Or do I...?
Well, I don't really have a plan B. Right.
I don't have a plan B. Right.
I would love to be with the two of you at the end.
Absolutely.
I want to make sure that Janine is 100%.
So far, it looks good as long as Janine doesn't crack.
I didn't know if Janine would be willing to turn on Luke,
but it looks like she really is.
And this is music to my ears.
I think she's good.
I think she... She wants to win.
It's full circle moments for multiple people out here.
I was in this exact same position five years ago
in final four and I lost.
So, tonight I'm asking a favour from the Godmother.
The fairy Godmother.
And I'm hoping
she sprinkles that little bit of pinky dust on me in embers
and she lets me go to fire.
We'll now bring in our jury.
Sarah, Kirby,
Kass, Tommi, Lisa,
and Shonee, voted out at the last Tribal Council.
So, Parvati, after 15 manic days of Survivor,
here we are so close to the end
and we're left with two Aussies and two World players.
What do you think that says about this game?
Like, this is the most special experience of Survivor
I've ever had.
I think because of this group of people and the international people,
it's a real privilege
and it just feels like such an honour to be in this position.
So, I know that winning would be important for you personally,
but is there any level of patriotism attached to this for you?
Is it important that a World player should win?
I think...yeah,
we all want to represent where we come from
and we have a level of pride in our country.
It does sort of feel like the Olympics in that way.
But I'd like to think that it stopped being
Aussie strong, World strong after the merge.
It was like, OK, we're doing this game
because this is the greatest game of Survivor ever of all time.
But look, you fought hard to keep Aussies in the game.
What would it mean to you to be at the final Tribal
representing your country?
Oh, look. You know, it would be, um, like, a pleasure.
Um,
I know right now I'm in a little bit of trouble.
So, right now I'd love to try to go in Aussie strong,
at least two Aussies, one American.
Um, because that gives us a way better chance
of an Aussie taking it home rather than American.
Janine, what would you say to that?
Look, I think when you get down to four,
um, there is that Australian/World, um, divide.
But when you get down to four,
you really have to play an individual game,
because at the end of the day,
you've got...you have to get to the right three at the end
to have a chance to be able to convince these people over here
to give you that title.
Cirie, I'm assuming that you would consider yourself
to be part of that right three at the end.
I would love to be part of that right three at the end.
But as Janine says,
when it gets to four, the lines get a little blurred.
Parvati, what would it mean to you
to have Cirie with you at the end of this game?
It would mean a lot.
It feels like this game is sort of like rewriting history for me,
and I want her there.
And Cirie, remind me, how many times have you played?
Uh, counting this time would be five.
Five, right. And you've never gotten to the end,
but you've gotten super close
a couple of times. Mm.
So how would you feel about getting to the end on this one?
Um, I think it would be like
a culmination of my Survivor journey that started almost 20 years ago.
And I could maybe lay down my Survivor hat.
(LAUGHTER)
So, Parvati, is it fair to assume
that you two are going to be voting together tonight?
I think that's pretty fair to assume.
So, Janine, obviously Parvati and Cirie are going to vote together.
What are the chances that we're going to go to fire tonight?
It's not a fun night tonight, right?
I'm not sitting here going, "Oh, yeah, here we are," you know?
Because there is someone I care about very deeply
that is going to be disappointed.
But there's conversations that have been had
and there's decisions that have been made.
And, you know, sometimes you've just got to,
you know, stick with... stick with what you've said.
Alright. Well, I think it is time to vote.
Cirie, you're up.
This is only because I don't have another choice.
Cirie, one of the greatest.
If for whatever reason, you go home tonight and I don't,
just know it has been a pleasure.
I'll go count the votes.
Alright, I'll read the votes.
First vote...Luke.
Cirie.
One vote Luke. One vote Cirie.
Luke. Two votes Luke. One vote Cirie. One vote left.
Cirie. We're tied.
Alright. We're gonna go to a fire-making challenge
to determine who's going to survive to see another day.
Alright, Cirie and Luke,
you both have the same fire-making materials.
The goal is to make a fire high enough to burn through that rope.
First person to do so
earns their spot at tomorrow night's final Tribal.
Loser is going to be the final member of our jury.
Stakes don't get any higher.
Are you ready? Yes.
Alright. You may begin. Good luck.
PARVATI: Cirie.
You have a flint, knife, coconut husk and kindling.
Keep your cool, Luke.
Luke scraping the magnesium.
Cirie doing the same.
Come on, Cirie.
Luke going for a spark.
Wasting no time.
Can he get it to catch?
Cirie going for a spark now.
Lots of spark from Luke.
There it is. He gets a flame.
Now he needs to keep it going.
Luke swinging it back and forth.
Rock the baby like Sarah did.
Cirie, can she get that husk to catch?
She's been here before.
Meanwhile, Luke...
..has a flame going now.
Gonna build it up with some kindling.
Keep your cool.
Now he's trying to get that kindling to catch.
Trying to build it up.
Flame dropping away again.
Oh, it's stressing me out.
Cirie going for a spark again.
There it is, Cirie. There you go.
Cirie has a little flame going now. Nice.
Keep it alive.
Can she keep it going. With the kindling.
Luke still has a lot of smoke.
Relax, Luke. Stay calm.
Tiny flame inside there.
Ah, this is intense. What's happening?
And it catches for Luke.
Puts on some more kindling.
Cirie's flame disappears.
Cirie is trying to nurse her fire back.
Oh, my God! Holy moly!
And all of Luke's kindling collapses, smothering his fire.
Oh, my God.
Just relax, Luke. Keep your cool.
That opens the door for Cirie.
Cirie, cool, calm and collected.
No.
More husk.
Parvati trying to help her out.
Would love to keep her friend in this game.
Cirie slowly building up that fire.
Good job, Cirie.
Luke's fire a bit of a mess at this point.
Quickly rebuilding his structure.
Cirie trying to give her fire some more oxygen.
Puts on some more husk.
Oh! Put it higher.
Luke trying to build his fire up high enough to reach that rope.
More kindling, Cirie.
Luke has a nice little teepee reconstructed there.
Carefully putting it together this time.
He doesn't want it to collapse again.
Oh, my God.
Meanwhile, Cirie getting to the kindling now.
A little...yeah, make it higher, Cirie.
Trying to catch up to Luke. There you go.
Teepee it up. You gotta make it taller.
Luke's fire is starting to lick that rope.
Oh, but his structure collapses again.
Keep your cool.
The wind is pushing that flame around.
Holy cow!
Cirie trying to build hers up. She blows it out.
Brings it back again.
Luke has a legit fire going on there.
It's high enough.
It just keeps avoiding that rope.
Cirie is building her fire up. Now hers is starting to touch the rope.
This is so close.
Luke's fire all over the side of that rope there.
Cirie keeps on chipping away. Keeps building hers up.
Good job, Cirie.
The wind keeps pushing Luke's flame around.
Luke just keeps adding more wood.
More oxygen.
His rope is on fire.
There you go. The rope is on fire!
Yes!
Oh, my God! Wins his spot back in the game.
How amazingly close was that?
Oh, my God! I though I lost it. Wow.
Congratulations, Luke.
Oh, Luke, how does that feel?
Look, I've got to say a big thanks to J.
Thank you, J, for letting me go through the top three.
It means the world.
And Cirie, again so close. Yeah.
Obviously, I'm devastated that I got this close,
but at the same time,
I'm proud that I was at least in it this time.
Last time I tried to make fire there was nothing.
Look at this. This is a beautiful fire.
And I had an absolute blast.
There it is. Yay!
So I leave with my head held high.
I was so proud of this little fire. Yeah.
You don't know how much it means to me.
Like, because I know I have it in me to do it.
It's like everything in my life,
I have to challenge myself because I know that it's in there.
It just struggles to come out sometimes.
And this one just came out a little later than Luke.
So... That's the way it goes.
Oh, Jonathan, I don't want to hear you say it.
Cirie...
Parv.
I know, I know.
I know. Bring it home.
How about that? Do that.
Bye, Lukey. See ya.
Saw my fire, though.
Congrats. Thanks.
Good job. Thanks, Parv.
Don't do it, Jonathan. Don't do it.
Well, Cirie, you've played a great game.
It's been such a privilege to have you out here.
Thank you for coming to join us.
But... Thanks for having me. I know.
..the tribe has spoken. Arrgh!
Damn.
I know. Alright.
Bye, guys. Kick ass, Parvati.
I'm counting on you. Thank you.
I hate the title of "the best Survivor player to never win".
Um, but I guess I'm going to have to wear it.
I think it's only fair
that Luke has a chance of actually
getting back in the game.
Who I want to win is Parv. Who I think may win is Luke.
And I tried to tell Janine,
if Luke gets to this final three, Luke has a great chance.
We'll have to see.
Oh, I am so devastated.
It feels like a tragedy
that Cirie was put in the position of going up against Luke for fire.
And having Cirie here as my number one,
and to get so close to the end and watch her go out in flames...
..it felt like such a heartbreak.
To have made it all the way to the final three
and, like, knowing that I had to win that final immunity challenge
or I would have been out...
..it's like this bittersweet farewell,
but I still have final Tribal, so I have to regroup.
I have to refocus, and I have to keep going in this game and stay in it.
Final three. Oh, my God. Oh, my God.
Hopefully we get a big breakfast this morning.
We're gonna need it for our final Tribal.
Yeah, yeah.
I'm gonna bring the heat with my speech.
Yeah, yeah.
I know you're a keynote speaker,
and you're really good at speaking,
but I'm coming for you guys.
No, this is not... This is very different.
I've done everything I could to prove that I'm the greatest of all time.
But what makes Survivor one of the hardest games to play,
you don't have the power at the end.
You're giving the power away to these people who you've burned.
The last time I was here in Samoa
I got so close to the end and was burned by a bitter jury.
So I'm hoping that tonight things go a little differently.
I gotta see. Luke, your big butt is blocking it.
How good is that? Oh, my God. (LAUGHS)
Look at that! Oh, my God. Oh, my God.
Should we have champagne? A champagne toast?
Champagne toast. Let's start with champagne toast.
OK.
(ALL CHEER)
Final three.
Oh, my God! Cheers.
Cheers. Cheers, guys.
Hey, also, you know, here's to friendship.
Here's to friendship. Unlikely friendships.
Unlikely.
And also loyalty in a game that is full of lies and deception.
And also, when someone gives a word, they keep it.
No. True that. Yeah.
Much love.
I went through a wave of emotions yesterday.
Tribal Council,
I thought there was a good chance I was getting sent home.
But you know what?
There's a little bit of heart left in this game.
And Janine showed that last night by giving me a chance.
So, this is what it feels like. The final three breakfast.
Something that's evaded me for such a long time.
I know, me too.
You've made it. Here you are.
I'm finally at the last hurdle. I need to get my words correct.
I need to speak from the heart.
You know how much this means to me.
You just did that so fast. Yeah.
I could do a scrambled egg.
You know, I truly love this game.
And to be crowned Sole Survivor of the world... Oh!
It's actually seasoned perfectly. Thank you.
Oh, my God.
All the way to the end. All the way.
Everyone needs a Janine in their life.
What I am really proud of
is that I played this game really like a godmother.
I took people out and blindsided when I had to,
but ultimately, I was loyal to the family.
OK, we won't be needing this anymore.
The last time you'll ever do that.
How am I going to win this game is like I do in business.
You just need to have the emotional intelligence to read the room.
Goodbye, Survivor. Goodbye, Samoa.
Luke and Parvati, they are incredible players.
But I am backing myself
in my ability to talk to the jury and public speaking,
and I can do that really well.
Jonathan. Luke.
Feeling good? Feeling great.
Alright. We'll now bring in our jury.
Sarah, Kirby,
Kass, Tommi, Lisa, Shonee,
and Cirie, voted out at the last Tribal Council.
Alright, so here we are, the final Tribal Council
with one American and two Aussies.
Parvati, Janine and Luke,
you have gone as far as you can go in this game.
And tonight the power shifts to them -
the jury.
Seven people that you've had a hand in voting out,
either directly or indirectly,
will now decide which of you three deserves to win this game.
This is how it's going to work.
You're each going to make an opening statement.
This is your chance to convince the jury
that you deserve the title of Sole Survivor,
and the quarter million dollars that goes with it.
Then it's going to be the jury's turn.
They're going to ask you questions.
Lots of questions, and you'll try to answer them.
Once everyone's had their say,
the jury is gonna vote
and decide who's the greatest player of all time.
Alright, Janine, you want to kick us off?
I want the title of Sole Survivor. I want it, right?
Um, the money? The money is second.
So, let's talk about what I think about the game of Survivor.
I see Survivor as a game of loyalty and trust.
You just have to pick the right people.
And my person came in the form of Luke.
So, we go into merge.
It didn't go well for us.
I believed that we were staying Australia strong.
But after that...that time that you got sent out, Sarah,
I went, lie to me once, fool on them.
Lie to me twice, fool on me.
And so I actually knew we have to take Kirby out.
And you do not miss when you swing at someone like Kirby.
We executed the plan really effectively,
and I could see the path to top four.
It wasn't by accident. It was planned and calculated.
And I had a majority with Cirie, Parvati and Luke.
So, we were at the final four.
I actually felt really conflicted.
You know, Luke is all heart, right?
And so he's a tough man to beat.
But, you know, sometimes you've just got to stick with what you've said.
That fire challenge.
That was probably my biggest
yet hardest move that I made in this game.
But I think the way you win this game
and the way you can get to the end is, honestly, trust and loyalty.
And I actually say loyal.
So I think to summarise,
my Survivor game is actually flawless.
And to actually have a strategy,
a plan and then an execution of that plan was actually gold.
Alright. Luke.
Um, first, I wanted to start with a little story.
OK. In 2017, when I applied for Survivor,
I got put in a room of about 40 people,
and we got asked a question, uh,
what will make you a great Survivor player?
And I said, I'm going to be one of the most dominant Survivor players
the world has ever seen.
And do you know what? Everyone laughed.
Now I'm here and I'm so happy because I love this game.
And I can outwit, I can outplay, but I've never been able to outlast.
So to finally get that bit right
means I've finally got the last piece to the puzzle.
Now you probably want to hear about the game.
Day three I found my idol
and I feel like I was the one looking the most,
so I was stoked with that.
Now the George vote. We get George out.
One thing happened in that vote that was really important.
It was me and J.
J whispered in my ear
and she asked me to change the vote in Tribal Council,
and I said done.
And we promised ourselves that we would get to final three together.
I made a deal with one of the greatest CEOs, businesswomen,
that Australia has ever seen.
It was a contract, would you say?
And, uh, it has served me well, as you can see.
After all that, the first vote emerged.
I wanted to stay Australia strong. I preached it very well.
And I didn't want you to go, Sarah.
But Sarah went home and I sat on the beach that night and I was like,
oh, my God, I need to do something.
We are now in the minority.
So I ran to the wolf pack - Tommi, Lisa and Kass,
and I said, screw Australia.
I'm ready to go on a world trip and play with you guys,
youse three.
But unfortunately, the next day, you didn't take anyone to the spa,
and then we didn't get spoken to all day.
Me and Shonee felt like stray dogs.
And that's when I started realising
that the move to go with youse guys isn't there anymore.
It needs to be with Parvati
and it needs to be with Cirie and Janine.
But on that crazy Tribal, I learned something.
Parvati had a parchment that could take someone's idol,
and after lots of back and forth,
I managed to get her to rip up the parchment.
Now...
..the last immunity challenge.
I fought tooth and nail against Parv, but I lost.
Now I've only got one option.
Janine. That debt.
And J repaid that favour and let me go to fire.
We said we could work it to the end. And we did.
I am Survivor.
I feel like I'm the heart of this game.
I believe that I am a great representation
of Australian Survivor,
but I think I would be even better representation for World Survivor.
Alright, Parv, you ready to go?
Survivor, for me, has been a 20-year love affair.
And I never, ever would have anticipated sitting here
in the final three, playing nearly 20 years later.
But to have this be a world season of Survivor.
Like, what? I can't say no to that.
And I think this is the best game of Survivor
I've ever played in my life.
So, I'll share a little bit about my game.
I hit the ground running at the beach as one of the biggest targets.
I know that, especially coming here with Cirie.
So it was really important for me to reconnect with Cirie right away
to see if this relationship was going to stick.
As soon as we had our first conversation,
I was like, that's my girl. 100%.
And we were just locked back in,
just like we were in Micronesia, like no time had passed.
So once we get to the merge, it's auction time.
So I'm really excited about this auction.
And when we get there
and this bonehead evicts me from the auction
and I'm like, come on, Luke, you should know better.
You've played Australian Survivor multiple times.
You know nothing is as straightforward
as just sending someone home.
No. I know.
And there was an advantage for me on the beach,
which gave me the opportunity to steal someone's idol.
So then we're at merge.
And then from that point,
I got this sense that the game was shifting.
I felt like people were starting to think about the end game...
..and I was worried that I would not be the person
that maybe Lisa, Kass and Tommi wanted to sit next to at the end.
So then when I sensed that there could be a move being made on me,
I felt like, OK, here's my time.
I got to make some pandemonium at this Tribal Council.
Pull out my idol, put it around my neck.
But I'm like, I still don't feel safe.
Gathered the troops - Luke and Janine.
And I was like, alright, I'm gonna vote with you guys tonight
because I just feel like something is amiss.
And then Kass whips out her idol and I was like... (GULPS)
I wasn't expecting that.
But then I remembered I had the advantage.
So, you got to be on your toes out here. I pull out my advantage.
Read the first two lines, which say,
oh, ""This is Knowledge Is Power. You can steal someone's immunity."
But I don't read the third line that says,
"You have to present this to Jonathan
"before he says it's time to vote."
I keep that information to myself.
And then once I shared that advantage
and I said that in Tribal,
Luke got so scared that he came up to me and was like,
"Please rip up your advantage.
"I have an idol. I haven't told anyone about it."
But he told me, giving me complete power over his game.
So with that said,
I know that I am sitting here next to Australia's national treasure
and a OG, like, amazing businesswoman
keynote speaker powerhouse.
But I'm hoping that tonight
your vote is based on who's played the best game.
Because the game that they played was the best game.
Alright, jury, you've heard three pitches.
Now it's your turn to ask questions and hold these three accountable.
Lisa.
You want to kick us off?
Obviously I really like Survivor. It makes me very, very happy.
So, Luke, I was wondering if you could tell me
something about Survivor
that makes you as happy as Survivor makes me.
Man, I just like catching crabs.
I like running around the jungle, jumping off cliffs.
I like the fire part. I thrive out here.
That's why I say I am Survivor.
And here I am now, next to Janine and Parvati.
And I can just imagine how happy and how honoured you guys must be
to sit next to the world's greatest player.
(LAUGHTER)
Cirie, what have you got?
Um, Miss Parvati, my question for you.
The night when I lost that fire,
I felt obviously devastated.
But I felt that you were more devastated than I was.
Why was it so important for you for me to be sitting here with you?
Oh.
It's so miraculous
to have a Survivor soulmate.
And I was like,
if Cirie wants to work with me
and we can lock in like we did in Micronesia to have another chance...
..I'm gonna get her to the end of the game.
And as soon as I knew you had to go up against Luke at fire,
I was like, this is going to be a bloodbath.
I was, like, trying to cheer you on,
and you got the fire, and then you almost got it.
And I was like, she's gonna do it.
Ah... And then you didn't,
and I'm like, oh, it just feels like...
It feels like a sinking feeling.
Like I wanted to... I wanted you to be sitting here. I really did.
Alright, Tommi, what have you got for us?
Parvati, so for me, there was times in the game
when I tried to play with you.
Were you ever gonna play with me, or were you just playing me?
No, I was playing with you.
When we got to...before we got to the merge, it was World strong.
Yeah, yeah. It's five people.
But, like, with me, like, were you never like...
Oh.
Well, yeah. It's just like, I have loved your spirit
and your essence in this game.
But I saw how close you were with Lisa and Kass.
So I invested my time and energy
in the women that I had previously aligned with,
trying to work with Kirby.
Basically it was World strong, woman strong and never Tommi strong.
(LAUGHTER)
It's just not going to be our love story. I'm sorry.
Thank you. I can't work with everybody.
Yeah. I wanted to work with you, Tommi.
(LAUGHTER)
OK, let's go on there.
So, Luke, you been since day one Aussie strong.
Yeah.
You said yesterday, last Tribal
that you even wanted the Australian to win this thing.
Yes.
So, why wouldn't I take the play from that playbook
and vote World strong tonight?
I totally understand.
And you know what, Tommi?
I had to fight from the bottom.
The moment that Sarah got taken,
I straightaway knew we'd lost majority.
And that's why I ran up to you.
And I was sitting in a perfect position.
Shonee and me had voted with youse guys.
We were ready to make the move.
It was proof. We wrote it down.
Yet at the same time, I did have J,
and J was saying play with Cirie and play with Parv,
but I actually wanted to work with youse.
If youse took me and Shonee to the spa,
even one of us probably,
no doubt youse would have still had me and Shonee
and you would have had the five and I would have taken out these guys.
But you didn't.
You, like, left us out to dry for 24 hours
and then expected us to vote with you.
You know, I just felt more like abandoned to the fact that
let's jump over with Cirie and Parv.
I played the safe vote.
I actually feel like I didn't take the crazy blindside.
I didn't take the crazy move.
And that's how I got here in final three.
Alright, Kass, what have you got?
In order to win this game, you need,
let's say, like, four votes from us.
Yeah.
Parvati, which votes here do you think you have, and why?
OK.
Oh, Kass. That's a hard question.
Kass, I think you and I
were each other's fiercest competition out here.
So if the tables were turned and I was on the jury and you were here,
you would get my vote.
And, uh, Lisa as well.
And Cirie.
The women who are in my women's alliance. And maybe Kirby.
Because Kirby also has shown up as this huge player.
And I think if you come in
and want to play at a high level of competition
and you want to, like, really run and gun this game,
then you will vote for the person
who was on the right side of the votes,
whose plan came through every single time,
who knew what was going on,
and was already one of the biggest threats in the game,
and outlasted some of the other massive threats in the game.
Alright. Sarah.
Janine. Sarah.
Funny thing about jury, we do talk.
Yep.
So we do get insights into people's games.
And we come here wanting to clarify the missing pieces.
Um, just because your game is so based around loyalty,
Kirby and I have been chatting.
Kirby was Aussie strong
until you had that conversation with her
saying that I was throwing her name out there, which I was.
But I think you're a smart enough person to know
that if you start stoking the flames, Kirby will move.
And, you know, that broke our Aussie strong agreement.
And it played you into a minority with Luke.
It was Janine that broke up the Aussies?
Yeah.
Goddammit!
You say you played a flawless game
and I can't look past that little flaw.
Because, um, you were actually
going for each other, um... Yes.
..I felt like I had to choose.
Yes. Right?
So, not then, though.
But, like, I thought that it was important for Kirby
to know what was going on.
Not then, though.
Because, um, you were actually going for each other, um...
Yes. ..I felt like I had to choose.
Yes. Right?
So, not then, though.
But, like, I thought
that it was important for Kirby to know what was going on.
Not then, though.
I wanted to play with Kirby, and I wanted to get her trust.
Now, if I got that trust back,
and she actually told me she was voting for you,
then maybe I would have had an opportunity to say,
whoa, Bessie.
We want to be Aussie strong. We want to keep the majority.
Did you not, um... So, did you not tell Janine that?
Well, she knew that obviously I would become head hunting.
I didn't know, Sarah. I didn't know.
But when you said to me
I needed to be wary of this queen... Yep.
..if you know the way I play, if I hear my name, I'm coming.
No, no. But, no, the thing is, though,
you still make your own choices.
Alright, Shonee. Got a question?
Luke. Yeah.
Was there any, like, single moment that you felt the most vulnerable?
And then how did you flip that around
to now be sitting at the final three from the bottom?
Yeah.
Oh, look, uh, I think when we voted Kass out.
I think when we went for that second immunity,
I thought that was the time where I needed to win.
But I learned something in that Tribal.
Parvati had a parchment that could take someone's idol.
So I joined up with Parvati.
And you got to understand,
for me to get her to rip up that parchment,
that's a crazy move.
It only benefits me.
As much as she can sit there and go it benefits her,
she could have taken my idol straight off me,
left me powerless, and blindsided me.
But I didn't do that because I wanted to play with Luke.
I thought he's a big threat in this game.
He's willing to go to the end with me. Let's do it.
So I was willing to do the trust exercise to rip up the parchment.
That was a conscious choice
for me to build trust with Luke and Janine,
so that Cirie and I would have a four going into the final.
Alright. Kirby.
Um, this is to you, Parv.
I knew from day one
that I wanted to stand next to the queen
and up there and play this game with you.
Told you the truth. Everything that I knew and everything else.
All I want to know is was that a consideration for you at all?
So, that mattered to me.
And I wanted to play with you, too.
I just felt like we could do some real damage in this game.
Just like Bonnie and Clyde.
But were we ever going to be in it,
or was I just getting broken up with?
I wanted to work with you,
and I believed you
when you were saying, like, "I'm committed, I'm with you."
And I was like, yeah, let's do this. Like, I felt that with you.
And then when we got to merge,
I'd already...I already had this solid four.
And they were like, OK, we gotta take out Kirby.
And I was like, maybe it's too soon. Maybe don't vote out Kirby tonight.
But the plan was already in place.
The momentum was already happening,
but even still, I almost played my idol for you.
I was like, do I come into this Tribal and blow this whole thing up?
But at that point, if I was going to go back against it,
I would be going against the tide
and I would be burning people that I was building trust with,
Luke and Janine.
And also, I was starting to think about the end game.
And this game for me has been, um,
the culmination of everything that I've learned in my entire life
to be able to adapt when I needed to adapt.
Tune into my intuition
when people are getting paranoid and chaos is happening.
And I've been on the right side of every single vote
because I've either known what the plan was or I created the plan.
I have been the biggest threat in this game
and no-one ever wrote my name down.
I don't know, it's shocking to me.
OK, jury, you should have more than enough information
to decide who you think deserves the title
and the quarter million dollars.
For the last time, it is time to vote.
Shonee, you're up.
This is such an amazing final three. It's actually so hard.
Luke, your Survivor legacy has been exceptional
this and every game you've played,
and that makes you undisputably the greatest of all time.
Now, don't think that this vote is because I love you.
This vote is because I truly believe
that you are the best Survivor player in the world.
I'll go count the votes.
Well, we asked the world to come play Australian Survivor,
and you did not disappoint.
Your passion and commitment to the game
has given us a remarkable season, so thank you.
And you Aussies weren't bad either.
(LAUGHTER)
The only thing left to do is crown a winner.
So I'm gonna read the votes.
Here we go.
First vote, Parvati.
Luke.
That's one vote Parvati, one vote Luke.
Parvati.
That's two votes Parvati, one vote Luke.
Parvati.
Three votes Parvati, one vote Luke.
Winner of Australia Versus The World, Parvati.
(CHEERING)
Parv... Cheque now?
Here's your cheque.
(CHEERING)
This is my final time playing Survivor.
So, to have been awarded the win from the jury
is, like, the sweetest moment.
It has been a pleasure to be a part of your Survivor journey.
And you will forever be my Survivor soulmate.
I'm so grateful
to have been a part of this incredible experience
of Australia versus the World.
There's something about this game that just gets in my blood.
I feel like I was born to play Survivor.
Being in the World tribe,
I've watched your game from front row and I have one thing to say -
you are still the great player
that made me fall in love with this game.
Parvati. Played a great game.
I feel like you were in control basically the entire time.
I think this is the best game of Survivor I've played
because I think I made some pretty great moves.
I kept myself in a majority alliance.
Game was impeccable. Your timing was impeccable.
I think you deserve this crown.
With the biggest target on your back since day one,
and still able to play the level that you played,
you're truly the greatest of all time.
This feels like a full circle moment for me personally.
It feels like kind of rewriting history
in a way that feels so right.
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