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• Rachel wins IC again,michel2, 09:20 PM, 12-18-24
• Whoops,Flowerpower1, 09:31 PM, 12-18-24
• TC....,Flowerpower1, 09:41 PM, 12-18-24
• Fire making challenge...,Flowerpower1, 09:53 PM, 12-18-24
• Vote Predictor,michel2, 09:55 PM, 12-18-24
  • Votes....,Flowerpower1, 10:08 PM, 12-18-24
• The force aka wind was with Sam....,Flowerpower1, 10:06 PM, 12-18-24
• Final TC,Flowerpower1, 10:25 PM, 12-18-24
• Thoughts post final TC,Flowerpower1, 10:35 PM, 12-18-24
• Well Deserved,michel2, 10:36 PM, 12-18-24
  • RE: Well Deserved,Flowerpower1, 10:48 PM, 12-18-24
    • RE: Well Deserved,michel2, 11:25 AM, 12-21-24
• Only vote for Sam was Kyle.,Flowerpower1, 10:45 PM, 12-18-24
  • RE: Only vote for Sam was Kyle.,michel2, 11:29 AM, 12-21-24
• Reunion Show,Flowerpower1, 10:53 PM, 12-18-24
• RE: S47 ~ Ep 14 ~ Finale ~ East Coast Update Thread,Flowerpower1, 10:59 PM, 12-18-24
  • Thank you, FP,michel2, 11:30 AM, 12-21-24

Now she's in the HoF of Survivor immunity wins! What else is missing on her CV?

So sorry folks, nothing to see here....yet. Posted in the wrong thread, thanks for the heads up Michel! First transcriptions are in the vote thread for those that are looking! Sorry!

Post Immunity challenge, Rachel wins

Return to camp. Rachel: the feeling now is dis\belief. I've tied an immunity record, never occurred to me that I tied these others, so cool but also reminds me that Kelly and Chris didn't win....I set myself up to truly punch this win. She's telling them right away that Sue is going to go with me, she is the only loyal ally that I have had.

The person she knows she wants in fire is Sam, she's being trying to get him out for a long time. Knocking Sam out directly won't elevate my game really.

Teeny is giving lip to Sam, she's been treated by sam, he's super smart, charismatic, and knows this game like the back of his hand. He tells the girls that he's never practiced fire, never sparked a flint. Teeny is sick of Sam, he's pulling these mind games on me.

See Rachel teaching Teeny how to make fire.

Rachel says she wants Teeny to sit in F3 with her, she needs encouragement and she's now killing it.

Seee Sam next to the fire, and he's struggling.
Sue says : thank God that Sam sucks at making fire. He's going to look like an idiot. What I've seen today is that I could easily beat him in fire.

Rachel comes and asks how it's going. He says very badly. In confessional he wishes that he had made fire more. wish I had a coach like Rachel I know everyone is voting against me.

Rachel goes back to teeny, tells her that he really doesn' know what he's doing. I believe that she will bust him tonight, and have the confidence to get this done.

Sam: when I see Teeny making fire, I am in way over my head tonight. Don't want to play 25 days and come up that short and I feel like I'm afraid and looking like an idiot and then I pulled out my letters from home and something that my dad wrote to me: written that he knew that I would give it everything I had and the thought of him rooting for me really fired me up, see him leave and go and practice again. I've got to find a way to get myself to the end of this game. Second you let your brain give you doubt is the second you have lost. See him make the fire. Let's go into TC with some momentum and let's go to war. see them go the TC. Teeny: the biggest opportunity I've ever had to change my life.
Sam notes he's scrapped his way through the entire game and hopefully will find a way to get through again...

Sue is the chosen one, and Rachel hopes that Teeny will be the winner of the Fire challenge.

We'll see!

Rachel wins her 4th IC, tonight face the jury and plead your case for the million. Also joined the elite group of women, only 5 of you have won 5 IC's. Only 2 of them won the game.

Sam, like everyone else is overjoyed for Rachel but winning thE IC doesn't win you. the game. Andy whispers that was a good answer.

Rachel says she could go to fire, but she earned this necklace today and she doesn't feel like she has to give it up to prove I deserve to be here. None of them were as loyal to me as Sue, only fair to bring her to the end.

She's rewarding Sue for loyalty. Does this create an opportunity for you, Teeny. These people underestimated me in this game but it doesn't matter what these people think of me, it's those people. She's had a bit of a one sided rivalry with Sam. She looks at him see s a handsome athletic guy. Probably got attention from girls, because of that that is what I wanted to get when I was young. He's done noting with me this whole game, an opportunity for one final show down...

Sam says this is an opportunity for me, I'm at peace with the result. Ready to go.

See them go to the fire station. Give you both a minute to take a look at your supplies, and then we will go. Teeny shakes his hand, good luck, he just smiles, but shakes her hand too.

Teeny vs. Goliath aka Sam

Night 25. AS Jiffy says the fire making show down....build fire that grows hot enough and high enough to burn through the rope.

Begin. Fuel from the magnesium, husks, Then heat and then air.

both are scrapping magnesium. Teeny hs first flame. Sam is still losing.

Teeny's fire is getting bigger, she is looking to Rachel to tell her what to do. wind is starting to blow.

Teeny nursing fire and knocking the rope. Teeny is winning. Sam has flame going, make something out of this flame quickly

Sam is building foundation without smothering it.

Teening is build ing hers up. Sam has flame going now higher, closeThe wind is bling their flames....Sam wins! unbelievable comeback, OMG!!!

Teeny is hands in face crying.

Never seen a fire making challenge this close. Sam hugs her and lifts her up

Rachel says you did really well, Teeny

Jiffy trying to build her back up. It takes so much to get where you are it's the stakes of S. What is the feeling right now?

Heart broken, something I will have to deal with but I am at peace and I played exactly how I knew I would. At least I can go out now and say I believe I woulda won if I got there....losing to the big handsome jock is just a part of it

Jiffy still learns life lessons from the all. Teeny says she did her best. Otherside of the story is Sam. Looks like he had no chance to get a flame. He says the moment that you let your brain go there, you are out, he's elated.

Teeny hugs the F4, hugs Jiffy

You smell good

Rachel, Sue, Sam. made it to F3, power now shifts to the jury. 8 will decide this game, prepare.

see them leave.

Teeny: I do think that moment will haunt me for the rest of my time on earth. in life she has a side kick energy but out here she was on her own....

I think:

Caroline votes Sue
Sierra & Andy vote Sam
Rachel gets the 5 other votes.

I think that Caroline will vote Sue, Sierra and Teeny (seemed to have a fixation with Sam?) will vote Sam, Rachel gets all of the other votes.

Sam wins fire making challenge despite his very slow start.

See the sun rise, Beka day 26

F3 says Sue, so pumped, f3, today is my birthday, 59 today.

See the breakfast brunch arrive

Rachel this was special
S47 they toast, Final 3

Final breakfast is iconic

Sam's first watermelon, I don't love it, I'll eat it...

breakfast is a peace treaty for the remaining players to just look at each other in historic s fashion I come from behind, but now the fate of my game is in the hands of the jury

Rachel talks about Sierra...beautiful sunshine. See Sierra, Sam is a winner, sets a goal and get its

Sol....someone sent me an advantage...the majority of her advantages just were not luck

Gabe, Sue says she is a good guy, sue played an unbelievable loyal game she needs to show her conscious loyalty

Kyle: has respect for him, more drive than anyone. Kyle says that sam found a way to win despite losing

Caroline: sue was the most loyal alliance partner, played the sue way

Andy: someone that seemed like he didn't know what he was doing out here but whoa he knew what he was doing. Andy talks about Rachel

Genevieve: Rachel says this girl is smart and I am scared of her. Rachel wrapped her hands around the control and would not let it go. she wants her to stand up at TC and tell the others how much better she is than them.

Teeny: Sam made it to the end by truly playing the game of S

Sam asks them how far did you think you would come in the game. Rachel said she thought she would win. Sam says that he thought this is the end, but he continually got more rope. I am the guy that nobody could get rid of, all of the lows were worth it.

Sue: one last chance to give myself on my birthday, everyone underestimated me, they think that they are one and two...

Rachel says her only option is to kick #####.

Sam it's like fire making, I am not just hoping for fire tonight, I'm hoping for fire works.

Andy says if I don't see someone own their game, they are cooked.

see them arrive at Tc

Power shifts from people in the game to people out of the game, what is it they want to hear from me.

Gabe kicks it off, first congrats...starts with Rachel. How do you think your game will be remembers and is that important to you. My game was fell on my face, went from most left out person to someone that came out a threat. No I don't really care how I will be remembered.

Sam: my game was scrappy, using charm, humor, self deprecation, does matter to me, want to feel proud and have others admire me.

Sue: today is my birthday and I am 59. So If I were to win I would be oldest woman to win S and get to have buy grandson see me go through the entire game as loyal.

Gen asks her do you view lying etc as bad to get to the end. Sue says she does't judge others just herself

What was your biggest mistake in this game and how did you recover.
Reachel: We hit the merge and out went Sierra, tried to build bonds, tried to cross check, and snuck up on people, she followed Teeny, Sam, Gen to the beach. Sam tells her that was a ruse. She said knowing that was why she played the idol

Sam says something about Andy, he recognized that this group thrived on knowing everything so he wanted to keep things to himself...fake idol

Sue: Andy: you lied to me three times and blindsided Caroline, it was my greatest mistake

Sol: as a fan on tv, you realize you don't know much, here is what I believe about your game, got the advantage from Sol, found an advantage, played idol, won immunities.

Sam says he was intentional in elevating Rachel's threat level, everyone was looking at her and he navigated the game without the protection of the idol. Sam and Rachel start arguing.

Andy: my Q is for Rachel. he thinks they are the biggest super fans out here. Mike Holloway not the best winners, they were challenge beasts. you have the worst voting record of the final 3, you have to reconcile this to me. She thought her social prowess would help her, she had to find a different way to play the game ...winning immunities... Sam said she lost a lot of social agency, she cannot reconcile the immunities and the advantage in the fires.

Sam reminds her he got more votes to be booted, and you told me you are someone that needs to get out of this game as a threat, says Sam to Rachel

Sierra. how you translate in the game when you hit low how did you transcend. Sam. the thought of watching an epic fire making dual with my parents, thought of my fiancé, thought of myself as a 6 year old self watching the show and then thought of letting him down, that's why I continued to achieve out here

Rachel says her rock bottom day was when Sierra went home. She channelled her husband, Derrick, and the note he wrote to her. In her life she has had a lot of personal accomplishments, she knows the hardest part for her is owning her game...

Gabe: wants to hear Sue's answer. When she hit her low, she shared it with her tribe, gave her so much support at her times of weakness.

Jury great job. each gets one final chance to address jury

Sue; at 59, I came in here, pretty much of a beast, won a challenge...I beat all your asses, found the beware advantage, stayed loyal to my people

Sam: I didn' t play a perfect game but mine was the most well rounded social and strategic game pRachel: I am sitting here with the most dominant game of the 3 of us. got advantages, idol, won 4 immunities, sitting here pleased with my game to a big dog from an underdog.

I think Rachel did well and her final statement being last was good., but I thought Sam did far better than I thought he would. He was articulate, sound arguments and bullet points. He negated Rachel's commentary well.

Voting:

Sierra is first voter. Sierra: OMG.
Sol
Genevieve
Kyle: Votes SAM, found a way to find a way
Caroline: Rachel. Happy and excited to be writing your name down
Andy:
Gabe.

Seeing a lot of cut aways to Rachel and Sam, but not Sue.

They hold hands

Sue is on the left, Rachel in the middle, and Sam is on the right.

Jiffy says you played 3 different games.
Votes:

Rachel
Sam
Rachel
Rachel
Rachel
Rachel....winner

jury claps

Jiffy says a lot of late season big moves, bring in champagne and pizza, talk about it all, S47 after show. I need champagne too, hear Jiffy saying, ahhh what a season...then see a clip....Andy, one of the worst starts ever in the game of survivor....lol

Rachel makes for a very strong winner especially since Sam really gave good answers.

Agreed. Rachel was blindsided at the start of the game. And, then at the swap she was the one that would have been out if not for Sol. Then she scrambled to find allies that could, would be loyal. She was very crafty and she had some serious realizations along the way. Very deserving winner.

I tink Genevieve would also have made a good winner, but she cut Sol, one of her closest allies a bit too soon. It labeled her as unloyal, and she struggled with that. But she was smart.

Yes, Sol saved her but that swap put Rachel in an untenable situation and she didn't have a Boston Rob to make a deal with Lex to save her. Sol KNEW that the only way for his advantage to have effect was to give it to Rachel.

Rachel wins in landslide.

Jiffy likes the after show done immediately. Rachel what is the feeling.

she feels like she is having an out of baody experience. Second she watched it she knew she had to play. able to kind work with it and land herself here, she's in shock, thought Sam had an incredible final tribal, Jiffy agreed.

Kyle said he appreciated Sam, his sacrifices, he's impacted my life greatly and he loves him for that.

Sam. how does it make you feel that notes that Rachel thought you had a great final TC....gave it his best, made a compelling case good game he was proud of, he's blessed.

Tells Sue, 21 women over 50, of those only 5 made it to end. This is a tough game and you made it to the end. Seth wanted to represent the people of her generation, she' spread of her game, it's the hardest but most beautiful experience, blessed to be here too. they toast her.

Rachel found an idol with the clue in the fries, went to reach for the fries and saw a piece of paper,

Andy. back to first ep, one of the worst starts in history...waws overheated...he was emotional, he was fighting for his life, they are not with me, they don't like me...

Jiffy wants to talk about the recovery....when people see that they write you off...Andy says if you stay down and give up, can you even survive that, until that torch is snuffed find the will to survive I found this resiliency...cheers to Andy.

Yes, Sam gave good answers and described his game well but he's a sports reporter so it is his job to describe games...

Blindsides. Genivieve...she says you have to prepare to experience it all..be prepared to be on the bottom.
Caroline: being socially aware, what is best for each persons game.
Gabe: did you struggle with the emotional part? NO, it's just a game and to make a million dollars.
teeny: she was born the year it started. grown up with the show, we are all at our core obsessed with Survivor. Put so much work in to this, pressure on us, every moment of the game is like life or death, when you are starving. Teeny articulates that well.

they toast teeny

S48, first look coming up

Next season:

A lot of young people. Only one dad that I heard. Jiffy calls for medical in the middle of a challenge.

Hmmm

Once again sharing this with you made the season enjoyable.