Thanks to terrywins at Sucks:

http://p085.ezboard.com/fsurvivorsucksfrm2.showMessage?topicID=19307.topic

The finalists are questioned by the jury members, who then vote for the winner. Jeff Probst is the host.

Source: TV-Guide

• RE: Episode 14 title: "This Tribe Will Self-Destruct in 5, 4, 3..",Flowerpower, 03:03 PM, 12-09-06
• RE: Episode 14 title: "This Tribe Will Self-Destruct in 5, 4, 3..",Estee, 04:31 PM, 12-09-06
• Sounds familiar,tribephyl, 05:41 PM, 12-09-06
• RE: Episode 14 title: "This Tribe Will Self-Destruct in 5, 4, 3..",KObrien_fan, 05:46 PM, 12-09-06
  • RE: Episode 14 title: "This Tribe Will Self-Destruct in 5, 4, 3..",michel, 06:43 PM, 12-09-06
    • RE: Episode 14 title: "This Tribe Will Self-Destruct in 5, 4, 3..",xwraith27, 07:55 PM, 12-09-06
• RE: Episode 14 title: "This Tribe Will Self-Destruct in 5, 4, 3..",ohmyheck, 01:20 AM, 12-10-06
• RE: Episode 14 title: "This Tribe Will Self-Destruct in 5, 4, 3..",FSUGUY, 04:08 PM, 12-13-06
  • I guess Adum is toast this week...,emydi, 04:15 PM, 12-13-06
    • RE: I guess Adum is toast this week...,tribephyl, 06:34 PM, 12-13-06
  • The F4 challenge..,Chez, 04:27 PM, 12-13-06
    • RE: The F4 challenge..,emydi, 04:32 PM, 12-13-06

Thanks for bringing this over, forehead! Wow! Sounds like this episode is going to get really ugly! I like it!

Great. Now I need a new Episode #12 title.

"This Tribe Will Self-Destruct in 5, 4, 3.."
I say that same exact thing... quite frequently.

Specially 'round this time of year.

What it means is verification that Aitu 4 is the final 4. They now have to pick each other off AKA: self destruct.

The final episode starts with 5 players so maybe the destruction happens before only the 4 Aitus remain.

Funny one Tribe. I was wondering what was the meaning of your post before I saw who had posted!

Well, the 5th place player can also say this quote, if he/she were being considered to be a swing vote.

The first thing I actually thought reading the thread title was, "Why is tribephyl self-destructing? And why is this post in spoilers?"

This could just be saying that the episode will begin with five players and end with a final three.

found this here... has some interesting info....Discuss:

'Survivor: Cook Islands' finale to feature Final 3, nine person jury

By Steve Rogers, 12/12/2006

CBS has revealed that Survivor: Cook Islands will end with a nine person jury voting to award the show's $1,000,000 grand prize to one of the competition's Final 3 castaways, a configuration that will mark the first time that a Survivor finale won't feature a jury of seven deciding which Final 2 castaway will win the competition.

According to Survivor host Jeff Probst, not all of the show's Final 4 castaways were thrilled to discover that not only wouldn't there be a Final 2, but that a three-way final jury vote tie was suddenly possible. "The reaction is mixed," Probst told TVGuide.com. "A couple are excited because it gives them an extra shot at the million. But for the other two, there is a sense of dread -- they realize the strategy they had been planning won't work. From an audience point of view, the best news is that you have at least two people who are likable and very deserving of winning, and for me, that is a home run. I'll be very satisfied that whoever wins is a good winner."

Probst and Survivor producer Mark Burnett also revealed some details about Survivor: Cook Islands' finale challenges in the interview. " is the hardest puzzle we've ever done, called Compass Rose," Burnett explained. According to Probst, he personally gave up on the puzzle after 30 minutes -- only to later watch as the winning castaway solved it in 25 minutes. "This final five had the highest IQs of any Final 5," Probst gushed.

The Final 4 Immunity Challenge (which in this case will take the place of the Final 3 endurance challenge that would normally determine which Final 3 castaway would get to decide who accompanies them to the Final 2 judging) will involve balancing a small post that keeps getting smaller and smaller. "It required balance but also intense concentration and pain tolerance, because it was made of steel and was not comfortable," Probst explained.

Burnett also offered some teasers about Survivor: Fiji, the just-filmed fourteenth Survivor edition that will premiere early next year. "It has an extremely unique opening episode," said Burnett. "There will be an Exile Island, but it's quite different, and the hidden immunity portion of the game has an interesting twist."

Six castaways remain in the running to be crowned Survivor: Cook Islands' "Ultimate Survivor" -- Adam Gentry, Becky Lee, Oscar "Ozzy" Lusth, Parvati Shallow, Sundra Oakley, and Yul Kwon. One will be eliminated in this Thursday's broadcast of Survivor: Cook Islands' penultimate episode.

Survivor: Cook Islands' two-hour finale will air Sunday, December 17 at 8PM ET/PT and be followed by the program's traditional hour-long live reunion special. As he has for the last several years, Probst will host the reunion show, which will take place at the network's CBS Television City studios in Los Angeles. According to Probst, the studio set will recreate the show's Tribal Council shipwreck.

LAST EDITED ON 12-13-06 AT 04:16 PM (EST)

"This final five had the highest IQs of any Final 5," Probst gushed.

or Yul's IQ is 250 and ruins the curve

My money is on Yul or Becky...wonder what it could be and I wonder if it's possible to try to solve it ourselves...

LAST EDITED ON 12-13-06 AT 06:35 PM (EST)

"This final five had the highest IQs of any Final 5," Probst gushed.

Yup, you can safely say that means Adam is not in the Final5?

....will involve balancing a small post that keeps getting smaller and smaller. "It required balance but also intense concentration and pain tolerance, because it was made of steel and was not comfortable," Probst explained.

My bet is on Ozzy to win this one.

yep how else would Y/B let him get to F3?