Survivor

Survivor S22 Reunion.

new york city

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nice,excited crowd. have a seat.

that's a nice welcome. it is good to be live in new york city.

all right.

well,i gotta say,congratulations,natalie,rob,phillip.

this is a-- this game is so much tougher,i think,than anybody can ever know.

even i don't appreciate it and i've been out there doing this for 22 seasons.

so i always tip my hat to you guys.

you survived a rough tribal council,final tribal. these guys were not easy on you.

but in a minute,at least for one of you,it's not going to really matter

because somebody is about to become a millionaire.

deep breath. you nervous,natalie?

yeah,a little bit. it is what it is.

do you think you have a shot at winning this game?

i tried my best. i did what i could do.

and i'm just-- i've taken so much out of this game and so much knowledge

and so much-- just,like --

all right,yes or no? yes i do.

rob,you can win this game? i hope so.

you know,i think natalie said it best. all you can do is your best.

phillip,do you,after everything you've been through have a shot at having votes in here

enough to win you a million bucks? yeah.

all right,let's get to the votes. these are votes for a winner.

tonight you want to see your name on the parchment.

for a million bucks,i'll read the votes.

first vote,rob.

phillip.

one vote rob,one vote phillip.

rob.

two votes rob,one vote phillip.

rob.

that's three votes rob,one vote phillip.

rob.

that's four votes rob,one vote phillip. no votes natalie.

the winner of "survivor: redemption island," rob.

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after playing a record four times,

boston rob final lie accomplished his goal of winning "survivor,"

and he did it with a style that would make any mob boss proud.

redemption island added a new twist--

it challenged matt's faith and sent the game's greatest villain,russell,home in tears,

and phillip sheppard emerged as one of the most polarizing people to ever play.

the big question-- is he really a former federal agent? we will find out.

we are live in new york city!

"survivor: redemption island" reunion show is next.

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i want to win survivor.

it's something i've been trying to do for 10 years now

and i'm giving it everything i got.

rob wins immunity!

hey,baby,maybe i learned something since last time.

it really doesn't even matter what the clue says because i already have the idol,

so might as well just throw it away.

we're ***

everybody

i'm running my tribe like the army-- i'm the general.

they're soldiers,and they're all doing as they're told.

matt,the tribe has spoken.

Genius ***

one man should not have this much power in this game.

luckily,i'm not an ordinary man superman.

superman.

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welcome to the "survivor: redemption island" live reunion show.

congratulations,boston rob.

four times--

and a record 117 days played in this game.

coming in to this,knowing you had-- you had,obviously,you had a target on your back.

what odds did you give yourself?

well,you know,i knew from the very beginning,

if i was able to get my foot in the door,

if i could get these people to at least play with me,they would have a shot.

you know,they didn't realize how nervous i was the first day i was out there.

they held all the power. but they didn't know that.

so i knew if i could get in and start to build relationships,

and i could show them they would be helpful around camp,

that,you know,i could get in a good alliance and then work my way from dl.

was there a key moment the first few days?

uh,yes and no.i mean,

kristina,going and looking for the idol feverishly on the first day,

kind of put a target on her.

and,you know,building the shelter and working together with everybody,

i kind of showed them that,you know what?

i have some experience,and let me show you how,because,you know what?

even if i get all the way to the end,nobody will vote for me to win.

and that's,you know --

when you were assessing who to make your alliance with off the top,

what was the thought process?

why did you end up with who you had in your group?

loyalty. at first. you know,that was the main thing.

natalie,i knew that,you know,she was young,

and that she needed someone to help,you know,go through this game with,

and I could be that person for her.

and in return,she would,you know,stay loyal to me.

one of the things that i heard all season was

nobody in your alliance talked to anybody else.

it was kind of cult-like.

you know what?

it was too a degree. but it was a lot of hard work,too.

it looks easy when you're sitting at home watching it,

but i would constantly be going back and checking with each and every member

and making sure that nobody was talking to anybody else,and if they were,

i pretended to have an open-door policy with everybody where we all put everything on the table.

of course,i kept a lot of it to myself. but it was a lot of hard work.

it wasn't as easy as it looked.

ashley,what happened?

you know,i was tweeting live during these episodes,

and the one thing that kept coming up is,"why aren't these girls flipping it on rob?

" why did it never happen?

there was a pivotal point when i had won immunity going into,

i think,andrea had just come back from redemption.

and we knew-- natalie and i knew that rob had an idol.

we knew that. he told us that he found an idol after the merge.

so we were like--**** i don't know.

you're so scared when you're out there,or something.

like,it was just-- we knew he was going to play the idol.

and at that point,i had immunity,and i felt like i had control and that was the best move for me.

*** i gotta interrupt. i don't know if we can hear this. is that your baby?

that's boston rob's baby out there. and daughter saying,"daddy,daddy,daddy.

" i think we understand why.

amber,if you need to leave,if they get too loud,you just skedaddle.

it's fine. no hard feelings.

andrea,you're at home now watching this whole thing play out.

what do you take from how rob played?

**** rob played a brilliant game,and also what you don't see,

is the way he built relationships with each of us was so individual that you felt--

you know,i looked at him as an older brother. we spent two days billion a daybed for no reason.

and you look at those relationships,and you feel close to someone.

we all,grant,all of us,had this different relationship with rob and that's just brilliant.

what it you learn? you play again,what did you take from this?

That you have to be constantly checking in with everybody.

*** what did you do,what were you talking about over there?

'cause you see him doing that with everyone and you become comfortable.

everything he does c with checking in,constantly having to know what's going on.

never become comfortable,either.

rob,what did you see in phillip that nobody else did.

Well *** here's the thing about phillip,

with all the talk that was said back and forth.

phillip is a lovable guy. he's a guy that,you know,

if you just listen to him for a second and listen to the story that he's trying to tell.

he comes from a family of 12.

he left home at 16. he's going on and on.

and just imagine what that's like for a minute to come from a family of 12.

you've got to be constantly fighting for attention.

and i just said,you know what? here's a guy that if i show him some love,he will--

he will be there for me.

i mean it's not any different than what any of us want.

you know,we all want to be loved. and we all want to be heard.

So everybody else would be giving it to phillip for giving him a hard time--

socially,there were times when you weren't,you know--

it wasn't a picnic.

but at the same time,he was someone that,you know,

i could go to and i could find a common ground,

and we could exchange,you know,and have an exchange on that.

phillip,i-- i want to talk to you later in the show,

but i gotta ask right now. you seem--

either you're just very reserved or you're down. are you down right now?

no,i'm attentive and i'm listening and --

quick,tell me what i'm thinking. what am i thinking?

what you're thinking right now is,"what is phillip really thinking?"

natalie,did your loyalty to rob ever waiver,

even though we might not have seen it in the show.

did you truly consider turning on him at any point?

i mean,i think i would have if he didn't have the idol,

but because he did,like ashley was saying,

i mean,we couldn't vote for him.

we knew it was the last time he could play the idol. there's no way he wouldn't.

so i put myself in a position where

either basically i'm going to the end no matter what,

because i have ashley and i have rob.

how was the final tribal for you. julie was particularly harsh on you.

- you were,julie. - i was.

as a mother yourself,those were pretty tough words to say to a young woman.

how did it impact you?

i think i'm stronger than i think i am.

because in my life,i--

i've given to what people say and i think what this experience has given me is just,like,

take it with a grain of salt,and move on. move on. because--

julie,when you saw that played back,any regrets on that?

uhm,you know,now that we're sitting here,yes.

yes,because natalie is a great person. but what i lived through was so much frustration

because here's these women that are just being blindsided by this guy

that's played the game four times. i just wanted to shake them,"come on! wake up!

we can do a female alliance.

" hats off to rob's leadership --

i mean,the obvious comeback is i made it to the final three.

- you're back row,jury. - absolutely,absolute,you're right.

- right? - absolutely,and my hat's off to them. it is.

rob,one of the things that started happening with the ometepe six,

is that after you guys had the easy votes to get rid of zapatera,

then you had to turn on each other,and the one they think--

the one that got to me the most was you and grant.

because knowing you-- after you played so many times,i have a pretty good idea of what you're like,

that you and grant in normal life would probably be the closest of anybody here.

have you repaired that damage?

you know,it was really tough,you know,watching it back.