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After a satisfying season of forward strategy play, brutal blindsides and effectively used advantages, a winner has been crowned on Survivor 47.
Warning: Spoilers below for finale Survivor 47.
Rachel LaMont a beat Sam Phalen a Sue Smey by a vote of 7-1-0 after the three finalists presented their cases to the jury during the Wednesday, December 18, period. The trio made it to the final three after Rachel, 34, won the final immunity challenge of the season and chose Sam, 24, and Teenage Chirichillo to face each other in the fire-making challenge. Sam won and progressed to the final three with Rachel and Sue, 59, making Teeny, 24, the last member of the jury.
When explaining to her A survivor on a trip to the jury, Rachel highlighted her ability to adapt, her ability to compete and her journey from “underdog to big dog.” The jury awarded his game the title of “sole survivor” and the prize of $1 million.
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Rachel will go down in history as the winner of what many fans have called the best A survivor season of the new season of the CBS show, which began with season 41 in 2021. Very little A survivor 47 players navigated the game with blind loyalty to their starting tribe members or allies, choosing instead to remain flexible as the playing field shifted dramatically from week to week.
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CBC“I think nature is fluid A survivor here to stay,” host and executive producer Jeff Probst say Parade on Tuesday, December 17, calling the excitement of season 47 a “direct reflection” of casting decisions.
“Today’s player wants to win. And to win, you have to play to win,” explained Probst, 63. “Playing to win means taking risks that could end your game. That is the dilemma you face. But taking a cautious approach and hoping you don’t get voted out will never win the respect of the jury. So it’s a no-win proposition. For you to win, every other player must lose, including your closest ally.”
The highly competitive gameplay of the season meant that several members of the jury – which included Sierra Wright, Sol Yi, Gabe Ortiz, Kyle Ostwald, Caroline Vidmar, Andy Rueda, Genevieve Mushaluk and Teeny – would have had strong cases to win if they had made it to the final three. While players were open about Genevieve, 33, as the player to beat before she was eliminated last week, Andy, 31, and Caroline, 28, impressed several judges after learning more about their matches at Ponderosa.
“When (Caroline) came back to Ponderosa, she explained her game to me, and I was blown away. Her level of detail, her strategic acumen and her self-awareness were all things I didn’t see (during the game), and that was intentional,” Sol, 43, told Entertainment Weekly on Tuesday. “I call her Silencer because she sneaked her way through the game being part of many moves, but nobody knew that. She could have won for sure.”
Andy echoed the sentiment, saying EW that he and Caroline spent hours discussing their matches after reuniting at Ponderosa.
“She is so intelligent, and has played a game that is perfectly designed for the new era, but in a way that is also innovative and true to her strengths. She had this idea of building shields in front of her by subtly creating the conditions for them to get credit for moves, knowing that would set them up to be knocked down,” Andy said of Caroline. “So when you see her seriously brainstorming with someone, or cheering them on, that’s her real self but also her strategy, and I’m obsessed with that. Her final Tribal Council speech would have saved the planet.”
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Meanwhile, Gabe praised Andy, who came up with Operation Italy – a plan involving a fake immunity idol that saved Genevieve from elimination and led to Caroline’s blind side.
“The wealth of information we received from him was astounding. His personality, his game, everything about the guy changed when we got to Ponderosa,” Gabe, 26, said.
Andy even impressed Rachel when he set his game for her during the December 11 episode while trying to get her jury vote. However, he backed up the move, as Andy didn’t know at the time that Rachel had a hidden immunity idol. Rather than selling himself out to a player who was certain to be voted out, Andy was exposing his threat level to the person with all the power, inadvertently persuading her to target him instead of Sam.
Rachel then blindsided everyone but her ally Sue with her hidden immunity idol, advancing to the final five while Andy was eliminated. She went on to win immunity in the next challenge, allowing her to target her biggest rival, Genevieve, as she sailed into the final four.
