(Also verify toread the crazy storyabout when the votes almost didnt get there in time.)
Okay, heres Jeff…
This is the vote for the winner.
CBS
And at that point, we clear out all of our camera operators at the voting booth.
So the cameras are running and recording, but theres nobody behind them.
And we tell the players, When you walk up to vote, normally theres somebody behind the camera.
Tonight, there wont be.
And to write down a name that we can read.
And I damn sure dont talk, because I like my job.
And I know Matt doesnt talk.
So they go up and they vote.
And then one of our camera operators brings us the discs from those cameras.
And we check them to see to it that there is picture and audio.
And then I have the votes in the urn and so now we have everything we need.
We have the discs and we have the actual votes.
Theyre never out of Matts sight.
He keeps them in his room, he keeps them with him in the morning.
And then when we get back to Los Angeles they are placed in a safe in ourSurvivorproduction offices.
Three people two post-production people and Matt have the combo.
We put them in the safe and theyre never removed until the day of the live show.
I say, Yes.
And then we just confirm that theyre stacked in the right order in the urn.
And you see Matt grow about two inches as the burden is lifted from his shoulders.
And before I walk them out live, it always goes through your head, What if I trip?
What if somebody snuck into my dressing room and pulled the votes out?
So I constantly bring up the urn and check on them.
No, theyre still there.
Okay, I think theres enough.
That looks like enough.
Thats got to be right.
The only people that could leak it would be the jury members, me, and Matt.
So that gives us, comfort.
I just want you to know thats my feeling.
Now that person thinks, Does that mean they voted for me?
And we have a winner who has been stressing for eight months if they got any votes.
And thus, on May 15, ended the long journey of both Chris Underwoodandthe million-dollar votes.
