Survivor: Laurel Johnson on casting the key tie-breaking vote

Laurel Johnson just cast the most important vote inSurvivorhistory. But she no doubt would have rather beenreceivingvotes instead of casting them. In the end, she picked Wendell, handing him a million dollars and the title of Sole Survivor. CBS And how difficult a decision was it? And does she now wish she had made a move against the power dup earlier? So, it was heartbreaking. Why Wendell over Dom?And I think thats what made it such a hard decision....

May 1, 2025 · 3 min · 624 words · Brian Johnson

Survivor: Morgan Ricke reveals biggest regret with Libby

It wasnt supposed to happen this way. But isnt that always the case for everyone who does not winSurvivor? Morgan Ricke thought she had a perfect plan in place onSurvivor: Ghost Island. And Morgan assured her pals that she had Libby on lockdown to make it happen. But she was wrong. The Malolos flipped the script and blindsided Morgan instead. Why did the Navitis turn on Angela anyway, even after she went with them instead of Chris plan?...

May 1, 2025 · 3 min · 574 words · Robin King

Survivor:35 Former Players Share Their Favorite Memories

Read on to experience their personal, funny, touching, and emotional responses. And then come back soon as we examine the flip side and learn theirworstmemories. Each set of pots represented a Survivor. Robert Voets/CBS/Getty Images; Timothy Kuratek/CBS/Getty Images; CBS/Getty Images When your pots were crushed, you were out. Big Tom won, I sucked, and Im confident his goats would have performed better than I did. But Probst and I had a moment....

May 1, 2025 · 9 min · 1782 words · Erin Oconnell

Survivor:35 Former Players Share Their Most Painful Memories

Think ‘Survivor’ is not the hardest game on TV? Listen to these 35 accounts of terror and misery from people that lived to tell the tale. And, as we know, nothing onSurvivoris easy. Bill Inoshita/CBS/Getty Images; Monty Brinton/CBS/Getty Images; Robert Voets/CBS/Getty Images My most painful memory is actually a couple days worth of misery. It was my last season, the originalBlood vs Water. It started the day Rachel was voted out....

May 1, 2025 · 10 min · 2126 words · Jill Mccann

Survivor:A 'devastated' Bradley names who is not actually playing the game

Bradley Kleihege is a fantasticSurvivorplayer. Or at least thats what we were led to believe from the edit. How much of what we saw on screen was the real Bradley? Robert Voets/CBS How much does it kill him to not even make the merge? And who is not playing the game out there on the island? Bradley revealed all that and more. I thought Chelsea had convinced them to flip on me....

May 1, 2025 · 3 min · 545 words · Lynn Rubio

Survivor:Brendan Shapiro says Kellyn accidentally revealed he was target

That left Brendan exposed, and the original Naviti took him out. Where did all go wrong? Here are some highlights from our chat. Youre at, like, 21 now, right? Michael thought they were going for Stephanie. I saw it the whole way. They were just making it too obvious in what they thought were subtle ways. And so I told Michael that. And then I had a heart-to-heart that didnt make the edit with Kellyn....

May 1, 2025 · 3 min · 514 words · Nicole Carey

Survivor:Chrissy says she was not robbed

She swept the last three immunity challenges. She tied the record for most individual immunity victories by a woman in a season with four. She did math on the fly. CBS But it was still not enough for Chrissy Hofbeck to winSurvivor: Heroes v. Healers v. Hustlers. Does she feel the new twist was fair? Did the jury not respect her accomplishments? And what could she have done differently to have won?...

May 1, 2025 · 4 min · 793 words · Jorge Smith

Survivor:Cole says Mike also showed fake idol before vote

And he also had a fake idol at Tribal Council that he put around Joes neck. It definitely convinced everyone, I think. Once they put those two idols around their necks, thats when everyone went, Okay, guys. CBS The plan is still the same: vote out Cole. Thats not the only Tribal Council-related drama that did not make it to air. That confusion ended up costing Cole. Only Ben and Lauren knew about that advantage....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 111 words · William Rodriguez

Survivor:Desi says she did not notice the missing vote

Was she surprised by her exit? Did she realize some of her fellow Healers had flipped? And how did she not notice Lauren’s missing vote? Desiree Williams on ‘Survivor Heroes v. Healers v. Hustlers’.Robert Voets/CBS Here are a few highlights. He was not performing well in those individual challenges and I was. Secondly, Chrissy was trying to get rid of women and strong women in particular. So once Chrissy had it out for me, that was pretty much going downhill anyway....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 226 words · Peter Reyes

Survivor:Desiree Afuye on going down in flames

They say you have to make big moves to winSurvivor. Did she know she was done after her lie was revealed? What was it like having to keep doubling-down on the lie? Here are some highlights from that chat. Im, like, okay, if anybody deserves an award for performance it would be me. So Im like, okay, maybe that might hold me over. So it was 50-50. Or, Wendell thinks he has you in the bag, but he doesnt....

May 1, 2025 · 3 min · 580 words · Joseph Davila

Survivor:Devon says 'nothing inSurvivoris fair'

They say in the game ofSurvivorit is best to go big or go home. As far as how I did, I couldnt have asked for anything different that what happened. All that positive energy was nice and heartwarming. Robert Voets/CBS A little overwhelming, but all good. Chrissy told methat she thinks you really got a raw deal with that fire-making twist. If you win that fire-making challenge, do you think you win the game?...

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 196 words · David Velazquez

Survivor:Dr. Mike says he would change his final vote

He said he would have won had he made the final three, and he stands by it! Its that unmade move that Mike says will haunt me for the rest of my life. He also has a rules suggestion if they are going to keep the new fire-making at final four twist. ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: So have you slept at all?MIKE ZAHALSKY:Yeah. You said after being voted out that you would have won in a final three against anyone....

May 1, 2025 · 4 min · 704 words · Justin Snyder

Survivor:Exclusive intel on all 82 items returning forGhost Island

To celebrate our Winter TV Preview, EW is bringing fans 25 Scoops in 25 Days. Survivoris doing something very interesting for its next season. Instead of bringing back former players, the show is bringing back formeritems. CBS (Not reproductions either, but the actual original items.) Thats the concept forSurvivor: Ghost Island, which will premiere Feb. 28 on CBS. Weve got the exclusive full list of all 82 Ghost Island items....

May 1, 2025 · 3 min · 513 words · Denise Johnson