Final Three

The Final Three are three remaining contestants who are present at the Final Tribal Council to plead their case for the title of Sole Survivor. This is currently the only alternative format to the Final Two on the American version, though there have been rare instances of Final Fours on other editions.
Introduced during the finale of , host Jeff Probst later explained that the reason for this change was to deny the winner of the final Immunity Challenge an easy win through voting out the bigger threat in favor of someone unlikely to receive as many jury votes.
Whilst fan reaction to Final Threes has been mostly positive, several players have adapted to the change by keeping as many unlikable or less strategically dominant allies around as long as possible, which in turn has coined a player who fits this mold as a "goat". More often than not, only two of the castaways in a Final Three receive votes.
This format has become more common than a Final Two and has been seen in twenty-seven seasons. A Final Three with a nine-person jury started in and continued through . This configuration has also been seen in six subsequent seasons, spanning from through to . A Final Three with a seven-person jury was seen in , , and , while a Final Three with an eight-person jury was featured in seasons spanning from to (except for ), as well as in and through . A Final Three with a 10-person jury was first used in , and would later be used in , , , , and . However, Island of the Idols would have apparently had an 11-person jury had a castaway not been ejected. A Final Three with a 13-person jury was seen in . A Final Three with a 16-person jury was seen in .
==Gallery==
Cook islands final 3.jpg|The first Final Three ().
Earl wins.jpg|The Final Three of .
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Gabon Final3.jpg|The Final Three of .
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===International===
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Australia=
AUS9 Final Three.jpg|The Final Three of .
Aus10e24 final three.jpg|The Final Three of .
|-|Baltic States=
EES2LTS2LVS2 Final Three.jpg|The Final Three of Baltic Robinson 2001.
EES4LTS4LVS4 Final Three.jpg|The Final Three of Jungle Star.
|-|Denmark=
DKS6 Final Three.jpg|The Final Three of .
DKS8NOS7SES9 Final Three.png|The Final Three of .
DKS11 Final Three.jpg|The Final Three of .
DKS14 Final Three.jpg|The Final Three of .
DKS20 Final Three.jpg|The Final Three of .
DKS24 Final Three.png|The Final Three of .
|-|Flanders=
NLS6VLS6 Final Three.png|The Final Three of Expeditie Robinson 2005.
NLS22VLS16 Final Three.jpeg|The Final Three of Nederland vs België.
|-|France=
Kls28.f3.jpg|The Final Three of .
|-|Germany (Unofficial)=
DEU2 Final Three.jpeg|The Final Three of Outback.
|-|Italy=
ITS18 Final Three.jpeg|The Final Three of L'Isola dei Famosi 17.
|-|Mexico=
SM2FinalThree.jpg|The Final Three of .
SM3FinalThree.jpg|The Final Three of .
MXS4 FinalThree.jpg|The Final Three of .
|-|New Zealand=
SurvivorNZFTC.jpg|The Final Three of .
NZ2 finalthree.jpg|The Final Three of .
|-|Netherlands=
NLS6VLS6 Final Three.png|The Final Three of Expeditie Robinson 2005.
NLS22VLS16 Final Three.jpeg|The Final Three of Nederland vs België.
NLS25 Final Three.png|The Final Three of Expeditie Robinson 2022.
|-|Norway=
DKS8NOS7SES9 Final Three.png|The Final Three of Expedition Robinson VIP at the Final Tribal Council.
|-|Philippines=
SP2 Final Three.jpg|The Final Three of .
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|-|Russia=
RUS4 Final Three.jpg|The Final Three of Posledniy Geroy 4: Konets Igry at the Final Tribal Council.
RUS5 Final Three.jpg|The Final Three of Posledniy Geroy 5: Superigra at the Final Tribal Council.
|-|Spain=
ESS9 Final Three.jpeg|The Final Three of .
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|-|South Africa=
SA5FTC.png|The Final Three of .
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|-|Sweden=
DKS8NOS7SES9 Final Three.png|The Final Three of at the Final Tribal Council.
SES20 Final Three.jpg|The Final Three of before the final challenge.
SES22 Final Three.jpg|The Final Three of before the final challenge.
SES23 Final Three.jpg|The Final Three of before the final challenge.
SES24 Final Three.jpg|The Final Three of before the final challenge.
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==Trivia==
===United States===
* In seasons with a Final Three, the number of Sole Survivors based on the gender of the losing finalists have been:
** Against both of the opposite gender, eleven (Todd Herzog, Bob Crowley, Natalie White, Sophie Clarke, John Cochran, Sarah Lacina, Tony Vlachos, Erika Casupanan, Maryanne Oketch, Yam Yam Arocho, and Dee Valladares).
** Against both of the same gender, three (Fabio Birza, Kim Spradlin, and Natalie Anderson).
** Against both of different genders, sixteen (Yul Kwon, Earl Cole, Sandra Diaz-Twine, Rob Mariano, Denise Stapley, Tyson Apostol, Mike Holloway, Jeremy Collins, Michele Fitzgerald, Adam Klein, Ben Driebergen, Wendell Holland, Nick Wilson, Chris Underwood, Tommy Sheehan, and Mike Gabler).
* , , , , and are the only seasons whose respective Final Threes all received votes.
* is the only season to have the Final Three comprised only of African-American contestants.
* is the only season where the Final Three was comprised of people from only one state; all three finalists were from New Jersey.
* Both seasons to have three female finalists ( and ) started out with blue and orange tribes, and had their winner come from a blue tribe.
*All purple merged tribes have produced Final Threes with one female finalist and two male finalists.
==References==
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