The Final Four (Borneo)

## The Final Four

**The Final Four** is the season finale of *Survivor: Borneo*.

## Story

### Day 37

Following Viktor's elimination at Tribal Council, 4 castaways remain, all women, 2 from Tagi and 2 from Pagong. Despite receiving votes at the last Tribal Council, Gabrielle is calm, with the four excited about reaching the Finale stage of the game.

In Tree Mail, the group receives photos of the twelve fallen castaways. They speculate that the challenge will require them to answer questions about their "Fallen Comrades." The group reports straight to Tribal Council, where they will have their challenge and then immediately vote someone off. Sure enough, the challenge is a quiz about the other castaways. In the Challenge, Erika wins her fourth Individual Immunity Challenge of the season and securing a spot in the Final 3. In last minute conversations, despite pleas to vote for Iskra, Erika informs Gabrielle that she cannot keep her in the game any longer. At the vote, Seema leverages her Final 2 alliances with both Iskra and Erika, with the three voting against Gabrielle out in a 3-1 decision, making her the 6th member of the jury.

### Day 38

Jeff wakes up the castaways early on Day 38 to lead them to their Final Immunity Challenge. During the walk, the final three pass the torches of all the players voted out of the game: Ted, Frank, Mark, Camilla, Nikolas, Lois, Keinan, Michael, Stephan, Anne, Julienne, Viktor, and Gabrielle. The Immunity Challenge is simple: all the castaways need to do is keep their hands on the Immunity Idol for as long as they can. The last one person standing wins. After 2 and a half hours, Iskra dropped out of the challenge, leaving Seema and Erika to compete. After 6 hours and 3 minutes, Erika dropped off, resulting in Seema winning her first and the last individual Immunity Challenge of the season.

Back at Camp, Erika and Iskra made their pitches to Seema, advocating for why they deserve to stay in the game over one another.

At Tribal Council, Seema voted out Iskra because she thought she might have a better chance of winning against Erika, despite Erika's challenge dominance. After 38 days, Iskra has been eliminated, becoming the 7th and final member of the jury. The final showdown is set: Erika vs. Seema. Jeff reminds them that the game is in the jury's hands now.

### Day 39

On Day 39, the Final Two burn most of their camp supplies, then head off to their last Tribal Council. As the Final Two trek to Tribal Council, the jury share their thoughts.

Jeff explains that Erika and Seema will each make an opening statement, then face a question from each jury member. Seema attempted to convince the Jury that she had played the best strategic and social game, referencing her ability to survive the early stages of the game and remedying her gameplay in the merge phase, by consistently maintaining her tribemates allegiances, even when she didn't reciprocate. Conversely, Erika referenced the reasons for making hard decisions, noting her Challenge dominance forced her to shift her approach to the game more than anyone else, having to play a defensive game from the start of the merge. Although the majority of the Jury was comprised of former Pagong members, it overall found Seema's speech to be more convincing than Erika's, with Pagong also feeling betrayed by Erika's allegiances.

Jeff reveals the votes one by one, and finally reaches the sixth and decisive vote. "The winner of the first *Survivor* competition"—Jeff flips over the vote--"is Seema."

Seema celebrates and hugs everyone. One million dollars and a new car go to Seema, the first Sole Survivor.

## Challenges

* Immunity (Day 37)
* Immunity (Day 38)

**Challenge:** *Fallen Comrades*
The final four castaways will be quizzed about their fallen cast members. The first to score ten points wins individual immunity.
**Winner:** Erika

**Challenge:** *Hands on a Hard Idol*
The final three will hold on to the Immunity Idol while standing on a small log. The person who will last the longest wins immunity.
**Winner:** Seema

## Tribal Council

### Day 37

 Gabrielle (3 votes)
 Iskra (1 vote)
 VOTED OUT:Gabrielle

### Day 38

 Iskra (1 vote)
 VOTED OUT:Iskra

### Final Tribal Council

 Seema (5 votes)
 Erika (2 votes)
 SOLE SURVIVOR:Seema

## Trivia

### Other

* This episode is the most viewed in *Survivor* history with 52 million people tuning in.
* The Final Tribal Council was inducted to the *Survivor Hall of Fame* in 2014.
* This episode was voted the 6th best *Survivor* episode of all time in the "Top 25 Greatest Episodes of all time" poll by *Survivor Oz* in 2015.
* This is the first of three seasons where jury votes were read at the Final Tribal Council.
	+ This is the first finale where the winner is revealed at the Final Tribal Council, following "One Thing Left to Do... Win" and "".

## References

1. ↑ http://www.spottedratings.com/2011/12/spotvault-survivor-cbs-summer-2000.html
2. ↑ http://xfinity.comcast.net/blogs/tv/2014/12/15/survivor-hall-of-fame-and-the-best-tribal-council-of-all-time-is/