AD EXEC EARNS TOP DOLLAR: Earl Is Sole Survivor
After 19 Survivors spent 39 days battling the intense Fijian sun, suffering severe dehydration and starvation along with countless alliances made and broken, the winner of SURVIVOR: FIJI has been named. Earl Cole, the 35-year-old advertising executive from Santa Monica, California emerged virtually unscathed as the winner of the million dollar prize and title of Sole Survivor. Controlling the game as puppet master, Earl maneuvered both his alliance and his opponents like chess pieces. Forging a common bond with the clever Yau-Man, Earl played a stealthy game with an Immunity Idol in his pocket, making few enemies along the way. Earl won over the hearts of the jury in a unanimous vote.
Final Five
Returning from Tribal Council, Yau-Man and Earl experience the bitterness of betrayal not knowing about the plan his fellow allies had to blindside Yau-Man. Luckily for Yau, he strategically played his hidden Immunity Idol, keeping himself in the game. "Obviously it's time for me to protect myself," explains Earl. "It's all about cannibalism now."
Cassandra Has Some Explaining to Do
As the dust settles from the previous night's Tribal Council, Cassandra becomes uneasy as Earl questions her loyalty and the votes cast against Yau-Man. "Unfortunately, it does become a time in the game where you do have to look at your own personal interests," she explains. "If Earl has the hidden Immunity Idol and Yau-Man wins the Immunity today, we're in trouble." Heading out to their next Immunity Challenge, Yau-Man realizes the deal made with Dreamz has made him the biggest threat in the game. He vows to win the challenge in order to save himself.
Immunity Challenge: Fiji Braille Maze
The Final Five gather at the individual Immunity Challenge where Jeff Probst explains the rules. Survivors will make their way blindfolded through a massive five-section maze. Each will be assigned a uniquely shaped medallion, negotiating the maze till they find a key station. They will feel for the shape that matches their medallion to retrieve their specific key. After making their way to the correct drawbridge they will use their key to unlock it, lower it and cross over to the next section of the maze. The first person to get all five keys and cross all five drawbridges wins Immunity and will be in the Final Four.