Survivor

ONLY 3 REMAIN: ELISABETH VOTED OUT
April 26, 2001

"It has been the most trying experience of my life, filled with the most highs and lows in a short period of time that I could ever imagine. They just didn't want me to get into the final two because I would have kicked some major butt in that situation." Those were the parting thoughts expressed by Elisabeth Filarski, the 23-year-old footwear designer from Newton, Massachusetts. Well-liked by all, Elisabeth was voted out in a 3-1 vote, proving that Survivor is far from a popularity contest and that strategy was definitely at play. Elisabeth becomes the 13th person voted out of the Outback and is now the 6th member of the jury, which will decide who will be the sole Survivor.

The tribe returned from an emotional night at Tribal Council after Rodger Bingham was voted out. Elisabeth reflected on being the last member of the original Kucha tribe. Lonely, she reminisced about her closest companion in the Outback, her "Outback Daddy," as she called him, or "Kentucky Joe," as others addressed him. But she wasn't ready to give up: "It was emotional for me, seeing Rodger being voted out, but he would never want me to get all mushy and sad and lay down and die. No way, I'm going to win this thing!" (

Elisabeth talks about Rodger. )