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Survivor Host: There are lots of great questions, so let's begin!! If you're just joining us, we're chatting live with Tammy Leitner. To ask Tammy a question, please type it in the space below and click "Ask the Survivor". We'll get to as many of your questions as we can. Let's get started!!!

Hi Tammy, welcome and thanks for being here to chat with us today.

Tammy Leitner: Hi, I'm thrilled to be here!

addams: Hi Tammy, you were the strongest player I have seen on SURVIVOR. How did you prepare for the show?
Tammy Leitner: You know what, I've always been into sports and athletics so I just kind of upped my workout regimen before I went on the show. I lift a lot of weights, do kickboxing...basically I didn't do anything different to prepare for the show than I do in my normal life.

superchick: How did it feel to be voted off? Did you feel you played your best? What would you want to do that you should have done before?
Tammy Leitner: It absolutely SUCKED to get voted off. It's just a horrible feeling. I mean, you're exhausted, emotionally drained, hungry and then to add insult to injury you just lost the game! *laughs* I'm really happy with the way I played the game. There aren't a lot of things I'd do differently, but one thing would be to bring in a strong fifth person into our alliance.

mr_marquesas: I noticed that when the General said he was going to keep immunity, you made a strange face. Were you hoping that he'd give it to you, since no one really wanted to vote him off?
Tammy Leitner: After Rob won Immunity he gave me a huge hug and whispered in my ear "I'm giving this to you. You're not going anywhere." Rob has a huge heart and I think he meant what he said, but I don't think he was really prepared to give that necklace up and I didn't want him to. I wanted to win the game on my own merit.

Mr_Bug: Tammy, why do you think that SURVIVOR: MARQUESAS seems to vote off the strongest player every week? Is this a case of the "meek inheriting the earth" or just flip-flopping alliances?
Tammy Leitner: If you look at the six people that are left, they aren't necessarily the most strong physically, the most athletic or obvious leaders. They're people that flew under the radar, didn't make a lot of waves and for whatever reason that strategy worked for them.

fostertanner: Hi Tammy, great playing. What is the move you think hurt you the most?
Tammy Leitner: Thanks and the move that hurt me the most was probably not having a fifth person that we trusted to take us all the way to the end of the game.

heymikey: Hey Tammy! Do you think it is hypocritical for Neleh and Paschal to judge you as dishonest and untrustworthy simply because you have made an alliance, and yet they themselves are in one?
Tammy Leitner: You know, it was tough when Paschal and Neleh agreed to be part of our alliance and then voted Zoe, John and myself out because they thought we were deceptive for making an alliance and also thought we were arrogant, but the irony of the situation was you're right -- they formed an alliance and voted us out and were more arrogant than we ever would have dreamed of being. I mean the day after they voted John out they were at the waterfall singing and laughing that they'd begun to crumble our alliance.