[Jeff Probst]

Final 3, you have come as far as you can in this game by yourselves. Now the power shifts from the three of you, to the 11 people you had a hand in voting out. The jury.

Before we hand over to them, I will give you three one last chance to address them.

Please do so now, before 3pm Central Friday.

[Adam]

Hello Jury.


So what a game its been. You guys have given me an experience and adventure that I won't forget. This game is HARD and takes a lot out of you as we all know. I know especially over the last few vote outs it has been really tough and several great players went out fighting and I respect it. I will do my best to answer any of your questions truthfully and will be 100% honest with you. I first want to say that I had many highs and many lows in this game. I started out on the OG Taino in a great spot and I would say at the top. I had great relationships with everyone and was always in the know. Even after the second swap and new people came around I managed to stay there until the merge. We all remember that fucked up twist that nearly took myself (and Ryan) out. I didn't know many of the vets and OG Lucayan people so I went from the top at Taino to the very bottom. All I could do was get to know people and have genuine and personal conversations with everyone. Whether we talked about your job, school, dog, interests, hobbies, or personal things that was all real. Im not gonna lie and say it wasn't strategy to build relationships but the only way for me to properly get people on my side was to get people to like me and to be real. I had nothing to lose at that point and I did the best I could to be as genuine as possible. If I hurt you guys or you felt betrayed by me then I will own up to it and will make no excused for anything I have done. I just hope you guys can respect what I had to do. I was not a flashy player yes, but I did have to maneuver my way around and find people who would listen and truly work with me and be on my side. I did the best I could to be as self-aware as possible. All in all I hope you guys can look and see how at the merge I was in two ties and almost went out but yet managed to fight my way to the finals and do the best I could with the cards I was given. Throw whatever you want at me, whatever problems you had, or any questions and I will take it and answer you.

Thank you guys for the adventure, its been great and I mean that with all sincerity.

[Lucy]

Alright Kids. Lets get into it.

First off those of you who were close to me know that I love you and I am not going to spend my opening statements applying chapstick to kiss any of your asses. I did enough of that during the game- if you don't know how I feel about you by now I don't think theres much that will change that.

I came into this game treating it straight up as if I was playing any kind of board game. You don't play Monopoly with your friends and at the very end feel bad and hand them your money, No, you fucking put the hotels down and bleed there asses fucking dry.

Although I had very real relationships with all of you- I treated everyone as if they were game pieces that I had to knock off the board.

My strategy was to be as social with everyone as much as possible and try and get to know you not just in the context of the typical strategy bullshit, but as people as well. In turn I would exploit these relationships to advance myself in the game. I would also label me as an Opportunist. I think a lot of people make the mistake of running there mouths too much, especially with this cast. Instead of running my mouth I listened and stock piled information and when the time was right I used that information to my benefit.

I am the only person sitting up here who has played a part in every single one of your eliminations- not counting the Brian vote because everyone was too chicken to say anything during that twist + it came down to rocks anyway AND Jim because Jim was removed. Although, I wish I could say I bought him the tickets for the cruise ;p.

The only person I was loyal to was Me. I had deals through out the game, but they all came secondary to the alliance I had with myself. I was ready to vote out anyone, whether I loved you and would do anal for you or not. I didn't vote people out because I liked them or didn't like them. I voted them out cause it was best for me.

I am going to give the briefest story of how my game played out as possible so you have some insight into how or what I was doing.

Pre-Merge I was in the majority at every single tribal council I went too. Very very early on in the game I had loyalties with both Adam and Zeke and long term it was probably the most important alliance I was apart of.

When I thought I was swapfucked at that last switch I was able to befriend Danni, Dale, and Joaquin- along with my preexisting relationship with Drew to the point that most of them were willing to vote Brian out in the event we attended a second tribal council.

Gary and Ryan's votes.... I was able to use my relationships with the Vets - as well as my relationships with Adam and Zeke to procure the votes needed to knock them both out. I may not have always been the idea man, but I was the glue that held a lot of these votes together. Coming into the merge Adam and Zeke were really worried about the vets, but thankfully Ryan and Gary decided to blindside Hannah... and it made it a LOT easier for me to get them away from the anti-vet resistance. I knew the vets were not as close as everyone kept saying they were... through my relationships with Dale, Joaquin, Drew, and Caryn... it wasn't this tight knit group it was being hyped to be. I tried to perpetuate that Gary and Ryan were not trustworthy and could potentially have the idol... so that Adam and Zeke wouldn't try and re-team up with them.

With the Joaquin vote I took advantage of the girl alliance I had been offered. Most of the girls wanted to vote for Dale, but I made it clear that Joaquin told me about his idol and we all put on our brass panties and blindsided him.

I had to do some major damage control to get back into Adam and Zeke's good graces and I think this alone proves that I was not blindly loyal to those two boys.

With Dale I actually wanted to re-team up with the boys and go after a girl at this vote, but Dale straight up told me he thought I had a lot of power and had a lot of trust invested in me... and then Adam told me that Dale warned him that he needed to stop telling me things. I also remembered a conversation where Dale told me that he felt he lost the last time because of being blindly loyal to the inevitable winner of the season... I just felt that Dale was smart enough and capable to fuck me over later. So why even play with fire.

At final eight- while in the hospital- Drew and I both plotted out the demise of the all girl alliance and I'm not taking all of the credit here because Drew did convince most of the girls to split the vote between Adam and Zeke... but the plan wouldn't have worked if it wasn't for Adam and Zeke both being loyal to me. Drew had voted against Adam multiple times and they were rivals of sorts. I wanted to eliminate Danni, but Drew wanted it to be Caryn. I really thought about it and ultimately I felt that if I stayed with the girls and Caryn I would have NEVER got any credit for my decisions and I would have been viewed as Caryn's bitch. I never really knew where I stood in the girls alliance. No one was promising me any final three deals and I felt like most of them had the best chances of winning the game... where as Adam and Zeke were both always set up as boots in case idols were played and they were labeled as goats by a lot of players. I also had strong bonds with Adam and Zeke and felt that they would be loyal - at least up until the final four. So why knock out two people that I knew I could depend on and take a chance with four girls that I wasn't sure I trusted. I loved the girls, but not enought to lose for them.

At final seven... I was tipped off about Chrissy and Danni wanting me out from Drew. I thought Danni had the hidden immunity idol and it was eventually confirmed by Drew. So I asked Adam to tell Lydia to vote for Danni and to propose a final three between the two of them and Zeke. I figured if Lydia wanted to win she would be counting the 100 dollars if she was sitting with both Adam and Zeke and it would be an enticing offer. But I also felt like Lydia might run to Danni and possibly tip her off about the plan which would cause Danni to play her idol on herself rather than Chrissy. I'm not sure if Lydia told Danni or not, but it ended up working out perfectly. If Lydia leaked the plan to Danni, it still ended with Chrissy's demise. If Lydia didn't... she threw a vote at Danni and it would make her trust Adam less and potentially screwed things up with Danni.

At final six... I started to become really paranoid that Drew, Danni, and Myself would be viewed as front runners to win the game. I figured with Lydia out of the way- Adam and Zeke would be foolish not to go to the end with me. No one would beat Danni... and I know Drew had a lot of friends on the jury as well. Then the most wonderful thing happened. Danni won Immunity. At this point Drew and me were discussing possibly breaking up Adam and Zeke. I never wanted that to happen, but it was a back up plan. I figured if Adam or Zeke seemed iffy about voting off Lydia... I would have a definitive answer that they would kick my ass to the curb over Lydia if it came down to it and I would have to vote for Zeke to prevent a tie. However, Adam and Zeke remained loyal and were on board with the plan to boot Lydia and I did a lot of stressing for no reason.

At final five and four... It was all basic math. I knew my only shot of winning the game would be to sit next to Adam and Zeke and to give me that shot I would have to dig deep and slay the last two dragons. I won the last two immunity challenges and paved the way to boot my two biggest threats. Danni and Drew.

I know a lot of you might feel hurt or betrayed by me, but I hope you can set any bitter feelings aside and look at this for what it is- a game. I think I played a great strategic game and I'm sorry if that sounds cocky, but damn it, I played my fucking guts out. When this is all said and done and you get to read my confessional and see how much of a psychological toll this game put on me... Try not to laugh. I have cried actual tears. I have stressed enough for 10 life times. But I have cherished every moment and I will never forget this game or any of you.

I look forward to all of your questions and comments and I will be one hundred percent honest... for once.

XOXO Lucy.

(Also I apologize for any spelling or grammatical errors. I am horrible I know)

[Lucy]

When I thought I was swapfucked at that last switch I was able to befriend Caryn, Danni, Dale, and Joaquin- along with my preexisting relationship with Drew to the point that most of them were willing to vote Brian out in the event we attended a second tribal council.***

Sorry Caryn lol

[Zeke]

Survivor According to Zeke - My Autobiography

Hello to all of you!

This game has been an absolutely wild ride and the fact that this game will end soon. It’s still something that I cannot believe because I still remember the first day as well as I could. And just knowing that this whole game will be ending. I do want to say that being part of this journey was an absolute thrill from the beginning to the end.

I’ve had a lot of ups and downs in this game, ones that I really was proud of myself over and I knew that I’ve done right to the point that I knew I’ve made my right decision. To the ones that I was worried about. But in the end, all roads have lead me to the place that I am standing here, right now.

And with the first introduction out of the way for me. I would like to run you through my overall gameplay and how my road to the Final Three looked like basically.

Before The First Swap

In the first round of this game. My first objective was very simple “Befriend as many people as possible and find your core group that you can work with” and it worked out very flawlessly when I found myself in an alliance with people such as Mari/Adam/Will/Lucy. We called this the Majority alliance. The alliance was something that we’ve had to obviously keep under the covers for many rounds. Not only did this help me find my own place in this game and something that I could absolutely work my corner with but it also helped me cement my place in this game and ensure that if things come to the worst, I do not get the worst out of it.

The First Two Swaps

As soon as the first swap happened. I was very happy to know that most of my allies that survived the swap which gave us a lot of room to take our own initiative here. But with the fact that Mari has went off into the Lucayan deeps. We had to substitute her with someone else, which was basically Hannah. With Hannah on our side, we still reigned supreme on our side of the tribe. But with the newbies and the vets being there. I also didn’t wanted to exclude the Vets out of this because I really thought that people like Ryan and Drew were absolutely gonna be helpful on our side. Which is why if push comes to shove, I had to befriend them and be as close with them as possible. And with some of the guys being from Lucayan. I also wanted to be as close as possible with them in order to be in order to make sure that I could see where their heads are at and not keep myself in the dark to the point where I wouldn’t know where their votes would be landing. I do think that I’ve managed to make my presence in that tribe very clear to the point where people would know that I’ve had at least a huge part of how the Taino 2.0 was shaping up to be basically.

With the second swap. Things started to get more than complicated. With Lucy not being our side and Will being voted out. We somewhat have lost the numbers on the tribe. But that didn’t change the fact that we’ve had control of the tribe with Gary and Ryan being close to our sides which helped us prove that we did indeed have some members that we could have trusted in this game. In this particular swap section. I have managed to get myself very close to Adam. If anything, in that particular section of the game. I knew that I could very well, full on trust Adam and that no matter what could have come by in the game. I knew that my trust towards him wouldn’t lead me to a disappointment. The first round went pretty smoothly as we have won our first challenge together as the new Taino 3.0. Although at the round when Hannah has left, it did prove otherwise that we just have had our cards shuffled to us in the wrong way possible. But it still didn’t stop none of us from trying and really working hard on what we all did basically. And with the vote sadly not going in the direction that it should have. It left a lot of us wondering what in the world has happened. That is until the first Merge tribal council has happened and we were able to start talking to one another to figure out what exactly happened.

The Merge

After Hannah was voted out, it obviously hit me that the only three Taino members that were left were Me/Lucy and Adam. Which is why I came to them with the proposition of us working together in order to go far together in this game. I knew that if we all came into the merge as a trio and we’d all go around and talk about that, we’d more than likely would have had people already get angry at all of us. Which in the end, it has now proven to all of us that we were a thing. And with both Adam and Lucy agreeing to this, we all simply started to work our way together through this game by being simply separated. My other objective in the game was to “Trust only those that have good intentions for me and that I know that I can trust them enough to be with them in the end” and in that case, it was absolutely Lucy and Adam. With the others, I just needed to keep myself close and make them trust me enough so that they would help me out in this entire game. I’ve always had to keep in mind that people were gonna be out to get me at any given Sunday, which is why I knew that people would more than likely target me at any point of the game. With every situation in this game, I was absolutely adaptable to whatever happened and I didn’t let anybody try to know that I wasn’t fitting in or that I didn’t have any clue that I didn’t knew exactly what was happening at some parts of this game. Throughout the first four rounds where Gary/Ryan/Joaq and Dale have left. I wanted to be open for anything that was thrown my way, also at the same time. I also was trying to look out for myself and think about those that really didn’t have any plans for me and that I knew that they wouldn’t be able to lead me where I wanted to go and that was for me to get to the end. With the Joaq round. I do feel that I didn’t exactly see what was happening. And that’s where you could say that I’ve been kind of felt like I got bounced off from the game. However, I do feel that it did let me know that I’ve had to change my tactics and it helped me realize where exactly was I headed and made me as well realize that I can change this around for me and to help me advance myself ahead of everyone. But at the same time, those votes were pretty straightforward with the exception for the Joaq vote as I was simply not aware of it but I still wanted to show that I was loyal to those that I promised to vote with. And which is why I’ve voted with him as a way to prove that I was indeed genuinely loyal to some people instead of just immediately changing my vote to the other people. After the round where Dale got voted out, I was approached by Drew for a chance to basically take down the girls and he also helped me realize that the girls (Meaning Caryn/Danni/Lydia and Chrissy) were an alliance. And after talking with Drew, we both came to a conclusion that Caryn had to be the first one to leave this game. As soon as the gears were turning and everything was falling into place. I immediately started to realize that there is a chance to put everything that we have been planning out to work out throughout this whole game. With Chrissy leaving next after Caryn, it all started to come together as I had hoped for. My bond with not only Lucy and Adam was starting to get stronger but at the same time, I was getting very close to Drew which helped me also staple things together. Once we hit the Final 4. I knew that if Drew would have won the game. I wouldn’t be really going anywhere at this point. But with the fact that Lucy has indeed won this and as a matter of a fact in a really tight race. I knew that my ultimate deal of Me/Lucy and Adam making it to the Final 3 came true. So, all in all. Throughout this entire stage of the merge. I had to work my way through a lot to get where I am and after dealing with a lot of disadvantages with just there being three people from the original Taino tribe. We still managed to work this out and get to the Final Tribal Council and that’s exactly where things have landed.

Individual Gameplay Elements

Now this is the section where I will be talking about in detail about each of my gameplay elements. And which ones I’ve put the most focus on and which ones sadly didn’t get a lot of attention to where I actually wanted it to go, simply put. I’d like to talk about which parts I’ve put a lot of thought into and which ones I didn’t.

Strategy

This was the element where I’ve had to put a lot of focus on. I’ve always had to be sure that there was a backup plan in case something goes wrong. I’ve always had to think ahead and see who has to leave in order for me to stay above the ground and for me to stay in this game instead. I’ve had to think ahead and think really thoroughly while also keeping in mind and looking at any outcome that could happen if a certain person would win Immunity. I’ve also had to plan out everything that had to happen in order to see where I would be heading exactly and what to exactly expect if anything comes out of things. I’ve had to calculate everything that could be up on the table. Everything from who could have the Idol to even planning out the backup vote just in case our main target wins the Immunity. I always had a plan to action prepared in my head and tried to follow as closely as I could in order to make sure it all goes accordingly as I have planned basically.

Social Aspect

The Social aspect was really important to me due to the fact that it has helped me navigate through how everyone was basically thinking and I wanted to be open to everyone when it comes to being an ally. I really worked hard to put myself out in a lot of the situations that I was faced in and I didn’t want to single anybody out to the point that they’d think that I wasn’t with them. Also, not to mention. I didn’t want to make myself look like I was just only a gamebot when there was so much more to me than that which is why I was also trying to be as real as they came and tried to show that I can be a person that can walk the walk and talk the talk at the same time. Plus, I knew that friendships and trust isn’t just built with talking about strategy and promising things, you have to be genuine and you have to be likeable. With every conversation that I talked with people. I was me and I didn’t make something up just to impress them. I was 100% real and I just wanted to be very much known for that I didn’t had to put on a mask to pretend to be someone who I just wasn’t. All in all, I want people to know that I was really genuine with them and that I could play a strategic game and that they could put their trust in me.

Competition Skills

Now, this without any doubt at all was the part that I really was the weakest at essentially. Although I have won the first “merge” challenge which was to get into the boards as fast as you could. In the other challenges. I was absolutely not lucky at all. As you all probably would have seen by now when you have seen the challenges play out. I wasn’t really the fastest or the most efficient player to play in the challenges. Though at times, I was close to winning a second Immunity which was during the Scavenger Hunt one. I wasn’t quick enough to win this sadly. And which is why in this aspect, I do think that I was a bit more than anything unlucky here. However, it still didn’t stop me from trying my best in all the challenges that I participated in. I really didn’t want to come off as weak when at every challenge that I did. I was giving out my all in this game.

TL:DR Recap

Here is my brief summary of how each of the aspects looked like for me in this game.

Strategy – I was always trying to think one step ahead and tried to plan out my map of my road to the end by simply working my way around and basically planning things and making sure everything goes as planned just so that things go just as I thought.

Social – I wanted people to trust me. Which is why I built genuine relationships by being honest and trying to simply not let other people look at me as if I was just only being a gamebot aswell as that but I built my way throught this game by making people know that I was being as real as I could.

Challenge – This was my weakest strong point. Though I only won one challenge and was close at times to win the Immunity at times, I did only manage to win one Immunity Challenge in the Merge section of the game.

In conclusion

Seeing as I am nearing close to the end of my Opening speech. I know that all of you want to rip out my jugular and set my whole body on fire for what I did and I can’t deny that on some parts, I do deserve to have that done to me and I will absolutely understand the anger and the hatred that will be thrown at me. But I wanted to play my own game and do exactly what I felt was right for me to get to the end and even if I had to take a lot of risks to get to where I am at. I still do not regret one thing that I’ve done and I’m ready to face the music, so long as the DJ keeps on playing the tunes. I will be happy to answer every question that I will receive in order to prove that I did come here for a reason and that it is to win this game. So, whether you have any negative comments or anything you’d like to say to me that you want me to tell you my honest opinion about. I will absolutely appreciate anything that would be coming towards me because as a Finalist, I would like to prove why I have come here and why exactly did I manage to get this far in the game.

[Adam]

So as I clearly sucked at putting my whole opening statements I’m going to try and add on. Lol okay.


From the start on Taino I had relationships with everybody. Zeke, Lucy, and Mari and I were all in an alliance with Will and then on we stuck together.

I stayed loyal to them and we took out several inactives and David. I had a leading hand in voting all of those people off and took the leadership role in the start.

Once we swapped and started over, I talked with everyone and Will went inactive. I really wanted to send one of the vets out but it would of been unfair to of kept an active around with someone who was useless.

The first time the vote got away from me is when Hannah was voted out. I had tried to make a move and take out a bigger player then we decided on Jim. Sadly that night Hannah went and the game got away from me that night.


When the merge happened and I was put in a tie, people didn’t know me and I was lucky I had people willing to vouch for me. Also note, Zeke and Lucy were the only Taino OG in the game. I didn’t have anyone else who I was real close to at that point.

In taking out Gary, I had to jump in with Dale and Joaquin. They had seemed to share the same feelings out Ryan and despite me having great conversations with him and Gary, I didn’t feel like they had my back and keeping them around would be a huge hindrance to me. So I got with Dale and Joaquin and bonded and made alliances with them so we could team up with Lucy and others vets to take out Ryan. Gary had to be plan B and I stuck with Dale and Joaquin and that benefited me. I had Zeke and Lucy plus Joaquin and Dale. That worked on that vote and Ryan plus the re-vote with Gary. It was a great time for me to get my head afloat and start taking out people who had painted me as a target and big threat when really I had no numbers and power once the merge hit.

Joaquin going was not a plan and the only time in the game I truly was blindsided. I had no idea about his idol but I managed to jump ship again. Everyone wanted Dale out and I figured I would give it another try to mend some fences with people I didn’t know or had issues including Drew. Drew and I had been at odds and pitted against one another. He was left out of the vote and we mended our relationship and started working together.

After the survey challenge it was clear that there was an all Girls alliance going on and they had painted me as this goat. I had to step up my game and start making some big moves. Drew and I got together and we then started finding ways to split the votes and did lots of strategizing on who to take out. I pulled in Zeke and Lucy in the vote and we managed to split the votes and take out Caryn who would of kicked our asses.

Lydia was one of my regrets because I loved her and I didn’t like lying to her but I had to tell her to vote Danni that way we could take out Chrissy. I knew that if any of them plus Danni made it to the end I would of been a goat and lost. I had to put these on my resume.


With Drew, I knew no matter what he was going to be a huge threat and I felt like I had no shot of going to the end and having a chance on winning since he had been so flashy and great with his game change and redemption.

I stayed loyal to Lucy and Zeke the whole time but I had to switch up and go from one person to another to survive and also take them out when I needed to.

All of our bonds and personal relationships were real but ultimately I couldn’t sit back and let people win. I had to find people who would work with me and then start over many times because they became too threatening and I needed to become a threat once the merge happened.

Forgive me for not being the best at explaining but again, ask me anything and I will tell you the truth as I stated several times.

[Zeke]

I just would like to use this space to quickly say something.

I will be getting back to the rest of the people that will ask questions for me. Something very personal happened and I needed to deal with it, which is why I was absent for some time. I will be returning back tomorrow to get my responses out and will be on for the whole duration of the day.