David vs. Goliath" reunion show.
Nick has just won "survivors" 37th season.
You know, we couldnt really guess that we could have a more
Perfect season for you to end up as winner.
This david versus goliath idea, you come from a small town in
Kentucky, humble beginnings, theres been tragedy in you
Family, and yet it seemed like during the show all those things
That helped mold you and raise you were actually the skills
That helped you win.
Did you see that evolving.
Yes, i think i did.
And, you know, i tried to get on the show for so many years, so
When we were sitting on the barge and they dropped the thing
And they said, david versus griet, im thinking, this is the
Season i was supposed to be on.
It felt like fate.
All those things that i guess made the humble beginnings you
Call them, they did help in the game.
I know from talking to you, you had a personal
Debate, do i leave the small town and go to the big city and
Have a big career or stay in the small town and try to help the
People, my community.
Does the $1 million impact that decision?
I think so, and, you know, i wanted to be a lawyer because i
Wanted to be rich because of the way i grew up.
But then something changed for me where i felt like i had a
Calling instead of a career.
So i went and finally made it back home to help people.
Now i feel like if money is not an option, i dont have to try
Troy to work for a big firm and stay at hem and do what i feel
Like its my calling to do.
A true david.
Thanks, jeff.
Mike, in some ways youre kind of the polar opposite.
I mean, coming into this game, well, meaning this, you
Have a really big, successful career, which is tough to do in
Any field, especially in hollywood.
And you have turned down a job to come play this game.
What was the draw of "survivor"?
I think as a writer you feel like you dont want to spend
Your whole life just observing life.
You want to just live it, you know what i mean?
For me, i dont want the spend all my create difficult on my
Work.
I want to spend it toward living, you know what i mean?
Even if it means embarrassing yourself from front of millions
Of people.
It feels like you have to take a chance and live the adventure
And, you know, get off... Get away from your computer.
So a lot of people have that feeling when theyre
Out on the island.
Im always going to be like this.
Im going to take this back to my real life.
So when you come back to the pressures of hollywood or the
Anxiety of a cell phone, were you able, have you been able to
Mold this into your life?
I feel like i will.
I feel like what i learned on "survivor" i will
Definitely —ly keep chasing the adventure and also chasing these
People hopefully.
Angelina, lets come down to you.
Yeah.
We havent had anybody as polarizing as you in
A while.
You know, i felt for you because i know how everybody...
The world knows how brutal social media can be.
So lets tart there.
How have you handled all the criticism that came your way.
Yeah, so, to be honest, in real life im not polarizing,
But on "survivor" you are just with your essential goods.
There is a part of me, there is a big side of me that is
Aggressive and confident and outspoken.
I really leaked into that side of myself for the game because i
Wanted to just play with my heart out.
I wanted to go full steam from the beginning, and thats what i
Did.
Thats the game i played.
I can be proud of that.
That being said, like you recognized, there are people out
There who dont like to see that.
And i think that were in a really unique point in time
Where women are finding our voice and we are speaking up,
And i am so proud.
Thank you.
Im so... Its been an honor to be on the show an represent,
That because there are many more of me many this country.
I think times are changing.
Lets dig a little deeper.
I agree with you.
I think that if a man had played the exact same game you played,
We would have labeled him or commented on him very
Differently, 100%.
You played an aggressive, smart game.
You went for it.
Thank you.
But now lets go into the part where i heard people,
Like bringing up the rice or the ladder that was 100 feet in the
Air, that was about eight.
I climbed about 50.
Okay.
Fair enough.
I dont know how you get 50 from an eight-Foot radder.
Because i went to the top of the waterfall.
Let me remind you of one of my favorite moments.
Lets look back earlier in the season.
Is there any way i could have your jacket?
Natalie?
Natalie, the tribe has spoken.
Thank you, jeff.
Natalie.
Its time for you to go.
Nothing.
So my question with that is, given that you are a
Strong woman and shouldnt back down from that, was there any
Self-Awareness when you watched, maybe i pushed the rice issue a
Little much.
Look, no one laughed hard at jacket-Gate or the rice
Situation than myself.
I was like, please stop asking me so many times, let natalie
Go, let the rice go.
So you have to just have a good sense of humor about it.
But, you know, in the moment it was like, you feel the
Creativity, you feel the adrenaline, and you just lean
In.
If i were to play again, i can see some things i could tweak
For sure.
Okay.
Before we go to break, take me back to this moment.
Were at tribal council.
You played the idol.
Theres no more security you can have in the game.
And then you see me do something unusual, reach back into the urn
To pull out this round, odd disk.
It was odd.
? Oo what were you thinking in that moment when you knew
Something is awry.
First thing i thought of was i knew it was my time.
Yep, im done.
Theres some loop, some crazy something going on here.
I was heartbroken, man.
And then i went in full-On shock.
I dont even remember you snuffing my torch.
You were part of an historic moment.
Its such an honor upon tart of the history of the game.
Its a big deal.
You were part of the game in an historic game because
The guy next to you carl played it perfectly.
And thats why you were on the jury, as well.
Up next, christian was one of the biggest underdogs and one of
The most popular players of the season.
Did his friendship with gabby survive the betrayal?
And natalie is not happy about how she was portrayed.
Were going to talk about it.
The "survivor" reunion show continues right after this.
Welcome back to "david vs. Goliath"
Live reunion show.
Christian, so you play this game and you become a big threat and
Its clear that youre becoming likable and could win the game.
But in the beginning that first day, there had to be a big fear.
What was the biggest fear for you?
Well, early on the biggest fear is i would hit the beach
And i would be ostracized.
I know i walk and talk a little differently than most people.
I use words people dont typically use, hypothesis and
Also rits ums being chief among them.
I didnt know.
Its fine at my engineering department at home.
I didnt know how it would fly with the mayor of slamtown or
Carl the trucker, but it turns out really well.
I gained some confidence and steam throughout the game.
I think you were one of the best examples of in life
Sometimes these things that we think of as liabilities can
Become assets depending on the situation, like the five-Hour
Challenge where all of a sudden your ability to talk forever
Became this — that was a very conscious decision on your part,
Right?
Indeed it was.
Also i notice when i talk i feel in pain, which is a nice skill
To have in a very specific set of circumstances.
And, two you know, i had you right there.
You know, i realized i could talk to you.
I had you held captive for six hours.
People would pay good money 20 talk to you for that long, so
Why not do it.
Whats the big takeaway?
Whats the analogy for you playing "survivor"?
So, you know, "survivor" in a lot of ways like your
First-Every day of school where you think you might know what
Its going to be like, but when you show up in the door, the
Door closes behind you, there are kids running around
Everywhere, you realize, i know nothing.
Your game play goes out the window.
You notice the things you thought you might be good at
Maybe are your weakness, but maybe the things you thought
Were your weaknesses or are your strengths.
Or your friends you thought you might have, you might find
Completely different friends like the brochachos.
So dont limit yourself.
Dont limit yourself.
You might be surprised what you can do if you dont put yourself
In a box and spread your wings.
Nicely said.
Gabby, you guys had one of the most-Talked-About friendships
Ever on "survivor," and then you turn and betray each other.
Did it survive.
Yeah, pretty much as soon as i was voted out i was rooting
For christian to win and i was sorry when he was voted out, but
We are friends.
Good to here.
Natalie, i heard from our producers that you are not happy
About how you were portrayed.
So bring it to me.
What are you displeased about.
Jeff, jeff, jeff.
I was portrayed as lazy, confrontational, probably the
Worst player ever, bossy.
I own that one.
And i didnt really get to show who i really am.
And so i thought why am i being portrayed in such an ugly way.
I am such a fan of the show.
I love the show, and therefore when i started to see it air, i
Couldnt really celebrate being on the show.
Well, im being honest now, that hurts my heart,
Because — it hurts my heart, too, jeff.
Number one, natalie, i liked you on the show.
I thought you were fantastic at tribal because you have an
Opinion.
You were willing to say what you felt.
But im going to be honest, the way i experienced you at tribal
Is exactly how i saw it on the show, as well.
So lets just — risky move here, bup lets just see.
I may regret this question.
Does anybody else here feel we just completely got it wrong
With you, with your story?
What?
Okay.
Theyre lying, jeff.
Natalie, maybe youre the only one.
Maybe we werent able to — can i respond to that very
Quickly?
Yes.
At tribal council i was in the hot seat, so what you saw at
Tribal council is where i needed to be, because i was always on
The defense.
I was the person that they wanted to take out night one.
So my whole game was about surviving, not being voted out
First, and i was committed to the to be first goliath to go
Out.
So what you saw at tribal council was me being very
Aggressive, very assertive and trying to stay in the game.
All right.
Well, we didnt see all the flavors(
Anybody who might question the realness, i think this shows it
Is real, very transparent, we always want to be honest, heres
Another something that speaks to that.
Here is the weight loss we had this year.
Just to show you how hard it is to live on rice.
Kara lost 26 pounds.
Dan lost 26 more pounds.
Alison lost 27 pounds.
And davie lost 36 pounds.
And whats crazy is nobody came close to the record that this
Guy set back in our third season, thats big tom bakk in
2001.
He would go on to lose nearly 80 pounds.
And if you want to see what happens after a player is voted
Out, check out our ponderosa episodes.
They live online.
Theyre really cool.
Great stuff if youre a "survivor" fan.
Well take quick break.
When we come back, well see how pat is doing after his medical
Evacuation and were going to tell you what "survivor" is
Doing next season.
Well, this season the players had to endure some
Really tough condition, including two sigh clones that
Resulted in us having to evacuate them and a freak
Occurrence on a boat led to a very scary moment from pat.
You might remember this from episode one.
Pat was in a lot of pain and ultimately had to be medically
Evacuated.
Pat, you look good right now.
I feel great, jeff.
Are you back?
I feel great, jeff.
Im ready to go back if youre ready for me to make the call.
Im ready for you.
I just want to make sure, did you feel when it was all said
And done that you were in good handsious because its a
Question i get allotted.
Youre vulnerable.
Youre trusting us to take care of you medically.
Jeff, the medical team and everybody on the beach that day,
Its truly heartwarming to know how much you guys care about the
Contestants.
Its a great family.
Great.
Good.
Loving hearing that.
Well, as one season ends, another begins.
Heres what "survivor" is doing next.
For our 38th season, a new group of players will take on
The greatest social experiment ever created.
If i want to do something, i just do it.
Im not going to stay here for 39 days and play a boring game.
I rather get voted off in a blaze of glory.
Im ready to go.
Im a morning news anchor in macon, georgia.
Im a huge fan of the show.
Im going to come into the game like the cool man.
I want to break through the wall.
Oh, yeah.
Theyll be joined by four returning players.
This game will take everything from you, but you
Also have to give everything to the game.
There are archetypes like me that people say will never win.
Im going the prove them wrong.
Third times the charm, baby.
I know how hard this is going to be.
I can be starving.
It can be pouring.
But im here for the win.
Thats what i want.
Ly never quit.
I am freaking determined.
And a new layer to the game will push them further
Than ever before.
Where is my game going to go from here?
Youre sew alone.
I keep telling myself, dont quit.
Its just really hard.
I dont know if i can do this.
Im never going to give up.
Its "edge of extinction" premiering next
Spring.
Were taking it to a whole other level.
"edge of extinction" pierce in the spring.
Be right back.
There they are.
David versus goliath.
I hate to say good-Bye to these guys.
Its been a really fun season, and if this is speaking to your
Dream and you want to be a contestant on "survivor," go to
Cbs.Com/casting, and if you want to bid on promise from this
Season, go to survivorauctions.Com.
Proceeds to go to "survivor" stand up to cancer.
Thank you for watching.
Thanks for being here.
Thanks for your continued loyalty.
We will see you in the spring for a great season.
"edge of extinction."
Good night.
Thank you.
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