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We have no respect for anybody else out here. That's a real mature comeback.

There's an obvious competition between you two. He's a bad dude and I want to

out there and beat him. That rubs me the wrong way when you say that.

He's feeding my fire.

The more he does it, the more I want to beat him.

Aris sliding down. Terry and Aris neck and neck. I apologize for going personal

like that on you. Straight up. I accept that. Aris wins immunity.

Terry and I, through our conflict, we've helped each other grow.

Welcome back to the Survivor Exile Island reunion show. We are live at the

Sullivan Theater here in New York City.

All 16 survivors are going to talk about the season, starting with our winner.

Aris, congratulations.

We're a billionaire!

Let me tell you, you are going to get a check tomorrow morning for a million

dollars, and I have one piece of advice.

Pay your taxes.

Let's talk about the...

I think the biggest thing in terms of the last few weeks is the rivalry

you and Terry. Probably the most significant personal rivalry we've ever

the show. How big a part did that play in you doing so well and keeping your

performance so high?

It was huge. Terry's an awesome competitor. He beat me in almost

did.

And it was just great to have somebody like that to go up against.

If you just look at it from a strategic point of view, if Terry doesn't win

immunity and someone else does, I go home.

Let's explain that because there's this hidden immunity idol this season which

really never played in the show in terms of you actually playing it. But I think

what you're talking about is the fact that you continue to have that ensured

your safety.

Right, because if somebody else wins immunity, then he's going to use his

immunity idol and his vote is always Aris, so it's Aris going home.

So, Terry, really, you had a big impact in Aris becoming a millionaire in a lot

of different ways.

I want to know about...

Your take on Aris, because there was a lot of sort of father -son would maybe

a way to say it in terms of how you dealt with Aris. Did you respect that

rivalry as it was going?

I respected it totally. And for him to do what he did near the end and

for something.

And what I needed to do was listen to what he had to say. And I had to be

up enough to listen. And he was totally mad enough to do what he did.

And two mature guys.

getting it on, strapping it on, and making it happen. It was great.

Terry, you deserve a real big congratulations because... Yeah,

Because this is really... Got your own fan club here. This is really,

in a lot of ways, numbers are very important in this game. You didn't have

number. Week after week after week after week, you had your back up against the

wall. Kasaya was very strong as a tribe, and you continued to dominate.

And it was impressive to watch.

And I wondered how much of that, was there some frustration on your part?

Because you made a couple of comments about moms not being as important.

It is Mother's Day.

You know, you made a comment to Seri about what on earth are you doing, and I

wondered, is that just you, or were you frustrated?

You know what?

Seri had it right when she said she was mad that Shane got voted off. That was

kind of my last ally, my last grasp.

These guys stayed so strong throughout the whole show. I could not crack them.

And when it was about to happen, they noticed it and got rid of who might

But a credit to these guys for being so strong throughout the whole game. And,

yes, it frustrated me. It was totally difficult to go in each challenge as a

game seven.

Yeah. And, Aris, you started the show, I think it was day one or two, where you

had everybody, let's all put our hands together.

Don't stop until you feel the heat. You feel the heat? And I think Austin was

like, or Nick, one of you guys was saying, I'm not feeling anything about

guy. But I bring that up because you really did come into this game, you

and Shane gave you a hard time about yoga and all that. It's easy to say that

the heat of the moment. Right.

What did you take away from this experience? Because you came out here

to learn something about yourself.

Yeah, I'm still learning things about this experience.

But I'd say for sure when I got home, it felt like a rite of passage. Going up

against Terry, I mean, the ultimate guy, you know, to go up against and hold my

own really made me feel like I had kind of come into my own. So that was big for

me.

Danielle, sitting in the middle of these two guys, played a very quiet game, a

very subtle game.

You would disappear and then reappear. You had some problems in some of the

challenges figuring them out. I remember watching you getting frustrated, trying

to find a sandbag and all that. Then out of nowhere, when you needed to, you

come up and win the big challenge.

I know what you said on the show in terms of why you chose Aris. I don't buy

I don't believe you just got a million dollars on the line. You were ready to

turn on him with Terry 10 minutes earlier. What was the real criteria for

that choice of Aris? Why did you think you could beat him and not Terry?

I just figured because I feel that everybody bonded so much. Everyone took

liking to Terry towards the end. And it was a 50 -50.

It was a risky. I mean, these are the two most competitive and smartest.

I think they played the game the best out of everybody.

And I just figured that either way, I was taking a shot.

There wasn't one person that I wanted to.

Do you think you could have beaten Terry now watching the show play out? I still

think it would have been tough.

Let's see. Let's find out.

Here's what we're going to do. I want to find this out.

Terry's now in the final two. Arish, you're now on the jury. And everybody

who was on the jury.

Show of hands for who would have voted for Danielle.

It takes four.

Okay,

you only get one, Bruce.

So, two votes.

It wouldn't have, Terry would have won. You were that close to a million

dollars, Terry.

Well,

from where you sit, Danielle, this is what I want to know. You guys had such a

tight bond.

It was Kasaya all the way.

And yet you wouldn't have won even against Terry. Do you think that's

was a vote out?

I think I lost some favor with people. I think people, like I said, towards the

end, me, Terry didn't have to vote anybody out.

Aris and I voted the same people out, so there was some animosity towards the

both of us. So I figured I had a better shot with Aris because Terry didn't have

to vote anybody out.

All right, before we take a break, I have one lighthearted question.

Young kid I met today, Casey.

Nice guy. Wants to know, Aris, how did you keep, who helped you keep that hair

like that for 39 days?

Let's hear it.

Was it Sally?

Three, actually.

Before every, I don't want a big explanation. All the girls would help me

each challenge. They'd put it up real nice and high.

All right. Up next, we are going to talk to Sari about her amazing journey.

This is a woman who was afraid of leaves.

Ended up catching the biggest fish and nearly won the show. And still to come,

one of the most colorful survivors ever. We will hear from Shane.

Plus, you've been voting online for who you think is most deserving of winning a

2007 all -new GMC Yukon.

Survivor, Exile Island, and Auburn Union Show. Be right back.

No more torrential downpours.

Answer God. No more of those.

I hate leaves.

I don't think Cerise had a lot of outdoor experience.

This is cool for us to eat just like this, right? For the people at home that

are like me on the couch, stay on the couch.

Cerise Fields.

Caught the biggest fish out here. I kind of underestimated myself for 35 years.

And now it's like if I really wanted to do something, there's nothing that I can

do now.

Welcome back to the Survivor XL Island Reunion Show 3. When we first met you in

casting. You were a giddy bunch of nerves just back, oh, I can't, oh. And

were all kinds of reasons to not put you on the show.

And there was one reason that we put you on, and it was your spirit. There was

something so compelling about you that we thought, this is a woman who has

been off the couch.

She wants to be on this show. One of the best moves we've made in putting you

on. It was a delight to watch you.

Fans everywhere now. What was it that made you get up off the couch?

Oh, Jeff.

I don't know. I just decided to take a chance. Tell me

about the first day on the beach. You've taken the chance, and oh, my God, here

I am.

Oh, Lord. The first day, I hated all my friends and family.

Sorry, guys.

But I just couldn't believe none of them said, don't do it. Are you crazy?

And I'm like, it was just horrible.

It was horrible. You know, I just said to myself, don't embarrass the family.

Don't be the first one. After the first one goes, you can go.

Oh, that's why you work so hard to get Tina just to save your own family pride.

Well, you talked a lot about, you know, how much you've learned from this and

how much time you feel like you've wasted. So how has it changed now that

back home? How has it changed your life there?

Unbelievable. I'm off the couch, everybody.

I just feel with the show, America has seen the best and the worst of me.

And the fear of disappointing people and the fear of failure is

gone now.

I mean, after this, I mean, I can do anything.

Go to your man, your husband. HB, stand up.

HB,

you've got to be... Welcome to the show. Thank you. You've got to be very proud

of what Serene did out there. And you got to witness it firsthand.

Yes, I did.

I did.

And everybody's seen the way they put my butt to work.

You know, I have no problems with it. I had to do what I had to do. What most

impressed you about Sari when you were out there and saw how tough it really

Just the fact that she was taking command, telling me what to do. You

honey, get the fire. Honey, go up there and get water.

You know, honey, we need to do this. We need to scale this fish.

And that impressed you because you're seeing a side of Sari you haven't seen?

I've never seen before.

You know, being out here in this element that she does not like. She don't like

to be too cold or too hot. So for her to actually be out here. Sorry, honey.

Sorry. But for her to actually be out here to do this is awesome. It's mind

-blowing, you know. And it's a test, you know, to.

I can't even speak, Jeff. I'm just so emotional.

I'm so proud of her.

Well,

thank you, Steve.

I love you, honey.

So much. All right, all right.

You guys are a good couple.

Shane, you...

Oh, I'm not even getting to you yourself.

I want to know, because you said something to me when we were talking

you watched the show, you were blown away by Serene.

Oh, yeah. I mean...

You know, she played by far the best social game out there, 100%.

She was

dead in the water and she was going home next, or so I thought many times to my

delusion men.

You made a comment to me about how she sort of typifies the underdog.

Well, I mean, I think the thing that we can all... take from watching and

playing with her in the game is that she

is the every woman.

I mean, she is. If you are thinking about trying out for the show and you

think this and don't think that and don't think this, I mean, Seri is an

inspiration to everyone in this country who thinks they can.

And that is what I'm going to take from my relationship with Seri and my

experience with her because she

absolutely wasn't going further than day six. And she put her head down, she

worked hard, and she just got along. And then you watch her go, wow, I could

win. And she orchestrated her own madness. And it's really, really been

beautiful to watch.

Somebody else who had quite an experience this season was our favorite

who was probably in the most physical pain, maybe next to Michael in our

season, who got burned in the fire.

In case everybody's not clear on what happened, when you left, everything was

blocked. Your bowels were blocked. Your bladder was blocked. Nothing was moving.

And it was a lot worse than I think anybody knew.

How long were you actually in pain before you said, I've got to see a

About 12 days had started, 12 days before.

And every day got worse.

And I didn't want to complain to my tribe. They can't know I was

But that's why I set out immunity challenges and I always ask.

Do you need anything done? And I need to lay down.

And you're okay? You're completely fine now? I'm great. I feel... Also,

you also took a machete to the mouth and chipped a tooth.

You got a new tooth?

Yeah, I have a new tooth, and I had a split, and I just didn't want to be

off the show, and I didn't want my wife to be mad at me that I got hurt again.

Well, and how this works is if you call for a doctor, if you're a survivor and

you ask for the doctor, we will send one out. We want to know why you want one,

and we're going to check it out.

And if a doctor does come out and says, you've got to go, you've got to go. So

that's the risk you take. At a certain point, it's out of your hands. You

have a choice. Once they came out and he looked at you, he didn't know what it

was.

Last question I have for you, by the way, when you came on this show.

You lost your job, right, as a teacher?

No, I was threatened that I was going to be terminated if I didn't show up the

next day.

And I just went anyway.

And the whole time on the show, I didn't know if I had a job or not.

Always a good thing for teachers to show their kids.

You were suspended.

Suspended with no pay. Are you back at work? I'm back, and I love teaching.

34 years, and I love teaching.

We have one other thing we're going to do.

You know, Terry was another person who I think was very surprised in watching

Seri and her. And you actually, you guys put something together and just show us

what you have there for Seri. We did. First thing, there's a couch for sale

because Seri's never getting back on it.

Second of all, we joked around a lot after Seri caught that fish and we said,

Seri, you've won the Survivor Exile Island first place fishing tournament.

After smoking three packs a day, that's 60 cigarettes a day for 20 years. He

waited until day one of Survivor to quit. Never had anybody quite like him.

Shane is next.

Which is about a guy who can rewind his life with a remote control.

Certainly times in my life, I'd like to be able to rewind my life. But I have to

say, if there is one person from this season of Survivor that I'm glad could

rewind a thing, it's this guy. Shane, take a look.

I don't like fleas. I want this one.

I just want mine.

I'm not in a good spot, man. I got to get through this detox. For sure, the

cigarette stuff.

a piece of wood and is actually calling it his blackberry stop eating don't

laugh what i'm communicating people not on this island

all right let's start

let's start at the beginning were you really losing your mind or was this a

on no

I had smoked three packs a day for my whole life. I had never tried to quit. I

had no water from, like, day two to five. The doctors say that's what you

to come off nicotine the most. I was losing my mind.

And I don't think you mind if I share that you've been through AA. You've

to quit other things before. How did quitting smoking out there, which is

you were trying to do, compare to anything else? There's nothing harder.

In the history of my life, there was nothing as hard as that first, like, ten

days. Nothing.

Nothing.

What about the blackberry and the thinking chair and, you know, all those

things? Was it rubber room time or was that you having a little bit of fun and

maybe playing the social game?

It definitely wasn't me playing a social game because what would happen is that

I would have the outburst and then I would like sulk off to the woods and go,

I'm burying myself as we speak.

This is not the game to play. It'd be crazy.

Was there a point where it became... There was a point where you started

I'm so unlikable, everybody's going to take me. Did that actually click with

at a certain point where you said, you know what, I'm going to become the guy

everybody wants to take to the final two?

No, I think that it's like right after the merge, and I do have to apologize to

Daniel's boyfriend and her father, because that day on day 12, I was so

malicious.

After that, I was like...

okay, my only route now is to be like fair play and you know what I mean? And

just totally freak everybody out, hate everybody and just try and roll them

two. But what happened is I really think people got used to my outbursts and

they would be like, that's just, he's just having his minute.

And I don't know, but I felt like I was somewhat likable. I mean, to the top.

In terms of the show,

remember we talked at the beginning and I would go over and the producers all go

over and say, look, this is going to be the hardest thing you ever do.

And Shane was just, you don't know me.

Now that it's all said and done.

You can stop right there.

It was the hardest thing I've ever done.

Ever. I mean, that's the one thing you don't realize when you're watching it on

television. Because when I would watch seasons, I would be like, Just do it.

just have no idea how badly the people are suffering out here and what

kind of depletion they're going through. You have no idea unless you've done it.

One other thing I've got to ask you about is that everybody knew that your

relationship with your son, Boston, was special to you, and he got to come out

and experience it, which was nice.

What was his take in watching the show and all the stuff he didn't know about

Dad losing his mind?

Look at him.

First of all, I just want to say that there's no others like single mothers.

if it wasn't for Bird, I couldn't have made this journey. And happy Mother's

Day.

Bird is Boston's mom.

Well, your connection was special, and you could tell that out there. Yeah, I

mean, me and my son, when we got home, I just said, you know, I mean, I'm very

vivid and very outlandish at times, and very cartoonish, and he sort of anchors

us, but I said, this is on a whole other level.

Like, you have not, and we would sit, and we would laugh, and he'd kind of

at me and go, did you just make a death threat on national television?

And I would be like, I unfortunately just did that.

All right. Well, as you say, it is Mother's Day.

And a bit of a transition here because it is Mother's Day, and this is the day

when we celebrate our moms. But for Tina, one of this season's survivors,

Mother's Day is not a joyful occasion. And I want to explain. Tina was

originally selected to be on Survivor Guatemala.

A few weeks before we were set to leave, Tina suffered the worst tragedy any

parent could ever go through. Her only son, Charlie, was killed in a car

accident.

Obviously, she couldn't be on that season. We stayed in touch with Tina and

said, if for any reason you think at some point this experience would offer

something therapeutic or maybe a way to honor Charlie, we want you to know you

have an open invitation.

And Tina said, you know what? I think it would be good for my soul.

I would like to give it a try.

You came out and unfortunately you were too strong and they voted you off soon.

But you touched everybody when you shared the story of Charlie.

And I want to ask you on Mother's Day, how are you doing today?

I'm doing okay.

I'm doing okay. I get up every day and hit the world, just like any other

or father should do.

But I was on a magic carpet ride, and the rug was pulled up from underneath

And it's not today. It's every day, and it will be for the rest of my life and

his father's and our family and friends.

But I was ready to go.

I was ready.

Tina, what's been the reaction from people? Have you received mail or do

people stop you and want to talk?

I got a ton of emails and my phone was ringing off the hook. Because I'm in

business, I have the Lumberjill show and the Lumberjack show in Maine. People

were emailing left and right. They still do because people didn't know. And

Charlie's been in the show with me for, well, 15 years.

You know, people that hadn't been to the show last year or seen us didn't know

until they saw me on Survivor. You've got to share the story you shared with

Tina goes to her email. Second week of the show, you're watching at home with a

friend, and you get an email, and you say, oh, here's an email. This is

of what I get. And you start to read it and tell us what you read, Tina.

It was an email from the people. There was a car accident with my son and

Christine. Thank you. I mean, I've become friends with her.

It was quite shocking to me to read that email.

So just so I'm clear, you're reading along not knowing who this is from. Oh,

watched on Survivor. We always watch Survivor. And we didn't watch it that

when someone came up to us on the street and said, I think you need to watch

Survivor because I think the mother of the child is on there.

And it was like the second worst moment of my life to really realize that other

people were involved.

I didn't know them yet, and I wanted to reach out to them for the longest time,

but then I got whisked off to Panama, and then I got home, and then you get

to life.

Gina, thank you for sharing that with us, and I'm sure you touched a lot of

people.

I'm glad you're here.

We're going to take a break. We'll be right back.

This is the most miserable I've ever been in my life.

Austin, I want to start with you. How tough was XL Island? Oh, it was a

man. As you can tell, it was no problem at all.

No, seriously, Danielle and I, I honestly thought that we had been

the second coming of the NOAC flood. Like, I was waiting for God's audible

to be like, hey, man, go grab some snakes and iguanas two by two because

flood's coming.

It was awful, but, you know, it was the best thing that I've ever been through,

too. You know, Danielle and I sat there, and we cussed and prayed and cussed and

prayed. And I went out into this game saying I wanted to represent somebody

bigger than myself.

But I've found out what it's like to lean on somebody bigger than myself. And

when that sun came up, after 48 hours of going through that maelstrom, I looked

at my life, and I took a new perspective on my faith, and I will always be

thankful to the game of Survivor for that. It was awesome.

Nice.

Dan, you've been into space.

I mean, you've been into space.

Did you take anything from this game? Do you have a memory of this?

Oh, absolutely. I mean, waking up every morning on this unbelievable island.

And with the sunrise coming up and the iguanas you could pet, amazing people

that you were with.

Away from everything, away from email, away from phones, away from it all, it

was a spiritual awakening. And it was just so beautiful.

And every morning I would get up, I would say, another beautiful day in

paradise. And you'd read some of your t -shirts, there's another beautiful day

in paradise. It became a mantra for the tribe.

Well, it was a pleasure to have you on the show. Thank you.

At times, very tough for you. Was there anything, now that it's all said and

done, anything positive that came out of this for you?

It was a beautiful reflection, really, into life and to how you relate with

people and that, you know, everyone, we have our dreams right in front of us and

that the result is insignificant.

It's really the road you take to get there and the one you choose to take on

way out. And there are many more dreams in the future. And I grew a lot as a

person. You know, considering what you went through out there, I think it says

lot about you.

And your growth, what you just said.

Sally, one of the things that came out on this show is that right before coming

on the show, you had gone through a divorce.

Family relations were very strained with your parents because of that. Did this

show and you being on TV every week, did that help at all to bring you guys back

together?

I think what it did was it gave people in my life who...

maybe were concerned about who I was, who I'd become through some choices that

had made for my own life, to give them a glimpse to be able to say, this is who

I am. I'm still the same person. I'm a lot happier.

And, you know, anyone who looked at that and really looked at it would see. So

any other issues out there, they're not mine. It was a great reflection time for

me. I'm very affirmed in the choices that I've made and where my life is at.

All right.

Good.

Nick? Here's what I want to do, because we're running a little bit short on

time. Nick in the back row, except for Tina, who we've talked to. I want to ask

you the one thing, because you guys didn't get a lot of time necessarily on

show. One thing most misunderstood about you that we didn't see.

Quick answer. Honestly, not that much.

Nick was hungry.

All right, Nick was hungry. Bob Dogg, what didn't we know about you?

So we would disagree with this, but I'm surprisingly cuddly.

Ruth Marie.

I think my personality was way cuter out there than it showed on the TV. No

offense to the edit.

No cute personality shown. Missy, you had bug bites galore. What else did we

know? But I was still smiling.

You're right. Most importantly, and I'm never going to give up on anything.

That's me.

Melinda. Yes?

What didn't we get to see that we would have if you were out there longer?

That I could handle whatever is thrown my way.

Whatever it is, and I know that now, that's one thing that I didn't know

Survivor that I know now. I can handle it.

Perfect.

Good. All good answers.

All right. Well, during the show, Terry won a 2007 all -new GMC Yukon, and in

doing so, kept the car curse alive.

12 seasons of Survivor, the winner of the cars never won the game. Tonight, we

have another GMC to give away, but this time, your vote.

You at home have decided who wins the UConn. You've been voting online, that's

right, for your favorite survivor. I want to ask the audience, who do you

was voted the most deserving and the people who liked them the most?

Well,

the woman who told everybody to get off the couch is now owning a

2007 all -new GMC UConn.

While Suri figures out what color Yukon to order, we're going to take a break.

When we come back, we'll show you which part of the world Survivor's heading to

next. Don't go away.

America voted, and the results are in.

GMC congratulates Suri Field as winner of the 2007 all -new GMC Yukon.

on CBS.

That's when Aris will receive his check for a million dollars.

And as this season of Survivor comes to a close, we're packing up with a whole

new group of survivors and heading to one of the most stunning locations we've

ever been to. Take a look.

This fall, Survivor voyages to an isolated group of islands named after

famous English explorer Captain James Cook.

It was the Cook Islands that played host to Captain William Bly, just days

before the infamous mutiny on the Bounty.

Now the new survivors will have their own adventures in this lush and exotic

land.

And Exile Island will return with new twists.

Who will outwit, outplay, and outlast all the others?

Join us this fall for the premiere of Survivor Cook Island.

If you want to own a piece of Survivor Exile Island, here's how you can do it.

Immediately following the reunion show, log on to SurvivorCharity .com. You'll

find all sorts of one -of -a -kind props from the show. The auction runs from

May 14th, that's tonight, June 11th. The proceeds help... Operation Smile

provide free surgery to children suffering with facial deformities in

24 other countries around the world.

Finally, if you think you have what it takes to be on this show, put together a

three -minute videotape. Doesn't have to be much. Just turn on the camera and

tell us who you are. All the details are at cbs .com. And who knows, like Sri,

you may just change your life. We always appreciate your loyal support.

We hope we see you back for the next one. Survivor, Cook Island.

Good night, everybody.