Survivor Samoa Finale: Five People Remain.

Five people remain in the Aiga campsite. Russell, Natalie, Jaison, Mick and Brett struggle to decide who to vote out as well as who should go to final three as tension builds for each of them.

A relaxing scene of a beautiful blue ocean, where a sea turtle and fish swim underwater, as well as large waves, rocky shore, and water gushing out of the rocks towards the sky like a volcano are seen over the turbulent ocean.

Day 37: It is early in the morning, and Russell is walking on the beach. He picks up the tree mail before he takes it to the camp and wakes up four people sleeping in the hut. He reminds them that they have an immunity challenge to go to, and Jaison moans and groans because he had diarrhea all night. Russell feels frustrated because they are all lazy. He wants to take out Brett next because he is the most threatening. Russell chats with Natalie, telling her that they all need to play very hard in order to take out Brett next. If Brett wins immunity again, the three men might decide to take her out, instead.

They walk to their immunity challenge area, and they notice an obstacle course set up. Jeff explains the game, where they have to race on top of the net, run over it, walk on a balance beam, untie a bag filled with puzzle pieces, head back with the bag, climb a wall, spill the contents from the bag, and put together the puzzle pieces, which is a picture of the Survivor logo. It is a close game, and Brett wins immunity again, for the third time. Back at the Aiga camp, Russell chats with Natalie, telling her that he will do what he can in order to keep her in the game. Then, he chats with Jaison, telling him to take out Mick. But Russell tells Mick to vote out Jaison. Then, Russell tells Natalie what he told Mick and Jaison. It is now up to Russell and Natalie to decide between Mick or Jaison to vote out. They leave out Brett from their discussions.

Night 37: There is a full moon in the dark sky as they walk to their tribal council with their lighted torches. The Jury members enter the tribal council area. The five remaining survivors discuss their voting strategies for this week, which is about trying to vote out the most threatening and take the weakest two along. Since they are not able to vote for Brett this time, they struggle to vote out a member of the Foafoa group. They respond to Jeff’s questions with very calculative answers, knowing that the Jury members are all listening carefully to how they respond. They also are aware that the final three will have to make their speeches to the Jury, soon. They take turns voting, and Jeff counts the votes inside the box. It is between Jaison and Mick, and Jaison is the 14th person voted out as well as the 8th person on the Jury. Jeff reminds them that their final immunity challenge is tomorrow as they all get up in order to walk back to their campsite.

Day 38: Russell chats with Brett on the beach. He makes a deal with Brett in order to try to save himself, just in case Brett wins immunity again. They walk on the beach and chat before getting the tree mail. As they all read the tree mail, they notice a map. Their assignment is to pay respect to the members who were voted out. As they follow the path on the map to the torches of each Survivor member, they collect masks with nametags. Then, they have to burn them into a bonfire in order to move on. The first person voted out was Marisa, then Mike, Betsy, Ben, Yasmin, Ashley, Russell, Liz, Erik, Kelly, Laura, John, Dave, Monica, Shambo, and then Jaison. They walk on a trail in the lush greenery of the island scene. They reach a BBQ grill, and they dump the masks with nametags on the fire. They meditate on the fire as they watch it all burn before returning to their campsite.

They arrive at the immunity challenge area, and Jeff explains to them their last challenge, which is about balance and concentration. They have to build a long and high pole while they place a little statue on top of the pole platform. The last person left, in which the pole hasn’t collapsed and the statue hasn’t fallen, wins immunity. A foot-long rod piece is added to the pole every two minutes. The pole grows higher and longer, and it starts to lean left and right as it gets longer and higher. Mick’s statue falls, and he is out first. Natalie is out second. Russell and Brett are left, concentrating hard on their poles. Their poles grow to seven feet long. Both poles lean left and right, and both men work hard to counter the leaning in order to keep their poles from collapsing. Tension and stress can be seen on all of the people’s faces as they all wonder how long Brett and Russell can keep it up. But, finally, Brett loses balance, and his statue falls off. Russell wins his first immunity just when he needed it the most.

Day 38: They return to their campsite, and Mick chats with Natalie because he is nervous that Russell might vote him out. He drinks some coconut milk. Russell struggles back and forth, trying to decide who to vote out next, Brett or Mick. He thinks about each person, trying to decide who he can easily beat. They collect their bags and torches, and they start walking on the beach toward their tribal council. Mick and Brett are both nervous that they will be voted out next. The Jury members enter the tribal council area. Jeff discusses with the remaining four people their strategies on voting.  They are all careful how they respond because the Jury is also carefully listening to them. They each explain that their actions were a part of their strategy and plan to move along in the game, even though each had their own, but very different way of performing a similar manipulative and deceptive strategy. Natalie, Russell, Mick and Brett take turns voting, and Jeff counts the votes inside the box. Brett is the 15th person voted out as well as the 9th person on the Jury. As Russell, Natalie and Mick get up to leave, Erik mumbles in a whispering sound, “Wow. They did it.” The final three Foafoa members walk back to the Aiga campsite for their last day.

Day 39: They wake up to see a basket of food, filled with breakfast food. They eat eggs and cantaloupe as well as make a toast while each person drinks orange juice in a tubular champagne glass. They build a fire. Russell goes on and on, getting cocky and confident because he feels that since he had made it this far, it is a sign that he will win. They torch their hut and watch the bonfire.

Night 39: They gather their bags and torches in order to go to the tribal council area. But, this time, they will address the Jury and make their opening statement about why they should win a million dollars and be the sole survivor of Samoa. The nine Jury members enter the tribal council area. Russell says a dramatic speech, explaining his actions throughout the game as well as his strategies that got him this far. Natalie explains in her speech that her strategies were subtle, and she had her own way of making strategies. Mick explains his simple strategy of sticking with his Foafoa team members. Each Jury member addresses each of the three people remaining. Jaison asks them what they do for a living in order to remind the Jury that all three have good jobs and they don’t need any money. Mick is a doctor, Natalie is in Pharmaceutical Sales, and Russell is a wealthy businessman who started his own business. Shambo asks Mick and Natalie questions before hinting that she will vote for Russell. Brett just asks Mick a question. Erik asks all three a question before commenting that Natalie is the most deserving for the million dollars, even though he feels none of them really deserve it. Kelly, Dave, Laura, John and Monica ask each person a question to listen to their responses. Then, nine Jury members take turns voting for who they think should win. Jeff takes the box with the votes, and he tells them that he will meet them in Los Angeles. He walks off the tribal council set and leaves the area.

Live, inside a Hollywood, California set, there is a large audience anxiously waiting to watch the conclusion of the Survivor Samoa finale, where all the castaways and the three final survivors are waiting for Jeff to count the votes. All the castaways now look clean and healthy. The women are wearing makeup, while the men are clean-shaven. As Jeff picks out names from the box, he finally announces that Natalie White wins a million dollars and she is the sole survivor in Survivor Samoa. But Russell wins the Sprint Award of $100,000 for being Player of the Year.