Confessional

A confessional is a directing tool used to tell the story of Survivor. In a confessional, one player narrates a situation, tells their perspective, or gives secret insight to their own gameplay that only the audience can see. Initially defined as the contestants' speeches when they cast their votes at Tribal Council, it has expanded over to their day-to-day journal of events in the game and final words following their elimination.

Confessionals feature a lower third (also known as a chyron) displayed on the screen that lists the contestant's name, a characteristic (such as hometown, occupation, original season or relative) and their tribe. The font color generally matches that of the tribe (i.e. blue for Matsing, red for Kalabaw).

Trivia

 * The font used for confessionals is "Day 24".
 * Russell Hantz has had the most confessionals in one season, with 108.
 * Brenda Lowe went 8 episodes without any confessionals in . As of now this is the longest streak of episodes without any confessionals.
 * Rob Mariano has had the most confessionals on Survivor, with 209 between his four seasons.
 * Stephenie LaGrossa has had the most confessionals out of all female contestants with 122.
 * Helen Glover, Chris Daugherty, Earl Cole, Todd Herzog, NaOnka Mixon, Kim Spradlin, and Tony Vlachos are the only one-time contestants to have the most confessionals in a given season.
 * Of these contestants, only Helen and NaOnka didn't eventually win their season.
 * Kim Spradlin is the only female Sole Survivor who had the most confessionals in their season.
 * Rudy Boesch is the first person to make a confessional.
 * Kelly Wiglesworth is the first female to make a confessional.