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.

Confessionals also 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

 * 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.
 * Cirie Fields has had the most confessionals out of all female survivors with 122.
 * Helen Glover, Chris Daugherty, Earl Cole, Todd Herzog, NaOnka Mixon and Kim Spradlin 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.