Confessional

Confessional
Survivor Gameplay
Description	A term describing a method of storytelling through the eyes of a player in the game of Survivor.
Appearances	All Seasons.

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).

Most Confessionals by Season

Confessional Statistics
Season	Most confessionals	Number of confessionals	Average confessionals
Borneo	Richard Hatch	92	7.08
The Australian Outback	Colby Donaldson	98	7
Africa	Lex van den Berghe	82	6.31
Marquesas	Kathy Vavrick-O'Brien	77	5.92
Thailand	Helen Glover	60	4.61
The Amazon	Rob Cesternino	94	7.23
Pearl Islands	Rupert Boneham	59	5.9
All-Stars	Rob Mariano	68	4.53
Vanuatu	Chris Daugherty	75	5.35
Palau	Stephenie LaGrossa	60	5.45
Guatemala	Stephenie LaGrossa	62	4.42
Panama	Cirie Fields	63	4.84
Cook Islands	Jonathan Penner	49	4.08
Fiji	Earl Cole	59	4.21
China	Todd Herzog	60	4.61
Micronesia	Cirie Fields	52	3.71
Gabon	Sugar Kiper	51	3.92
Tocantins	J.T. Thomas	71	5.46
Samoa	Russell Hantz	108	7.71
Heroes vs. Villains	Russell Hantz	68	4.85
Nicaragua	NaOnka Mixon	50	4.54
Redemption Island	Rob Mariano	89	6.35
South Pacific	Coach Wade	74	5.28
One World	Kim Spradlin	54	3.85
Philippines	Malcolm Freberg	64	4.57
Caramoan	John Cochran	67	4.79
Blood vs. Water	Tyson Apostol	49	3.5
Cagayan	Tony Vlachos	98	7
San Juan del Sur	Jon Misch	54	4.15
Worlds Apart	Mike Holloway	76	5.42
Key
Sole Survivor
Finalist
Eliminated During Finale
Eliminated Before Finale

Gallery

Richard Hatch delivering a confessional in Borneo.

Tina Wesson talking in The Australian Outback.

Kim Powers speaking in Africa.

Neleh Dennis delivers a confessional in Marquesas.

Ken Stafford making a confessional in Thailand.

Alex Bell delivering a confessional in The Amazon.

Burton Roberts talks in Pearl Islands.

Ethan Zohn delivering a confessional in All-Stars.

Ami Cusack delivers a confessional in Vanuatu.

Bobby Jon Drinkard delivers a confessional in Palau.

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Danni Boatwright delivering a confessional in Guatemala.

Aras Baskauskas making a confessional in Panama.

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Nate Gonzalez speaking in Cook Islands.

Stacy Kimball speaking in Fiji.

Courtney Yates delivering a confessional in China.

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Ozzy Lusth delivering a confessional in Micronesia.

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Marcus Lehman talks in Gabon.

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J.T. Thomas speaking in Tocantins.

Laura Morett speaking in Samoa.

Jerri Manthey delivering a confessional in Heroes vs. Villains.

Chase Rice delivering a confessional in Nicaragua.

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Andrea Boehlke talking in Redemption Island.

Dawn Meehan talking in South Pacific.

Sabrina Thompson talking in One World.

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Carter Williams making a confessional in Philippines.

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Eddie Fox making a confessional in Caramoan.

Vytas Baskauskas talking in Blood vs. Water.

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Morgan McLeod delivering a confessional in Cagayan.

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Missy Payne talking in San Juan del Sur.

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Sierra Thomas giving a confessional in Worlds Apart.

Jeremy Collins giving a confessional in Cambodia.

Trivia

• The font used for confessionals is "Day 24".
• Russell Hantz has had the most confessionals in one season (Samoa), with 108.
• Brenda Lowe went 8 episodes without any confessionals in Caramoan. 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, Tony Vlachos, Jon Misch and Mike Holloway are the only one-time contestants to have the most confessionals in a given season.
  • Of these contestants, only Helen, NaOnka and Jon 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.

References

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