It Comes Down to This

It Comes Down to This
Episode Information
Version	United States
Season	42
Episode Number	13/14 (624)
Original Release	May 25, 2022
Viewership (in Millions)	5.11
Ratings/Share (18-49)	0.8/7
Episode Chronology
Previous	"Caterpillar to a Butterfly"
Next	"Aftershow"
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It Comes Down to This is the season finale of Survivor 42.

Challenges

• Reward/Immunity
• Immunity

Challenge: Giant Tick
Castaways must race through a giant course, which branches out into several limbs, to collect bags of puzzle pieces. They must then bring these bags back to a central island. Once all the bags have been collected, they will use the pieces to build a vertical jigsaw puzzle depicting an ouroboros. The first castaway to finish their puzzle wins.
Additional Stipulation: For finding a Challenge Advantage at camp, Lindsay only needed to undo one knot (instead of six) to retrieve each bag.
Reward: Pasta with meat sauce, garlic bread, cake, salad, and red wine.
Winner: Mike Turner (shared with Jonathan Young)

Challenge: Simmotion
Each castaway must drop a ball into a metal chute. The ball will travel down a spiraling metal track and exits out of one of two points (a turnstile gate in the middle of the track causes the balls to come out at alternate exits). They must catch the ball then drop it back into the chute at the top. At designated intervals, an additional ball is added to the track until seven balls are simultaneously in play. If a ball exits the track and is not caught at any time, the castaway is eliminated from the challenge. The last person standing wins.
Winner: Romeo Escobar

Tribal Council

Day 24

Tribal Council 13: Kula Kula
Voted Against	Voter
Lindsay (4 votes)	Jonathan, Maryanne, Mike, Romeo
Jonathan (1 vote)	Lindsay
Maryanne (used Hidden Immunity Idol)	None
VOTED OUT: Lindsay Dolashewich

Voting Confessionals

No voting confessionals were aired.

Final Words

	Lindsay	“	I love that I was labelled a fighter and I like that that's my tagline for this because I really felt like I fought my way throughout this whole game and I'm incredibly proud of myself of how far I got. This was so much fun, I got to experience so many Survivor things that so many people don't get to have. Of course I'm a little upset right now, but this was the best, ever.	”

Day 25

Tribal Council 14: Kula Kula
Fire-Making Challenge
Participant	Result
Jonathan	Lost
Mike	Won
ELIMINATED: Jonathan Young

Final Words

	Jonathan	“	(sighs) Oh, I gotta tell you I was so shocked to see how fast my main man Mike started that fire. He beat me fair and square, he earned his spot in the top three. And if I get the chance, you better believe that I'm gonna be right back out here. Thank you God, thank you Survivor, thank you for the opportunity.	”

Final Tribal Council

Tribal Council 15: Jury Vote
Voted for Winner	Voter
Maryanne (7 votes)	Chanelle, Drea, Hai, Lindsay, Omar, Rocksroy, Tori
Mike (1 vote)	Jonathan
Romeo (0 votes)	None
SECOND RUNNER-UP: Romeo Escobar
RUNNER-UP: Mike Turner
SOLE SURVIVOR: Maryanne Oketch

Voting Confessionals

No voting confessionals were aired.

Final Results

Jackson 18th	Zach 17th	Marya 16th	Jenny 15th	Swati 14th	Daniel 13th	Lydia 12th	Chanelle 11th	Rocksroy 10th
Tori 9th	Hai 8th	Drea 7th	Omar 6th	Lindsay 5th	Jonathan 4th	Romeo 3rd	Mike 2nd	Maryanne Winner

Trivia

Secret Scenes

• Maryanne Sneaks Rice to Lindsay: Maryanne explains why she gave Lindsay some of her rice before the Immunity Challenge.
• Final Four Return From Tribal: Jonathan and Maryanne reveal why they wanted Lindsay out of the game.
• (Untitled): On Day 25, Kula Kula reads the Tree Mail for the Final Immunity Challenge and Maryanne realizes that the challenge is Simmotion. Mike expresses the criticality of winning the challenge.

Behind the Scenes

• Because none of the Final Three were drinkers, they abstained from the champagne and only drank the orange juice during the Day 26 breakfast.

Other

• Mike becomes the fifth consecutive contestant named Mike to make the season finale, and the second consecutive Mike to finish as the runner-up.
• Maryanne is the first woman to have an idol played on her while being in possession of an idol herself.
• This is the second Final Three to contain one member from each starting tribe, after Worlds Apart.
• This is the first Final Three since Fiji to contain no Caucasian contestants.
• This is the first episode since "Say Goodbye to Gabon" to air the "Jury Speaks" segment.
• Maryanne becomes the second consecutive Canadian Sole Survivor, following Erika Casupanan. She is also the second Black woman to win, after Vecepia Towery.