Not Going Down Without a Fight

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Not Going Down Without a Fight
Episode Information
Season	Kaôh Rōng
Episode Number	14/14 (455)
Original Release	May 18, 2016
Viewership (in Millions)	9.57
Ratings/Share (18-49)	2.1/7
Episode Chronology
Previous	"With Me or Not with Me"
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Not Going Down Without a Fight is the season finale of Survivor: Kaôh Rōng.

Story

Day 35

No footage from Day 35 was aired.

Challenges

Reward (Day 36)

Challenge: Home Stretch
They will race under a net crawl. Then they will make their way to a table where they will slide tiles into a target. Once all the tiles are in the target, they will use a machete to transport them through a series of obstacles to a finish table. Next, they will sort the tiles into pairs. Three of the tiles will not match up. Those three tiles hold the combination to unlock a box. The first person to unlock their box and raise their flag wins reward.
Reward: A meal consisting of steak, vegetables, a protein bar, and refreshing drinks.
Winner: Aubry Bracco (shared with Cydney Gillon)

Reward Challenge: Home Stretch
Winner	Competitors
Aubry	Cydney, Michele, & Tai

Immunity

Challenge: Gimme Three Steps
They will race out into the ocean, climb up a stool and retrieve a key. They will use that key to unlock a set of stairs back on the beach at the bottom of a tower. At the top of the stairs, they will find a second key. They will head back out into the water and use that key to unlock a ball attached to a rope. Next, they will use the ball to drop a ladder back on the beach, which gets them to the second level of the tower. At the top of the ladder, they will find a third key. They will head out one last time into the water and use that key to release a pole. They will use the pole to knock off a bag of puzzle pieces that is on a perch above their head. Finally, they will go back to shore, climb the three levels of the tower and use the puzzle pieces to solve a three-tiered puzzle. The first to finish wins immunity.
Winner: Michele Fitzgerald

Immunity Challenge: Gimme Three Steps
Winner	Competitors
Michele	Aubry, Cydney, & Tai

Reward (Day 38)

Challenge: Stacked Up
The castaways would compete in the unused task from the first challenge of the season, Dexterity. The final three will use a long fork to stack balls and stands on top of one another in an attempt to get six balls and six stands on the free-standing structure. This must be done while negotiating an unstable balancing beam. The first castaway to do so wins reward.
Reward: The ability to remove one person from the jury.
Winner: Michele Fitzgerald

Reward Challenge: Stacked Up
Winner	Competitors
Michele	Aubry & Tai

Tribal Council

Day 37

Tribal Council 12: Dara
Voted Against (Tie)	Voter	Tiebreaker Result
Aubry (2 votes)	Cydney & Michele	Won
Cydney (2 votes)	Aubry & Tai	Lost
VOTED OFF: Cydney Gillon

Voting Confessionals

Unavailable.

Final Words

“	Came here to play a game. Played one of the best games out there. I guess I wasn't as slick as I thought I was. I made all the big moves there were, and Aubry was a part of those moves, so that was the same reason I was trying to get her out as well. I am definitely looking forward to my jury service. I hope everybody chooses their words wisely.	”
—Cydney Gillon

Day 38

Tribal Council 13: Dara
Voted Against	Voter
Neal (1 vote)	Michele
REMOVED FROM JURY: Neal Gottlieb

Final Words

“	I think tonight was a great swan song to be the first ever jury member to get voted out. I think Michele voting me out of the jury was probably her only move, because I would’ve absolutely been a big advocate of Aubry. It was smart of Michele, but I don’t think it’s going to matter because there are two other competitors that played better games than she did.	”
—Neal Gottlieb

Final Tribal Council

Tribal Council 14: Jury Vote
Voted for Winner	Voter
Michele (5 votes)	File:S32 kyle t.png Cydney, Debbie, Jason, Julia, & Scot
Aubry (2 votes)	File:S32 joseph t.png Joe & Nick
Tai (0 votes)	None
SECOND RUNNER-UP: Tai Trang
RUNNER-UP: Aubry Bracco
SOLE SURVIVOR: Michele Fitzgerald

Voting Confessionals

“	(voting for Michele) I promised you I would and I'm staying true to that.	”
—Julia

“	(voting for Aubry) Nice job, Aubry. Way to go for the Brains.	”
—Joe

Final Results

Chan Loh			Gondol			To Tang
Aubry	Debbie	File:S32 joseph bw.png Joe	Anna	Caleb	Julia	Alecia	Cydney	Darnell
Liz	Neal	Peter	Michele	Nick	Tai	File:S32 kyle bw.png Jason	Jennifer	Scot

Reunion Show

• Australian pop superstar Sia donated $50,000 to Tai personally and another $50,000 for the charity of his choice.
• Comedian and game show host Drew Carey appeared to promote the upcoming The Price Is Right Survivor primetime special airing May 23, 2016.
• Jeff revealed Mark the chicken was named after the show's Executive Producer Mark Burnett. He also revealed there was also another chicken called Jeff named after him, but Jeff was eaten.

Trivia

• No footage from Day 35 was shown.
• This is the first season finale in which:
  • The final member of the jury is eliminated prior to the penultimate day of the season.
  • The Final Immunity Challenge is not the final non-tiebreaker challenge of the season.
  • No footage from a day is shown.
• In addition, this is the first episode in which:
  • There are multiple standalone Reward Challenges.
• This is the longest episode by runtime in Survivor history, lasting 8 minutes longer than the usual two-hour season finale.
• This is the first Final Tribal Council since Survivor: Tocantins to have exactly seven jury members.
• This is the third Final Tribal Council to have seven jury members and a Final Three, the first being in Survivor: China and the second being in Survivor: Gabon.
• This episode marks the first time in which a three-tribe season has a second-runner-up.
• Michele Fitzgerald had the most confessionals this episode, with 12.
  • Cydney Gillon had the fewest, with 5.

Life at Ponderosa

Cydney leaves the game in high spirits. She gets her post-game weigh-in, which reveals that she had lost 28 lbs during her time in the game. She is warmly welcomed by half of the Ponderosa residents, but Jason, Julia, and Scot decide to give her the cold shoulder after they were betrayed by her during the game. Debbie comforts her, but Cydney acknowledges that the trio were immature and overly bitter about their elimination.

The next day, Cydney opens up about her life, and believes that she has broken stereotypes with her education. Cydney compares to Jason and Scot's relationship to a pair of little girls in a clique of, as she states, stupidity. Despite the two claiming that they were not bitter, Cydney believes otherwise after witnessing their unfriendly attitude towards her. Cydney states that the Survivor experience was life-changing, and that she had gone through more than she had bargained for when signing up for the challenge. The main lesson that Cydney has learnt is to be confident, independent, and open.

The episode ends with a montage of the eight Ponderosa residents.

Episode Title

• The episode title was said by Aubry Bracco, referring to how Tai Trang was being shady and might not be on her side.