Perception Is Not Always Reality

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Perception Is Not Always Reality
Episode Information
Season	One World
Episode Number	14/14 (343)
Original Release	May 13, 2012
Viewership (in Millions)	10.43
Ratings/Share (18-49)	2.9/8
Episode Chronology
Previous	"It's Human Nature"
Next	"Survivor Smacked Me in the Chops" (next season)
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Perception Is Not Always Reality is the season finale of Survivor: One World.

Story

Day 37

The Final 5 women are proud of their achievement and the fact that they got rid of all the guys (Tarzan, the last man standing, was voted off in the Tribal Council on Day 36). It is very noticeable that the tribe is split between Sabrina and Chelsea on one side and Alicia and Christina on the other, with Kim in the middle. At the Immunity Challenge, Kim wins her 3rd Immunity Challenge in total and her 3rd challenge out of the last 4. After the challenge, Sabrina and Chelsea want to vote off Alicia because Alicia is a bigger threat than Christina. Alicia feels that Chelsea has to go next, and Christina agrees. Both duos confront Kim and try to get Kim to vote with them. Kim doesn't know what to do. Chelsea is hoping Kim will stay loyal to her after all they've been through together. Christina thinks that the choice is obvious between Chelsea and Alicia that Chelsea is clearly the more dangerous person to take to the Final 3 out of the two. At Tribal Council, the Final 5 (with the focus towards Kim due to her immunity) discusses factors that could be used as reasons to keep or vote off someone. Before the vote, Jeff asks Sabrina, Alicia, Christina, and Chelsea to say one last thing to Kim as a last attempt to have her not vote them off. Voting begins, and Alicia and Chelsea's votes are shown, and they are for each other. The votes are read and Alicia becomes the 12th person voted off and the 8th member of the jury by a vote of 3-2. After Alicia's torch is snuffed and after she leaves, Jeff reminds the Final 4 that tomorrow will be the last Immunity Challenge and the penultimate Tribal Council.

Challenges

Immunity (Day 37)

Challenge: Balance Beam Maze
The castaways would start by walking across a balance beam maze. If they fall off, they have to start back from the beginning. Once they make it to the other side, they will then go to a rope net, where they have to untie 5 bags of puzzle pieces. Once they have all their bags, they will assemble a puzzle, which will give them clues to a combination of three numbers. The first castaway to get the number sequence right and raise her respective flag color will win Immunity.
Winner: Kim Spradlin

Immunity Challenge: Balance Beam Maze
Result	Winner	Competitors
Castaway	File:S24 kim t.jpg Kim	File:S24 alicia t.jpgFile:S24 chelsea t.jpgFile:S24 christina t.jpgFile:S24 sabrina t.jpg Alicia, Chelsea, Christina, & Sabrina

Immunity (Day 38)

Challenge: Operation Balance Build
The castaways have to attach a small wooden bowl to a prong at the end of a long pole to maneuver it through a metal structure. The structure is mounted on a spring in order to increase the difficulty. Once they have the piece through the structure, they have to sit it at the top. First castaway to stack all ten bowls on top each other will win Immunity.
Winner: Kim Spradlin

Immunity Challenge: Operation Balance Build
Result	Winner	Competitors
Castaway	File:S24 kim t.jpg Kim	File:S24 chelsea t.jpgFile:S24 christina t.jpgFile:S24 sabrina t.jpg Chelsea, Christina, & Sabrina

Tribal Council

Day 37

Tribal Council 14: Tikiano
Voted Against	Voter
File:S24 alicia t.jpg Alicia (3 votes)	File:S24 chelsea t.jpgFile:S24 kim t.jpgFile:S24 sabrina t.jpg Chelsea, Kim, & Sabrina
File:S24 chelsea t.jpg Chelsea (2 votes)	File:S24 alicia t.jpgFile:S24 christina t.jpg Alicia & Christina
VOTED OFF: File:S24 alicia bw.jpg Alicia Rosa

Voting Confessionals

“	Alicia, I love you like a sister, but, tonight, I hope it's you and not me.	”
—Chelsea Meissner

“	Chelsea, you'll be just fine.	”
—Alicia Rosa

Final Words

“	I realize what mistakes I've made in this game, and it was definitely giving up my power and voting out Tarzan. I don't wanna dwell on it too much, you know, the game is done, I'm out, and I am definitely not a sore loser. I'm proud of Kim—she fooled me completely. And Christina, I brought you there. All those girls wanted you out from Day 1, so good job, Christina, bask in it because you suck right now.	”
—Alicia Rosa

Day 38

Tribal Council 15: Tikiano
Voted Against	Voter
File:S24 christina t.jpg Christina (3 votes)	File:S24 chelsea t.jpgFile:S24 kim t.jpgFile:S24 sabrina t.jpg Chelsea, Kim, & Sabrina
File:S24 sabrina t.jpg Sabrina (1 vote)	File:S24 christina t.jpg Christina
VOTED OFF: File:S24 christina bw.jpg Christina Cha

Voting Confessionals

“	Love you, girl, but, uh, deep down inside, I just still don't think that you deserve to make it to the Final Three.	”
—Christina Cha

“	Baby girl, you just did not know how to play the game. I don't even know of you knew it was the game of Survivor.	”
—Sabrina Thompson

Final Tribal Council

Tribal Council 16: Jury Vote
Voted for Winner	Voter
File:S24 kim t.jpg Kim (7 votes)	File:S24 alicia t.jpgFile:S24 christina t.jpgFile:S24 jay t.jpg File:S24 jonas t.jpgFile:S24 kat t.jpgFile:S24 michael t.jpgFile:S24 tarzan t.jpg Alicia, Christina, Jay, Jonas, Kat, Michael, & Tarzan
File:S24 sabrina t.jpg Sabrina (2 votes)	File:S24 leif t.jpgFile:S24 troyzan t.jpg Leif & Troyzan
File:S24 chelsea t.jpg Chelsea (0 votes)	None
SECOND RUNNER-UP: File:S24 chelsea bw.jpg Chelsea Meissner
RUNNER-UP: File:S24 sabrina bw.jpg Sabrina Thompson
SOLE SURVIVOR: File:S24 kim t.jpg Kim Spradlin

Voting Confessionals

“	Sabrina, even though Kim won everything, that doesn't necessarily mean that she's the best player. Take care. Comb your hair.	”
—Troyzan Robertson

“	I was so upset with you, but, if I didn't vote you tonight, then that means I've not learned a damn thing in this game for thirty-three days.	”
—Kat Edorsson

Final Results

Manono
File:S24 bill bw.jpg Bill	File:S24 colton bw.jpg Colton	File:S24 jay bw.jpg Jay	File:S24 jonas bw.jpg Jonas	File:S24 leif bw.jpg Leif	File:S24 matt bw.jpg Matt	File:S24 michael bw.jpg Michael	File:S24 tarzan bw.jpg Tarzan	File:S24 troyzan bw.jpg Troyzan
Salani
File:S24 alicia bw.jpg Alicia	File:S24 chelsea bw.jpg Chelsea	File:S24 christina bw.jpg Christina	File:S24 kat bw.jpg Kat	File:S24 kim t.jpg Kim	File:S24 kourtney bw.jpg Kourtney	File:S24 monica bw.jpg Monica	File:S24 nina bw.jpg Nina	File:S24 sabrina bw.jpg Sabrina

Reunion

• Kim won Fan Favorite Award over Chelsea, Tarzan, and Troyzan.

Trivia

Behind The Scenes

• In a Day 39 secret scene, Kim Spradlin and Chelsea Meissner bathe at the water well, exhausting its remaining water. Chelsea dipped herself in the drum, and was stuck there. Kim claims she did research about bathing using freshwater being correlated to success in an endeavor.

Life at Ponderosa

• In Alicia Rosa's check-up, the doctor tells her she lost 15 lbs. Upon arriving at Ponderosa, the jury gives her the cold shoulder. Alicia then wants to converse with Tarzan Smith, but the plastic surgeon shuns her. Alicia then attempts to apologize to Kat Edorsson, but Kat goes on the defensive and blames her for her blindside leading to an argument. When they get into each other's faces, Troyzan Robertson intervenes and calms both of them down.
• In Christina Cha's check up the doctor tells her she lost 23 lbs. Upon arriving at Ponderosa, Jay Byars offered her a drink and she said, "I love you," causing slight awkwardness, which was quickly shrugged off.

Other

• This episode marks the first time in Survivor that the Final Five has been comprised of castaways of the same gender (in this case, female), though this is the second all-female season finale from start-to-finish, following "Stir the Pot!".
• This is the first season finale to contain five castaways, all from the same original tribe.
• Kim became the twenty-fourth Sole Survivor.
• This episode is the first and only time in the season to have a full intro, having the whole track and a complete cast.
• This episode marks the return of the Rites of Passage, last seen in the Survivor: Nicaragua finale, "What About Me?". The Rites of Passage of Survivor: Redemption Island was released online, while Survivor: South Pacific 's Rites of Passage was never released.

References

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