Seems Like a No Brainer

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Seems Like a No Brainer
Episode Information
Version	United States
Season	Redemption Island
Episode Number	14/15 (335)
Original Release	May 15, 2011
Viewership (in Millions)	13.30
Ratings/Share (18-49)	4.0/10
Episode Chronology
Previous	"Too Close for Comfort"
Next	"Reunion"
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Seems Like a No Brainer is the season finale of Survivor: Redemption Island.

Challenges

• Redemption Island Duel
• Immunity (Day 37)
• Immunity (Day 38)

Challenge: A Leg Up
Participants would put one foot on one end of a seesaw with the other end having a ceramic vase balanced on it. The castaways would attempt to keep the vase balanced on the end with their foot still on the seesaw. The last castaway to have their vase balanced on the end of the seesaw would return.
Winner: Andrea Boehlke

Challenge: A Numbers Game
The castaways would race along a balance beam to collect a series of bags containing 100 numbered tiles. The first castaway to place their tiles on a board in order from one to one hundred would win.
Winner: Ashley Underwood

Challenge: Meso Maze
The castaways would race through a maze to collect four bags of puzzle pieces at four different stations. Once all four bags were collected, the castaways would race to the top of a pyramid and assemble a word puzzle. The first castaway to solve the puzzle wins immunity.
Winner: Rob Mariano

Redemption Island

Redemption Island Duel 11
Competitors	Result (according to finish)
Andrea (incumbent inhabitant)	Won
Mike (incumbent inhabitant)	Lost
Matt (incumbent inhabitant)	Lost
Grant (challenger)	Lost
ELIMINATED: Grant Mattos, Matt Elrod, and Mike Chiesl
RETURNS TO GAME: Andrea Boehlke

Tribal Council

Day 37

Tribal Council 15: Murlonio
Voted Against	Voter
Andrea (4 votes)	Ashley, Natalie, Phillip, Rob
Rob (used Hidden Immunity Idol)	Andrea (vote not counted)
VOTED OUT: Andrea Boehlke

Voting Confessionals

	Andrea	“	(voting for Rob) Rob, you're a great player and my biggest competition so that's why I'm voting for you tonight.	”

Final Words

	Andrea	“	The girls could have done something tonight. They could have made a move and actually have a little more respect from them. I think by coming back from Redemption Island after winning a big duel put a pretty big target on my back but I'm happy for how far I got. I had a great opportunity, great experience, met some wonderful people and I wouldn't change it for the world.	”

Day 38

Tribal Council 16: Murlonio
Voted Against	Voter
Ashley (3 votes)	Natalie, Phillip, Rob
Phillip (1 vote)	Ashley
VOTED OUT: Ashley Underwood

Voting Confessionals

	Phillip	“	(voting for Ashley) I've never known anyone that could lay in bed day after day each day.	”

	Ashley	“	(voting for Phillip) I can't believe it's taken 38 days to finally write your name down. I won't miss you. You're a nut case. That's it.	”

Final Words

	Ashley	“	I honestly didn't know I was going home. I probably am an idiot for thinking that (chuckles) 'cause I was the biggest threat that Rob could have taken to the Final Three. And as much as I would love to be sitting there in the Final Three, I still have nothing to hang my head about and I'm proud of how I played the game, and I wouldn't change anything.	”

Final Tribal Council

Tribal Council 17: Jury Vote
Voted for Winner	Voter
Rob (8 votes)	Andrea, Ashley, David, Grant, Julie, Matt, Mike, Steve
Phillip (1 vote)	Ralph
Natalie (0 votes)	None
SECOND RUNNER-UP: Natalie Tenerelli
RUNNER-UP: Phillip Sheppard
SOLE SURVIVOR: Rob Mariano

Voting Confessionals

	David	“	(voting for Rob) No big surprise here. You did a great job. I'd much rather have played this game with you than against you, but, hey, you know it's the way it works.	”

	Ralph	“	(voting for Phillip) Hey, Phillip. Take that money and spend it wisely. (...) and I feel sorry for you. And I love you, man. Have a great one.	”

Final Results

Francesca 18th	Russell 17th	Kristina 16th	Krista 15th	Stephanie 14th	Sarita 13th	David 12th	Julie 11th	Steve 10th
Ralph 9th	Grant 8th	Matt 7th	Mike 6th	Andrea 5th	Ashley 4th	Natalie 3rd	Phillip 2nd	Rob Winner

Trivia

Behind The Scenes

• Due to time constraints, the Rites of Passage ritual for the fallen castaways was omitted at the final edit of the episode, though CBS released the said clip on their YouTube account and the CBS website.
• The final three repainted the back side of the Murlonio tribe flag with "Ometepe."

Life at Ponderosa

• Rob and Natalie planned to return the rocks Julie collected as souvenirs to her children to her, but decided to throw them into the ocean after Julie's malicious remarks at the Final Tribal Council. The final three sits down to eat with the others at Ponderosa. The next day, the jury and finalists sit down to one last meal together before heading home that day and some of them discuss their experience playing the game.

Other

• All first-time contestants eliminated before the merge did not have a chance to speak at the live reunion show.
• This was the first episode since "We Hate Our Tribe" where a member of Ometepe was eliminated from the game.
• This episode was divided into two parts in some countries.