This Game Ain't Over

This Game Ain't Over
Episode Information
Version:	United States
Season:	Samoa
Episode Number:	15/16 (289)
Original Release:	December 20, 2009
Viewership (in millions):	13.97
Ratings/Share (18-49):	4.4/11
CBS.com Summary:	Link
Episode Chronology
Previous:	"Two Brains Are Better than One"
Next:	"Reunion"
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This Game Ain't Over is the season finale of Survivor: Samoa.

Challenges

Challenge: Tentacle
The final five would start by racing over a cargo net and over the top of a balance beam to a bag of puzzle pieces. They would  untie the pieces and race back to the start. Then they would take the bag of pieces up a steep wall to the top, where they would solve a puzzle (the Survivor: Samoa logo). First person to do so would win Immunity.
Winner: Brett Clouser

Challenge: Over Extended
At the start, the final four would place a small wooden statue on top of a pole. At regular intervals they would add another piece of pole to make the pole longer, making it harder to keep the statue on the pole. When their statue fell off, that person would be eliminated. The last person standing would win immunity.
Winner: Russell Hantz

Tribal Council

Day 37

Tribal Council 15: Aiga
Voted Against	Voter
Jaison (4 votes)	Brett, Mick, Natalie, Russell H.
Mick (1 vote)	Jaison
VOTED OUT: Jaison Robinson

Voting Confessionals

Jaison's confessional and an edited version of Mick's confessional were shown in the episode. Russell H.'s vote was not shown during an edited version of his confessional.

	Mick	“	(voting against Jaison) Sorry, man. This sucks. I hate doing this, but I kinda feel like you know, in terms of our agreement, you sort of checked out at least ten days ago. But we've hardly spoken a word to each other every time I tried to beaten up every strategy kind of blown me off and, uh, didn't want anything to do with it. So, you know in terms of any, uh, pact that we made, it seems like you check out of that a long time ago, so.	”

	Natalie	“	(voting against Jaison) Jaison, this is by far been the hardest vote, uh, to date. Uh, sorry but I'm voting for you because it's just last minute, um, scrambing and we just felt that Mick would have a better shot at, um, beating Brett at the next immunity. Good game.	”

	Jaison	“	(voting against Mick) Sorry, buddy. This was a tough one.	”

	Russell H.	“	(voting against Jaison) Hate to I have to do this, but man I gotta keep to my strategic play and I think this is the best move for me to win the game. So I had to do it. Bye.	”

	Brett	“	(voting against Jaison) Jaison, you're probably my biggest threat going into tomorrow's challenge. I, for that, I gotta let you go, buddy. Got to take this one all the way.	”

Final Words

	Jaison	“	I'm-I'm kinda pissed off at Russell for, uh, for blindsiding me this way. For the relationships you had since day two, you at least let the guy know "you're going home." So I-I don't think I'll be cheering for Russell on this one. I would root for Brett. Brett's the underdog. He is who we were. We came from nothing to be something, and he did pretty much the same thing on his own to win three straight maybe four straight.	”

Day 38

Tribal Council 16: Aiga
Voted Against	Voter
Brett (3 votes)	Mick, Natalie, Russell H.
Mick (1 vote)	Brett
VOTED OUT: Brett Clouser

Voting Confessionals

Edited versions of Mick and Natalie's confessionals were shown in the episode. Brett did not say anything when he voted.

	Mick	“	(voting against Brett) Hell of a competitor man. You made it to the last few days pretty, uh, exactly for all of us. So, uh, props to you. I've got nothing but love for you and, uh, see you on the flip side man. You good?	”

	Russell H.	“	(voting against Brett) Hey, man. You played a great game. If I wasn't here, You probably would've won it all. But I had to stop you. You know, I'm looking forward to getting together with you and doing some great things outside of this game. Good luck, man.	”

	Natalie	“	(voting against Brett) Brett, I'm voting for you, uh, because, uh, Foa Foa to the end and we have no shot at beating you, uh, at the final. So, good luck.	”

Final Words

	Brett	“	I knew, you know, a couple of Tribal's ago that it was my time to go and you know I'm the last Galu member in which I'm so proud of that. You know, to get to where I've got, 38 days, one of the final four, was definitely a testament to my will and hard work and it kinda felt like I went out on my own accord to some degree.	”

Final Tribal Council

Tribal Council 17: Jury Vote
Voted for Winner	Voter
Natalie (7 votes)	Brett, Dave, Erik, Jaison, Kelly, Laura, Monica
Russell H. (2 votes)	John, Shambo
Mick (0 votes)	None
SECOND RUNNER-UP: Mick Trimming
RUNNER-UP: Russell Hantz
SOLE SURVIVOR: Natalie White

Voting Confessionals

	Erik	“	(voting for Natalie) You came a long way, and I think that's something to be proud of. Enjoy this.	”

	Shambo	“	(voting for Russell H.) I hope you get it buddy. You're the only one out there that is deserving of one million dollars in my humble opinion.	”

Final Results

Marisa 20th	Mike 19th	Betsy 18th	Ben 17th	Yasmin 16th	Ashley 15th	Russell S. 14th	Liz 13th	Erik 12th	Kelly 11th
Laura 10th	John 9th	Dave 8th	Monica 7th	Shambo 6th	Jaison 5th	Brett 4th	Mick 3rd	Russell H. 2nd	Natalie Winner

Trivia

Other

• Jaison Robinson was the first and only Foa Foa member to be voted out after the merge.
• During the Day 38 Tribal Council, the mentions of Brett Clouser's company TMOOH on Mick Trimming and Natalie White's votes were censored in the episode, but not in the full confessionals video.
• In both Tribal Councils, the eliminated person voted for Mick Trimming.
• The Immunity Challenge of Day 38 was used later in Survivor: South Pacific as a duel of Redemption Island.
• This is the first time a female player won in a three-way Final Tribal Council.