This Game Ain't Over is the season finale of Survivor: Samoa.
Story
Day 37
Day 38
Day 39
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 | |
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| 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
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Trivia
Behind the Scenes
Life at Ponderosa
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.
References
| Survivor: Samoa Episodes |
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"The Puppet Master" · "Taking Candy from a Baby" · "It's Called a Russell Seed" · "Hungry for a Win" · "Walking on Thin Ice" · "This Is the Man Test" · "Houdini Magic" · "All Hell Breaks Loose" · "Tastes Like Chicken" · "The Day of Reckoning" · "The First 27 Days" · "Off with Their Heads!" · "Damage Control" · "Two Brains Are Better than One" · "This Game Ain't Over" · "Reunion" |
