Who won Survivor 47? The latest winner revealed at the final tribal council
A new “Survivor” winner has been crowned!Rachel LaMont won Season 47 and the $1 million prize during the CBS reality show’s two-hour finale on Wednesday night.LaMont, 34, defeated Sam Phalen and Sue Smey in the final tribal council.
She received seven out of the eight jury votes.Sierra Wright, Sol Yi, Gabe Ortis, Caroline Vidmar, Andy Rueda, Genevieve Mushaluk and Teeny Chirichillo all voted for LaMont to win.Kyle Ostwald voted for Phalen to win.No jurors voted for Smey to win.Chirichillo was eliminated in fourth place earlier in the episode.Here’s a full rundown of what happened during the “Survivor 47” finale.Rachel guaranteed her spot in the final 3 by winning the final 4 immunity challenge.
The challenge involved going through an obstacle course before solving an upside down bat puzzle.It was Rachel’s fourth immunity win of the season.
She tied the record for most individual immunity challenge wins by a woman on a single “Survivor” season.The others tied for the record include Season 1 runner-up Kelly Wigglesworth, Season 6 winner Jenna Morasca, Season 24 winner Kim Spradlin and Season 35 runner-up Chrissy Hofbeck.At tribal council, Rachel decided to bring Sue with her to the final 3.
She made it clear that she wanted to reward Sue for being loyal to her.Rachel’s decision sent Sam and Teeny into a firemaking showdown.Sam defeated Teeny at the firemaking challenge, securing his spot in the final 3 with Rachel and Sue.
Teeny made fire first and came close to burning the rope and releasing their flag — but Sam made a huge comeback and burnt his rope first.Teeny was in tears after the challenge but acknowledged they “did my best” and got to live out their dream of playing “Survivor.” Their torch was snuffed and they became the eighth and final member of the jury.At final tribal council, Rachel, Sam and Sue sat in front of the jury and each pleaded their cases to win.
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