Exit Interview with Rachel Lamont on Survivor 47

[@LPlandOFazul]

I think Rachel is one of my favorite winner in a very long time.

[@jacob4448]

Yesss me too

[@vanessaochoa4508]

Same❤

[@laurielewis6456]

Yes!

[@juliuscezarhagada8322]

Same heree

[@Barny-26]

Mine too! Last couple of seasons were boring. And I LOVE SURVIVOR! This season was good because of Rachel. She was smart, she played and strategized, she wasn’t mean or arrogant, ……..I had respect for her and I’m glad she won!! Funny about the rice, LOL!!

[@msbrownsuga]

Queen behavior! This interview demonstrating Rachel's brilliance and humility at once, and proves even more what an incredible winner she is.

[@canoeshoe]

Watching Survivor for over a decade. I've never rooted for someone so much. She's most adorable yet killing those challenges!! Beauty and the beast! She undersold herself because she is humble and not arrogant. It's a show of her culture as well.

[@serirayna2789]

she's really a survivor in every sense of the word for season 47! so happy for her :)

[@mosesmercer3150]

playing the shot in the dark was her best move, it made her look out of the loop and lowered her threat level.

[@lubis1991]

4D chess gameplay. It was genius.

[@joshfisher1299]

Tbf, it made her look that way because she admitted she was that way. The real interesting part of it was her using it to gain info about if she needed to play the idol, but that has been talked about at nauseum at this point.

[@syra1541]

I was surprised she didn't mention that at final tribal? especially after Sol's questions

[@joshfisher1299]

@syra1541 My only guess is 1, it showed she didn't know where the votes were going, and 2, it might look like revisionist history when she says she was actually doing that to see if she needed to play her idol. Like the person saying their bad move/play was actually strategic, but in this case, it would be truthful.

[@Hotshortie]

I thought Rachel's best move was rollin' up on them in the dark, when they were planning her demise, and she got to listen and figure out her moves/strategy from hearing what they said and thought.

[@p-tricky5292]

She's a rice thief 😂😂. That moment was amazing.

[@ashleighc8303]

best deserving winner we've seen in a long time!

[@E123OmegaShow]

Such a great winner! Loved her journey and she seems super nice and kind. Hopefully we get to see her play again in another All Stars or winners season

[@survivorturnover]

like legit awesome interview & rachel is just astronomical. top tier new era winner. x4 individual immunity wins elite challenge beast status. blindsided andy with her idol perfectly when she needed the most. underdog to top dog aura. under the radar triple threat. shot in the dark game changer, rice stealer & just stellar overall gameplay. absolute lock for future all-stars season lets goooooooooooooo

[@prayersponytails6227]

That’s so interesting that she didn’t realize the SITD was an amazing move. Love that we got to hear her perspective and it makes sense why she didn’t bring it up. Congrats, Rachel! You were my winner pick! Love from another Michigander 💕

[@elitettelbach4247]

Awesome interview!! Would love to get a deeper dive with her at some point too. Congrats Rachel on a well earned win! I’ve been rooting for her all season, so seeing her go on to win was very exciting for me!

[@lisapearl4572]

Love, love, love her. She was exciting to watch from start to finish. I am so glad the jury saw how much she truly earned this seasons Survivor title. Congratulations to her and the castmates for making this an unforgettable season!

[@lalalandy2195]

I was really rooting for Sam to win but I can see why now Rachel won. she just has this soft comforting energy about her. She also had more agency that I gave her credit for.

[@brain8484]

Sam was a non-starter from Day 1 he was carried most of the tribals

[@keikei3301]

Sam was insignificant and made no impact on the game and was carried to the end. He literally did nothing. He never recovered from the Sierra vote out and had been playing from a loser position since the merge and was ineffective socially and strategically. He was desperate and played only from the bottom and was an insignificant player whose vote was worthless and meaningless at every single tribal council since the merge except for the one blindside that Andy orchestrated. Nobody cared to work w him. The only time he had power was when Andy used him and Genevieve to blindside Caroline. Sam tried to take credit for Andy’s plan, “Operation Italy.” Sam is a weak player. He sucks at immunity challenges and isn’t a physical, social, or strategic threat. The guy is overrated and does not deserve any recognition or praise. He couldn’t even tell us at FTC what he did, he just vaguely used descriptive words and adjectives to describe himself but said nothing about his actual gameplay. He’s the most unimpressive final contestant. Sue had more gameplay than Sam. Sam’s the real goat who managed to get lucky and got carried to the end. He doesn’t even deserve to sit at final 3.

[@emmanaden203]

Maturity, humility, self-awareness...I hope Rome is watching.

[@danielhoward8354]

lol

[@jacob4448]

💀

[@karendionne2228]

👏👏👏👏👏

[@NadiaX01]

Her explanation of her idol play here was amazing. Almost puts "Rachel's Eulogy" up there with "Dan's Funeral"

[@Reggio121]

Humility and self awareness and vulnerability goes a loooong way in this game. She killed it!

[@imprisonedmike]

Rachel was my winner pick this season and I can’t be happier she won. What a great survivor contestant.

[@mejerm]

I love hearing that the idol play was even more intentional than they showed!

[@1happybirdE]

Loved this interview from a true super fan! Rachel simply MOTHERED this entire season!

[@amrmoaness7966]

It never happened for me, to have my favorite 3 players from the beginning make it all the way to the end, together! And my #1 actually winning😁very happy! Congrats Rachel🎉!

[@Barny-26]

Sue? Why was she one of your favorites? She rode coat tails. She was just there. She didn’t do anything.

[@jaykay1899]

@Barny-26 News flash- it’s okay to like someone for whatever reason you choose! They don’t have to be the best player ever in order for you to like them! Go be negative somewhere else

[@amberjulia123]

I feel like Rachel is the type of player that will go far every time she plays Survivor. She has that ability to adapt and pivot and a cunning stealthiness that only a few winners have.

[@LivTheSlayer]

It was awesome to watch Rachel play the game. Im so happy she won!

[@kicksmeister9917]

Rewatched the FTC and Rachel actually did better than Sam. She really owned her game and her making that immunity record is amazing. Love that the jury recognized that she dominated the last part of the season which was crucial, winning back to back to back immunity challenges, playing her advantages to take out Andy, then Genevieve.

[@Hotshortie]

Love Her and so happy she won. She was such an all arounder. So happy for her!

[@coneil72]

Best winner of the new era BY FAR!!!!

[@drewd3222]

Loved this cast, Loved this Winner, and Loved this Season! Congratulations Rachel!

[@EatHere]

Same, favorite in a long time

[@lubis1991]

Well deserved win. Some people are reducing her game to 'luck', and I think that's just an unfair characterisation of her game. Every Survivor winner has had some element of luck. If you want to talk about how lucky she was to receive Sol's advantage, then you HAVE to talk about how UNLUCKY she was to be in a group with 5 other people of the same tribe in the first place. If you want to talk about how lucky she was to get the clue at the auction, then you HAVE to talk about how stealthy she was to get the idol under time pressure, under the nose of everyone else. If you want to talk about Rachel's luck, then you HAVE to talk about Sam's luck when it came to the wind at fire making. Yes, she was lucky, but it's the way she made use of the advantages and idols that was masterful. If you can't see that, let me remind you: - Using the SITD to NOT waste her idol when she's clearly in a relatively precarious situation, if she had wasted her idol at that point, there's a high chance she doesn't make it to FTC (less protection, using your idol early just paints a bigger target on your back) - Allowing her opponents to make her case in front of the jury, before whipping out her idol at the timeliest moment, amplifying the effects of the idol multiple folds And this is ON TOP of her good game instincts, to know when she's in trouble or not, knowing when to put her name in the mix to get a shot at the block-a-vote advantage, to stealth around to gather information, being a challenge beast etc. I think FTC was edited in a way to make it seem closer than it was, and yes I have to give it to Sam for an absolutely riveting performance, but I think if Rachel was able to flesh out her answers (which we will never know without seeing the unedited FTC), it wouldn't have been close. All in all, Rachel WAS lucky, but she was way more than just that. She capitalised on her luck masterfully and that's essentially why she deserved the win. Sam had the better pitch at FTC (at least what was shown of it), but Rachel's game is definitely more well-rounded.

[@jinxedangel2]

Love love LOVE this breakdown of her game 🖤 one side note, I just personally don't like when people discount people's game because they were lucky but that may be due to me liking RPGs and DND, it's a VALID stat lol but like you said, you can have all the luck in the world but still not know how to apply that luck.

[@jacob4448]

@@jinxedangel2Yeah! The perfect example are the many people in 46 who just didn’t play their idol

[@AlphaOutlaw]

​@@jinxedangel2Every winner gets lucky in at least one moment, often so many more than detractors care to admit. I think also coming from a background consisting of playing basketball, RPGs (D&D included), and card games helps highlight that luck, if you know how to capitalize on it, is a skill

[@msbrownsuga]

💯💯💯💯💯 Shout out to Tyson who always reminds people that every winner had some luck to make it to the end; sometimes based on attributes ascribed at birth; sometimes based on game mechanics; sometimes based on flukes. But that's all a part of the combination of Outwit/Outplay/Outlast that makes Survivor what it is.

[@jinxedangel2]

@jacob4448 Exactly my thoughts when typing out my other comment lol all these lucky people and back to back they didn't think to use that luck 😂

[@Barny-26]

I don’t know why people thought SAM was so good. He wasn’t good at challenges, he never made fire for camp, he was arrogant, ……I think Rachel was the better player and smart strategizer and deserved to win.

[@ourpetslifewithsachakabuan5831]

yeah and i think he was salty during the last tribal when rachel is talking and he’s making faces.😂

[@stealthycat8113]

During FTC, I wanted her to say, I'm sorry you've spent so much energy trying to get me out when it didn't work, don't blame me for being a threat.. blame yourself for failing to deal with it

[@jones877]

He was arrogant? Teeny is that you?

[@fIanneI]

@@ourpetslifewithsachakabuan5831 Rachel was making faces too. They were both fighting for a million dollars dude... you're going to get emotional. I think they both respect that.

[@arturintete2461]

@@jones877It was somewhat annoying that the final tribal was less of him selling his own game, and instead attacking Rachel's.

[@Qsurvivorfan]

Congratulations to Rachel, one of the best navigators of the new era

[@qweasdzxc134]

Rachel, Genevieve and Andy are completely legenda!!!! Made a very successfull season👏👏👏

[@drright2410]

Sol supplied, safety without power and playing the idol at her so-called funeral was probably the best Survivor moves ever

[@jodigardner1543]

Lmao Yessah Rachel that table/rope puzzle challenge had me going 😂

[@jamiejamie3451]

we need a longer talk

[@chrissugino9475]

Best player of the new era

[@ChuksKris]

I think she is really good!

[@duncan3932]

Agreed, not the best winning game but she might be the best player, she’s the total package, Strategic force, social goddess, puzzle beast (which means challenge beast in the modern era) and super smart. I would have more faith in her to win any random season than anyone else in the new era

[@thefoxoflaurels3437]

idk Dee is elite

[@Shawn-ff2rf]

Yea best player who never voted right and was saved by advantages and immunities 😂

[@dorissun9812]

Is that you Sam? Or Romeu? Both? 😝😝😝😝😝😝😝😝😝

[@desxo9089]

Congrats Rachel!!!

[@lexeiy1730]

Congratulations 🎊 👏🏿 👍🏿

[@thatgirlinokc3975]

CONGRATULATIONS RACHEL!!

[@jacob4448]

Wow Rachel used the idol even better! Getting everyone to sell the game for you and surviving is crazy

[@duncan3932]

I wasn’t rooting for her in the season but she thoroughly deserved the win, she seems so nice as well

[@Peyton_S]

She deserved her win! So glad she won!

[@Alreadyforgiven77777]

What a hard working deserving winner! Love her❤

[@maddiebarth2650]

PLZ bring her back for a deep dive i need all her thoughts

[@timlong9913]

Medium dive, lol. Thanks, CBS...

[@stefawn_v]

Rachel you won me over preseason with praise for Dino. Your roots are in good taste. No surprise you won

[@vilmathealien]

Such a great interview! We need more

[@garveyolivia9121]

You should do an episode with the jury after they've watched the show. Now that they can speak more on their full experience.

[@yzaraine]

Is Rachel the only survivor who looks the same IRL as how she looked on the island? She's adorable!

[@BradyDoesntMiss]

I was crushing on Rachel from day one. So glad she won.

[@MalachiFrazee222]

She also had Sue to double team Sam at the final tribal.

[@Sharkhunter00]

Nice interview 👌

[@Kayselemela]

When your game is so good, you can leave moves out🔥

[@carlosorellana4200]

She single-handedly gave the SITD new meaning

[@jakeradford4635]

My favorite winner of the new era! She was so wonderful in this interview. Really love that so many great players from this cast seem so excited to return for more RHAP shows!

[@allengainzmma]

One of the most well deserved wins of all time IMO. Sam played a great game to.

[@melissahanawalt6383]

Congratulations Rachel!! Great player and Winner!!

[@keikei3301]

Rachel you deserved to win. She was dominant af! They kept trying to get her out and she strategized and survived every vote and won immunity when she needed to. Anyone can be lucky to find an idol but very few players know how to properly play it when the stakes are high and it counts. But Sam did nothing. Sol, Kyle, Gabe, Andy, Genevieve were all greater threats than Sam. He never won an immunity when his cocky clown ass thought he would run the game. Sam was saved by Andy and he tried to steal credit for Andy’s Operation Italy. Sam had no game whatsoever, he played from a loser position since the merge and made no power moves, had no strategy, and had no social game bc everyone thought he was arrogant. He had no impact on the game. No one actually wanted to work w him after the Sierra vote out except for Genevieve but only bc she was desperate and also playing from the bottom. Andy used him for the blindside on Caroline. Sam is a weak player. He was only ‘good’ at FTC.

[@amandamoss7387]

Very happy that Rachel won!

[@flightforge30]

a well deserved winner!!!

[@Nataleesi]

I think Operation Italy was definitely Andy’s best move. Not only is it imo the best move of new era, but *if* Rachel didn’t have that idol, Andy was likely going to make it to final 3. Contrarily, Andy was unlikely to make it to final 3 with the “underdogs.” He took his best shot

[@agapitoagaton536]

Rachel wins!! Sam gets the second place, and no one voted sue. It would have been perfect if sam gets atleast 2 or 3 votes just to show how good of a “scrappy” game he played. Do you think a season with “Winners vs Runner ups” from the new Era would be great?

[@christopherlastrella7559]

Congratulations Rachel ❤

[@kenneth5752]

Very happy for Rachel Lamont as she play a great all around game that she deserves to win and take home 1 million dollars. Rachel Lamont really one best all round players in survivor history.

[@Iamnotdonaldglover]

Rachel did fantastic. Well deserved winner. It was thrilling to watch her come into her dominance

[@chelluna]

Congrats Rachel!!!!!! So happy for her, such a deserving winner!!!!!! 🎉

[@weatherwar]

This was a great season. Very modern survivor feel. No one wins survivor without luck, especially modern era. Rachel played the hand she was dealt perfectly and had some big time competition (Gabe, Genevieve, Andy). Great winner - she may be the biggest target if there was an all winners season post-40.

[@shekharchowdhary]

Congratulations ❤

[@wheeliegirl1630]

For once the person I rooted for all season won! So happy for Rachel!

[@janelleheald5227]

Love Rachel!! Such a great game and a great winner!!

[@TheLunisbadman]

Rachel may be on my Survivor Rushmore. Congrats.

[@koshyvaidyan4741]

First of all Congratulations to Rachel for winning the title of Sole Survivor. She totally owned this season. She was nervous at the final tribal and was going after Sam full throttle whenever he spoke. Rachel was feeling sweaty watching Sam win the fire challenge. She won 7 of the 8 votes from the jury. Wow. Great season. Hope now since she is now a millionaire, she wont steal a bag of rice for a meal. Haha

[@SElmore17]

Congratulations Rachel! I'm so happy for you. Love the boss moves!

[@hephzibah0811]

Ep14 should have been an email. We already knew Rachel would win.

[@TheLoserface45]

The last time it was two women in the talks for the win for most of the merge was Koah Rong. And actually, add Cydney and you got 3 VERY strong games from women.

[@Octobris]

Women this season were SPECTACULAR

[@2beercandi]

Such an awesome winner. Congrats Rachel! New era belongs to women!!

[@leevan2332]

Congratulations Rachel you were my pick from the beginning so happy that you won you deserved it

[@TamarZiri]

fav winner ever

[@danielhoward8354]

Stealing the rice was a boss move.

[@NeoKurow]

She is so beautiful ❤

[@traviskea]

Congrats Rachel! Your gameplay was absolutely solid. You edged out Sam because prior to Survivor, he's never had a watermelon, heard of broccolini, and perhaps had a raspberry 😂 j/k.

[@nafiyy77]

The best female winner ever.. Rachel so deserving ❤❤❤

[@26days]

i love you rachel!!!!

[@klimmr]

My 3 picks for winning Survivor 47 were Andy, Genevieve and Rachel. Once Andy and Genevieve were eliminated in the last episode, there was only one choice left.

[@sanvalentine23]

Top 5 survivor winner

[@amberjulia123]

Rachel is the first female *Pisces* winner! 🏆 Only 19 women (vs 26 men) have won Survivor in its 47 seasons and none of them, until now, has been a Pisces ♓️ 💜

[@jones877]

Rachels my favorite winner since Ben

[@danbalbino]

Rachel is powerfull

[@daviddd0623]

Rachel 100% deserved this win. I lowk felt like Sam's FTC performance wasn't good though…it just felt messy.

[@styx8]

I like her

[@strikerone6991]

Seemed to me she was chosen to win from the very beginning

[@Octobris]

Okay

[@jad8123]

What do you mean? She was hardly in the game at the beginning.

[@rudyguerrero4016]

RACHEL “WINNER” LAMOTHER 🤩

[@gregoryharris4674]

Keep it buck the only reason why she one is they got Kyle out he was kicking everyone's ass in comps

[@freddytang2128]

My only complaint with Rachel was that she made the finale way too boring 😂 after she won immunity at the 17 minute mark, I was like “ok we all know Rachel won the season. The next hour will be anti climatic as hell”

[@Barny-26]

But it wasn’t.

[@wyllsonjeff]

I dont think that's a complain about Rachel but a complain about the production's edit

[@brady3319]

@@Barny-26 There was some good moments but the ultimate moment was indeed the most boring/predictable

[@freddytang2128]

@ it’s a joke, I’m saying I got nothing to complain about Rachel

[@dcmjstar]

WAAAIIIITTTT... Rachel, Sierra and Genevieve were rivals for Sam. Is that why Sierra and Genevieve voted Rachel?

[@countryboy9389]

She got lucky

[@ryanmcclure5578]

Rachel was compared to Mike Hollaway and Ben but she took down Kim 2.0 and Andy.

[@memoriesRmemory]

Rachel is humble lol Sam has no chance towards her!

[@Xxmilkshake202xX]

I must be crazy because I don’t think Sam did well at final tribal.

[@kentpoon6563]

Jeff kept giving her save, advantages, idol and puzzles like he was Santa 🎅

[@conoxr]

rachel lamother

[@davidzonunfela3680]

For some reason Rachel barely comes across Asian to me. She only barely looks Asian

[@dl777-b5d]

Im pretty sure she is mixed. So part Asian part white.

[@damienjames6922]

Kinda racist bro

[@kadag2968]

I think what win me over at the final coz Sam was good rebuttal and Rachel was just nodding. Was when she said I was dominating and she knew was a shield just paraphrasing. That win me over coz she owns it, Sam was hiding from her.

[@te9238]

Very deserving win! Sue was also amazing! Sam never would have won.

[@Barny-26]

Sue? Why was she amazing? She was just there. She didn’t ever do anything. She never washed her face. She rode coat tails. She only made it to the final three because she wasn’t a threat. Rachel was smart enough to know that.

[@brady3319]

Lol what? Sam was much much better than Sue

[@ourpetslifewithsachakabuan5831]

@@Barny-26sue won immunity sam never