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- Winner: Bob Crowley
- Episodes played on: Thursdays at 8/7c
- Network: CBS
- Season: 17
- Season premiere: September 25, 2008
- Season finale: December 14, 2008
- Host: Jeff Probst
- Filming dates: June 23 - July 31, 2008
- Filming location: Wonga-Wongue Presidential Reserve, Estuaire, Gabon, Africa
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In the 14th episode of Survivor Gabon, also the season finale, Bob got snippy for the first time after Kenny whined about Bob not giving up the immunity necklace. Sugar goes on a mission to get Kenny voted off. Bob won the immunity necklace for the fifth time in a row. Kenny got vote off. Susie won the final immunity necklace and Matty was voted off. At the live reveal, Bob was voted the winner by the previously eliminated contestants.
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Survivor Gabon Episode Fourteen, The Finale
- I'm so excited! Five Survivors are left, who will win the million dollars? Find out live, right here! Just "be one with the refresh button!"
- Say is isn't so. Football ran over, that makes 60 Minutes run over. Which means we're running late. UGH! Looks like it'll start 30 minutes after the hour.
- Little juicy news, they've already taped Survivor Brazil, season 18! It's set to start on February 12, 2009. Just three days later, The Amazing Race 14 will premiere! All that is missing is Big Brother 11, but it's scheduled for its premiere in early summer of 2009.
- All applications for Survivor 19 are due by January 14, 2009.
- CBS: Survivor Application (PDF File, Adobe Reader Required)
- It's show time! Andy Rooney is finally done talking! Hurry up commercials!
- Jeff is narrating a quick recap. Yes, Kota won almost everything. They won the first 9 out of 11 challenges. After a tribal switch, Kenny and Crystal took out almost all the Kota members and made it a brand new game. Only five players are left, Susie, Matty, Kenny, Sugar and Bob.
- Find out tonight who will outwit, outlast and outplay the others to earn the title of "Sole Survivor."
- Nobag, Night 36
- Coming back from tribal counsel, Sugar believes it was a perfect play of the hidden immunity idol. "It felt glorious. I have literately never felt this powerful in my life." Kenny thought it would be him, Bob snapped "you should have got your own idol."
- Kenny now says that Bob is not a man of his word for not giving him the immunity necklace as promised.
- Susie congratulates Bob for making it this far, Matty pipes in with "you're playing a really good game dude."
- Nobag, Day 37
- Sugar and Bob form a plan to take Bob and Matty to the final three. She wants to take out Susie and Kenny, but needs to make Kenny feel safe before Kenny goes to Bob to try and get aligned with him.
- Sugar goes to Kenny to discuss her plan of getting rid of Bob. They get the treemail, it's new clothes, face-paint and beads. They must each dress as a warrior.
- After they are dressed, they meet Jeff. Jeff says Bob looks "Very Village People."
- Immunity is back up for grabs. They will dig under a wall and over a series of planks made into a maze to a set of Gabonese huts. Inside three of the huts are puzzle pieces. After they collect each bag, they will drop it off and go back for another. First person to complete the puzzle creating a Gabonese hut will win immunity and a 1 in 4 shot at the million dollars.
- Sugar is at the back of the pack as always. Matty falls off the maze and must head back to the start. Susie, Sugar then Kenny are the first to get to the huts. Matty is catching back up. Everyone is trying to get in their first hut. There are 25 huts, only three have puzzle pieces in them.
- Matty is the first to find a bag. Kenny and Susie are right on his tail with their first bags. Bob and Sugar get their first bags last.
- Matty has his second bag, he seems to be the only one in a hurry!
- Bob looks like he's quickly wearing out.
- Sugar has her final bag of puzzle pieces, Bob has his final bag also.
- Everyone is working on their puzzle except Susie. It's Sugar vs. Bob, but Bob wins immunity. That's 5 wins in a row for him.
- Susie is disappointed and "doesn't understand how to beat that guy" in reference to Bob.
- Nobag, Day 37
- Kenny says he set himself up so well in this game that all he needs to do is sit back and relax. He thinks Susie will go first.
- Matty reminds Kenny that he has never written his name down, and that "we're going to the end."
- Susie is getting paranoid and wants to know what's up with the vote. No one is talking with her about the votes and she thinks that's very unusual.
- Matty is telling Sugar "It's you and I to the end in this game no matter what." She doesn't seem excited about it, but says that Susie has to go next with in mind that Kenny may be dangerous.
- Sugar is still unsure of what to do.
- They are off to tribal counsel!
- Bob feels the target on his back is getting larger and larger with each win, but he knows he has to keep winning. Matty says about Bob "This guy is good." Kenny says that he and Bob come from two different worlds. Susie wants to feel comfortable, but is not comfortable all the time and feels like an outsider. Kenny feels he has repaired a lot of the damage he's done over the past 37 days.
- Bob says things changed when he realized Kenny was going to blindside him. (The jury members are rolling their eyes as Bob speaks.) Kenny feels it would have been saving himself, that's just the way the game goes. (No one seems happy with this statement.) Kenny still feels Bob should give him the necklace to uphold his word. Bob chooses to keep the necklace again.
- Time to vote.
- First vote is for Kenny.
- Second vote is for Susie.
- Third vote is for Kenny.
- Fourth vote is for Kenny.
- Kenny has been voted off of Survivor Gabon.
- Kenny says that sometimes it doesn't go your way and you lose. He admits to getting played saying "they got me good."
- Nobag, Day 38
- Sugar and Bob are in a rowboat. Matty and Susie are at camp. Matty thinks Susie is very nervous, she admits that she is. Susie says that she has to win, but thinks that Bob will win. Susie tells Matty if she wins she'll vote out Bob.
- Treemail! Today the remaining contestants will honor their fallen comrades. They will take masks and burn them in their honor then proceed to the final immunity challenge.
- Matty says the competitors definitely deserve respect.
- They walk from torch to torch saying good things about each person with a short clip of each person who was voted out with how the game has changed them.
- Until they get to Randy. Bob says something nice about him, then Sugar gives a raspberry in Randy's honor.
- Ok, they've said their good things about everyone and are now dragging the masks up a huge hill to meet a Gabonese tribe. The tribe members are singing and playing drums as the contestants burn the masks. As they hold hands and watch the masks burn, Sugar starts crying.
- At the final immunity challenge, the competitors must take 200 wooden tiles to build a house of cards 10 feet tall. First person to do it will ensure a spot in the final three and plead their case to the jury. If after 30 minutes no one has won, the game will be stopped and the person with the highest house will win.
- Everyone is taking a different approach, but Sugar appears to have taken the lead. Sugar's is about 5 feet, but crashes to the ground after not building a good base.
- Susie's house crashes also. Bob's crashed soon after.
- Susie is gaining on Sugar. But wait, Sugar's house fell again! Susie is now in the lead just past the five foot mark. Nope, Susie's house fell too!
- Bob's fell!
- Matty takes the lead. He's going slow, but steady. Bob's keeps crashing.
- It's again Sugar vs Susie. There are only five minutes left. Sugar is close to the seven foot mark, Susie is right at seven feet. Sugar's house is shaking, but still standing.
- Susie decides to stop at eight feet. Matty and Sugar and trying to catch up. 60 seconds to go!
- Bob's crashes to the ground with only 10 seconds to go, Sugar's fell also!
- Susie wins the final immunity necklace! She won the first individual immunity challenge and won the last.
- Privately, Sugar says "That's what happens when you underestimate somebody." She sure didn't plan for Susie to win.
- Nobag, Day 38
- Back at camp, they talk about the challenge and Susie admits to everyone that she thought it was her night to go home. Everyone's hugging everyone.
- In a private taping, Sugar is crying as she says that she has to vote out Bob.
- Matty straight up tells Bob that he has to vote him out. Bob says he understands. Matty tells Bob that he is the best competitor out there and was honored to have played the game with him.
- Susie seems to be rubbing it in Bob's face that she won. She's speaking more now than ever before. She wants to know if Bob were with her in the final three if he believes he could win more votes from the jury. He gets snappy about her constantly talking about it. Sugar tells Susie that she is talking about it a lot and to share her excitement with her, not to Bob.
- Sugar is thinking about forcing a tie and putting it in fate's hands.
- Bob isn't sure why Sugar is being so kind to him. He's ready for the tie breaker if it involves making fire.
- At tribal counsel, Susie tells everyone that she's very pleased to have immunity. Bob says this is the most uncomfortable tribal in 38 days. Matty doesn't want the end of the game to slip away. He says that he can't vote out Sugar because she saved him last week. Bob says Matty is well liked on the jury and that he would be better off voting Sugar off. Sugar is in tears and she says that Matty is like a brother and Bob is like a dad. Bob feels good that he's made an impression on her. He tears up as he tries to talk about being a father himself. Bob says "this is the cruelest situation Sugar can be put in."
- Susie keeps the immunity necklace for herself.
- Time to vote.
- First vote is for Bob.
- Second vote is for Bob.
- Third vote is for Matty.
- Fourth vote is for Matty.
- There's a tie!
- It'll be a fire-making challenge between Matty and Bob. They each have a flint and steel along with fire-making material. First person to burn their rope wins!
- Bob is the first to get fire, but it dies down quickly and burns out.
- Matty is having no success.
- Bob gets another flame and tries to build a long-lasting fire.
- Matty lost the tie-breaker and Bob will continue on in the final three.
- Matty says that he's learned more about himself and life in the past 38 days and he's grateful for having this opportunity, he wouldn't trade it for the world.
- Nobag, Day 39
- It's the last day at camp. Susie is amazed to be here on day 39.
- One more treemail! They have pancake batter, strawberries, milk, orange juice and more. There was no letter so they enjoyed their brunch.
- Sugar is scared to death of the jury because she believes they all hate her. (She's laughing.)
- Bob is getting ready to burn the hut and says "this is why my mother wouldn't let me play with matches." The three hold one torch and lite the hut on fire.
- It's time for the jury to meet with the final three!
- Each of the three will make an opening statement then be addressed by the jury.
- Susie feels she deserves this and wanted to teach her son and students what it means to try. She has learned a new confidence and thinks she should win it.
- Bob says he played with gusto and with his heart. His plan was to use his personality and survival skills to get further in the game. "You people have made this game the most exciting adventure in my life and I would appreciate it if you would toss a vote my way."
- Sugar feels like she played a perfect social game but admits to having to lie. "I think I played a pretty durn good game for someone who is physically weak and didn't know what the heck I was doing when I started." She admits to having been a free agent during the game up until the end when she made an alliance with Bob to save him. (Matty looks pissed as he hears this.)
- Time for the jury to speak!
- Charlie is up first. He wants to know why, when the girls were ranked at the bottom should they win one million dollars? Susie replies that she always knew she would be underestimated but felt like she is still trying. Sugar says "I don't know, I don't necessarily think you have to vote for me."
- Charlie asks Bob if he feels all of our intimate cuddling and spooning might have been a little bit more enjoyable than Bob would like to admit. Bob says that he likes to stay warm at night and "didn't give a hoot." Everyone laughs.
- Crystal calls Susie a coat-tail rider. She says Sugar remote-controlled Bob like a race car up and down Gabon. She wants to know from Bob what he didn't without Sugar. Bob admits that he didn't need to, he was riding coat-tails and that's why he is where he is. Crystal asks Sugar why she voted her out. Sugar says it's because of the way Crystal spoke to people and believes they will still be friends when they leave the game.
- Kenny wants to know why Susie deserves the million. Susie says that they were both underdogs.
- Kenny tells Sugar that she was the first girl he could ever really trust and it broke his heart. Sugar's crying and says that she thought Kenny was a bigger threat than Susie. Kenny replies that he doesn't believe her. Sugar interrupts and says that it is the truth.
- Kenny asks Bob about the deal with the immunity necklace. Bob says that when he made the deal he intended to follow through with it. Once he became aware of the fact that he would be voted off, he chose to save himself. Kenny replies "that is not what I wanted to hear from you Bob" and sits back down.
- Corrine asks Susie if you get the money will you agree to have your vocal cords removed. If you answer yes, you will get my vote for the money. Susie laughs and replies no.
- Corrine tells Bob that he is one dimensional and she wants to see the nasty side in him by telling everyone the reason he doesn't like Sugar. Bob admits that he was mad at Sugar the night he blindsided Randy. Corrine tells Sugar that she is unemployed, uneducated and a leech on society! "The only thing I would vote to give you is a handful of anti-depressants so no one would have to hear your crying anymore about your dead father." Sugar flips Corrine the bird.
- Marcus tells Susie that she was proud to be a mother and an educator when she first came, but was amazed to see Susie throw it away over a game. Marcus then turns to Sugar and says that they have something in common with having a loved one pass away, but will you use a portion of your million to honor them? Sugar says she will give a portion to support the research of lung cancer. Marcus says that Bob is giving ownership of his votes to the people on the jury and wants one example from Bob when he took responsibility for his own actions. Bob says the occasion didn't come up. There was no need to take control when everyone else was making good decisions.
- It's Randy's turn! He can't believe she made it this far in the game. He wants to know why she felt sorry for him. She says that he's not happy and wishes she knew how to help him.
- Randy tells Sugar that she rolled in the dirt with laughter the night he was voted out. Did she not realize he would be going to the jury? Sugar replies that he made a jackass out of himself and that he was a jerk.
- Randy asks Bob the same thing. Bob says it was a pure strategic move, he didn't mean to embarrass him and was outraged at Sugar's behavior.
- Matty asks Susie why Bob and Sugar are less deserving of the million. Susie says she was disgusted with the way Sugar treated Randy. She goes on to say that Bob got angry at her after winning the last immunity challenge and she was upset at that.
- Matty says that Sugar has given the persona that she's an innocent person, "but everyone here knows it is total garbage." He wants her to reveal something that she did that was evil. Sugar replies "Kenny, I broke Kenny's heart." Matty cocks his head and says "Really? That's all you have Sugar?" She shakes her head but says nothing.
- Matty asks Bob why the girls are more deserving of the million. Bob answers "I don't think they are."
- It's time to vote for the winner!
- First vote: Bob
- Second vote: Susie
- Third vote: Susie
- Fourth vote: Susie
- Fifth vote: Bob
- Sixth vote: Bob
- Seventh vote: Bob
- The winner of Survivor Gabon is Bob!
- There are hugs and tears as his family joins him on stage. He will receive the check for $1 million tomorrow morning on 'The Today Show.
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Survivor Gabon Episode 14 Questions
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Survivor Gabon Reunion Show
- Bob is the oldest winner ever in the history of Survivor. Bob says he tried to be necessary to the other members and friendly while playing the game. He says that his fake idol saved his place with the game and traded Randy his place in the game. (He then looks at Randy and says he's sorry.)
- Bob made the idol with beads he stripped from the Kota flag and found the rest of the items around exile island. Jeff admits to getting a lot of grief for throwing the idol into the fire. Jeff said he did pull out what was left of the idol. Jeff wants to know where he got the rope from, Bob says "I take stuff." Bob admits he got the string off the clue while on exile island. Bob says he's incorporating tribal challenges into the classroom as physics problems for his students.
- When Jeff asks who would have voted for Matty if he had won the tie-breaking fire challenge, five people raise their hands. Matty would have won. Matty said he was confident and had it in the bag, but just got over-confident.
- Jeff asks Susie how she got so far in the game. Susie would like to think that people liked her and she flew under the radar. She never wanted to hurt anyone's feelings. Jeff said the deciding vote turned out to be Randy.
- Randy says he didn't vote for Susie because she gave him a hard time about the "cookie incident."
- Jeff tells Sugar that she is one of the more popular people of this season. He wants to know what the reaction has been on the street? She says that some people are thanking her for the Randy cookie incident and she has to leave the house with makeup on because everyone keep snapping photos of her everywhere she goes. After Jeff asks about her father, Sugar says that she really doesn't cry everyday, but being on the show right after her father passed made her very emotional and that anyone with a heart should see that.
- Jeff says the comments made by Corinne at tribal were the nastiest comments he's ever heard. (Lots of boos from the audience!)
- Corinne says that she does feel sorry for Sugar's loss, but after so many days stranded with a crying person and she just couldn't take it anymore. Jeff says that not being able to take it is one thing, but to make a conscience choice talking about the loss of someone's father? (The audience explodes with applause.) Corinne says that she guesses she had a lot of anger and went for the jugular. She admits that it's not an act, it's just her.
- Jeff asks Marcus what the disconnect was between fans loving Sugar and many of the contestants not liking her. Marcus replies that it's hard to tell. When you see them on TV it's only one minute out of 300 viewed. Marcus said that Sugar did a great job handling her loss, but did many things that were not shown on camera that rubbed people the wrong way.
- Corinne felt that for the first half of the season she was just a wallflower and wanted to have the viewers see that she acted the same from day one as she did on her last day.
- Randy's most memorable moments were shown.
- Randy says that this is him 100%, but he didn't used to always be this way. He used to be fun, happy and even had girlfriends. Randy says that people are either born with the ability or not to like him. He says his dog was his best friend for over 15 years.
- Jeff says that Marcus has the highest IQ from this season, it was off the charts. But the person with the second highest was Randy. Randy replies "the test has got to be flawed." He says he brought six strangers to the show instead of family because they were fans.
- Jeff tells Charlie that he was one of the nicest people ever on the show and wants to know why he was friends with Corinne "who is one of the nastiest people I've ever met?" Charlie says both Corinne and Randy both have an emotional wall, but he was born to love both of them.
- Crystal's athletic prowess was shown, or lack of it.
- Jeff says that some people don't think she was ever an Olympian and there were huge expectations of her, he wants proof! She brings out the Gold Medal as proof, then Jeff asks "what happened?" Crystal laughs and says her body wasn't designed for those challenges, she was designed to run around in circles.
- Jeff mentions to Dan that he took a lot of grief from the public during his stint on the show. Dan says that you have to remain true to who you are and remain confident that every decision you make will be a good decision.
- Jeff wants Kenny to education him about gaming. Kenny says that he played Super Smash Brothers and made more than $50,000 in tournaments. He says his downfall on the game was that he got too cocky.
- Jeff wants to know if Ace's accent is real. He says he was raised in London and should have faked an American accent to get further in the game.
- The Sprint Player of the Season and winner of $100,000 is Bob.
- Matty was number three, Sugar was second place.
- Bob is speechless!
- Jeff wants an update from Matty on his girlfriend. They set a date for the wedding and everything is going well with the plans.
- Kelly was impacted by the experience of being with all these people. She says that it was hard to get to know everyone, and looks like she is ready to cry as she says that being voted the least valuable player on the team affected her.
- Jeff brings up that GC was the only person to ever go missing before a challenge. GC shakes his head and says he was looking for a Popeye's (chicken) or something, he was hungry!
- Jacquie says this is the best experience of her life!
- Gillian says being on the show was "so worth it!"