Who won Survivor 42

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Who Won 'Survivor 42' and What Does the Champion Win? (Newsweek)

The finale began with the five surviving contestants, Lindsay Dolashewich, Romeo Escobar, Maryanne Oketch, Mike Turner, and Jonathan Young, competing for the ...

And figuring out that there's more in life than just Survivor was very helpful. She said: "The thing that I'm really actually thankful for is because I had to sit on it for 11 months. Like, when I came back from Survivor, I was an emotional wreck crying every day, just sleeping on the floor, just a mess having that time to reintegrate into regular life, and then also to see what's next? She reflected: "It's so wild that it's exactly almost 20 years since a Black woman won, and I'm the second one to do so. I really had time to go and reflect. Romeo, I believe, would have been the first LGBTQ male winner since season 15.

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'Survivor 42' crowns a winner - CNN (CNN)

With seven votes, 24-year-old seminary student Maryanne Oketch was crowned the winner, beating out firefighter Mike Turner and pageant coach Romeo Escobar, who ...

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Survivor 42's 'impressive' winner: as satisfying and joyful as the ... (reality blurred)

Survivor 42 ended after Lindsay, Jonathan, Maryanne, Mike, and Romeo faced two challenges and then the jury, and ended the season with a winner as ...

With Romeo deciding who made fire, he realized that he’d be sitting next to “the two most likable people in the final three” if Mike and Maryanne were there. “Lots of kids watching could do this,” Probst said, jabbing the knife into Maryanne and pandering to kids since he can’t do that during live reunions any more. “I want it more than a million dollars.” She added, “Sadness doesn’t take you anywhere. This momentarily freaked out the jury, but it ultimately fell flatter than his game as he said, “Jeff, I will not be playing this for myself because it’s a fake idol that I made at camp,” and threw it in the fire. “I want it more than a million dollars, Jeff,” she said, crying. “I was so, so close to playing my idol,” Maryanne told Lindsay and the jury about the final-five vote. The most-interesting part was a discussion of whether to keep good players (Lindsay) versus keeping goats around (Romeo and Jonathan). Jeff Probst read that as “you being on Survivor could bring your family back.” Cue “something” from the producers: an advantage in the immunity challenge, solved with a riddle. From there, we went directly to the final immunity challenge, which was another familiar one: balls on metal tracks. One of the benefits of more-diverse casting is that we get to see the diversity of people within groups. Romeo did make an interesting and emotional case about how he fought to survive from the bottom of the pack, always getting votes as the back-up.

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'Survivor' Season 42: Who Voted for Mike Turner? He Only Received ... (Showbiz Cheat Sheet)

Mike Turner made it to the end of 'Survivor' Season 42, but he only received one jury vote. Who voted for Mike to win the game?

Probst then verified that “this version of Survivor is here to stay, at least for the short term. According to Survivor host Jeff Probst, the shortened gameplay is here to stay. Now that Survivor Season 42 is over, what’s next for Survivor Season 43? So, who voted for Mike Turner to get the $1 million? Mike, Maryanne, and Romeo made it to the final three. And the top three contestants — Mike Turner, Maryanne Oketch, and Romeo Escobar — played as hard as they could.

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Survivor Winner Talks Wild Final Tribal, Impact of Ousting Omar: 'I ... (TVLine)

Survivor Season 42 winner details game-winning moves, playing with emotion, blindsiding Omar and keeping a million-dollar secret.

I just graduated from my master’s a couple of weeks ago, so I think I’m going to be taking a year off and working. Would you do it again? You survived and conquered. I knew that I had a very strategic, very smart mind, so I really wanted to emphasize that bubbly part about me like, “Oh my goodness, I’m just so happy to be here! How much of that was theater for your tribemates, and at what moment in the game did you decide you really needed to turn it up? Going into the final Tribal, how confident were you that you could pull out the win? I’m always someone who people will know how I feel with my emotions. Do you always wear your heart on your sleeve, or was it just the emotional whiplash of Survivor that affected you so much? You mentioned on the show that there was a member of your family who was estranged. I’m trying to live my broke student life still. TVLINE Despite annoying some of her early Taku tribemates, Maryanne masked her strategic side until it was absolutely necessary, finding multiple idols and massaging her relationships to ensure herself a seat in the Final 3.

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Survivor 2022 champion's laid-back attitude thrust them into final three (Reality Titbit)

Survivor 42 crowned it's sole survivor on Wednesday night, so who won the grand prize? They're a fan-favourite competitor.

At the Tribal Council, Mike used his idol on Maryanne and Lindsay was sent to the jury. The 24-year-old seminary student from Ajax, Ontario, appeared an unthreatening competitor at first due to her talkative and positive nature. The final five fought for immunity with two challenges and, ultimately, Maryanne Oketch, Mike Turner and Romeo Escobar were the remaining members.

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Mike Turner says final <em>Survivor</em> Tribal Council was like ... (EW.com)

Mike Turner says final 'Survivor' Tribal Council was like 'falling off a cliff.'

My son's wrestling coach really took good care of my son when my son wrestled at Wesleyan. And I knew I was going to miss the graduation. She stayed loyal to Omar, and that's why when it came to the final five, I couldn't give her the idol that I promised to Maryanne. But I'd rather be the guy who's gullible and believes in people than to be the guy to question everybody, which I started to [do] after that. I go, "I don't want to make fire." He told me about the Omar nullifier that changed the trajectory of how we played the rest of the game, because then I knew Omar wasn't being honest with me. I felt I had a chance at Omar's vote. I felt that I had a chance at Rocksroy's vote. I think when they raised their hand, it looks good, but I think some were locked in already and I don't blame them. I was tired. I still think I had to do it. I don't think I would've went to the end unless I took them out. I lost about 32 pounds when I was done with the show.

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