The Cast of 'Survivor 46' on Handling the Final Jury
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00:00 This is my time to do whatever I need to do to get to the end.
00:03 And I'm not going to apologize for that. I'm sorry. I'm not like at the end of the day,
00:08 like I hurt your feelings and it is what it is. I'm here. You're there.
00:12 I'm going to own that completely fully.
00:28 I think that my approach in this game would also be my approach to the jury, which is help them
00:34 understand how well I got to know them. Because part of my strategy is really using my parenting
00:40 coaching experience to connect with people and to be vulnerable and to build trust and to let
00:45 them know that like, I know your kids names, I know where you're from, and to like really
00:50 connect in that way. And also to obviously defend the game that I have and not lie about it,
00:57 like own up to my moves and be really proud of the fact that, yeah, I was part of that blind
01:02 side. And I'm sorry it was you, but like, you have to respect a good game.
01:05 I think the most difficult aspect of managing the jury is owning your game without pissing
01:11 anyone off, without, you know, disrespecting people. And so you've got to sort of walk the
01:16 line of stroking the jury's egos while also, you know, taking credit for what you did. You know,
01:23 hopefully being in the final three, I've been responsible for, you know, a lot of the people
01:28 who are sitting on the jury who have to vote for me. So, you know, I'd want to take credit for that,
01:32 but in a way that doesn't make someone angry or feel like they were written out of the story
01:38 or anything like that, or, you know, at least be able to deflect some of the heat with humor,
01:43 you know, make a joke when you're talking about how you voted someone out, you know,
01:46 get someone to laugh, hopefully make fun of yourself a little bit, stay humble,
01:50 adapt to whatever the jury thinks of you. I think that's also key is you've got to figure out how
01:55 they perceive you and lean into that and form a story. You've got to be able to tell a story of
02:00 how you got there and make it make sense to them. -So, in this game, everyone always says
02:06 information is currency. It's like, okay, well, I can have all the information in the game,
02:12 but if I don't have any insight into what that information means, then I'm gone. I'm
02:19 gonna leave penniless. So, as far as the jury making it to the final three, I'm not just gonna
02:25 spew information at them. I'm going to share my game in relation to the insight I have to them.
02:33 So, you know, somebody might really, really like, you know, the social aspect. That's information
02:40 I have that gives me insight into who they are and how I need to speak to them. And so, you know,
02:46 leading up to final tribal council, I want to get to know everyone so I have not just the information.
02:52 Oh, that's Dalton. You know, he wears a backwards cap and his kids do cross country. What does that
02:58 mean about his Saturday mornings? You know, how many kids? You know, which one's his favorite?
03:04 I won't tell, but I'll sure use that as insight to, you know, craft my argument for each individual
03:11 person. And I feel like the person that does that the best always wins. Congratulations, jury. I have
03:18 fooled you all. Y'all thought I was some one trick pony cartoon character full of catchphrases,
03:23 but instead I was out here making connections, chilling hard, getting to know y'all. And then
03:29 guess what? You're there. I'm here. What's up? I want to own my game and I don't want to apologize.
03:37 So if I hurt someone's feelings, I'm going to own that. And in my life, generally, I am a very like
03:42 people pleasing kind of person. But here it's a different game. This isn't my everyday life. And
03:47 I'm excited to give it all I got for a million dollars. This is a selfish venture for me. This
03:52 is my time to do whatever I need to do to get to the end. And I'm not going to apologize for that.
03:58 I'm sorry. I'm not like at the end of the day, like I hurt your feelings and it is what it is.
04:03 I'm here. You're there. I'm going to own that completely, fully. I will treat the jury the
04:09 same way I treat a seller when it's time for me to go in and try to win the listing. I'm going to
04:15 tell them what they want to hear. I'm going to be honest about my abilities and what I've done in
04:20 this game. And I'm going to be respectful to my other tribe mates and my other people that are
04:25 sitting next to me in that final. And I want to be direct. I want to be honest. I want to be
04:31 the person they look at and say, you know what? Q played the game as his authentic self. And when
04:38 I'm addressing that jury, that's exactly how I want to do it. And when I'm vote you out, don't
04:43 take it easy because what I'm going to do is pat you on the back on the way out. So maybe when it's
04:48 time to vote me at the end of the game, you will. And I'm going to ask the jury one simple question
04:55 at the end. If you were sitting in the final five and you had immunity and I didn't, and all of us
05:02 are here with you, who would you vote out? Who would you want gone from this game at five if you
05:08 have immunity? Ultimately, if I do make it to final tribal council, I I'm assuming it's through a lot
05:13 of backstabbing. And so one thing that I would want to do is maybe stroke the jury's ego a little
05:19 bit. Let them know that I had to, you know, I had to backstab you. I had to put that knife in your
05:23 back, you know, cause you're so good. If you were in my position, you would have obviously won the
05:27 million dollars. And so I think my strategy would be to stroke their egos a little bit
05:32 and just mask kissing, you know, they're going to hand me a million dollars. At the least they can
05:38 do is feel a little complimented. You got to stroke your egos a little bit because at the end of the
05:42 day, we're all fighting for the same million dollars and nobody wants to hear somebody sit
05:48 in front of them and plead for their vote while saying, yeah, I'm better than you. And that's why
05:53 you're there. And I'm here. Like, even if that is the case, even if you are better than that person,
05:57 you got to let them know like, Hey, I thought you were so good. I thought you were so tough.
06:02 You were so much of a threat. I had no choice, but to get you out. And that's why you're over
06:07 there. And I'm over here. I want to be completely honest with them. Like I want to, I, I plan to
06:12 play a very straightforward game that is for the sole purpose of getting to the end and winning,
06:18 you know, it may hurt people's feelings and offend them. But I think the jury respects when someone
06:23 can acknowledge, you know, I've played this game to win. I don't plan on doing anything
06:28 this vindictively, you know, just to spite people. Uh, but I want all of my steps to be calculated.
06:34 Um, and then, you know, hopefully that'll be enough. Well, I'm going to approach the jury.
06:39 Like I approach anybody in my real life, because I believe that real life and the game, as much as
06:44 people try to separate the two are the same thing. I never believe that the game is outside of,
06:49 of the world or the world is outside of the game because I'm coming into the game as me
06:53 and I can't leave me behind. So they have to come together. And so I would talk to the jury with
06:58 gratefulness, with humbleness, uh, with an acknowledgement that I respect you all and
07:05 your game and that you all deserve that. I don't deserve this necessarily any more than any of us
07:11 out here deserve this money, but they should respect my game that has gotten me here in this
07:16 moment. And just to embrace that with, like I said, gratefulness and humbleness for being here
07:22 and not putting it in their face. Like that's why y'all sitting over there and I'm sitting
07:25 in the final three. So I know I only probably have gotten to this moment and to this spot with
07:32 help from y'all at some point from at least some of y'all up there. So you have to be,
07:35 I keep saying these two words, but that is re that's really the, the heart of it is like
07:39 gratefulness and humbleness, but also a mutual respect for your gameplay. And for my gameplay
07:46 is what I give and what I would expect to receive from that jury. I think one of the most important
07:51 things is just stand firm in your decisions, back, whatever you did, figure out your logic,
07:56 even if it was a heat of the moment thing, just back your decision. So that's something that I
07:59 definitely want them to know is that I stand by whatever I chose to do. My gameplay is really
08:05 going to be trying to be flexible and fluid as much as humanly possible to get people to
08:11 understand my game. So if people aren't playing kind of with me or voting with me,
08:14 at least once or twice, they're not really going to understand what my, my game strategy is really
08:18 like. So I'm going to get them to try to like flesh out as eloquently as possible, which I feel
08:23 like I'm really good at how I was able to be fluid and flexible and really hone in on like my social
08:28 strengths. Cause that's what I'm going to be lifting and throwing as much as possible, trying
08:32 to get people to like me, like, Oh, so do I like, like, let's not think about her. She's, she's too
08:36 funny. She, she makes me feel good. She's our morale around here. I'm like jam jam, but black
08:40 and a woman. And the final three, one of the ways I want to manage the jury is key relationship.
08:47 I want to know every jury member, my name, and I want to know a piece of their background. That's
08:53 going to be extremely important because they'll feel comfortable enough to choose me to feel like
09:01 I've earned a million dollars. I also want to make them comfortable. So they feel like they're
09:08 voting for a friend, not just some anonymous vote that they saw someone play the game. Well,
09:14 they saw a friend, they saw important moves and most importantly, uh, they like me.
09:21 I think that is key. When you talk about social politics, uh, I want to be liked,
09:28 but I don't want to overdo it. I pride myself on being resilient and being flexible. So I don't
09:34 have one answer of what I do or don't want to say, because I don't know what I'm going to do.
09:40 Rather when I approach the jury, I want to really listen to their questions and almost read it
09:46 rather than them telling me what they want me to say of what their issue is with me. I think
09:52 their questions should reveal more about their state of mind and about really what they're
09:58 thinking, their holdup, their reservations, or where they want me to shine are rather than what
10:04 I want to tell them. So just being able to really read through that layer of posing it like a
10:10 question and give them what they need. The way I approach the jury, I think by this point,
10:15 everybody knows my story, know my background. You know, I am number five of six girls. I grew up in
10:22 Guyana, single mom, you know, I grew up in a domestic abusive household and I had to overcome
10:28 a lot to get where I'm at. And I think the way I played, um, was very, it was a very social game,
10:35 very truthful. I had great alliances and I think, um, voting everybody out was essential for me to
10:42 get here because they played a great game and kudos to them. And I think, you know, I just made
10:47 fire and I, I, I beat the other guy. And I think that also adds to it, but I think the most important
10:54 part is my strategic game. So I got that dude out. I got you out. I had everybody voting for you,
11:04 um, in the top five, uh, cause I know you played a really good game and in order for me to be here
11:11 and sit in the seat, I had to get you out. I want to thank each one of you for playing such an
11:17 incredible game. I made some great friends. I want to tell with, with utmost honesty,
11:25 how I played this game. I played with a lot of honesty. I worked really hard for this game
11:33 and I played my best game. I won challenges. I had alliances. I find idols. And at the same time,
11:41 I wasn't cutting corners or slitting someone's throat. I wasn't cutthroat. I was being kind.
11:48 So to that, I want you all to value my game and vote for me today. You're not only voting for
11:56 Banu. When you're voting for me, you're actually sparking a thought somewhere across seven oceans
12:04 that a lot of people who look like me, who came from humble beginnings like me, they can think
12:09 that if Banu can do it, so can we. And you're actually giving someone a chance to get off the
12:16 couch and do something. Hard work, determination, and just confidence keep going on in life. As Jeff
12:24 Probst says, we need to dig deep. I did. Now it's time for y'all to dig deep into your hearts and
12:30 see whether I deserve this or not, because you're giving not just me, but a lot of people who look
12:39 like me a chance for a better future. So please think about it. And thank you so much again for
12:46 playing this game with me. You have to echo back to a moment where you and that person had an
12:50 interaction on the island, right? So, or in the game or in a challenge, anything. If you can't
12:56 echo back to any moment with them that mattered, you're not going to get their vote. All right?
13:00 They don't throw votes for charity. They only throw votes if you look at 44 because of something
13:06 that impacted them, but they respect the game. They respect the player or they respect the story.
13:10 So that to me is my anger. I feel like how I approach the jury, it's going to really depend
13:16 on who's on that jury. If it's a bunch of people that hate me, I'm going to have to suck up to them.
13:20 Sorry. But I think it really depends on like what kind of game they saw themselves playing to win.
13:27 And I think everyone in the jury to some degree might be a kind of picture projector. And so I
13:34 have to speak to how they like what they valued in the game. And hopefully it'll be people that
13:39 like love the way that I played. But if it's not, then I'm going to have to figure out ways to
13:42 spin my micro and big moves into some kind of narrative that makes sense for them.
13:48 The jury is vital to Survivor. I want to be the youngest winner since Fabio. Fabio didn't play
13:55 the best game, but he won. Someone who was young and won the game was Todd. I want to play like
14:01 Todd. He knows how to kiss up to the jury. And that is something you have to do. You know, they
14:08 want to feel good about who they vote for. They lost the game. They want to feel good about who
14:13 they vote for. You know, if I couldn't win, I would like Jelinski to win because he's awesome.
14:18 And that's how I'll be playing up the jury. You know, Todd did it to Jean Robert. Jean Robert,
14:23 you're just way too smart. You were thinking of things I was thinking of. So you were the
14:26 biggest threat. I'm going to do the same thing. I know how to play the jury.