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Survivor Pearl Islands Insider Episode 7 Yahoo Platinum

Osten Quits! (04:30)

Clip description: Osten became the first competitor ever to quit SURVIVOR. Let Insider reveal Osten's thoughts the day after he left the game. What were his true reasons for laying down his torch?

Markopolo's note: Osten's answers in his "day-after interview" were short and brunt. He seems to not care at all. 

  

Osten (day-after): What surprised me most is how much weight I lost in a short amount of time. I knew this game was going to be hard. I knew this game was going to be hard.

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It came down to how much food we were getting. I thought we would be getting more food where we were and we weren't able to do it.

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I would have given anything to fish more, find food, live off the land a little more. That wasn't the case.

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They tried but they weren't successful. Ryan tried and Savage tried, our two best swimmers. I couldn't cuz I can't swim that well.

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So we just weren't successful in fishing. And getting mollusks and whatnot, they were few and far in between. We kind of depleted our resources where we were.

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As far as taking away from the game of Survivor, I've taken nothing. There's no epiphany that I had. Because I took this game seriously, I knew exactly what I was getting into. Was it tough? Sure, but I didn't learn anything.

I knew before it started that surviving in the wilderness wasn't for me. It's not my element. I'm out of my element.

But the whole key thing was trying to win a million dollars. That was it.

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OK, what made me stop playing the game for the money was that the ends didn't justify the means as far as my body. I told myself that my body comes first. If it breaks down to where I am not able to go any further, I'm not going to push it any further. OK I push my body to a certain point, and then you give it a rest. Because if you overdo it, you'll break down. And you break down because you miss time. And you miss time, that puts you in a hole that you have to climb out of a month or two down the road.

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At tribal council, Probst asked Andrew a question about what the deal was, and he told him flat-out that Osten requested to be taken out. He questioned it. He questioned me and my teammates about my heart, my commitment and blah blah blah. At the end, it was a unanimous decision so there was no need to go up and vote. And I was out. Pretty short and sweet.

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He was questioning my heart and character but you can question it all you want.

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I don't question my heart and character. Not for one bit.

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Like I said before, I want to go as far as my body will take me. Once the tank is on empty, it's on empty and I'm done. And that's living up to my word. And I'm done. It doesn't matter. That's the agreement I made. It doesn't matter about my heart. My heart and body are one in my mind. That's what makes me who I am.

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Based upon what you see, that's what you see on the outside. You don't know how my body is feeling on the inside. Spit up blood and it's a sign that you're body is empty. It's done. What someone else perceives on me is not the matter. If you question what I do, you can get in line to kiss my ass. Make sure you go to the back of the line because it doesn't really matter to me.

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Life will go on. .. In the end of the day will it matter to Osten? No it won't.

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As far as dealing with the people, that wasn't really that big of a deal. I deal with people, that's something I deal with at work on a daily basis. The biggest thing was not eating food. That was the biggest thing for me. You lose 32 pounds in 18 or 19 days, it's tough.

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I can deal with having the name of the first quitter of survivor. It does not bother me at all. Not for one bit (smiles)

Voting Booth Cam (05:50)

RUPERT: Neither one of you said anything true to me that would help you. I tried to give you guys a chance. Shawn, I was looking for some acknowledgement that for the first two damn weeks of... you made fun of me. You laughed at me. You treated me... like beneath you. When I fed you and I brought you water and I cooked for you every day. When I had to wear a damn dress, you laughed at me instead of showing support. When I had no clothes, you made fun of me. You have redeemed yourself some. I was asking for you to tell me you were sorry. I've asked you all day. I've given you the chance to make it up. You ignored it. You call me big dumb idiot in the sandbox. You insult my intelligence by saying I cannot even spell alliance. You and Burt and Michelle made fun of me to my face and behind my back. Jon might be a weasel, but I never heard him call me any names. Anything that he called me, he called me to my face. You did it behind my back. It's Day 19 and you cleaned your first fish and you complained about it the whole time. I busted my ass cleaning food for you every day. It was a hard decision, Shawn, and I am sorry, but you ruined it when you could not admit how bad you [inaudible] me at the start.

CHRISTA: [ed. votes for Shawn] Strategy-wise, this is the best way to get me farther ahead. And you talk too much.

SHAWN: Jon, I'm voting for you, because like I said before, uh... it doesn't matter what you say here and now. You and I know the truth. And, uh... basically you've been backstabbing everyone including myself, so this is why we're here again. Goodbye. If it happens that way.

SANDRA: [ed. votes for Shawn] You're greedy. You're lazy. You're selfish. You always had it out for me. And I got the last laugh cause you're going home first, buddy. Bye. Adios.

JON: [ed. votes for Shawn] F**k you.

Nicole’s Sweet Revenge (01:24)

 Clip description: Nicole was the first person voted off the Pearl Islands. Was beating both Morgan and Drake in the Reward Challenge sweet revenge for her? Find out as Insider reveals all.

<<<DID NOT PUT REPETITIVE COMMENTS>>>

We did not expect (to be allowed back in the game) because it was so new to Survivor. It had never been done before.

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At the moment we beat Morgan and Drake it was one of the best moments of my life. For the last two weeks, I've had the longest time out obviously, I’ve done nothing but think about that moment.

Ryan the Outcast (01:19)

 Clip description: Was Skinny Ryan excited about the possibility of re-entering the game? Get Inside the Outcasts camp as he explains his new position in the game.

Ryan (in Purple Buff): I want back in this game more than you can realize. I didn't get my full share. I made a few mistakes early on and I think my talents are going to come in handy merge time.

My old Morgan Tribe never game me a fair shake. They told me I didn't have the heart of the game. They said I wasn't giving 110 percent. One thing I wanted to is to show them I had a lot more than 110 percent and more heart than any of those guys. It was nice to look over while we had already won and see them still struggling, can't get stuff done. I knew the tribe was going to be like that once they started voting people out like me early on. There's was nothing to do but smile and be happy.

Trish Wants Back in the Game (01:54)

 Clip description: What was going through Trish's mind when Host Jeff Probst told her she was playing for the opportunity to get back in the game? Insiders learn why Trish wants to come back.

Trish (in Purple buff): I was just shocked. He could have said anything. We were thinking cars, family members, money. I never thought in my wildest dreams that there would be chance to get back in the game.

My thoughts were immediately, what's the best way I can do that? Cuz I'm a competitor. Everything was flying through my head -- who can I talk to? What can I say? I didn't know how it was going to come down, whether we were going to be able to tell them something or if they were just going to pick.

And um, so, it was just elation.

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It was a real second chance. I got voted out and it hasn't been 24 hours yet. So I can't even believe I was standing on a purple mat next to the blue mat. The second part of the challenge I was rooting for the drakes because it hadn't even sunk in yet.

It was such a shock to me to get voted out in the first place, to say that you can come back in, part of me was like in this weird dream where it wasn't really happening.

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I want to get back in the game. I never say die. I don't plan on going up there and saying, choose me, don't choose me. I'm going to make the strongest case possible to get back in the game. I didn't come here to get kicked out, I came here to win a million dollars.

MIchelle is the Competitor (02:06)

 Clip description: Go Inside the Outcasts tribe as Michelle explains the new twist in the game of SURVIVOR.

When we walked into the challenge and the two other tribes were standing on their mats, it was just "in your face" kind of fun. The plan was to do a game face, and no one was going to smile or hug or high-five or anything. We just all started smacking the face. And we saw mouths drop. My old tribe Drake, their morale was down, you could just tell everybody was fed up with each other.

The people that are left are nasty people. They’re not fun to be around. And they're all struggling, hanging by a thread. And to see all of us walk in, and be so happy about walking in, it was just a slap to the face of them it looked like.

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<<NOTE: I SKIPPED REPETITIVE COMMENTS>>

It was like raining gold kind of good feeling. Nothing could have been better.

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This was for all the old survivors who got kicked off when they shouldn’t have. This was for all the underdogs out there. To just kick em in the face and grind our heels in. We had a good time hamming it up after the challenge. We weren't thinking about the reward, we were thinking, "ha ha you jerks."

Burton’s Game Face (02:29)

 Clip description: This fierce competitor wasn't going to let his Outcasts tribe lose. Insider delves into the mind of Burton, who helped his tribe win a chance to get back into the game.

Burton (with Purple buff somewhere on the beach after the outcast challenge): When we heard about the challenge, we had no idea what the reward was. We honestly thought it was visiting family or significant others. So we walked in there and we knew that we had one advantage that those guys had no clue that we were coming.

And it was game face the entire time. I didn't even make eye contact with one person from the Drakes. Partly because I still have some anger towards them, because every single one of them lied to me. But that's the game. I'm fine with that.

It was a mental focus that we all had. It was like, hey, this is our one shot and when we heard the reward was going to be the chance for one or two of us to get back in the game, I told my teammates that I would rather end up in the hospital with a broken leg than lose this thing.

In fact, I said, "If we do lose, I better be in a hospital with a broken leg."

So, I went out and we talked about moves and strategic positions we were going to make. And I kind of took the lead role as the runner and digger. And I just put it all on the line. I almost fainted at the end of the thing, but I was not going to stop one second short of winning this.

We knew in our minds that we had a really good chance. I have yet to lose a challenge that I have participated in, in this game. Undefeated and I was not about to (lose) today.

It was amazing. The victories before were great, but this was amazing. We were the underdogs and we beat the people that kicked us out of this game. And we were shoving it right back in their faces, saying, "You guys made the wrong move."

And two of them are going home tonight and I have no hard feelings whatsoever.

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Who knows what the decision-making process is going to be like, but I would give anything to be back in that game right now.

Scout Leader Lill fights back (02:44)

 Clip description: Lill's past experiences in Challenges have all ended in defeat. Was she excited to finally win, and how far will she go for the chance to reenter the game?

Lill (in purple buff): When Jeff told us that we had a chance to get back into the game and possible go back into the tribe again, I had to sit and listen again. Sometimes I have an attention deficit, ADD. And I had to sit there, and "What did he say?"

I kind of leaned over and asked Ryan, "What did he say?"

He said, "We get another chance Lill. We get another chance."

So it was exciting. We won the challenge. God. I could not believe it. I looked around and saw the amazement on everyone's face. I know people were pulling for us. Because we are the outcasts. We are the ones they didn't want for one reason or another. "Oh Lill, you're a nice person but you're too old to compete."

And that's exactly what I felt they were telling me. Too old to compete. "You're a nice lady, but there's the track girl there."

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I haven't won anything. Being out there with the Morgan Tribe, we hadn't won anything when I was there. It was always defeat. It was always downhill. There was nothing there that we won at. I mean we came close at one point. There was so much finger pointing. There were some people that didn't hold up their end of the bargain. And I'm thinking, ya know, I get a complex talking to them. So you kind of shut yourself from talking to them.

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I'm very excited for the opportunity to get back in this game. Umm. I'd go now. I'd go pantless. Oh baby I would go! Nothing would hold me back.

It was so sweet to beat the Morgan tribe. Because on each challenge, they would sit and talk about someone not doing their share, someone not having heart, you’re a great girl, Lill, but you're not competitive enough. I'm concerned about your ability to be an athlete (shakes her head).

It was just so sweet (to beat them). I cried and I was just elated. Right up there next to marriage and child birth. One of the highlights of my life.

Shawn’s Fate (03:38)

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