season 13 episode 12 insider videos

Candice's Final Words 

Wow, what can I say? What a fabulous time I've had out here playing this game. I wish I could've lasted a little bit longer of course, but I played hard, I think I played smart, I was tough.. I never got down and always tried to stay positive and I think I played the best game I could've played. 

Made some great friends, loved the people and just had a fabulous time. Can't say anything more, I loved it. I had a hug with everybody, shook Jonathan's hand, and had a little kiss with Adam before I left. It was nice, a nice way to leave. We were like Adam said, we were partners through this and it was sincere.

I think it's a big learning experience coming out to play this game. I like to say whenever I came back from Exile Island that "it builds character." That's the positive way of looking at Exile Island but you learn that you can do things yourself. A lot of times in life we rely on conveniences and out here you don't have any of those and on Exile Island you certainly don't have any of those. You don't have anybody helping you, saying "I can do it for you" and a lot of times I think that happens to girls. Somebody will step in and say "I can do it, I can open that door for you" or "Here, I can cut that coconut" but out there when you're by yourself, you have to do it yourself and you learn that if you're not going to do it, nobody's going to do it for you. Just knowing that you can rely on yourself and do these things.. it's empowering. This is a great learning experience to be with people of all different backgrounds, from different places and different ages. To be able to come together and work out the way we did, even with our differences and strategies in the game.. it was just a great experience.

I'd like to say best of luck, especially to Adam. He was there for me the entire time, always told me the truth. I hope you win every single immunity and make it all the way, I'll vote for you. As far as the old Aitu tribe, best of luck to you guys. You're great, I respect all of you. To Jonathan: I'm sure you're a nice guy but you offended a lot of people in the way you played the game. I'm sure outside of the game, we'll get along great but after everything that happened it was tough to hold things back and to not say some of the things I felt being hurt by the moves that you made.

I would not have changed anything that I did in this game. When I stepped off the mat, I did it for a reason. I felt more comfortable, I felt like it was just a good move that I needed to make. I didn't come out here to play "hide under the radar" the whole time, I made bold moves and made them when I thought I needed to and I wouldn't change it, even if I knew that we were going to lose all those challenges and Jonathan was going to flip. I wish Sundra had stepped off the mat but that's not something that I could control. I think I played the best game I could've played. I wasn't completely truthful the entire time but I never said I was going to be, I never planned that and I think I played this game with integrity. I think I can look myself in the mirror and be comfortable with the way I played this game, definitely.

Candice, The Day After 

Candice:  You know, I think I had maybe a little bit different experience than most people when they put their torch in the slot.  I knew it was coming.  I knew it was going to be me that night so I had a chance to kind of make my peace with it.  I had a chance to spend the afternoon with my friends and kind of reminisce and give them tips for Exile if they got sent out there again.  You know I kind of went out on my own terms.  We had a great Tribal where we got everything out.  I told people how I felt.  Adam and Parvati told people how they felt and we let the jury know what was really going on in the game.  Before at other Tribal Councils everybody was kind of reserved.  You don't want to step out.  You don't want to say the wrong thing.  I knew I was going so I had a chance to spill it all out there.  I was ready as soon as I saw the first vote for me I knew it was over. So I was able to give everybody a hug.  Give Adam a little smooch goodbye.  It was kind of, it was a relief just because I had been waiting all day.  I knew it was coming.  It's the end of a chapter because it was a huge life experience that I'll never be able to get back.  I didn't want it to end.  I wanted to be there til day 39.  I've missed a lot of challenges and exciting things being voted off.  But knowing that you're going to go and making your peace beforehand was a better way to go than being blindsided.

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Candice:  The time I spent with Adam, I knew, I could just tell and fell that he was a genuine person and what you see is what you get with him.  I feel like Adam's a pretty simple guy.  I don't mean simple as he's simpleminded, he's not smart, he's not intelligent.  But like I said, what you see is what you get with him.   He never lied.  He always seemed very straightforward.  It was just a feeling.  I knew I could trust him.

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Candice:  The number one thing that went wrong in our game plan was going over for the mutiny was in my view a very good choice at the time.  We had a strong Aitu tribe but I wasn't top of the totem pole.  I wasn't controlling that tribe.  I knew, going over to the Raro tribe, they didn't seem to have strong leadership.  But the people who were in charge, looked like it was Adam and Nate, from the outside.  I had an in with Adam and I knew that I could move to the top of the totem pole.  I thought that would be a good move for me.  And we had the numbers.  Jonathan was always going to be the next person we voted out.  There was always one bigger fish to fry.  We kept him one vote too long and he stabbed us in the back and that changed the whole game.  Had we kept Jenny instead of Jonathan when we did the double vote out, the whole game would have changed.  Jenny would have never flipped.

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Candice:  I said the number one thing that got me through Exile was fire.  Getting fire was huge out there.  Making it through the nights, I'm the kind of person that I'm always cold no matter what.  So being out there in the night and the cold, the only thing that got me through was having fire.  I put the fire so that the wind was blowing the heat of the fire into my shelter.  I could get a few winks of sleep.  Mentally, what I thought about was, the Aitu tribe is sending me out here.  They want to see me fail at this game.  They want to see me not get integrated into the tribe.  Not have anybody know me.  Not have anybody like me.  And see me physically weak.  I just thought of what can I do to prove them wrong?  I came back every time with a smile on my face.  I love Exile Island.  Send me out there again.  I came back there every time from Tribal.  I hope they were surprised to see me walk in because they didn't vote me out.  I did have a strong alliance.  I didn't have people that trusted me and I did have people that liked me on that tribe even though I didn't get to spend time.  And I had people that respected me and respected that I could make it through and come back with a smile on my face and do well in the challenges and help my team.  I'm not going to let them break me and even if they do I'm not going to let them know it.  That got me through.

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Candice:  I guess if I had to sum up my Survivor experience, I'd say that I played the game my way.  I played hard.  I gave it my all in the challenges.  When the challenges were over I could barely breath.   I just left everything out on the table and I played the same way strategically.  I put my finger in every pot and had every option I could and I made the best move that I thought I could make.  I didn't just sit back and make somebody else make the moves and make the decisions for me.  If I didn't like the way my alliance was going, I changed alliances.  I feel like, to sum it up, I played my game.  The only way I knew how.  I played as hard as I could.  I played as smart as I could.  Maybe I didn't make the best decision in the long run but with the information that I had, I thought I made the best decision and the ones that were right for me and the ones that I felt comfortable with.  I played it right for who I am and I had a great time. 

Jonathan's Survival

Parvati, Candice, Adam laying out in the tent while rest of Aitus/Jonathan work

PARVATI: We gotta get Jonathan out, I´d say. Like now.

CANDICE: Yeah, right now.

PARVATI: We gotta get him out before any of us.

CANDICE: Yeah.

ADAM: Hmm.

PARVATI: Just for sheer, like, gratification. 

CANDICE: Jonathan's such a... rat.

ADAM: I know. I wanna beat him. I just wanna punch him.

Cut to Jonathan walking over to Sundra and Ozzy on the beach with a lot of fish.

JONATHAN: How you guys doin'?

SUNDRA: Wow.

OZZY: Good.

[Voiceover] JONATHAN: I have made a giant step towards the Aitu people to rebuild trust, to rebuild the tribe of five. I went back home, essentially.

Cut back to Jonathan showing off the fish he caught

JONATHAN: It´s beautiful, isn´t it?

Cut to Jonathan´s confessional

JONATHAN: I had an opportunity to make the move, and I took that opportunity and it was the 100% right thing to do! Now, I have four strong allies, instead of three weak allies! Four people that I like instead of three people that I don´t. Makes sense to me.

Food Conflict 

Adam and Parvati head over to the Aitus/Jonathan, who are eating fish.

ADAM: Are we doing everything separately from now on? Is that how it is?

JONATHAN: I don´t know man. I didn´t think that you would want to eat the fish that I caught.

ADAM: Why is that? I mean, we´re all gonna eat.

JONATHAN: Well, we went out and caught them. Made the fire, got the wood, got the water, cooked them. And it´s just one step for you to eat the food. You called me a disgusting rat, I know you guys did. You´d be happy to eat the food that I caught, I don´t like it.

ADAM: I think everyone´s called you a rat at some point or another. 

JONATHAN: Well, there you go.

ADAM: So, there´s no point in narrowing it down to who. I´m just seeing where we all stood. That´s fine.

Cut to Parvati confessional

PARVATI (tearing up): All of them just going off with the fish to the raft and eating and kind of hiding out... I don´t know. It just kinda sucks that Jonathan is leading this ambush against me and Adam and they´re all following him, ´cause I know they don´t like him, and they don´t respect him, so it´s like a double slap in the face.

Parvati Speaks Out

Aitu, Jonathan and Parvati sit around the fire

JONATHAN: What were you guys doing in the shelter when we [Aitu] were all working? 

PARVATI: We wanted to talk to Candice. She´s our friend, you know like I wanted to talk to Candice before she left. That´s why I was in the shelter with Adam, that´s why we were sharing a coconut and just remembering old times, for the past thirty days we´ve been here. [Stars tearing up] It´s just like... I don´t know. I just feel really hurt. Especially since [points to Yul, who doesn´t look her in the eye] your whole thing is, „I´m, you know, Mister... All Heart, and I care about everyone and everyone should deserve the same respect and equal consideration.“ I´m just like, you know, where was that? If that would have happened to you, you would feel really hurt.

Candice Interview

[Confessional] CANDICE: I lost immunity, so it looks like there's a strong probability that I'm going home tonight. I'm pretty sad. 

Cut to Candice talking with Adam and Parvati

CANDICE: They're kicking me out tonight.

ADAM: I.. I mean, they probably will. And we gotta do something about it tonight.

PARVATI: Yeah, we gotta keep you.

ADAM: Sundra was with Becky. And this [their conversation] is about Jonathan. And I just said, you know, he just bothers me, the way he is, and how he talks trash about everybody and blah blah blah, and they were like, "Yeah, we're seeing his true colors now, as well." Becky's pissed.

So I ask them to vote for Jonathan, we'll support that, and then you guys [Aitu] can go on to having your four.

Cut to Candice confessional

CANIDCE: You know, I came back, and everybody's pretty annoyed with Jonathan, so there's a small possibility that it might be Jonathan tonight, but it's not likely.

Candice & Sundra 

Candice starts crying. Sundra tries to hug her.

SUNDRA: Hug?

CANDICE: No, no, no... I mean, it hurts... 

SUNDRA: I mean, you're crying, but it may not even be you [voted off tonight]. You don't know.

CANDICE: But it's just hurtful to think that like, somebody like Jonathan who's screwed over everybody, who's a rat, and has played dirty all the way around... and uh, you know, I don't feel like I have.

Cut to Candice confessional

CANDICE: There's nothing that I would trade to be out here and see this game to the end. And it's not about the money. It's not about the money at all. It's about the game. It's about playing your hardest, it's about competing and challenging yourself. And that's what I really love about this game.

It just sucks, because I know its going to be me tonight.

Tribal Council 

OZZY (Candice): Been wanting to vote for you for a long, long time. You just eat a lot, you betrayed us, and you don´t deserve to win. So, see you later.

SUNDRA (Candice): Hey Candice. This, of course you know, has never been personal. It was all strategy. Um, I know you had to tell me a couple of lies as part of the strategy to try to get me over. And I really meant what I said today, in that I hope that our closeness was not just strategy and that we can still be friends after this because there´s more than the game. And I really mean that, and I hope it´s the same on your part, okay?

JONATHAN (Candice): It was never personal. We always planned to go all the way together and I did plan on that. And then you jumped ship, the opportunity came around for me to go the other way. Mathematically it made complete sense. And I´m not going to sacrifice myself for you. Tonight you showed me your true colors. You never trusted Parvati or Nate. Sorry. I know I hurt your feelings. I never meant to. 

BECKY (Candice) : Hmm, girl you know it´s nothing personal and that I love you. If only you hadn´t jumped ship and changed sides.

ADAM (Jonathan): I hope everyone else finally sees your true colors.

CANDICE (Jonathan): Jonathan, I suppose its you tonight. You know what I think about you, I said it tonight. And uh, wow. Piece of work.

PARVATI (Jonathan): Clearly, Jonathan, you´re a big meanie and a bully and I think everyone would be better off if you went home tonight.

YUL (Candice): Candice, I have a ton of respect for you as a competitor. I really wish you had never stepped off that mat, because if you hadn´t, I just really believe we´d be working together right now on our way to the final four. It would´ve been an honor. But you did step off that mat and set in motion a sequence of events such that tonight I have to vote you off. I wish you the best.