Seems Like a No Brainer

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Seems Like a No Brainer
Episode Information
Version	United States
Season	Redemption Island
Episode Number	14/15 (335)
Original Release	May 15, 2011
Viewership (in Millions)	13.30
Ratings/Share (18-49)	4.0/10
Episode Chronology
Previous	"Too Close for Comfort"
Next	"Reunion"
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Seems Like a No Brainer is the season finale of Survivor: Redemption Island.

Challenges

• Redemption Island Duel
• Immunity (Day 37)
• Immunity (Day 38)

Challenge: A Leg Up
Participants would put one foot on one end of a seesaw with the other end having a ceramic vase balanced on it. The castaways would attempt to keep the vase balanced on the end with their their foot still on the seesaw. The last castaway to have their vase balanced on the end of the seesaw would return.
Winner: Andrea Boehlke

Challenge: A Numbers Game
The castaways would race along a balance beam to collect a series of bags containing 100 numbered tiles. The first castaway to place their tiles on a board in order from one to one hundred would win.
Winner: Ashley Underwood

Challenge: Meso Maze
The castaways would race through a maze to collect four bags of puzzle pieces at four different stations. Once all four bags were collected, the castaways would race to the top of a pyramid and assemble a word puzzle. The first castaway to solve the puzzle wins immunity.
Winner: Rob Mariano

Redemption Island

Redemption Island Duel 11
Competitors	Result (according to finish)
File:S22 andrea t.jpg Andrea (incumbent inhabitant)	Won
File:S22 matthew t.jpg Matthew (incumbent inhabitant)	Lost
File:S22 mike t.jpg Mike (incumbent inhabitant)	Lost
File:S22 grant t.jpg Grant (challenger)	Lost
ELIMINATED: File:S22 grant bw.jpgFile:S22 matthew bw.jpgFile:S22 mike bw.jpg Grant Mattos, Matthew Elrod and Mike Chiesl
RETURNS TO GAME: File:S22 andrea t.jpg Andrea Boehlke

Tribal Council

Day 37

Tribal Council 15: Murlonio
Voted Against	Voter
File:S22 andrea t.jpg Andrea (4 votes)	File:S22 ashley t.jpgFile:S22 natalie t.jpgFile:S22 phillip t.jpgFile:S22 rob t.jpg Ashley, Natalie, Phillip, Rob
File:S22 rob t.jpg Rob (used Hidden Immunity Idol)	File:S22 andrea t.jpg Andrea (vote not counted)
VOTED OFF: File:S22 andrea bw.jpg Andrea Boehlke

Voting Confessionals

“	(voting for Rob) Rob, you're a great player and my biggest competition so that's why I'm voting for you tonight.	”
—Andrea Boehlke

Final Words

“	The girls could have done something tonight. They could have made a move and actually have a little more respect from them. I think by coming back from Redemption Island after winning a big duel put a pretty big target on my back but I'm happy for how far I got. I had a great opportunity, great experience, met some wonderful people and I wouldn't change it for the world.	”
—Andrea Boehlke

Day 38

Tribal Council 16: Murlonio
Voted Against	Voter
File:S22 ashley t.jpg Ashley (3 votes)	File:S22 natalie t.jpgFile:S22 phillip t.jpgFile:S22 rob t.jpg Natalie, Phillip, Rob
File:S22 phillip t.jpg Phillip (1 vote)	File:S22 ashley t.jpg Ashley
VOTED OFF: File:S22 ashley bw.jpg Ashley Underwood

Voting Confessionals

“	(voting for Ashley) I've never known anyone that could lay in bed day after day each day.	”
—Phillip Sheppard

“	(voting for Phillip) I can't believe it's taken 38 days to finally write your name down. I won't miss you. You're a nut case. That's it.	”
—Ashley Underwood

Final Words

“	I honestly didn't know I was going home. I probably am an idiot for thinking that (chuckles) 'cause I was the biggest threat that Rob could have taken to the Final Three. And as much as I would love to be sitting there in the Final Three, I still have nothing to hang my head about and I'm proud of how I played the game, and I wouldn't change anything.	”
—Ashley Underwood

Final Tribal Council

Tribal Council 17: Jury Vote
Voted for Winner	Voter
File:S22 rob t.jpg Rob (8 votes)	File:S22 andrea t.jpgFile:S22 ashley t.jpgFile:S22 david t.jpgFile:S22 grant t.jpg File:S22 julie t.jpgFile:S22 matthew t.jpgFile:S22 mike t.jpgFile:S22 steve t.jpg Andrea, Ashley, David, Grant, Julie, Matthew, Mike, Steve
File:S22 phillip t.jpg Phillip (1 vote)	File:S22 ralph t.jpg Ralph
File:S22 natalie t.jpg Natalie (0 votes)	None
SECOND RUNNER-UP: File:S22 natalie bw.jpg Natalie Tenerelli
RUNNER-UP: File:S22 phillip bw.jpg Phillip Sheppard
SOLE SURVIVOR: File:S22 rob t.jpg Rob Mariano

Voting Confessionals

“	(voting for Rob) No big surprise here. You did a great job. I'd much rather of played this game with you than against you, but, hey, you know it's the way it works.	”
—David Murphy

“	(voting for Phillip) Hey, Phillip. Take that money and spend it wisely. (...) and I feel sorry for you. And I love you, man. Have a great one.	”
—Ralph Kiser

Final Results

Francesca 18th File:S22 francesca bw.jpg	Russell 17th File:S22 russell bw.jpg	Kristina 16th File:S22 kristina bw.jpg	Krista 15th File:S22 krista bw.jpg	Stephanie 14th File:S22 stephanie bw.jpg	Sarita 13th File:S22 sarita bw.jpg	David 12th File:S22 david bw.jpg	Julie 11th File:S22 julie bw.jpg	Steve 10th File:S22 steve bw.jpg
Ralph 9th File:S22 ralph bw.jpg	Grant 8th File:S22 grant bw.jpg	Matthew 7th File:S22 matthew bw.jpg	Mike 6th File:S22 mike bw.jpg	Andrea 5th File:S22 andrea bw.jpg	Ashley 4th File:S22 ashley bw.jpg	Natalie 3rd File:S22 natalie bw.jpg	Phillip 2nd File:S22 phillip bw.jpg	Rob Winner File:S22 rob t.jpg

Trivia

Behind The Scenes

• Due to time constraints, the Rites of Passage ritual for the fallen castaways was omitted at the final edit of the episode, though CBS released the said clip on their YouTube account and the CBS website.
• The final three repainted the back side of the Murlonio tribe flag with "Ometepe."

Life at Ponderosa

• Rob and Natalie planned to return the rocks Julie collected as souvenirs to her children to her, but decided to throw them into the ocean after Julie's malicious remarks at the Final Tribal Council. The final three sits down to eat with the others at Ponderosa. The next day, the jury and finalists sit down to one last meal together before heading home that day and some of their discuss their experience playing the game.

Other

• This episode marked the most contestants still in contention during the season finale, with eight (four who are yet to be voted out, and another four who participated in the final Redemption Island duel).
  • As a result, this episode holds the record for most castaways eliminated in one episode, with five.
• All first-time contestants eliminated before the merge did not have a chance to speak at the live reunion show.
• This was the first episode since "We Hate Our Tribe" where a member of Ometepe was eliminated from the game.
• This episode was divided into two parts in some countries.
• The Day 37 Immunity Challenge, A Numbers Game , would later appear as the fifth Redemption Island duel in "One-Man Wrecking Ball".