Survivor season 35 finale: How each player can win
Five players enter the Survivor season 35 finale with varying chances to win a million dollars. Here’s a breakdown of how every player can pull it off.
It’s been a long, wild 13 weeks of play, but the Survivor season 35 finale finally airs later this week. 18 different players entered the game sizing themselves up as the clear favorites, yet just five players remain, with each still facing a series of challenges that stand in their way of the million-dollar prize.
This week, instead of offering Survivor Power Rankings, our Monday finale week feature will access each of the Final 5’s chances of winning the game, what probably needs to happen for them to convince a jury of their peers they’re worthy of the prize, what they should avoid doing and anything related to their Final Tribal Council experience.
Some players have an easier path to the Final Tribal Council than others, but those same players may have a better resume if they make it there.
Ben Driebergen – Maverick
Without a doubt in my mind, if Ben is sitting at the Final Tribal Council (barring some heinous character assassination in the Survivor season 35 finale), he will win the game. For the past few episodes, he’s been playing like a man possessed, playing idols to the point of determining who gets voted out with his single vote (something that has never been done before).
It goes without saying that if Ben makes it to the end, he needs to play up his Marine status, as well as how willing he’s been to play the game. In a very passive reverse-Pagonging season, he can play up how he flipped on the majority alliance while still playing like he was upset, cementing his acting ability and willingness to do whatever it takes to win.
What Ben needs to avoid is not being humble. He has acted really snarky as players have left the game, which may rub people the wrong way. You want jury members to begrudgingly vote for you if you betrayed them, not remind them how personal it was, so he needs to avoid back-talking.