Survivor 50 is seriously going to cause someone to have a heart attack (me), especially after that chaotic double Tribal Council twist where the Final Seven of the season were unveiled. For starters, Survivor 50 made history last night with that shocking immunity challenge moment: Tiffany Ervin was thought to have won, but after reviewing the footage, the immunity went to Jonathan Young.
Then, the Final Nine were split into two groups, and each had to vote someone out. Financial Analyst Emily Flippen was the first casualty of the night after Cirie Fields played her extra vote advantage, and Oscar “Ozzy” Lusth was the second after he failed to play his immunity idol to save himself.
Flippen came into the game as part of the Cila tribe, where she quickly bonded with Christian Hubicki and Rick Devens. This trio established itself as “the middle” between the opposing alliances, but also put a target on its back in the process.
Flippen and Devens started working with the Fields coalition, which included its namesake, Lusth, and Rizo Velovic, who were the "actual middle" of the merged tribe. After losing close allies such as Dee Valladares and Hubicki, Flippen’s game was in trouble, particularly as she kept spilling information about friends and allies to anyone who listened.
At the Final Nine, Flippen knew she was toast if she didn’t come up with a plan to shift the target onto Fields instead, and thought of using Deven’s immunity idol as a way to distract Fields and Ervin to gather the majority of the votes. However, unbeknownst to both Flippen and Devens, Fields had an extra vote advantage, which she used against Flippen, and alongside Ervin and Young’s votes, Flippen was sent to the jury on day 21, the same day she was eliminated back on Survivor 45.
While speaking to Mike Bloom for Parade, both Bloom and Flippen laugh when talking about Flippen’s apparent inability to keep a secret. Bloom then asked Flippen about her methodology for spreading information.
“Man, I was really hoping, with how later I was voted out after this, this wouldn’t come up during exit press,” Flippen quipped before continuing, “I am so embarrased. I think what you saw, what everybody saw on TV, was pretty accurate to how everything happened. There was nothing that wasn’t shown there.”
Flippen then explained that she’s a verbal processor who needs to talk about things out loud to understand them, and it wasn’t until later that she realized she had spilled too much information to too many people. Later, Flippen acknowledged she had two options: either confess the truth and hope her allies would continue to trust her for her honesty, or lie about it. She chose honesty at the end, with various results.
Bloom also asked Flippen whether she considered her gameplay messy. Flippen responded, “Yes and no. I think I’ve always been a little chaotic… But I didn’t realize how bad it was until I was watching the show back. Christian said it best when he said, 'Emily has "Foot in Mouth Syndrome."' That’s a very real condition for her.” I didn’t realize how bad that affliction was until I was watching the show back.”
Lastly, Bloom questions Flippen about potentially returning for a third time to Survivor, especially as, after Survivor 45, Flippen had said she wouldn’t return, and here she was for Survivor 50. Flippen commented, “I think I want to spare the general audience of having to experience me just spilling the beans to everybody again. So I am good.”
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