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Survivor Live Internet Talk Show Transcript with
Stephenie LaGrossa: Episode 11 Survivor Palau Cast-Off
(Transcript by SurvivorFever.net 4.30.05)
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Segment 1:

DR: I'm wondering if you were the best player from a horrible tribe. Andrew Savage was a great player on a bad tribe. If you've got add-ons call in and let us know. But did it feel that way? You were kicking butt in your own tribe.

Stephenie: I did all right in the challenges, I think I did good. I won most of my heats when they were individual. But when you're on a losing tribe it doesn't matter. We lost time after time. It actually shot me in the foot. I looked so strong when I got to Koror, they acted like that's why I had to go.

JM: You went to a bunch of tribal councils and survived everyone of them.

Stephenie: I did. I will have officially been to every TC, by the way because I'm now on the jury. Every single TC. That's a record, not a good one, but it's a record.

JM: When you came back from TC last night, Tom as like "we were going to vote for Janu anyway". He is the biggest BSer. Did you actually believe him?

Stephenie: No, I didn't. I believed him the whole show, I really thought he was sincere when we first formed that alliance. Then I came over and he was going to try everything he could to keep me in. But after that he said at TC, it's not about who deserves. And then he gives me his immunity necklace [back at camp after TC].

JM: That was such crap.

Stephenie: I was going off when we got back to camp, I was going off a little.

DR: Really? We didn't get to see that.

Stephenie: I was "guys I'm sorry to mess up your plan".

DR: But that was the smart thing, to get rid of you.

Stephenie: But they're so much better physically. I looked good because I won against the girls. If I went against them, forget it. They'd kill me. They're men.

JM: I just have alot of anger.

DR: That's because you hate Koror.

JM: I don't hate Koror. I just think Tom...he goes on this big speech about how Koror got there because of him...

DR: They did.

JM: Are these people stupid?!?! He's basically telling them the reasons why they should vote him off while he says "save me".

Stephenie: He actually did.

JM: What do these people need to see. He's going all the way the Final 2.

Stephenie: Yeah, well. His plea did work, though. They didn't get rid of him last night and it was the only time he finally didn't have immunity.

JM: That's the only time he probably won't have immunity. Unless it becomes something he can't do, like tying his shoes.

JM: Caryn is an IDIOT.

DR: Before we get into Caryn, who first brought up the women's alliance, was it you or Katie?

Stephenie: It was me. Katie was safe at that point no matter what.

DR: Who do you think was on board with that and who was just giving lip service? Was Katie on board and did Caryn ruin the whole thing?

Stephenie: I think Katie and Jenn were on board. I really do.

JM: And Jenn would have brought Gregg and he would have voted out Tom.

Stephenie: Gregg knows that Tom is a huge [threat]... but the problem is Gregg really wanted me gone. He did not want me there at all. I didn't ever know that until I watched the show. I was "wow that's amazing".

DR: That was a personal thing.

Stephenie: It wasn't personal, he was so scared that I was going to break apart that 5 alliance that they have had.

DR: He's in a better position with the guys. If he goes with the women...

JM: He's a sitting duck.

Stephenie: I think Caryn made a huge, huge mistake.

JM: Caryn's mistake last night was equivalent to Lex's mistake on the All-Stars where he kept Amber. Ruined the game for Mogo Mogo, my whole tribe. Caryn ruined the game for all the women. That's it, it's over. He's going to keep winning and that's it.

DR: What's odd is that he said to her, "well we'll make the Big 5 a Big 6." Translation: you will get 6th place.

Stephenie: Right, like you're going to be out next. As soon as he said that I thought how could she even... right then and there she should have went with the girls. I didn't know he said that to her. I'm like "6th, who wants 6th".

JM: I don't understand how these people are playing.

Caller: Did you realize how much Gregg did not want you there?

Stephenie: No. I never realized that until I've been watching the show. Gregg is the death of me.

Caller: I would love to see you and Tom in the Final 2. What are your feelings about Tom pleading for his life and telling everybody not to vote him off because he's been winning?

Stephenie: He definitely kinda contradicted himself. But they've been listening to Tom all along. They've been letting him make every decision and letting him lead. Maybe now they'll see that and he'll go next.

JM: Why is Tom picking Katie to drag along? Because he can beat her? Is that why?

Stephenie: Probably. Katie and Ian are really tight. And Tom and Ian are really tight. Day 2 Tom and I got real tight and Katie and Ian got real tight. Then Tom and Ian started talking. So it kind of just... like the 4 of us. And Katie and I, which we didn't know, had gone to the same university and graduated either the same year or a year apart. So we had something in common. And we had fun together before we were separated. We all slept next to each other and told jokes and hung out like all night. But that is why I think Katie is still in with those two.

Caller: Why can't women ever stick together to oust the men?

JM: Hi. I ousted some men. I did it single-handedly though. There's always one person that screws it all up.

DR: We hear alot about this but the guys don't always stick together either. It's not a strictly gender thing.

Stephenie: I just figured, one time, can the girls just do it.

DR: But you seemed much more aligned with the guys on Ulong, than the women.

Stephenie: At that point I was because the girls were so much weaker on that tribe. Kim, physically had had it. Angie I loved and would have loved to have kept around but I was so outnumbered and it was a tie.

JM: There were some iffy votes with Ulong. Voting for Ibrehem and voting for Bobby Jon and the switches when it's a tie.

Stephenie: I really did not want to lie to Bobby Jon. I felt so bad and I'm so not a good liar.

DR: Was it a mistake to get rid of Jolanda so early just for pure strength purposes? You could have got rid of Kim or Ashlee.

Stephenie: I'm gonna be honest. I don't think so. She was so overbearing. It was her way or the highway. She wanted to be a leader and it was like no negotiations. It wasn't just me, everybody wanted to get rid of her.

Caller: What gave you the strength, week after week of TC? Was it faith in God or what?

Stephenie: It was just competitiveness. I refused to back down and give up.

JM: In the perch IC. Why did you jump down for the pizza?

Stephenie: Tom had already told me "I'll stay out there for 3 days. I'm not jumping for food. I want to win this for my kids." Because it was the first individual immunity, I think. I knew Coby was going. They told Janu that it was me, they told Coby that it was Janu. And I was there when everybody was told it was Coby. I knew I was safe for that one.

Caller: Why didn't you throw a vote Tom's way. Why did you vote for Caryn?

Stephenie: After the whole women's alliance and I didn't know if it was going to work, I went back to Tom and Tom said "no we're going to do Caryn". But there was this thing were Katie said "Caryn told Ian." So I was just mad.

DR: Tom's reaction when she told him was weird. It was almost like he went on the defensive because she told him. I think he's really trying to think ahead to the jury.

Steph: He's in deep thought all the time.

Caller: So far this season the only big twist has been that both teams were forced to vote someone out regardless of the outcome of the challenge. My all time favorite was in Africa when they switched up the tribes for the first time. What is your all time favorite Survivor twist?

JM: Always the first is the best.

DR: The one twist I didn't like was the Outcast. The one in Pearl Islands where they brought someone back that had been voted out.

JM: When you're voted off, you suck, you lost, get off.

Steph: I was hoping that would do that [switch the tribes].

JM: I know you guys brought all your stuff to TC.

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