We’re about to find out who won Survivor 2014 as the final castaways battle it out and the Jury reveals their votes to crown a new winner and Sole Survivor!

Survivor 2014 Finale - Blood Vs Water
Survivor 2014 Finale – Blood Vs Water – Source: CBS

Ahead of us tonight we have a three-hour season finale starting with the two-hour final episode before the reunion show where all the castaways of the season will return for more discussion on what we’ve been watching play out on Season 30.

Last week Natalie pulled off her mission with a Jon blindside leaving Jaclyn on her own and dividing Missy and Baylor away from Jon and Jaclyn. Keith remains in the running as the underdog and on a solo mission to reach the end. Three more Tribal Councils to go before it’s all over and Jeff reveals who won.

Things pick up tonight as the final five Huyopa castaways return from Tribal Council where Jon was just voted off. We get to see how Natalie plays this off with an understandably upset Jaclyn, but will Jaclyn give more blame to Missy?

Initially Jaclyn is overwhelmed and congratulating the other players on the blindside, but things soon turn to yelling and shouting. Jaclyn “snaps” as she admits and “goes off on Natalie.” Yeah, she definitely did and it leaves the other players stunned.

Baylor and Missy discuss their plans for moving on to Final 3 and it sounds like they want to get to the end with Natalie while shutting out Keith and Jaclyn at the challenges. Let’s see if they can do it.

Reward Challenge:

Players must unravel a rope tethered to their waist. With enough slack they’ll cross a bridge and then throw sandbags to knock off blocks. First player to finish wins the reward of an advantage in the Immunity Challenge.

Jeff explains to Missy that there’s just no chance she’ll be able to compete. She agrees and heads to the bench as the other four get started.

Keith and Natalie take the lead as they start to work on building their bridge to the next stage. Jaclyn finally gets through her rope tangle issues and joins the rest of them, but she’s really having a hard time.

Natalie and Keith are neck and neck, but wait, Keith has the lead and is throwing sandbags as Natalie tries to reach the end. Keith has just two blocks left as Natalie starts tossing. Meanwhile Baylor and Jaclyn are way, way behind.

Keith wins Reward! He’ll have an advantage in the next Immunity Challenge. I don’t think he’s going anywhere this round. Jeff hands Keith an envelope that he must read in private. Now it’s time for a tough call.

Keith must pick one player to go to Exile Island. Jeff says that while it would take her awhile to get there Missy is an option for him to send away. This could be a critical choice. Keith decides to send Jaclyn away until the Immunity Challenge.

Exile Island:

Jaclyn arrives at Exile and she’s hitting rock bottom. She can’t start a fire and is feeling very discouraged as she starts to cry. Jaclyn knows that it’s likely either her or Keith at the next Tribal Council.

Camp:

Keith heads off to receive his advantage. The remaining ladies agree he should be the next to go if he doesn’t win Immunity. They may be in trouble because his advantage is huge.

Waiting for Keith is a preview practice station for the game ahead of them for Immunity. He can stay and play it as much as he wants, but as soon as he quits that’s the end of it. Keith says he’ll stay and practice until it’s dark. Wow, this is a HUGE advantage.

Natalie talks with Baylor and they agree on F3 with them and Missy. Later we hear Natalie say things are still fluid for her.

Immunity Challenge:

Missy is ready to compete this time around. They’ll be using two paddles to move three balls, one at a time, across a game table. Let’s see if Keith’s practice time gives him the edge it should.

This looks maddening. I’d go nuts. Everyone is doing poorly including Keith, but now he’s starting to pick up the pace and remembering what he learned. Yes! Keith has the first one done and moves on to the next while the rest continue to struggle.

Keith continues his strong progress and has two balls in the pocket with his third on the way as the other four players have made zippo progress on even their first… there it is. Keith wins Immunity! He has secured a spot in the F4. Good for him.

Camp:

Jaclyn decides she won’t lay down and die in the game. She takes Natalie aside to work to stay, but I don’t think that’s going to do much. Now Baylor has Natalie’s ear and she wants Natalie to use the Idol on her mom… yeah. Natalie has to decide to get rid of Jaclyn or Baylor. Let’s see what she does.

Tribal Council:

Jeff asks Keith about camp after the last council. Keith jokes about how heated things got, but he was relieved to not hear his name. Missy says she’s feeling good because of the Hidden Immunity Idol which is news to Jaclyn and Keith. Neither knew about it.

It’s time to vote. Jeff tallies and reveals the votes… Natalie interrupts and plays her Idol for… Natalie asks Jaclyn if she voted as instructed… Jaclyn!! Whoa! Blindside, blindside!

Votes: Jaclyn, Jaclyn, Jaclyn, Baylor, Baylor. Ohh snap! Baylor was blindsided and voted off Survivor tonight.

Camp:

Natalie explains she didn’t feel safe with two family members together when they could easily flip on her. Now she has to work on getting in good with Keith and Jaclyn ahead of the next challenge.

Missy promises Natalie that she’s not mad at her. Missy tells us she’s relieved to not have to write Baylor’s name down for elimination, but is upset that her game is in the hands of other players with her in this state (leg injury).

Natalie is telling Jaclyn that she wants to go to the end with Missy and Jaclyn, not Keith. Both ladies are worried about Keith, as they should be.

Immunity Challenge:

This is a big one, both importance and scale. Players must race up and down a multi-tiered platform which immediately means Missy is out. They must scale down the platform, collect bags of puzzle pieces, complete the puzzle, find combination numbers, and raise their flag. Phew!

Natalie is tearing it up, but Keith is right there with her. Jaclyn is a few steps behind as Keith gets his third and final bag. He’s on his way back to the top and Natalie joins him. Now they have to do it all over.

Natalie has a slight lead and Jaclyn continues to lag. Natalie has all her puzzle bags and heads back up with a nice lead. Keith better pick it up as Jaclyn starts to catch him!

Keith is catching up on the puzzle building, but Natalie is a little ahead of him. Jaclyn is struggling to even finish opening her bags she’s so tired but is soon on to assembly.

Jaclyn has the puzzle! She gets the shapes and hurries to get the combination. Going over the edge Jaclyn takes a hard, hard fall and stops. Jeff stops to check on her, but Jaclyn isn’t quitting. She’s up and moving again, but now Natalie is just behind her.

Jaclyn races back to the top, enters her combination… Jaclyn wins Immunity! It’s her first of the season. Now was the time to do it!

Camp:

Jaclyn is beaming with a smile ear to ear. Keith makes his pitch to Jaclyn with Natalie there, but as soon as he leaves Natalie continues her push to get Keith out.

Sounds like there are concerns over Natalie making it to the F3. Jaclyn goes to Missy with worries that Natalie’s game play is too strong with lots of accomplishments. Missy is all for this idea since Natalie just got out her daughter. Think she’ll do it?

Tribal Council:

Jeff goes right to the topic of whether Jaclyn should keep Natalie. Natalie hopes Jaclyn will return the favor, but doesn’t want to feel too confident. Keith warns that Natalie is a big threat and says she has a lot of votes in the Jury.

It is time to vote! Jeff tallies the results and reveals the votes: Keith, Missy, Keith, & Keith.

Keith was voted out with 3 of the 4 votes. The underdog has fallen.

Camp:

The Final 3 wakes up and starts celebrating. They find a basket of breakfast food waiting for them and they dig in to tasty treats and champagne. The celebrating doesn’t last long as they grab their torches and head off to one last Tribal Council.

Tribal Council:

Missy tells the Jury her game was all about loyalty. She thinks she maintained dignity throughout.

Jaclyn is giving a better speech and identifies how she pivoted in the game and change sides to stay alive which also kept Natalie and Missy in the game. Jaclyn starts telling her backstory about not being able to have kids.

Natalie says she has better outwit, outplay, and outlasted better than either of the other two members of the Final 3. She says losing her partner on Day 3 made her change everything and play a stronger game. Natalie says she should have been the one to go, not Keith, if the ladies had been thinking straight.

Jon asks Jaclyn about a game changer move she made. She says her move to vote out Josh and hiding that decision.

Keith asks Natalie how it felt for her last words to him being a lie. She says she knew that if it wasn’t him it was her. He says he hated the constant lying.

Alec asks Natalie what was her biggest move. Natalie says voting out Alec was the big move and let her keep Keith to make the moves she needed.

Baylor doesn’t have a question. She just wants to talk to her mom and how the game reflected their lives back home. Baylor is very proud of her mom making it to the end on one foot.

Josh wants to know if Jaclyn is there on her own or if other players got her to the end. She says voting him (Josh) out was all her and her big move.

Wes wants to know what it was like to play with their loved ones. I guess he had already decided how he was going to vote.

Jeremy doesn’t have a question. He’s just there to sing Natalie’s praises and urges the Jury to give her her dues.

Reed doesn’t have a question either. He praises Natalie’s game, says he enjoyed playing with Jaclyn, and as for Missy, he sees her as the wicked step-mother. Ouch. He notes Missy received the most gimmes, but performed the worst. He goes on and it’s brutal but entertaining (unless you’re a Missy fan).

Natalie has to have this in the bag, right? Jaclyn might get a few. Missy will get one. What do you think? Jeff collects up the votes and heads off in to the magical transition from San Juan Del Sur to Los Angeles. Woosh!

Jeff reveals the votes: Jaclyn, Natalie, Jaclyn, Missy, Natalie, Natalie, Natalie!

Natalie Anderson wins Survivor 2014! Congratulations. She definitely earned it.

Join us on Facebook, Twitter, and by Email for the latest Survivor news!

We’ll be updating this post here live throughout tonight’s show so keep refreshing this page and sharing your reactions in the Comments section below.

Published by Matt Boyer

Join me on Twitter, Facebook, & Google+. Matthew Boyer is the lead wrangler when it comes to bringing together the best writers and websites for the Gravy Train Productions entertainment news network. Aside from spending most his time scavenging the 'interwebs,' Matthew enjoys relaxing with his wife and two dogs in the suburbs of D.C.

198 replies on “Survivor 2014 Recap: Blood Vs Water Season Finale”

  6. To be frank with you, who can be sure which one of the twins it is. But Nat is a good guess.

  8. Just remember that Matt has the cast listed on the site. It is Kelley that was with her dad, Dale.

  23. Me too although I would be happy if Jaclyn won her being my hometown girl. But I really don’t think she has a chance.

  30. CBS hasn’t but Jeff said it last year on some talk show. He said all new people this one and then all-stars again.

  32. By the 2nd Immunity Challenge, one has to be solidifying a deal for security.(including lying lol)

  33. Missed that. Must why Rupert was throwing jokes last week. Obviously if it is an all-stars, it’s already in the can, and Rupert knows if he is in there or not.

  38. If you have a suggestion for a good question for the reunion show, I can feed it to Jeff on Twitter.

  43. I’ll be fairly disappointed if anyone but Natalie wins, since mostly noone else left has played the game very well. But I think Baylor has shown decent game and Keith is very likable, so I’d be ok with either of those two winning.

  45. Brenda – I think they took that back after Cagayan did so well. I think they were originally planning on returnees but then decided to cancel it and go with all new again. Expect to see all stars or at least some returnees in September instead (probably… they wouldnt go TOO many seasons in a row without, would they.)

  50. Pingback: Survivor Spoilers: Who Won Survivor Tonight? 12/17/2014 on Survivor Fandom

  52. Why? Don’t want Jaclyn to spoil his party. He wants to make sure she stays on the outer, in case he doesn’t win immunity.

  60. Natalie has an idol, and idols can only be used at the next tribal, so if Jaclyn finds one and uses it, Natalie uses hers.

  62. I think the best chance to get rid of Natalie is only if Natalie is dumb enough not to play her idol because she wants to keep it… and that means not doing anything that could tip her off.

  71. Is Rupert trying to tell us something ? Like he knows he is in the next All-Stars and trying to tease us.

  72. I want them to go back to some of the early stuff, like eating crazy stuff in a challenge.

  74. Oh. I like Rupert but he’s played enough. He’s won once hasn’t he and viewers gave him a million his first season I think.

  77. That first time he played the viewers voted for a second million dollar prize and he won it

  89. But that was a great move on Natalie’s part. Even though I don’t care for her she kind of deserves the win.

  95. Now if Jaclyn wants to make a smart move she tells Missy and Keith that none of them have a chance against Natalie and vote her out if she doesn’t win immunity.

  96. I like that you can dislike Natalie but realise she deserves the win.
    If Missy Jaclyn and Keith are smart they’d know this and take her out. I think Natalie was protecting herself against Missy and Baylor in case Keith has an immunity win at final 4 which was pretty clever. But the others are more likely to gang up on her now.

  97. haha I just said the same below, sort of… its the smart move. But are those three smart?

  101. The only thing that has happened that I expected in this whole episode was Keith winning immunity (and I only really expected that because he had an advantage). Everything else has been a surprise. I thought Baylor had a free pass to the final three.

  102. Now Jaclyn and Missy are going to have to choose between Keith and Natalie, and either is most likely the winner.

  105. So Jon and Jaclyn had a lot of power most of the game and now Jaclyn wins final immunity. She has the power again.

  107. Oh I don’t think so either. I’m hoping but at least she made it to the end. Either Keith or Natalie will win probably.

  113. Baylor for Missy, Jon for Jaclyn, but I would think the rest for Natalie. And honestly… I think the editing of this season has been awesome because it truly left me guessing about who was going to come out on top until now (and there is still a chance I could be wrong). Last year it was so obvious from so far out that only Tony or Spencer could win.

  114. Big mistake by Jacquline. Should have voted Natalie out. Keith may still have won but she could have claimed a big move

  121. Yeah but… I didn’t think that was true last season. I thought Trish and Tash at least both played pretty good games, but their edit was so inferior.

  142. Jeremy is so full of it. Natalie has been up his ass the entire game. We already knew he was voting for her even if she sat next to Keith in the end.

  145. Lenore, yes, absolutely. And I think Reed was actually aiming for Baylor, and it worked. Vicious and mean, but Baylor was a brat.

  159. Out of the 3 she should have won, but I wouldn’t say a great player. She got lucky in some of the moves she made.

  163. No she doesn’t hold a candle to Boston Rob. She got lucky by playing with people who didn’t know the game

  165. I agree. The closest I think any one else has came to playing a Sandra-like game. I don’t think she will ever be unanimously considered a great player, just as Sandra isn’t. Like Brenda sees Natalie’s game as lucky, many see Sandra’s as lucky too. But my take on it is different. I really love and respect watching that style of game which is why I was pulling for Natalie to win. I hope she does come back for an all-star edition, but she’d have to be willing to ditch her twinnie and just go for it.

  170. Another great season of Survivor. I love this show, just wish we could have 2 nights of it. They have 24/7 hours which means 167 hr a week end up on editing floor.

  174. I’m glad we don’t have to wait very long until the next season. And I agree I wish it was on twice a week or 2hrs an episode.

  195. Fantastic season! I didn’t like the twins at all in the first couple of episodes, but once Nadiya went home, Natalie used her superior intelligence and became much less confrontational. She ended up being an awesome player and definitely deserved to win. What a wonderful piece of gamesmanship voting Baylor out – I didn’t see that coming. Congratulations, Natalie, you’re one of the best players ever. Kudos also to Keith for all the challenges he won -really good physical player, especially for his age.

  196. I agree and it’s a long time until the next BB!! Still hope they have Survivor on more than one night a week next season.

  197. La De Dah ~~~ still dancing the ‘happy dance’ ~~~ thanx to Natalie, this was the best 2 final episodes of Survivor. She’s truly astonishing. Congrats Natalie on outwitting, outplaying and outlasting all of your competitors.

  198. Reed. Thanks for showing the world what I’ve always thought about Christians. They are selfish, bitter people.

Comments are closed.

Secret Link