No matter how you look at it, this week’s “Survivor: Second Chance” castoff Kelly Wiglesworth is “Survivor” royalty. She was the show’s first runner-up back in 2000, losing the inaugural $1 million prize to Richard Hatch by only one vote. Since Thanksgiving is next week, are Kelly and Richard planning on having Thanksgiving dinner together to reminisce? “Not so much, no. We thought about it, but I think we’ll wait,” Kelly jokes in our podcast Q&A following her ouster.
Listen to the full exit interview below and then make your “Survivor” predictions for a chance to win a $100 Amazon gift certificate. It’s fun and easy, so get started by scrolling down to predict which castaway will be kicked off the island next.
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According to exclusive Gold Derby odds that are derived from the predictions made by contest entrants like you, Kelly’s elimination was a shocker as she only had 20/1 odds (5% chance) of going home Wednesday night. Kelly’s fellow castaways smartly voted her out because of her strong social game and the Season 1 rooting factor that would have likely won her the game.
“That was no secret amongst the other players and it wasn’t a secret to me either,” admits Kelly. “In some ways, I’m surprised they let me get as far as I did. I knew I had a tough road ahead of me and I knew I had a target on my back from the get-go. It was tough.”
Kelly also reveals that she didn’t watch her original season on TV in 2000 and only saw it for the first time a few years ago. “Knowing that I had gone so far and worked so far and lost, and had to be the brunt of Sue’s speech, I didn’t want to relive that again. It was really hard to go through the first time.”
Also in our chat, Kelly addresses her lack of screen time this time around, the major differences between “Survivor” in 2015 and “Survivor” in 2000, and which of her former Borneo tribe mates she’s still in touch with after all these years. Scroll down to listen to our complete Q&A.
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Check out the overall Season 31 leaderboard to the right. Currently our #1 “Survivor” predictor is Smartdude with overall 86% accuracy and 82,670 points, but there are still many weeks left to play in our contest and be eligible to win our weekly and overall season prizes. Don’t forget to update YOUR predictions here.
At the end of each week, the eligible user with the highest prediction accuracy and most points will win a $100 Amazon gift certificate, so it’s beneficial to keep coming back often and making/updating your predictions.
To vote for who you think will be voted out next, drag your chosen castaways over from the left to the right and arrange them in your predicted order. Every time someone logs their predictions, the racetrack odds of the contestants are automatically updated.
Gold Derby readers just like YOU often turn out to be our smartest prognosticators, so it’s important that you give us your predictions. You can continue to update and change your forecasts throughout the week, just click “Save Predictions” when you’ve settled on your choice.
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Who’s going home next? Making your “Survivor” predictions is fun and easy. Just log into your Gold Derby account (or you can register for a free account via Facebook, Twitter or Google) and then start casting your votes.
Remember that coming out on top doesn’t just mean answering that week’s questions correctly. You also have to use your three big bets (500 points and two of 200 points) strategically to score the most game points. If you bet on a longshot who pulls off an upset, you can really rack up the points, so don’t take them for granted.
Get started by making your prediction as to which castaway will be voted off the island next by using our easy drag-and-drop menu below our podcast with the latest castoff. And be sure to sound off on the current season of “Survivor” in Gold Derby’s reality TV forum.
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