The latest jury member reveals a plan was hatched before the reward with Andy.
Genevieve Mushalukmade a huge move onSurvivor 47when she flipped the script to take outSol Yi.
And how does Genevieve think she would have done had she made it to the final three?
Genevieve Mushaluk on ‘Survivor 47’.Robert Voets/CBS
We asked the 33-year-old corporate lawyer all that and more.
(Also check out ourexit interview with Andy Rueda.)
GENEVIEVE MUSHALUK: I don’t feel like I’m that scary.
Genevieve Mushaluk on ‘Survivor 47’.CBS
I mean, look at my fun Christmas nails.
So I was shocked, but I thinkTeenymeant it in a positive way.
I’m taking it as a compliment.
Sam Phalen and Genevieve Mushaluk on ‘Survivor 47’.CBS
Walk me through it.
Yeah, great question.
And that day was chaos, truly.
Genevieve Mushaluk on ‘Survivor 47’.CBS
I didn’t think he would be nervous to sit by me at the end.
I thought that might be my best way to maneuver.
And so after I come clean, Teeny and I walk back up toSueon the hammock.
Genevieve Mushaluk and Solomon ‘Sol’ Yi on ‘Survivor 47’.Robert Voets/CBS
Teeny and I are both kind of crying.
We’ve just had this big moment and we’re telling Sue, Yep, the idol’s fake.
And Sue goes, How stupid do you think I am?
Genevieve Mushaluk on ‘Survivor 47.Robert Voets/CBS
There’s no way Genevieve’s idol’s fake.
She’s always got a trick up her sleeve.
That’s when I was like, Oh, my gosh.
Genevieve Mushaluk and Teeny Chirichillo on ‘Survivor 47’.CBS
So it was a lot of chaos that day.
I tried, but day 24, man, it wears you down.
I knew it was my time to go.
I knew that that’s what it was going to be, unfortunately.
I mean, I knew where the majority of votes were going at every single Tribal.
What was your initial reaction when Teeny told you Sam spilled about the idol being fake?
All the words that I’m not allowed to say.
I just panicked and was like Dammit!
But truly I was just spinning in my head like, Okay, what does this mean?
Why did Sam do that?
I didn’t perceive myself really as that big of a threat.
I viewed Rachel and Sam as very, very strong players in the game.
I was so acutely aware of everything I’d done.
I really didn’t think that he would feel insecure sitting next to me.
So I’m trying to manage Teenys emotions in that moment, figure out why Sam did that.
What’s my best path forward?
So my brain was just in a blender in that moment.
It’s funny you say how you thought Sam was a bigger threat than you.
Caroline described it as his threat aura.
I don’t need them to do it.
That’s kind of the vibe with Sam, where you’re like, You’re so capable.
I don’t need to see it to feel it and be afraid of it.
So that’s how I would describe Sam threat aura.
I assume you would’ve done the same thing and ratted him out, right?
But yeah, if the roles were reversed, I would do everything.
I would scratch, claw, throw anybody under the bus to get there.
That’s what we’re all doing.
Our best bet at pulling something together is we fracture the majority group and get them to split votes.
But how do you magically and organically say, Oh yeah, now today I’ve got an idol?
And then there was some discussion of, Well, which is the likeliest person to flip?
I thought maybe Teeny, Sam thought maybeAndy.
And then he won the reward.
Why is this all falling into place?
This is not supposed to happen onSurvivor.
How do you think you do if you make it to the end?
Whom do you beat and whom do you not?
The only people I felt confident sitting next to were Sue and Andy.
So I was worried about what she could articulate at final Tribal.
And I was like, Andy, I don’t know.
Do you really know what’s going on?
But so I’m flattered to watch it back.
I did not see myself as that scary of a player.
Do you regret the Sol move because it put such an obvious target on your back?
I feel like that is a question I get asked often.
Why did you do it?
Why get rid of a number that was working for you?
Why take him out so soon?
Yeah, everyone does.
So he has to go.
Sol was never working with me.
They don’t show it, but on Lavo Beach, we didn’t get along personally.
We tried to work together strategically.
I offered him a pitch.
And then, was it too soon?
Will Gabe still be a big threat?
Will they go for Sam?
Sam is someone who’s a free agent better for me to work with.
So no, I don’t think it was too soon.
What about now,afterthe game?
What do you make of the emotional distance you put between yourself and the other players?
I wish there was more emotional distance between me and the other players.
So looking back on it, those are my favorite memories.
And I don’t know, Dalton, it’s so hard now because then, what am I?
It’s so hard.
So I still don’t really understand whether you wish you were closer or not.
I know, I’m a woman full of contradiction.
I don’t have a good answer for you.
Oh, my God, I hated it.
It feels so vulnerable.
Yeah, I love it.
I mean, look, who doesn’t love a cold-blooded assassin?
Yeah, havent you heard?
Youre a horror movie on legs!
I feel like we barely saw you at all for the first three episodes though.
Was part of you like, What is going on here and where am I?
I loved not being showed on TV.
It was super great.
I’m a pretty private person, so I was in my glory being the purple princess.
And the dynamics at Lavo were pretty cut and dry.
So yeah, I was fine with it.
I knew my moments were coming.
Whats something that happened out there that didnt make it to TV that you wish we had seen?
Why did Teeny discreetly protect me on votes that could have gone either way?
So how do we navigate that tension in the game ofSurvivor?
Why dont they just get rid of me?
Why don’t I just get rid of them?
Would you play again if asked?
I’m an anxious, insecure person, so it’s weird to watch myself on TV.
