The ousted player also says Rome “made my life hell.”
The Sol has set onSurvivor.
Eventually, they all settled on the 43-year-old medical rig salesman.
Sol Yi on ‘Survivor 47’.Robert Voets/CBS
What does Sol have to say about all the votes ending up on him?
Is he surprised Genevieve spearheaded the effort to get him out?
And what happened when he arrived at Ponderosa?
Genevieve Mushaluk and Solomon ‘Sol’ Yi on ‘Survivor 47’.Robert Voets/CBS
We asked the second jury member all that and more.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: So, lets get to most important stuff first.
Can you burp on command?
Sol Yi on ‘Survivor 47’.Robert Voets/CBS
SOL YI:[Lets out a belch.]
I can do better than that, but it’s too early.
How would you fare in a burp-off against Booger fromRevenge of the Nerds?
Sol Yi on ‘Survivor 47’.Robert Voets/CBS
Booger is the ultimate burper.
I’m a huge fan of Booger.
Alright, let’s get into what happened in last night’s episode.
Sol Yi, Genevieve Mushaluk, Teeny Chirichillo, Rome Cooney, and Kishan Patel on ‘Survivor 47’.Robert Voets/CBS
On a level of zero to 10.
And I didn’t know that she had this vendetta still.
And I go, What?
Sol Yi, Teeny Chirichillo, and Genevieve Mushaluk on ‘Survivor 47’.Robert Voets/CBS
But yeah, I was quite shocked.
Take us inside that live Tribal.
What else was happening there that we either did not see or could not hear?
I felt like they did a really good job of showing what actually went down.
It was that crazy.
And he asked me again, Well, Sol, how do you feel now?
But I was wrong.
So yeah, that’s some really fun stuff that they didn’t show.
I wouldn’t say I felt comfortable.
So if it’s Andy, Sam, Rachel, Teeny, myself, that’s five on four.
And so yeah, I didn’t feel like I needed them.
So, I never felt that comfortable, but I chose not to play it.
I wasn’t, because I know Teeny is a very smartSurvivorplayer and so is Sam.
So it was the right move.
You seemed confused at Tribal Council as to whether you were voting for Sue or Kyle?
What was that all about?
I was trying to get a little bit of a read on Genevieve.
And she’s like, Oh, I’m just happy to be here.
And that was just a weird statement to make.
She’s like, Yes!
Just trying to get a read.
And even that answer, it felt a little off.
So my tingles were going up like, “Oh, something’s going on.”
It looked really dark at the beach before you guys left for Tribal Council.
Did you all leave later because you were separated earlier and so much was still going on?
But these were all conversations that were just crazy.
It was so chaotic.
We got to go!
Everyone wrap it up now.
We let this go as long as it could.
And yeah, the timing of it was crazy.
And I think that kind of hurt me, too.
So tell me about what happens after the cameras shut off and you go to Ponderosa.
How are you feeling?
What’s your mood?
What’s it like when you meet up withSierrathere?
Oh dude, it was awesome.
And I can get over things very, very quickly.
I got to play this game.
I’m so elated that I got to play, even though I just got voted off.
And I’m like, Oh, damn.
And I’m very responsible for getting her off.
But she’s a sweetheart.
But then he said you were very popular on the show.
There are a couple things.
Youve got to understand in pregame at Ponderosa, we can’t talk to each other.
I have very, very little stress.
I’m literally there just to play a game.
And those five days for me were freaking glorious.
It felt like the entire time I’m thinking to myself, Dude, you get to playSurvivor.
Can you believe this?
And I kept looking at the beach, looking at the ocean.
I’m like, Wow, dude, you are the luckiest man on Earth.
And that kind of changed me a little bit.
It kind of brought me into this place of like, yeah, let’s go have fun.
And it almost took that some of that stress away, that urgency away.
And I said, he is potentially one of the best players in the game.
But he made my life hell.
And so when that’s happening, I had to just change my game.
I’m like, I have to do anything that I can to survive.
And so I think that my personality didn’t really come out until after he was gone.
Jeff has a really good read on that.
It was a strategic way to be who I was going to be in that moment.
Ill ask you the exact same question I asked Aysha and Kishan: Whats it like living with Rome?
[Very long pause] It’s like biting your tongue 24 hours a day.
But, then again, he’s also your roommate.
And I’m a good guy.
I like to help people.
I like to be nice to people.
That’s just who I am.
And so that part of me comes out.
And then the other side is like, Dude, what is up with this?
So yeah, it’s hard to explain.
I have never met anybody like that guy.
We had anexclusive deleted scenehere on EW of you wearing Romes red lightening shirt.
We then saw Sue wearing it during the challenge?
What eventually happened to the shirt?
It’s probably going to go up on eBay or something.
Can I get an official member roster of Sols Secret Agent?.
Who exactly qualified to be an SSA?
Oh, they all got fired, Dalton, I terminated them.
No, the first person was Sue.
Sue and I, we made a connection as soon as we landed on the beach.
And then Rachel is one obviously with the advantage.
Andy and I had a moment.
I go, Dude, keep your head up, brother.
You got this."
And he smiles bright and he opens his eyes and he’s acknowledging it.
He’s told me that was one of the biggest moments for him.
It uplifted him a lot.
Then I vote for him and everyone thinks we’re enemies.
I’m like, Dude, let’s use this.
They didn’t show this either.
You and I can be partners and nobody’s going to know.
And so those are the people that were in the SSA.
Whats something that happened out there that didnt make it to TV that you wish we had seen?
Teeny is one of my best friends.
And I felt like that there were so many hilarious moments that we had together.
Whom did you want to sit with at the end?
What was your endgame?
It was the Lavo three.
We thought we were going to do it.
I mean, we were sitting in such a great position.
And it was a moment of like, Alright, let’s do this.
And now I’m talking to you.
Yeah, sorry about that.
Speaking of painful, how painful was that last stage in the immunity challenge?
I had more to give.
And the thing about these challenges, they’re not just physical, you have to stay focused.
I have more to give and I just kind of fall.
And last night I’m like [to Gabe], Wow, dude, you look laser focused.
And we wouldn’t have gotten to see the Ray Lewis dance if I would’ve done that.
So yeah, it’s a lot more than just the suffering.
It’s a lot of focus as well.
