There will be no waffling, no wavering, no middle road.
They will have to pick a side and go.
So how did each cast member respond?
The cast of ‘Survivor 48’.Credit:Robert Voets/CBS
Read on and find out.
Cedrek McFadden
I’m going with win and get nothing.
Because part of the journey here is to experience all the things.
Cedrek McFadden on ‘Survivor 48’.Robert Voets/CBS
I want the full treatment.
I want the challenges, I want the hunger, I want the rain.
I want to just embrace that.
Charity Nelms on ‘Survivor 48’.Robert Voets/CBS
Charity Nelms
I’m going to be real.
I’d rather get voted out first and get a million dollars.
Because it’s not about just a title for me.
Thomas Krottinger on ‘Survivor 48’.Robert Voets/CBS
The experience is what I’m here for.
Of course I want to win.
Of course I’m incredibly competitive.
Kamilla Karthigesu on ‘Survivor 48’.Robert Voets/CBS
You wouldn’t be here if you weren’t.
Thomas Krottinger
Oh, winSurvivor 48and get nothing.
Because the reason I’m playingSurvivoris because I have this great life.
Joe Hunter on ‘Survivor 48’.Robert Voets/CBS
I feel like I’m one of the luckiest people to walk the earth.
I have an amazing family, amazing husband, beautiful house dogs.
I have this incredible job.
Eva Erickson on ‘Survivor 48’.Robert Voets/CBS
I have a very diverse group of people, friends in my life supporting me.
Sometimes I have this imposter syndrome where I’m like: Are the inmates running the prison?
Is this all good?
Justin Pioppi on ‘Survivor 48’.Robert Voets/CBS
Does this make sense in my life?
They will not even know what my job is.
I can’t even hide behind that.
Star Toomey on ‘Survivor 48’.Robert Voets/CBS
Kamilla Karthigesu
WinSurvivorand get nothing.
I don’t really need the money.
Before they knew I applied toSurvivor, they would always talk about it to my brother.
Shauhin Davari on ‘Survivor 48’.Robert Voets/CBS
They’d be like, Oh, you should apply.
You’d be so good.
You’re so strong.
Stephanie Berger on ‘Survivor 48’.Robert Voets/CBS
And to me they’d be like, You shouldnotapply.
you’re free to’t do any of those things.
They’ll send you home first.
Kyle Fraser on ‘Survivor 48’.Robert Voets/CBS
So yeah, I just want the title.
I still can’t buy a house.
And here’s why.
Chrissy Sarnowsky on ‘Survivor 48’.Robert Voets/CBS
It’s the entirety of your growth and really evolving as a human being.
And I feel like I should be paying the show just for that experience.
To have that title for my kids alone, that would be worth it over the money.
Kevin Leung on ‘Survivor 48’.Robert Voets/CBS
Eva Erickson
Id winSurvivorand get nothing.
Because I’m so competitive.
I do not want to be a loser.
Bianca Roses on ‘Survivor 48’.Robert Voets/CBS
And I’d be like, I’m a winner!
And I have that winning mentality.
I don’t care if I would get nothing.
Mitch Guerra on ‘Survivor 48’.Robert Voets/CBS
Justin Pioppi
Oh, that is tough.
I’m out here for my mother.
She’s beaten cancer three times.
Mary Zheng on ‘Survivor 48’.Robert Voets/CBS
I want to win the money so she can just finally retire.
I want to just give her a big fat check and say, Ma, you got tomorrow off.
You got the rest of your life off.
David Kinne on ‘Survivor 48’.Robert Voets/CBS
Go finish school, take that our class, go travel.
She loves volunteer work.
She just hasn’t been able to do that.
Sai Hughley on ‘Survivor 48’.Robert Voets/CBS
But, man, I don’t want to be voted out first, though.
So I think I’d have to lean towards the former, as awful as that sounds.
Star Toomey
Wow!
Dang, real talk.
That’s real right there.
Because you know the million dollars is why you come.
And it’s about the title.
The money could be somewhere else.
I’m good with it.
I want to be Sole Survivor.
I want to be with the great Sandras, Maryannes, Robs, and Parvatis.
I want somebody to say, I want to win like Star.
Shauhin Davari
Id win and get nothing.
Persian men are not out here being represented super well.
And I think that the only way that I can win this is by also representing myself super well.
I’m not this gold chain-wearing, Mercedes-Benz-driving Persian dude.
And I think that getting the title allows me to show that.
And then dude, the look on my mom’s face!
And that’s the dream.
Let’s give mama that.
Stephanie Berger
These are terrible options.
I’m not going to ask for more detail on the context.
I find when people do that annoying.
I think at the end of the day, I really want to winSurvivor.
I want to be the Sole Survivor.
I want the title.
I want to know that I can outwit, outplay, and outlast every other person here.
I think that there would be something super gratifying.
I am really lucky and blessed in my life.
I have a great job.
I know that being a millionaire is something I will eventually be.
Maybe theyll decide to actually up the prize pot?
Kyle Fraser
Id winSurvivorand get nothing.
I feel like I’m an athletic-presenting person.
I don’t know if my previous athleticism will translate to the game.
I hope it does.
Not to mention that being the Sole Survivor would still be a fricking dream in itself.
Chrissy Sarnowsky
I would take the million and run.
My mom’s struggling with money.
I have friends that have deathly illnesses that can’t work anymore.
Kevin Leung
I would rather winSurvivorand get nothing.
This is something that’s so outrageously abnormal, but I can succeed in it.
I’d rather have that achievement than the money.
Bianca Roses
Id winSurvivorand get nothing.
I literally yesterday said I’d be out here for a dollar.
The money’s great.
I want the money.
I’m here to win the money.
I want to invest in my business.
I want to buy a house.
I want to treat my family and friends to lavish, amazing experiences.
A fully paid trip to Italy is what I’ve been manifesting.
It’s about the title.
Mitch Guerra
I would rather win the game and get no money.
Because bragging rights are so much more than a million dollars.
Honestly, you don’t even get that much in the end.
So Id like to win regardless of what I’m doing.
If you get voted out first, you don’t get any screen time.
David Kinne
Oh, that is a very tough one.
Here’s what I would say.
Sai Hughley
Okay, this is easy for me.
I’ve made a good amount of money in my life, but that’s not the point.
I think the title is more inspiring to me.
Being a Sole Survivor is very much a small winner circle.
you’re able to go and get a new job.
It’s just cool to be like, I once survived here!
