Survivor 48 is here! Every week, Parade.com's Mike Bloom will bring you interviews with the castaway most recently voted off of the island."You gotta be creative, because Jeff is gonna be throwing curve balls every which way, and you have to think on your feet. You have to be able to improvise, and you have to be able to understand that what happened 10 minutes ago is just maybe not the case for the next day, three days, whatever it is, and spin on it."Bianca Roses told me the above quote during our pregame interview out on the island, eager to take on the many unknowns that Survivor has to offer with a positive attitude and creative mindset. But as a resident spin master, the game absolutely spun Bianca around. Getting sent on a journey dictated the rest of her game, as a roll of the dice left her with no vote. The next day, she was swapped into a tribe with complete strangers. For days, Bianca tried to play up a role as the swing vote between two pairs, hoping to craft a tie vote so she could slip through. But a crucial error caused the majority to realize that the most important voice had no voice at all. And so, Bianca was devastated to find her worst fears imagined, as her childhood dreams were crushed (not to be confused with other types of Survivor dreams about certain former winners).While Bianca touts herself as a social player, she quickly found herself as a bit of a fish out of water, a theatre kid on a tribe of self-proclaimed jocks. But she took a bite out of that raw fish when she quickly connected with Thomas Krottinger, who wanted to make sure she was kept safe among the many alliances she was a part of. While Lagi had a dominant seven days on the island, Bianca and Thomas were working the tribe, possibly talking with outsider Star Toomey about helping her find her idol and using it to flip the game. All that was eschewed, however, when Bianca was sent on a journey. Her game suddenly went to "craps" as a result of the dice game, as she lost her vote.
And things went from bad to worse the next morning. A surprise tribe swap made Bianca the lone Lagi on her new tribe. Incredibly fearful that she would be a sitting duck if anyone knew she didn't have a vote, she immediately started playing both sides of the new beach, attempting to find any cracks. Things became even more dire when the PR consultant fond out she lost her biggest on-island client, as Thomas had been voted out. Feeling even more isolated, and facing her first Tribal Council, Bianca tried to play the two pairs against each other, as a 2-2 tie would leave her safe. But, nervous about severing all of her remaining relationships, she made a last-minute confession to Cedrek McFadden, telling him she lost her vote and to pile onto an easy majority vote on Saiounia "Sai" Hughley. Once again, however, someone coming to Cedrek with last-minute information about a lost vote proved to be their undoing. Despite the growing tension between Sai and Chrissy Sarnowksy, a tight 2-1-1 vote came down onto Bianca. In an instant, Bianca realized she had made a Survivor career-ending mistake.Now out of the game, Bianca talks with Parade about why she ultimately told Cedrek about her lost vote, her reaction to losing her vote on the journey, and her perspective on the emotionally touching scene between Eva and Joe at the challenge.Related: Read our Survivor 48 pre-game interview with Bianca Roses
We have to start with where things ended. You looked absolutely devastated when you were getting your torch. Was it shock? Immediate regret for your decision to talk to Cedrek?It was just utter devastation. The second I saw my name written down on the first parchment. I knew I was a goner. I was about to get whacked. I knew it, and I felt like I did it to myself. I made that decision, it didn't pan out, and I was just utterly devastated. I had so much game left in me. My back was against a wall. No vote, bottom of the tribe swap, so much to come back from. And I was so ready to still come back from it, and it didn't pan out. And I was just heartbroken. So you were part of the first 2-1-1 vote in American Survivor history. We're a little confused as to why Mitch voted for Sai and not you alongside Chrissy and Cedrek. Do you get a sense as to what happened?I will just say, make it make sense! It's a mystery. I wasn't completely wrong going into Tribal, right? Te two alliances did not vote together. Sai voted for Chrissy; Mitch voted for Sai, and then Cedrek and Chrissy work together. A lot of this just isn't adding up. So listen, after I told Cedric that I didn't have a vote, it was moments before we went to Tribal. I strategically waited and I watched him like a hawk. I was googly-eyed, crazy, paranoid Survivor player. I was like, "If he goes to talk to anyone like, this is going to be an issue. "So I don't know what happened. I don't have an answer. But it didn't work out for me, that's for sure. Of course, we need to get into the last-minute confessional that seemingly sunk your game. Because we saw you make bonds with people like Sai and Mitch. So what made you choose to go to Cedrek with this information? And what ultimately made you want to confess to him at all?There was a lot that wasn't shown with me and Cedrek making a relationship. We had very intimate life conversations. And it's a short amount of time; I was only on see at New Civa for a couple days. But we had a ton of really intense bonding moments that weren't shown. There was a conversation Cedrek and I had about Cedrek telling me that Justin went home because Justin did not tell him that he didn't have a vote that wasn't shown. Not shown was me telling Cedrek, "Sai is gunning for you. I tried to work with you two, and Sai wants you out." So, for me, there was a lot that just wasn't shown about that.And I ended up choosing Cedrek to trust, because my logical brain was like, "Mitch and Chrissy are not keeping you. They want Lagi numbers down." And, in hindsight, I should have worked with Sai. But I just felt like I had made a connection and a bond with Cedrek. And I don't know what that man did. I don't know what that decision was. I don't know what game he's playing. I don't know what his strategy is. But, yeah, I just think that that's why. It was to try to build trust. And a lot just wasn't shown about the conversation Cedrek and I were having.For most of this episode, we saw you try to spin a 2-2 tie so you could be protected in the revote (though I'm not sure if you knew how much Cedrek had already faced the possibility of a rock draw earlier). How were you able to play both sides? And did you have a feeling the 2-2 would happen by the time you told Cedrek about your lost vote?I was worried about the 2-2. I was worried about it because then it's like, okay, I lied to everyone. And then, in the deadlock, Ced is going to have to flip anyway so we don't go to rocks. So I was just like, "If he's going to have to flip, I might as well just give him a heads up and let him in on the vote." And right before we went to Tribal, I did feel like I could trust Mitch and Chrissy. And I wasn't completely wrong. Mitch didn't vote for me. That had a lot to do with it too. I wanted to get him in and build a little trust with him, and not have to get to the point where he was just going to flip on Sai anyway. And again, like I had been told by Cedek, by Sai, this man had written her name down multiple times tried to get her out. I was like, "This can't be the hardest thing in the world to get him to vote for her again." But apparently it was.This episode started poorly for you when you find out that your number one ally Thomas had gotten voted out. Talk to me about your relationship, and did losing him inform the way you played the rest of the episode?I mean, I could use this entire interview to talk about him if I could. I love him so much. I'm obsessed with him. It was fantastic to play with him and have him as my number one. I'm not gonna lie, though, it definitely impacted my decision-making. Because I was like, "Okay, I no longer have a number one. Joe and Eva are out in the open." I was trying to kind of slide in and work with Cedrek and kind of replace Sai and be his number one moving forward. But I did go back, and I was like, "Guys, I'm way less of a threat. Thomas is gone. So this isn't necessarily a Lagi/Civa showdown." So I did use his vote out to my advantage in a way. And I even said that at Tribal which wasn't shown either. Because there was a little bit of chatter about Civa versus Lagi. So I definitely tried to use it to my advantage. And I don't think I was so broken that Thomas was gone that I blew up my whole game. That wasn't it. The decision was to try to build trust, and it didn't pan out.You mention Joe and Eva. I have to get your perspective on what happened with the two of them following the Immunity Challenge, including Eva revealing that she was autistic. How much did that change the way you viewed the two of them the first seven days on Lagi?It was an insanely emotional and powerful moment. I think even viewers can say we've never seen something like that. And it was so crazy to be on Day 11 of no sleep, no food, nothing and have this crazy, powerful experience and learn something about her after living with her for so long that I didn't know. And then have to click into game mode and think about, "Wow, how does this impact my game? They've had this intense bond that we kind of knew about, but not to this extent. Now it's revealed to everyone. What does this mean for me going forward?" And it was just a really good reminder of, on a human level, you never know the full story. You never know what someone's going through, or the full story about them. It was really powerful.Speaking of Eva, we saw before the swap that you and Thomas were working with Star to possible use her idol to get her out. However, this was before you lost your vote. Let's say Lagi stayed together went to Tribal Council before the merge. How would things have gone?So without the vote, it would have had to have been Star, just so it wasn't me. Because what they didn't show too was me, Shauhin, Joe and Thomas were also very closely aligned. I wasn't an idiot; I knew these three boys – sorry, three "girls" – were working together. And I knew it was me and Eva kind of he next slot. So had I had a vote, I was gunning for Eva, just because I felt like she was the threat to me. But without the vote, Star would have just been the easy vote, and we would have had to go with her.What if you had your vote on the new Civa? Would you have gone with one of the pairs, or made a new configuration?I think the real answer is I would have gone with Cedrek and Sai. Because I wouldn't have wanted to bring more Civa into the merge against Lagi. So I think that's like my honest answer. But you never know, right? There could have been other conversations that happen. And my genuine heart wanted to work with Mitch so badly. I love that man. And hindsight is everything. He didn't vote for me; he did really want to work with me. And it's crazy because I went with my brain and was like, "There's no shot Mitch would ever want to keep me." But maybe I would have gone with him. Who knows? I think I would have voted Chrissy.You were so close to making the merge. If you had made it there, would you have tried to get some sort of Lagi/Vula alliance going?Well, that was my big pitch to Ced, too, that they didn't really show. "I'm bringing you with me. I'm welcoming you with open arms into Lagi." I love Sai. I think she's hilarious and fantastic. But at this point, so many people, even people that hadn't met her, just from interactions that you get at the challenges with other tribes, a lot of people just didn't want to work with her. My whole tribe was just like, "We're not going to work with her when we get to the merge." And basically, I was just trying to tell Cedrek, "Come with me to the Lagi side." So that was what I was thinking. I was just trying to survive the night but also have one ally. Thomas is gone, right? When I get back to camp, had I not told one person about my vote being lost, I would have lied to everyone. I was just trying to bring him in a little bit on the vote, and it just it didn't pan out.You made your perspective on the dice of it all well-known on the show. And losing your vote is a big reason why you're sitting with me today. I know that fans have expressed their displeasure with how that particular journey went, namely you being forced to risk your vote on a game of chance. Give me your perspective.Yeah, no, it definitely sucks. I'm not gonna sit here and be like, "Oh, it's the game." Like, it is the game, but it sucked. I didn't want to risk my vote. I signed up for this, though. I have been watching Survivor forever; I know things change at every turn. And I do feel, as upset as I was that I lost my vote and then got put on the bottom of a swap, it was still so exciting to me to have a challenge to take on. And it didn't work out, which sucks. But I was trying to figure out the cracks and trying to figure out the way out. So there, there's also an element to it that's like, when you're on the couch, you're like, "Don't go on that journey!" And as a player, I knew, don't go on that journey, But Thomas and I were elected by the tribe to be the journey-goers. So you know not to go, but it's also like, "I'm playing Survivor, and I want to play and I want to do it. So, yeah, I mean, f–k the journey! [Laughs.] But at the same time, you go on the journey, and then you get the opportunity to make it still work and figure it out. And once you get food in you, and one good night's sleep, I immediately was like, "Oh my god. I should have given Chrissy and Mitch my Shot in the Dark to cement trust with them." I couldn't use it anyway! I should have given it to them and been like, "Guys, I'm with you tonight. Take this." So many things come crawling back into your head when you're well-fed and rested.
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