And the“ Survivor 47” winner is…

WARNING: This article contains spoilers for the season finale of Survivor 47.

Four players walked into the Survivor 47 finale Wednesday night on CBS, but only one would walk out of Tribal Council a $1 million winner. Rachel LaMont, Sam Phalen, Sue Smey, and Teeny Chirichillo were the last people to not have their dreams dashed and torches snuffed from the group of 18 that began the season.

Rachel was the clear favorite entering the finale with three individual immunity victories and a splashy idol play at Tribal Council under her belt. Rachel had also been recognized as a strong strategic and social player and was believed to be an expert fire-maker. So the big question became: Was there any way she could lose?

In a word, no.

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Rachel began the finale by winning her fourth immunity challenge, joining Kelly Wiglesworth, Jenna Morasca, Kim Spradlin, and Chrissy Hofbeck as the only women to win four individual immunity challenges in a season. While Kelly and Chrissy still lost, even after dominating in competitions, Rachel’s win appeared pretty secure at this point, with the only real question being: Who would lose to her at the end?

Rachel brought Sue to the end and forced Sam and Teeny to face off in a final four fire-making competition. Stunningly, Sam revealed that not only had he never practiced at making fire, but had only ever held a flint “maybe once” in his 25 days on the island. With Rachel tutoring Teeny, and Sam struggling to even make a spark, his chances seemed slim, and indeed, he appeared doomed once the competition began.

Teeny was the first to get a flame and built their stack with coaching from Rachel while Sam initially came up empty. But Sam eventually got his flint to work, and the wind began gusting Teeny’s flames away from the rope that needed to burn. As the jury looked on with tense, contorted expressions, Sam completed an unlikely come-from-behind victory, leading a desolate Teeny to rue “losing to the big handsome jock.”

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That set up a final three of Rachel, Sam, and Sue, who finally revealed her real age of 59 — on her birthday, no less! But the main battle appeared to be between Rachel and Sam, who politely, yet firmly, took each other on — often correcting the other’s résumé boasting with their own narrative. At one point, Sam attempted to blunt Rachel’s momentum by noting that “It was immunity and an idol in fries that got her to the end of this game.”

While Sam tried to sell his opponent as a player who relied solely on challenge wins and luck to get to the end, the jury was not buying. They overwhelmingly voted for Rachel to win in a 7-1-0 vote, with Sam getting the one non-Rachel vote from Kyle Ostwald.

After men won 12 out of 15 seasons (including six in a row) from season 26 through 40, five out of seven new-era Survivor seasons have now been won by women, including the last three.

Check out what the final four had to say in our exclusive finale interview and keep your eyes peeled for tons more finale coverage, including our full recap, an exclusive deleted scene, exit interviews with the final four, and our first look at next season of the show.

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