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Who Will Win 'Survivor'?

Aired August 23, 2000 - 10:40 a.m. ET

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.

BILL HEMMER, CNN ANCHOR: Here's Laurin Sydney, live in New York to talk more about "Survivor."

LAURIN SYDNEY, CNN CORRESPONDENT: And its getting hot in here after your comments, Bill, OK.

Good morning, everybody.

Unless you have been living on a deserted Malaysian island the past few months, you know that tonight marks the conclusion of the hit CBS real-life drama, "Survivor." The show that pits 16 strangers against each other to survive the rigors of island life and psychological warfare for the prize of $1 million is down to four finalists. Rudy, Kelly, Susan and Richard have become household names, and tonight, "Survivor" fans will find out who the ultimate survivor is. Who votes on the winner? a jury of survivor cast-offs who at this moment are some of the only people in the world who know who the winner is.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

QUESTION: At this point, Jenna, do you know who wins the million dollars?

JENNA LEWIS: I do.

QUESTION: Happy about it?

LEWIS: No comment, it doesn't mean that I'm not. It doesn't mean that I am but I think it would jade the American public's view of how I'm going to vote.

GERVASE PETERSON: Well, it's hard to judge somebody and say: oh, Sean doesn't need the money, he's a doctor. Yes, but Sean might be in debt, you don't know that. You know, Jenna needs the money more than anybody else, she has two kids. Well, guess what, I do to. You know, Sue needs the money more than anybody. It's hard to pick one person and say they do or don't need the money more than somebody else. So I think everybody's deserving of it.

COLLEEN HASKELL: I, honestly, am happy about all the remaining people that are left there, I think they all deserve it. Because they worked really hard to strategize to get where they are. So every person deserves to win at this point really. SEAN KENNIFF: Yes, I will sleep for a week after that. Because this is the hardest -- this is much harder surviving on the island, surviving with this secret.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

SYDNEY: So who is going to win? we're joined now by our own unofficial "Survivor" expert, Jodi Ross, who has been following the show very closely.

Jodi, it's such a secret, who's going to win?

JODI ROSS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: I know, you think I know the secret. I don't know the answer. But I do know that we were out on the street yesterday, Laurin, talking to people. And they seem to favor Rudy, of course, the cranky old ex Navy SEAL. However, I did call Las Vegas today and the odds, which are for entertainment purposes only, say that Susan is the favorite at two to one, which is sort of a surprise. And then second is Kelly at five to two.

SYDNEY: Interesting.

ROSS: Yes, and that, what I did also find on the street, that the sentiment was anybody but Richard. There seems to be a bad feeling about him. He seems to be the most conniving and the most deceptive. So their feeling is anybody but Richard is OK.

SYDNEY: But conniving people can always survive.

ROSS: That's true.

SYDNEY: That's the bad part.

Forty million people plus one will be watching it too. Where will people be watching it?

ROSS: Well, I'm going to be watching at home. As will you. But a lot of people are planning "Survivor" parties. There's a Web site actually called EBI.com, which is suggesting, atmosphere's very important, tiki torches, insects, fake bugs, fake snakes, that maybe some of the people should come dressed up as their favorite participant, and of course, food is critical. A woman told me yesterday she'd be serving inconvenience (ph), the tiny potato pastas and pretend they are beetle larva. So really, it's as far as you want to go with it. But I think people are going to have fun tonight. They'll be watching in groups, cheering, booing, whatever the out come is.

SYDNEY: I'm going to be eating rat-tat-true (ph) tonight.

What is going to happen to the original cast?

ROSS: Well, they're not going to disappear as quickly as you think. A lot of them have signed TV deals, auditioned for films. Sean, the most recent cast-off, is having -- getting the most attention right now. He'll be on "Guiding Light" next month. He has been hired as a health correspondent on "Extra." The fame's out there if they want it. "Playboy" magazine told us that they're interested in all the "Survivor" women. So if they want cot be famous, they probably can be. And, of course, there's Survivor 2," which starts January 28, right after the Super Bowl. So you can miss it, but you don't have to miss it for too long. There is life after "Survivor."

SYDNEY: And Jodi, since you're so close to the story, if you find out the secret today, don't tell me.

ROSS: I won't, but there will be more today on "SHOWBIZ TODAY."

SYDNEY: Of curse, that Jodi, always plugging, that's why we love you.

And as Jodi said, we will have much more on the future of the cast of "Survivor, " plus all the top entertainment stories of the day, on "SHOWBIZ TODAY" that's at 4:30 p.m. Eastern time right here on CNN.

Reporting from New York, I'm Lauren Sydney, now back to the leaders of the tribal council in Atlanta, Bill and Daryn.

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