After the thrilling showdown of Survivor Vanuatu on Tuesday evening, I'm sure you can imagine how pleased was when I walked into a bar in Ohio and there he was. Chris Daugherty. The man I've had my pervy eyes on throughout Survivor Vanuatu and the man who won it on Tuesday night.

He was right there and I'd promised that if I met him in such a way I'd pick him up ? so I did! Then I brought him back here because I knew you'd want to know everything.

Tashi: Many congratulations on winning Survivor! (Hello's, time catch-ups, etc) In terms of the women, who would you say played Survivor the best?
Chris: I would have to say Twila, absolutely. Twila and Scout both played the game great. Scout basically only being able to play a mental game because of her physical handicap, but they played the game in a way they had to play it to make it to the final three. They had to break alliances, they had to lie, they had to change their strategy and that's what you have to do.

Tashi: What do you think Ami and Leann's biggest mistake was?
Chris: They exuded a level of confidence that was actually irritating. It got to Scout; it got Twila. Ami and Leann knew they had the upper hand - they had built a women's alliance and it had remained strong to the final seven. It was small comments that they would make at camp like: "Let's make sure we've got enough food for Day 36."

Scout was so bitter over it. She was like: "That's not the way you should conduct yourself. We're playing a game but you don't have to rub salt in the wound." Eventually it was the demise of the women's alliance.

Tashi: Were you a fan of Survivor before the show?
Chris: Absolutely. From the very first Survivor Borneo, with their cast of characters, all the way through. I never missed, loved the show, knew the logistics of the game, knew what kinda game it was and absolutely - love it. Still do. I do not miss one, and would love to do it again.

Tashi: Who would you say your favourite all-time Survivor is - besides yourself of course.
Chris: Well, you know, it's strange, but I would have to say my favourite Survivor of all when it comes to success, and he didn't win, is Colby Donaldson. He played a great game in Australia and why I would say Colby is because he had the ability to make an alliance with Tina and not let nobody know. When you do make an alliance with someone else, other people are automatically threatened and they want to divide that alliance up by voting one of you off.

That was a big factor in my game - making six or seven individual alliances, and while making them we can't tell nobody. If we do they're gonna target one of us and vote us off. I really respected and learnt a lot from the way Colby played the game.

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Tashi: When you arrived on the first day of Vanuatu ? you're such a fan, you've got all sorts of strategies in your head - what were you thinking when you arrived and it all started happening? Did you have a plan? Were you planning on waiting to see what happened?
Chris: I went in with a strategy. I went in with a plan and my plan was to follow in Colby's footsteps ? to find a middle-aged woman, make an alliance, keep it quiet, I'll watch out for her, she watches out for me but at the same time don't step on any toes. Don't cause a scene, don't cause an argument, don't get caught up in everyone else's issues.

But that was all thrown out the window when Jeff turned it into a gender war. Right after Jeff said: "Game on," my strategy changed. I never even got to implement my original strategy and five minutes after Jeff said: "Game on," we all started walking down the beach, all nine guys, and within five minutes of walking I approached Bubba, Travis, and I told him: "This is a numbers game."

Tashi: I can imagine that the whole thing must seriously mess with your mind.
Chris: Absolutely. I think there are a number of instances where your fate is out of your hands, like when Scout ? in the mix-up ? picked the two teams and then Sarge chose the team he wanted to be with. Luck fell into place when I ended up with Chad, Sarge, Julie and Twila because we still had the numbers in the alliance. Then I sit and I think, you know, what a minute part of the game luck is - it's very small.

Besides that one time in the game when it was luck everything else is based on your actions. What you say, what you do, who you interact with and how you come across to people. When it came down to the women and me I would like to think maybe I was charming enough to convince the women not to vote me out.

Tashi: At the beginning of Vanuatu ? before I knew about Lorie of course ? I decided that if I were in a bar I would definitely pick you up if you were there. Why do you think that would be?
Chris: Bwahahaha. I mean, I don't, like I said, I like to think I'm charming. I don't know. But it's a lot different when you're playing the game of Survivor and in real life. You have to separate the two without a doubt. That was the one thing that I was able to do, and Julie also, after the game - is just separate everything you say and do in the game from your real life.

It's a million dollars at stake and if you lose focus of wanting to do what you have to do to win that million dollars then you're gonna end up getting voted out. You're not gonna make a good game decision ? you're gonna start making decisions based on your friendship, based on your feelings, on your emotions.