Survivor winner Liz Parnov has revealed how nervous she was during her speech at the final tribal council, saying she “blacked out”.
On Monday, viewers watched Liz be crowned Survivor: Heros vs Villains ‘Sole Survivor’ and take home the $500,000 prize money. On the way to her victory, she beat out fan favourites like George Mladenov, Simon Mee, Shonee Bowtell and Matt Sharp.
However, ahead of her victory finalists Matt, Liz and Gerry had to explain to their former cast-mates why they deserve to win. After the speeches, a vote showed that every single member of the jury voted for Liz, giving her a landslide victory. However, the former Olympian said that she didn’t expect to receive as many votes as she did.
”I was really confident in my speech, I felt like my pitch summed my game up and I had quite a strong case. I was obviously quite nervous about the votes, I thought I’d get a couple, but I never thought I’d get as many as I did,” she told TV Week.
”Once the pitch started, I swear to you I just blacked out in my mind because I was just so damn nervous and then whatever came out of my mouth was just word vomit. But thankfully it all made sense.”

Liz went on to say that she’s flattered and surprised about the support she’s received from Survivor fans.

”I’m still so shocked. It still hasn’t sunk in. I honestly cannot believe it. Never in my wildest dreams did I think that I would make it this far, let alone take the title. I’m just stunned, I think it might take a while for it to sink in….” she told the publication.

”I never really realised how strong the Survivor community was and the support out there has been so kind, people are so sweet and lovely,” Liz says.
”It’s so pleasant while you are watching to have that support and to have people barracking for you. It just makes me so happy that the show can bring people so much joy.”
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