'Survivor: South Pacific' Finale: Who Won The $1 Million Prize (VIDEO)

For the second season in a row, returning players fared well. This time around, both Ozzy Lusth and Coach Wade were still in the game as the Sunday season finale kicked off. Ozzy on Redemption Island, and Coach seemingly sitting atop the alliance that had come to dominate and steer the latter half of the season. But only one player could win the top prize. Could either of them do it?

!!SPOILER ALERT!!

Ozzy had to win one finale duel on Redemption Island to even get back into the game, and it was quickly proven again that he had no allies among the remaining contestants. Nevertheless, he outlasted Brandon Hantz and even won the next Immunity Challenge, helping boot "Cowboy" Rick Nelson from the game.

But Sophie Clarkie pulled out a huge victory in the Final Challenge of the season, despite a huge lead by Ozzy, and his fate was sealed. Ozzy would not get to sit alongside Coach for the $1 million prize. Instead, it was Coach, Sophie and long-time ally Albert Destrade. Coach was brutalized in the final Tribal Council, and even broke down a bit at the end.

The votes followed suit, and the third time proved not to be the charm for him either -- It was both his and Ozzy's third time playing "Survivor." He came in second to Sophie, who was awarded her check during the live reunion show. There, Brandon got a scolding from his Uncle Russell for how he played the game, while Ozzy got a check for $100,000 as the Sprint Player of the Season.

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Comments

[mrsmagoo1953]

03:15 PM on 12/23/2011

SOPHIE IS A SPOILED LITTLE BRAT!!! OZ SHOULD HAVE WON. WHY DIDN'T THE JURY OVERTURN THE VOTE? THAT WOULD BE THE FAIR WAY TO PLAY THIS GAME. OZ, YOU ROCK!!!!

[Greg Trotman]

08:20 PM on 12/19/2011

What a crock......Ozzie should have been voted for by all the judges as a message......could you imagine the look on Jeffs face as he was reading Ozzie over and over......lol

[donpiacere]

08:04 PM on 12/19/2011

No matter what anyone says, Ozzy is the "Man", and as he said, no one on the jury wants to vote for any of you. Well Survivor take a hint, if for some reason no one wants to vote for the Laky's that tend to fill the 3 positions at the end of these things, make up a twist. I am done with watching it, too much time invested to watch a gut who made " The Biggest Move ever" and gets thrown to the wolves by idiots like Spohie and Coach. If you wanted to see it boil down to the 3 best women on the show that was surely accomplished. Change it now Survivor writers.

[kencrn419]

07:50 PM on 12/19/2011

Sophie...call me.

[jarvchr]

07:48 PM on 12/19/2011

I would have gotten in trouble, I couldn't have voted for any of these people

[keke319]

07:38 PM on 12/19/2011

Ozzy should have been the winner!! Coach was a backstabber, for all his Christian talk, Albert was a slacker, so was Rick and Sophie wasn't worth 1 million

[shanecarraway73]

07:22 PM on 12/19/2011

Here's a new idea for the next Survivor... Survivor: Atchafalaya Basin....Drop em in da swamps and let em geaux. Only problem with dat, they would all probably gain weight in dat one.. To much good food to eat in the Swamp!!

[Greg Trotman]

08:21 PM on 12/19/2011

Ive been in the bayou, they would be dead in less than a week.....lol

[shanecarraway73]

08:40 PM on 12/19/2011

Gator's, cotton-mouth mocassins, mosquito's, copper-head rattlesnakes, all da fire-ants around da dry ground in da swamp, yea you right. Dey wouldn't survive a week.. LoL

[shanecarraway73]

08:41 PM on 12/19/2011

....and dey a lot I forgot to mention... but you get da idea. LOL

[kencrn419]

05:58 PM on 12/19/2011

That superstitious little goober Brandon annoyed me all season...but I felt bad that none of his family even showed up to the finale.

If he'd won, they'd have been all over him like white on rice.

Shame.

[PeeWeesHerman]

05:52 PM on 12/19/2011

Love the show, but as happens many times before...the person who wins is a minor player who avoided the heat /backlash....

[aesbbor]

04:23 PM on 12/19/2011

AM I THE ONLY PERSON WHO THINKS COCHRAN LOOKS LIKE A YOUNG WOODY ALLEN????

[PeeWeesHerman]

05:32 PM on 12/19/2011

yes, I believe you are.

[jarvchr]

07:50 PM on 12/19/2011

No, you are right aesbbor

[laussie]

04:01 PM on 12/19/2011

Long-time fan. Ozzy all the way! What a disappointment! He played hard and he played well. Luv Boston Rob! Ditch Russell. Bring back Rupert!

[Clonar]

04:00 PM on 12/19/2011

I forgot to add, Coach belongs in a mental hospital.

[jarvchr]

07:52 PM on 12/19/2011

Yes I agree! Not sure I would let him anywhere near my kids, much less coach them.

[lovinlife3]

01:30 PM on 12/22/2011

You know, I was rooting for Coach, but he lost it at the end...and I'm not talking about the game! You could just see him unraveling, as his temper and paranoia came out. He disgusted me more and more from right before he back-stabbed Brandon - and it was a rapid descent from there.

[Clonar]

03:59 PM on 12/19/2011

The show should change it's name to "THE WEAKEST LINK", or "THE NON-SURVIVOR". It has deteriorated to the point where I can't stand to watch it. The idea of using previous players is stupid, we are sick of all of them. Sandra is the most eggregious example, she won a million twice but never won a challenge, what a joke.

[jed Houston]

03:37 PM on 12/19/2011

O.k., I wasn't a big fan of most of the players this time, was really weary of both Coach and Ozzy saying dumb stuff to the camera. It was like, uhg, these are the choices? Please do not put Russell on next time, I refuse to watch another season that has him on.

[ponybird]

03:04 PM on 12/19/2011

I really think Sophie did not deserve the votes she got. There really wasn't much of a choice. Cochrain was the one who messed it all up. Ozzy should have won that million. Really. The title of Survivor votes are given by pissed off opponents, I wonder if they second guess their votes when they go home with clear minds. I could not stand Sophie. I am shocked she didn't get voted off earlier with her bossy attitude. Also she didn't lose any weight on the show like other opponents. She must have been snacking on everyone elses food!!

[CZ111]

03:27 PM on 12/19/2011

Why are the final votes never revealed on the final show?? Maybe they should do that all season long.