Meredith is worried about what Izzie leaving will do to her chances in the final vote. But Derek manages to clam her down saying that it's only one vote, and that no one will be persuaded by what she is doing.

The final four trek back to camp in the pouring rain. George is quiet the entire way home, he feels betrayed by Meredith and has decided not to talk to her. But he doesn't really pull it off because no one let alone Meredith has asked him how he is doing...!

George immediately goes to bed and the strong alliance of 3 stay up and celebrate, The only thing that can spoil there plans now is to have George win the next challenge!

The next day the survivors awake and head off to the next challenge.

Jeff explains that this will be a mental challenge about their falling comrades. The first person to answer 10 questions right will be the winner.

After 5 questions including one asking who was the first person voted out and what was their real name (Richard - which only George got right...) the scores are: George 4 Meredith 4 Derek 3 Cristina 2

After 5 more questions including who did Bailey take on the yacht (No one!) and which friend or family member came for Izzie (Her boyfriend hank) the scores stand at George 9 Meredith 8 Derek 8 Cristina 5

If George answers the next one right he wins...

"What university did Burke attend?" George says Harvard Meredith says Stanford Derek says Columbia and Cristina says Brown. - Meredith is right!

Next question - Who gave into to choc chip cookies at the 5 hour mark in the endurance challenge.

The answer is Bailey and Izzie, George says Bailey, Derek says Bailey and Izzie, Cristina says don't know and only Meredith remembers that it was Bailey and Izzie!!!!

Meredith wins Immunity!

Back at camp...

Meredith is very excited about winning immunity but is smart enough this time to keep it to herself... it seems as if she is finally learning! On the way to tribal council the group is very subdued, more so than usual. Meredith walks next to George and apologizes for her betrayal, George says that she didn't have an alliance with him; therefore he isn't the one she should be apologizing to. Meredith says that she feels bad but she knows she made the right decision, she had an alliance with Derek and Cristina since the merge and she will always be faithful to them. She says she is sorry if she hurt him. George says he knows that.

When they arrive at tribal council and the jury is brought in, Meredith can't bring herself to look at Izzie. Jeff asks them if the game is harder now the numbers are shifting to the jury. Meredith says its not, despite having to make such difficult decisions because they have had a plan and they had to carry it through. She knows that her actions will cost her when and if she gets to the final two, but if she also believes that if she hadn't made those decisions she would be sitting on the jury herself.

Jeff says its time to vote.

Cristina
George
George
George

George leaves gracefully. The three head back to their camp, Cristina leading and Meredith and Derek hand in hand.

The group of 3 awake to Jeff walking up their beach, he is carrying a large basket...

As they roll out of bed he tells them congratulations, here's breakfast!

They are so excited, even Cristina starts to jump around with Meredith as Derek happily takes the basket off Jeff. The group sit down and break bread together trying to forget what the day will bring...

After their meal they head straight to the last immunity challenge - the big one. Whoever wins will not only be in the final two and have a chance to win the 1 million dollar prize they also get to choose who they will compete against.

Jeff greets them and explains what the challenge will entail. It will be endurance based, very simple. They are to stand, holding a flammable stick over a fire. The person who can keep their stick from catching on fire will win immunity. The trio take up their positions and the game begins...

After an hour, they are all going strong, Meredith is keeping quiet while Cristina can't stop complaining about the heat.

Another hour goes by as Meredith starts to fade; she looks at Cristina as if to say I have nothing left, I'm sorry, it's up to you... Cristina just smiles and nods to her and Meredith lets her stick go... It's down to 2.

Another 2 and half hours go by before anything changes. Derek asks Cristina if she will be taking Meredith to the final two. She replies with a simple 'well yeah, we have an alliance'...

After about 45 mins Derek screams with pain as he drops his stick. He is shattered as Jeff annouces Cristina the winner and that she is in the final 2.

The group head straight to tribal to see if Cristina will actually bring Meredith along with her...

Cristina is ecstatic as they head to tribal council, but Meredith who is fairly certain that Cristina will take her is not so happy. Derek and Meredith walk hand in hand to tribal council almost clinging to each, Derek asks Meredith about her alliance with Cristina. Meredith tells him that she promised both him and Cristina that she would take them to the final two and that she meant it to both of them at the time which wasn't the case when she promised it to Izzie. After that she decided that there was no possible way she could ever choose between them so she decided that no matter what she would take herself out of the final challenge. Derek shakes his head and says that he wishes she would have had the courage to choose, he knows she would have chosen him. Meredith isn't so sure.

When they arrive at tribal council they get right down to the vote. Cristina squeezes Derek's shoulder as she goes to make the vote and no one is surprised when the vote is revealed...

Derek.

He gets up and hugs Cristina before turning to Meredith. He holds her tightly and whispers in her ear,

'my vote is for you babe, I love you.'

He then leaves as Meredith watches crying silently. Cristina rolls her eyes and comments,

'For gods sake Meredith you'll see him tomorrow!'

But she puts an arm around her anyway, and the two of them head back to camp for their last night.

Cristina and Meredith wake up to a beautiful sunrise, they decide to savor the image because you don't see a sunrise like this everyday back home... They eat the rest of the rice and the last fish Derek caught for them before starting to demolish the camp.

Amongst chucking the roof into the fire and picking up the rubbish Meredith discovers a rock inside her belongings in the shape of a heart. She feels all warm and fuzzy inside as she thinks about her man and feels that this little token from Derek will give her the strength to go on and win.

Once the camp is blazing away in a massive bonfire the girls are ready to take their final walk to tribal council. The pick up their bags and say goodbye to their home for the past 38 days. The walk will take them past the torches of their fallen comrades.

They walk past the Chief's, Olivia's and Sydney's with out much said. When they walk past Denny's all they can think about is that they hope he is ok... Burke's torch is next and Meredith says he was a fierce competitor, Cristina adds that he has a great ass too... The next torch is Finn's - Cristina just snorts... Next they come across Mark's. Cristina asks Meredith if anything happened between the two of them and she just tells her that mark is a very nice man but not her type...

The next torch is Callie - the first of their jury. Again not much said about her and the next to go Addison - just a 'Wimp' from Cristina. The torch they come across next is Bailey's. Meredith describes her as a gutsy lady. Alex was next to go and the girls smile while Cristina says that without Alex she wouldn't have made it to the merge... Izzie's torch is next. Meredith takes this opportunity to say that what she did to Izzie was wrong, and that if she could take it back she would... She just hopes that it doesn't cloud her judgment when making her final decision. Cristina thinks she is kidding herself and is happy because she believes that she will at least get 1 vote. George was next and the girls just gush about him, saying he was one of the sweetest guys they have ever met. And last but not least Derek. Firstly Cristina says he was also a deciding factor of her being her and that he was a fabulous competitor who in any other series would have been in the final two. Meredith simply says - I love Him.

The girls have arrived for their final tribal, the jury is brought in, including a clean Derek and the council begins...

Jeff starts the council asking each girl to make an opening statement.

Cristina starts off by saying to the jury to follow their gut feeling. She says she believes that she has played a very strong game both physically and strategically and that she deserves the money. She also mentions that she is very proud that 2 chicks have made it to the final two!

Meredith says...

Meredith says that she agrees with Cristina that it is important to vote with your gut and that she simply hopes that the jury can look past any personal gripes they may have and examine how they both played the game and vote according to that. She says that she is extremely honored to be sitting here with Cristina and that she was glad she didn't have to make the choice herself and for that she thanks her.

Jeff brings up the first member of the jury for their question...

Addison is the first up and she congratulates both girls and then says that her question is pretty straight forward. She is wondering if they weren't in the final two, who do they think would be - just a name is fine.

Meredith says Derek and Izzie. (Izzie scoffs)

Cristina says Derek and Bailey

Addison thanks them and goes and sits down.

Next up is Alex. He asks the girls what their worst and best moments were on the island, as in what they were the most proud of and what they were the least proud of.

Meredith says her worst moment was the night that Derek was sent to Exile Island. She says that she really didn't cope with that well at all and that she didn't realize how vulnerable she was without him until that night, she says she also didn't realize just how strong her feelings were for him till that night either. But at any rate she could have handled herself a lot better. Her best moment was winning the endurance challenge. She said that moment really proved to her that she could make it to the end.

Cristina says that her worst moment was when she lost her first individual challenge to Bailey. She was so devastated by the loss that she really didn't think of anyone else's feelings or thoughts at that tribal council and she lost control of her emotions. Her best moment was winning the last immunity challenge and knowing that she could bring Meredith with her as they had planned since the merge, without Mer having to turn her back on Derek.

Alex says thank you and sits back down.

Next up is?

Bailey.

Firstly, she says thank you to Cristina for saying that if she, herself wasn't in the final two, that she would be, and that she agrees with her...

She asks the girls if they are happy with the way they played the game and whether they have any regrets?

Cristina says that she is very happy with how she played. She believes that she played her hardest and never stopped thinking about what was needed to her and Meredith to the next round. She says she has no regrets...

Meredith says that she is also happy with the intense and strength she put into challenges and her work ethic around camp. And while she says that she doesn't have any regrets with the way she played the game, because she did get to the final two, she does say that she wishes that she could have gotten to the same place without hurting people's feelings... However, she says that she isn't sure that in this type of game that could be achieved...

Bailey thanks them and sits down.

George is up next.

He asks the girls what they are planning to do with the money if they win.

Cristina says she really isn't sure, she has no definite plans for it and it really isn't his business anyway!

Meredith says that she will use a small part of the money to make herself and her family/friends (i.e. Derek) comfortable, but the majority of it will go into research on Alzheimer's which her mother suffers from. She says that the disease is so horrible especially for sufferers of early onset like her mother has and she would love to be able to help others and their families.

George thanks them and sits down, there are a few raised eyebrows in the jury especially Izzie who looks very surprised but also a bit sad...

Cristina just gives Mer a look that says 'I can't believe you just used your mothers Alzheimer's to gain points with the jury..' Meredith just shrugs and says 'It's true.'

Next up is...

Callie is next and she begins by saying that she really respects the way both girls have played the game. She asks them what 3 things (traits or parts of the game) have been essential in getting them to where they are.

Meredith says her determination, her kind heart and her alliance with Cristina

Cristina thinks about for a long time and then says her strength, her brain and her ability to kick butt in the challenges!

Meredith just laughs and says to her, 'why do you do that' believing that she has just scored herself another vote. However, before taking her seat, Callie thanks Cristina for her honesty...

Derek!

Derek gets up and says that he doesn't have any questions for the girls just a statement about each.
First off he addresses Cristina and tells her that she was by far the strongest and fiercest competitor out there. He is proud to have been part of an alliance with her, and he is extremely happy and thankful that she took Meredith with her to the final two. He wishes her luck and is sorry that he won't be voting for her.

Cristina says thank you and she never expected his vote.

Derek turns to Meredith and tells her that she is the most beautiful, intelligent amazing person he has ever known. He is so proud of her to have got to this point, and the best thing that happened to him in this game was his relationship with her. He tells her that if her mother could see and understand what she has achieved here she would be so proud of her too. Finally he finishes with 'I love you, and you have my vote.'

Meredith smiles and says 'I love you too.'

Cristina looks mildly disgusted at the public displays of affection, but somehow manages to keep her thoughts to herself.

Next up is Izzie, and Meredith feels as if Derek's words have somehow made her strong enough to deal with whatever she has to say.

Izzie says that she also doesn't have a question; she just wanted to take this opportunity to get some things off her chest...

"Let me start by saying that Cristina, who are getting my vote because Meredith you lied to me. And yes I know that it was because of the alliance you had with Cristina and Derek and it could have easily been one of them, but it wasn't. It was you….

You say to not take it personally, but how could I not. You didn't lie to Alex or Callie or anyone else, you lied to me… That seems pretty personal to me.

Now, I'm sorry that your Mother is sick, and do I feel bad that my one vote may be the deciding factor between you getting the money or not? Yes I do, I'm not heartless... But I can't forget about the night we went down to the beach and you said and I quote 'You and I are going to the final two; I will never vote write your name down. I'm only hanging out with Cristina as a cover'.

You lied! Who does that?

So, Meredith, while I have made my peace with not being in the final two I have not yet made my peace with you and I'm not sure I ever will, because to me liars are apart of the scum of society and I will not be writing your name down tonight, because you see I keep my promises.'

She sits down and Meredith tries to keep a strong however you can see her face crumple slightly as she tries to catch her breath...

Jeff then announces that the girls can say some final words before the votes are cast.

Cristina begins by saying that Survivor is game of strength, mental and psychical and she believes she used both better then a lot of other people in the game and that is why she is here. She says that both Meredith and herself are very deserving winners but they should just follow their gut...

Meredith says...

Meredith says that she may be seen as the 'scum of the earth' and the liar of the group, but none of that really matters to her. She is sorry that Izzie has taken this so personally, but everybody lies and Izzie is no exception. Meredith says that she will continue to try and make things up to Izzie but ultimately she is not sorry for the way she played the game and for the fact that she and Cristina are sitting there. Without that lie to Izzie neither of them would be here, and that's something she can live with whether she wins or not.

Having said that she says that she does not expect to beat Cristina who is obviously the stronger competitor of the two but she is thankful that she is sitting there with her and not with anyone else.

Jeff says its time to vote.

Jeff thanks the girls for their comments and then reminds them of the rules of the final tribal council. He tells them that usually you don't want to see your name written down, but today you do...

First up to vote is Bailey, we don't see who she votes for, but she comments saying 'You are a fierce competitor and for that I admire you and you have my vote'.

Next, we see Alex then Addy go vote. Followed by Derek. He proudly holds up Meredith's name he says 'Good Luck Baby'.

George goes up to vote next, we hear what he has to say but not who it is directed to... 'Even though you did some bad things to people, I still believed you played this game with as much integrity that anyone could. You are very deserving and I hope you win.'

George sits down and Callie goes up, we don't see who she votes for.

Last but not least is Izzie. She simply holds up Cristina's name and says 'As promised'.

Izzie sits down and Jeff goes to get the urn. He comes back and announces to the group that he will see them back in the States where the votes and the winner of Survivor Grey's will be announced...

Back in the states the girls wait nervously on the stage at the reconstructed tribal council. They both look just gorgeous all cleaned up and in nice clothes for a change.

Jeff gets off the helicopter on the roof of the building carrying the urn containing the votes... He carries it into the studio and onto the stage. Everyone is cheering.

Jeff asks the girls if they are ready for the votes to be read. Cristina says they have been ready for six weeks!

As Jeff starts to read the votes Cristina grabs Meredith's hand. She laughs and says 'I thought you weren't touchy feely Cristina?' Cristina replies with 'It's not a hug; don't get excited it's just too much tension for me to take on my own.'

Jeff laughs and then reads the votes

Cristina
Meredith
Cristina
Meredith
Cristina
Meredith

the girls look at each other in nervous excitement.

Jeff announces, the winner of Survivor Grey's is CRISTINA!

Everyone starts to cheer as Meredith jumps up and gives Cristina a huge hug. She doesn't seem to mind as she is holding her hand to her mouth and can hardly believe it herself.

All the other survivors come on stage and congratulate her, before settling down in their places on the stage for the reunion.

The reunion show starts with Jeff welcoming the survivors and the studio audience. The first topic up for discussion is of course Cristina winning. Jeff asks her how it felt when she saw her name on that last piece of paper. She tells him that her first feeling was elation and then she went kind of numb until Meredith gave her a hug and woke her up a bit. She adds that deep down she kind of knew that she would win though, so it was just nice to see it happen.

Jeff then asks the jury who actually voted for Cristina. Izzie does (which the audience knew already); Bailey sticks her hand up along with Callie and Addison. Jeff laughs, because it seems that all the girls

have voted for Cristina leaving Derek, George and Alex - all the boys voting for Meredith... Jeff asks the group why do they think it happened like this.

Bailey answers by saying 'Well Jeff, Cristina didn't put any of the girls out of place... Meredith was the one flirting with the guys and who had the boys attention so she stuck in their minds... I'm saying it is a bad thing, that's just what happened.'

Cristina pipes in saying that because she is so head string and independent she puts most men off, not all, but most.

Jeff announces the first ad break not before saying to Cristina that 'We will get to your new romance, don't you worry'.

After the ad break Jeff begins by saying that this was the season of survivor for romances. He says there was more sex had on that island than at the playboy mansion.

Everyone laughs, Meredith glances sideways at Derek, who winks at her.

Jeff asks Derek and Meredith how everything is going now they are off the island. Derek begins by saying that still believes that the best thing that happened in the game was his relationship with Meredith. She agrees and says that their relationship is still going strong and that she suspects it will for a good long time.

Jeff then asks Meredith about Mark. Mark perks up at the sound of his name and comments- 'Yeah she's a fickle fickle girl that one.'

Addison pipes up with 'yeah from the Man Whore over here.'

Everyone laughs again. Meredith comments that Mark was really just someone she liked who was a good comfort out on the island. They flirted, but there wasn't anything there. Mark agrees.

Which brings Jeff to the subject of Addison, Alex and Mark. He asks Addy if she is dating either of them. Addy says that she and Alex have gone on a few dates, but nothing serious has happened yet.

As they go to another ad break Jeff says that there is more in the romance department coming up, including a new romance between two people who didn't even meet on the island!

In the next segment Jeff brings up the other two romances that formed on and off the island.

He first asks George whether he and Callie are still together and happy. George replies telling Jeff and the audience that they are most definitely still together and very happy and in fact…. They just got hitched in Vegas! Jeff congratulates the pair as the audience gives them a huge round of applause.

Jeff then turns his attention to the most unlikely pair to come out of this year's survivor. He explains that two contestants who didn't even meet on the island have gotten together and found love. He asks Cristina to tell the world who her man is. Cristina being herself hates this attention on her love life but she obliges as she knows the public wants to know…. She says 'Burke'. And the audience screams to complete and utter shock!

Jeff asks Burke what attracted him to Cristina because they seem too similar... He simply says that she intrigued him, trying to stay coy about the whole relationship. After more probing from Jeff and him getting no response, he asks Cristina to just tell him if she is happy and she nods….

After the ad break Jeff brings up the subject of fights on the island. He says he has never before had to pull two people aside and give them a warning. Everyone laughs. Jeff asks Mark and Alex about that fight and why they were so fired up that they completely forgot about the challenge.

Alex laughs it off saying that they were just blowing off steam, but that at the time he was so annoyed at Mark for treating women the way he did, first with Meredith and then with Addy that it just enraged him and kicking his ass was all he could think of. Jeff asks Mark why he jumped ship from Meredith to Addison so quickly. Mark says that with Meredith it was just a game, but that he really liked Addison, and when he sees something he likes he has to go after it.

Jeff then asks Derek and Finn what happened with them. Particularly addressing Derek, he asks why he didn't include Finn in the challenge. Derek smiles and says 'strategy', Finn just laughs ands says 'we just rub each other the wrong way that's all.'

This brings Jeff to the subject of Meredith and her betrayal of Izzie. They show a short series of clips illustrating how it came about and ending with the shot of Meredith retching in the bushes having just lied to Izzie's face. Jeff asks Izzie where things stand between them now. Izzie says that after watching the show she came to a better understanding of where Meredith stood, and she realized that she would have done the exact same thing in that situation. Everything is fine between them now and they are back to being good friends again.

Jeff goes to an ad break saying that when they return they will talk about those who left the island first and in particular the status of Denny Duquette.

Jeff explains this next part of the reunion is to take a chance to catch up with those survivors who left the show early.

Jeff asks the Chief how it felt being voted off first. He says that he kind of expected it, considering he was the oldest on his tribe by far. He is then asked what his life has been like since his 3 days on the island. He says that it has been pretty uneventful. He's gone back to his old job and apart form a few people coming up to him on the street saying 'You're the guy from Survivor', nothing has changed that much.

Next, Jeff asks Olivia how her life has changed. She said that even though she had less then a week on the island, her time has brought her many opportunities. She been speaking in front of groups about eating disorders, something very close to her heart, and she says that she has also been doing a lot of charity work.

Sydney pipes in next saying that despite her trying to get into the show business she hasn't had any offers yet, but she won't give up! Jeff says while we are on the subject of show business he feels that he should show everyone a picture... (He holds up a Calvin Klein underwear ad featuring Mark) The audience whistles with appreciation, while Addison adds

'See, he is a man whore!' Mark just smile and shrugs.

Jeff then addresses Denny, asking him how he is doing. Denny explains that he isn't doing to well... He is in need of a new heart and that it took a lot of convincing of the doctors to get him to show tonight. He goes on to say that being on Survivor was a life long dream of his, and that he wouldn't have done anything differently. He says that he is so thankful to the other producers of the show, the other survivors and the general public for all their kind thoughts and prayers.

Jeff wishes Denny all the best and he then informs the audience of how they can become an organ donor to help save somebody else's life...

After the ad break Jeff shows the clip of the show where the relatives came to visit. He mentions that there was much speculation among the survivors about why Meredith did not have anyone show up. He asks Meredith why she chose not to tell anyone about her mother.

'She asked me not to' Meredith says. 'When she got sick she asked me not to tell anyone about it. So it had become a habit and it wasn't something that I wanted to bring into the game anyway.'

Jeff points out that she did in fact end up telling a few people and asks why she chose those few to tell. Meredith says that often it's easier to tell people up straight than to put up with questions and comments that she could otherwise avoid. Besides she told Derek and Cristina mainly because they were in her alliance and she felt it was important to explain to them why she had no family, but also because of the comfort that they gave her on the island. And she told George because he had invited her on the reward and allowed him to share his family with her, he deserved to be told.

Jeff asks why she chose to reveal it at the final tribal council. He asks if it was strategy. Meredith looks quite shocked at this question and says 'of course not. I was asked what I was going to do with the money, so I told them.'

Jeff asks how her mother is doing and if the money could have helped improve her situation. Meredith says that her mother died recently of heart complications, but that she still plans to do as much work to help improve the lives of Alzheimer's patients as she can. She says the money would have been a big help, but that there are many other ways to raise money. Jeff wishes her luck and says they are all sorry for her loss. Cristina interrupts at this point and says that she has decided to donate 200 000 dollars to Alzheimer's research in Meredith's name.

'Seriously?' Meredith says.

'Seriously.' Cristina replies. 'But don't think we're going to hug now or anything.'

Jeff says that this brings the show to a close as they have run out of time. He thanks all the survivors for coming and once again congratulates Cristina the sole survivor!

The end.