Lindsay Dolashewich was not just a fighter, she wastheFighter.
And that was why she had to go.
her time on the tribe came to end.
Lindsay Dolashewich on ‘Survivor 42’.Robert Voets/CBS
Which is why the others sent her to the jury.
How does Lindsay think she would have done had she made it to the end?
Why did she change her vote from Mike to Maryanne to win?
Lindsay Dolashewich on ‘Survivor 42’.Robert Voets/CBS
And what was up with her roller-coaster relationship with Jonathan?
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Why did you vote for Maryanne as the winner?
LINDSAY DOLASHEWICH:It really came down to debating between Maryanne or Mike.
Lindsay Dolashewich on ‘Survivor 42’.Robert Voets/CBS
It was more of his own personal feelings and emotion driving him.
Maryanne was definitely a hidden driver in that whole game.
You walked in there thinking you were probably going to vote for Mike, right?
Yeah, and I wasn’t really the only one.
We just had a lot of question marks.
We needed a lot more answers.
We probably should wrap this up."
And they’re like, “No, not really.”
I’m like, “Jeff, we’re really not ready yet.
You’ve got to wait, we have more questions to ask.”
He was like, “Oh, okay.”
And we’re like, “Whoa, no way.”
Ispoke to Mikeand he said yours was the vote he was very surprised he didn’t get.
I guess he thought you guys had the Jersey connection and had a close personal connection.
Do you think he was a little upset about that?
I mean, it makes sense if he was upset about that.
How many times have you replayed that final five challenge puzzle in your mind over the past 11 months?
Halfway through the puzzle, I realized that it was double sided, which was silly.
And as a puzzle person, you do the outsides first.
And I had four outside pieces left and I’m like, “Why do none of these work?
There’s four options, none of them are working, this makes no sense.”
Then, halfway through, I’m like, “Ugh, it’s double sided!
Being in Ponderosa and on the jury was so fun.
Is there anyone that beats you in the final three?
Personally, I think no.
Do you buy that?
No, I didn’t buy his idol.
I don’t think anyone bought his idol.
Therefore, I didn’t think that Romeo would be even a contender to be voted out for five.
He was already set.
To put it in a quick sentence, Jonathan’s a misogynist.
Or at least it felt that way on the island.
I’m not someone who’s going to be talked to that way in real life.
In my mind, that was very infuriating internally for me.
So I figure, “How else can I do this?
The edit made it seem like at first you guys were close and then started to drift apart.
Is that the case?
I would say up [until] day five we were close.
Maybe it’s just because I’m a very outspoken person.
He’s very alpha.
Maybe it’s because I’m kind of alpha too.”
So no, that was under my skin for a while.
I noticed that I couldn’t tell Jonathan a strategy, Omar had to do it.
So when Omar would pitch it, Jonathan would listen.
If I pitched it, [it] would get neglected.
At what point did you start to regret your decision to play in that?
It was such a regret.
It was so stupid.
I’m going to win today.
I don’t care what the challenge is.
I’m winning.”
So when I walked in, I already had that mindset I was going to win.
So who cares?"
Not realizing I should [have been] assessing everybody.
Realizing Drea was probably the one person who might have played.
My competitiveness probably still would’ve been there anyway.
But strategically, still a bad idea, so I regretted it.
The only thing that kept me sane was that I was safe.
So that’s the only thing that saved me.
The odds are the same.
The odds are always the same.
So from three to two, it’s now still 50/50.
So I understand the logistics behind it, but clearly that doesn’t always work every time.
There was so much stuff that wasn’t shown.
What was the feeling like when you had to bow out of season 41 due to having COVID?
Was that just a crushing defeat at the time?
Good call that you know that.
Yeah, crushing, literally, was the word that I used.
I was so excited to go.
I trained, I did everything.
I was watching 30 hours ofSurvivora week to re-watch every season before I left.
It is not over.
I’m not waiting another year.
And I was in L.A. on a Friday morning.
I’m happy I stuck to my guns and waited to get called.
Is it an experience you would do again?
I hope they call me.
I would love to play again.
This is in my blood.
I can’t help myself.
It’s a problem.
So kindly call me back.
