Confessional

A confessional is a directing tool used to tell the story of Survivor. In a confessional, one player narrates a situation, explains their perspective, or gives secret insight to their own gameplay that only the audience can see. Initially defined only as the contestants' speeches when they cast their votes at Tribal Council, it has expanded over to their day-to-day journal of events in the game and final words following their elimination.

Confessionals are a useful tool when determining who is to win each respective season, as it is meticulously decided which individuals insight will be given to the reader, and whether this insight is positive or negative towards their chances at becoming the Sole Survivor.

Trivia

 * Tia was the first contestant to receive a confessional in this Survivor series. This was done in order to mirror Rudy being the first to receive a confessional in Survivor (US), as both he and Tia finished in third place.
 * David of Survivor: Africa and Alia of Survivor: The Australian Outback currently hold the record for the highest number of confessionals received in a single season, with 56 confessionals each across thirteen episodes. However, David is considered to be ranked first on confessional count, as he spent less time in the game than Alia, and therefore accumulated more confessionals in less time than she did.
 * Teddy of Survivor: Borneo, Neasa of Survivor: The Amazon and Jamal of Survivor: Pearl Islands are currently the only Sole Survivors to also be the highest confessional receiver in that respective season. Of the three, Neasa received the most confessionals with a total of 55.
 * Alternatively, Daisy of Survivor: Marquesas currently holds the record for fewest confessionals received by a Sole Survivor, with a total of 34.
 * Survivor: Africa currently has the most confessionals with a total of 418 (averaging 26.12 confessionals per contestant). Meanwhile, Survivor: The Australian Outback has the fewest confessionals with a total of 342 (averaging 21.37 confessionals per contestant).
 * The longest stretch of 0 confessionals is currently held by Ola of Survivor: Borneo, who didn't receive a confessional for the first three episodes of the season. Ironically, she would receive seven confessionals over the next two episodes before being voted out, bringing her average to 1.4 per episode.
 * The only contestants to receive an average confessional count lower than 1 per episode are Julia and Mandy of Survivor: Borneo and Georgia of Survivor: The Australian Outback. Julia and Georgia have the worst average at 0.66 per episode.
 * The most confessionals received in a single episode is 10, received by Ceri in the fifth episode of Survivor: The Amazon.
 * The episode with the highest confessional count is currently the premiere of Survivor: The Amazon, with a total of 51 confessionals.