Captivating survivor headline: ‘Survivor: Nicaragua': Winner Fabio reveals the secret to his success

His savvy social game combined with strength in immunity competitions propelled him over Chase and Sash, making the 21-year-old the youngest Survivor winner ever. We spoke this morning with a still clearly elated Fabio, even if he was working on only 25 minutes of sleep. What’s the youngest victor in 21 seasons of the show going to do with his winnings? Facebook Twitter E-mail After a season that pitted old against young, Survivor: Nicaragua ended with a rather youthful final three. But the 21st champion of the franchise was the youngest of all time. And after keeping his mouth shut and doing nothing for 37 days, Dan became quite loud and bitter -– voting for Chase out of nowhere just to say he hates him, calling Holly a crook who should have her hands chopped off, and much more to come. I would rather it be super close. … My full recap can be seen here , along with news about a big twist for season 22. Then, after the Rites of Passage (wherein “friendly” NaOnka said she always had a smile on her face?), the final four had to point and hold a sword downward and stack uneven coins on top.

Decided to get it cut Friday. “Once you’re famous, people want to talk to you,” he told PEOPLE. And make sure to check back tomorrow for my interview with the winner. My armpits were going crazy. Co-anchor Jeff Glor said, “Fabio, you kind of came in as the jokester some people said, the dumb blond, didn’t necessarily strategize as much, the nice guy, the innocent guy. It must be said that Fabio got the most reactions out of the live finale crowd, and everyone cheered when Chase and Sash dropped. I don’t want be like, ‘Oh, expletive, I’m famous now.’ I want to be like, ‘Oh, dude, I’m famous now!

People wondered whether that would work in the end. And it grows back, so no big deal. From color wheels, to human creative powers, to the government, to 55 percent or something. “It’s awesome,” Fabio said of the reaction of fellow contestants, his family and the live audience at the finale. Every day, I basically said, ‘It is working,’ you know. All he had to do was sit and try not to laugh that hard when Sash told him he was his best friend.

Were you just having an out of body experience right there? Play our celebrity hair game now! “I knew at some point the cat was going to get out of the bag that I’m not that dumb,” he says. I’m thinking about the future and globalization — basically communication of the mass media and world art culture. It will fill me up with enough inspiration for a while. So I would say that winning Survivor is definitely the hardest thing I’ve ever done and the most rewarding.

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