The ousted player also reveals he and Venus had a secret safe word.
Tevin Davis was the first voice we heard onSurvivor 46.
But he will not be the last.
Tevin Davis on ‘Survivor 46’.Robert Voets/CBS
How does Tevin feel about his undoing?
Was there more to his vote-off than we saw on TV?
Does he think Q was really trying to quit?
Tevin Davis on ‘Survivor 46’.Robert Voets/CBS
And did he ever come clean to Soda at Ponderosa?
We askedSurvivor 46s second jury member all that and more.
TEVIN DAVIS:Your fault, Dalton.
Tevin Davis and Randen Montalvo on ‘Survivor 46’.Robert Voets/CBS
It is your fault.
So thank you for that.
How shocked were you when you saw your name coming up at Tribal Council?
Tevin Davis on ‘Survivor 46’.Robert Voets/CBS
I was shocked, but I had a feeling that day that something was wrong.
And I actually had gone to Liz that day and said, Liz, something isn’t right.
It could easily be me tonight.
Soda Thompson, Hunter McKnight, Tevin Davis, Liz Wilcox, Randen Montalvo, and Venus Vafa on ‘Survivor 46’.Robert Voets/CBS
I feel something is off.
She was like, No, you’re fine.
But I felt like something was off.
Tevin Davis of ‘Survivor 46’.Robert Voets/CBS
And I did feel like there was no way.
I don’t even know what’s happening anymore.
So it was a big shock.
Charlie Davis and Tevin Davis on ‘Survivor 46’.Robert Voets/CBS
You were his ride-or-die.
Yeah, I was a little shocked that that had happened.
And during the Tribal, I kept looking back [at him] like, What’s happening?
I knew that something was happening, but I wasn’t sure.
And then whatever Q was referring to, I was like: “What is he talking about?”
I wasn’t in on whatever the thing is he was talking about and maybe they knew.
I was looking around and I was shocked that he didn’t let me know.
I’m not exactly sure why, but that was shocking to know that information.
And how life-changing it would’ve been to win with what I was playing for.
It was, but they got me.
You know what I’m saying?
That’s the game.
They outwitted, outplayed, and they outlasted me.
So I wasn’t harboring any ill feelings to anybody over there.
Y’all did the thing.
That’s what I came here to play.
What was the experience like watching it all play back on TV last night?
Anytime I watch anything on the show, I don’t actually remember ever saying any of that stuff.
And I’m like, I can’t believe I just said I’m out here for money!
So watching it back was kind of like, wow!
Some stuff I remembered, some stuff I didn’t.
The thing about the game is that watchingSurvivorand playingSurvivorare two different sports.
And so that’s why a lot of decisions were made.
As viewers, we can only judge on what we see and what they show us.
There is a lot more, actually.
One of the things to understand is I wasn’t trying to take any credit.
So I did not say No at Tribal after Venus had said that was taking credit for Soda.
What I did was swallow.
So I was very much like, I can’t believe this is happening.
But I did not say No.
And I wasn’t trying to run around and make everyone know that I took credit.
I told Liz, but I was working with Liz at the time.
I wasn’t flagrantly running around telling everyone that I was the person for Soda’s vote.
Why take out Soda at that point?
Or Why did you go after Soda?
She was your ally.
Why would you go after her?
Why wouldn’t you get Charlie?
He was right there?
There were so many other things happening in the game that you didn’t see.
And I was like, I don’t know.
Jelinsky knew what the color was.
I don’t have any money, I have nothing, but what Icanoffer you is an alliance.
So if you and I can make it to merge, we can work something out later.
That’s going to ruin the trust that I’ve been trying to build with her since day two.
And I thought about it and I was like, “Oh, that’s so great.
I can vote Venus.
I know what to do.”
Why did you and Venus chafe so much around each other?
It seemed to happen pretty quickly and never got better.
I actually was very excited to meet Venus when I first got to the beach.
And it was quite immediate that our energies didn’t align.
And I set very clear boundaries for myself.
That’s not what I’m doing to you at all.
And I’m like, There’s intention versus impact.
And this was quite early.
I was trying to explain why she might’ve been on the bottom.
And she would never let me fully explain my perspective on things.
So it got a little tense.
I said, Let’s go a little bit further and go sit down and start this conversation over.
So we sat down, we talked for a lot more.
That’s also in the scene, but it’s only kind of through her lens.
We talked for what I perceived to be about an hour.
So we understand each other very clearly and we can respect each other going forward.
I told her, I’m making you feel like a social pariah.
I’m ignoring you.
I’m not listening to you.
Your voice is not being heard.
Now, Venus, what’s my problem?
And I was like, Okay, this isn’t going to work.
How about we make a safe word?
How about the word be sunflower?
You and I can run this game from top to bottom and nobody would ever know it was us.
Do you want to be in an alliance with me?
She said yes, and we agreed.
I said, Now when we go back to camp, let’s keep it cute.
Let’s just pretend like we are still on opposite ends of the spectrum.
And honestly, every person on Nami tried to be very nice.
They didn’t show how much Soda was bending backwards for Venus.
They didn’t show Liz being extraordinarily nice.
They didn’t show Randen going out of his way well, they did show it a little bit.
I’m going out of my way, Hunters going out of his way.
And we really listened to her, but it didn’t work out.
So I want to get your perspective on what was going on with Q at that Tribal Council.
What do you make of him saying he wanted everyone to vote him out?
Was he trying to quit?
Because we’ve seen other instances where he has seemed to flirt with the idea of tapping out.
This is where it gets confusing because.
again, watchingSurvivorand playingSurvivorare two different things.
That was all part of the plan.
So I don’t know what to believe anymore.
I’m not going to coddle you to stay.
If you want to go, it’s possible for you to go.
But then what is his rationale for why he did that?
I can’t comprehend it.
So what did you tell Soda about your role in her vote out when you got to Ponderosa?
Oh, I told her.
I told her that it was me that was doing it and that I absolutely did it.
How did she react?
I think Soda respects game.
We saw that in the episode and how she was like, Venus, you got me.
So she respected game and that was kind of it.
I didn’t view Soda as my ally.
Hunter was my number one.
They didn’t show how close Soda and Venus were, but they were absolutely joined at the hip.
They would argue and fight.
Theyd come back together.
I mean, it was crazy to watch.
Either way, that leaves me at a disadvantage.
Either way, I couldn’t trust her because of those things.
So I think she respected it.
Maria and I didn’t know that we had extra votes until the basketball challenge.
And she said, I picked you.
Did you have it?
And I said yes.
You didn’t get to see that, which was another reason why I didn’t go after Charlie.
And then [voting for] Soda was even more of a like, Let’s do that!
I thought I saw you looking for an advantage or something under the bench at one point.
So I was like, maybe that’s why he sat out.
Oh, once I got there, I was like, “Maybe something’s under here!”
