Bhanu Gopal (‘Survivor 46’ exit interview): ‘I hope my story reaches out to the audience’

On Wednesday’s fourth episode of “Survivor 46,” the Yanu tribe rebounded after being saved from another Tribal Council last week by winning the reward challenge and gaining new confidence. But after yet another Immunity Challenge loss and Bhanu Gopal‘s admission at how much information he gave away on his previous journey, they found themselves forced with no other decision than to send their “liability” home. Read on for Bhanu’s “Survivor 46” exit interview from the end of the episode.

Since the very first TC for Yanu, Kenzie Petty, Q Burdette and Tiffany Nicole Ervin have been concerned about how far they can take Bhanu in the game if he’s going to be as openly honest about tribal dynamics as he was that night. When he started this week off by admitting that he told Ben Katzman and Liz Wilcox on their journey that “Kenzie is the mastermind” and Q and Tiffany are a strong duo, they knew that he had put their future games at risk and that he was too much of a liability to keep around.

When the tribe met with Jeff Probst at TC, the Yanu tribe was open about the fact that they told Bhanu they’re voting him and why. Without a vote of his own to cast or a chance to play the Shot in the Dark, Jeff took that as acknowledgment that Bhanu would be leaving and no vote was needed. Still, he gave Bhanu the platform to share his story. Bhanu explained that he grew up in poverty in India in conditions similar to how they were in the game, but his family survived because they were honest and helped each other. He became the first to graduate high school, earn a graduate degree and move to the United States. He said he came to the show in order to inspire “all the Bhanus out there” that they can “move mountains” just as he did.

“I’m a super fan of ‘Survivor’ and I came here to just be an honest person and that’s where the game caught me,” Bhanu said after his torch was snuffed. “I hope my story reaches out to the audience and all the Bhanus out there have faith. Don’t ever give up on anything in life. I came from poverty and here I am, sitting on ‘Survivor.’ Namaste.”

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