Although there have been many jaw-dropping moments in Survivor history, from Colby stepping aside to let Tina win in the Australian Outback to James being voted out of China with two immunity idols in his possession, Erik's recent cast-off from Survivor Micronesia will definitely go down in Survivor history after he gave away his immunity necklace only to be voted off the show the very next moment. It's the reality stuff Survivor fans have only dreamed about seeing.

A day after Erik's blunder, we caught up to the ex-Survivor fan to find out what led him to give up immunity, what he learned from his Micronesia experience, and what advice he'd give to future Survivor applicants.

THE DEADBOLT: What did you learn about yourself throughout this whole experience?

ERIK REICHENBACH: Well, I definitely learned that I need to stand up for myself. I need to be more aggressive because I played a pretty passive game. I kind of hid behind Joel for the first part of the game and then I hid behind Ozzy after that, and then after that I just kind of floated along without an alliance or anything. I should have just stood up and said I have the power now I should go for this. I mean, I had all of the power in my hand and I just blew it because I was playing a very passive, under-the-radar game when I needed to step up. I think that’s what I learned the most, you just have to go for it.

THE DEADBOLT: I thought you were on the right track when Natalie came to you with the deal. What made you eventually give up the immunity necklace?

ERIK: They did talk to me about - first of all, Cirie gave her word, "I swear on god," or something along the lines like that. Up to that point, I had not physically seen Cirie lie. I had seen her keep her word to Jason when I thought for sure that Jason was going to go home, I thought Cirie was pretty trustworthy, which I think is ridiculous now after watching the show. On top of that, they mentioned that it would help make up for the blunder that I made when I didn’t send Natalie to Exile [and that] it would be a nice gesture seen by the jury. In my eyes it made sense for Cirie and Natalie to come with me, because Parvati and Amanda were very close. They said multiple times they would never vote for each other. So those two aren’t broken up and that’s a big threat. I thought it made sense for Cirie and Natalie to come with me and get out those two rather than have to deal with them when it came down to all of the women.

THE DEADBOLT: What was your fondest memory from Micronesia?

ERIK: My fondest memory was probably Yap. Yap was amazing, it was the greatest time ever. It was like a party on an island with a bunch of natives and they embraced me. They were like, "Hey yeah, come on in, drink our beer, eat our food, have a great time."

THE DEADBOLT: You got sick while you were there, didn’t you?

ERIK: [laughs] Yeah, I got a little sick there because of the beetle nut, but that was a really fun time, it was so cool. This island is in the middle of nowhere, you look out at the horizon and it’s all water and you’re just like, "We’re having a great time out here and we’re in the middle of nowhere. We don’t have any technology or anything." It was very cool.

THE DEADBOLT: What type of advice would you give to people applying to be on Survivor?

ERIK: I would say just be yourself and show them who you are. I mean, you don’t want to tell them - you don’t want to be like, "I’m good at... I’m a very adventurous person." You need to show them you’re an adventurous person. You need to show them that you’re a person who is worthy of being on camera and you’re a person that’s going to be aggressive, competitive. I mean, whatever you do well at, show them you doing well, show them you can do it well. That’s all I can say. That’s what they’re looking for. They’re looking for people who are interesting.