After the tribe swap Collins remained on Hunahpu with his allies Natalie Anderson and Julie McGee.
This resulted in Misch convincing Baylor Wilson, Missy Payne, Jaclyn Schultz and Reed Kelly to blindside Collins, which they successfully did.
At the Final Tribal Council, Collins made a speech advocating for Anderson, praising her as the best player of the season.
At the Final six tribal council, he played the other hidden immunity idol on himself, which saved him from elimination that night.
Collins honored his alliance with Bledsoe and voted with the majority to make Wentworth the final member of the jury.
At the Final Tribal Council, Collins was praised by Fishbach for his loyalty and playing with honor and integrity.
On December 16, 2015, at the live Reunion, it was announced that Collins won the game with all ten jury votes.
[1] Collins was the fourth winner in Survivor history to have received every possible jury vote, following Earl Cole, J.T.
At the final 10, he used his safety without power advantage (the last time he could use it) and left tribal council, which ended up being necessary, as he was targeted by Tony Vlachos's alliance.
As a juror, he voted for Anderson to win, but the latter lost to Tony, who became the second two-time winner in Survivor history.
In 2016, Collins appeared in a special episode of The Price Is Right which featured multiple former Survivor contestants competing on the show.