Jessica Johnston became the seventh castaway sent home in “Survivor: Heroes vs. Healers vs. Hustlers” when the 29-year-old nurse practitioner from Louisville, Kentucky, found herself blindsided at Tribal Council.

It was at the moment that Jeff Probst snuffed her torch that the look of recognition could be seen on her face as she realized her showmance with Cole — to say nothing of her idol paranoia — had played a big part in why she was voted off.

ET Canada caught up with Jessica to discuss her exit from “Survivor” and why, in hindsight, she wound up being sent home.

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How much scrambling was there after that immunity challenge?

“Totally chaotic. After we got back and settled in, everything built and the sign done, everyone just scrambled, you know. I was trying to hunt down Joe, Joe was touching base with all the Healers, Ben was talking to everyone about trying to get Cole out, everyone was just trying to reach out to their old alliances to see if there was any trust and loyalty still there.”

What was the actual plan with you and your alliance going into your final Tribal Council?

“The plan was to place the vote on Chrissy.”

And what would you say your own downfall was?

“I mean, I really hate to admit this, but ultimately my downfall was Cole. I hate to admit that so bad! You know, even though I believe I was in control of the relationship, when push came to shove I had been completely consumed by saving him. So it went way beyond, ‘Oh yeah, I have all these feelings for Cole, I want to play with him.’ It turned into me trying to save him. The day of the merge, I spent my whole day convincing Ben that we should not put the vote on Cole. And then I spent the rest of the day with Joe, convincing Joe that Cole and I were still with him as an alliance, where if I had not been so consumed with damage control with Cole and Joe, maybe I would have seen that Lauren had been treating me differently, and I could have maybe picked up that my head was on the chopping block.”

So during the merge feast and afterwards, how much clue-searching was there?

“I remember at the feast looking around, but I was not chaotic about it. And I remember at the merge really not being crazy about looking for the idol. In hindsight I should have been.”

What do you think Joe’s strategy was with showing off his idol and then playing it himself?

“I would love to say that that was strategic, but Joe is a character, and he’s playing who he is. He’s chaotic, he’s a gamer, he loves a platform. So I think in that moment he was playing off emotions and not strategy. I think that if he were playing by strategy he wouldn’t have flung the necklace around his neck, he would have just played it for himself when the time came. So, I don’t think it was strategy, I think it was emotion and wanting to show everyone, ‘Hey, look, I got this, what’s up now? Deuces.'”

What’s your fondest memory of being out there?

“My fondest memory was [being with] the original Healer tribe. We had so many great moments. And we never lost, so it was really like being on vacation with a bunch of friends. So that whole time with the original Healers, definitely the best moment.”

What’s it been like watching the episodes and watching your game?

“It’s been really interesting. I think that we all really crave and want to see our game being played out. It’s been fun to see what’s been shown. For myself, I love my edit, I think it’s been great. I do wish that my strategy had been shown a little bit more. I get it — we kept winning, so there’s that. But it’s obviously really exciting to see what other people have said about you, and it’s really neat to see your alliance kind of pull through for you.”

Do you still feel crushed by the game?

“Oh yeah, watching it last night, yes. The emotions come back, the anxiety I felt at Tribal was real. It’s kind of easier to swallow because so many other people went before me, so you kind of think about that and you’re like, ‘OK, Jessica, everyone goes through this girlfriend, it’s OK. Maybe you’ll have a second chance.'”

So would you play again?

“One hundred per cent. I would do anything to play again. I feel like I have so much game left.”

“Survivor” airs Wednesdays at 8 p.m. ET/PT on Global.