After 11 seasons of Survivor, you’d think the players would understand the rules.

Never completely trust anyone. Never brag about winning food. And, under no circumstances, never fall asleep when everybody else is awake.

But J.P. Calderon, who admits he was never a huge Survivor fan before being cast on the 12th season, apparently didn’t get the memo. So, after competing in a physically tiring challenge, he decided to take a cat nap.

The next thing he knew, his alliance had switched sides and his torch (which represents life on the island) was being extinguished.

“That was the costliest nap I’ve ever had in my life. That’s when they did it,” says Calderon, who lost his shot at the US$1 million grand prize despite being one of the strongest players.

“I don’t know why they did it — I kind of question the group.”

Before his little snooze, the plan was to vote off Raro tribemate Stephannie Favor, who admitted she was the team’s weakest link. But the woman, including Calderon’s closest friend Cristina Coria, had a different plan.

“I knew I was done because I saw Cristina go up (to vote) and her elbow moved really fast and then she folded the paper. I thought, ‘That’s a really fast way to write Stephannie. Oh my God, something’s going on.’”

On last week’s episode, viewers were led to believe Calderon was targeted because he had become bossy. But he says that was all in the editing.

“I didn’t like how they just showed me as being bossy because they kind of made me look like some kind of villain. They didn’t show me working, they never showed me smiling in any episode or telling jokes and being goofy,” he says.

“They made me a very intense character, but I really, in no way, ever thought I was bossy.”

Calderon, a volleyball coach from California, says he’ll be looking for answers from his tribe during the reunion show.

Viewers, however, will probably be looking for something else — a spark between the handsome 31-year-old and his former tribemate Cecilia Mansilla.

“We were having a very enjoyable time on the island,” he admits, but stops short of giving any real dirt.

“She’s a great girl.”

While Calderon won’t talk about what happened between he and Mansilla, who was voted off two weeks ago, he does think its odd both of them got the boot just one week apart.

But, he adds, that’s not proof there is a “Billy curse,” — a karma-driven plot to get rid of the former Hispanic tribe members because they threw a challenge in order to vote off one of their own.

“I think people need to understand that we didn’t vote off Billy (Garcia) just because he was lazy. Billy made an alliance with all four of us,” says Calderon.

“He boasted he’d seen every episode of Survivor and then he started not working. I started to think he was playing us. I don’t like Billy the player, I’m sure Billy the guy is nice, but it was all about trust, trust, trust.”

And as far as karma punishing them for teaming-up against Garcia, Calderon says fans will have to make up their own minds.

“I don’t know — there’s still Cristina and Ozzy (Oscar Lusth) out there,” he laughs.

Survivor: Cook Islands airs tonight on Global and CBS at 9 p.m.