“Survivor 50″ has crowned its winner.
After welcoming back 24 fan-favorites for the CBS competition series, “Survivor: In the Hands of the Fans” finally named its champion during Wednesday’s momentous three-hour finale.
The finale, which ran from 8-11 p.m. ET, kicked off by seeing the final five immunity challenge end in a showdown, before host Jeff Probst revealed the outcomes of the remaining in-game fan votes and how they would impact the final stage of the competition. The final five players included Aubry Bracco (Season 32, Season 34, Season 38), Jonathan Young (Season 42), Tiffany Ervin (Season 46), Joe Hunter (Season 48) and Rizo Velovic (Season 49).
After Tiff was eliminated in fifth, Aubry won the right to choose which two players would be forced to make fire in order to attend Final Tribal Council. However, before Jonathan and Rizo faced off, Jeff accidentally announced Rizo as the final member of the jury in real-time cutting to commercial break in an instant-classic live TV gaffe.
Ultimately, the winner was revealed to be Aubry, taking home the $2 million prize and a brand new Toyota Land Cruiser. She won with eight votes, while Jonathan received three and Joe walked away with zero.
The other iconic castaways who returned for the live reunion were Jenna Lewis-Dougherty, Kyle Fraser, Savannah Louie, Q Burdette, Mike White, Angelina Keeley, Charlie Davis, Kamilla Karthigesu, Genevieve Mushaluk, Colby Donaldson, Dee Valladares, Chrissy Hofbeck, Benjamin “Coach” Wade, Christian Hubicki, Stephenie LaGrossa Kendrick, Emily Flippen, Ozzy Lusth, Rick Devens and Cirie Fields.
The finale also revealed that Kamilla and Charlie will cameo in “The White Lotus” Season 4, with Mike White sharing the news when he phoned into the live special from the set of the HBO drama. Jeff also allowed Rick to keep his MrBeast coin, Cirie received her own “Spirit of Survivor” award and Ozzy got a shirt.
Plus, Cirie was also crowned America’s favorite player, winning the $100,000 Sia Fan Favorite prize.
The milestone season boosted the series to its second streaming top 10 appearance ever, which saw “Survivor” tally 579 million minutes during the week of April 6, landing as the No. 7 most-streamed acquired series for the week.
“Survivor” will return for Season 51 this fall on CBS — apparently marking the start of the Open Era, where any twist from any past season could be in play — with Season 52 to follow.
