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...in Hollywood for the finale of Survivor 50.

The energy here is amazing.

Thanks to everybody for joining us.

To everybody that's having a Survivor watch party tonight.

Glad to have you with us.

I also want to welcome all of our new fans who discovered Survivor this season.

I know for a lot of you it's because you heard that Billy Eilish or Zac Brown or

Jimmy Fallon or Mr. Beast was going to be a part

of the fun this season and it piqued your interest.

So I want to thank those four celebrity superfans for helping to make this a

really fun and exciting season of Survivor.

Yeah, have a seat.

Wow, that was a lot of energy.

I like it.

This was a very unique season because we turned a lot of the decisions over to you,

the fans.

And that uncertainty kept the players off balance every day.

It was risky.

But when you have great players, you have great seasons.

And we had 24 amazing players.

Let's say hello to them.

Come on out, the players of Survivor 50.

There they are.

We've got the non-jury and the jury.

Everybody looking so good.

And of course we have the final five still in the running.

For winning this thing, going home with the $2 million.

Rizzo, Tim, Aubrey, Jonathan and Joe, that is it.

Mike White is shooting the White Lotus in France.

But we are going to check in with him a little later.

I just want to address the players and say that we asked a lot from you.

From the very first moments, I basically said we need everything.

We need all of it.

And each and every one of you gave us everything.

It's one of the best seasons we have ever done.

You've delighted the fans and we've had a blast making it with you.

All right, so our finale is packed.

So we're going to treat tonight as one big three-hour...

Wait a minute, let's get a shot of this.

Joe, we've got to show what's going on here.

Here's what's happening tonight.

There we go.

So we're going to check in with the players throughout the night.

And then we'll react to the big moments as they happen.

And in the end, we're going to crown a winner.

And we're going to award $2 million to one of these five right here.

The only thing left to do is get into it.

It's the Survivor 50 finale.

Roll it, Joe!

Welcome to Survivor 50.

This is season 50.

This is like the Super Bowl.

This season feels as epic as it looks.

You've got to dig!

It's do or die.

We're back, baby!

We're in for a roller coaster, and it ain't going to be easy.

Oh!

Call me.

Sorry!

And we call it a blood move.

You're not going to want to see this.

Yahtzee!

No way!

Please land on heads.

It is heads!

We just won you guys a million dollars!

Previously on Survivor... What is it?

It's an I-N-C-O-N.

Tiff thinks she has it, and she does!

Let's go!

Tiff got no help from anybody.

Let's go!

You were supposed to be the plan, but you messed up the plan by winning,

so I need them to get over me.

I can tell you who I think threats are.

Right.

Sarit.

Yeah, obviously.

This is kind of where the game gets hard.

This is our move.

Tonight is the night we strike.

Taking out Sarit is heartbreaking, but at the same time, I'm here to win this game.

Nineteenth person voted out, and the ninth member of our jury, Sarit.

And now, Sarit, you know what I'm about to say.

I know what I'm saying!

Why don't you say it?

Well, Jeff, I guess the tribe has spoken.

They have, Sarit.

All right, good luck, guys.

Love you, Sarit.

Good luck.

Congrats, everyone, on the final five.

Words can't describe what I pulled off today.

I, along with Joe, Jonathan, and Aubrey, were able to blindside Sarit.

I love Sarit.

But come on, she's one of the greatest players ever.

She almost flipped the script to get Aubrey out.

But in the end, I out-Sarit Sarit, guaranteeing my spot in the final five.

And now the final four, because I have my idol still in my pocket.

How do we hate him?

Let's ask.

We never hate him.

Do you want to talk?

No.

Tiffany got played, so she's really upset.

Be careful, be careful, be careful, be careful.

Be careful.

It kind of sucks, but personally, I feel like a million...

I feel like, sorry, I feel like two million bucks right now, but I need to

keep my eyes on the prize, and that's making

sure that Tiff doesn't make it to the end.

I know you don't want to talk to me, but if and when you want to talk,

I'm open to talking.

My name went down tonight, too, so... You should ask yourself why.

I know that if I didn't win today, I was the plan, and you was a part of it.

And don't sit up here and lie to my face and say you wasn't.

I wasn't part of it.

Okay, then, so don't ask why I wrote your name down,

and don't come over here giving me fake sympathy.

It's not fake sympathy.

It is.

It is, Aubree, it is.

Of course, when we come back from Tribal Council, the first thing snake-ass Aubree

wants to do is, oh, girl, I'm here if you want to talk.

F*** you.

I wrote your name down, and I don't feel bad,

because you was in on the plan to get me out.

If I didn't win today, I would have went home.

That's true.

All right, then.

Aubree, what do you want to talk about?

The fact that you was going to write my name down today if

I wasn't immune, or the fact that you lied to me all day?

Which one do you want to talk about?

I'm not doing the rigmarole no more.

We got three days.

I have fire in my veins right now, and I'm going to do whatever to stay in this game.

It's just hypocritical, and there's no reason to get, like, that mad,

to, like, be furious at us.

That, to me, just being honest, is immature.

Tiffany is bitter.

Tiffany is pissed.

And when you get emotional, you get blinded about what you need to do.

I used to do that.

I was naive the first time I played.

But now I know these people are here to chop my head off.

And so in this season, I'll do anything to win Survivor, because this is war.

Had we taken her up on you, you would be going home.

I know that.

Had we listened to her, you'd be home.

I know that.

From what I've heard today, Tiff is throwing out my name.

So why the hell am I the one getting all the heat?

I love when people get annoyed at you in

Survivor, and they're writing your name down.

In the blink of an eye, she would absolutely cut her head off.

I know.

I know that.

I will leave my door open to her, but it's not my job to make this all right for her.

I have to continue focusing on my game.

T-5!

Man, two more days.

Do you think it's fire?

I don't know.

I won in fire on my season, but it was very long.

Was yours fast?

Yes.

Yeah, but you've played 140 days of Survivor.

That doesn't mean I can start a fire better.

You've played three times as long as me.

I'm three times crazier than you.

This is the third time that I've made the final five of Survivor.

I think that says that I am doing something just a little bit right.

But I'm in a very precarious spot right now.

I'm the only multi-time returning player, and

people are starting to talk about how I'm a threat.

Let's go win a challenge.

Yes, yes, yes.

I'm gonna try my best.

I mean, gotta just get it.

Yeah.

Between me and you, worst case, if Tiff wins, Aubrey goes.

That's what I think.

You got my word.

Me, you, and Joe are getting there.

My game plan is to sit next to Joe and Rizzo at the final three.

If I sit next to Tiffany, I'll lose because she has a lot of friends on the other side.

Even if it's fire and not a vote at four, we can beat Aubrey.

And you and Joe can beat her at fire.

But Aubrey, she's like an underdog story for the century.

You have somebody that fought against everybody,

going back and forth to make it to the final three.

These are huge plot points to talk about at the end of the game.

Me, you, and Rizzo are locked, right?

Right.

And there's nothing changing about that.

I just would rather one of us wins.

So, what's the problem?

We've still got an option in Aubrey, right?

Our plan is to vote out either Aubrey or Tiffany, depending on who wins.

All right!

Well, we knew, with this group of players, that

every tribal council was going to be brutal.

Because we were going to lose somebody great.

But when this woman was voted out...

I think all our hearts sank a little bit.

Take that in, Serene.

Take that in.

All right, let's talk.

Serene, I mean, I don't really need to say anything else, but I'm going to.

How are you feeling right now?

I mean, that's a lot to walk out to.

I am so grateful and appreciative for the

outpouring of love that I've been receiving.

It is astronomical.

I can't even put it into words.

And I have not cried once here until this moment.

So, it should speak volumes to how you guys are affecting my heart right now.

And I just want to say thank you for 20 of the most amazing...

Mark, thank you for an opportunity to live 20 of the most amazing years of my life.

I didn't know what I had in me until I tried Survivor for the first time.

And every time I come back, I see more and more

and more of what I have, and I don't recognize it.

So, thank you guys for that.

I want to share a little something about Serene's gameplay.

This is the truth.

Our producers would come back from a day on the beach with you, and they would say,

it's intoxicating and impossible to describe how she does it.

But she moves the game to where she wants it, and nobody sees that she's done it.

And our producers would come back and say,

we're watching it going, how is she doing it?

Because she's not doing anything.

But the reason I brought you out here is beyond your gameplay.

Like you said, when you came out here 20 years

ago, I remember you saying, I'm afraid of leaves.

And now you embody everything that Survivor is about.

There has never been anyone like you, Serene.

You inspire all of us because we see ourselves in you.

I want to present you with something.

No, it's not a joke.

This is a one-time award.

We made this in the Survivor Art Department.

Let me read what it says.

It is the Spirit of Survivor Award, presented to Serene Fields.

And at the bottom...

At the bottom it says, for inspiring others to discover the fire that burns within.

And the idea with this, Serene, is that fire that was in you is so strong,

that fire that we all have can break through rock if we give it a chance.

You are inspiring us to give it a chance.

We love you, Serene.

Come on in.

Good morning.

Good morning, Jeff.

Good morning to you, Jeff.

Final five of Survivor 50.

Wow.

All right, shall we get to today's immunity challenge?

Yes, sir.

First things first, Tiff.

Gotta take it back.

All right.

Thank you.

Once again, immunity is back up for grabs.

For today's challenge, you're going to race to the top of a tall tower...

and use a Survivor fishing pole to retrieve a machete.

You'll then chop a rope, releasing a ramp.

You'll slide down it, crawl through a muddy net.

Once you're through, you'll collect sandbags, and

use them to knock over three targets containing keys.

You will use the keys to unlock and solve a Survivor ladder puzzle.

You'll climb up the ladder to the top and race to finish a Phoenix puzzle.

First player to finish wins the immunity necklace,

guaranteed a spot in the final four of Survivor 50.

Losers, Tribal Council, where somebody will be the 20th person voted out of this

season, become the 10th member of our jury.

Take a look at this challenge.

It is huge.

And you know what is just as big?

The stakes for each one of you right now.

All right, we're going to draw for spots.

Get it on.

Here we go.

Day 24.

All right, here we go for immunity and a guaranteed spot in the final four.

Survivors ready?

Go!

First you're going up that deck.

You can get up there with the rope, or you don't need the rope.

Nobody wanted the rope.

Now you're climbing up that ladder to a new

Survivor obstacle, the Survivor fishing pole.

You've got to use that pole to retrieve your machete.

Guaranteed spot at four on the line.

Stakes have never been bigger in Survivor 50.

Jonathan quickly has his machete, wasting no time.

Tiff right behind.

Tiff has her machete.

Joe's got his.

Rizzo has his.

Aubrey's going fishing, and she's got hers.

Now you've got to untie that machete and chop the rope to release your ramp.

There's Jonathan.

He's good.

Jonathan in the early lead in this final five challenge to get to four.

Tiff has hers.

That's how you do it, Tiff.

There goes Joe with one chop.

Aubrey's got her machete free.

She does it.

Rizzo has his.

Here comes Joe.

Here comes Tiff.

Jonathan through the mud.

Shake it.

You just need one bag with color.

Jonathan nearly shook the pole over.

Start tossing.

Jonathan is annihilating this challenge right now.

Joe in the mud.

Aubrey in the mud.

Rizzo in the mud.

Tiff in the mud.

Jonathan is literally two for two.

With his tosses, almost a perfect score.

Here comes Tiff.

She's got her sandbag.

Tiff just missed his.

Jonathan for that third.

You've got three targets, three keys.

There goes Joe looking for that colored sandbag, Joe.

Jonathan has his third.

He can get his keys.

Tiff has her first.

It is Jonathan in the lead right now.

Twist.

It's called a twisted net.

Let's go, Rizzo.

Jonathan takes almost all of the ladder rungs out at once.

And quickly, Jonathan finds the first piece.

It is like Jonathan built and designed this challenge himself.

He is destroying it.

There you go, Aubrey.

Let's go.

Aubrey's got her sandbag.

Joe's got it.

Get your keys, Joe.

Tiff trying to get that third target, and she's got it.

Tiff has her three keys.

You're going to build this ladder from the bottom to the top.

Joe takes all the ladder rungs out at once.

Here comes Tiff.

Jonathan with another ladder rung.

Is it right?

It is.

Aubrey with her third target.

She's got her three keys.

Rizzo's got his third key.

Everybody now working on the ladder.

But it is Jonathan in the lead with his last piece.

Jonathan going to get to that phoenix puzzle first.

Joe's up top working on the puzzle.

Here goes Tiff.

She's now going to be working on the puzzle too.

It's going to be Jonathan, Tiff, and Joe on the puzzle.

Tiff off to a fast start.

Rizzo's going to be up here on the puzzle.

Took him a little while.

Let's go, Aubrey!

I don't know what I'm doing.

Jonathan got here first, but that lead has evaporated.

It is anybody's challenge to win right now.

Tiff has made up some time.

Aubrey with her last ladder rung.

You're good, Aubrey.

Aubrey now up here to work on the puzzle.

Everybody on the puzzle now.

You know the image.

It's the phoenix that you are building.

Aubrey's on the puzzle and immediately sticks her first piece.

Aubrey with her second piece.

Jonathan with another piece.

It is Jonathan, Tiff, and Joe.

Then Aubrey, then Rizzo.

Joe with another piece.

Getting close to finishing the circle frame, which means all he has left is the guts.

Jonathan struggling.

That's what 24 days out here gets you.

Huh!

That is the problem with building the entire frame first.

There's no support for some of those pieces and they will drop.

Tiff slow and steady as always with another piece.

Tiff is building it from the bottom up.

You don't have to worry about the frame falling.

Joe holding his puzzle with one hand, trying to find a piece with another.

Not the approach he'd like to be taking right

now, but it's the approach he must take.

Meanwhile, Tiff does not have that issue.

Will that be the difference in this challenge?

Simply the way you approached it.

Joe with another piece.

Jonathan gets it in.

He's got another piece.

We are dead even.

Nine pieces left for Joe, Tiff, and Jonathan.

Make it eight for Tiff as she places another.

Jonathan with another piece.

But it's taking Jonathan a lot longer to get his pieces in there.

Tiff with another piece, down to seven.

Tiff is capitalizing on all the time it takes Joe and Jonathan to get one piece in.

She does not have that issue of stability.

And that is proving to be the difference right now.

Jonathan still working to get another piece in.

Taking him so much longer than Tiff.

Jonathan with another piece.

Is this right?

Can he get it in?

And he's got it.

Another piece for Jonathan.

This could come down to the wire and a couple of pieces at the end.

Tiff with another piece.

Jonathan with another piece.

It's going to be a race to the finish.

Tiff with another piece.

A spot in the final four on the line.

One of the closest finishes we have ever had in a puzzle.

Tiff with another piece.

Tiff is down to two.

Jonathan is down to two.

He's trying to get one piece in but it's taking a long time.

Tiff with another piece.

Tiff down to one piece now.

Jonathan is down to one piece.

Dab, dab, dab.

Jonathan thinks he has it.

And he does.

Wow.

Yes!

Yes!

Wow, what a finish!

Thank you, God.

Puzzle king.

Unbelievable!

That is as close as we have ever had a puzzle in Survivor.

Wow!

Jonathan, come on over.

For the second time this season, the unity is yours.

Oh... And you are guaranteed a spot in the final four.

You're not going home tonight.

As for the rest of you, tonight, the 20th person will

be voted out, become the 10th member of our jury.

Grab your stuff, head out.

See y'all tonight at Tribal Council.

I'm pissed, I'm angry, because I feel like I've worked so hard to get to this point.

To have it all unravel because of one stinking puzzle piece.

I know these people have been drooling at the mouth to get me out of this game,

and now I'm about to walk into Tribal Council at Final Five with no necklace

around my neck, and they're clear and free to take the shot.

I wish you could be here watching this with 1,200 people.

It is exhilarating.

Well, this season introduced us to a new kind of duo, a modern-day bromance.

Today's Laurel and Hardy, Christian Hubicki, Rick Devens.

It was so fun having you on this season.

And the friendship you developed, it seemed like instantly.

Walk me through the Tribal Council, because that was like a scene from Dumb and Dumber.

Did you two decide who had to do what role, or did you know?

Did you cast this Hubicki?

Obviously, I was the distraction.

He's the man of action.

He's Captain Kirk.

I'm Mr. Spock.

I gotta make sure everyone's looking elsewhere.

Yeah, so we practiced this.

You literally practiced the platform?

Well, I saved my knees, Jeff, so I kept it for the dress rehearsal.

Okay.

And, Devens, I think the one word that everybody sort of attributes to you is joy.

And we really saw it the whole season, the way you talked about your family and

your kids and why you were out there, and all of that was beautiful.

But the moment that really embodied it for me was that coin flip, because we didn't

know how people were going to react in terms of the

players, and you almost seemed to will that coin.

Did you feel it?

Dude, I wanted it so bad, and you saw it.

Like, I was crazy that night.

I was positive it was going to land.

I knew Jack and Juju were watching.

Becca said, play with the spirit of playfulness.

We don't care if you win any money.

And you said, give us everything.

So I was like, I'm born for this.

Well, I have... I have the coin.

This is the coin that you flipped, and it does seem, since you were the one

to be courageous enough to do it, you should be the keeper of the coin.

This is yours.

Thank you, Jeff.

Thank you.

And thanks to you and Mr. B, somebody's going

to be going home with $2 million tonight.

All right, the Survivor 50 finale continues after this.

Good job, everybody.

I can't tell you how excited I am that I won the final five immunity challenge,

which brings me to the final four.

Great job.

I thought I was going to go on her.

I'm still not a great puzzle guy, but I am good enough

to get to Phoenix and make him fly a little bit.

Right on my chest.

He loves it here.

Let's call it, Joe.

What challenge are we waiting on?

Me, you know.

Joe went tomorrow.

We're in the final three.

Bro, this is insane.

The plan is, I'm going to play my idol tonight to guarantee myself in the final

four, and Joe, Jonathan, Aubrey, and I will be voting for Tiff.

She is the biggest threat to my game at this

point, because the jury is eating Tiff's game up.

You have a great underdog story, along with three immunity wins,

possibly four if you make it to tomorrow.

To give myself and my family the best shot at two million, I can't sit next to you.

What can I say to convince you to let me stay one more day?

I'm going to be honest, probably nothing.

Then what's the point?

I know.

There's not really many chess pieces left on the board.

Shot in the dark is done at this point, so I can't even play that.

But I do believe I have the power of persuasion.

So, my plan is to just sell people on how good of a game Aubrey has played.

I don't think I will be able to move Rizzo.

But I do think I can possibly convince Joe that right now, in this moment,

Aubrey is a bigger threat.

Aubrey was robbed her season.

People, survivor fans, especially on the jury, they would love to give Aubrey two

million dollars to rectify the injustice she suffered on her season.

I know.

There's people over there that love Aubrey and have known her for years.

They don't give a damn about no newbies like me, Rizzo, even you.

I don't get it.

I know.

It sucks that in this game when people think you're the... you get voted out.

Aubrey has been playing a long time.

She is an old school player.

She has a lot of friends, actual friends on the jury.

On the other hand, Tiffany, she is a fierce competitor.

She could win her way into the final three, no doubt.

I only need one more person to vote if you're willing to vote Aubrey.

To me, it's a crapshoot.

I think they both could win.

So I'm just gonna go with my gut.

She was just trying to pitch.

That's all.

Pitch me?

No.

Yes.

No, yes.

What I meant by that was she's trying to switch us.

I know.

And just how good of a threat you are, but... I know.

Right now, Tiffany is scrambling.

But in Survivor, you have to figure out when to put your

foot on the gas and when to take your foot off the pedal.

So my strategy right now is to stay calm.

I'm mature enough of a Survivor player that I can be honored that I'm a threat.

But oh my gosh, it's not what I want to hear at the final five.

She's pitching you.

Just letting you know.

Maybe she pitches you something different.

It's Jonathan, Joe, and Rizzo.

So I'm confident that the work I've done all along to

solidify these relationships are gonna get me to the end.

Listen.

If for whatever reason, I'm still here tomorrow and I win...

I promise you, all my life, I will not put you in fire.

All my life, I will not put you in fire.

We don't even know if there is fire-making.

Because we don't know what the fans voted for.

But the truth is, last time I played in Survivor Season

42, Mike beat me at fire-making and I went home fourth.

Mike's flame is really starting to burn.

It is killing it.

There it is!

It's over.

And that always has haunted me.

So, Tiffany's buffer is huge.

Rizzo told me earlier that he feels like I have an underdog story.

But my underdog story is nothing compared to Aubree's.

We would be foolish not to realize that that's the real threat here.

And if she gets anywhere past here and none of us can realize that...

Yo, we're cooked.

All of us.

I think Aubree and Tiffany is a close battle on who needs to go next.

Because Aubree is like the perfect underdog.

Tiffany is the sweetheart of this season when she's winning all these immunities.

So, it's like difficult to decide who to vote for.

You are giving this bench.

Yeah.

She's got good points.

I know.

Tonight's going to come down to me and Joe.

This is not an easy decision.

It could cost $2 million.

The weight of that is heavy.

Well, as I mentioned earlier, Mike White couldn't be with us in person tonight...

because he's filming the White Lotus 4 in the south of France.

But he's agreed to stay up very late with us.

Mike, thanks for being with us.

I'm so bummed I couldn't be there in person.

But, glad to be here.

I gotta ask, with all the success of the White Lotus...

you moved your shooting schedule for a season to come play Survivor 50.

What is it about this show that drew you back?

I mean, Survivor has given me so much, both personally and as a viewer...

when I was a contestant.

And, you know, it's such a cultural milestone.

50 seasons?

Are you kidding?

I wouldn't miss it.

There's no way you could have kept me from coming back.

Alright, tell me if this is true.

Because the way it works on our show, you went to the end.

The first time you played, you didn't experience what happens if you get voted out.

But now you get voted out and you have this time on your hands...

because we ask you to not go back so the people don't know you're out of the game.

Is it true you immediately started working on White Lotus while you were still...

after you'd just gotten voted out?

Yeah.

I mean, of course I was bummed.

It took a day to, like, you know, nurse my wounds.

But then after that, I, like, got to work.

So nobody knew where I was.

I didn't have a phone.

So just being able to write White Lotus Season 4 was like a gift in and of itself.

So, thank you.

Well, that's great.

We're excited for it.

I got to ask, though, you've had Survivor cameos in White Lotus.

Are there any going to be in 4?

And if so, do you want to reveal and drop that news now?

Sure, I might as well.

I mean, everybody's invited, but there are going to be

two contestants that were flying out to be in the show.

And they are... Charlie and Camilla.

Charlie and Camilla!

That's cool.

Well, I got a huge response.

Awesome.

Mike, thank you for staying up late.

I know you're literally in the middle of shooting

a scene, probably, and you've ducked into a tent.

Yeah.

All right.

We love you, dude.

We loved having you on the show.

Have a great time.

Love you guys.

Sorry I didn't get to be there.

Mike White from France.

We'll be right back after a special look at the new Paramount Plus original series,

Dutton Ranch.

We'll now bring in the members of our jury.

All right.

So, let's review what happened this afternoon.

The single closest Final Five challenge in the history of survival.

Tiff, one piece separated you and Jonathan.

Literally could not have been any closer.

When it ended, Jonathan had a big celebration, and you were frustrated.

Yes.

Um, that was a very honest moment for me.

You know, I've experienced the seven stages of

grief more today than I have this entire game.

You know, I might be going home tonight.

So, really, I'm just here to get a couple things off my chest, Jeff.

Okay.

You know, there was a lot of conversations.

Oh, you're just such a big threat, and I don't think I can win sitting next

to you, and I hope you think this is a compliment.

Like, that made me so angry inside I wanted to explode.

But I literally had to hold it in, because I'm like, that

is the most asinine thing I've ever heard in my life.

Meant to be a compliment or not, I don't care.

That's stupid.

But it's not a disrespectful thing to her as a person.

It's not a shot at her.

It's like, in some ways, she's played better than any of us.

And it could be a compliment.

I know she doesn't take it that way, but it's true.

But myself and Joe have won the same amount of challenges.

That's the most frustrating part.

It's only scary when you lose to me.

When they lose to the boys, it's daps and hugs.

Like, why am I the biggest challenge threat?

I'm not the only person out here with three challenge wins.

So make that make sense.

I could hazard a guess.

They have an alliance with Joe, and they don't have an alliance with you.

And what I heard Jonathan saying was, it isn't personal that we don't like you,

Tiff.

It's personal that we don't want to lose to you.

And that is the game.

That's the counter-argument.

What would have made the real difference is if I felt like I got back to camp and I

was really considered and not trying to be managed.

That was the most frustrating part.

Rizzo, Tiff's making a passionate plea about what frustrates her.

The other side of this is that Survivor is the game of social politics.

It all comes out in the end when you have people

at the final three who have to answer to the jury.

For me, I want to give myself the best position to win the $2 million,

not only for myself but my family.

And unfortunately, the way that Survivor is built,

it's for you to succeed, you need others to fail.

Aubrey, what was your part in this this afternoon?

Because I'm guessing part of Tiff's case would be, why me?

Why not Aubrey?

Look at Aubrey's story.

Fourth time.

Everybody loves Aubrey.

I was having conversations with the entire tribe.

I have the whole time.

I've opened doors with all of these guys.

We've been discussing things as they go.

We've been discussing the future.

We've been discussing now.

We've been discussing things that have happened.

I've been working with them for the last few votes.

But I knew Tiff didn't want to talk game with me

today, so I expect to see my name down on parchment.

Tiff, pretty honest answer.

Yeah.

But, you know, in the words of my girl Aubrey that she said at the last Tribal

Council, I just think they're cutting the wires on the bomb in the wrong order.

They're cutting the wrong one tonight.

Jonathan.

It blows my mind that this has gotten to this level

because I have no hard feelings towards Tiffany.

And I wish she didn't towards any of us because it's not towards you as a person.

It's not.

It is what it is, Jeff.

At least I got it off my chest before I went out.

So it sounds like it is you.

It is.

Well, how is this story going to end, do you think?

Is this the story or is this just one of the

many flavors of your survivor experience?

I say this is just one of the many flavors, Jeff.

Right now my flavor is spicy.

We'll see how I'm feeling tomorrow when I'm on the jury.

All right then, it is time to vote.

Aubrey, you're up.

I'll go tally the votes.

If anybody has an advantage or an idol and you want

to play it, tonight is the last time you may do so.

Jeff... Damn.

No point in holding it.

Shout out my secret Santa.

This is for me.

This is a hidden immunity idol.

Any votes cast for Rizzo will not count.

I'll read the votes.

First vote... Aubrey.

Tiff, one vote Aubrey.

One vote Tiff.

Tiff, two votes Tiff.

One vote Aubrey.

20th person voted out and the 10th member of our jury.

Tiff, that's three, that's enough.

Need to bring me your torch.

Good game, Tiff.

It's been an honor.

Great having you back, Tiff.

Thank you.

It's great being back.

Tiff, the tribe has spoken.

Time for you to go.

Thanks.

Good night, Jeff.

Good night.

Grab the torch and set back to camp.

Good night.

I am extremely proud of the game I played.

I'm walking away from this with my head held high.

And amongst all these survivor giants and legends, I

was seen as one of the biggest threats on the beach.

It just lets me know that I guess I'm a survivor giant, too.

All

right, let's bring out Tiff.

She wanted to watch the end of her tribal council.

Standing ovation.

Take that in.

Just because we're live and we got to keep the show

going, I have one question that I hope this answered.

When we called you, we knew, we felt very confident

in what we were doing, but that list was heady.

There were a lot of great names.

Was there ever a moment of imposter syndrome

that danced through your head about, do I belong?

Absolutely.

When I first saw the list of people that I was going to be standing beside,

you can't help but feel imposter syndrome.

There are people that I played against that I grew up watching, but beyond a

shadow of a doubt, all that imposter syndrome has melted away.

Good.

I know who I am.

Yeah, I think we all know who you are.

That's why they got rid of you.

If we call again...

Ten times out of ten, I'm picking up that phone.

And not only winning...

I'm going to win the game.

More Survivor 50 finale after this.

Good morning, Rizzo.

What's up, Mr. Joe?

What up, Bob?

Good morning.

Day 25.

Straight up.

Final Four Season 50, guys.

Super proud of all of us.

You too.

I am so excited.

We outlasted 20 of the best players that ever played to make it to the Final Four.

One of us four are winning $2 million, and the realization starts to hit.

Happy Final Four, everybody!

The vibe around camp is amazing.

It's great.

It's all smiles now.

But Season 50 is all about uncertainty.

All right.

The fans selected this final test, and you know the competition is tough.

Winner pleads their case to the jury.

Losers all exposed to the final snuff.

So no hint at all.

Not even a clue.

It's the biggest day of the season, and we have no idea what to expect.

There are two main questions.

What this Final Four immunity challenge is.

And if I lose, how is my fate going to be determined tonight?

Is it going to be by a Final Four vote, or is it going to be by fire-making?

The people that have the answers I'm looking for are the people at home.

It's the fans.

Thing is, bro, like, we got a little jolt.

One of us has to live.

Why do you think that?

Because if she wins, we're screwed.

Like fire-making, I think she might want to put you and me against each other.

And that's not what I want.

We're not going against each other.

One of the two of us will win.

We have three guys here that are trying to make it to the end.

And Aubrey, we really want to get her out, because we

don't know if we have a shot against her at the end.

So, today is the biggest challenge.

I want to win this more than any of them.

Because if I don't, and Aubrey does, then we're all screwed.

I'm going to just practice fire while we're here.

Nothing else to do.

So you think it's going to be fire-making?

I don't know.

But what else do we got to do?

I have worked with Joe, Rizzo, and Jonathan for a

few votes, but I don't think that I'm one of them.

I really think that if one of these three guys wins the final challenge,

I might be out the door.

We have PTSD from fire-making.

I mean, I won it, but it took like 45 minutes to an hour.

No way.

It's scary if fire-making happens to be in the game.

There's a fireman in our group, and there's Jonathan, who's pretending to

be afraid of making fire, but I've also seen him make it in five seconds flat.

So I know if I don't win, there's no way that I'm going to get to the final three.

I have played dozens of challenges in Survivor, and I've won one immunity challenge.

I know that of all the Survivor challenges

I've ever played, it's do or die for me now.

Here they come.

Survivor 50's Final Four.

Oddly, Rizzo, Joe, and Jonathan.

Were you just imagining like thousands of fans?

Let's just imagine they're up in the bleachers,

hovering over the South Pacific here in Fiji.

Ask everyone to just have a seat, and we'll get into it.

One last wave?

Love y'all.

Alright.

Shall we get to it?

Let's get it on.

First things first, Jonathan.

Take it back.

Thank you.

For the last time, immunity is back up for grabs.

Let me officially welcome you to your final four immunity challenge.

Voted on by the fans, I love telling the origin story of this challenge.

Started as a personal art project by one of our production designers, Simo Ross.

The challenge team saw it and said, well that's going to become a challenge.

And Simotion, after Simo, was born.

Became one of our most iconic challenges almost instantly.

So iconic that 41% of the fans, the majority, voted for this to be your challenge.

Let me tell you how it works.

You start with one hand behind your back.

On my go, you'll drop a ball down a chute.

It will spiral to the bottom.

You'll catch it, drop it again at regular intervals.

We'll add more balls, making it more difficult.

If at any point a ball drops, you're out.

Last person left standing wins the immunity necklace also voted on by the fans.

Guaranteed a spot in the final three, which means you get a shot to pitch your

case to your jury about why you deserve to win this season.

Why you deserve the title of sole survivor and the $2 million, thank you Mr.

Beast, that goes along with it.

Losers, tribal council, or somebody will become the 21st person to leave this game,

become the 11th and final member of our jury.

Whether that is through a vote or a fire-making

showdown was also voted on by the fans.

And I will hold that result until after the challenge.

You got one thing to focus on right now.

Balls rolling through a metal structure.

Here we go, we'll drop for spots and we'll get it on.

We've got two of the most popular players of all time, Steph and Ozzy.

Steph, I just want to know, of all the accomplishments, you were the original,

you were the original badass woman on Survivor.

Your name comes up in casting all the time when

people say, I'm going to be the next Stephanie.

Of all your accomplishments, where does that rank

in terms of being an inspiration in that way?

Oh my gosh, that's the biggest compliment ever.

I mean, when I go out or I get messages, people

just tell me, you're such an inspiration.

As a woman, to my children, young girls, it's huge.

It's everything to me and that's why I went out this time.

I wanted to prove it to myself again, to all the moms out there, and for my kids.

It's the greatest honor.

Thank you, thank you for having me back.

And Ozzy, I could ask you a few things, like

oversharing with Sari, with your plan with Sari.

But the thing I'm really truly curious about, you dreamed.

While you were out there, you dreamed to play the idol.

Talk about mythology.

I mean, you now have a nightmare that was a dream.

How often do you think about that dream?

Telling yourself, play it.

Every moment since that moment, honestly.

But here's the thing, Jeff.

One of the things that I have learned about myself, and

I think that we all have this skill, it's intuition.

It's getting the senses from other than our mind.

I think our mind plays a lot of tricks on us.

And this was my $2 million gift, is to be able

to connect to that intuition that opens up.

The universe has a lot of answers, and sometimes

you got to look inside and not up here.

Well, I have a little something, because I want to say

that it's not you climbing up in the tree or fishing.

What we love about you is your vulnerability.

That is.

And so I just want to present you with a little something

to try to frame this season in a different light.

And it's basically this.

I got a t-shirt.

Nice.

You get a t-shirt.

And the t-shirt says, Aussie, we love you.

Please play.

All right, here we go.

For a guaranteed spot at the final tribal council, grab your first ball...

and drop.

We'll be here for a moment, let you get used to this.

Got the sound of that whoosh.

That ball winds its way down through this metal

structure and into your hand, and you drop it again.

That sound is almost hypnotic.

It can lull you into a calmness.

And that's dangerous.

All right, you've got ten seconds to drop a second ball.

Any time within that ten seconds is okay.

Everybody's good.

We're now at two balls.

Just adding one more ball makes this more difficult.

It will always drop on opposite sides.

You can count on that.

Right, left, right, left.

Could be a $2 million art project for one of you.

Jonathan has won two individual immunities.

Joe has won three.

Aubrey has not won any.

Lizzo has not won any.

Everybody looking good.

Don't get lulled into that hypnotic state.

All right, we're going to add another ball.

You've got ten seconds to drop that ball.

And everybody has moved on to three balls now.

Now it gets really tough.

Stay focused.

You've got this.

This is it.

You can do it.

You are here.

Day 25.

Survivor 50.

You're the final four.

You want to get to three.

It's right now.

Two left.

And it's going to kick into high gear.

You've got to be ready.

The pace will increase.

All right, you've got ten seconds, anywhere in that window, to add a fourth ball.

Everybody's got four balls now.

We are good.

Now it's getting intense.

Let's go.

Back to left.

Back to right.

Amazing!

Everybody's still in it.

Everybody wants it in 50.

Really impressive.

Keep that pace.

Right, left.

Right, left.

Don't slow down.

Stay on top of it.

Jonathan drops.

Jonathan is out.

We're down to three.

Keep digging.

Do not take your eyes off of that prize.

Rizzo drops.

We're down to two.

We've got a showdown.

Joe and Aubrey for a guaranteed spot at the final Tribal Council.

Left.

Right.

In a moment, we're going to add a fifth ball.

And it's going to be chaos.

All right.

You've got ten seconds to add a fifth ball.

Any time within that ten seconds is okay.

Now, it is on.

Focus.

Let's go.

Get your hand where it needs to be.

You've got to want it right now more than the other person.

Jonathan, who are you doing this for?

Why are you doing it?

Incredible performance.

But it won't matter if you drop.

Left.

Right.

Left.

Right.

Joe drops.

It's over.

Aubrey has won her first individual immunity.

Guaranteed a spot in the final three of Survivor 50.

What a performance.

What a challenge.

Unbelievable competition.

And suddenly the hum is gone and it is quiet.

That is one of the most intense challenges I've ever seen.

Back-to-back close challenges.

Aubrey, take a moment.

It's real.

You want to know how real?

Come on over.

Right here.

I can feel your heart.

That's such a hard challenge.

I never thought this would happen for me again.

Many hearts.

Really?

I got a few.

Want to hear mine?

Please.

Aubrey, you are in the final of Survivor 50.

You're in the final three.

You will get a chance to plead your case to your jury, a group of people you helped

vote out about why you deserve to win Survivor

50 and the $2 million that comes with it.

The only question left is, how will it be

decided tonight who gets those two other spots?

This was a fan vote.

The decision is either you will vote somebody

out or we will have a fire-making showdown.

The fans have spoken.

60% said they want fire.

So tonight, there will be a fire-making showdown.

Your decision is going to be who do you put in that second spot and who do you

force out of these three, Rizzo, Joe, and Jonathan,

to make fire and earn their spot in the final three.

Big decision.

Grab your stuff.

Head back to camp.

I will see you tonight at Tribal Council.

Congrats, Aubrey.

Head out.

My worst case scenario happens.

My fate is now in Aubrey's hands.

And as someone that lost in fire in Season 49, this is terrible.

Congratulations.

Great job.

That was insane.

That was so hard.

You and Joe both.

I don't think that anyone deserves anything in Survivor.

I believe that you earn it.

And you have a little bit of luck.

And I have a big secret.

When I saw that Sommotion was one of the choices for the fans to vote on,

I ordered a Sommotion on Etsy in the off chance

I would make it to the final four of Survivor 50.

That's the one challenge I practiced.

And I freaking won.

I cannot believe it.

Joe, can I talk to you for a minute?

Yeah.

Of course you can.

I never thought this was possible to get here again.

And now I'm going to the final three and I get to choose who is going to fire.

Do you think Jonathan is more dangerous than Rizzo or Rizzo?

Do you see how Rizzo is a bit of an underdog?

I think that putting him in fire is the best move for you, yes.

Rizzo?

Correct.

Rizzo's become an underdog in this game.

He's sitting in the final four of Survivor again after just playing.

He's also terrifying a tribal council.

That's a little bit scary.

I want my strategic game, my underdog story to be what is highlighted at the end.

I'm leaning toward having Rizzo in fire because I think he's a big threat.

So right now I don't think I want to be sitting next to Rizzo.

I feel like his game is the most similar to mine.

And I've seen Jonathan make fire.

He's really fast at it and he can get the job done.

Are you going to walk over and tell us what you want?

Yeah, you're going to sit next to me.

Aubrey says she's going to take me to final three.

I just lost it.

I really wanted this for me and my family.

It's so impactful because I did this journey in 48 for my sister and I came up

short and I got embarrassed and I never thought I'd be back out here.

Thank you for helping.

You're welcome.

You mean so much to me.

And now for one more time, I get one more shot

and I'm damn sure going to take advantage of it.

I'm going to deliver.

All right, Aubrey, break the news to us.

You two will be going to fire.

Is there any way I can convince you otherwise?

I don't think so.

Of course, the two people that lost in fire on this cast are now in the same

predicament they were in the original season.

Jonathan lost in fire and so did I.

That is a survivor fire right there.

That's an inferno.

So one of us are going to break our curse and the other one

is going to be the first ever two time fire making loser.

I told myself.

After season 49.

I don't want to find myself in this spot again because I worked too hard to lose now.

I told everybody don't underestimate the man, the myth, the legend.

R-I-Z-G-O-D was God made me and they did and I'm here.

They're all sitting in the jury right now.

I feel so good about my game and that's what's eating me alive right now.

Damn it, Rizzo, how can you be so good but so bad at the same time?

You're burning down the whole joint, dude.

See if it's that easy tonight.

I lost and fired four years ago in season 42.

I can't let the outcome be the same.

I can't and I've done fire making almost every day here practicing.

How long was that?

Five seconds?

I start a fire faster than anybody I've ever seen.

I'm more practiced.

I'm more prepared than I've ever been for anything in my life.

That would burn the rope.

Absolutely.

I've worked hard.

I know exactly how to make that fire and how to make it quick.

On paper, I'm ten times a better fire maker than Rizzo.

So if I don't make a fire before Rizzo, it's because God decided, not me.

On season 48, I was fortunate enough to be in a position where I was selected to go

to final three and Eva was really struggling with fire.

So I was fortunate enough to help her in that.

Yes.

Yeah.

And once again, I just saw Rizzo, who wasn't picked.

He's struggling with fire and I just... I just... I had to help him.

Like this.

See that?

That's what we want.

Like that.

You feel the pressure?

Yes.

Hard.

Yes.

Like that.

I just give him the basics, the motions, how to hold your

hand, how to hold the blade, where to put it on the material.

Yes.

Do it again.

Just give him the confidence to say, you can do this.

Give him a fighting chance.

Look, in a sword fight, at least give everybody a sword.

Yep.

Like that.

Pull out.

Joe is giving me the basic knowledge.

Hit it with intention.

Just make it spark.

If I can get the spark before Jonathan, the pressure is on and Jonathan will struggle.

I'm like an underdog in March Madness.

Why can't I be the 15th seed that knocks out the two seed today?

And that's going to be the upset that the man, the myth, the

legend, R-A-Z-G-O-D, Riz God, baby, is going to pull off today.

Fire and I can't run away from each other.

Feels like I'm destined to reverse the curse, flip the script.

I don't care that it's Jonathan.

The only thing I'm laser focused on is burning that rope.

I'm not losing hope.

I can win two million and I can win it today.

You're doing good, Rizzo.

Thanks, bro.

A lot better.

I know.

I'm watching Rizzo make fire and he's getting way better at it.

I'm talking one strike.

He has mastered the strike, which is the hardest part of a fire.

It really got in my head.

I start thinking this kid might beat me.

Oh, Jonathan, tonight might be fun, okay?

Yeah, dude.

I have real PTSD from fire making.

I had no idea that it was that big of a deal to me.

It's just deja vu.

It's all over again.

Rizzo's, like, going fast now.

Rizzo is striking flame after flame after flame and I'm thinking to myself,

this Riz God kid is going to swoop in and steal this fire making win.

I'm starting to get worried.

I don't want him in the final three with me.

I need Jonathan to beat Rizzo today.

I do not want such a smooth talker with a game similar to mine

and an underdog story sitting next to me in the final three.

Everybody plays Survivor, hoping to make it to the end

with a shot to win, but that's not how Survivor works.

Sometimes you get voted out early, you become a part of the non-jury.

But I want to acknowledge all of you with a toast.

Everybody grab a Corona beer.

Thanks, Colby.

Because we don't have a season without everybody.

And many of you have been to the end, but that isn't how it goes every time.

So I just wanted to officially, formally, in front of everybody say thank

you for everybody for saying yes, being a part of

a tremendous season to the non-jury of Survivor 50.

Cheers!

Up next, it's a fire making showdown of what could

literally be a $2 million fire for Rizzo or Jonathan.

We'll be right back.

We'll now bring in the members of our jury.

All right.

Before we get into today, I just want to take a moment

and acknowledge the formidable four that you are.

All four of you have made it to this stage in the game in your previous season.

Rizzo, you were in the fire making showdown.

You lost.

Jonathan, you were in the fire making showdown.

You lost.

Aubrey, you competed in fire and you won.

Made it to the final three, lost the game.

Joe, you got to the final three and you lost.

So it's a pretty remarkable set of statistics.

All right.

So, Aubrey, you and Joe, on some motion, voted in

by the fans, and it was chaos and you pulled it out.

Had a very big, understandable, emotional reaction.

Did you have any time to just let it wash over you, what you've done, that you have

secured a spot in the final three of Survivor 50?

Yeah, I got back to camp and I remained grateful and proud of myself.

Like, I feel like I have been on the ropes a lot this season.

My journey from Korong to here has been like a...

And it was just so nice to have that moment today.

And it was just honored and proud of myself.

So you get back to camp.

Everybody wants to talk to Aubrey today.

Yeah, it was a lot to consider.

These are three great competitors.

A lot of dynamics to consider.

A lot of things to consider about my game, about their games, where we all stack up.

So do you feel confident that you've made a

decision and you're ready to let people know?

Yeah, I do.

All right, Aubrey, tell me your decision.

Who are you going to give a spot to in the final three and who are you going to force

to make fire to earn that third and final spot?

Joe will take a spot in the final three and Rizzo and Jonathan will go to fire.

Let's go, Rizzo!

Come on!

Rizzo, how does that feel to hear that, given

you just went through this in Survivor 49?

When I came back to Season 50, I literally said to

myself, I'm going to do everything possible to avoid this.

And here I am, going to do this again.

And all I was thinking to myself was, what did I do wrong?

What did I do wrong?

And then I think back to the one word that's gotten me through my entire life,

and that's hope.

Is my Survivor story going to be the kid that

makes it to the end and loses in fire twice?

Or is my story going to be the kid that lost in fire, came

back in the biggest season of all time, and redeeming himself?

What that story's going to be, we're going to find out in a few short

moments, but I'm hoping that I catch that one spark,

burn that rope, and guarantee my spot in the final three.

Jonathan, you too have been here before.

What does it feel like for you to go back into it again?

Mr. Jeff, I was thinking about it today, as

Rizzo was, and I started thinking about the odds.

The odds of me making it on season 50, making it this far with this cast.

I thoroughly believe from the bottom of my heart,

whatever happens tonight was meant to happen, good or bad.

Because I've done my homework, I've done

everything that I can do, and I truly believe that.

So if it works out for me, it was supposed to happen.

If it doesn't, then I did everything I can do.

It is really interesting that we have never had one player back in the final

four of Firemaking Showdown for a second time, let

alone two players in a showdown in the same season.

There is so much personal history and the weight of having lost.

The symbolism is huge.

One of you is going to die again in the same way.

And one of you is going to be reborn and will have a spot in the final three.

It is literally either redemption or reckoning.

Let's find out.

Take your spots.

Wow.

Good luck, Riz.

Good luck, brother.

Love you, dude.

Love you, dude.

I'm going to give you both a moment to settle yourselves, and then we'll get it on.

Well, some people find him polarizing because he's too confident.

Other people love him because he is so confident.

I love the kid either way.

Riz, God, get out here.

What's up, Chad?

All right.

I just have a question.

Yeah.

Look, your confidence is a lot.

Yeah.

But it works.

Yeah.

You made it to final four, fire-making, back-to-back.

Yeah.

Did you, looking over your two seasons, and particularly

this season, did you make any mistakes in this game?

Some people might have various opinions, but I don't think I made any mistakes.

I went out there and played with house money like I told you in 49, Jeff.

And I said, I'm coming out here to leave my mark and leave a stamp on survivor history.

And regardless, win or lose, I feel like I did that in my two seasons.

Okay, because I agree.

I just want to point out, I think at some point you

said to Colby, hey, the new era is not about camp life.

And it did occur to me, camp life is also about fire-making.

I don't know if there's something in there to think about.

Anyway, Rizzo, you become the final member of our jury.

Take a spot over here.

This is it.

These are the people.

Their games fell a little short, but this is the

group that is going to figure out what just happened.

They didn't show the fire.

The fire hasn't happened yet.

Huh?

The fire hasn't happened yet.

I'm not even sure what's happened, but up next, we're

going to have one final surprise for the players.

And this surprise they like.

This is going to be interesting.

Alright, so, I love doing live television.

So, in case you're confused, this is what happened.

We were going to show you fire-making and then have the loser of fire-making,

Rizzo, come out and talk about how charming he is.

And if he had practiced fire-making, maybe he would have won.

Instead, we did a survivor twist.

It's the last twist of the season.

We called it a peek into the future.

So, now, we're going to watch Rizzo lose in fire to Jonathan.

Roll the joke!

Alright, Rizzo, Jonathan, are you ready for your fire-making showdown?

Ready.

Ready as I'll ever be, Jeff.

Begin.

Here we go.

Your job is to make a fire that burns hot enough and high

enough to burn through that rope and raise your flag.

And then you're sitting at the final three tomorrow night.

And you're not on the jury.

Jonathan quickly scraping, trying to get a little bit of heat.

And the heat, with the fuel, he's quickly got

some fire, but that will burn out quickly.

It's deceiving.

It lights fast, and it goes away just as fast.

He's got to get something to take.

You've got magnesium, which you can scrape magnesium shavings,

which is what Rizzo's doing, and use those as the fuel.

You need heat, you need fuel, and you need oxygen.

Jonathan quickly has a flame, but Jonathan, remember, that is hessian burning.

If you burn through all of that, you won't have any left.

Rizzo taking a different approach.

He's trying to build up a little pile of magnesium and then get a spark going.

Jonathan now going to add small little pieces to his fire, trying to get them to

catch, because they will burn longer and can form a good base.

Rizzo has yet to get anything going.

He just needs one little flame.

Is that the flame right there?

Trying to nurture it with a little bit of breath.

Can he get something to take?

One flame is all it takes to get a fire going.

Rizzo continues to breathe on it, trying to breathe it back to life.

It goes out.

Jonathan's fire is still going.

Now he's starting to get a fire that looks like it's taking hold.

This could be a $2 million fire you are burning.

Jonathan's fire is looking very solid.

It's dead center, starting to touch that rope, but it's

going to take a lot more burning to get through that rope.

Rizzo needs to get a spark quickly.

Rizzo with another baby flame.

Loses it again.

Rizzo didn't make fireworks all season.

Jonathan's fire is very solid.

You can see the fibers burning.

Rizzo undeterred, keep digging Rizzo.

Jonathan is dead center with his fire, consistently hitting that rope.

Rizzo is still fighting.

You never give up, no matter what it looks like.

But this one looks like it's over.

Yes!

Yes!

Jonathan has done it.

Redemption for Jonathan.

Yes!

And a spot in the final three.

And a repeat of history.

For Rizzo, another loss in Final Four Firemaking Showdown.

Will become the 11th member of our jury.

Wow!

Rizzo, this is what Survivor is about.

It's one of the most intense experiences you can have.

And I'm wondering how you feel right now, with history repeating itself in one sense.

You didn't get the fire done, but in back-to-back seasons,

you got to the Final Four of a very, very difficult game.

So where is this balance for you right now?

Jeff...

I always said, when I first saw this show as an 8-year-old kid, watching Token

Sheens, I just needed Jeff to give me one shot.

I think back to day one of season 49, when I came

back from behind to win the fight for supplies.

And I thought to myself, wow Rizzo, you had

your Survivor moment in your first 24 hours.

The rest is just house money.

And I did things that nobody has ever done.

And I was one fire short.

And I came back to season 50, not as a fan

amongst players, but as a giant amongst giants.

And unfortunately for me, my Survivor storybook ending is going to be,

I played two great games, but I fall short both times.

And I just want to give you a little perspective.

Over 49 seasons, 751 people have played this game.

The Survivor Hall of Fame is filled with great players.

Many of them are right there that have yet to win this game.

You can't measure how you play this game based solely on if you win or not.

And I'm going to hazard a guess that you have another legacy, which is,

there are a lot of eight year olds, right now, watching you, looking to their

parents saying, that's going to be me one day.

Jeff, I said I wanted to come out here and inspire my family, my brother,

and represent a group of people that have never been represented in 49 seasons of

Survivor, and that's my Albanian community.

And you gave me a shot, again, on Season 50.

And I have no regrets.

Even if I made it to the end and I lost, I genuinely have no regrets.

I left here wanting to inspire people.

And even though I didn't win, I leave knowing that I played the best game that I

could, and I know I made my family and my Albanian people proud.

Rizzo, it's been a delight to have you out here for both Survivor

49 and Survivor 50, and it is time for you to grab your torch.

Guys, I love you, dude.

Thank you for everything.

Seriously.

Good job.

Come here, big fella.

I love you, dude.

Jeff, it's your boy, the man, the myth, the legend, R-I-Z-Z-O-D, Riz God, baby.

Riz God, the tribe has spoken.

Can I get a hug, Jeff?

Of course.

Thank you for believing in me.

I believe in you, brother.

Thank you.

Good game, guys.

Joe, Aubrey, Jonathan, congratulations.

You have made it to the final three of Survivor 50.

You've gone as far as you can go in the game.

Tomorrow night, in one of the most unique locations in the world, in one of the most

unique twists of this game, the power shifts to the jury.

Eleven players that you had a hand in voting out now have all the power.

They're going to put you through an interrogation tomorrow.

They're looking for information.

They want somebody to step up and claim their victory.

You have one more night in Fiji.

Enjoy it as much as you can, then get some sleep,

because you are definitely going to need it.

See you tomorrow night for the final Tribal Council.

Grab your torches.

Head back to camp.

Lo and behold, the one outcome that I couldn't afford to have been happened,

and I lost in fire for the second straight season in a row.

I'm proud for the eight-year-old boy that started watching Survivor.

He idolized so many people I just played with, and I was once again one fire short

from what I feel like being the winner of Season 50.

Cut Rizzo off a little short, because we weren't sure what's happening.

So I just want to say, dude, honestly, it was a pleasure to know that you were

going to lose fire, and then watch you lose it.

Yeah, I mean, listen, I've done a lot of Survivor

first, and here I'm doing another Survivor first.

There you go.

Alright, more Survivor finale.

We'll be back.

I wonder if the guy from Castaway would be proud of us.

Hell yeah, he would.

I think he might say you got a little longer to go there, kids.

Yeah, 130 days.

Wilson would be proud of us.

Wilson's probably still out here.

Open the package.

Open the package.

Who doesn't open the package?

It could have been a satellite phone.

Who is it?

That's my brother, dude.

No, it's not.

That's my brother!

Yes!

That's my brother!

I looked closely, and I thought, is that my beautiful, tall-ass wife?

Mom!

My mom is on the boat, coming to the beach on day 26 of Survivor.

It feels like I've won.

Aubrey!

Oh my God!

Glad you're okay.

Thank you, bro.

My brother, Aubrey's mom, Joe's wife, pull

up on this boat with a delicious breakfast.

I mean, I can't believe you're here.

It means the world to me that my brother came all the way out

here to see me and support me on the final day of Survivor.

It felt like home.

I couldn't be more honored to sit next to the two of you.

These are two great men.

I truly mean that.

It's hard to express what it means to have my wife here, to see her beautiful face,

here now.

I'm eternally grateful.

You're going into a big thing tonight where you're going

to be standing in front of most likely some hostile people.

For sure.

And I want you to feel proud of yourself and be like, I did this.

In her beautiful way, my wife gave me the freedom to play

this game and not worry about what everyone else thinks.

We're always proud of you.

I'm not worried.

I'm not nervous.

I'm excited to do this because I know no matter

what happens, my family's going to love me.

Would you tell Mama and Daddy that I love them?

They want me to tell you that they're proud of you and glad you're doing good.

When I get home, I really am going to fix some stuff

because, like, this has been heavy, my mom and dad.

Our relationship is just really strained.

And so to hear that I have support from my family, that meant a lot to me.

It meant a whole lot to me.

This is worth $2 million.

That's how I feel, Aubrey.

And you got to the end.

I wanted to see you.

It showed that you could get to the end again, no matter what they decide.

Are those haters?

I played Survivor Co-Wrong 10 years ago.

I got to the end, and I lost to Michelle.

The winner of Survivor, Michelle.

Some people said I should have won.

But really, where the court of public opinion has fallen is

that I shouldn't have won because I had a bad social game.

And that's worn on me for a decade.

You're a spectacular person, Aubrey.

You're so amazing.

Thank you.

My mom is my best friend.

She's seen every high moment and low as you get ripped

apart by the internet and built back up and torn down again.

And your family stands by you through it.

I miss you.

I miss you, bro.

I'll make you pay up, Joshua.

You're gonna kill it.

Keep the faith.

Just do what you have to do.

Seeing my mom rounds me and reminds me that I have what it takes to win.

But the jury is in control tonight.

From day one, I've been trying to lower my target.

And I have had a resurgence at the end of this game.

That was actually very intentional.

This time, I have worked as hard as I can to put threats ahead of me and make sure

that I peaked in this game at just the right moment.

And I think I've done that.

Aubrey got to the end with sheer grit and determination.

She played under the radar and Aubrey played a game of hopscotch.

She hopped alliances just the way she should have.

Her name was constantly being thrown around, but in a survivor magic trick,

she was able to shift the target time and time and time again.

This season in particular, it was a lot of fun.

But I've been playing since the very beginning hard.

And I got exactly the people out who I wanted to.

I have made more connections in this game tenfold than I did in season 42.

I played a social strategic game that no one saw coming.

I was willing to do whatever it takes to win this game.

And it really paid off.

When we think about Outwit, Outplay, Outlast, Jonathan seems to have done all three.

He was so collaborative that many people think

they made the moves that Jonathan actually made.

Jonathan was able to conduct some major blindsides

and he won immunities when he needed to.

He had a great social game.

If he wanted to make a move happen, he made it happen.

When I came into this game, I was going to play just like I did on season 48.

Be as honest as I can, as trustworthy as I can and take a team to the top.

But I realized that the game I played in 48,

I could not do here amongst these sharks.

I was going to get eaten alive and I was just going to be bait or chum for them.

So I allowed myself the freedom to play the game

the way it needed to be played on season 50.

I had to lie.

I had to betray some people.

I had to get my hands dirty.

And because I did that, that's why I'm sitting at the final three.

Period.

As frustrated as I think some of the jury members were feeling like they had to

manage him or manage his emotions, I think Joe might have solved Survivor

because every single vote had to get run through Joe.

Joe was the decider.

Joe has really played a strategic game where he said, I'm going to play with

honor and integrity and then did everything opposite after the merge.

If Joe admits, I came out here based on honor and integrity and I threw it out the

window because I knew I wouldn't get to the

end a second time, he's going to have my vote.

You getting ready?

Yeah, I'm going to start to pull my stuff together.

Cheers to you guys.

May this be a night that we never forget in a good way.

I don't want any BS tonight.

This is a night where you stand ten toes down on

every dirty, nasty thing you did in this game.

I want you to look at me in my eyes and say, I lied to you because of X, Y, Z.

Own up to it.

I want to see them crawling, fighting, gnawing on each other's bones.

Survivor is narrative warfare.

Those three people will be battling to tell the best story.

I hope that there's tears and I hope that there's fighting.

I need it to be a bloodbath just like it's been all season long.

All right.

Welcome to the final Tribal Council for Survivor 50.

Joe, Aubrey, Jonathan, congratulations.

You each played very different games, but it got you here

to the final three and that is a massive accomplishment.

On one hand, you could make the argument that this

season of Survivor is historic because of the number 50.

On the other hand, you could also make the case it is just another

season of Survivor and no seasons of Survivor are ever alike.

They're always unique.

But what makes this season special to all of

you and the non-jury is that it's your season.

You were the ones who played it.

The fans voted for the type of game they wanted, but

you were the ones who birthed it and brought it to life.

And now you've got to bring it to a close with the final Tribal Council.

You know how it works.

They're going to be asking you questions.

They're looking for one thing, the information they

need to be compelled to vote for you to win this game.

This is not the night to be shy.

This is when you stand up and claim your victory.

Good luck to all of you.

All right, jury, I'm going to give you a moment to

collect your thoughts and then we'll get started.

I need you all to hear this because I've got something.

So here's what we have left.

We have the final Tribal Council, then the jury votes, and then we crown a winner.

So I think it would be fun to do one last fan vote right now.

Do you want to see things in the order they

happen or do you want me to bring out the winner?

The order?

Okay, here it is.

Final Tribal Council, Survivor 50.

All right, let's get started with our final Tribal Council.

Coach, get us started.

First of all, congratulations.

I've been in that spot 12 years ago and I think a

thousand times of what I could have, should have said.

How I should have fought harder.

How I should own my game more in that final Tribal Council.

I don't want you to make that same mistake tonight.

Here's my question.

What core value do you possess in the real world outside of Survivor?

Did you feel like you had to compromise in

this game and did the end justify the means?

And we'll start with Joe and just please all answer this.

Well, Coach, you know, in Season 48, last one I played, I prided myself on

being someone of honor and integrity and trying to play

a straight up game, which was true in my real life.

And I had to finally put myself and my family ahead of anyone else.

So I lied.

I was dishonest with some people.

I broke some trust.

It's not something that I enjoyed, but it's something that I had to

compromise in order to put myself in the best position to win.

Thank you.

Aubrey?

At home, I make very deep relationships very quickly.

And something I would say from the first time I played is

that sometimes there is a cost to those deep relationships.

You can really hurt people.

But in a game like Survivor 50, I said to myself, you're not going to let

that fear of hurting people prevent you from playing

the game that you need to play to outlast everyone.

So the perception of me in Season 42 was I was

a loyal, honest guy that was a challenge beast.

And he just kind of stuck with his alliance.

And I knew coming into here, I'd have to change almost everything.

And I had four years to think about what I

could do so I could make it here right now.

I played a game where each one of you got a different side of me.

I tried to look at each perspective.

Like, I know that Coach is a straight shooter, so

I played a game of straight shooter with Coach.

Ozzy's different.

He's emotional and he's heartfelt.

He played a different game and I could see it.

And I tried to use all these little things that

I learned about these players to my advantage.

You good, Coach?

Thank you, sir.

Devins.

Hey, guys.

Congratulations.

Thank you.

Excited to see you.

Secrets in this game, few and far between.

So, were there any secrets you had in this game that you kept?

And if not, what was the strategy behind not keeping any secrets?

And I guess we'll just start with Jonathan and let all three of you answer.

So, one of the secrets that I hid behind was I've been

trying to get Ozzy out since before Stephanie left.

And I know that you called me out here at Tribal.

But because I always tried to emphasize on what you were

doing, I made it out that you were lying and not me.

Because I knew... Can you say whose idea that was, please?

That was my idea.

Thank you, Jonathan.

That was my idea to get Ozzy out.

It wasn't Stephanie's idea.

And you were a casualty, Miss Stephanie, that I wish we didn't have.

I could have outed you if I wanted to.

I know you could.

And shout out to your outstanding social game that Stephanie fell on the sword for

you, which really goes to show that you exactly knew what the social game meant.

Thank you.

And that's something that I thought I did better this

game, was that I saw everybody's personalities better.

Like, when I saw Ozzy playing, I knew that he had a different game.

And I knew that I couldn't compete with it.

And that's the God honest truth.

Aubrey.

I'm going to talk about not keeping secrets.

And one of the biggest things for me was also Ozzy.

When my back was against the wall, I went to you.

And you laid out your entire game to me in that moment.

And it was very human.

You told me that you were in a final two with Sari.

And I went back to these three guys.

And I let them know that they were not in your endgame plan.

And I put the nail in the coffin.

And then I had to play dead the rest of the afternoon so you wouldn't play your idol.

Before that happened, though, I had already talked

to Miss Sari and Tiffany at the other tribe.

Because I won the power broker advantage.

So I'd already set in motion that we're going to get Ozzy out.

I'm sorry, but Joe was not sold on it until I hard sold it to him.

So if I hadn't shared that with them, I think I would have been going home.

And I don't think it would have galvanized this four to go to the end.

I'd have to disagree.

I believe we would have voted Ozzy out regardless.

I love the fight.

And I definitely, Joe, wouldn't let you answer this question.

But Aubrey, I just want to go back to you because that's a secret you gave up.

And I'm wondering, did you just always give up everybody's secret?

I would selectively share information that I

thought would build trust with the other side.

So that they would have enough trust in me to welcome me in.

That I had currency in the game that would be useful to them.

Aubrey, the question is, did you keep any secrets?

No, there's no secret I kept.

All I'm trying to say is that her strategy was to not keep secrets.

That's how she gained currency by sharing secrets.

Yeah, I was open in the game, Chrissy.

I didn't share every single piece of information with anyone.

But nothing was sacred.

If I thought it could help me, I used it to better position myself.

If I could chime in for a moment on that last point.

I would like to hear your mentality, Joe, in that moment during the Ozzy vote.

And what was it that sold you?

Okay, so my perspective of this, to own it, was...

I personally feel that the reason he went home the

way he did was because he had the utmost trust in me.

And I feel when I looked him dead in the eye and said, you can trust me...

I think you misunderstood the question.

Sorry.

What I'm saying is, was it ultimately the information that Aubrey shared that made

you comfortable enough to make that decision?

And I'm just really looking for a yes or no.

Yes.

Okay, thank you.

I'm satisfied.

Stephanie?

Congratulations, guys.

Thank you.

When I think about, like, who do I want to win Season 50?

Like, what would that person exemplify?

And there's different types of gameplay, right?

In my mind, there's the old school, and there's the new era.

The old school is like, you work hard around camp, and you win immunity

challenges, and you make good alliances, and you earn people's trust.

And then the new school is like, you make just these great strategic moves.

You maybe don't even get out of the hammock all day.

You maybe don't even use a machete.

I don't know.

But I think to win 50, you need to have all that.

I think you all did a great job.

But I honestly believe, Jonathan, you truly did all that.

Thank you.

You fished.

You cracked coconuts open constantly.

Is this a question?

You won immunities... I'm confused.

Like, when you needed to.

There's a question.

Yes.

Okay.

You won the immunities, the big immunities you

needed to, and then you won the fire-making.

You're a new era player.

But you played with an old school heart.

In my mind, I think you're the total package.

Thank you.

I think as a jury, we should be aware in the way in which we ask questions.

Because I don't want the other people to get a little bit nervous.

This is already nerve-wracking enough.

Thank you.

Obviously, there are biases from before, and that's okay.

We're humans, right?

But we should be aware in the way in which we're asking the questions.

Right, and I didn't mean any disrespect against you two at all.

Thank you.

Aubrey, I think you played very much in the middle.

I think you wouldn't commit to an alliance either way.

I'd like to just say, on Aubrey's behalf, that the way that Aubrey moved throughout

this game, not committing to any singular alliance, is a new school era way of play.

You have to be fluid and flexible.

The old school era way is what she said she used to do.

Define your alliance so three or four people stay there no matter what.

Stay loyal to them.

But what she actually did was play a new era game by

being fluid and flexible and moving when she needed to.

Right.

You guys are doing an awesome job.

It's undecided.

Keep fighting.

You're doing a great job.

Thanks, Devon.

Ozzy.

All right.

I do want to say congratulations.

I want to talk about adaptation, because Survivor

forces adaptation every twist, every turn, every day.

I want to know one instance from each of you where

you adapted and it got you to where you are right now.

I'll go.

So I mentioned it, that I had to make this game about me and my family, and I was

going to have to do things I didn't want to do.

And so I had to adjust to this level of players.

All of you sitting here now are some of the best players to ever play.

I knew that if I didn't adapt and basically say, Joe, you're going to have

to lie, then I would absolutely unequivocally go home.

Just one thing.

So if you adapted, then you would have to kind of

explain why there was a term called a jotation.

And what a jotation is, is the fact that every player here had to babysit you

through a vote and supervise you through a vote.

We laughed about it and we said, it's not my turn to watch, Joe,

because it was so difficult to get you firm on any vote.

I would say, Sri, like, I respect your opinion of babysitting, but it's mostly

that I can't let you know that, hey, I'm going to start playing this game

lying and cheating because some of the currency I had is I wanted to be trusted.

But I know this.

I had to cut you.

I lied to Tiffany's face as well.

I lied to Ozzie's face.

I actually appreciate that you had a game that you wanted to play.

And there were times that you didn't just change to consensus vote right away,

but you wanted time to think of your game and what was best for you.

You're sitting in the final three.

It worked.

And I will say, to your credit, Joe, I don't know why everybody felt the

need that they had to run every single vote through

you, but every single vote was run through you.

There is power in that.

Thank you.

Aubrey?

A moment of adaptation for me was that I came in

to the merge not exactly knowing who to trust.

I was welcomed with open arms by Christian, Emily, and Devins.

I worked with them.

They were a powerhouse.

But then people told me, you know, everyone thinks you, Christian,

Emily, and Devins are the snakes in the grass.

They're going to jump out later and get everyone in this game.

So I knew that I had to separate myself so I could readapt to another group because I

knew that my head was going to get chopped off if I stayed with them.

I think that your ability to play the middle is exemplary.

I really do.

I don't understand that.

Can you explain that to me?

Playing the middle?

Yeah.

I mean, Aubrey was a huge threat because her ability to adapt to either side,

which was in a way very obvious because we all saw it happening, and Jonathan and

Joe, you both said so many times, get out the middle, get out the middle,

get out the middle, and here you are on either side of the middle.

We should also let Jonathan answer the question.

Yeah, I'm sorry.

What's one time that you adapted and used it to

your advantage to get yourself where you are?

I used, like, real-life things, hard-to-hard conversations, but I used

that to help me blindside people, and that was very difficult for me to do

because what I did in season 42 was nothing like that.

Emily.

I just want to acknowledge that obviously this is an

incredibly challenging decision for us, genuinely.

So my question is about self-awareness.

I think one of the great virtues about Survivor is having the ability to kind of

reflect upon yourself and grow a little bit more self-aware through your game.

So I would like to ask you all to offer one

critique of the game that you played for season 50.

Aubrey can start.

We'll go Jonathan, then Joe.

I think one critique I have of my game is my relationship with Stephanie.

I don't think I ever made Stephanie feel comfortable, and I do

think that affected our ability to work together post-merge.

Thank you.

Can I ask a follow-up?

So I think in terms of self-awareness and, like, perception is kind of a big thing.

A big question I think a lot of people had was, like, where is Aubrey's head at?

So I want to know, do you feel like this perception of

not having much agency is possibly a correct perception?

Well, I think I actually did have agency, and I did know what I was doing,

but I understand how people could think that.

I didn't try to overcorrect that because I didn't want people to think that I really

was, like, trying to plot out each movement I was making.

So I kind of let it be my cover as I moved from group to group.

I just want to press on that a little bit

because I do want to understand this better.

During multiple tribal councils, you said

that your strategy was to leave the door open.

And I think leaving the door open and allowing

other people to come to you feels very passive.

So can you share specific examples where you came

up with an idea, you sold it, and executed it?

Well, I do think in part of the Christian vote, I told Jonathan, if we do take

Christian out tonight, it could be a big

move, and we could potentially work together.

And I purposely left Emily and Devin's out.

That was a time that I was driving a boat.

This is a good time to know that Rick didn't give you the idol, Aubrey.

I did, so... That thing was like a stink on me.

One of the biggest and most fearless moves I made is I knew I had to give up that

idol if I was going to have a shot of making true relationships

with other people that are now sitting on the jury.

Jonathan, I'd also love to hear about a time where you had agency, you drove a

boat, it was your idea, you followed through with it.

Well, I mean, I did drive the Ozzie boat, I drove

the Dee boat, and then I drove the Camilla boat.

The reason I wanted to get Camilla out was because I was

blindsided by Dee and Camilla with the Charlie boat out.

And that's what started the beef to get Dee out.

So the friction was there, and I turned it up.

I wanted to get you as hyped as I could so that people could

take the attention off of me or whoever else and put it on you.

So I honestly had a big hand in getting you out.

And so just to be clear, the whole Dee blow up, that was planned by you?

Yes.

Wow.

Thank you.

Ciao.

In terms of a single vote driven, I'll just be

transparent, like if the answer is solo, I didn't.

Most of those were a collaboration.

And then a critique, there's a thousand of them.

But I would say specifically my interaction with Rick and how I handled

the argument that we had, I wish I would have handled that differently.

And then the other big critique, like opening my mouth to the wrong people,

like I was really bonding with Emily and I didn't realize the relationship with Rick.

So when I was trying to get Rick out, I'm sorry buddy, I was telling him

basically his left ear when I was whispering in his right.

So I was telling Emily half the time, so I probably look like a big bonehead.

So that's one of many of my critiques.

Beautiful answer, thank you.

Christian, bring us home.

Oh, me?

Okay.

I'm sorry everyone in advance.

So congratulations, seriously.

And the first time I played, one thing I learned after

I was done was that Survivor is actually about stories.

The stories that we tell each other.

The stories we tell ourselves.

The stories you're trying to tell us right now.

And in a way, this is narrative warfare.

You're all competing for the best story.

One of you is going to win.

What is that story?

El Salvaje.

So for me, when I think back in general to my first season, I think for me I was

super proud that I was able to help someone in

a moment of need that went outside of the game.

But I think that kind of stuck me in a corner.

And then I'm going to be able to say, hey, he came back

and tried his best to adapt to a new game in a new way.

And here's the end point.

This guy was able to go make it to the final three in both seasons.

And on top of that, only have his name written down one time.

One time.

And I want my legacy to be this.

When people watch me, they know one thing about it.

Joe was always willing to be vulnerable.

That's going to be my legacy.

Thank you, Joe.

Yeah, so my story is there was an anxious, nervous girl on the

Brains Tribe who came in and had a panic attack on day two.

She was supposed to go home that night, but somehow she gets to the final three.

Some say she should have won.

Some say she had no social game.

She didn't care what they said.

She comes back right after that for Survivor Game Changers.

And somehow she gets to the final five.

She came back for Survivor, the Edge of Extinction.

Everyone loved her.

She was the underdog.

And then she fell from grace and left Survivor World completely.

And then she really took some time to work on herself.

And she came back for Survivor 50.

She played this game for 137 days.

She changed who she was.

She changed how she played.

She did everything to get to the end.

I just want to show people that it doesn't matter who you are, your brain,

brawn, your beauty.

If you believe in yourself, you can outlast more than you ever thought you could.

You can push, and you can get to the end, and you can evolve just like Survivor.

And so what's Jonathan's story?

Man, there's this big guy that played in Season

42, but this time he's not just some big guy.

He's playing a dangerous game.

I did my homework.

I did everything that I was supposed to do.

I worked on my speaking.

I worked on my puzzles.

I worked on my balance.

I worked harder than anybody that I saw.

My social game, if it was following Rick Devins, if it was trying to fight with

Dee, if it was trying to work with Coach, Chrissy, Stephanie,

Ozzy, every outlet that I tried, it was all to get here.

Thank you.

All right, jury, in terms of an investigation of a season, every single

one of you had specific information you wanted.

And Joe, Aubrey, Jonathan, you took every question and

every conversation as an opportunity to claim your victory.

And now there is only one thing left to do.

Jury, I'm going to give you a minute to take

in all this information, and then we will vote.

All right, well, there is only one time when you want to see

your name on the parchment, and that is at the final vote.

You are voting for the winner of Survivor 50.

For the last time, it is time to vote.

Dee, you're up.

I think you exemplified everything that the

winner of season 50 should be remembered as.

You are the total package.

Well, girl, you did it.

Thank you for proving to all the little girls out there

watching that you don't have to fit into a certain type of box.

Just the way you are, you are good enough.

That's why you get my vote, Aubrey.

You guys friggin' slayed.

I'll go get the votes.

Well,

you could say this season was 25 years in the making, but I gotta say, Survivor

feels as fresh to me as it ever has right now, and it's because of you all.

You gave us a great season of Survivor.

Thank you.

And now there is one last fan vote to reveal, and that is whether or not we read

the votes here in the jungles of Fiji or back in Los Angeles with a live finale.

A little bit of good news, bad news.

Bad news is, you're gonna have to wait.

The good news is, we will have a blast celebrating the winner

of Survivor 50 with a live vote reveal back in Los Angeles.

I'll see you all there.

Congratulations.

Congratulations.

Congratulations.

See you all there.

This has been a long time in the making, this season.

Three years, really.

But all we ever wanted to do from the beginning was really just celebrate

Survivor and have some fun, and you all made that possible along with the non-jury.

But it is time to bring this season to a close.

Joe, Aubrey, Jonathan, these are votes for a winner.

The prize is $2 million.

I will read the votes.

First vote, Jonathan.

Aubrey, one vote Jonathan, one vote Aubrey.

Jonathan, that's two votes Jonathan, one vote Aubrey.

Aubrey, we'll tie it again.

Two votes Jonathan, two votes Aubrey.

Jonathan, that's three votes Jonathan, two votes Aubrey.

Aubrey, we'll tie it again.

Three votes Jonathan, three votes Aubrey.

Aubrey, that's four votes Aubrey, three votes Jonathan.

Aubrey, that's five votes Aubrey, three votes Jonathan.

The winner of Survivor 50, Aubrey.

Congratulations.

Congratulations.

Go see your family.

Look

at who voted for who because Jonathan got three votes.

Very competitive season.

Anytime you get a vote at the final Tribal Council, that's something.

Aubrey celebrates with her family.

We're going to take a break.

When we come back, we'll have everybody up here.

We'll talk to the finalists.

We'll also see who wins the SIA prize and your first look at Survivor 51.

We'll be right back.

Just

a few minutes left tonight, but we have to talk to our winner, Aubrey.

Congratulations, winning Survivor 50.

You talked about this.

You know, I thought Hubicki had a really great

question when he said, Tell me your story.

What is your story?

So what was different?

Because I remember day two of your first

season and we thought, Well, she's early gone.

And here you are winning one of the biggest seasons of all time.

What was different about who you are now?

I mean, Jeff, I've come in second place, gone deep

scrapping, flopped really hard with an idol in my pocket.

And I came back and I was more intuitive.

I trusted myself.

I moved differently.

And most importantly, I learned from all the

incredible players and winners before me.

Sandra taught me to be more direct and not cagey.

Sarah Lucina taught me to plot way ahead of time.

Underwood taught me that you can win at the 11th hour.

And Michelle taught me so many lessons.

So it was such a celebration of all these incredible players.

I say thank you for everything that you've given to Survivor.

Well, congratulations.

You really sat in the pocket this season.

And we all saw it.

Thank you.

Jonathan, you know, it's hard to lose.

But I gotta just point out that when you get three votes at the final tribal,

that's a big deal.

That's three people who thought you deserved to win this season.

And the thing that impressed me most about you, and I think it probably did a lot of

people, is as you said, people saw me the first time as this big guy who could lift

a human over my head and save him in a challenge.

You played a really finesse game.

And I just want to know, are you proud of that game, seeing it back?

Mr. Jeff, I'm so proud.

I played the best game that I could.

For four years.

For four years, I thought about Survivor every

day and how I'd play the game differently.

And I had somebody I could bounce ideas off, like Boston Robb.

And that was a big, big moment for me to come out here and play 50.

And I feel like I finished in such a way that I am proud of.

And not just that, Mr. Jeff, but I heard the third time's the charm.

Joe, I have a question for you, because, you know, you get labeled with

this honor and integrity thing, and it's true, but I wondered

at times if you thought this game design was too much.

What did you think of the constant twist coming from how you see the world?

I mean, I'm gonna tell you the truth, Jeff.

Like, I think that the twists and everything that you guys had in the game

was perfect, because it just put everybody on their heels in terms of veteran

players, new players, but what it really showed me was that when you have some real

trauma in your life and you've been through some real things and you have the

chance to be put on a stage with a game that tests that and

you can make it through it, nobody can take that from you.

Congratulations, you did very well, two times!

Well, if you are a super fan of Survivor, then

you've probably heard about the car curse.

But in case you don't, let me just tell you, the history

is that over the years we've given away cars as rewards.

It's very exciting.

It's a new car.

But the same thing kept happening every single time.

Whoever won the car never won the game.

Not once.

It started with Colby Donaldson.

He won the car and he lost the game to Tina Wesson, who is also here tonight.

So, for Survivor 50, we partnered with Toyota and we

decided, you know what, it's time to end the car curse.

And it turns out, the car curse is just about timing.

If you win the car before the game ends, you don't win the game.

But if you win the game first, Aubrey, and then you get the car,

the curse is broken.

So congratulations, Aubrey, you've won Survivor 50.

You've also won a brand new Toyota Land Cruiser.

Head right out here and go check it out.

Right this way.

You're on your own.

She's going to take a walk and go find a brand new Toyota Land Cruiser.

And I also want to say, Toyota's been an amazing sponsor.

They are donating $50,000 to Stand Up To Cancer,

in addition to honor 50 seasons of Survivor.

We've been partnering with Stand Up To Cancer for almost 20 years.

And we've raised over $2 million.

It's a great partnership.

Toyota's a big part of it tonight.

All right, up next, one of these players is going to be awarded the SIA prize.

It's $100,000.

And your first look at Survivor 51.

We'll be right back.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

The

Survivor 50 live finale.

Well, we have another celebrity superfan in SIA, the global pop star who,

over the years, has given over a million dollars of her

own money to players who inspired her, who moved her.

But this year, she turned that choice over to the fans, and she let all of you vote

for the player you think deserves the $100,000 SIA prize this season.

I'll be honest, a lot of you got votes.

But there was one person who was a very clear

favorite, and it shouldn't surprise anybody.

It is, the winner of the SIA award is Miss Serene Fields.

$100,000 and a standing ovation.

Wow.

I hate to interrupt this, but we are live, and it's been an interesting night.

So I'm going to say this.

Saying goodbye to Survivor 50 and Serene is not easy, but we are very excited to

bring you a new season of Survivor featuring new players and a new era.

Take a look.

A new crop of players is about to birth a new kind of game.

I haven't remembered a game start like this in eons.

I mean, you've got to kick it back, I think, almost to the single digits.

And this one has no boundaries.

You've got two minutes to get everything you can off this boat.

You immediately just see everybody descend into

chaos, and I'm the most chaotic man you'll ever meet.

For the first time ever, our entire history, every advantage, every idol,

every twist we've ever done, 50 seasons of Survivor is in play.

I feel like I'm on one of those epic roller coasters.

You know the drop is going to hit your stomach

a certain way, but you still welcome the drop.

Along with dangerous new elements never seen before.

I think it's landing here.

I'm a serious competitor, and if I'm not winning,

I'm going to make sure somebody else loses.

I grew up in, like, a loud, boyish household.

I'm poop positive, okay?

Like, seriously.

Wait, what's happening?

It's now a shape-shifting game, changing

without warning, creating permanent uncertainty.

Come on!

Let's go, let's go, let's go, let's go!

This is what the people have been begging for.

It's the open era of Survivor.

Come back!

No!

So, the open era is taking, which is what we talked about, what you all built with

this massive uncertainty, and making it permanent uncertainty.

So the idea is that anything that has ever happened, at any time on the show,

can happen in any season, at any time, in any order, without any warning.

We've shot 51.

It is very fun.

It's called the open era, and thanks to you all for launching it.

All right, Coach, we started the season with you.

I've got 10 seconds for a coachism to wrap up Survivor 50.

Okay, I got it for you.

Magic.

We're all born with it.

It comes in the shape of joy, hope, kindness, and love.

I see it in my kids.

We've got to protect it, and give it to everybody

that we meet, and the world will radically change.

I cannot get enough of Coach.

All right, tomorrow morning, our winner, Aubrey, will receive her check for $2

million, live on CBS Mornings with Gayle King, right from this stage.

That's it.

We'll see you in the fall for Survivor 51.

Let's head out.