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Warning: Spoilers ahead.
Jeff Probst accidentally spoiled a awesome “Survivor 50” consequence during Wednesday night’s unrecorded finale.
The longtime host, 64, mistakenly revealed that contestant Rizo Velovic mislaid nan show’s last fire-making situation — which determines who advances to nan Final Three — earlier nan pre-taped conception had moreover aired connected television.
“Camp life is besides astir fire-making,” Probst said arsenic Velovic stood adjacent to him onstage astatine nan workplace successful Los Angeles.
“I don’t cognize if there’s thing successful location to deliberation about, anyway, Rizo, you’ve go nan last personnel of our jury. Take a spot complete here,” he continued, accidentally revealing Velovic had mislaid nan situation and been eliminated from nan competition.
“This is it. These are our people. Their games fell a small short, but this is nan group that is going to…” Probst added earlier abruptly stopping.
“What conscionable happened?” he asked.
Several contestants seated adjacent quickly pointed retired nan mistake, telling Probst, “The occurrence hasn’t happened yet.”
“Huh?” Probst replied arsenic formed members continued speaking complete 1 another. “Keep going,” personification yelled from disconnected camera.
“I’m not moreover judge what’s happened,” Probst admitted earlier CBS trim to commercial.
When nan broadcast returned, Probst addressed nan mix-up.
“Alright, so, I emotion doing unrecorded television,” he said arsenic nan assemblage cheered.
“In lawsuit you’re confused, this is what happened. We were going to show you fire-making, and past person nan loser of fire-making, Rizo, travel retired and talk astir if he had practiced fire-making possibly he would’ve won.
“Instead, we did a ‘Survivor’ twist, it’s nan past twist of nan season. We telephone it, ‘A peek into nan future.’ So now, we’re going to watch Rizo suffer successful a occurrence to Jonathan.”
The fire-making situation had been filmed months earlier successful Fiji. The conception showed Jonathan Young defeating Velovic to unafraid a spot successful nan Final Three.
Probst past introduced nan footage by telling nan assemblage to “watch Rizo lose!”
Fans quickly reacted to nan on-air correction connected societal media.
“As personification who missed nan Will Smith slap live, this was nan wildest unrecorded TV infinitesimal I’ve ever seen. RIP to whoever conscionable mislaid their job,” 1 spectator wrote.
“Welp we’re ne'er getting a unrecorded finale again,” different posted.
“It’s unthinkable – but handled it very well. It was funny. We each knew who was going to triumph fire. All good,” a 3rd added.
Aubry Bracco was yet crowned nan victor of “Survivor 50,” defeating Young and Joe Hunter astatine nan Final Tribal Council to triumph nan $2 cardinal prize.
The unrecorded TV mishap came conscionable 1 week aft Probst responded to instrumentality criticism that “Survivor” has go little cutthroat successful caller years.
“We research pinch each kinds of caller ideas, and we tried to usher successful nan astir unpredictability we’ve ever had,” Probst told Variety.
“Whether aliases not you for illustration nan play is subjective, but it’s not that thing didn’t work. We’ve made bad choices successful nan past. I conscionable don’t deliberation we did successful 50.”
