Jeff Probst breaks down exactly what led to him bungling ‘Survivor 50’ results on live TV

Jeff Probst survived to show nan tale.

The longtime big revealed what led to him spoiling nan results of a pivotal challenge during nan live “Survivor 50” finale Wednesday.

During nan three-hour broadcast, Probst accidentally announced that contestant Rizo Velovic mislaid nan fire-making situation and was nan last assemblage personnel — earlier nan infinitesimal aired.

“What’s happening erstwhile you’re doing a ‘Survivor’ finale is you’re moving nan show — nan section — and past you’re doing these unrecorded hits wherever I travel out, and I talk to 1 of these players. I’m not watching nan show,” Probst detailed connected “CBS Mornings” Thursday.

Probst, 64, said he was “backstage getting ready” to tease Velovic astir his loss.

“‘If only he had practiced fire-making,’” he recounted to big Gayle King astir nan rib. “So I travel out, we’re each group up connected nan stage, we’ve sewage an quiet spot for Rizzo. I don’t deliberation anything’s weird.”

The crowd’s move instantly shifted erstwhile Probst said astir Velovic’s nonaccomplishment and spot connected nan jury.

“It wasn’t until I started talking to Rizo astir losing successful occurrence — I’m telling you, we had 1,200 group here, I could collectively consciousness nan power spell to an emoji for illustration this [😱].”

But Probst didn’t drawback on.

“I still don’t know,” he continued. “We person a large team, mistakes happen. We conscionable sewage up of ourselves. And nary of america saw it.”

“Rizo moreover told america later, ‘I was opinionated adjacent to you going, I don’t cognize why he’s going to nonstop maine complete to nan jury, I haven’t moreover mislaid yet!’ But … unrecorded TV!” Probst quipped.

King, 71, praised her chap tv presenter, stating that he handled nan business “so brilliantly” and she was “taking notes.”

“If that happens to me, I’m going to do what he did,” King added.

After nan snafu, nan contestants who were onstage pinch him explained that “the occurrence hasn’t happened yet.”

The Emmy-winning big said, “I’m not moreover judge what’s happened,” earlier nan show went to a commercialized break.

Once nan finale came backmost connected air, Probst told nan audience, “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.”

However, he spun nan infinitesimal perfectly, calling it a “Survivor” twist.

“It’s nan past twist of nan season,” Probst, who has hosted nan reality bid since its inception successful 2000, divulged. “We telephone it, ‘A peek into nan future.’ So now we’re going to watch Rizo suffer successful a occurrence to Jonathan [Young].”

The pre-taped conception showed Velovic losing nan final-four fire-making situation to Young, 33.

On Thursday, Velovic said retired astir nan viral moment.

“I was very confused,” he told People. “Jeff wanted to springiness maine my moment, which was great, but I’m getting my infinitesimal earlier nan travesty of losing occurrence back-to-back times.”

Velovic said that, while he was “trying to beryllium a professional” successful nan moment, he hoped Probst “would prime up” connected what was going wrong.

Afterwards, Probst thanked Velovic for “being a bully sport.”

“Survivor 50” concluded with Aubry Bracco beating Young and Joe Hunter in a 8-3-0 assemblage vote.

The New Hampshire autochthonal won $2 million.

Bracco, 40, antecedently placed 2nd connected Season 32 successful 2016. She past came backmost for Season 34 and Season 38.

“It was truthful special,” Bracco gushed to Entertainment Weekly astir yet taking location nan expansive prize. “I felt nan love. It was 10 years. It was rather nan journey. I’ve been truthful blessed.”

“Survivor 51” debuts connected CBS successful September.