{"id":81505,"date":"2026-05-23T11:15:57","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T11:15:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/survivor-50-finalists-discuss-how-they-planned-to-win-the-record-prize\/"},"modified":"2026-05-23T11:15:57","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T11:15:57","slug":"survivor-50-finalists-discuss-how-they-planned-to-win-the-record-prize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/survivor-50-finalists-discuss-how-they-planned-to-win-the-record-prize\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Survivor 50&#8221; finalists discuss how they planned to win the record prize"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>If you thought Aubry Bracco came out of nowhere to win the historic &#8220;Survivor 50&#8221; title on Wednesday night, you&#8217;re not alone. That was exactly the point, she said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When you have 23 incredible players, you have to know when to put your foot on the gas, when to slow down, and there are a lot of times when I go, &#8216;Oh, this is happening over here, let the attention go there.&#8217; &#8230; You remain in the pocket and wait to strike when it is your moment,&#8221; Bracco told &#8220;CBS Mornings&#8221; co-host Gayle King on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The New Hampshire native, who initially starred in season 32, took home the record $2 million prize on Wednesday night&#8217;s finale. Bracco made it to the final three in &#8220;Survivor: Ka\u00f4h R\u014dng,&#8221; but came up short in the final vote.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m always having an out-of-body experience on &#8216;Survivor,'&#8221; Bracco told &#8220;CBS Mornings.&#8221; &#8220;[Host] Jeff [Probst] can attest, it has been 10 years and I came up just short, and you always taste it when you get that close.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/05\/21\/3ac88ef5-d4c8-46e1-ba05-de336681734a\/thumbnail\/620x413\/566db941afd7a67c9f844453cef71531\/gettyimages-2276771203.jpg#\" alt=\"Survivor 50 Live Finale \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/05\/21\/3ac88ef5-d4c8-46e1-ba05-de336681734a\/thumbnail\/620x413\/566db941afd7a67c9f844453cef71531\/gettyimages-2276771203.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/05\/21\/3ac88ef5-d4c8-46e1-ba05-de336681734a\/thumbnail\/1240x826\/ff61bbaa39e537b9460cda0556958831\/gettyimages-2276771203.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Winner Aubry Bracco, front right, attends the &#8220;Survivor 50&#8221; Live Finale with her fellow contestants at the Paramount Studios lot in Los Angeles, on May 20, 2026.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Robert Voets\/CBS via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On Thursday&#8217;s episode of &#8220;CBS Mornings,&#8221; the five finalists and Probst, who has hosted all 50 seasons of the show, discussed in-depth their strategy of how to win the show, which featured contestants from previous seasons, on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is ultimately a game of social politics, and the big twist of &#8216;Survivor&#8217; is you are getting rid of people that then in the end you have to persuade to give you $2 million,&#8221; Probst said. &#8220;That&#8217;s a tough thing do.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Tiffany Nicole Ervin, who orginially appeared on season 46, said she thought she was voted out because she had &#8220;too many friends&#8221; on the jury, which made those still in the game concerned she would earn their votes if she made the final three.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think that&#8217;s why I was voted out, because I was friends with everybody on the jury,&#8221; Ervin said. &#8220;I think that&#8217;s a part of what makes you a threat.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>While Bracco tried to stay out of everyone&#8217;s minds, Jonathan Young wanted everyone to underestimate him.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I thought about &#8216;Survivor&#8217; every day for four years,&#8221; Young, who initially appeared on season 42, said. &#8220;Because I played a game, I knew if you watched me, you didn&#8217;t see any strategy. 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So, if I wear the same clothes, if I act similar, then nobody would believe I had any strategy \u2014 and most people didn&#8217;t.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ervin, a New Jersey native, said she looked at &#8220;Survivor&#8221; as an &#8220;athletic competition&#8221; and had total confidence in her strategy.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I absolutely thought it was going to be me [who won],&#8221; Ervin said. &#8220;You don&#8217;t play a game like &#8216;Survivor 50,&#8217; coming in not thinking you will be the winner.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/05\/21\/b4c3f1eb-dda6-4e04-80b0-65a3c66c4fc6\/thumbnail\/620x413\/20e7e28ecd252a1d3f82415ad75d7e8b\/gettyimages-2276771255.jpg#\" alt=\"Survivor 50 Live Finale \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/05\/21\/b4c3f1eb-dda6-4e04-80b0-65a3c66c4fc6\/thumbnail\/620x413\/20e7e28ecd252a1d3f82415ad75d7e8b\/gettyimages-2276771255.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/05\/21\/b4c3f1eb-dda6-4e04-80b0-65a3c66c4fc6\/thumbnail\/1240x826\/d946cd4ce8aad15321e0447bbc013673\/gettyimages-2276771255.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Joe Hunter, Jonathan Young and Aubry Bracco attend the &#8220;Survivor 50&#8221; Live Finale at the Paramount Studios lot in Los Angeles, on May 20, 2026.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Robert Voets\/CBS via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>On falling short again<\/h2>\n<p>Rizo Velovic had a very different experience than most of the other contestants. He appeared on season 49, and had only nine days in-between seasons, he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Falling short twice obviously sucks, but to know that I&#8217;m a part of history is something that I wear as a badge of honor,&#8221; Velovic said.<\/p>\n<p>Velovic, the New York native who crowned himself with the nickname RizGod, finished fourth in the last season and repeated the finish in &#8220;Survivor 50.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ervin, who finished eighth in season 46, was fifth in this year&#8217;s all-star show. But she had no regrets about how she played the game.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is so hard to regulate your emotions when you are playing a game like &#8216;Survivor,'&#8221; Ervin said. &#8220;You are hungry, you are tired. You are giving your literal blood, sweat and tears into these challenges.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I love this game so much. It is so hard not to get emotionally invested, and above all else we are passionate,&#8221; she added. &#8220;It is so difficult not for that passion to ooze out of my pores when something is going on or whether something is going good.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>Probst explains live TV mistake<\/h2>\n<p>Before chatting with the contestants, King asked Probst about what happened when he accidentally revealed Velovic had lost a challenge during the live show before the taped segment had aired.<\/p>\n<p>As Velovic stood next to him on stage, Probst commented that he hadn&#8217;t managed to light a campfire in the challenge that would determine the final three contestants.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t know if there&#8217;s something in there to think about,&#8221; Probst said on the finale. &#8220;Anyway, Rizo, you&#8217;ve become the final member of our jury. Take a spot over here.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The entire cast of the show immediately flagged Probst had messed up and the taped segment from the island hadn&#8217;t aired yet.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday&#8217;s &#8220;CBS Mornings&#8221; interview, the host explained why the mistake happened.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What is happening when you are doing a &#8216;Survivor&#8217; finale is two things: You are running the show, the episode, and then doing the live hits where I come out and talk to one of the players,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I&#8217;m not watching the show. I&#8217;m backstage getting ready for my funny question with Rizo about if only he had practiced fire-making.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;So, I come out. We are all set up on the stage. We have an empty seat for Rizo. I don&#8217;t think anything is weird. It wasn&#8217;t until I started talking to Rizo about losing in fire that I&#8217;m telling \u2014we had 1,200 people there \u2014 I could collectively feel the energy go to an emoji like this,&#8221; Probst said, mimicking the shocked-face emoji.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What happened, I&#8217;m still not sure. We have a big team, mistakes happen. But we got ahead of ourselves,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Probst relayed that Rizo later told him he was confused what was happening as well. 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