Jeff Probst Reveals Last Fan Vote Before Live Show (Exclusive)

Survivor followers, you’ve gotten extra voting to do. There might be yet one more fan vote earlier than Survivor 50 is over, Jeff Probst tells TV Insider. The nature of the vote might be revealed within the penultimate episode of the season (Episode 12), airing on Wednesday, May 13, on C.B.S.. The outcomes might be introduced throughout the three-hour Survivor 50 live finale on Wednesday, May 20.

For the primary time since Season 40, Winners at Warthe Survivor prize money is $2 million as an alternative of $1 million. The gamers have Jimmy “MrBeast” Donaldson and Rick Devens to thanks for that. It’s additionally the primary dwell finale since Season 39, Island of the Idols. Fans have themselves to thank for that; the dwell finale’s destiny was the first In the Hands of the Fans voting results revealed this season.

Probst additionally teases that in the 50s era, “the chances are very good that you’ll see more returning players sooner rather than later.” Season 51 is filming now.

Get your first style of the Survivor 50 dwell finale in our interview with Probst under.

How did it really feel to plan a dwell finale once more, and do you assume it is again for good?

Jeff Probst: We have not completed a dwell finale in years, so the second we stepped onto the Paramount lot and began levels, you can really feel the vitality instantly. There’s one thing very thrilling about realizing it is all constructing towards one evening the place something can occur dwell in actual time.

From a manufacturing standpoint, our largest precedence has been designing a set that permits as many seats as potential in order many followers as potential may be a part of the present. The dwell viewers is a large a part of what makes the finale particular. There’s nothing like being in that room with a thousand individuals, all watching in actual time, cheering for his or her favourite gamers, reacting to each second, and sharing that vitality collectively. That’s what makes a dwell present a lot enjoyable. I truthfully want we may have one big nationwide watch celebration with all of us collectively in a single large room! That could be a blast. Maybe someday.

As for the way forward for dwell reveals, proper now our focus is making this finale the most effective it may be.

What facets from the earlier dwell occasions are being introduced again? Any particular entrance for you and the votes?

We’re bringing again the weather individuals love most — the dwell viewers, the real-time reactions, the immediacy of showing the winner onstage, and that feeling that something can occur as a result of it is all unfolding proper there within the room. That vitality is what makes a dwell finale distinctive.

This yr, although, we’re structuring the evening a little bit in a different way. Instead of pondering of it as a finale adopted by a brief reunion present, we’re treating the whole three hours as one huge dwell occasion. We’ll be checking in with gamers all through the evening, letting the story of the season proceed to unfold in actual time — all constructing to the dwell reveal of the winner on the finish.

As for particular entrances and the vote urn, these had been at all times enjoyable traditions. I cherished them! But they do take day trip of the present, and this finale is packed, so we made the choice to make use of that point the place it issues most, with the gamers and the story of the season!

Are there any fan voting outcomes but to be revealed within the finale?

As a matter of reality, there may be one very enjoyable closing fan vote that might be introduced throughout the penultimate episode, the week earlier than the finale, and the outcomes might be revealed on the dwell finale.

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What are you able to tease in regards to the Survivor 50 closing 5 and their combat to the end?

What is most placing to me about our closing 5 is that there is no such thing as a single blueprint for the way they acquired there. Each one in all them introduced a singular strategic method to their recreation. They trusted their instincts and stayed dedicated to their particular standpoint on tips on how to play. And it earned every of them a shot to win this recreation.

There additionally is not one clear frontrunner. It’s actually vast open. For actual. Going into the finale, any one of many 5 may win, and loads will come all the way down to who’s sitting subsequent to whom within the closing three.

And due to the power of this closing 5, I feel the season will finally be gained or misplaced on the Final Tribal Council when the jury will get an opportunity to query the ultimate three. The jury understood the accountability that got here with deciding the winner of Season 50, they usually rose to that second. They challenged the ultimate three, pushed them to totally personal their video games, and ultimately, I imagine they based mostly their votes on who may finest clarify, defend, and personal the sport they performed.

Will the 50s seasons have extra returning gamers?

Let me be clear, I really like returning-player seasons! They’re a whole lot of enjoyable as a result of there’s historical past, fame, unfinished enterprise, and the viewers already has a relationship with the gamers earlier than the sport even begins. That’s very thrilling!

What individuals typically overlook is that in an effort to have nice returning-player seasons, you first have to find nice new gamers, allow them to play, after which give sufficient time for followers to overlook them and be excited to see them once more. You should construct the subsequent technology earlier than you may convey them again.

Our final all-returning participant season was [six] years in the past with Winners at War. I do know that it might really feel like a very long time, however we’ve completed a whole lot of returning-player seasons, and it was vital to construct a powerful new bench of expertise. I feel we have completed that. So sure, I’d say the probabilities are superb that you’re going to see extra returning gamers sooner fairly than in a while Survivor!

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