{"id":3016,"date":"2026-05-21T16:36:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T16:36:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/survivor-50-star-rizo-velovic-reacts-to-jeff-probst-spoiling-his-elimination\/"},"modified":"2026-05-21T16:36:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T16:36:17","slug":"survivor-50-star-rizo-velovic-reacts-to-jeff-probst-spoiling-his-elimination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/survivor-50-star-rizo-velovic-reacts-to-jeff-probst-spoiling-his-elimination\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Survivor 50&#8217; star Rizo Velovic reacts to Jeff Probst spoiling his elimination"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/05\/survivor_77aa93.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cSurvivor 50\u201d star Rizo Velovic is still processing that host Jeff Probst<a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/21\/entertainment\/jeff-probst-accidentally-spoils-survivor-50-finale-result-during-live-tv-gaffe\/\"> accidentally spoiled his elimination <\/a>during the live finale on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was very confused,\u201d Velovic<a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/survivor-50-contestant-rizo-velovic-reacts-to-jeff-probst-live-finale-mistake-11980997\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> told People<\/a> after the snafu. \u201cJeff wanted to give me my moment, which was great, but I\u2019m getting my moment before the travesty of losing fire back-to-back times.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Velovic explained he was \u201ctrying to be a professional\u201d in the moment and expected that the Emmy Award-winning host \u201cwould pick up\u201d on what was going wrong, which Probst didn\u2019t.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>\u201cSurvivor 50\u201d star Rizo Velovic told People he was \u201cvery confused\u201d when Jeff Probst spoiled his elimination during the live finale. <span class=\"credit\">CBS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Velovice (pictured above with Probst) said he tried to act \u201cprofessional\u201d and figure the host \u201cwould pick up\u201d on what was going wrong in the moment. <span class=\"credit\">CBS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>During the live finale in Los Angeles, Probst, 64, mistakenly brought Velovic out on stage and spoiled that the 26-year-old lost the final-four firemaking challenge to Jonathan Young before the pre-taped segment aired.<\/p>\n<p>It wasn\u2019t until after Probst told Velovic to sit with the rest of the eliminated jury members that he realized his costly mistake.<\/p>\n<p>When the broadcast returned, Probst admitted to the mix-up and joked it was \u201cthe last twist of the season.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Velovic told People<a href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/rizo-velovic-reacts-to-shocking-live-survivor-50-spoiler-mistake-11980982\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <\/a>that Probst thanked him afterwards for \u201cbeing a good sport\u201d and that they handled the situation as best they could.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Velovic (seen above at the \u201cSurvivor 50\u201d finale) said Probst thanked him afterwards for \u201cbeing a good sport.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>The 26-year-old (seen above on \u201cSurvivor 50\u201d) also joked that the incident is a part of \u201cSurvivor\u201d history now. <span class=\"credit\">Robert Voets\/CBS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cAfter the commercial break, we came back and lost, we played a little joke, so it was fine \u2014 a part of history!\u201d the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/12\/18\/entertainment\/survivor-49s-rizo-velovic-reveals-moment-he-was-asked-to-be-on-season-50\/\">Survivor 49\u2033 alum<\/a> said.<\/p>\n<p>Probst, who has hosted the reality show since it premiered in 2000, explained his side of the story regarding the on-air flub <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CBSMornings\/status\/2057470272970568168\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">on \u201cCBS Mornings\u201d <\/a>Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIm backstage getting ready for my funny question with Rizo about it. \u2018If only he had practiced fire-making.\u2019 So I come out, we\u2019re all set up on the stage, we\u2019ve got an empty seat for Rizzo. I don\u2019t think anything\u2019s weird,\u201d Probst explained.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Probst (pictured above) accidentally spoiled Velovic\u2019s final four firemaking elimination during the live finale on Wednesday.  <span class=\"credit\">CBS via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>The Emmy Award-winning host (seen above) admitted to the on-air flub afterwards. <span class=\"credit\">CBS via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The host said once he started talking to Velovic, he felt an \u201cenergy\u201d shift in the room, which was filled with around 1,2000 people.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have a big team, mistakes happen,\u201d he stated. \u201cWe just got ahead of ourselves. And none of us saw it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Probst added, \u201cRizo even told us later, \u2018I was standing next to you going, I don\u2019t know why he\u2019s going to send me over to the jury, I haven\u2019t even lost yet!\u2019 But \u2026 live TV!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>On Thursday, Probst said on \u201cCBS Mornings\u201d that he realized he screwed up when he felt an \u201cenergy\u201d shift in the room, which was filled with over 1,000 people. <span class=\"credit\">CBS Mornings<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>\u201cWe have a big team, mistakes happen,\u201d said Probst, who is pictured above on \u201cCBS Mornings.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">CBS Mornings<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Anchor Gayle King told Probst he handled the blunder \u201cbrilliantly\u201d and is \u201ctaking notes\u201d for the future<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cSurvivor 50\u201d finale saw <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/04\/02\/entertainment\/survivor-50-star-genevieve-mushaluk-gives-update-on-aubry-bracco-feud\/\">Aubry Bracco <\/a>beat Young and <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/05\/22\/entertainment\/survivor-48-finalist-joe-hunter-shocked-over-jury-votes\/\">Joe Hunter<\/a> in a 8-3-0 jury vote to win the $2 million grand prize.<\/p>\n<p>Bracco, 40, previously came in second place on Season 32. She played again on Season 34 and Season 38.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSurvivor 51\u201d premieres in September on CBS.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/21\/entertainment\/survivor-50-star-rizo-velovic-reacts-to-jeff-probst-spoiling-his-elimination\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cSurvivor 50\u201d star Rizo Velovic is still processing that host Jeff Probst accidentally spoiled his<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3017,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3016","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/survivor_77aa93.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3016","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3016"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3016\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3017"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}