Jeff Probst said that the 'Survivor 50' Sia Prize twist was actually the singer's idea.
— a Grammy-nominated pop star who has given away more than $1 million of her own money to numerous contestants across eight seasons. And, after a brief pause, she’s bringing back her tradition for the season 50 finale with a fan-centric twist.
‘Survivor’ Superfan Billie Eilish Describes How Season 50 ‘Boomerang Idol’ Came to Be, Doubts Her Ability to Compete: ‘So Bad With the Math Part’The Sia Prize began in 2016 as an unofficial cash reward for players whose personal stories resonated with the “Chandelier” singer. After she surpassed the $1 million mark, host Jeff Probst put his foot down.
“I’m stopping this because you’ll just keep giving money and you have a family,” he toldNow, 10 years after the inception of the Sia Prize, the reward will return, with the Australian singer-songwriter asking fans to vote for “the kind of player she always recognizes. ” In keeping with this season’s “In the Hands of the Fans” theme, this year’s Sia Prize winner will be announced during the season finale on Wednesday, May 20, and walk away with $100,000. was going to be ‘In the Hands of the Fans,’ I reached out to Sia to let her know what we were doing and to see if she had any interest in being part of it again,” Probst explained to.
“She loved the idea of fans having a real voice in shaping the game and was very enthusiastic about participating. And the twist on the Sia Prize was actually her idea. She said, ‘If this season is truly about the fans having a say, then the fans should choose the winner of the Sia Prize too.
’” Sia last handed out her prize in 2023 for the show’s 45th season, with Katurah Topps winning $100,000 and Jake O’Kane and Kaleb Gebrewold each earning $15,000.
“‘I’ve been really fortunate music has been good to me,'” Probst recalled Sia telling him. “‘I make a lot of money, and brings me a lot of joy, so I want to share my money with people who brought me a lot of joy. '”has a strong musical bent — and it doesn’t stop with Sia. Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong and his son, Jakob,.
Country star Zac Brown also launched his own “epic spearfishing” prize this season, while Jack Harlow, Billie Eilish and Doja Cat have all proved themselves to be majorasked Probst why musical artists might be drawn to the long-running competition, he shared: “From the music perspective, because people like Sia are fans who happen to be musicians. But I think, to extrapolate, our son is a musician. When he plays us a song he just wrote, he’s nervous.
It’s from his soul. And that’s : real people telling you their truth. Being vulnerable. Like the vulnerability of sharing your art. That’s what people connect with. ”
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