Survivor contestants are saying see ya to a little bit of prize cash from pop singer/songwriter Sia.
Just two days after Survivor’s forty sixth season ended, host Jeff Probst introduced that the Sia Prize has come to an finish. Sia will now not award cash to her favourite gamers each season.
On May 24, Probst introduced the tip of her largesse on Instagram. Sia reposted it.
“After eight years, 14 seasons, 19 players, and over $1,000,000 awarded, Survivor is officially bringing the Sia Prize to a triumphant end!”
Sia reposted Probst’s assertion on her Instagram Story, including animated hearts.
“Over the many years, Sia has brought so much joy to so many players and it was always straight from her heart,” Probst mentioned.
“So it is with tremendous gratitude and admiration to Sia that we bring to a close one of the most unique relationships a TV show could ever have with a pop star of Sia’s global wattage,” Probst added.
Sia began her custom in 2016 after on the thirty second season’s stay finale for Survivor: Kaôh Rōng — Brains vs. Brawn vs. Beauty.
“I still vividly remember the day Sia stood up in the audience during the live finale … and made her way onstage,” Probst recalled. “She was so taken by Tai [Trang]’s commitment to protecting a chicken from being eaten that she awarded him $50,000 of her own money.”
“Tai was shocked,” Probst mentioned. “The audience was shocked, I was shocked! What was happening? Sia was onstage in her wig handing out money to a Survivor player!?”
The singer has since gifted 18 extra gamers with numerous quantities of cash, together with seven gamers who every obtained $100,000: Rick Devens (season 38), Elaine Stott (39), Janet Carbin (39), Drea Wheeler (42), Jesse Lopez (43), Carolyn Wiger (44) and Katurah Topps (45).
The different 11 contestants who had been awarded cash had been Donathan Hurley (36), Davie Rickenbacker (37), Aurora McCreary (38), Joe Anglim (38), Jamal Shipman (39), Owen Knight (43), Ryan Medrano (43), Lauren Harpe (44), Carson Garrett (44), Jake O’ Kane (45) and Kaleb Gebrewold (45).
“I’m really honored for Survivor to have this one of a kind association with Sia,” Probst mentioned. “She’s in the Survivor Hall Of Fame of Superfans!”
The Sia Prize is just not formally affiliated with the long-running CBS program. The winner of Survivor wins a $1 million prize.
