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CBS confirms Survivor 50 finale date and first live reunion in 7 years

The Survivor 50 winner will not be announced until the reunion on May 20!
“Knife to the Heart” – Castaways help pass the time on their beach by hosting the “Survivor 50 Talent Show”. Another boomerang idol is discovered, and players must decide whether to send it to an ally or an adversary. Then, the biggest reward of the season is on the line as tribes compete for immunity and a special afternoon with country music star and SURVIVOR superfan, Zac Brown, on SURVIVOR 50, Wednesday, March 18. Photo: Robert Voets/CBS ©2025 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
“Knife to the Heart” – Castaways help pass the time on their beach by hosting the “Survivor 50 Talent Show”. Another boomerang idol is discovered, and players must decide whether to send it to an ally or an adversary. Then, the biggest reward of the season is on the line as tribes compete for immunity and a special afternoon with country music star and SURVIVOR superfan, Zac Brown, on SURVIVOR 50, Wednesday, March 18. Photo: Robert Voets/CBS ©2025 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

CBS officially announced theSurvivor 50finale date, and it's exactly when we thought it would be.

Survivor 50: In the Hands of the Fanswill come to an end with a three-hour finale on Wednesday, May 20, at 8 p.m. ET on CBS and Paramount+. The finale will end around 11 p.m. ET, but there's a chance that it could run long, as it has in the past.

We've known for a while that the date would likely be when we'd find out theSurvivor 50winner, but CBS has finally confirmed it.

We can't talk about theSurvivor 50finale without talking about theSurvivor 50live reunion. CBS confirmed back in January, thanks to a vote by the fans, that theSurvivor 50finale will feature a live reunion for the first time since season 39,Island of the Idols,in 2019.

Starting withSurvivor: Winners at War,which had a live reunion over video chat, because of the COVID-19 pandemic,Survivorhas opted to do a celebration out in Fiji after announcing the winner.Jeff Probstchats with the winner and the players after the game as they eat pizza and drink champagne.

Looking back at previous live reunions andSurvivorfinales, we'll likely see about two hours of actual gameplay with an approximately 45-minute live reunion and Jeff Probst conversing with the players about what transpired in the game. We'll also have the winner reveal live from Los Angeles for the first time in the new era.

CBS has not confirmed how many episodes there will be inSurvivor 50,but it looks like we're going to be getting a 13-episode season. At the time of publishing, we'reheading into episode 6, which means we're about halfway through the season.

Somehow, we're merging with 17 players, which means we're going to see a lot of players eliminated in the next few episodes. For the first time this season, we saw a multi-elimination inepisode 5. It looks like we're going to see it happen in episode 6, as well, and I would expect episodes 7 and 8 to feature double eliminations just to get the numbers in check for Final Tribal Council on May 20.

We'll share more news about the season as it's revealed, but mark your calendars for now! TheSurvivor 50finale and live reunion will be happening on Wednesday, May 20.

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