With a cast as dynamic as the one we started Survivor 50 with, it’s no surprise that we have a jury made up of incredible, game-changing players. From our first juror Dee Valladares to the latest addition of Cirie Fields, these eliminated castaways are messing around and they still have one big move to make before the end of the season: deciding who will take home the title of Sole Survivor and the $2 million that comes with this.
And just like any season, the biggest question is who would have won if they hadn’t made it to the jury? Because fans at home were gutted as some of their favorites like Christian Hubicki, Ozzy Lusth, Rick Devens, and Cirie Fields—all of whom were playing masterful games—got their torches snuffed as they were sent to the jury.
But now, in an exclusive interview with Entertainment Weekly, the nine eliminated castaways are sharing their behind-the-scenes POV of life after getting their torches snuffed and reflecting on the games each of them played. Specifically, revealing who amongst them played a winner’s game that would have given them $2 million had they not been eliminated.
And the votes were not at all surprising, to be honest…
Let’s start with the players who didn’t get any kudos: Chrissy Hofbeck, Coach Wade, Emily Flippen, and Ozzy Lusth. None of their games were highlighted as the best of the jury this season, which makes us wonder if maybe they weren’t as dangerous as everyone in the game believed them to be.
And then we have Stephenie LaGrossa Kendrick who would vote for herself if she could—but she can’t—so we’re going to include her on the list of players who weren’t in consideration for the title and prize if they’d made it to the Final Three. And Dee Valladares also got some love from Rick Devens who—though his vote went elsewhere—wanted her to get her props as someone with, “major annoying little sister vibes,” but in the best, coolest way.
Next up with two shout outs is Christian Hubicki. Both Dee and Emily agreed that he—alongside a secondary vote from each of them—played an incredible game that could have earned their votes in the end. Dee also voted for Cirie Fields as a tie for her best jury player and she’s not the only one. Christian, Ozzy, and Devens all agreed that Cirie played the best game.
Christian went as far as to say, “I get the hype. I've now lived the hype. I have joined the hype,” when it came to Cirie’s game with Devens adding, “I mean, come on, man.” Both members of the dynamic duo inferring that there is no other player like Cirie—and they’re 100% correct in that assessment. However, she didn’t get the majority of praise across the board.
The player who received the most hype from their fellow jury members was Rick Devens.
“Everyone was afraid to sit next to him in the end,” according to Stephenie with both Chrissy and Cirie bringing up his brilliantly hilarious fake idol play. Devens might have been one of the easiest votes of the season because it was so clear he’d been playing an incredible game. Chrissy, Coach, Stephenie, Emily, and Cirie all would have voted for him to win in the end and I’m sure Aubry Bracco—who likely would have ended up on the jury if Devens hadn’t—agrees.
And just like that, Devens has a majority vote at the Final Tribal Council—if he had made it.
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