Survivor’s latest champion is officially a millionaire.
On last night’s finale for Survivor 50: In the Hands of the Fans, which also went viral for Jeff Probst’s live on-air blunder and inadvertent spoiler, Aubry Bracco became the recipient of the season’s record-breaking prize.
For only the second time in Survivor history the show awarded a whopping $2 million to its winner, doubling the typical $1 million that previous winners have received.
As for how she’ll be using it, Aubry, 39, speaking with E! News, shared she is looking ahead and not rushing any purchases.
“I have a two and a half year old and I wanna make sure that his future is all set,” she first said of how she will use the money.
As for how she will treat herself, she added: “I really want a dry sauna or something, an infrared sauna,” though noted that she likes to “keep it lowkey” when it comes to her spending.
© Getty ImagesAubry also opened up about just how confident she felt in winning the milestone season, admitting: “After final tribal, I had a good feeling that I left it all on the table.”
“I felt good, I was confident that I had articulated my game but after Survivor 32, I have learned, I’m not satisfied until that is on ink and the votes are read,” she continued, adding: “So I was hopeful but I did not think that it was a done deal.”
In addition to the $2 million prize — which Aubry won’t take home in totality as she’ll have to pay federal and state income taxes on it — she was also awarded a car, though she did note to the outlet that she already owns her own.
She is also not the only one earning money. Second place winners have long been awarded $100,000, while those in third place earn $85,000, and every contestant gets at least $1,000.
© Getty ImagesCorinne Kaplan, who played on seasons 17 and 26, explained in a September 2021 episode of the Trading Secrets podcast that there is always a pot of money with a fixed amount out of which all prizes are taken out, so participants in larger seasons earn less money, and moreover: “What happens is, roughly, the first person voted out makes like $2,500, [and] it goes up very incrementally.”
“Those people only make a few thousand, and there’s a couple hundred [dollars] difference between them,” she continued, noting that once there are enough people eliminated, and people qualify to be members of the jury, their prize money “starts going up by $10K.”
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