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Survivor 50: In the Hands of the Fans has already broken many of the show's barriers, and the final prize is no different.
For only the second time in Survivor history, the show introduced a $2 million prize for the winner of the historic season — doubling the traditional $1 million that's been given out for 48 of the last 49 seasons.
The pot increased after internet personality MrBeast surprised the contestants and revealed that they could double the reward if they flipped a coin the right way. Luckily, Rick Devens had fate on his side, as he correctly tossed up the coin to score a $2 million total prize pot
Even though they didn't snag the title of Sole Survivor, contestants who get second and third place also walk away with a significant amount of money.
The runner-up receives $100,000 and the third place finisher gets $85,000, according to Today. Kaplan confirmed the prize amounts during a 2021 appearance on the Trading Secrets podcast.
So, what happens is, roughly, the first person voted out makes like $2,500, [and] it goes up very incrementally," Kaplan claimed. "Those people only make a few thousand, and there's a couple hundred [dollars] difference between them."
However, once there are enough people eliminated and people qualify to be members of the jury, their payout "starts going up by $10K," according to Kaplan.
"It works backwards," she said, claiming that each person on the jury makes $10,000 less than the contestant who made it one place ahead of them (excluding the winner).
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