Jeff Probst Messing Up Is Unfortunately Very Funny

A final-four fire-making setup sent Rizo Velovic and Jonathan Young into a challenge, with the loser becoming the final juror. During the live finale broadcast, the host brought out Rizo before the audience saw the fire-making results, causing confusion and a lack of applause. The host appeared uncertain, then acknowledged a mistake and cut to commercial. After the break, the host explained that the intended plan was to show fire-making and then have Rizo speak, but a final-season twist replaced that sequence. The audience reacted with laughter as the show proceeded to watch Rizo lose in fire to Jonathan, and the host recovered while the confusion remained visible.

"With that, the show cut back to the live finale happening in real time in Los Angeles, where Probst brought out Rizo. "You become the final member of our jury; take a spot over here," Probst said to Rizo, before the audience found out he lost the game. The live studio audience did not applaud, confusing Probst. "What just happened?" the host asked, short-circuiting."

""They didn't show the fire," Rizo muttered. Probst responded, "Oop," jerking his head back a little. "I'm not even sure what's happened, but up next we're gonna have one final surprise for the players," he continued. And with that, the show cut away to commercial."

"By the time the show came back from commercial, Probst had clearly been filled in on his own error. "We were going to show you fire-making and then have the loser of fire-making, Rizo, come out and talk about how charming he is and how maybe, if he'd practiced fire-making, maybe he would have won," Probst said. "Instead, we did a Survivor twist - it's the last twist of the season." With that, the full audience burst out laughing."

""Now, we're gonna watch Rizo lose in fire to Jonathan." Ever the professional, Probst recovered the moment beautifully, even though the chagrin was still emanating through the screen. "I was very confused," Rizo told after getting offstage."

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