Survivor Loser Bitterly Complains After Loss Questions Legitimacy of Game: If That's a Jury'

Jonathan Young lost the Survivor 50 prize and expressed bitterness about the jury process. He said he did everything he could and could not identify what he should have done differently. He believed he played the better game, but he felt jury votes were influenced by Aubry Bracco having played five times. Young questioned whether that influence was fair and implied confusion about what the jury represents. After the finale, Tiffany Ervin revealed a conversation with Young that was deleted from the broadcast and made her angry going into jury deliberations. The live finale also included a major reveal about Rizo Velovic losing a fire-making challenge before it aired.

"Jonathan Young bitterly complained about the jury process after he lost the $2 millioin prize to a competitor he felt he had bested. The 50th season of Survivor went out with a bang this week when host Jeff Probst biffed it hard during the live finale, revealing that 3rd runner-up Rizo Velovic had lost the fire-making challenge before that segment had aired. Aubry Bracco wound up beating Young 5 votes to 3, with Joe Hunter posting a goose-egg in the final vote."

"After the finale, fourth runner-up Tiffany Ervin revealed a conversation with Young that was deleted from the show, and which made her angry going into the jury deliberations. In an interview with Dalton Ross of Entertainment Weekly, Young decried the result and questioned its fairness, musing if that's a jury, then I'm confused, you know?: DALTON ROSS: A live finale is always awkward, because it's a celebration, right?"

"JONATHAN YOUNG: Oh, Mr. Dalton, it hurt me so bad. Cause I know I did everything I could do 'cause I had thought about Survivor for four years, and I don't think I could've played I don't know what I could've done different. I keep trying I keep going back to: What do I learn from this? God, what do you want me to learn? And I don't know yet. I don't know what I'm learning because I believe deep in my heart that I played the better game. I know I did."

"But because Aubry's played five times, that weighed on a lot of the jury votes. And is that fair? That's up to the fans and up to Survivor to decide. But if that's a jury, then I'm c"

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