Three players may not have won the $1 million, but they did win the Sia Award.
See their reactions here!
She’s done it again.
Tai Trang, Sia, and Jeff Probt during the ‘Survivor: Kaoh Rong’ finale.Neil Jacobs/CBS via Getty Images
“I was devastated,” Sia tells Jesse about his loss at fire to eventual winnerMike Gabler.
It was the most epic move I’ve ever seen."
“I poured my heart into the game,” Jesse says to Sia.
Ryan Medrano, Jesse Lopez, and Owen Knight of ‘Survivor 43’.
“I really see you and I really loved your personality,” Sia tells Owen.
That hard work was rewarded with some cold hard cash, with Ryan also receiving $50,000 from Sia.
“Your vibe was awesome…
Sia.Stefanie Keenan/Getty Images
I see you as a hero.”
“I’m talking to Sia right now!”
an unbelieving Ryan exclaims after being personally serenaded.
“My face hurts from smiling!”
While Sia bankrolls the gifts, there is another famous face who helps facilitate them: host Jeff Probst.
“It’s all her.
It’s very fun to be a witness to her process.”
She would watch the finale and then let me know who she wanted to receive the Sia Award.
The players would find out immediately.
It was very powerful to see it go down."
She had forgotten them.
That’s Sia!"
In the new era ofSurvivor, the Sia Award logistics have changed a bit.
There is surprisingly little fanfare."
So why does Sia do it?
“Sia shared there are two reasons that inspired the idea.
She gets a lot of joy from watchingSurvivorplayers take on such a personal and often vulnerable life adventure.
What a way to finishSurvivor 43!”
