Spoilers ahead for the 10th episode of Survivor 50.
Survivor changed the TV world forever, and remains one of the best reality shows on the air. We're getting deep into Season 50, which is airing on CBS and streaming with a Paramount+ subscription. It remains to be seen if it ends up being considered one of the best Survivor seasons, but its various celebrity cameos have been getting a big reaction from fans. Two-time player Rob Cesternino spoke to CinemaBlend about why the MrBeast cameo worked... and how easily it could have gone wrong.
The cast of Survivor 50 has been putting in the work, but they've been aided by Billie Eilish, Jimmy Fallon, Zac Brown (who was in the lowest rated episode), and now MrBeast. Rob Cesternino, aka the founder of the Rob Has a Podcast network, is speaking with CinemaBlend weekly about each new episode, and got real about how this latest celebrity cameo worked. In his words:
Article continues belowI think that this was really very fun. I think it worked out, this was ultimately the best case scenario all the way around for how this played out. It was a great moment when the coin flips and everybody jumps up out of the chair. It was really incredible. I just think that Survivor needed to tread lightly. You got away with this one. This was good. This was very fun. Everybody was excited, but you came this close to having the most exciting tribal council of the season canceled. I mean, what a shame that would've been for the lead up and the chaos and everything that was going on. And then we flip a coin, it's like, all right, well Rick Devens is out. Everybody go home.
He's not wrong. While MrBeast being on Survivor (and even attending Tribal Council) got some hate from fans, it ultimately resulted in a thrilling episode of TV. The MrBeast Super Beware Advantage ended up being a coin toss, where someone could either win and get immunity (plus increase the prize money), or simply be eliminated before any votes were cast. Scene stealer Rick Devins was the one who flipped the coin, and it all worked out. But think about how anticlimactic it could have been if he didn't pick correctly?
Survivor 50 has been chock full of wild twists, to varying degrees of success and acceptance by the fans. The ones that hit seemed to have exciting results, such as the pair eliminations and now Rick's coin toss. But if all that build-up happened for nothing, fans might be singing a different tune. You can see my conversation with Rob Cesternino below:
While many fans wonder how much money Survivor contestants make, MrBeast's cameo means that the winner of the season will now be awarded a whopping $2 million. The only other time this has happened was during Winners at War, presumably in order to convince the cast to come back. So the stakes have just gotten much higher.
New episodes of Survivor air Wednesdays on CBS as part of the 2026 TV schedule. Rob Cesternino's book The Tribe and I Have Spoken is out May 5th, and the Survivor and Traitors star is doing a book tour. Visit robhasawebsite.com/events for more information!
