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Jeff Probst announced during the Wednesday, May 13 episode that the Fan Favorite vote is returning for the season 50 finale of Survivor

NEED TO KNOW

• Fans can vote for their favorite player to win Sia's $100,000 Fan Favorite prize

• Voting closes Wednesday, May 20, at 12:00 p.m. PT/3:00 p.m. ET

Survivoris celebrating season 50 with fans voting for their favorite.

Host Jeff Probst announced during the Wednesday, May 13 episode that the Fan Favorite vote is returning and is now “in the hands of the fans.”

The Fan Favorite is awarded $100,000 bySia, who has previously personally awarded the players she's loved the most. Sia's Fan Favorite prize began in 2016, and she's since awarded over $1 million to various players.

In honor of the milestone season,Survivorhas allowed fans to vote on featured key elements of the game, ultimately prompting Sia to give fans the opportunity to vote for their favorite.

Votingopenedat the conclusion of the May 13 episode and will close Wednesday, May 20, at 12:00 p.m. PT/3:00 p.m. ET. The season winner and Fan Favorite winner will be announced during the live finale that same day. The finale premieres at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT on CBS and streams on Paramount+.

The return of Sia's Fan Favorite comes two years after Probst, 64, announced in May 2024, afterSurvivor's 46th season, that Siawould no longer be awarding moneyto her favorite players.

“After eight years, 14 seasons, 19 players and over $1,000,000 awarded,Survivoris officially bringing the Sia Prize to a triumphant end," Probst wrote to his Instagram stories at the time. The pop star began the tradition in 2016 at the 32nd season's live finale forSurvivor: Kaôh Rōng — Brains vs. Brawn vs. Beauty.

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Probst recalled that the tradition began after "Sia stood up in the audience during the live finale ... and made her way onstage. She was so taken by Tai [Trang]'s commitment to protecting a chicken from being eaten that she awarded him $50,000 of her own money.”

“Tai was shocked,” Probst admitted. “The audience was shocked, I was shocked! What was happening? Sia was onstage in her wig handing out money to a Survivor player!?”

In the years that followed, she gifted winnings to 18 more players. Seven players who each received $100,000: Rick Devens (season 38),Elaine Stott (39), Janet Carbin (39), Drea Wheeler (42), Jesse Lopez (43),Carolyn Wiger (44), and Katurah Topps (45).

The other 11 contestants who were awarded money of varying amounts were Donathan Hurley (36), Davie Rickenbacker (37), Aurora McCreary (38), Joe Anglim (38), Jamal Shipman (39), Owen Knight (43), Ryan Medrano (43), Lauren Harpe (44), Carson Garrett (44), Jake O' Kane (45) and Kaleb Gebrewold (45).

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Fans can vote for the season 50 favoritehere.Survivorseason 50 finale airs on Wednesday, May 20, at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT on CBS and streams on Paramount+.

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Stephen Colbert revealed the timeline for "cleaning out the office" of The Late Show.

Key points

• "I've already packed my office," the comedian said.

• Other late-night hosts compared the staff's quick exit from the studio to the end of David Letterman's Late Show tenure.

Stephen Colbertalready has one foot out the door ofThe Late Show's studio.

During a roundtable conversation with fellow late-night hostsJimmy Fallon,Jimmy Kimmel,Seth Meyers, andJohn OliveronStrike Force Five, the comedian discussed the logistics of his exit from the Ed Sullivan Theater after the talk show airs its final episode on May 21.

Colbert explained that after he returns from celebrating his brother's wedding on May 23, he and his entire staff will have to vacate the office.

"[When] we come back, I'm cleaning out the office," Colbert said. "We gotta get our s--- out of here. No one's got a job after that night [of the last episode]. I think the next day, everyone's fired."

Colbert noted that "maybe the crew has some time to clear out, like the studio," but insisted that "the staff all has to be gone."

"I think the set has longer, or the crew has time to wrap," he said. "But I think they're gonna start tearing s--- out immediately. I know my staff is not paid the next day. They're out."

Entertainment Weeklyhas reached out to a representative for CBS for comment.

Colbert's personal belongings are already accounted for. "I'm packed. I'm already packed," he said. "I've already packed my office."

He also noted, "We all have to be out by the next Friday," in reference to May 29.

The other late-night hosts were surprised to hear how quickly Colbert is expected to leave the premises, though Fallon noted that the quick turnaround sounded familiar.

"That was the same with[David] Letterman, too, right?" theTonight Showhost asked. "'Cause he tells that story."

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Oliver added, "They threw his s--- outside!"

Colbert confirmed, "Yeah, Letterman, literally the next day, they threw his set out."

"He left, he went outside and saw stuff going in the dumpster from his set," Fallon said.

Meyers joked, "Well, it's cool they learned a lesson from that."

Indeed, Letterman, who hostedThe Late Showfor 23 seasons prior to Colbert's tenure, said that the remnants of his set were already on the street within a day of the show's conclusion in 2015.

"The band had barely quit playing and they dismantled the set and there were dumpsters on 53rd Street, and as I walked out of the building, I saw the detritus and the debris of my life at CBS being tossed into the dumpster," LettermantoldThe New York Timesearlier this year. "Now, that’s not a pleasant memory."

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Several outlets includingNPR,E! News, and theNew York Postreported that Letterman's set had been trashed the day after his final episode.

In July, CBSannouncedthatThe Late Showwould end after its current season, claiming that the discontinuation of the talk show was "purely a financial" move.

Colbert previously announced thatThe Late Showhas establishedan auctionof items from the set. Proceeds from the auction will be donated to charity.

The Late Show With Stephen Colbertwill air its final episode on May 21. You can watch the fullStrike Force Fiveconversation above.

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President Donald Trump is in Beijing for a multi-day summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping, during which he said he'd seek to deepen diplomatic and economic ties between the world's two largest economic powers.

After his arrival at Beijing Capital International Airport on Wednesday evening, Trump's itinerary included a welcome ceremony, a bilateral meeting with Xi at the Great Hall of the People later in the day and a state banquet that night, according to the White House.

"We have a lot of things to discuss," Trump said on Tuesday as he departed the White House, where he fielded questions about what would be on the table during the high-stakes summit. The summit begins as the effects of the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran continue to ripple around the globe and the U.S. economy remains a pressing issue at home.

Iran war looms over Trump’s visit to Beijing: ANALYSIS

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The president was asked whether the pair would discuss diplomatic ways to end the war with Iran, which is in its third month. China is a key buyer of Iranian oil, which could give it considerable diplomatic leverage over Tehran, experts toldABC News. Trump said the U.S. had Iran "very much under control," adding that it would be among the topics discussed.

"We're either going to make a deal or they're going to be decimated, one way or the other. We win," Trump said. "We're going to be talking about, we're going to be talking with President Xi."

Trump traveled on Air Force One with a more than a dozen U.S. executives, including Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and Apple CEO Tim Cook. Trump said on social media on Tuesday that he planned to ask Xi to "open up" the Chinese economy.

Asked to respond on Wednesday, China's Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Guo Jiakun, said that the scheduled diplomatic meetings were expected to play "an irreplaceable role in providing strategic guidance for China-U.S. relations."

"During the visit, the two heads of state will have an in-depth exchange of views on major issues concerning China-U.S. relations and world peace and development," Guo added, according toa transcriptpublished by the ministry. "China stands ready to work with the U.S. to expand cooperation and manage differences in the spirit of equality, respect and mutual benefit, and provide more stability and certainty for a transforming and volatile world."

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