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Jonathan Young
American reality TV contestant from Gulf Shores, Alabama, known as a "challenge beast" on Survivor 42 and runner-up on Survivor 50; beach service company owner and former University of Alabama swimmer.
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May 22, 2026
‘Survivor 50’ Final Five Exit Interviews! | The Pod Has Spoken
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20:06Jonathan YoungGUEST
10% because Devins, Christian, and Emily did not tell me who they voted for.
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20:11Jonathan YoungGUEST
And I thought Devins respected my game more than that, and that one threw me, and I thought, "If Devins vote for me, votes for me, then that means that they might all vote together," and then I went down this rabbit trail because the pr- producers even told me after I told them.
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20:31Jonathan YoungGUEST
I know." It didn't matter necessarily how I played at that point, uh, because I think that she had a good relationship with most of them.
Unpacking The Insane Survivor 50 Finale & Unseen Moments (w/ Aubry Bracco & Jonathan Young)
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21:41Lachlan GuertinHOST
Can we set the record straight on those rumors and what the truth is with this Zoom alliance?
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21:47Jonathan YoungGUEST
Yeah, so the thing is, I don't know if you know this, but about everybody talks.
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21:55Jonathan YoungGUEST
So whatever anybody says, I think that's partial grief and it's partial bitterness just trying to start things that their game looks better and that they weren't a part of something.
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22:08Jonathan YoungGUEST
But the truth is people talk after the game, before the game, during the game, so all that's just hearsay and it's, it's not even worth talking about, bro.
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22:20Lachlan GuertinHOST
Were there questions from the jury then that you were surprised we didn't get to see on TV from that final tribal council?
Survivor 50 Finale Exit Interviews
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Rob CesterninoHOST
Thinking back, is, is there anything that you could've said that you think could've persuaded any other votes, or was everybody locked in?
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26:14Jonathan YoungGUEST
There was nothing I could've said at final tribal that would've got any of them to vote for me, because they...
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26:21Jonathan YoungGUEST
I mean, you have five years, five seasons of watching Miss Aubry, and I think that's what happened, was that piled up.
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26:30Jonathan YoungGUEST
Instead of it being more of a, what happened this season, you have an underdog story of Aubry, and that's, those past seasons combined with this season, I can't compete with.

Rob CesterninoHOST
... to you, though, to be able to come back and at least exercise one demon of, that you won the final four fire-making?
Survivor 50 Finale Exit Interviews
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Rob CesterninoHOST
Thinking back, is, is there anything that you could've said that you think could've persuaded any other votes, or was everybody locked in?
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27:14Jonathan YoungGUEST
There was nothing I could've said at final tribal that would've got any of them to vote for me, because they, it was already locked in.
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27:20Jonathan YoungGUEST
I mean, you have five years, five seasons of watching Miss Aubry, and I think that's what happened, was that piled up.
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27:30Jonathan YoungGUEST
Instead of it being more of a, "What happened this season?" You have an underdog story of Aubry, and that's, those past seasons combined with this season, I can't compete with.
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27:41Jonathan YoungGUEST
And that's just, and, and, and should it be combined with this season? That's up to you and the fans to decide.

Rob CesterninoHOST
... to you, though, to be able to come back and at least exorcise one demon of that you won the final four fire-making?
Survivor 50 Exit Interview: Runner-Up
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Sharon TharpHOST
Did you consider that at all? Or, I mean, you ended up getting their votes over him, so.
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1:35Jonathan YoungGUEST
But at the end of the day, I had a feeling that they would think that I played a better game than Joe.
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1:44Jonathan YoungGUEST
I knew Aubry would probably win as soon as the ball dropped in Somotion, if I'm being honest.
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1:48Jonathan YoungGUEST
I knew that it was pretty much over, because in today's Survivor game, you can't compete with an underdog story that's five seasons long.

Sharon TharpHOST
Talk to me about that and what was going through your, your body, your mind at that moment.
Jonathan Young & Kamilla Karthigesu Survivor 50 Preseason Interviews
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6:21Jonathan YoungGUEST
Rob wrote me a letter before I came out here and he said, open it on the plane.
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6:36Jonathan YoungGUEST
Number two is to look through the game, look at the game through the opponent's eyes.

Mike BloomHOST
And while the new era might be perceived as like, you know, all the new cast get along with each other and go to all these events together, do you feel, for lack of a better term, out on an island compared to all the people from 45 onwards out here?